lx. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 



Mr. J. Nangle, Superintendent of Technical Education, 

 pointed out that from the time the boy left the primary 

 school at fourteen, until he became an apprentice at sixteen 

 there was a hiatus of two years, during which he had lost 

 much of what he had learnt at school, but, worse than that, 

 he had lost the habit of study. He suggested a compulsory 

 partial school attendance from fourteen to sixteen years. 



The discussion was continued by Messrs. A. J. Sach, 

 A. B. Hector, O.C.Tucker, Prof. Cooke, Dr. J.B.Cleland, 

 Dr. G. Harker and Dr. R. K. Murphy. 



Meeting held on Thursday, December 14-th, 1916, 



Mr. Loxley Meggitt in the Chair. 



Mr. S. H. Smith, Inspector of Continuation Schools, 

 described the departmental methods for scholars in con- 

 tinuation schools. 



Dr. Greig-Smith spoke of the value of science in benefit- 

 ing the industries, and of its importance in our daily lives. 

 But science bad not the status which it should have and 

 this was largely due to the University, our highest educa- 

 tional authority, classing the fundamental sciences of 

 physics and chemistry as optional subjects for the matricu- 

 lation examination, while less important subjects, such as 

 Latin, had the definite status of being compulsory. 



The discussion was continued by Messrs. G. P. Darnell- 

 Smith, R. W. Challinor, A. B. Hector, A. J. Sach, 

 F. W. Carpenter and A. D. Olle. 



As a result of the discussion, the Section recommended 

 that the Council of the Society should consider the advis- 

 ability of communicating with the Senate of the University 

 with the object of making the fundamental sciences of 

 physics and chemistry compulsory subjects in the matricu- 

 lation examinations. 



