Report of the Board of Trustees Volume 25 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...all the results collected, and would recommend that if possible the report of this investigation, when made public, be presented in detailed form, so that such general conclusions as may be drawn from the results Omay be accompanied by all the data upon which the conclusions are based. The commission is fully aware that such a recommendation means considerable expense, but the members of the commission are convinced that such an expenditure will be more than justified by the scientific value of a report so presented. Rarely has such an extended scientific investigation in the field of nutrition been undertaken as the one now practically completed, and the University which has fostered the inquiry is not only deserving of congratulation upon the successful completion of such a large undertaking. but should at the same time have full credit for all that has been accomplished. By publication of the detailed report, as suggested, the University of Illinois will secure for herself that public recognition to which she is justly entitled, and, in the opinion of the commission, such a method ot publication is Ofor many reasons eminently desirable. Respectfully submitted, R. H. Chitten0en, A. P. Mathew8, Theorald 8mith. Urrana, Ill., June 2, 1909. President Edmund J. James, University of Illinois: Dear Pre8i0ent Jame8--I respectfully request that this Laboratory be allowed a grant of $15,000.00 to publish in full in the near future the results of the saltpeter investigation as suggested by the non.resident members of the 8altpeter Commission. To publish the full details of this investigation as requested by the commission will require four large octavo volumes I10x7 in.I, each of 500 pages, including charts, diagrams, curves, tabulated data, ete. The printing of an ...