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Professor Minot offered an amendment to Professor Cope's mo- 

 tion, viz., that a committee be appointed to confer with the Exec- 

 uti\ c Committees of tlie other societies, to bring about a closer 

 alhliation of the Anatomists and Morphologists. Carried. 



The President appointed Professors Cope, Allen, Minot, 

 McMurrich, and Sedgwick on the committee. 



Professor Sedgwick read a report from Professor Clark, Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Science Teaching in the Schools. 



The Committee on Science Teaching in the Schools beg leave 

 to submit the following report : 



Fi\e himdred copies of their Report for December, 1891, have 

 lieen distributed to the Universities, Colleges, and Fitting Schools, 

 to the leading papers, and to the educational journals. 



The memorandum voted at the meeting of tJie Association of 

 Colleges in New England, held at Brown Univei^sity November, 

 1891, was discussed at the meeting of that Association in Novem- 

 ber of this year. The recommendations in that memorandum 

 were as follows : 



'' I. The introduction of Elementary Natural History into the 

 earlier years of the programme as a substantial subject, to be 

 taught by demonstrations and practical exercises rather than from 

 books. 



" 3. The introduction of Elementary Physics into the later 

 years of the programme as a substantial subject, to be taught by 

 the experimental or laboratory method, and to include exact 

 weighing and measuring by the pupils themselves. 



" 3. The introduction of Elementary Algebra at an age not 

 later than twelve years. 



"4. The introduction of Elementary Plane Geometr\' at an age 

 not later than thirteen years. 



" 5. The ottering of opportunity to study French, or German, 

 or Latin, or anv two of these languages, from and after the age of 

 ten years. 



" In order to make room in the j^rogramme for these new suli- 

 jects, the Association recommends that the time alloted to Arith- 

 metic, Geography, and English Grammar be reduced to whatever 

 extent may be necessary. 



