FOURTH AXXUAL MEETING. 19 



Household Science. 



Manual Training. 



American Xature-Study Society-. 



N. E. A. 



A. A. A. S. 



Educational and Scientific Journals. 



Illinois Federation for Rural Progress. 



Co-operation to the end — 



1. That nature-study be given more serious consideration in 



teachers" gatherings. 



2. That it be given a definite place in the program and a definite 



course of study in all elementary schools. 



3. That nature-study values be more fully recognized in the 



home. 



4. That scientific research upon the problem of nature-study 



teaching be stimulated. 



5. That high school teachers of science be more generally inter- 



ested to lend a helping hand in the elementary school. 



6. That various organizations now working independently and 



perhaps, in some cases, at cross purposes, be brought to- 

 gether for united effort. 



7. That culture courses in nature-study or popular science be 



introduced into colleges and universities. 



8. That nature-study values be recognized in state penal and 



charitable institutions. 



9. That the attention of men of science be directed to the great 



importance of fostering in the young, through successful 

 teaching, that native spirit of inquiry so essential to scien- 

 tific achievement. 

 10. That men of wealth be attracted to the benefits which would 

 result from the endowment of agencies for the promotion 

 of nature-study teaching and the nature-study movement. 

 Frederick L. Charles. Chairman. 

 Ira Meyers. 

 Ruth Marshall. 

 President Coulter, in announcing that the time had arrived for 

 the reading of stated papers, said : 



"'I want to call the attention of the Academy to the condition of 

 the program. You will recognize that there have been one or two 

 changes in connection with the preliminary announcement. These 

 changes I think have chiefly to do with the place of meeting. I 



