SCIENCE 



Friday, Decembee 24, 1909 

 coxtemts 



I'mversity Regislratioii Stalislicii : I'ROKiiSSOB 

 Rudolf Tombo, Jb 897 



Th^ Physical Laboratory of the Sational 

 Electric Lamp Association : Dr. Edward 

 P. Htde 907 



The American Breeders Association 909 



The International Congress on the Education 

 of Children at Home 910 



The ilining Experiment Station at the Uni- 

 versity of Xorth Dakota 911 



The Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund 912 



The Boston Meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation 912 



Scientific Notes and Xeas 913 



University and Educational Xcws 017 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



The Teaching of Elementary Dynamics in 

 the High School: Professor Williasi 

 Kext. Influence of Oxygen on the ^'alue 

 of Coal: A. Bement. Alligator Mississip- 

 piensis in Ohlahoma: H. H. Laxe 919 



(Quotations: — 



President Schurmun and the I'ulure of 

 Cornell University 924 



Scientific Books: — 



Thompson-Seton's Life Histories of Xorth^rn 

 Animals Dr. J. A. Allen. Hunter on the 

 Green Bug and its Xalural Enemies: Pro- 

 fessor C. \\'. WooDWORTii. Gratacap on 

 the Geology of the City of Xcic York: Pro- 

 fessor J. F. IvEiiP. Crabtree on Spinning 

 Tops and Gyroscopic Motion: Professor 

 W. S. Franklin 924 



Special Articles: — 



A Simple Cloud Apparatus: Dr. C'ii.vs. '['. 

 Knipp. a System of Basketry Technic: 

 AIaby Lois Kissel. Fusarium Wilt of 

 Cabbage: L. L. Habteb. The Separated 

 Blastomeres of Centrifuged Eggs of Ar- 

 bacia : Dr. Febxandus Payxe 930 



The Convocation Week Meetings of Scientific 

 Societies 935 



3ISS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review should be sent to the Editor of Sciekce, Garrison-ou- 

 Hudson, X. Y. 



UXnEPSITY liEGISTRATIOX STATISTICS 

 The registration returns for November 

 1, 1909, of twenty-eight of the leading 

 universities of the country will be found 

 tabulated on page 898. Three institutions 

 have been added to the list this year, 

 namely, Texas, Tulane and Washington 

 (St. Louis). The introductory comments 

 made last year on the relative value of the 

 figures presented in the table' should be 

 borne in mind in studying the statistics 

 herewith submitted. May I point out once 

 again, however, that I do not wish the 

 reader to infer that in my opinion size is 

 the primary consideration in examining an 

 institution of learning; on the contrary, I 

 am thoroughly convinced that there is as 

 much fault to be found with an overgrown 

 department, school or university as there 

 is with an overgro^vn city or potato. We 

 are concerned in the present instance, how- 

 ever, with values expressed merel.v in stu- 

 dent units and not in terms of productive 

 efficiency. 



This year four institutions— Iowa, ]\Iin- 

 nesota. New York University and Yale- 

 show a loss in enrollment compared with 

 the previous .year, as against two in 1908 

 and five in 1907. On the whole, consid- 

 erable gains have been made all along the 

 line, the increase in .several instances being 

 quite marked. The greatest gains in terms 

 of student units, including the summer ses- 

 sion attendance, have been nmde during the 

 year by Columbia, Chicago, Wisconsin, 

 California, Cornell, Ohio and Pennsyl- 

 vania, in the order named, each one of 



'Science, N. S., Vol. XXVIII.. necembcr 25, 

 1908, p. 911. 



