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support of all teachers of these subjects. Get them into theAssociation. If they become regular readers of its journal theywill get out of the rut and put new life into their teaching. Ina scientific age no one should be allo-wed to remain ignorant ofthe basic principles of science.

ATTENTION! FELLOW SCIENCE TEACHERS

BY JOHN H. McCLELLANChairman PJiysics Section of the Central Association of Science

and Mathematics Teachers

At a time when the nation is being made into a vast labora-tory of the Social Sciences, when huge experiments in Eco-nomics, Sociology, Business Administration and Banking arebeing carried out upon a stupendous scale hitherto undreamedof, where do we science teachers find ourselves? We find our-selves burdened with greatly increased teaching load, lessenedor no appropriations for laboratory equipment, and threatenedelimination of our regular laboratory time. Is this the path ofprogress? Must our teaching of Physics and Chemistry in thefuture be confined to mere dogmatic memorization of facts,laws and formulae? Shall we confine our teaching largely to semi-obsolete facts within the pages of a textbook? Will we thus equipour students to cope with problems of a rapidly changing world?Will we not rather serve the new generation better by inculcat-ing the scientific attitude that nothing is absolutely certain ex-cept death and change? Surely we need to emphasize that all ofour conclusions must pass through the fire of experimental veri-fication. No education should be considered adequate for theordinary citizen which does not include individual laboratorywork. Only by such experience can one come to an appreciationof the methods necessary for scientific progress. Dear fellowteacher will you not devote some time now to conscientiouslyanswering the questionnaire found on page 221 of this issue?

EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS

This is the strongest local organization of physics teachers in the coun-try. Their meetings are held three times a year and reports are publishedin this journal. The report of the 125th meeting, which was held at Arling-ton, Mass., Dec. 16, 1933, is on pages 193-206 of this issue.