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JOURNAL OP
CHEMICAL EDUCATION
MAY, 1926
MEETING OF THE SENATE OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION AT TULSA, APRIL 5, 1926 The first meeting of the Senate of Chemical Education of the A. C. S. was called to order by its chairman, Neil E. Gordon, on April 5, 1926, at 10 o'clock in the Mayo Hotel, the headquarters of the Tulsa Meeting of the Society. The following members and proxies were present. Bartow, Edward, Iowa Bawden, A. T., Kansas Billings, Erle M., New York Botkin, C. W., New Mexico Brown, F. E., Iowa Clark, John D., New Mexico Clinton, Guy, District of Columbia Dahm, H. I,., Missouri Dains, F. B., Kansas Esselen, G. J., Jr., Massachusetts Faragher, W. F., Pennsylvania Glasoe, P. M., Minnesota Gordon, Neil E., Maryland Gustafson, C. F., Missouri
Hendricks, B. C., Nebraska Hopkins, B. S., Illinois Hoover, C. R., Connecticut Jensen, J. H., South Dakota Leach, I,. O., Arkansas Maxsou, R. N., Kentucky Mooney, H. N., Illinois Mudge, W. A,, West Virginia Reed, G. Nathan, Oklahoma Robertson, Percival, Missouri Swan, J. N., Mississippi Voter, P. C., Vermont Walker, H., South Dakota Yates, J. A., Kansas
Since this was the initial assembly of the Senate the first part of the session was devoted to organization. B. S. Hopkins of the University of Illinois was elected secretary. It was moved and carried that members unable to attend a meeting of the Senate may appoint substitutes to act for them, but that such appointments must be made in writing and are to be presented to the chairman of the Senate on or before the date of the meeting. A letter ballot taken some time previously had elicited a general expression of opinion as to what projects should be considered by the Senate and the relative order in which they should be taken up. After some discussion it was agreed that the Committee on Chemical Education should, in cooperation with other special committees, make a study of and outline a course of action leading to a solution of problems connected with: 1. Educational standards for high-school teachers. 2. The content of the high-school chemistry course. 3. The equipment essential for the teaching of high-school chemistry. The plans so formulated may be reported to the Senate a t the fall meeting in Philadelphia for possible modification, approval, and further action. The question as to whether or not these movements should lead to the preparation of an accredited list of high schools was left open for the present.
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No. 5
MEETING OF SENATE AT TULSA
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Further problems which received no discussion because of lack of time but which may be reported a t Philadelphia by special committees are as follows: 1. Plans for the vocational guidance of chemistry students. 2. Plans for a broader and more thorough training of college chemistry teachers. 3. Plans as t o how recognition can be given t o the teachers of chemistry which will be comparable to the recognition given for investigational work. 4. Plans for research in chemical literature. 5 . Chemical engineering education. The Senate also voiced an opinion that there,is as much need for German teaching in high schools today as there was previous t o the war. The Senate is one of the most representative bodies ever organized for the study of scientific education. The scope of its activities will ultimately include the entire field of chemical education, high-school, college, and industrial. Throughout, it will aim t o correlate and harmonize all phases of the educational program, with a view t o the elimination of friction and duplication of effort. The inclusion on an equal basis of high-school, university, and industrial men in its membership offers splendid advantages for the success of such a course. No project in chemical education can be so readily inaugurated, with so favorable chances for receiving the approval of the Society as through support of the members of the Senate. This will protect the Society and assure that no work of very limited or only local interest will be camed out a t its expense and should guarancee that all final recommendations will be well-considered and balanced. B. S. HOPKINS,Secretary
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