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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 19, 22 January 1921, Page 2

The apparent lack of the business instinct' among scientific men was deplored recently by Professor Willsmqre (W.A.) during the course of his presidential address,, delivered to the chemistry section of the Science Congress at the University (saj'6 a- fyleljboarne paper). The professor dealt at length* with the. present position in the' community of chemistry and chemist^,, urging the importance among other things of the analytical chemist's work in industry. He made reference, however, to the average man's indifference to science, and remarked that the frequent practice of scientific men doing j valuable work gratuitously for governments and other bodies .was 1 " bad. business," and should be discontinued. As the price paid for scientific work ap-; proached zero, the value set upon the wp.rth by the bodies which benefited also' approached zero..: Further, no other class of professional'men was expected to work for nothing for local bodies. Scientific men should stand together for adequate reward, for they plight be quite pertain that neither Government nor public was going to lose any sleep on their account. The scientists present' laughed with evident appreciation at ths professor's remarks. "'■