Abstract
The High School Section of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, meeting in Fremont, Nebraska April, 1929, considered in open session and passed by a unanimous vote, the following Resolution;|"Resolved:—That the Department of University Extension: University of Nebraska, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, shall have prepared and shall publish a Science Syllabus for use in the schools of Nebraska.|Resolved:--That this syllabus shall be as comprehensive and as usable as are the Syllabi published to aid in the teaching of secondary school sciences in the States of Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, and other western commonwealths.|Resolved:—That a copy of these Resolutions be forwarded by the Secretary (or President) of the Science Section to the Director of University Extension, and to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, at Lincoln, Nebraska."|A committee of three was then appointed to consider the question of preparation of the Syllabus with instructions to report at the next annual meeting of the Academy. No chairman was appointed and the committee held only one very short meeting.