Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-23

two years than might otherwise have come about in century. Think of the industrial changes that are demon strated by the fact that France pro- duces more today than it did before the war, although nearly third of it's richest territory is in the hands Of the enemy and nearly all its vigorous men are at war. Then look at Eng land. It is more fortunate in that none of it's territory is in the hands of the enemy, but it has five millions of men at the front or in training therefor, and yet it's production is fifteen or twenty per cent. larger today than it was before the war. There can be no doubt that these and other facts that are forced upon our attention Dy present-day conditions leave us much reason to pause and consider what we as a nation are to do to give ourselves an equality of opportunity in the con- ing struggle. We must base every thing on the solid ground of fact. We can not succeed by mere minimizing optimism or by the writing of notes or making of speeches. Of course, the one to be dealt with within the req sonable limits of an after-dinner speech. It has almost innumerable phases There is, for example, the phase of political action. What changes should we make in our relations with other countries to improve our trade conditions?
 Are our tariff laws satisfactory or must we negotiate treaties on matters of trade with most of the countries of the world? All these matters require most careful attention and their inn portance is difficult to over-estlmate, but I can not touch upon them to- night. Indeed. I can refer only to single question, which, however, goes to the root of the matter-the ques- tion of the spirit and the method Of industry. Broadly speaking, l may say that our only hope of success Is fn known as the scientific method and the scientific spirit pervades all the industrial operations of the country; All the old methods of intuition and rule of thumb" must be scrapped. They are altogether too costly and dangerous for modern conditions. We must have the very latest weapons and this means that everything must be done in the spirit of scientific ad- vancement which is the spirit that more than anything else has changed the face of the world in the last cen tury If this is true then business men who are far sighted ana patriotic must bestir themselves and see that the fountains of science in this coun- try are well tended and flow freely. The bonds between industry and the schools must be more lrmly welded and every effort made to see to 1t that scientific schools make the most Of their opportunities so that there may be an adequate supply of young men trained to apply the methods of science to the industrial development of the country. Happily, we nave a good many schools of applied science in the country and a few that are really national in their scope and in- fuence The Institute of Technology has long been recognized as one of these, and I speak of it not in dis paragement of any others but because it is the one that I know most inti- mately and the one that may be re- garded as typical of the very best.
 Although it's headquarters are in Massachusetts, there is no state in the union that it does not touch, and 3ouch directly, first, by drawing stu dents from the state, and, second, by sending graduates there. The center for the student population for those (continued on Page 7, 4th coI.)