SCIENCE 
Fripay, Auecust 2, 1918 
CONTENTS 
The Newer Demands on Physics and Physics 
Teachers due to the War: Proressor E. H. 
JOHNSON 101 
The Irwin Expedition of Indiana University 
to Peru and Bolivia: Dr. C. H. EIGENMANN. 108 
Scientific Events: 
School for Optical Munition Workers; 
Summer Work at the Laboratories of the 
Bureau of Fisheries; The American Insti- 
tute of Mining Engineers; The Third Sum- 
mer Meeting of the Mathematical Associa- 
TRON Of ANUOPUCD ty) winisls ni-ta's,2,5.015 215,40) d's ci eine 109 
112 
113 
Scientific Notes and News 
University and Educational News 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
The Fundamentals of Dynamics: Pro- 
Fessors Wm. S. FRANKLIN AND BARRY 
MacNutrr. The Canons of Comparative 
Anatomy: Proressor E. C. JEFFREY. Whole- 
wheat Bread: Proressor R. ADAMS DUTCHER. 
Scientific Activity and the War: PROFESSOR 
G. A. MILLER 113 
Scientific Books :— 
Avram on Patenting and Promoting Inven- 
tionds BERT RUSSELL). 00). oie 00 oles esis we e's 118 
Recommendations of the Agricultural Advisory 
Committee 119 
Special Articles :— 
Blood Flow and Respiratory Movements: 
Proressor F. H. Prxe. The Hydrolysis of 
Proteins; Proressor R. A. GORTNER ...... 121 
The Academy of Science of St. Louis: N. M. 
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Hudson, N. Y. 
THE NEWER DEMANDS ON PHYSICS 
AND PHYSICS TEACHERS DUE TO 
THE WAR! 
Ar this time when the daily press all 
over the world is filled with statements and 
exciting accounts, proving beyond all doubt 
that the present war is a war of science, 
we, who pose as champions of so basic a 
branch of science as physics, would be 
guilty of gross carelessness should we not 
in some way take advantage of this unprec- 
edented world-wide advertising. As ex- 
pressed recently by the president of The 
American Institute of Electrical Engi- 
neers, “‘a flood of scientific and technical 
accomplishment has swept over the face of 
the earth.’’* and it is just such a descrip- 
tion of our world war that the physicit 
must consider if he is to aid in bringing 
about the end—or assist in its indefinite 
continuation, if need be—or if as a teacher 
he is to prepare his pupils for the new war- 
time and peaceful duties sure to fall to the 
lot of every citizen in the newer civiliza- 
tion now passing through the agonies of its 
birth. 
What are some of the points where im- 
mediate attack by physics teachers may be 
expected to result in compensatory results 
to the nation? What are the demands on 
these apostles and on their science? If 
any, what are the opportunities for the 
promulgation of this science, accompany- 
ing, or growing out of this opportunity for 
service ? 
There are two general aspects to the 
whole inquiry. One is that of the imme- 
1Read before the Ohio Academy of Science, Co- 
lumbus meeting, May 31, 1918. 
1a Electrical World, July 7, 1917, p. 5. 
