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JOllKNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
MAY.1831
THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON CHEMICAL EDUCATION IN JAPAN
l? KAMETAKA, 727 GOTENYAMA, SHINACAWA. TOKYO, J APAN Thcrc are many socirtirs of chemists in Japan, for instance The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Chemical Industry, The Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan, and The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, but there is no association of chemistry teachers except for thc Association of Science Teachers in Secondary Schools of Japan. iFor this rcason, a group of interested chemistry teachers undertook to form an organization patterned after the
of chemical education in Japan and thc necessity for improvement were made by P n o a ~ s s o n SUGANUMA, of First High -row, of S e i k i High School, PROP~SSOR School, M R . SAKAI, of Women's~Normal School, and MR.H m o s ~school ~ , superintendent of the Tokyo Prefecture, and by the author. P ~ o n e s s o nNAGAMI, of Technica[College, Tokyo, made an earnest appeal for a revolution in methods of teaching chemistr).. The conference farmed
Division of Chemical Education 01 the American Chemical Society, the first conierence being held on February 3rd a t the University Graduate Club of Tokyo. About forty chemistry teachers, from university professors t o science teachers in secondary schools, wcre prcsent. P RO FESSOR KATAYAMA of the University of Tokyo was elected president of the conference. Addresses on the present condition
plans for holding meetings several times a year. The accompanying photograph shows a group of those present a t the conference, among whom, in addition t o those mentioned above, are PROBE~SORS KONDOW of Teachers' College, KAWAKAW, of Physical College, KOBAYASHI,of Nobles' High of Teachen' College. School, TAKEHARA, and PROFESSORS AOKIand MAXINO.
