XOVEMBER G, 1903.] 



SCIENCE, 



589 



will not only be felt in that elementary, 

 but will also penetrate into secondary edu- 

 cation. In regard to the additions which 

 are required in elementary education, and 

 which recjuire the proper traininiij of the 

 pupil teacher, I must refer you to a report 

 which will be presented to the section. The 

 task of training pupil teachers is one which 

 recjuires the earnest and undivided thought 

 of the new education conmiittees. 



In the earnest address given by my pre- 

 decessor in this chair he brought forward 

 the shortcomings of secondary education 

 and of the requirements for a military 

 cai-eer in a trenchant manner and with an 

 ability which I can not emulate. With 

 much of what he said I agree heartily, but 

 I can not forget that, after all, the details 

 of education are to some extent matters of 

 opinion, though the main features are not. 

 We must be content to see advances made 

 in the directions on which the majority of 

 men and women educational experts are 

 agreed. Great strides have already been 

 made in educating the public both in 

 methods and subjects, but a good deal more 

 remains to be done. 



It may be expected, for instance, that the 

 registration of teachers will lead to in- 

 creased efficiency in secondary schools, and 

 that the would-be teacher, fresh from col- 

 lege, will not get his training by practising 

 on the unfortunate children he may be 

 told off to teach. It may also be expected 

 that such increased efficiency will have to 

 be vouched for by the thorough inspection 

 which is now made under the board of edu- 

 cation act, by the board, by a university, 

 or by some such recognized body. It again 

 may be expected that parents will grad- 

 ually waken up to the meaning of the teach- 

 er's register and the value of inspection, 

 and that those schools will flourish best 

 which can show that they too appreciate 

 the advantages of each. 



I have to crave pardon for having failed 



to give an address which is in any way 

 sensational. I have thought it better to 

 review what has been done in the past 

 within my own knowledge, and with this 

 in my mind I can not but prophesy that 

 the future is more than hopeful, now that 

 the public is beginning to be educated in 

 education. It will demand, and its wants 

 will be supplied. 



WiLUAM DE W. AbNEY. 



Number of Schools teaching Shortened Course of Science. 



Year. No. 



1902 127 



1903 184 



Number of Laboratories Eecognized. 



THE LOVGITVDE OF HOyOLVLV, VARIOUS 

 DETKRMIXA TIOXS, 1555-1903.* 



The occasion for this article is the re- 

 cent determination by the telegraphic 

 method of the difference of longitude of 

 San Francisco and Honolulu through the 

 new Pacific cable by Messrs. Edwin Smith 

 and Fremont Jlorse, of the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey. 



The first signals over this portion of 



* Read before tlie Pliilosopliical Society of Wash- 

 inslon, October 10, 1903. 



