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"The Association makes these recoinmeiulations in the interest 

 ot" the pnblic-school system as a whole; hut most ol them are 

 otlered more particuhuly in the interest of those children whose 

 education is not to he continued bcNond the Grammar School." 



While there w'as considerable diversity in the opinions ex- 

 pressed, a lari^e majority were in favor of the several propositions. 

 If 1 remember rightly, there were only two who were opposed to 

 the j^eneral plan. While your Committee was not otiicially rep- 

 resented at that meetin<^, it has urged upon that body, as upon the 

 several College Faculties, a consideration of this subject, which 

 makes it natural and reasonable to have reported the views of that 

 organization here. 



Under the auspices of the National Council of Education a 

 committee often, representing the leading colleges and secondary 

 schools in diflerent parts of the country, has been formed. This 

 committee of ten has appointed nine sub-committees to hold con- 

 ferences on the following subjects: i, Latin. 2, Greek. 3, ETng- 

 lish. 4, Other modern languages. 5, Mathematics. 6, Physics, 

 Astronomy, and Chemistry. 7, Natural History (Biology, in- 

 cluding Botany, Zoology, and Physiology). S, History, Civil 

 Government, and Political Econoni}-. 9, Geography (Physical 

 Geography, Geology, and Meteorology). Each conference is ''to 

 consider the proper limits of its subject, the best methods of in- 

 struction, the most desirable allotment of time for the subject, and 

 the best methods of testing pupils' attainments therein; and each 

 conference to represent fairly the different parts of the country." 

 The results of these various conferences are to be submitted by the 

 committee often to the National Council of Education. 



Your Committee is represented on the conunittee of ten for the 

 department of Natural History, whose first meeting takes place 

 in Chicago, December 28, 1892. 



It is a pleasure to note the steady growth in extent and vigor of 

 our cause in all our educational circles. It is a cause wdiich this 

 Society, since its founding, has supported, and which we will, I 

 trust, continue to encourage in every possible way, in the more 

 difficult work which is to come. 



There has now been awakened a stronger and more widespread 

 interest in having science studies introduced in the elementary and 



