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FROM THE STATE PHYSICS TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
By Pror. J. P. NAYLOR. 
Mr. President and Members of the Academy: I stand in the rather 
unfortunate position of belonging to the Committee of Arrangements for 
this meeting, and also representing one cf the other societies. But I assure 
you that I did not make the assignment. The fact is I was simply held 
responsible for the presentation of the greetings of the State Physics 
Teachers’ Association and tried to get a good man who could present the 
greeting in better words than I, although not in better spirit, I am sure. 
As I look around over the faces of those present I see many members 
of the Physics Teachers’ Association who are also members of the Acad- 
emy, and it may occur to someone to ask why the Physics Teachers’ Asso- 
ciation should exist at all. The work in any science is many sided, and 
there are some things that can be done in the Indiana Academy and some 
things that can not be done. We, the physics teachers of the State, need 
to get together and compare notes. We want to know what the other man 
is doing and how he does it. This sort of work can not well be done by 
the Academy, for its province is rather along the line of investigation, and 
besides its program is always crowded; therefore the State Physics 
Teachers’ Association. 
Our association is, however, a sort of offspring of the Academy, and 
we look to it as the mother society. And as good children we come back 
at this time with our congratulations and hearty greetings, and hope for 
the Academy that the next two and a half decades may be even better than 
the past has been. We do not come like the Orientals, wishing that her 
shadow may never grow less but that her bright light may be ever en- 
larged, and that she may go on to larger accomplishments in the future. 
I bring you greetings. (Applause. ) 
