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THE nineteenth annual general meeting of this association was held at the London Day Training College on December 31 and January 1. During the discussions the predominant topic was the danger of undue specialisation on the part of boys at school. It was refreshing to notice that science masters do not merely grumble at the unfair amount of time devoted to the more deep-rooted subjects of school curricula, but also recognise the error of early specialisation within their own subject. This note was struck by Sir Ronald Ross, who presided throughout the meeting. In his opening address (the main part of which appears elsewhere in this issue) he said that it was not only in their classical studies that the boys were kept too long pottering about the porch of the temple; that error also lies in attempting too much detail at the outset.
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The Association of Public School Science Masters . Nature 102, 375–376 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102375a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/102375a0