A Correction 



I noticed a statement in the September edition of The Nature- 

 Study Review that I would like to have corrected. The state- 

 ment was made in an article by Joseph B. Shine on "Elementary 

 Science." I enjoyed the article very much, but I wish to ask for 

 this correction. He made the following statement: "The teachers 

 of Geography can use this experiment to explain why it is impossible 

 for the housewives of higher Colorado to boil navy beans. You 

 cannot boil potatoes or coffee in the Himalayas, because the boil- 

 ing point of the water is considerably lower than 212 degrees P." 



As a matter of fact, it is very easy to boil the beans or the coffee, 

 but it is very difficult to cook them by boiling. This is the 

 statement that he should have used. I have much trouble with 

 my students and with other teachers in prohibiting the statement 

 used by Mr. Shine and we ought not to let the statement pass 

 uncorrected, because many teachers may use that incorrect 

 statement. E. A. Stewart, 



Science Department, Gilbert, Minn. 



A Correction 



I have just finished reading the article on the Common Forms of 

 Animal Life by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt in the March number of The 

 Nature-Study Review. In the interests of accuracy I wish to 

 point out an error in this article which I believe should be corrected. 

 I presume that the error is not Dr. Shufeldt 's. 



I am referring to the article on the Polyphemous moth, in which 

 it is stated that the photograph is that of a female, and that the 

 male has smaller and narrower antennas than the female. The 

 exact reverse of this is true, so that if the words male and female 

 are reversed in the text, it will read correctly. 



Very truly yours, Aretas A. Saunders, 



Y. M. C. A. Bldg., New Haven, Conn. 



Annual Meeting and Election of Officers 



This meeting will occur in New York, December 27, in connec- 

 tion with the meetings of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science and other affiliated societies. President, 

 five vice-presidents, five directors and the secretary-editor are to 

 be elected. Nominations will appear in the December number. 

 Some interesting papers will be presented . The afternoon program 

 will include a symposium on testing the teaching of elementary 

 science. Do not miss President Bailey's address. The address 

 last year was worth going a long way to hear. 



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