Vol. LXX. No. 2 FEBRUARY, 1907 



THE 



POPULAR SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY. 



EDITED BY J. McKEEN CATTELL 

 CONTENTS 



Professor Edward L. Nichols. . , . . . ^ Frontispiece 



Glacial Erosion in Alaska. Professor Ralph S. Tarr 99 



The Relation of School Organization to Instruction. Professor Wilbur 



S. Jackman ..-.'.' 120 



In Search of Truth. President David Starr Jordan . . .... 134 



Is Man an Automaton ? Professor George Stuart Fullerton . . .149 



A Vocabulary Test. Professor E. A. Kirkpatrick 157 



Magical Medical Practice in South Carolina. John Hawkins . . . .165 



The Value of Science. M. H. Poincare 175 



The Progress of Science: 



The Convocation Week Meetings ; The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 

 Teaching ; The Sand-dunes of the Desert of Islay ; Scientific Items 183 



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