The Washington herald., 1922-03-12
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CORPORATION FORMED
TO ADVANCE PSYCHOLOGY.

CORPORATION FORMED
TO ADVANCE PSYCHOLOGY.
The formation OF the PsYcholori-
cal Cooperation. the FIRST business
cooperation whose objects are the
advancement Of Psychology and
whose profits must be used for
scientific research. has been an
noUnced by DR.. ]. McReen OatteIi,
editor Of Science" and president
of the new organization, whose
board Of directors Is made up Of
the leading Psychologists Of the
country.
"AII scientific men are concerned
with the advancement Of the
science in which they work, but
only psychologists are profession
Fally occupied with human conduct
and its control" says DR.. Csttel1
N explaining the object Of the new
Organization 1T is consequently
becoming that they should make a
new departure In the Organization
Of their own work.
| TT has not hitherto been pos
sible for scientific men 10 foIlbs
scientific research rs an indepek-
| ent profession. There 10 no way Of
the greatest value to society. Some
three-tourths Of those engaged IN
scientific research in this country
are professors who earn their bv-
ing by teaching: about q tenth are
In the government service; others
are In museums. botanical gardens
and the like. IL is only in recent
years that a few scientific men
have been employed TO do scientific
work in endowed research institu-
tons and In industrial Laboratories.
There scarcely exists at present
any method by which . scientific
man engaged in research can be
paid in accordance with its value or
by which the economic proceeds 81
research can be used for further
work. A single advance in the
applications OF science. such as the
Bessemer steel process. the cleo
trio motor or the internal combus-
ticn engine. adds billions Of dollars
to the worlds wealth, but the pro
fits go to the millionaire who keeps
| a private yacht and 20 the laboring
man who rides Eve miles for S
,ents. II one-tenth Of the economic
value of scientific research could be
), reserved to pay the scientific men
who do the work in order that they
might adequately scarry forward
other researches, knowledge and its
4 applications to human welfare
| would increase as never before.
Like the biological and physical
sciences. Psychology has supplied
to society services worth many-foid
their cost But universities are in
digent and government is short
sighted. An individual psychologist
has no way to collect payment for
RS work. The services OF psychol-
ogy TO the army in quickly sorting
recruits into classes in accordance
with their intelligence were worth
many million dollars to the nation,
but the psychologists who created
the tests were not paid. and oni =
charity is now available TO pay for
the research necessary to Improve
the tests and to adapt them TO bus
ness and INDUSTRY"
The Psychological Corporation
has been granted a charter by the
State OF New York. Its central
ONCE is in the Grand Central Ter
minsl, New York City. and branches
have been established or are in
course of establishment in Boston.
Washington. Pittsburgh. Chicago.
San Francisco and other cities
The scientific work Of the corpora
ton will. however. be done in eX-
listing laboratories and institutions.
The president is J. McKeen Catteil
the vice presidents are Walter Dill
Scott and Lewis NJ. Terman; the
chairman OF the board is Edward
L. Thorndike, and the directors IN
clude James r. Angel. Richard L.
Dodge, C. Stanley Hall. c. f. Sea-
shore. E. B. kitchener, II. S. Wood
worth, r. NJ. Yerges and the other
psychologists who have contribute d
most to the advancement Of their
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