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FROM THE STATE PHYSICS TEACHERS" ASSOCIATION. 



By Prof. J. P. Naylor. 



Mi'. President and Members of the Academy : I stand in the rather 

 unfortunate position of belonging to the Committee of Arrangements for 

 this meeting, and also representing one of the other societies. But I assure 

 you that I did not make the assignment. The fact is I was simply held 

 responsible for the presentation of the greetings of the State Physics 

 Teachers' Association and tried to get a good man who could present the 

 greeting in better words than I. although not in better spirit, I am sure. 



As I look around over the faces of those present I see many members 

 of the Physics Teachers' Association who are also members of the Acad- 

 emy, and it may occur to someone to ask why the Physics Teachers' Asso- 

 ciation should exist at all. The work in any science is many sided, and 

 there are some things that can be done in the Indiana Academy and some 

 things that can not be done. We, the physics teachers of the State, need 

 to get together and compare notes. We want to know what the other man 

 is doing and how he does it. This sort of work can not well be done by 

 the Academy, for its province is rather along the line of investigation, and 

 besides its program is always crowded ; therefore the State Physics 

 Teachers' Association. 



Our association is, however, a sort of offspring of the Academy, and 

 we look to it as the mother society. And as good children we come back 

 at this time with our congratulations and hearty greetings, and hope for 

 the Academy that the next two and a half decades may be even better than 

 the past has been. We do not come like the Orientals, wishing that her 

 shadow may never grow less but that her bright light may be ever en- 

 larged, and that she may go on to larger accomplishments in the future. 

 I bring you greetings. (Applause.) 



