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IN the recently issued, third annual report (1916) of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, and fifteenth annual report (1915–16) of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, there is evidence of the deeply adverse influence which the heavy hand of war has exerted in directions. usually the most remote from strife and rancour. The width of the influence is very evident, too for these reports deal with subjects so diverse as higher education, scientific and literary research, music, church organs, libraries, etc. In the case of the former trust it is remarked that, “while the past year may confidently be said to have seen progress made with the work of the trust, the war and its reactions on the ordinary activities of the country have necessarily hampered any rapid development of schemes which are not directly concerned with its prosecution. A philanthropic trust is peculiarly subject to the difficulties of the moment, especially when its efforts must be entirely devoted towards the amelioration of normal conditions.” In the case of the latter trust it is remarked that “the operations of the trust under the Research Scheme still continue to be considerably affected by the European war.” Fellows and scholars of the trust “have been engaged on military duty,” and some “are among the fallen.“The influence of the war... is seen in the diminished number of candidates for fellowships and scholarships, and still more in the fact that of those elected one half either did not avail themselves of the awards or resigned in the course of the session to engage in other work. It is also seen in the altered character of the research work of the beneficiaries, which, except in one or two cases, instead of following the usual lines, was directed to the solution of definite problems arising out of the war.”
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PEDDIE, W. The Remoulding of National Administrative Institutions . Nature 99, 264–265 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099264c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/099264c0