SCIENCE 



Friday, June 4, 1909 



CONTENTS 



The NeiD College of Engineering of Nwtli- 

 loestern University : — 

 Dedicatory Address: Dr. Charles Whitinq 

 Baker 879 



An Opportunity: Professor John F. Hat- 

 ford 887 



Comparative Enrolment of Students of Engi- 

 neering: Professor Rudom Tombo, Jr. . . 891 



Cc Notes and Neios 892 



and Educational Neios 894 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Philosophic Zoologist: Professor 

 Henry Fairfield Osborn. Nelson's Loose 

 Leaf Encyclopedia: De. E. 0. Hovet 895 



Scientific Books: — 



Creio's General Physics, Duff's Text-book of 

 Physics: Professor J. S. Ames. Willis- 

 ton's Manual of North American Diptera: 

 Professor J. M. Aldrich 896 



Scientific Journals and Articles 899 



Botanical Notes : — 



General Notes: Professor Charles E. 

 Bessey 900 



Special Articles: — 



Some Geological Problems: C. E. Gordon. . 901 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science : — 



Section G— Botany: Professor Henry C. 

 CowLES 903 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Section of Biology of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences: L. Hussakof. The 

 Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society of the 

 University of North Carolina: Professor 

 Alvin S. Wheeler. The American Chem- 

 ical Society, Northeastern Section: Ken- 

 neth L. Mark. The Scientific Society of 

 North Dakota. The Anthropological So- 

 ciety of Washington: John R. Swanton . . 916 



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 reTiew should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



THE NEW COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OF 



NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 



DEDICATORY ADDRESS 



The beautiful new building which you 

 to-day dedicate calls to my mind in con- 

 trast a plain old building at my own alma 

 mater, in which my college work was done. 

 The four walls of that building were as 

 barren of architectural adornment as the 

 cotton mills in the near-by village. And 

 so the building had been known to many 

 generations of students as "The Mill." 



But in our minds our college building 

 was a grist mill and not a spinning or 

 weaving mill. Our college was not a place 

 for spinning yarns, but for grinding away 

 at our studies. Grinds, on each other or 

 on our instructors, served to lighten and 

 brighten our tasks. We considered our- 

 selves choice wheat, which the old mill was 

 to turn into the finest flour. 



Realizing the associations which cluster 

 in my mind around that old building, you 

 will understand that I intend no disrespect 

 if I liken your beautiful new building to a 

 mill. A new mill, added to a large and 

 prosperous manufacturing plant. A new 

 mill to turn out a new product. 



A new product, did I say? No, not a 

 new product, but a staple article. There 

 was a time, it is true, within the memory 

 of men still young, when the engineering 

 graduate was a novelty in the market — a 

 novelty which sometimes found eager pur- 

 chasers but which at other times literally 

 went begging. 



That era long ago passed away. Train- 

 ing men for the engineering profession in 

 colleges is no longer an experiment. The 

 engineering graduate is a staple product. 



But even staple products are sometimes a 



