SCIENCE 



Friday, July 16, 1920 



CONTENTS 

 The College Teacher and Research: Peo- 

 PESSOB LeEoy D. Weld 45 



Waxy Maize from Upper Burma: De. 6. N. 

 Collins 48 



Physical Measurements in Psychology : De. 

 A. P. Weiss 51 



General William C. Gorgas: Surgeon-Genbeal 

 M. W. lEELAin) 53 



Scientific Events : — 



The Annual Report of the Begistrar Gen- 

 eral of England and Wales; The World's 

 Production of Gold; Professor Van Beneden 

 of Liege; The Bockefeller Institute for 

 Medical Research 54 



Scientific Notes and News 56 



University and Educational News 59 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 

 Intersexes in Drosophila and Different Types 

 of Intersexuality : Julian S. Huxley. The 

 Origin of Oil: Chestee W. Washbuene. 

 The Causes and Prevention of After Cor- 

 rosion on the Bores of Firearms: Wilbeet 

 J. HuPF 59 



Scientific Books : — 



ComstocTc's Introduction to Entomology: 

 De. Veenon KjajLOGG 6] 



Special Articles: — 



"Physical Constants" pertaining to the 

 Ocean: De. Geoege F. McEwen. The Dif- 

 ferential Staining of Plant Pathogen and 

 Host: De. B. T. Dickson 62 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 



Section — Agriculture: De. Jacob G. 

 LrPMAN 64 



MSS. intended for 'publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review should be sent to The Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



THE COLLEGE TEACHER AND 

 RESEARCHi 



It is a part of the function of every pro- 

 gressive institution of learning, not only to 

 impart knowledge to students, but to do its 

 share in accumulating knowledge for the 

 benefit of mankind. To this end, scientific 

 research in some form is indispensable to the 

 best attainment of a college. 



It is far from my thought to place the im- 

 portance of research on as high a plane as 

 that of training character, but it is hoped 

 that there may appear some elements in 

 common to the two, and no lack of consist- 

 ency between them. 



It can hardly be doubted that there is such 

 a thing as a research instinct. A small boy 

 exhibits it when he picks to pieces a dead 

 fly, or tries to make ink out of mud, or puts 

 a firecracker in a glass bottle to see what 

 will happen. Curiosity is an inseparable in- 

 gredient of the human make-up, and research 

 is curiosity directed by a noble purpose and 

 put to a noble service. There is something 

 about the acquiring of first-hand knowledge 

 that stimulates individuality and gives a 

 sense of personal achievement. And with a 

 person whose life and activities are chiefly 

 intellectual, the exercise of this instinct is 

 as essential to his progress as eating is to his 

 physical welfare. 



One of the sad privations in the life of a 

 foreign missionary is said to lie in the fact 

 that he is constantly giving out to those about 

 him, without having the spiritual refresh- 

 ment that would be afforded by association 

 with kindred minds. He is constantly teach- 

 ing religion to ignorant, undeveloped people, 

 and longs for someone who will imderstand 

 and sympathize with his point of view. Too 

 often, the teacher of science in the small 



1 Address given before the physics luncheon at 

 the Iowa Academy of Science, April 23, 1920. 



