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all the other contributing concerns in exchange for the information they give. This is a manifolding of returns on investments made in research that should make it plain to every manufacturing concern that it pays to give financial support to technical societies. It is especially vital that the ceramic manufacturers give support to this, the only Society devoted exclusively to the promotion of Ceramic Arts and Sciences. The Value of the Society to Corporations Is Direct.-The returns enjoyed by corporations from the activities of the American Ceramic Society are directly financial, and these returns will be in proportion to the support given. If the total annual subscription of a corporation was $100 it would be an inadequate measure of the value which the Society has been and can be to each corporation. It matters not how many personal sub- scriptions a firm pays for its employees it will not be giving support to the Society in proportion to the direct returns enjoyed. The returns to corporations will be in proportion to the number of individuals who make contact with the activities of the Society, hence it behooxes a con- cern to make these contacts through as many of their personnel as is possi- ble, but it is also to their interest to give financial support to the Society that these personal contacts of their employees may be the more pro- ductive. The corporation annual fee of $25.00 is small in comparison with the usual fees, yet it is adequate to meet the budget of the Society, when each of the ceramic corporations will be doing its share. Fellow Member!-Is your firm making your membership of more value to it through an annual corporation subscription? Does this suggest a duty you owe to yourself, to your firm, and the Society? AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY EXCURSION TO ENGLAND AND EUROPE A year ago members of the Society received a communication from Mr. C. 0. Grafton inquiring who would be interested in being one of the party to visit England in 1922 in response to the invitation of the British Society af Glass Technology. Several hundred replies to that inquiry were received and in consequence, negotiations with the English Society were commenced with regard to the reception of those of our Society who are interested in things other than Glass. Dr. Turner writes that the Refractories group surely will be welcome. Definite assurance regarding the other groups has not been received but the negotiations are still in progress and the indications are favorable in the case of the White Ware group, and there have been no definitely unfavorable reports. Accordingly reservations have been made on the Cunard Line Aqui- tania sailing from New York on August 22, 1922, for the accommoda- 8 THE BULLETIN tion of about 40 persons. The rate is $275.00 plus tax ($5.00) per passen- ger, from New York to Southampton. Furthermore the Cunard Line has given assurance that every effort will be made to insure a comfortable and enjoyable trip. ,A small group of about ten have already “signed up,” but unless a party of at least twenty-five is secured the reserva- tions must be cancelled and the trip postponed. These reservations must be taken up or cancelled before June 29th and so decisions must be made not later than June 1st. Of course an early reply will be necessary from those intending to make the trip. In such a case, deck plans of the Aquitania will be sent so that cabins may be selected. Dr. Turner has in charge the arranging of the tour of England, which will require about three weeks. Special trips will be arranged for the several groups repre- senting the Divisions of our Society. Those wishing to visit the conti- nent will be expected to make their own arrangements since no organized visit will be made. Dr. Endell has assured us of a welcome in Germany and Dr. Turner will assist in arranging tours to the Continent. The steamship agency in Pittsburgh through which these reservations have been made has offered numerous courtesies regarding the securing of passports, the insurance of baggage and the securing of hotel accommo- dations in New Uork for the party for the day or two before sailing. The details of these arrangements will be communicated later to those who are planning to join the party. Those interested will please notify Dr. E. Ward Tillotson of Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., as early as possible.

THE NEED FOR ORGANIZATION IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH1 BY ELIHUROOT Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Carnegie Institution of Washington Extracted from Vol. 1, Part 1, No. 1, Oct., 1919, Bulletin of the National Research Colrncil. I have no justification for expressing views about scientific and indus- trial research except the sympathetic interest of an observer for many years at rather close range. One looking on comes to realize two things. One is the conquest of practical life by science: there seems to be no department of human activity in which the rule of thumb man has not come to realize that science which he formerly despised is useful beyond the scope of his own individual experience. The other is that science, like charity, should begin at home, and has done so very imperfectly. Science has been arranging, classifying, methodizing, simplifying everything except itself. It has made possible the tremendous modern development of the power of organization which has so multiplied the effective power of human effort as to make the differences from the past Washington, D. C., August, 1918.