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the work continuity in progress for several years. Reports of 

 progress will, from time to time.be published in The Revikw. 

 All conclusions of these committees must be submitted to a 

 general vote of the Society for approval or rejection. 



Committee on Physical Xature-Study — C. R. Mann (chairman). 

 J. F. Woodhull. J. \Y. Shepherd, H. N. Loomis. H. H. Cummings. 



Committee on Industrial Education and Xature-Study — O. W. 

 Caldwell (chairman-. W. A. Baldwin, W. Lochhead, E. Daven- 

 port, F. E. Bonser. 



Committee on Xature-Study in Relation to High-School Biology, 

 (will probably be extended to high-school science later) — G. W. 

 Hunter, (chairman) C. F. Hodge. W. F. Ganong. If. A. Bigelow. 



Committees on Xature-Study and Agriculture, (obviously over- 

 laps industrial education, but has some specific problems) — D. J. 

 Crosby (chairman. B. If. Davis. E. E. Balcomb, F. L. Stevens, 

 A. G. Graham. 



Committees on: elementary-school physiology and hygiene, 

 principles of nature-study, nature-study in relation to geography, 

 nature-study literature, and training teachers in normal schools, 

 are under consideration and will probably be appointed this 

 year. 



NEW YORK CITY SECTION OF AMERICAN NATURE- 

 STUDY SOCIETY 



A meeting of this section was held on Saturday, March 6th 

 at Teachers College, Columbia University. Mrs. Alice R. Xorth- 

 rop presided. The program consisted of the reports of two com- 

 mittees, one on "Xature-Study Best Adapted to the Congested 

 Regions of New York City." reported by Miss Emma Sylvester, 

 Principal of P. S. 35; the second on "Xature-Study for the 

 Suburban Districts," reported by Professor F. L. Holtz of the 

 Brooklyn Training School for Teachers. These extremely in- 

 teresting and valuable reports will be very helpful to teachers 

 of nature-study and it is hoped to have them prepared for publi- 

 cation. 



The section elected the following officers for next year: Chair- 

 man. Professor F. L. Holtz; Members of executive Committee — ■ 

 Dr. G. Straubenmuller and Dr. D. E. Bardwell, Associate Super- 

 intendents of Schools ; Mr. H. G. Parsons of the Children's School 

 Farm; Dr. H. L. Kelly of the Ethical Culture School; Mr. G. H. 



