SCIENCE 



Friday, April 12, 1918 



CONTENTS 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science : — 



The ■ Contribution of Zoology to Euman 

 Welfare : Dr. L. O. Howard 349 



The Status of Phtjsiology in America: Dr. 

 Max Withrow Morse 354 



Scientific Events: — 

 Aurora and Magnetic Storm of March 7-8 

 in England; Engineering Training School at 

 the Stevens Institute; English Medical Stu- 

 dents and Military Service; War Work of 

 the V. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 359 



Scientific Notes and News 362 



University and Educational News 363 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Evidence from Alaska of the Unity of the 

 Pleistocene Glacial Period: Dr. G. Fred- 

 erick Wright. Drawings on Lantern 

 Slides: Horace Gunthorp. Thin Sections 

 for Bryozoan Slides: Charles E. Decker. 

 A National Floral Emblem: Albert A. 

 Hansen. Translations made Accessible: 

 Lancaster D. Burling 364 



Scientific Books: — 



Washington on Chemical Analyses of Igne- 

 ous Bocks: Professor Frank D. Adaus.. . 368 



Fossil Man at Vero, Florida: Dr. Olivee P. 

 Hay 370 



Special Articles: — 



The Animal Census of Two City Lots: De. 

 George N. Wolcott 371 



MSS. iDt«iKled for publication and books, ctciiitended for 

 leview should be sent to The E<Utor of Science, GarruoD-on- 

 Hudaon. N. Y. 



THE CONTRIBUTION OF ZOOLOGY TO 



HUMAN WELFARE! 



At the Philadelphia meeting of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, Convocation Week, 1914-15, 

 there was held, under the auspices of the 

 American Society of Naturalists, a sym- 

 posium entitled "The Value of Zoology to 

 Humanity." I was, unfortunately, very 

 busy with the affairs of the general associa- 

 tion and was unable to attend this sym- 

 posium. There were four papers presented. 

 The first of these is printed in Science for 

 March 5, 1915, and is entitled "The Cul- 

 tural Value of Zoology. ' ' The address was 

 given by Professor E. G. Conklin, of Prince- 

 ton. It is a very readable address, full of 

 interest, containing much of that delicate 

 humor characteristic of Professor Conklin, 

 and possibly rises nearly to ^the exact 

 height demanded by the title. But it is not 

 a zoological address, in spite of its title. It 

 is broader, and comprehends all biology. 

 It is divided into two headings: (1) "Con- 

 tributions of Biology to Education"; (2) 

 "Contributions of Biology to Ci^alization. " 

 Under the first heading he dwells upon the 

 immense enthusiasm and intense concentra- 

 tion of the biologist in his work, touching 

 upon the evil effects of over-specialization 

 and referring to the few great leaders in 

 biologj- who have become interpreters to the 

 plain people — men like Huxley, Galton, 

 Metchnikoff and Forel, who have applied 

 the teachings of biology to social problems. 



i Eead before Section F (Zoology) of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Science in 

 a Symposium upon "The Contributions of Zool- 

 ogy to Human Welfare," Pittsburgh, Pa., De- 

 cember 31, 1917. 



