As chemical educators, we may find some comfort in
knowing that many of the same questions about teaching
and learning that vex us today also vexed our predecessors.
Looking back at discussions of pedagogy from an earlier
time is not to seek specific answers but rather to see how
others have answered such questions to their own satisfaction. One such discussion is “Importance of Teaching Chemistry,” an address delivered by Charles Munroe at the inaugural meeting of the District of Columbia Association of
Chemistry Teachers in November 1924 and published in
the January 1925 issue of JCE (1)