Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-10
WORK OF
SCIENCE CLASSES
Pedagoeue Says Pupils Should Be
Taken to Factories Where Prac-
teal Uses of Chemistry
Are Shown

The department of science instruction
met yesterday afternoon in the state
normal school, II. A.. Senter,. Omaha
Neb., president. Frank A.. Almy OF
Grinnell, Ia, acted as secretary.
George B. Frankforter. dean Of the
school of chemistry and director of the
laboratories, University of Minnesota
was to have read the paper or the
quired Successfully to Teach Chemistry
in Secondary Schools" Mr.. Senter re-
ceived telegram from Dean FRANK
forter half an hour before the open1ng
of the session stating that the dean
would not be able to be present on ac-
count of illness in his family.
The session therefore was turned IN
to an informal meeting and a general
discussion OF much interest was held
on the various needs and methods OF
teaching chemistry. 20
the most effective methods of rousing
rent periodicals, printed in, English
which deal with the every day appli-
cation of chemistry to Incidents.
Chemistry will then have I've EN-, m
"The articles speak of the, materials
used where they are found ana the
treatment"
j. Fred Smith said that much interest t. . 81:
could be aroTged s Smith the a99Tocated
laboratory manual to broaden the
students ideas and incite extra work in
the department.
Advises Visits to Factories
WA Dunn of Los Angeles advocated
the taking of trips to various manu- :
featuring plants and cited good resul = ,
he had obtained from taking parties OF
students to factories.
president Senter said
"Of course in these trips there are
those who go to see what is solns Oh
and others who go for good time. l
remember my first visit to coal gas
Mani and it made lasting impression
on me. / believe that trip led to de-
sire to see more of the different phases.
1.-THE question Is whether TO take
small detachment or large elss s,dor, &c
IT have given up taking the students
and have made lantern slides TO be useu
in lectures instead of visiting the Narl-
frank o. Almy favored visiting indus.
+riai Institutions toward the close of
the wear. He said he thought that FIRE
ouent visits impressed themselves on
the minds of the pupils, ,especlalIy
after laboratory work had become
MISS Ruby e. Gracier found it prac :
teal and stated that large number OF
the boys had spent their spare ll,uie3
in fitting up miniature laporato t "a
home where further work was carried
on she said that in visiting the IN
stitutions the industrial use OF chemls-
INV was shown and pupils were maze 10
faeI that il was not visionary thlnS
bevond the ordinary life.
w II Bartz said pedagoglcal ques-
+ion was at stake and added that VISITS
70 tha various manufactures shoulu
he made before entering the hlgn
school grades. Mr.. Bartz also spoke OF
cost of equipment, saying that IN seYo
erai cases where $500 was asked SoU
had proven sufficient.
President Reed of Pacific Union col
leee brought forth the idea of exhibit
tions of the work of the chemistry
class to which Mr. Bartz responded
that there was a danger or drlrtlns
awav from chemistry into amusement
russell Elliott said that many expert
ments were made simply because they
w A Clark advocated more expert,
ments performed by the instructor anu
fewer by the pupils. "The purpose OF
an experiment is to concrete what is
known in a vague way said Mr.. Gar X;
ST should cut out four htths OF a.
experiments in chemical laboratories.
The point is the educational Value III
Lillian Bird Rich spoke of interest
ing girls in chemistry in preparing
W A. Dunn, Horace II. Cummings
and L. A. Reed were appointed NOM
mating committee. - a.
The next session of the science oe-
partment will be held Thursday alter-
noon at the normal school FranA
Almy, professor of physics, Iowa COL
lege, will make the address.