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Fripay, NovemMBer 15, 1918 
CONTENTS 
Education, Science and Leadership: Lorp 
PSVADONEURING oc one's (5 ,0rnis' fev oye is' ego. ciaeierekeretaaats 477 
Agricultural Text-books for our Public 
Bonhoots'’: DR. INESS) o/s. esis ices eerie 484 
Ded, Stuer, Putney ies << o\e.0s n=) 5 6 ds yeleiais 486 
Von Adolf Erich Daecke: H..... ArH ORS BS tine 487 
Scientific Events :— 
The United States Public Health Service and 
the Influenza Epidemic; Foreign Delegates 
to the American Clinical Congress; Divi- 
sional Officers of the American Chemical So- 
SOT yl ON ES Sed arene HEP RSL, AVE EHP 487 
Scientific Notes and News .............205- 489 
University and Educational News .......... 490 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
Insidious Scientific Control: PRoressor ED- 
WIN BOWELL Witson. Nematodes on 
Marketable Fishes: Dr. H. P. K. AGeErs- 
BoRG. Papers ‘‘to be published’’: Dr. Hor- 
ete, GUNTER. sets !Sin1nae adie hans Sdisyetayea emis 491 
Quotations :— 
Mass i Gas Warfare . oo. .cesscecccescs 495 
Scientific Books :— 
Conn’s Agricultural Bacteriology: Pro- 
WESSOR (B..G. HASTINGS: oe siya sien. oes le ne 496 
Birth Statistics in the Registration Area of 
the United States 497 
Special Articles :— 
The Hydrogen Ion Concentration necessary 
to inhibit the Growth of Four Wood De- 
stroying Insects: Dr. Merte R. MEacHAm. 499 
MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 
review should be sent to The Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 
Hudson, N. Y. 
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND LEADER- 
SHIP? 
Tue British Science Guild has sustained a 
grievous loss by the sudden death of Sir 
Alexander Pedler, who for eleyen years was its 
valued honorary secretary. To all the work 
of the guild he brought wide experience and 
ripe knowledge. He gaye his time freely to 
its service, and he has been a wise counsellor 
and a true friend during its early years. He 
died, as he would have wished, while engaged 
in work for his country. 
Professor Gregory has dealt with our an- 
nual report and the objects at which we have 
aimed in the past year; but there is one matter 
to which I wish to direct special attention. 
The war has forced upon us the necessity for 
efforts to establish the manufacture of many 
articles formerly obtained mainly or entirely 
from abroad. Among such products and ap- 
pliances are synthetic dyes, pharmaceutical 
and medicinal preparations, glassware and 
optical instruments, medical and surgical ap- 
paratus, and other important requirements 
alike of peace and of war. The fiction, if it 
existed, that German science was an essential 
factor in manufactures of this kind has been 
permanently dispelled. The guild is organ- 
izing an exhibition of British scientific prod- 
ucts in erder to show what has recently been 
accomplished by British science and industry. 
His Majesty the King has graciously con- 
sented to be patron of this exhibition and Lord 
Crewe is its president. The exhibition will 
be open at King’s College next August, and 
we hope that it will effectively demonstrate the 
successful application of British scientific re- 
search and ingenuity brought into play to 
meet the needs of the war, as well as prove 
conclusively that our dependency on Germany 
in certain departments of industry can be 
overcome. 
1 Presidential address to the Annual Meeting of 
the British Science Guild, June 19, 1918. 
