110 JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VOL. 13, NO. 6 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 
SOCIETIES | 
BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
SPECIAL MEETING 
A special meeting of the Biological Society was held in the auditorium of 
the Interior Department on September 29, 1922, with President Barney 
in the chair and 240 persons present. Program: 
Donatp R. Dickey: Exhibition of moving pictures of wild game of New 
Brunswick. These pictures were taken on the upper waters of the Tobique 
River and across to the Nepisiguit. Views of the lakes and streams were 
shown, followed by numerous films of moose and deer, including many taken 
from a canoe. Both rapid and slow movement films were shown. Two of 
the most notable films showed ruffed grouse drumming. The bird could be 
seen to strike its wings together when drumming, both before and behind its 
body, which was in an erect position. 
SPECIAL MEETING 
A special meeting of the Biological Society was held at the Cosmos Club 
October 19, 1922, with the Washington Academy of Sciences and the Chemical 
Society of Washington, with President J. W. Humpureys of the Washing- 
ton Academy of Sciences in the chair and 94 persons present. Dr. H. J. 
HamBurcGer, Professor of Physiology in the University of Groningen, 
Holland, gave an address on the subject The increasing significance of 
chemistry tn medical thought and practice. 
642D MEETING 
The 642d regular meeting of the Biological Society was held at the Cosmos 
Club November 11, 1922, with President Baruey in the chair and 75 persons 
present. The program was as follows: 
E. D. Bauu: Importance of adequate training for biological work in the 
Government service. In the Government service at present, omitting Army 
and Navy, Indian Service, judges and attorneys, the number of men employed 
in some technical scientific line is 7074, of whom 4332 are actually engaged in 
their specialties. Of the latter, 2240 are in the Department of Agriculture 
and 2092 in other departments. In the whole Government service, scientific 
and other, the number of men who are paid salaries of $5000 and over reaches 
the total of 7761. Of these, 2490 are in the Civil Service. Four receive 
$25,000 or more; 183 receive $10,000 or more; 607 receive $7500 or more. 
The following table of salaries of college professors was presented for 
comparison with that of scientific workers in the Government service. 
In 7 leading endowed universities the range of salary for full professors 
listed in the graduate school was: minimum $4750, maximum $8550, average 
In 7 leading state universities salaries range from $3200 to $7125, with an 
average of $4725. 
In leading agricultural colleges $2850 to $4875, average $3750. 
Of these faculties, 90 per cent in the first group had doctors’ degrees, with 
a smaller percentage in the state universities, and still smaller in the agri- 
cultural colleges. 
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