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pose. Colonel Squier spoke at some length on his experience in England dur- 
ing the past four or five months in communication with the War Department; 
he dwelt on the vital importance of pure scientific research and predicted that 
the United States will probably find it desirable to appoint as a cabinet officer 
a Secretary of Sciences in the not distant future. Dr. Stratton emphasized 
the growing need of more and better training of men for research work. Dr. 
Goss deprecated the distinction between pure and appHed science, claiming 
that such distinction did not in reality exist and that all was science. Dr. 
Vaughan believed that much good could be done by the Council in stimulating 
the Congress of the United States to make greater appropriations to help pure 
science, and instanced the mean support given by the Government in many 
cases. Mr. Manning dwelt briefly upon the work of the Bureau of Mines 
and outlined the assistance given to the Bureau of Mines by the great chemi- 
cal and smelting companies; he suggested similar assistance in the development 
of pure scientific research. 
Dr. Millikan then presented a preliminary report for the Committee on 
the Newlands' Bill, which provides for the appropriation by the Govern- 
ment of $15,000 annually to each of the states, to be applied to research in 
engineering and applied science. After discussion the report was referred 
back to the Committee for further consideration with instructions that it be 
then referred to the Executive Committee of the Research Council. 
A recess was then taken to enable the members of the Council to attend a 
dinner given in their honor at the University Club by Dr. George E. Hale. 
The Council was called to order at 9.30 p.m. by the Chairman. The same 
members were present as at the afternoon meeting. Mr. Melville Stone, 
manager of the Associated Press, was also present as a guest of the Council. 
At the invitation of the Chairman, the members discussed special features 
of the work that the Council might undertake. 
Dr. Keen emphasized the necessity for making available the advances in 
surgery during the war. Dr. Vaughan emphasized the importance of this. 
Dr. Pupin spoke generally on the value of the proposed work of the Council. 
Dr. Holmes spoke of the possibilities of development in anthropological work 
and promised to present his views in writing later. Prof. Marvin believed it to 
be desirable to conduct a campaign of education to bring to congressmen a 
realization of the importance of scientific research. 
Dr. Noyes made a general report on the work done by the Nitrate Supply 
Committee, of which he is the Chairman. He thought also that much good 
could be accompHshed by encouraging the publication of a journal of popular 
science which should emphasize the relations of science, and especially of 
scientific research, to the public welfare, and that this might be done in co- 
operation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Mr. Rand dwelt upon the essential need of co-operation with the great 
industrial research organizations, instanced the assistance that the Research 
Laboratories of the U. S. Steel Corporation had rendered to the Institute of 
