4. Preparation and use of maps and charts. Mr. J. R. H. Moore, Manual Training High School, Indianapolis. This will be followed by the regular business meeting of the Association. On Friday evening a subscription dinner will be given at the Claypool Hotel. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH CENTRAL HISTORY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, APRIL 1 AND 2, 1910. REPORTED BY ALBERT H. SANFORD. It is impossible to convey to one who was not present an adequate idea of the spirit that pervaded the first session of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the North Central History Teachers’ Association; this was the dinner at Reynolds’ Club, University of Chicago, in honor of Professor Frederick J. Turner. The menu was simply “Food--a la Hutchinson Café.” The “Refreshments” were talks given by Professors James A. James, Albion W. Small, Guy S. Ford, James A. Woodburn, Thomas F. Moran, and Dr. Reuben G. Thwaites, closing with remarks by Professor Turner. The printed program was besprinkled with quotations from the writings of Professor Turner, beginning with “The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic Coast; it is the great West.” Professor Andrew C. McLaughlin, the presiding genius of this occasion, pitched the key at a point somewhere between gay and sad, running readily from one extreme to the other. It was, of course, Professor Turner’s departure from Wisconsin to enter upon duties at Harvard that called the one hundred guests to assemble about this table. Among them were some who had been students with him in Johns Hopkins’ University, many who had been students under his instruction, and still others who are his colleagues in the field of history throughout the Central West. Here was spontaneous testimony to the force and charm of Professor Turner’s personality, and to the inspiration of his teaching. Underneath the gayety of the after-dinner sentiments ran the note of deep regret that the Central West loses the presence of this master mind. No more fitting theme for a session of the Association could have been selected. Following the dinner came an address by Professor Paul S. Reinsch, of the University of Wisconsin, upon “The Life of the State and the Teaching of Government.” Preparation for the duties of citizenship is less effective in the United States, said Professor Reinsch, than in other advanced countries; hence the duty of placing more emphasis upon the proper teaching of government. Local government should receive fuller treatment. There should be more concrete study of the actual operations of government and less committing to memory of the clauses of constitutions that are only vaguely comprehended. Civil government should be taught separately from history, else some of its most important topics will never be reached; for instance, problems of city and state organizations. Such, briefly stated, were some of the points made in this interesting address.