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Science as Culture SUMMER is usually a light season on speeches, but this summer has seen a memorable one—the presidential address to the Society of Chemical Industry by Francis J. Curtis. In his address, delivered at Nottingham, England, Mr. Curtis condemned the traditional "liberal education" and raised the banner of "science as culture." This is a standard to which all scientists can and should repair. Modern liberal education is a fossil, says Mr. Curtis, who is a Monsanto vice president. It trains men in the classical studies, which, however they may discipline the mind, have little bearing on today's problems. Mr. Curtis cuts to the heart of the problem when he seeks the definition of culture. He finds as the answer: "A particular stage in civilization and the particular features of such stage." In the definitions he found there was nothing that denominates the study of Latin, English literature, or chemistry as culture, except insofar ...
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