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leaflets a royalty of at least 10% on the sale of such leaflets, 

 and such compensation for editorial services rendered as the 

 committee may decide. 



Second : Inasmuch as the demand for industrialism in 

 education has become widespread and is causing the addition of 

 many new courses in applied science to the curriculum of the 

 high schools and the readjustment of the established courses in 

 pure science; and, 



In view of the fact that there is little data at the command 

 of educators which might enable them to reorganize the work 

 in science on correct lines without risk of serious mistakes 

 fraught with danger or disaster to both the pure and appHed 

 sciences, — 



Your committee recommends that the Academy appoint a com- 

 mittee of five members to investigate the practice of secondary 

 schools in: 



1. The organization of the applied sciences. 



2. The correlation of the pure and applied sciences. 



3. The adjustment made in the pure sciences to meet local 

 conditions and satisfy the demand for practical courses. 



It is further recommended that this committee prepare a re- 

 sume of their findings for report to the Academy at its next 

 meeting together with a more detailed report of its investiga- 

 tions for publication and circulation. This detailed report 

 should be published in convenient form for the use of school 

 officials and others who may wish information. 



If the funds are available, it is recommended that the council 

 be authorized to provide for the necessary expense of corres- 

 pondence of the committee. 



Cyril G. Hopkins, Chairman. 

 John G. Coulter, 

 WoRRALLO Whitney, 

 John F. Hayford, 

 W. S. Strode. 

 The report of the committee on Ecological Survey was next 

 presented. 



committee on ecological survey. 

 To the Illinois Academy of Science: 



Your committee on an ecological survey has merely to report 

 the progress of work on the ecology of the state by various more 

 or less definitely organized agencies now active in that field. 



