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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXXI. No. 785 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAX SOCIETY 

 NEW TOBK SECTION 



The third regular meeting of the session of 

 1909-10 was held at the Chemists' Club on De- 

 cember 17. 



The following papers were presented: Morris 

 Loeb and L. R. Morey, " Analyses of some An- 

 tique Bronzes " ; Chas. Baskerville, " The Action 

 of Radium Salts upon Ruby " ; Chas. Baskerville 

 and Reston Stevenson, " Apparatus for Drying 

 Flasks." 



Notice was given that members are invited to 

 transmit to the secretary the titles of papers 

 descriptive of new apparatus for presentation at 

 the March meeting, which has been set apart for 

 a symposium on new apparatus and lecture ex- 

 periments. C. M. Joyce, 



Seoretary 



THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS 

 IN THE MIDDLE STATES AND MARYLAND 



The thirteenth meeting of the association was 

 held at the College of the City of New York on 

 Saturday, December 4. 



The day was given up to the reading of two 

 papers, " Mathematics in the Ethical Culture 

 High School," by Charles B. Walsh, of New York 

 City, and " Some Suggestions in the Teaching of 

 Geometry," by Isaac J. Schwatt, of the University 

 of Peusylvania, and to the reports of the various 

 committees. The most important reports were the 

 report on the association publication. The Mathe- 

 matics Teacher, by the editor, William H. Metzler, 

 of Syracuse University, and the report of the 

 committee on algebra syllabus, presented by the 

 chairman, Gustave Legras, College of the City of 

 New York. 



Dr. Metzler's report showed that The Mathe- 

 matics Teacher was unqualifiedly a success; let- 

 ters of commendation are frequently received, the 

 subscription list outside of the association is in- 

 creasing, and the financial side is in surprisingly 

 good condition. 



The algebra syllabus was discussed in detail, 

 and after some amendments, was adopted by the 

 association. The committee was continued, with 

 power to make any necessary alterations in the 

 preliminary report, and to make out the syllabus 

 for advanced algebra. 



The association passed an amendment to the 

 constitution providing for the election of the 

 editors of The Mathematics Teacher, and then 

 elected the following officers for the following 

 vear ; 



President — William H. Metzler, Syracuse Uni- 

 versity. 



Vice-president — Daniel D. Feldman, Erasmus 

 Hall High School, Brooklyn. 



Secretary — Eugene R. Smith, Polytechnic Pre- 

 paratory School, Brooklyn. 



Treasurer — M. Edna Shaw, William Penn High 

 School, Philadelphia. 



Members of the Council — (two years) Paul N. 

 Peck, George Washington University, Washington, 

 D. C; (three years) Howard F. Hart, High 

 School, Montclair, N. J.; Isaac J. Schwatt, Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. 



Editor-in-chief — William H. Metzler. 



Associate Editors — Eugene R. Smith; Jonathan 

 T. Rorer, William Penn High School, Philadelphia. 



The secretary was instructed to report for the 

 association at the federation meeting in Boston, 

 December 27, and the editors, with the retiring 

 president and the newly elected treasurer, were 

 appointed a committee to confer with other asso- 

 ciations, and especially with the federation, on 

 the question of official publications. 



Eugene R. Smith, 



Polytechnic Peepakatory School, 

 Brooklyn 



the new YORK SECTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 



TEACHERS OP MATHEMATICS IN THE MIDDLE 



STATES AND MARYLAND 



The first meeting for the year 1909-10 of the 

 New York Section of the Association of Teachers 

 of Mathematics in the Middle States and Mary- 

 land was held Friday evening, November 12, at 

 the High School of Commerce, New York City. 

 The topic for the evening was " Mathematics for 

 Service or for Culture." " Mathematics for 

 Service " was presented by Dr. Ernest R. van 

 NardrofT, principal of the Stuyvesant High 

 School, New York City. Dr. van Nardroff spoke 

 from the experience of an able physicist, and 

 ottered a course of study, including the topics of 

 algebra, geometry, trigonometry, analytical geom- 

 etry and the calculus, which are useful in physics. 

 " Mathematics for Culture " was presented by 

 Dr. William H. Metzler, professor of mathematics, 

 Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. That Dr. 

 Metzler spoke convincingly, or that the opinion 

 of the meeting was already formed was evidenced 

 by the discussion that followed. This discussion 

 was animated and largely in favor of pure mathe- 

 matics for its own sake. Lao G. Simons, 



Secretary 



