Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

146 APPLIED MOTION STUDY that it is just as noble an undertaking to attempt to provide suitable means of preparing the dis- abled for useful vocations as it is to attempt to stop the terrible conflict or to provide means of first aid. Indeed, it is a greater thing than many realise, because it will mean untold benefit to thousands now deprived of those avenues of ac- tivity to which they have been accustomed. It will mean the fitting for useful vocations of thou- sands, who otherwise would be dependents upon society, which is always a greater burden to the one so afflicted than to those of society who bear the expense of such disability. I therefore hope Mr. Gilbreth and his associates may achieve much and that the members of this Society will rally to his support by extending encouragement, help- ful suggestions and material assistance in the form of thought, labour, and money, if desired. Edward Van Winkle: There is no question but what the adoption of a machine to a crippled soldier or a man without arms or legs is the duty of the mechanical engineer. I remember seeing the driver of a speed car, a man without arms, travel over a hundred miles an hour in a machine especially designed for him. The steering gear