The Future of Science in America: An Address Delivered on Founder's Day; February 1, 1917 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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It is impossible to discuss any subject of general interest at this time without referring to the war sooner or later. There is scarcely any phase of activity which has not been affected and in many instances the effects will be more or less perman ent. Perhaps the one thing most noticeable, aside from the advancing cost of living, is the tremendous awakening of the popular interest in science. Nor is this interest confined merely to the newspapers and the popular journals; it has permeated all classes of society, even responsible government circles. The nations who are now taking account of their stock of resources are devoting much serious consideration to science in all its phases; and fortunate indeed does that nation account itself which finds its supply of scientists anywhere near adequate. Science is playing one of the leading roles in the war itself, and there can be no question but that, when the war is over, science will play a much greater part than ever before in all our lives, both individually and collectively. It is to science that men look in finding substitutes for the workers lost in war, in making good the wastage of material things and in retrieving their fallen fortunes. And to the universities in large measure, falls the task of developing science and dis seminating scientific knowledge among those who are to apply it in a practical way for the benefit of 'mankind.
In the past, Clark University, founded through the fore sight and broad minded idealism of Jonas Clark, has been one of the pioneers in American science. On her, among others, falls the stupendous task of preparing the nation so that it may be in a position to attack its problems intelligently. It has seemed worth while, therefore, to discuss here today the future of American science in so far as it may be foreseen, in order that we may be prepared to meet our responsibilities effectively, that we may be prepared to lead rather than to follow in the arduous time that lies before us.
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