Januaet 15, 1909] 



SCIENCE 



119 



" Botany in the High School," E. C. Snarr. 



" The Killing of Mustard and other Noxious 

 Weeds in the Grain Fields of Dakota," B. W. 

 Olive. 



" The Plankton of an Underground Stream," 

 Will Scott. 



"Anthracnose on Cereals and Grasses," A. D. 

 Selby and T. F. Manns. 

 Chemistry, Physios and Mathematics 



" The Meyer Molecular Weight Calculation," 

 Percy N. Evans. 



" The Vapor Pressure Method of Determining 

 Molecular Weights," J. B. Garner. 



" Reaction of Sulphuric Acid Interpreted upon 

 the Basis of the Electrolytic Dissociation Theory," 

 W. A. Ruth. 



"Action of Alpha Bromacylesters on Sodium 

 Aeetylacetone," G. A. Reddick. 



" Action ■ of Alpha Bromacylesters on Sodium 

 Benzoylacetone," J. B. Garner and G. J. Fink. 



"Relation of Fats to Moisture Content of But- 

 ter," O. F. Hunziker. 



" Note on a Class of Definitions," F. R. Higgins. 



" A Graphical Representation of the Epsilon- 

 Delta Definition of the Limit of a Function and 

 Continuity," F. R. Higgins. 



" The Beckmann Rearrangement," J. B. Garner. 



"A Contribution to the Chemistry of Mucoid," 

 C. E. May. 



" Determination of Lead by Titration of Lead 

 Chromate," C. E. Brooks. 



"An Evolution Method for the Determination 

 of Sulphur in Sulphates and Sulphides," F. C. 

 Mathers. 



" The Deterioration of Platinum through Igni- 

 tion of Phosphates," R. E. Lyons. 



" The Use of the Polariscope in Testing High 

 Tension Insulators," C. P. Harding. 

 Geology 



" Probable Origin of Depressions in the Mesa 

 South of the Tijeras Canyon, New Mexico," Albert 

 B. Reagan. 



" Headwaters of the Tippecanoe River," J. T. 

 Scovell. 



" Origin of Cyclones and Anticyclones of Tem- 

 perate Latitudes," W. A. McBeth. 



" Some Drainage Modifications in Southern In- 

 diana," W. M. Tucker. 



" Soil Survey of Davies County," L. C. Snyder. 



" Caves and Cave Formation of the Mitohel 

 Limestone of Indiana," F. C. Greene. 

 Zoology 



" The Nasal Muscles of the Reptiles," H. L. 

 Bnmer. 



" Swell Mechanisms of Vertebrates," H. L. 

 Bruner. 



"Life Zones of Indiana as Illustrated by the 

 Distribution of Orthoptera and Coleoptera within 

 the State," W. S. Blatchley. 



"Animals of the Olympic Peninsula, Washing- 

 ton," Albert B. Reagan. 



" Tiie Effect of Successive Removal on the Rate 

 of Regeneration," Charles Zeleny. 



" Proportional Regeneration," M. M. Ellis. 



" Curves Representing the Rate of Regenera- 

 tion," M. L. Durbin. 



" Evidences for the Circulation of a Mixed 

 Blood in the Adult Reptile and Amphibian as 

 well as in the Fetal Mammal and Bird," A. G. 

 Pohlman. 



The following were elected officers for the ensu- 

 ing year: 



President — ^A. L. Foley, State University. 



Vice-president — P. N. Evans, Purdue. 



Secretary — J. H. Ransom, Purdue. 



Assistant Secretary — ^A. J. Bigney, Moore's Hill 

 College. 



Press Secretary — G. A. Abbott, Indianapolis 

 Manual Training School. 



Treasurer — W. A. McBeth, State Normal. 



Editor — H. L. Bruner, Butler College. 



J. H. Ransom, 



Secretary 



THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETT OF WASHINGTON 



The 656th meeting was held on December 5, 

 1908, Vice-president Wead in the chair. The 

 evening was devoted to hearing the president's 

 annual address, delivered by Dr. L. A. Bauer, who 

 spoke of " The Instruments and Methods of 

 Research." 



The full text of this address will soon be pub- 

 lished in volume XV. of the Bulletins of the 

 Philosophical Society of Washington. 



The 38th annual meeting was held December 

 19, 1908, President Bauer in the chair. 



The following officers were duly elected for the 

 ensuing year: 



President — Simon Newcomb. 



Treasurer — Bernard R. Green. 



Secretaries — G. K. Burgess and R. L. Faris. 



General Committee — ^W. A. DeCaindry, R. A. 

 Harris, E. Buckingham, E. G. Fischer, L. A. 

 Fischer, L. J. Briggs, P. G. Nutting, W. S. Eichel- 

 berger, F. A. Wolff. 



R. L. Faeis, 

 Secretary 



