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speakers, the 1937 program included a new departure, a sym- 
posial discussion by several high school teachers. The topic 
of Eugenics was presented in four phases by Mr. Harry Mack, of 
Newtown High School, Mr. George Lash, of Bayside, Mr. 
Joseph Selkowe, of Boys High School, and Mrs. Hortense Nathan, 
of Eastern District High School. This group met as a committee 
at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden several times, to plan their 
program. Mr. Frederick Osborn aided them in preliminary 
meetings and presided at the final discussion in April. 
The Botanic Garden was also the headquarters for the organi- 
zation of another new activity on the part of high school biology 
teachers. Responding to an open letter in the Teaching Biolo- 
gist, about twenty teachers met at the Garden during February, 
and several times thereafter to formulate plans for stimulating 
interest and participation in research among high school teachers. 
Conferences were held with members of the Brooklyn Garden 
staff, and with the staffs of the New York Botanical Garden and 
the American Museum of Natural History by the Resident 
Investigator, and many other conferences were held by teacher 
members of the group with biologists of local universities, and 
other institutions. The net result so far is twofold: (1) A number 
of teachers are engaged in research projects; (2) interest in 
research and scholarship has been considerably heightened. 
I have continued my service as college representative for 
Biology on the Science Council. 
EDITORIAL WORK 
The American Fern Journal has completed its 27th volume. 
The American Fern Society has again reached a position where 
an increase in the size of the Journal is contemplated. A number 
of articles for the Journal have been received, discussed with 
their authors, and brought into shape for publication. 
FERN WORK 
The Nephrolepis collections have been maintained, ‘both asa 
basis for exhibition and examples of extreme variation, in prepara- 
tion for further study. Mr. Fosburgh, of the University of 
Hawaii, who is studying at the University of Pennsylvania this 
