SCIENCE 
Frmay, Octoper 25, 1918 
CONTENTS 
The Trained Man of Science in the War: Pro- 
DEED ab gt, PABEIESS. ino ou &. ws one sun nj aleve apetteWiotele 401 
Lieutenant Herbert Douglas Taylor: T. M. P. 411 
Scientific Events :— 
Appointments at the New York State College 
of Agriculture at Cornell University; The 
Influenza Epidemic; The Baltimore Meet- 
ing of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science ...........s005 411 
Scientific Notes and News: 2. osc ccs mocs 414 
University and Educational News .......... 417 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
Mr. Abbot’s Theory of the Pyrheliometer: 
FRANK H. BiceLtow. Fireflies flashing in 
Unison: FREMONT MORSE ..........-.-00% 417 
Scientific Books :— 
Grant on the Passing of the Great Race: 
Dr. Frederick ADAMS Woops. Taylor on 
War Bread: Proressor GRAHAM LUSK .... 419 
A Study of Engineering Education ......... 420 
Two New Anthropological Journals: F. B... 421 
Special Articles :— 
The Relation of the Plant to the Reaction 
of the Nutrient Solution: D. R. HoaGuaNnp. 
An Electro-Thermo-Regulator for Water 
Bathe: CHAS, Hy ONG se Hesse onic. G. ete 
MBS. intended for ‘publication and books, ete., intended for 
review should be sent to The Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 
Hudson, N. Y. 
THE TRAINED MAN OF SCIENCE IN 
THE WAR! 
Tue motto of our society, as our newly initi- 
ated members now know, is one by following 
which unconsciously they have won admission 
to it: “The love of learning is the guide of 
life.” It must have occurred to you all to ask 
how can this assertion be true in times like 
these. That an answer may be given easily is 
evident if we remember the circumstances 
under which the society was founded, at the 
College of William and Mary, in the midst of 
the Revolution. Our ancestors were engaged 
in a struggle for the freedom of the individual, 
the freedom of the soul; so are we to-day. 
They had entered this entirely unprepared; so 
did we. They were faced with difficulties 
which seemed at times unsurmountable; our 
obstacles to victory are no less formidable. 
The Phi Beta Kappa Society owes its origin 
to a recognition on the part of its founders 
and supporters of two great facts: the impor- 
tance to the individual of the love of learning 
and the responsibility resting upon him as an 
educated man to serve his country. 
I think it is only fair to say that the uni- 
versities of this country have played their part 
well. Before we actually entered this war, in 
those anxious years when we were waiting to 
see whether we would be given an opportunity 
to join in the fight for the cause of honor, 
freedom and the teachings of Christianity, or 
whether we must walk through the years of 
our lives with heads hung in disgrace, no 
group of people did as much to hold aloft the 
illuminating torch, revealing the iniquity of 
the enemy of civilization, as did the presidents 
of our universities. Theirs will be the honor 
forever. They would not keep silent. Then, 
as soon as we were by official act in a state of 
war, the first to step forward and say “use 
1 Annual address before the Phi Beta Kappa So- 
ciety, University of Virginia, 1918. 
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