338 NATURE STUDY REVIEW [8 :9— Dec, 1912 



Mental Traits 1.6 



Miscellany 6.55 1.6 3.5 



Structure 6.55 6.4 4.9 



The activities of plant, animal and physical material come 

 in for the major share of attention. The a(Ctivities of the plant 

 and animal might better perhaps be given under the term habits, 

 but in order to include under the same heading the similar ques- 

 tions and observations regarding physical materials, the word ac- 

 tivities has been used. 



Many of the questions under plant and animal activities are 

 of the "What Why" form, as "What makes a grape grow 

 double?" "Why do leaves change color in autumn?" "Why 

 does a gold fish turn white?" They seem to signify a desire to 

 be informed as to the causes which operate to produce the ac- 

 tion rather than regarding the ultimate reasons in each case, so 

 I have put in no "Why— What" class. 



The results of Mr. Finley's and Miss Man's studies are large- 

 ly unpublished, so I may not make comparisons now, but leave 

 this material to be used later for such discussion. I am quite 

 sure such comparative study will be instructive. 



News and Notes 



At a section meeting of the Michigan State Teachers' As- 

 sociation in the auditorium of Fountain Street Baptist Church, 

 Grand Rapids, a special meeting was called to consider the organ- 

 ization of a state association to unify the nature-study and school- 

 garden interests in the state. Following a paper by Dr. Leroy 

 Harvey on "School Gardening a Fundamental Factor in Educa- 

 tion," the meeting was called to order and Prof. Praeger of Kala- 

 mazoo College was elected temporary chairman and Ora May 

 Carrel of Grand Rapids elected temporary secretary. An inter- 

 esting discussion on the benefits to be derived from such an or- 

 ganization followed, and it was gratifying to learn that several 

 Michigan cities already have nature-study clubs and school gar- 

 den clubs, and that the unanimous opinion of all present was for 

 an organization bringing these forces together for greater effi- 

 ciency. A motion that the organization be known as the Michi- 

 gan Nature-Study and School-Garden Association and that they 

 meet next year as a round-table section of the M. S. T. A. was 

 adopted. 



