four of t h e fourteen "B's," and six of t h e sixteen "C's." O r putting it in another way: 23% of these special students m a d e "A," 31% "B," and 46% "C." I n comparison with these: 4% of the other students m a d e
"A," 36% "B," 35% "C," and 15% "D." Of course, it is well known that o n e year isnot enough to prove anything, a n d next year's results may b e quite different. T h e students under discussion, however, realized that m u c h was expected of t h e m and they attempted to show themselves worthy. If, in addition to having t h e subject matter presented interestingly, t h e students c a n be made to realize that nothing less than their best work will be acceptable, good results are inevitable. Regardless of w h a t m a y happen another year, t h e following results seem to have justified t h i s experiment during the past year at Wooster. (1) It aroused and maintained t h e interest and enthusiasm of t h e student. (2) It served as a challenge to the s t u d e n t t o d o his best. (3) It gave more personal contact between s t u d e n t and teacher. (4) It gave the s t u d e n t work commensurate with his ability. (5) It put t h e good s t u d e n t with a group of other good students. (6) It gave the student o n e semester of advanced standing. (7) It will enable t h e s t u d e n t to include an additional semester of advanced chemistry in his major.
EXHIBIT OF HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS' WORK IN CHEMISTRY An exhibit of students' work in chemistry in high schools is being planned for the spring meeting of the Division of Chemical Education a t Columbus, Ohio. AU teachers of high-school chemistry are invited to prepare and send in exhibits of their work. Any inquiries regarding the exhibits should he referred to Dr. Wm. McPherson, Ohio State University. Columbus.
Looks to Chemists to Protect Health. Future advances in the science of immunity. which is the body's resistance to disease, will he made largely by chemists, either done or in association with immunologists, predicted Dr. H. Gideon Wells of the UniveIsity of Chicago a t the recent Institute of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. "Immunity may he appropriately called the chemical wmfare of existence," said Dr. Wells. "The disease germs attack and kill us by the p o h s they produce. Our bodies are constantly producing poisons to defend themselves by killing the germs. Through chemistry we can gain knowledge of just what these mysterious protective agents are, how they act and how to produce them artificially. Then we shall not have to depend on the dilute solutions of these agents that we can extract from a horse or can cause to develop in man's own blood, such as our present serums and anti-toxins, hut can give man as much as he needs of. the active agent that has been prepared by synthetic chemistry."-Science Sem'ce
