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AT the inaugural meeting of the British Association at Leeds on Aug. 31 a message was received from H.R.H. the Prince of Wales expressing regret at his inability to attend in person to welcome his successor to the office of president, of whom he says: “I have reason to believe that when any one in this country digs up a bone his first instinct (subject to the intervention of the police) is to send it to Sir Arthur Keith.” Referring to his own presidential address at Oxford last year, His Royal Highness suggested that his choice of subject, “Science and the State,” has been justified by the emphasis which was afterwards laid upon the value of scientific research to imperial development at the proceedings of the Imperial and Colonial Office Conferences. This recognition, he considered, places it beyond doubt that “more general attention for the objects of science” is in process of achievement. He expressed the opinion that an increasing measure of public support should be accorded to the British Association for the furtherance of this object. Fortunately, its powers have been very materially strengthened during the past year, through the splendid generosity of Sir Alfred Yarrow, in making it a gift of £10,000 for general purposes.
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News and Views. Nature 120, 341–344 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120341a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/120341a0