Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences Founded in 1912, Vol. 1: Under the Chapter of the American Social Science Association The Character of the articles which will appear in this number and the standing and reputation of its contributors stand in no need of introduction or explanation. Still more significant, as defining the aim of the Institute, are the brief reports of some Of the ways in which its mem bers are serving the commonwealth. Moral conservation in many forms, large provision for the needs and protection of foreigners, the protection of animals, scientific investigation aimed at the prevention and extirpation of disease, organized efforts to care for the sick and unfortunate, movements for civic betterment and to awaken a deeper sense of the duty of the citizen to the community, the forming of art alliances to bring art within the aim of the people of the country and to stimulate its production by making work of a high order accessible and by encouraging American workers in a field capable of immense development and service in this country: - these are some of the forms Of service of the nation con ducted or aided by members of the Institute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.