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Mr. Ewen MacTntyre was nominated for membership. 



The announced paper of the evening on " The Rubber Forests 

 of Mexico" was then presented by Dr. H. H. Rusby. The lec- 

 ture was illustrated by lantern slides made from photographs, 

 many of which were obtained by the speaker while in the field. 

 This paper has been printed in full in the January number of the 

 Journal of the New York . Botanical Garden, and an abstract 

 accompanied by illustrations will appear at an early date in 



TORREYA. 



The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p. m. 



Percy Wilson, 



Seci'etary 



OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS 



College Entrance Botany 



A fourth report on the college entrance course in botany has 

 been formulated by the Committee on Education of the Botanical ^ 

 Society of America. In authorizing the publication of this re- 

 port * the Society urges that a year's thorough work in botany 

 be accepted by all colleges as an " entrance option " for under 

 the present educational conditions it is " practically impossible 

 for any subject to receive suitable consideration in the three 

 upper years of most high schools unless it can be counted for 

 entrance to college." 



The "ten principles upon which the course is formulated" 

 are given below, and the general statement of the subject-matter - 

 will, for lack of space in this issue, be printed next month. The 

 preparation of such a course of study is not an easy matter ; 

 and the work of the members of the committee. Professor W. 

 F. Ganong, of Smith College, Professor F. E. Lloyd, of the 

 Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and Professor H. C. Cowles, of 

 the University of Chicago, should receive our hearty appreciation. 

 Thanks are also due the Society for the effect such a course will 

 have upon the teaching of botany in the high schools — both 

 directly and indirectly. What do the teachers of high school 



*The School Review, Vol. 16. November, 1908. 



