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sehools, provision should be made in every area 

 for teaching these subjects. The subcom- 

 mittee also transmitted to the Government 

 Committee on Science in the Educational 

 System of Great Britain two recommenda- 

 tions on which it was unanimous; one is that 

 in order to secure teachers able to give inspir- 

 ing and attractive courses in science adequate 

 salaries shoxild be paid, and the other, that 

 while prime importance must be attached to 

 provision for laboratory work it was essential 

 that there should be instruction also in the 

 romance of scientific discovery and its applica- 

 tions. Every pupil should not only receive 

 training in observational and experimental sci- 

 ence, but should be given a view of natural 

 science as a whole, the object being to evoke 

 interest in science in relation to ordinary life, 

 " rather than to impart facts or data of sci- 

 ence presented by an examination syllabus, or 

 even to systematize their rediscovery." 



WIRELESS TIME SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINE 

 ISLANDS 



The progress in the time service of the 

 Philippine Islands is made evident from the 

 fact that since October 1, 191Y, the Cavite 

 Eadio Station, cooperating with the Bureau of 

 Posts and the Manila Observatory, sends out 

 time signals of the 120th meridian East of 

 Greenwich at 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. every day, 

 Sundays and holidays inclusive. Manila 

 holds an enviable position in the Pacific and 

 the interests of shipping companies making 

 Manila a port of call are too prosperous to be 

 overlooked. Accurate time signals and wise 

 typhoon warnings are of immense value to 

 the units of the United States Asiatic Fleet, 

 to Army transports and in general to oversea 

 shipping. 



Por the purpose of sending time signals, the 

 transmitting clock of the Manila Observatory 

 is connected with the Cavite wireless station 

 through the Bureau of Posts. Manila Ob- 

 servatory time signals begin at 10 :55 a.m. and 

 9 :55 P.M., standard time of the 120th meridian 

 East of Greenwich; and continue for five 

 minutes. During this interval every tick of 

 the clock is transmitted, except the 28th, 29th, 

 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th and 59th of each 



minute. Experiments made on board the U. 

 8. Wilmington, Monterey, Sheridan, Merrit 

 and the commercial steamer Colombia, of the 

 Pacific Mail, gave satisfactory results. 



PROFESSOR W. A. NOYES AND THE AMERICAN 

 CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



Resolutions on the services of Professor 

 W. A. Noyes to the American Chemical So- 

 ciety have been passed, as follows : 



Whereas, Dr. William A. ISToyes is soon to 

 terminate his service as editor of the Journal 

 of the American Chemical Society, to which 

 for fifteen years he has, with unceasing devo- 

 tion and conscientious care, given a large por- 

 tion of his time; and 



Whereas, During these years he has by his 

 effective conduct of the Journal raised it to a 

 scientific publication of the very first rank, in 

 which is now published by far the greater part 

 of the best chemical research carried on in 

 this country, and 



Whereas, He was the leading spirit in the 

 organization and detailed planning of the 

 Abstract Journal of the Society, which has 

 made available to American chemists in an 

 exceptionally comprehensive and satisfactory 

 form the current chemical research of the 

 world; and 



Whereas, He has thus contributed in a vital 

 way to the phenomenal increase in member- 

 ship and scientific activity of the Society dur- 

 ing the last two decades, in which the success 

 of its journals has been one of the most im- 

 portant factors; now, therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Council of the Society 

 expresses its keen regret that other tasks have 

 compelled the resignation of Dr. iNoyes from 

 the editorship of the Journal, and records its 

 high appreciation of his services to the Society, 

 especially of his ardor in developing the So- 

 ciety's journals, which will remain a splendid 

 monument to the success of his work. 



(For the Council) Signed by 

 Wilder D. Bancroft, 

 Maeston T. Bogert, 

 John H. Long, 

 Arthur A. Noyes, 

 Theodore W. Richards, Chairman 



