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82 Oil B piano worthy Of our country, on ; piano which will enable it. ( » do its shar « towards the intellectual progress of otu race and which will also prepare it for th (Treat commercial strugglo of the future: relief of the investigator from an untoward burden of routine and ; 11uinistrative duties; the exploitation of the talents of these gifted men by the employment of a proper staff of research assistants; a proper remuneration, that worry for the future of his family—he cares, as a ride, little for himself—may not impair his usefuln The University of Illinois, in selecting a man with the ideals and the ca] ity of "William A. Noyes to develop its work in chemistry, has definitely joined the ranks of those universities which are committed to the attempt to give the highest kind of instruction in chemistry, instruction which will turn out, not artisans, but artists — chemists. In bringing Dr. Nov > here, th ; university has, as I understand it. wisely kept in mind as far as possibl the three conditions for successful work which T have tried to outline. The Universitv oi Chicago greeted with the latesl sat>t*ae- lion Hie selection of your excellent pi d- dent to lie the head of (his institution; we knew he would strengthen lllin. thai he would undertake to raise il taudard- to those Of the hesl uni\ rsdies of all eoun tries; we rejoiced, not only unselfishly in the satisfaction of serin the promise «'! nohle \v«.rl hut also sellishh the higher the idr;d.s ,.f our nei-hhoi . the In her IMII.SI he Ih, plane of OUT Own live in institutional life as in private lifV In Hw ""'• wa; I w uhl ay .»u heludf of the
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