Davis—The Academy: Its Past and Future. 893 
We think first of the teachers of science in our educational in¬ 
stitutions as being best fitted by capacity, education and facili¬ 
ties for research, and we think of them first also because in the 
past they have done most of the best work. But teaching, if 
well done, exhausts time and energy > and time and energy are 
what are needed for research. We might say that the compe¬ 
tent researcher should be spared the exhaustion of teaching 
and be allowed to give all his time to research. But that would 
be a short-sighted policy, for it is necessary that a certain num¬ 
ber, at least, of the students should be taught research, and re¬ 
search can be taught successfully only by one who is himself 
doing research. A compromise policy seems necessary: The 
research-djoer and teacher to be spared elementary and didac¬ 
tic teaching and to take only those students who are ready, and 
perhaps I ought to add, willing, to do research. I believe some 
of our higher educational institutions are now following this 
policy, and I think the Academy should encourage its spread. 
And then there are the younger teachers, equipped with educa¬ 
tion, enthusiasm, energy and stamina; with how much of hope 
the Academy looks upon them! 
Another class toward whom we may, I think, look hopefully 
are the advanced and graduate students. Under the policy 
just referred to, the capable and eager student, under the tute¬ 
lage of the wise researcher, may produce results of much value. 
Some of these students will become teachers and producers; 
some, I am sorry to say, will become teachers and non-produ¬ 
cers. Many will pass into business and professions where their 
opportunities for scientific work will be curtailed but not lost. 
To each, if he but will, is given opportunity to add in some 
measure to scientific knowledge, and the collected results of 
numerous minor observations are often greater than any one 
person, whatever his labors or ability, could obtain. So also 
observations through a series of years will bring results obtain¬ 
able in no other way. The old Scotch saying that “mony a 
mickle makes a muckle” holds as well in science as elsewhere. 
Uo well-informed and right-minded person considers his edu¬ 
cation completed while his powers remain. Well taught in- 
