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matter of instruction in scientific subjects with a view to making a recommen- 
dation as to the best organization of courses to meet emergency needs. These 
reports have been discussed with the members of the above Committee and 
they will be transmitted to the educational institutions with the recommen- 
dations of this Committee relating to the organization of instruction for the 
coming year. The Division of Geology and Geography is working on the 
preparation of a text book and syllabus to follow the report transmitted and it 
will probably be desirable for other Divisions of the Council to prepare similar 
detailed reports on instruction for emergency work. 
The Section has been receiving information from the research committees in 
educational institutions and now has sufficient data to enable it to prepare a 
preliminary report on the present state of emergency research in the univer- 
sities and colleges of the country. It has also kept in close touch with the 
American Emergency Council on Education which is doing important work in 
bringing together the educational institutions of the country. Of special im- 
portance at the present time is the organization of a group of prominent edu- 
cators to consider the reconstruction policy of this country, a question which 
involves the matter of research in educational institutions. 
Division of Engineering. — Section on Mechanical Engineering. This Section 
has taken possession of the machine shop and laboratory of the Carnegie Insti- 
tute of Technology at Pittsburgh for its work. It has about seven men now 
at work there and expects to increase their number to twenty or thirty very 
soon. The Section is preparing to develop several new types of light engines, 
and to experiment on the more efficient use of gaseous fuel. 
Section on Metallurgy. This Section is arranging for the manufacture and 
ballistic testing of lots of several hundred each of helmets made from five types 
of steel, which in the preliminary tests have given the greatest promise. It has 
made encouraging tests with some new types of gun. In cooperation with the 
Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Mines and the Geophysical Laboratory it is 
making investigations looking towards the economy of manganese in ore- 
smelting and in steel-making, with the purpose of releasing vessels now used in 
bringing mangenese ore from abroad. It is arranging to cooperate with the 
Production Division of the Ordnance Department in standardizing the manu- 
facture of fire-arms. In connection with the Section of Electrical Engineering 
and the Emergency Fleet Corporation it is seeking to improve the electric 
welding of ships. % 
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. — Changes in the Executive 
Committee of the Division. Since- the last report of the Division the following 
changes have occurred in the Executive Committee: Dr. Samuel Avery has re- 
signed as Vice-Chairman and Dr. E. W. Washburn has been appointed to fill 
the vacancy. At the direction of Colonel Bogert, Majors Avery and Rogers of 
the Chemical Warfare Service have been assigned to represent this service at 
the meetings of the Executive Committee. Owing to the resignation of Pro- 
