Excerpt from A History of the Teaching of Chemistry in the Secondary Schools of the United States Previous to 1850 No less authority than Foster Watson is sponsor for the state ment that the history of the study of Latin is the history of secondary education well into the nineteenth century. We have long known in a general way, at least, the factors which delayed the introduction of the natural sciences, but we have been sadly lacking in information as to when and how the natural sciences began their invasion of the curriculum. Mr. Powers has made a valuable contribution not only to the history of the teaching of chemistry, but to the general history of education. He has presented in a clear and interesting manner the many factors which brought chemistry into the foreground of social and intellect'ual interests and finally secured for it a place in the schools. In addition to the valuable data which his painstaking efforts have brought together, he has made clear the sequence of forces which are universally at work in bringing about changes in school curricula, - namely, new social and industrial needs; quests for new knowledge to meet these needs; rise of a new science (in this case, chemistry); efforts to gain for the new science a place in the schools; establishment of a new study; sub sequent formalism and devitalization; efforts to rehumanize or revitalize the now thoroughly established and thoroughly re spectable study, by teaching it in close relation to such concrete problems as originally led to its introduction. From this sum mary statement it is evident that Mr. Powers' study, though treating only one school subject and that for a comparatively brief period, will provide students of the history of education and students of secondary education not only with an explanation of many conditions and factors in the present educational situation, but also with the basis of an illuminating chapter in educational and social philosophy. Fletcher harper swift. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.