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SCIENCE FOR INDUSTRY.

NEEDS OF THE PRESENT DAY.

The opening address of the 166th session of the Royal Society of Arts was delivered by Sir Henry Trueman Wood, vice-president and chairman of the council, on "Science and Industry."

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EMPIRE LANGUAGE

**FACTORY,'

INSTITUTE AS GUIDE TO

1,000 TONGUES.

THE HONGKONG MIN

ARE THEY AMATEURS?

IMPORTANT POINT RAISED

BY GOLF QUERY.

SATURDAY

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Mr. Frank M. Carruthers re- OUR BUTCHERY DEPARTMENT

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cently wrote Chronicle-

One imagines that Mr. Joha L. Low, chairman of the Rules of Golf Committee, would gladly have been relieved of the re- sponsibility of answering the question:

* Is $ Woman an amateur who acts as a sporta mistress for a salary in a school. and teaches golf among a num- ber of other games?"

He was given no latitude for his answer, and he was bound to to the strict reply according let er of the law. Hence his

cdict that a woman who filled this position for any considera- tion" for giving lessons would be debarred front playing in the amateur championship.

The Senate of the University of London have approved of a big scheme for the building of a Institute of Phonetics (or language science), and the Daily At the outset Sir Henry pointed Chronicle understands that a com- out that we were very apt to mittee has been "appointed to consider present conditions as carry out the project, which is like. approdanted, but humanity hadly to cost not far short of half a bad evil experiences before.million pounds The recovery of Eng ish trade The idea as originally put fer- after the Peace of Paris in 1763 ward was to have a building to had its lessons for us now. It cost £120,000, where 70 assistants! WOR 'certainly not true that would be engaged in research science was ignored by British work upon the 1,000 languages of manufacturers. In certain the British Empire. trades-two, for instance, of "This language factory for the the most important of all, the British Empire," said the bead of iron and steel manufacture and the phonetics department, "is a the great alkali trade, with all its matter of first-rate importance to Temiscations scientific research the commercial world, and there

On the the rule Mr. Low could was used to the full, while in are certain details which have to numerous others it was gradually be kept secret for fear the Ger- have given to other decision, becoming more and more imman professors should use them but one cannot help thinking that portant. But our advance was for the institute which they the question was an unfortunate one, and that it would have been much £00 slow. Our man-already possess. ufacturers, were too reluctant to For it is an illustration of our better if it had never been put." adopt new methods and to aband-pre-war lack of vision that not For one suspects that the ruling, on old plant. They hesitated to only had the French an institute. may have unhappy consequences, pay enough to secure the services but the Germans were busy send-particularly if it is stringently of highly-trained experts. They ing out missionaries from their applied and made retrospective.

What, for instance, will be the were reluctant to risk capital in own research department at costly researches which might Hamburg, whilst we. whese Em-position of Miss May Leitch. the prove unsuccessful. They never pire was five times as large as left-handed sister of the champion, dared to establish great labors theirs, then had no institute of who before the war was a school games mistress, and gave advice. tories, with highly paid experts phonetics at all.

to her pupils on the links?

in

charge, for investigations which might prove unprofitable. The result was that they were surpassed, often superseded, by their rivals in Germany and America, who did all those things, and their business was quickly drawn away, and passed into their rivals' hands.

They had had, however, a rüde awakening. The process seemed to have been effective, for they had certainly realized their position. So far as the applica- tion of science was concerned the nation was thoroughly aroused, It was not only the great in dustries that required scientific help. Many of our smaller trades wanted it just as much and were less able to get it.

SPORTING TIT, BITS.

C. T. A. Wilkinson, the old Surrely cricket captain, is a "crack" hockey player.

It cost the Heart of Midlothian club something like £30 to get

their field cleared of snow.

There are 100 languages in Assam, 100 in Burmah. alone, and when all the lanuages of been India and Africa have analysed, we shall be able to give the commercial trader a system whereby he will be able to converse with the natives without the use of the often costly and unsatisfactory interpreter.

The Germans set up their Institute of Phonetics 10 years ago at Hamburg. They realised commercial advantages and start- ed on their own colonies. In fact, they also set to work on ours, eo that a German trader could beat the English trader easily native talk.

not

The ruling does not actually declare that a games mistress i a professional. Lut that is the effect. At any rate it puts the B very invidicus player in ptsition. Some years ago a some what similar position arose in lawn tennis, and it was decreer that, whilst the persun could retain his amateur status, be was ineligible to compete in ope: tournaments.

The definition of an amateur is one who, after attaining the age of 16, has never carried clubs fir hire, cever received any con- onsideration, directly or indirectly. for playing or for teaching the game, and never played for a money p ize in any competition.! One imagines that circumstances may arise when it will be deemed prudent to alter this definition.

"For years the language of the Shilluks OC the Upper Nile could

be learnt by the English, and even tually appeal had to be made to a

Cricket. and golf cannot very German professor, who came out from the institute with his in-well he compared in this respect, struments and got it analysed, but if the rule applied to the The Bassutes are another race former game all those amateurs whose language has been doce acting as games masters at thel very well by the Germans, but it schco's would at once become is all published in German and is professionals. not easily accessible to the Eng- fishman.

Explalping, some of the

One day golf may be permitted and encouraged at the schools, but- re-unless the amateur definition is The Rochdale Cricket Clubmarkable features of the language altered only professionals can be may apply for membership of the institute and the work now being allowed to act as coaches. In-

in dune

the Gower-street deed, what is the position of Lancashire League next season.

Not since 1903-4 has. a club laboratory, the principal pro-masters at schools where golf is other than the Rangers and duced an instrument known as now allotted? If they took their boys on to the links and gave Celtic won the Scotush League a kymograph

and received any Championship.

When a language quite un- advice

is spoken into the "consideration" for so doing In a gracefuldiving competition translated in connection with Portobellokymograph by a native the voice they would not be eligible to Amateur Swimming Club, the vibrations move a needle, which compete result was -1, A. Tweedie; 2, A. writes the language down on a championship. Muffet.

The late J. E. Doig, like Robert Templeton, who died within a few days of each other, took part in the Disaster international" at

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Owing to the Cowdenbeath pitch Another way of getting the being rendered unplayable by the exact pronunication is to take a recent heavy fall of snow, the photograph by X-rays of the per- Cowdenbeath-Armadale Qualify son's head as he is speaking, and determine the ng Cup-tie has been postponed. so accurately

The question of playing lawn pelate formation, while also in tennis is under consideration at use are chalk-covered moulds to Harrow School. It is authorit show where the tongue strikes atively announced that it is not when reproducing odd sounds. being discussed at Elon, where its adoption is very unlikely.

J. M.F. Phillips, a young inside lett from Leith Royal Oak, played a trial game for Ayr United's second eleven against Rangers "A" team, and gave a promising display.

Foreign missionaries, who are going out to various parts of India and Africa, are even now studying these demonstrations.

The dead languages of England are also being reconstructed.

Raith Rovers' followers will be Whatever may happen as re- disappointed if an internationel gards J. Marshall, Andrew Wilson cap does not go Herry Anderson, is not to be transferred to St. whose play, in the opinion of a Mirren. The Fairley club have Partick Thistle director, is far Lot the usual reply from Middles- ahead of that of M'Mullan, the brough "We desire to retain only left half-back apparently at present in the running. Harry

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Noel Rhys, who was Britain's was capped against Wales in representative in the wrestling 1915.

tournament at the Stockholm Arniston Rangers have pro Olympic Games in 1912, is play-tested against Tranent Juniors in ing such good football in the the East of Scotland Cup com- London Welsh Rugby front-line

petition. The "objection" con- that he may quite easily get Eiscerns Jamieson, one of Tranent's international cap.

backs, and the allegation of Queensferry D. and D., S. and inelegibility is a point of consider- S. have made a decided acquisition mole interest to players who have to their playing ranks in securing returned from the senior "fold" the transfer of Willian Corstor and are now playing as juniors. phine, from Edi.burgh Emmet.

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