46 HENRY DEANE. 



Now as to the utility of science. If the dictionary is searched 

 it will be seen that Science embraces all theoretical knowledge 

 and Art is the application of it — science and art go together. 

 How then can we have art without science ? Art is eminently 

 practical. Our Technical College, in conformity with the mean- 

 ing of the term, is intended for the teaching of the various 

 branches of art, and no one can complain that the classes there 

 are not practical in their object and tendency. If this view is 

 correct, science which is essential to right art must be practical also. 



It is probable that people do not know what a range of subjects 

 may be dealt with at a scientific meeting like that of the Austra- 

 lasian Association for the Advancement of Science. The titles of 

 the sections are as follows : — A, astronomy, mathematics and 

 physics; B, chemistry; C, geology and mineralogy; D, biology; 

 E, geography; F, ethnology and anthropology; Gr, economic 

 science and agriculture ; H, engineering and architecture ; I, 

 sanitary science and hygiene ; J, mental science and education. 



Is it possible that any man or woman with any claim to 

 intelligence cannot find among the above list some subject or 

 subjects which he or she is interested in, and which he or she 

 would like to gain information upon ? I do not believe that any 

 one would like to acknowledge that all these subjects are beyond 

 their comprehension, and yet if they only took an active interest 

 in one they might help the Association, and it is to be observed 

 that the object and scope of the work of the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales which should represent the chief scientific 

 thought in this colony, is quite as wide as those of the Association 

 which fills a similar role with regard to Australasia. 



It is not pretended that the subjects thus included under the 

 term " Science " are all those that go to make the culture of the 

 individual. There is of course a great deal of knowledge besides 

 and among these the study of language, literature and history, 

 but even with regard to these it may be said that they closely 

 concern sections F and J. Some aspects of language, such as the 



