The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-26
TEACHERS OF SCIENCE
SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
HELD IN THIS CITY.
Sessions ut vi. T.. III. s. and ShOrtridge
High SchOOI-Teachers of
History Meet.

The Indiana Science Teachers Association
is holding its seventh annual conference
in Indianapolis Yesterday mornings ses-
sion was held at the Manual Training High
School and the afternoon session was held
at the Shortridge High School ]. T. SEQ
vile is president of the association, 1. II.
Voris is vice president and D. H. Weir is
secretary. ]. F. Thompson is the treasurer.
The executive committee is composed of NJ.
T. Crowell, L. E Wheeler, Donaldson Bo-
dine, Leonard Young and John Owens.
At the morning session President Scoville
delivered his annual address. He is a
teacher in the Terre Haute schools. The
address in part dealt with the status of the
teaching of botany. The advantage of the
use of local conditions in teaching botany
was pointed out. For instance, If a teacher
were employed in prairie country, 1t
would be to his advantage to use the flora
peculiar to that locality.
''Meterology in the High School, was dis
cussed by j. A. Price. of the Fort Wayne
High School He called attention TO the
universal interest displayed in the work of
the weather bureau. He spoke of the prac-
teal use of the science of meterolOgy as
people have come to depend it, He
thought that because of this growing in
terest the science should be taught in the
schools. He is teaching il in his own
school, and told the association of his eX-
perience He thought it should be taught
at least six months in the second year of
high school
Prof Donaldson Bodine, of Wabash Col
lege, discussed Geology in the High
School" In his talk Professor Bodne di-
rected attention to the local geology of the
State, and held that subject matter in
teaching should be determined by local con-
ditions. His point was that II teacher
employed in coal locality he should
take coal as a basis for his teaching.
@. w. Benton was TO have discussed
Some Elementary QuantitatiVe Expert
ments for Beginners in Chemistry" but
could not be present, and his topic was
handled by one of his assistants. The lat
ter advocated the use of a few elementary
cumulative experiments in the early work
Of chemistry.
w. ]. Karslake. of Butler College. gave
some points on How TO Present 10 Begin
ners the Laws of Chemical Combination
and the Atomic Theory" His talk was of
an extremely technical character and was
well received.
N H. Williams Of Shortridge High
School, gave Ten Fundamental Quantita-
tive Experiments in Mechanics" He pre-
scented ten typical experiments in mechanics
and illustrated them by simple apparatus.
He held that il does not require elaborate
apparatus TO develop the laws OF mechanics.
W. A. Fiske, Of the Richmond High
School. talked Of THE Laboratory Note
book in Physics" He said the notebook
was valuable thing, and he thought pupils
in studying physics should keep a record Of
all their experiments and work
The programme closed with original dem
onstrations in chemistry and physics by a
number Of teachers. The association will
meet at 9 O'Clock this morning at Shortridge
High Sschool TO complete its work