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conveying, transporting, elevating, and in- 

 cluded in tliis will be weighing, measuring and 

 IK)wer transmission equipment. So important 

 have these mechanical features become for all 

 indusltrial plants due to the shortage and high 

 ^age for man power that an unusual interest 

 is expected in this new section. 



The program for the exposition will have 

 session on subjects t)he phases of which wiU be 

 developed in the exhibits of these latter two 

 sections. There will be sessions on chemical 

 engineering for which an elaborate program is 

 planned. Motion pictures which will have an 

 interest for mechanical men will form part of 

 the program, and there wiH be popular public 

 addresses as well. 



THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE 

 ON MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS 



The National Committee on Mathematical 

 Eequirements held a meeting in Chicago on 

 April 23 and 24. The principal topic dis- 

 cussed at this meeting was the preliminary 

 report on " Jimior High School Mathe- 

 matics" prepared for the committee by Mr. 

 J. A. Foberg. After detailed discussion and 

 some amendment and revision, the rexwrt was 

 adopted by the committee and its publication. 

 as a preliminary report authorized. It has 

 been submitted to the U. S. Bureau of Edu- 

 cation for publication as one of its secondary 

 school circulars. 



Reports of progress were made by sub- 

 committees on the training of teachers, ex- 

 perimental schools and courses, disciplinary 

 values and transfer of training, elective 

 courses in mathematics for high schools, and 

 ;nien'tal tests. It is expected that preliminary 

 reports on all of these topics will be ready 

 for consideration by the committee at its next 

 meeting on September 2, 3 and 4. The at- 

 tention of experimental schools throughout 

 the country • is called to the report on this 

 subject being prepared for the committee by 

 Mr. Raleigh Schorling of the Lincoln School, 

 New York City. Any experimental school or 

 schools giving experimental com-ses in mathe- 

 matics who desire to be represented in this 

 report should communicate with Mr. Schorling 



without delay, if they have not already done 

 so. A subcommittee on the standardization 

 of terminology and symbolism, with Professor 

 D. E. Smith as chairman, and a subcom- 

 mittee on jimior college mathematics, with 

 Mr. A. C. Olney as chairman, were appointed. 

 J. W. Young, Raleigh Schorling and W. E. 

 Downey were authorized to take steps to 

 initiate investigations into the mathematical 

 elements entering into various industries, pro- 

 fessions, vocations, etc. 



A budget for the coming year based on the 

 recent appropriation of the General Educa- 

 tion Board of $25,000 for the use of the com- 

 mittee in completing its work was adopted.. 

 It is hoped that the increase in the itemi 

 allowed for traveling expenses in this budget 

 will make it possible for representatives o£ 

 the committee to reach educational meetings 

 in all sections of the country where such 

 representatives are desired to discuss the 

 various reports of the committee. Nearly YO 

 organizations are at present actively cooper- 

 ating with the committee and it is hoped that 

 many others will communicate with the chair- 

 man in the interest of furthering the nation- 

 wide study and discussion which is already 

 underway. J. W. Yoimg, 24 Musgrove Build- 

 ing, Hanover, N. H., and J. A. Foribeg, 3829 

 North Tripp Avenue, Chicago, 111., were re- 

 elected chairman and vice-chairman, respect- 

 ively, of the committee for the ensuing year. 

 J. W. Young, 



Chairman 



THE ELLIOT MEDAL IN ZOOLOGY AND 

 PALEONTOLOGY 



Terms of the award of the Daniel Giraud 

 Elliot Medal for zoology are written in the 

 ideed of gift to the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences as follows: 



One such medal and diploma shall be given in 

 each year and they, with any unexpected balance 

 of income for the year, shall be awarded by the 

 said National Academy of Sciences to the author 

 of such paper, essay or other work upon some 

 branch of zoology or paleontology published dur- 

 ing the year as in the opinion of the persons, or a 

 majority of the persons, hereinafter appointed to 

 be the judges in that regard, shall be the most 



