were founded in ] 006 through the generosity of Mr. 

 Norman Wait Harris of Chicago, and are to be given 

 annually. The purpose of the lecture foundation is, 

 as expressed by the donor, "to stimulate scientific 

 research of the highest type and to bring the results 

 of such research before the students and friends of 

 Northwestern University, and through them to the 

 world. By the term ' scientific research ' is meant 

 scholarly investigation into any department of human 

 thought or effort without limitation to research in the 

 so-called natural sciences, but with a desire that such 

 investigation should be extended to cover the whole 

 field of human knowledge." 



