

Vol. LXVIII. No. 1 JANUARY, 1906 



THE 



POPULAR SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY. 



EDITED BY J. McKEEJf CATTELL 

 CONTENTS 



With the British Association in South Africa. Professor Ernest W. 



Brown • 5 



The Foundations of Geometry. Dr. Oscar Veblen . . ' 21 



The Content of Chinese Education. Dr. Q harles Keyser Edmunds . 29 



The Geological Survey of Alaska. Dr. Alfred Brooks 42 



What is an Ear of Corn ? T. G. Montgomery 55 



Spencer Fullerton Baird. T. D. A. Cockerell 63 



Intercollegiate Contests. Professor John J. Stevenson 84 



The Progress of Science : 



The Convocation Week Meetings of the Scientific Societies; Award of the Nobel 



Prizes; The Determination of Sex; Two German Directories; Scientific Items . • 88 



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