November 17, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



701 



tion of science in the state, in industry and 

 in education. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. That an annual list of public lecturers 

 on science subjects be prepared and pub- 

 lished, with titles of their lectures. No 

 fees should be mentioned in the list, but 

 addresses should be given so that com- 

 mittees organizing lectures may make their 

 own arrangements with lecturers. Local 

 scientific societies, museums and institu- 

 tions of higher education should be invited 

 to send the names of members of their 

 bodies prepared to deliver lectures to simi- 

 lar bodies elsewhere without fee other than 

 traveling expenses, and the names of such 

 voluntary lecturers should be indicated in 

 the list by a distinguishing mark. 



2. That committees organizing public 

 science lectures should include representa- 

 tives of as many interests as possible, such 

 as municipal corporations, trades councils, 

 cooperative societies, religious bodies, uni- 

 versity extension committees, chambers of 

 commerce, educational institutions, local 

 scientific societies and like organizations 

 concerned with the daily work and intel- 

 lectual life of the district. 



3. That to extend interest in science, and 

 belief in its influence, beyond the narrow 

 circle of serious students, increased use of 

 the bioscope in illustrating natural objects, 

 scenes and phenomena is desirable ; and an 

 appeal should be made to the interests of 

 all classes of the community by addresses 

 intended to show the relation of science 

 and scientific method to national life and 

 modern development. 



4. That to carry on the propaganda of 

 efficiency through science, local committees 

 should endeavor to secure financial sup- 

 port from manufacturers and others af- 

 fected by national progress, and that local 

 educational authorities be asked to provide 



funds to enable free popular lectures of a 

 descriptive kind, for children as well as 

 for adults, to be well-advertised and for 

 reasonable fees to be paid for lecturers and 

 their illustrations. 



5. That more encouragement should be 

 given at university institutions and train- 

 ing colleges to the art of exposition and 

 public speaking, for the benefit of those 

 students and teachers whose aptitudes may 

 later be usefully exercised in promoting 

 interest in science. 



6. That while the training of an ade- 

 quate number of scientific workers is of 

 prime importance, it is desirable that every- 

 one should be made acquainted with the 

 broad outlines of natural science while at 

 school, and that public appreciation of sci- 

 entific knowledge as an essential factor of 

 modern progress should afterwards be 

 created and fostered by means of popular 

 lectures. 



7. That this report be brought under the 

 notice of each section of the association 

 with the object of obtaining suggestions 

 upon which organized action may be taken 

 in connection with the Gilchrist Trust or 

 independently. 



8. That the committee be reappointed as 

 a committee of Section L, its constitution 

 remaining, as at present, representative 

 of all the sections of the association, but 

 with power to add to its numbers. 



THE FOURTEENTH NEW ENGLAND 

 INTERCOLLEGIATE GEOLOG- 

 ICAL EXCURSION 



The annual meeting of the geologists of the 

 N/ew England colleges and universities was 

 held on Friday and Saturday, October 27-28, 

 under the direction of Professors W. O. Crosby 

 and C. H. "Warren, of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology. 



The purpose of the excursion was to study 

 the batholithic cycle of the Blue Hills at 

 Quincy, Massachusetts. Here the intricate 



