CONFERENCE OF TEACHERS OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

THIS conference, the seventh in a series of conferences in various branches of secondary work, was held at Dartmouth, May 16, 17, and 18, according to the following program, with an enrollment of sixty-one teachers.

Thursday, May 16—3: 00 p.m., address of welcome, Professor J. K. Lord, Dartmouth College ; election of officers for the Conference.

3: 30 p.m., discussion : The first year in Chemistry, and the relation between the School and the College. Professor E. J. Bartlett, Dartmouth College; Principal C. C. Ferguson, Somersworth, N. H., High School; Principal F. E. Heald, Hanover, N. H., High School ; Mr. F. M. Howe,, Montpelier Conference Seminary ; Mr. M. H. Smith, Dover, N. H., High School, and others.

8: 00 p. m., lecture, The Alchemists ; illustrated by lantern slides, Professor Bartlett, Dartmouth College. Friday, May 17—7: 50 a.m., chapel service with the College, Rollins Chapel.

9-12: 30 a.m., discussion of questions in the department of Physics : 1. The First Year's Course in Physics — a. Should an attempt be made to teach all parts of the subject ? b. The best order of topics, Princical C- C. Ferguson ; Mr. C. E. Dickinson, the Mount Hermon School ; Mr. L. D. Higgins, Danbury, Conn., High School.

2. Laboratory Work:—a. Its object, results to be obtained, b. Notebooks. Professor N. E. Gilbert, Dartmouth College; Mr. C. H. Andrews, South High School, Worcester, Mass.

3. College Entrance Physics :—a. In what way should entrance requirements in Physics be modified ? Principal F. E. Heald ; b. The relation of the new State Science Curriculum to entrance requirements, Principal W. O. Smith, Lancaster, N. H., High School ; c. The relation of College Physics to entrance requirements, Professor G. F. Hull, Dartmouth College; d. What can the Schoolmaster do to obtain for Physics recognition from the Colleges and Scientific Schools? Mr. N. Henry Black, Roxbury Latin School.

4. Should there be a State Certification for teachers of Physics?

At one o'clock the members of the Schoolmasters' Club were the guests of the College at lunch in College Hall. Immediately after lunch the club discussed the question, "Is the present mode of granting certificate rights to Preparatory Schools satis- factory ?"

3:30 p.m., inspection of the chemical laboratories, and discussion:— The Laboratory : Its equipment and use, including chemicals, apparatus, notes, and administration. Mr. L. B. Richardson, Dartmouth College ; Principal C. A. Crowell, Jr., Lebanon, N. H., High School ; Mr. Carroll H. White, Barre, Vt., High School, and others.

7: 30 p.m., lecture, The Electron Theory of Matter : with experimental demonstrations, Professor Hull, Dartmouth College.

After the lecture the rooms of the physical laboratory were open for an informal social gathering, and for inspection of the laboratory equipment. The apparatus used in the general laboratory courses were displayed. Demonstrations of experiments, both elementary and advanced, were given; among the latter was the demonstration of the Pressure of Light,and of the Reflection and Polarization of Electric Waves.

Saturday, May 18.

8:30 a.m., discussion: The purpose involved in the teaching of Chemistry, and the methods by which the teaching may be made most effective. Doctor C. E. Bolser, Dartmouth College; Principal L. S. Dewey, Stevens High School, Claremont, N. H.; Miss Sydna Ellen Pritchard, Northampton, Mass., High School; Mr. C. P. Kendall, Oliver Ames High School, North Easton, Mass.; Mr. H. N, McEaren, Manchester, N. H., High School, and others.

In his address of welcome Professor Lord struck the key note of the conference in the statement that its object was the mutual benefit of college and secondary teachers.