456 SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.—L. 
2. Mr. Ernest Youne.—Modern Tendencies in the Teaching of 
Geography. 
The teacher of geography should regard his subject as a preparation for a 
sane and sympathetic outlook upon the peoples and problems of the world. 
Geography, taught on sensible lines, is the foundation of rational inter- 
nationalism, balanced patriotism, and efficient citizenship. The method of 
laying the foundation is (1) to deal with the whole world in the course of the 
school life, and to deal with it as a coherent whole and not as a number of 
independent and disconnected fragments; (2) to treat it as a collection of inter- 
dependent ‘natural regions’; and (3) to give to each region a human 
interpretation. 
School schemes in geography need to be as carefully organised as schemes in 
arithmetic, and to be characterised by progressive difficulty of ideas as well as 
by increased number of facts. 
3. Report of the Committee upon The Educational Training of Boys 
and Girls in Secondary Schools for Life Overseas. Discussion 
opened by Sir Jon Russzeuy, F.R.S., and followed by Miss 
E. H. McLean, Principal Harrison, Inspector F, P. Gavin, 
Mr. G. Fuercuer, and others. 
4. Dr. Ernest MacMintnan.—Canadian Music, in the Hart House 
Theatre, University of Toronto. 
Friday, August 8. 
5. Presidential Address by Principal Ernest Barker, on The 
Nature and Conditions of Academic Freedom in Universities. 
(Page 247.) 
6. Mr. A. E. Heatu.—Modern Developments in the Method and Scope of 
Adult Education in Great Britain. 
A preliminary survey of adult education in ihe nineteenth century. The 
value of its failures as laying bare the necessity for a broader educational basis 
on which to build. University Extension; the Workers’ Educational Associa- 
tion ; other organisations for adult education. The Tutorial Class system. 
The nature of the problem involved in adult, as contrasted with adolescent, 
education. ‘he methods of attack which have been developed to meet its 
special difficulties or to make the fullest use of its peculiar advantages. Influence 
of these methods on university teaching. The ex-Service-man student. Could 
the university age be raised with advantage? The choice of subject in adult 
classes. Main tendencies in such choice in recent years, and some inferences 
from them. 
Widening the scope of adult education both in intension and in extension. 
Rural classes; holiday courses; correspondence courses. The Adult Education 
Scheme of the Prison Commissioners. Some recent proposals for co-ordinating 
the further work of students. 
7. Dr. C. W. Kivmins.—Sense of Humour in Children. 
Monday, August 11. 
8. Joint Discussion with Section J on (a) Tests for Scholarships 
and Promotions. Principal E. Barker, Dr. C. Burt, Prof. 
G. M. Wurpptez, Prof. B. R. BucxrncHam. 
