PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.—SECTION J. 
(Mental Science and Education). 
THE ANATOMY OF MIND AS BEARING ON 
EDUCATION. 
By W. L. CLELAND, M.B., CH.M. 
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Tue placing of the subjects of Mental Science and Education 
in this section emphasises the close connection that should exist 
between the two. And no one professing to be a teacher should 
be ignorant of what is known respecting mind, considered 
anatomically, physiologically, and from the philosophical stand- 
point. Considering how important are the duties of the teacher, 
no one should be allowed to enter upon these without being able 
to show some hall-mark of competency. And if teaching is to 
take its proper place as a profession, and rank with divinity, 
law, and medicine, there should be a carefully-considered curri- 
culum, with its attendant examinations, the passing of which 
would open the portals to an honoured profession, and make the 
successful aspirant a licentiate, as in the case of the other pro- 
fessions named. In no other way will the teacher acquire the 
status to which he is entitled considering the responsibilities of 
his duties. | : 
The subject of education is of great practical interest to’ the 
Commonwealth, for on the methods on which it is conducted 
depend the qualities and characters of the coming generations. 
If we ourselves have grown too old to learn, this is not the case 
with the young, to whom the effects of education are most 
applicable. In considering questions of educational procedures 
attention necessarily has to be focussed as to their suitabilities 
or otherwise to young growing creatures. It may not therefore 
be unprofitable to consider a few points that are characteristic 
of immature organisations, and how maturity may be reached 
with the most desired effect. For it must be remembered that, 
whether any effort is made or not to train the mind, a mind will 
be educated, but it may be on lines that are not most desirable. 
And also, as a result of neglect, the process of educating may 
be needlessly wasteful if left unaided or unguided to the chance 
