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academic one among students. Where no organizations exist the contest offers sufficient scope to warrant the establishment of such organizations. The Educational Division of the American Chemical Society stands ready to welcome any such activity and with the American Chemical Society as a connecting link there is no limit to the power that may he exerted by chemistry teachers' organizations held together by a nation-wide movement. In a recent speech at a dinner given in his honor by the six great chemical organizations of the United States, Mr. Garvan took as his text "and a little child shall lead them." There can be no nobler text nor a more worthy sentiment expressed, and certainly the prize essay contest with this as its motto and with the cooperation of teachers and scientists may accomplish one of the greatest works of our time. H. HERTY H. E. HOWE,Chairman CHARLES WILLIAMS,JK., Secretary WILDERD. BANCROPTALEXANDER
CHEMISTRY IN GRADES' Miss M. Elizabeth Farson, Principal of the Hamilton School, Chicago, Ill., has been trying an experiment training her pupils in latent imaginative thought by comparison and symbolism through the use of chemistry and kindred sciences. The periodic table was used as one experiment in this mind stimulation. After she had told her pupils in her vivid way about the periodic table and allied terms, she gave a test asking each child to give a sentence which would characterize the different terms. A few quotations are given in order that other teachers may judge for themselves as to the value of the experiment. 1. Andcnt Chemistry-Leon Green Ships far OR a t sea Seeki~tgthe Periodic City 2. Elements-Arthur Schroder Ninety-two nails Holding the Periodic Tablc together 3. Hydrogen-Edith Cadson Homeless Wander Nobody wants him on his street 4. Gronp Eight-Theresa Lehmann Three sets of triplets All living on thc same broad avenue 5. Argon-Dorothy Dunne Oh! Such a Sleepy Rip Van winkle
T w lazy to wake up 6 . X-Rays-William Boick Miners searching in a crystal mine Far buried treasure 7. Millikan-Barbara D i e d An Abraham Lincoln Trying to free the Electron 8. Bohr's Atomic Orbits-Raymond Taylor Electrons' Racetracks - Judge Proton in grand stand in center 9. Chemistry-Violet Nieman Mysterious wonderland Bewildering many an Alice
For more quotations and particulars about the experiment write Miss Parson. NOTE.-This is published due t o the many calls from teachers for litera'EDITOR'S ture on humanizing chemistry. The editor would like t o have some contributions from a chemical drama standpoint.
