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expire igo8, Professor Wm. R. Dudley, Professor S. ]\r. Tracy, 

 Dr. C. F. Alillspaugh. The Board then appointed the following 

 executive committee: Messrs. Pollard (chairman), Curtiss, 

 Johnson. Morris and Mrs. Britton. 



The report of the outgoing treasurer. Dr. Waters, was read and 

 accepted, and will he printed, together with the Constitution and 

 a statement of our plans for the coming year, in a circular to be 

 sent shortly to all members. 



Charles Louis Pollard, 



Secrctarx-Trcasurcr. 



OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS. 



Edited by Dr. C. Stuart Gager. 



Meeting of Biology Teachers of New York City. — At a 

 meeting of the department of biology of the High School 

 Teachers' Association, held on February 3, 1906, the topic dis- 

 cussed was " Is it desirable to give more time to the economic 

 and practical aspects of first year biology, and somewhat less time 

 to the purely scientific study of structure and function?" 



Mr. Walter H. Eddy treated the topic from the standpoint of 

 botany. He spoke of the necessity of serving more directly the 

 needs of city pupils to whom most of the objects presented for 

 laboratory work or those on exhibition in museums and aquaria 

 are " specimens " only — not in any way connected with the pupil's 

 life. He emphasized the necessity of doing away with the pop- 

 ular misconceptions as to the uselessness of the science and the 

 strangeness of the objects studied. The only ground of appeal 

 to such pupils and their parents would be the economic side 

 of the subject. Mr. Eddy presented outlines showing how eco- 

 nomic interpretations were applied in the High School of Com- 

 merce ; he emphasized particularly the practical work done on 

 bacteria, the study of agricultural processes in connection with 

 germination, the observations on marketable roots and stems ; 

 and, finally, showed how the recitations on these topics were con- 

 ducted. 



