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bers ex officiis, this Committee to have full authority in the interim between 
meetings of the Council to carry out the purposes described in the Prelim- 
inary Report of the Organizing Committee (published in the August number 
of these Proceedings), it being understood that, in carrying out the general 
plan of work of the Council as there outlined, the Executive Committee shall 
not be limited to a narrow interpretation of the objects, but shall have full 
power to undertake similar or related work, even though not specifically 
included in that report. This motion was carried unanimously. 
The Chairman then requested the members of the Council to express their 
views on the proposed work of the Council, and in particular to make sug- 
gestions covering definite lines of work that might fall within the sphere of 
activity of the Council. 
Dr. Keen reported that upon notification of his selection to the Council 
he had made a careful investigation of the attitude of the colleges and medical 
schools in the vicinity of Philadelphia and that all approved the objects of the 
Research Council and would give their best support to it; also that the Amer- 
ican Philosophical Society would co-operate with the Research Council in 
every particular. Professor Pickering dwelt on the opportunity for co- 
operation in astronomical work. Dr. Pupin spoke at length on the great 
value of co-operation in industrial research, as evidenced by the work of the 
Research Laboratory of the General Electric Company; he emphasized the 
difiiculties in securing men adequately trained. Professor Conklin cited the 
results accomplished by co-operative effort in zoological work at the Woods 
Hole Biological Station, which he stated has passed resolutions endorsing the 
work of the Research Council and promising co-operation, as follows: 
Whereas, the National Academy of Sciences at the request of President Wilson has 
taken the initiative in bringing into co-operation existing governmental, educational, indus- 
trial and other research organizations and has brought about the establishment of a National 
Research Council which shall be representative of these various organizations, and whose 
object shall be the promotion of scientific research with especial reference to national wel- 
fare; and 
Whereas, the Marine Biological Laboratory is a striking illustration of the value of co- 
operation in the promotion of scientific research; and 
Whereas, we believe that human progress depends upon increasing knowledge of nature 
and that national welfare can most effectively be advanced by the co-operation of scientific 
investigators; 
Now, Therefore, be it resolved, that the Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory ap- 
prove of the establishment of a National Research Council and agree to co-operate in all 
practicable ways in its work of co-ordinating and promoting scientific research. 
Dr. Noyes called attention to the need of urging universities and colleges to 
interest more men in research work and to train them for it more effectively. 
Dr. Carty dwelt on the essential identity between pure and applied research, 
pointing out that they do not differ in kind but merely in the objects to be 
accomplished; that industrial research has as its objective commercial or in- 
dustrial development, and that scientific research has no such immediate pur- 
