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March ii, 1919 



The meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, President Richards called the meeting to order at 

 8:15 P.M. There were 57 persons present. 



The Club voted to authorize the program committee to call 

 the second meeting of the Club in March on Tuesday evening, 

 March 25, instead of Wednesday. 



No other business was transacted. 



The program for the evening consisted of a "Symposium and 

 Conference on Botanical Education in the Secondary Schools." 

 The following is a list of the speakers with the title of the paper 

 read by each : 



Dr. Otis W. Caldwell, Lincoln High School, Teachers College. 

 "Present Tendencies in High School Botany." 



Dr. Francis I. Hughes, Boys' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 "Botany in City High Schools." 



Dr. Cyrus A. King, Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn. 

 "Changes in the Teaching of Botany and Biology in the High 

 School." 



Dr. Paul B. Mann, The Evander Childs High School. "The 

 Relation of First Year High School Botany to Advanced Work 

 with Reference to Certain Applications and By-products." 



Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 

 lead the discussion. 



Prof. R. A. Harper, Dr. Caldwell and others also took part in 

 the discussion which followed. Prof. Harper introduced the 

 following resolution which was adopted: 



Resolved, that the best interests of biology and of secondary 

 education in New York City would be served by a conference on 

 biology in New York City schools, to be held at the earliest 

 possible date. 



The papers read will be published in full in Torreya. 



Meeting adjourned. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



