THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AND EDUCATION JAMBS F. Nonnrs, PRESIDENT AMERICANCHEMICAL SOCIETY, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, WASHINGTON, D. C. The formation of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society will, no doubt, lead teachers of chemistry to become more interested in real education. Much of the instruction ~ i v e nin colleges follows the individual methods handed down by our former teachers. The modem point of view in regard to education and the highly complex a r t of teaching are not adequately considered because the only requirement ordinarily put upon the prospective teacher is a knowledge of facts. This condition can be changed if more attention is given t o the study of the many problems of education before the teacher, who oftentimes is blind t o them. The focusing of interest on these problems by the Division of Education cannot but eventually affect favorably the teaching of the science. The day is bound t o come when outstanding success in teaching will receive as much recognition as is awarded today t o accomplishment in administration or research. In the past the American Chemical Society has given some attention t o educational topics. Certain Divisions of the Society have had very profitable discussions of various phases of the teaching of chemistry, but the interest has been more or less spasmodic. Increased attention to educational I>,\>,'~S1:. >-
