provement of education in Secondary Schools. At the same 

 time, they adopted the following resolution : 



" That the Universities be respectfully urged to consider 

 the desirability of taking such steps in respect of their 

 regulations as will, so far as possible, ensure that a 

 knowledge of science is recognised in schools and else- 

 where as an essential part of general education." 

 The recommendations of this Committee have received further 

 prolonged consideration. As the result, we have been directed 

 to submit the resolution quoted above to the Universities of the 

 United Kingdom, and to express the strong conviction of the 

 President and Council of the Royal Society that it is in the power 

 of the Universities, by taking up this subject resolutely, and so 

 far as possible in concert, to confer most substantial benefit on 

 the nation. The Royal Society fully recognise that it is to the 

 Universities, as bodies expert in educational affairs, that the initi- 

 ation of a plan of procedure would naturally belong ; and they 

 do not formally offer any detailed recommendations. We are, 

 however, instructed to transmit for your information the state- 

 ment enclosed, which is representative of a large body of scientific 

 opinion, and may be of use in your deliberations. 



We are, Sir, your obedient Servants, 



j- Secretaries, R.S. 

 ARCH. GEIKIE, ) 



Notwithstanding efforts extending over more than half a century, 

 it still remains substantially true that the Public Schools have 



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