A Fight Against Ignorance: An Argument in Favour of a Corrosion Research Association

On leaving university the science graduate, having been taught to be meticulous in his methods, is far more accurate and painstaking than the blunt demands of practice require. Thus at first his work tends to be hampered by unnecessary attention to detail. Usually he quickly rids himself of unwanted refinements and soon adopts more practical methods which, in their coarseness, would have shocked his lecturers. The rigorous training, however, enables him to use a balanced judgment in adjusting his technique. Eventually he will be tackling most of his practical problems with what, by his old standards, would have been crude methods, yet retaining, perhaps subconsciously, enough refinement to produce worthwhile results.