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THE unfortunate shortage of trained men at the end of the war, at a time when many of the Colonies were especially anxious for expert help in reorganisation and further development, led to various suggestions for the increase in the supply. Lord Milner, as Colonial Secretary, accordingly appointed a Committee in 1920 to investigate how the universities could best help in training men for the scientific services abroad and in securing the research necessary for the protection of the inhabitants of the Colonies against disease and for the development of their veterinary, agricultural, and mineral resources. The Committee consisted of Lord Chalmers as chairman, Sir Henry Birchenough, Sir John Rose Bradford, Sir Walter M. Fletcher, Prof. E. B. Poulton, Sir David Prain, Sir H. J. Read, Sir Stewart Stockman, and Sir Aubrey Strahan. The Committee has now issued its Report. It concludes that the universities can help mainly in two ways—in the fuller training of students and in the building up of a corps of advanced workers who would be available for the solution of especially complex problems.
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The Universities and Colonial Scientific Services1. Nature 109, 365–366 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109365a0
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