BRITISH ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 298, 10 September 1921, Page 7

BRITISH ASSOCIATION

TRADES UNIONS AND SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS TESTS OF MENTALITY — By Telegraph—:Press Association —Copyright (Rec. September 9, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 9. Sir Richard Gregory, speaking at the British’ Association, condemned tho trade unions' lack of interest in scientific problems, pointing out that many pioneer scientists had been men of humble origin. Ho said that if tho unions were true to theit title, instead of being merely wage unions, they would give the same attention to the scientific principles of their industry as they did to claiming tho uttermost wages therefrom. Mr. Bunsen, the Edinburgh trade union leader, replied that it was no part of trade union functions to propagate scientific knowledge. They m?ght as well ask cricket clubs and musical societies tc promote scientific lectures. Dr. Kiramins, speaking at the British Association, declared that tests of 1,750,000 troops showed that one man out of every forty had not mentality above a normal ten-year-old child. The anthropology section passed, a resolution in favour of the establishment of State-aided Imperial schools of nnthropoligy in the interests of the native races of tho Empire.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.