56 Frank Carney 
organization of local geographic societies is another evidence of I 
progress. 
Of the various agencies through which further and more prompt 
progress may be effected, the Geological Surveys seem the most 
worth while considering. If by some necromancy we might at 
once bestow upon all individuals who are now giving instruction 
in geography a good training, making them reasonably well- 
equipped geographers, even such proficiency as domestic insti- ; 
tutions can give, we would look no further. For the trained pro- I 
gressive teacher the innovations outlined in this paper have no j 
personal application. In the following paragraphs I briefly con- 1 
sider six ways in which the Surveys might further the interests of i 
geography: | 
Publications for teachers. The publications of our State Sur- | 
veys contain much that is useful to the secondary school teacher; 
this is especially true of the economic reports, though there is an | 
objection common to nearly all these publications; they are pre- | 
pared for the class of critical and informed readers represented by | 
the authors of the reports. No one would suggest that in this j 
respect Surveys should deviate from the present method; such I 
reports must not only be abreast of their phase of the science, but I 
should also make contribution to it. | 
Nevertheless, it is evident to all that reports of this type can not 
be of greatest benefit to the average teacher of geography, and it is j| 
this teacher with whom we would labor in advancing scientific j 
geography. To this end might not our Surveys prepare special |i 
and supplementary reports specifically for teachers ? If these | 
teachers as a class were readers of the geographical journals, 
the desired object might be partially accomplished; but we know | 
they are not; furthermore, publications prepared by their own i 
State for them in particular would make a more certain appeal. | 
The publications I have in mind should be of two types: ' 
a. As illustrating the class of special reports, one of these ; 
should aim at instilling a better concept of geography as a science. | 
There is no lack of general books of method in geography, but we | 
need terse treatments of the basal principles that should govern j 
instruction in regional and systematic geography, emphasizing ] 
