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At n incctiiig licld at tlic Roynl Station IIotcl, York, on MnrcIi G, to wliicli mciiibcrs of tho locnl scctions of tlic Institiitc of Clicinistry and tlic Socicty of Cliciiiicnl Tntlustry were iiivitcd, nn iiiformnl adtlrcss \vns given hy Nr. 1-1. W. Crcnicr, cntitlcd " Nciv Clicniists for Old." Tlic clinir was tnkcii by Nr. 1-1. 13. 13rown.
Crcnicr cniphiisixcd thc nlteriition ivliich lind occurred in industry since tlic wir. It wis no longcr possible for oiic innn t o discowr, dcrclop, nnd ndininister tlic npplication of :i scientific fiict.ns it lind bccn in tlic ciirly days. 'l'J1iit \V:IS ~I I C in p r t t o the nliiss of dctnil \vhicli hnd now t o bc iissimihtcd by tlio indiistrinl cliciiiist iincl in p r t to tlic intcnsc conipctition wliich wns nrising in tlic clicniicnl profcssion.
Clieiiiistry no longcr " sold it.sclf " ; t81ic innrket wns now one riithcr for tlic chcinist thin for clicniistry ; tlic pcrsonnl clcmcnt wns in sorc nccd of dcvclopnicnt. l'hc questioii was Iio\v to clc~clop.it. Ilc thought thnt the early tr:iining of tlic industriiil cliciiiist sliowcd s c o p for iiiiprovcnicnt. Tlicrc shoiild bc lcss shovelling of facts nnd iiiorc sharpcning of fncultics-especiiilly the fiiciilty of seeing tlie otlicr man's point of +w. Until tliiit occiirrcd tlicrc WIIS littlc cliniicc of tlic profession winning niucli influcncc in Iiiiinim an'iiirs.
In tlic iiitlustrinl field tlicrc. \vns room for iinprovcnicnt too, biit thiit iniliro~c~iicnt dcpcntlcil on tlic i i ~c ~] ) t t i ~i ~~ of ir liiglicr rating of chciniciil thought by tlic industrinlist. Tlic cliciiiist innst piit his housc in ortlcr first. 'l'liosc u1rc;idy in industry conld (lo much by n frank csnininnt,ion of tlicir own iit.titudc to the iinscicntilic intlustrinlists with whoin they iniglit bc ciillcrl iipoii to work.
Co-opcrcition bctwccn industry iind cducnt,ion iniglit yet Iciitl to tlic fusion of tlic Ne\. C!licinist i i d tlic NC\V Indiistrinlist in one pcrson. It \vns " 11 consuniinotion tlcvoiiLly to bc wislictl."
A. very vigorous discussioii follo\vctl Nr. Crcnicr's outspoken iind stiniulntiny iidtlrcss, rind thc mccting CIOSCCI n t 10.15 p ~i i .
with thc inotion of 11 vote of tliiiiilis which wis ciirricd with iicclniiintioii.
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