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The afternoon session considered two topics. The first, "Na- 

 tural History Museums in Relation to Nature-Study Instruc- 

 tion", was discussed by I. B. Meyers, who briefly presented "The 

 University of Chicago, School of Education Plan", and J. A. 

 Drushel, who outlined in detail "The St. Louis Plan", showing 

 lantern views. Mr. Drushel's paper was a very complete state- 

 ment of the organization and work of the St. Louis Educational 

 Museum, an institution which, dating from the World's Fair of 

 1904, has developed into one of the most prominent and useful 

 features of the educational system of that city. A general state- 

 ment of the work of this museum appeared in the Nature-Study 

 Review for April, 1910, and it is hoped that Mr. Drushel's paper 

 may be published in full in an early issue of the Review. 



The second topic, "The Organization of Nature-Study", was 

 discussed by I. B. Meyers, Fred L. Charles and Otis W. Cald- 

 well. Mr. Meyers read a very carefully prepared paper on "Our 

 Present-day Outlook into the Teaching of Nature-Study". Mr. 

 Meyers has been devoting the year to the investigation of special 

 problems in nature-study teaching. A portion of his paper will 

 appear in a subsequent issue of the Review. Mr. Charles made 

 a plea for "The Standardization of Nature-Study", urging that 

 the A.N.-S.S. has an important though difficult function to per- 

 form in endeavoring to define nature-study aims and principles 

 and working toward the establishment of acceptable standards 

 in the wide field it has to cover. The closing paper of the meet- 

 ing was given by Prof. Otis W. Caldwell, who spoke on "The 

 Organization of the Course in Elementary Science for the 

 Grades". His talk was most helpful, consisting of generaliza- 

 tions based upon experience and regarded as fundamental to any 

 elementary course in the materials of nature-study. His paper 

 will appear in a forthcoming number of the Review as the second 

 of a series, the first of which appeared in the Course of Study 

 Number, October, 1910. 



