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Editorial 



X this number of the Bulletin, we present an interesting 

 paper upon Eugenics by Professor Hector Alliot, the first 

 time this subject has been treated in a Scientific publica- 

 tion on the Pacific Const. 



Mr. Alliot is an ( Mneer of the French Academy, a Professor 

 of Technology, and he has devoted many laborious years to 

 the study of Archaeology and explorations of the pre-historic 

 antiquities of the Western portion of North America, his labors 

 in this held having been partially rewarded by the degree of 

 Doctor of Science. 



The old name of Stirpiculture, while it included the human 

 race, was more generally applied to the production of better 

 breeds of domestic animals; but this word has been superseded 

 by the modern name of Eugenics, which has taken rank as a 

 Science, dealing with conditions which tend to elevate and 

 perpetuate the physical standard of the race. 



The Science of Eugenics was founded by Sir Francis Gal- 

 ton, who established a Fellowship of Eugenics in the University 

 of London. The Science however has advanced but little 

 beyond the publication of some fugitive articles relating to the 

 surely known laws of heredity, and we consider this paper of 

 Prof. Alliot, a valuable addition to this branch of the Sciences. 



In 1873 the Italian Government under Victor Emannuel II 

 took possession of the Collegio Romano, a group of noble 

 buildings covering an entire square, called an [sola, or island, 

 then (•(inducted by the Jesuits, and converted it into a -Lyceum, 

 the Jesuits being expelled from the property, with the excep- 

 tion of the large Church of St. Ignatius which is located on 

 one cornei*. It was from the Astronomical Observatory, located 

 on the ponderous piers of this church, that the Jesuit, Father 

 Secchi made his observations and pursued his studies. He 



