Address of Acceptance of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics

In accepting in the name of American physics this beautiful and well-appointed laboratory, I wish first to express on behalf of my colleagues and myself the appreciation and gratitude which we feel because of the opportunity which you, Mr. Fleming, and you, Dr. Bridge, have jointly opened up to us, not only of devoting ourselves to the intensive pursuit of the science which we love, but also of assisting in the solution of the fascinating and vitally important problems which the extraordinary developments in physics during the past two decades have pushed to the forefront of the world's needs to-day.