June 5, 1914] 



SCIENCE 



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Increased appropriations were made to 

 develop the work in secondary education which 

 the board has been carrying on in the south 

 for ten years. The board has maintained pro- 

 fessors of secondary education in southern 

 universities and inspectors of secondary schools 

 who have devoted their time to the creation 

 and development of high schools in their sev- 

 eral spheres. 



The sum of $36,500 was appropriated for 

 the maintenance of rural school supervisors in 

 each of the southern states. These supervisors 

 are concerned with the improvement of coun- 

 try schools and with the introduction into 

 them of industrial training and domestic 

 science. The annual subscription of $10,000 

 toward the current expenses of Hampton In- 

 stitute was increased to $25,000, an annual 

 subscription of $10,000 was made to Tuskegee 

 Institute, and one of $15,000 to Spelman 

 Seminary, Atlanta. 



Farm demonstration work on an educational 

 basis was originated by the General Education 

 Board. The plan was conceived by the late 

 Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. So far as the south- 

 ern states are concerned, congress now as- 

 sumes the work heretofore supported by the 

 General Education Board, objection having 

 been made to the payment of the officers of 

 the Department of Agriculture by a private 

 contribution. The board will, however, 

 continue its co-operation with agricul- 

 tural colleges in the work. For this pur- 

 pose, $20,000 was appropriated for farm 

 demonstration in six counties in Maine and 

 for boys' and girls' clubs in that state. A 

 further appropriation of $10,000 was made for 

 similar work in New Hampshire. 



To improve education in the rural districts 

 the board has resolved to oifer to support in 

 connection with state departments of educa- 

 tion, rural school agents. An appropriation 

 of $50,000 was made for the work in fifteen 

 states. A general agent will be appointed to 

 keep the several state movements in touch with 

 one another. The board resolved to authorize 

 a study of training for public health service 

 and of the organization of public health serv- 

 ice in England, Germany, Denmark and other 



foreign countries. When the facts have been 

 ascertained a conference will be held and a 

 concrete scheme formulated for schools of 

 public health. 



THE PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC 

 SOCIETIES 



The fourth annual meeting of the Pacific 

 Association of Scientific Societies was held 

 at the University of Washingtouy Seattle, 

 May 21-23, 1914. There were about 150 men 

 from the Pacific coast and from Hawaii at- 

 tending the various societies meeting at that 

 time. Of the sixteen constituent societies 

 the following held meetings: The Gordilleran 

 Section of the Geological Society of America, 

 The Seismological Society of America, Pacific 

 Coast Branch of the American Historical 

 Association, The Pacific Slope Association of 

 Economic Entomologists, Pacific Coast Palae- 

 ontological Society, The Cooper Ornitho- 

 logical Club, Biological Society of the Pacific 

 Coast, California Section of the American 

 Chemical Society, Puget Sound Section of 

 the American Chemical Society, and the San 

 Francisco Section of the American Mathe- 

 matical Society. The following societies did 

 not hold meetings at this time : The Technical 

 Society of the Pacific Coast, California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, Astronomical Society of the 

 Pacific, The Geographical Society of the 

 Pacific and the San Francisco Society of the 

 Archeologieal Institute of America. In addi- 

 tion to the above eleven societies of the Pacific 

 Association the following six societies of the 

 Pacific Northwest joined with the Associa- 

 tion: Seattle Society of the Archaological 

 Institute of America, Oregon Section of the 

 American Chemical Society, The Northwest 

 Association of Teachers of History, Govern- 

 ment and Economics, Inter-Mountain Section 

 of the American Chemical Society, The Le 

 Conte Club, the proposed Pacific Coast Branch 

 of the American Political Science Association 

 and the Washington Society of Social 

 Hygiene. 



The general session of the Association was 

 held on Saturday evening, before which spoke 

 Acting President Landes, of the University of 



