On Teaching Physics

The summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (held June 20, 21, 22 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut) was unique in many ways. For one thing, the meeting was completely a physics teachers meeting. No other organization or society was meeting in that vicinity at the time. This was a first for the physics teachers, some one hundred and fifty of whom were registered from at least twenty‐five different states and Canada, and from over eighty different institutions. Of the registrants, about forty‐five were accompanied by their wives or families, so well over two hundred were present, and the pleasingly cosmopolitan nature of the meetings contributed toward the friendly and informal tone of all the sessions. All this was made possible by the excellent program arranged, which everyone found stimulating and valuable, and above all by the graciously provided environment of that ideal campus of Connecticut Wesleyan. Nothing but praise was heard for the local setting.

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