THREE matters of scientific interest were discussed at the annual meetings of the Geographical Association. Sir John Russell, of Rotham-sted Experimental Station, gave the presidential address on “The Influence of Geographical Factors on the Agricultural Activities of a Population.” Confining his illustrations to Britain, he pointed out that in earlier times each village community had to be self-supporting, and that agricultural systems were uniform all over the country. This implied that certain areas, mainly heavy clays and light sands, were perforce left vacant, and that the drier south and east were the most attractive for agriculture and settlement. With later improvements of transport and increased knowledge of how to combine animal production with the growing of grain and other vegetable foods, the action of the geographical factors was modified, and the modification seems now to be in process of being carried a step further, as different parts of the country are specialising in productions, mainly luxuries, for which they are specially suited. Dr. Olive Wheeler, of the University of Manchester, spoke of “The Place of Geography in the Education of the Adolescent.” She approached the matter from the point of view, not of subjects, but of the pupils. She considered specially the physical and mental development of young people between the ages of 12 and 16. She pointed to the quick growth in bulk and the rapidity of bodily changes, and emphasised also the extreme importance of the new emotional experiences, social, aesthetic, and religious, as well as sexual. Any education worth the name must take account of the fact that boys and girls of the ages considered are, consciously or unconsciously, attempting to find a philosophy of life. It is the business of teachers to arrange that the process is carried on with tolerance and broadmindedness. To do this it is necessary that education should deal with the study of matter on one hand and with the development of personality by means of the humane subjects on the other. Dr. Wheeler then emphasised again the position of geography as a correlating subject in which is considered not only how matter affected man but how man affected matter. Geography, probably, better than any other subj ect helped boys and girls to obtain a true philosophy of life.