SCIENCE 



Friday, June 24, 1910 



CONTENTS 



The Outlook for a Better Correlation of Sec- 

 ondary School and College Instruction in 

 Chemistry: PKOrESSOR H. P. Talbot .'. . . 961 



High School Chemistry — Th^ Content of the 

 Course: Jesse E. Whitsit 974 



Chemistry in Secondary Schools: Michael 

 D. SoHON 979 



The American Medical Association 983 



The Astronomical Otservatory of Denison 



983 



Scientific Notes and News 984 



University and Educational News 986 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Water Vapor on Mars: De. C. G. Abbot. 

 Bacteria in the Tropics: DR. Oscab Loew 987 



Quotations : — 



The Salaries of Professors 988 



Scientifio Books: — 



The National Antarctic Expedition : De. W. 

 H. Dall. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 Phatwnce in the British Museum: Dk. Hab- 

 EisoN G. Dyak 989 



Special Articles: — 



On the Spectrum of Mars as Photographed 

 with High Dispersion: Peofessoe W. W. 

 Campbell, Sebastian Albeecht 990 



Societies and Academies: — 



The American Philosophical Society 992 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review should be sent to the Editor of SciEifCB, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR A BETTER CORRELA- 

 TION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AND 

 COLLEGE INSTRUCTION IN 

 CHEMISTRY ^ 



If the question "Should more credit be 

 allowed by institutions of college grade for 

 work in chemistry done by pupils in sec- 

 ondary schools?" were asked of any con- 

 siderable number of teachers in those 

 schools it is easy to believe that the ma- 

 jority would make an affirmative reply, 

 and that all would at least be inclined to 

 add to the query the traditional language 

 of the examination paper, "If not, why 

 not? Give reasons for your answer." 

 Inasmuch as the present conditions with 

 respect to the correlation of the work in 

 the two grades of schools is admittedly un- 

 satisfactory, and since these conditions are 

 essentially determined by decisions on the 

 part of the colleges, it is fitting that the 

 situation should be occasionally reviewed, 

 with the purpose of finding out, on the one 

 hand, how far the present situation can be 

 defended and, on the other hand, of seek- 

 ing means by which better results can be 

 attained. Others have dealt with this sub- 

 ject from various standpodntis, and the 

 statements which follow are made less with 

 the expectation that anything like a final 

 word will be said, than the hope that a 

 contribution of the experiences of the 

 teachers in one more laboratory, and a few 

 of the conclusions which they have reached, 

 may do something to aid in the compre- 

 hension of one of the most perplexing 



' Presented at the second decennial celebration 

 of Clark University, Worcester, Mass., September 

 17, 1909. 



