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formation of great utility; the third, as tending to keep alive a 

 general sympathy with nature. It was, moreover, believed that 

 the High Schools and Academies in general are prepared to 

 teach these at least as well as any other sticnce studies. There is, 

 however, room for diflerence of opinion on the qu(;stion whether 

 other sciences, as Pln'sics, Chemistrv, and ZoiWogv, mav not 

 have equal or even superior claims; and it is not unlikely that 

 some preparatory schools are able to atlbrd better instruction in 

 some other sciences than in those recommended in the report. It 

 would probably be best for the present, especially in view of the 

 great inequality in the resources of diflerent preparatory schools, 

 to allow some degree of option to the candidate in regard to the 

 particular science or sciences in which he should be examined. 

 The point which we consider essential is that some study of nature 

 should be required before admission to College. 



" If it is deemed impracticable to make the proposed change in 

 the requirements immediately, we would earnestly request that 

 the principle be recognized by the insertion in the next Catalogue 

 of a notice that some work in Natural Science will be required 

 for admission after the year 1892 (or some other date that may 

 seem convenient). 



" We send }ou herewith the reports of the Committee on Science 

 Teaching in the .Schools, which have been unanimously adopted at 

 the last two annual meetings of the Society, and an address of the 

 President at the last annual meeting bearing upon the same sub- 

 ject. These documents will serve to set forth somewhat more fully 

 the views of the Society, and will also give some history of the 

 etibrts which the Committee has made to call attention to these 

 views, and of the favor with which they have been regarded by 

 l^rominent Educational Associations. 



" In addition to the endorsements of our views on the part 

 of prominent Educational Associations, quoted in our second 

 report, we would call attention to the following resolution, unani- 

 mously adopted by the Association of Officers of Colleges in New 

 England, at its meeting in Middletown, Connecticut, Nov. 7, 

 1890. 



"'The Association of Officers of Colleges in New England 

 desires to support the endeavor of the American Society of 

 Naturalists to introduce instruction in Natural Science into 



