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their appointments are through civil service examination it shall 

 include examination in this subject. Be it also 



Resolved: That a committee of five, to contain at least two spe- 

 cialists in sanitation, be appointed by the incoming president of the 

 National Education Association to present at the next annual meeting 

 of the Association outlines of courses for janitors and superintendents 

 of janitors in principles and methods of sanitary care of school prem- 

 ises and plans for instituting such instruction." 



A committee was appointed to lay this resolution before the 

 committee on resolutions of the N. E. A. 



The second meeting of the department was held jointly with 

 the Departments of Secondary and of Agricultural and Rural 

 Education. The subject for discussion was ''The Practical Aspects 

 of Science in Secondary Education with Special Reference to the 

 Introduction of Materials from Agriculture, Household Arts. 

 Technical Industries, etc." W. R. Hart, Professor of Agricul- 

 tural Education in the Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass., pre- 

 sented the pedagogical viewpoint; W. J. V. Osterhout, of the 

 Department of Botany, Harvard University, presented the scien- 

 tific viewpoint; physics was discussed by William Orr, Deputy 

 State Commissioner of Education for Massachusetts ; chemistry, 

 Joseph S. Mills, High School of Commerce, New York; botany, 

 S. B. McCready, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont. ; 

 zoology, Chester Mathewson, Brooklyn Normal .School; physi- 

 ology, Louis Mulbach, head of high school biological instruction, 

 Detroit ; physical geography, E. M. Lehnerts, University of Min- 

 nesota, Minneapolis. The report on college entrance credit for 

 graduates of high schools teaching agriculture was presented by 

 A. B. Graham of Ohio State University, Columbus. 



Professor Hart urged the desirability of teaching science in 

 practical ways, instead of subjecting beginners to the methods 

 employed on well-seasoned students. He asked for more empha- 

 sis on vocational science. Professor Osterhout criticised teaching 

 by those with only book knowledge and said that the introduction 

 of agricultural and household arts materials would help solve 

 the problem. Mr. Orr said that physics instruction should em- 

 phasize topics most pertinent to the activities of the given locality. 

 Mr. Mills told of the difficulties of teaching chemistry. Mr. Mc- 

 Cready urged teaching botany with a view to preparation for 

 life's work. Mr. Mathewson was another speaker who urged 

 the practical training. Mr. Mulbach said that, in physiology, 

 nature problems and useful applications will prevail in future 

 teaching. Preparation for life was the key-note of the entire 

 discussion. Space will not permit a complete review of the meet- 



