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Chapter XII. Experimental courses in matlie- 

 matics. By Ealeigh Schorling. 



Chapter XIII. Standardized tests in mathe- 

 matics for secondary schools. By C. B. Upton. 



Chapter XIV. The training of teachers of 

 mathematics. By E. C. Archibald. 



Chapter XV. Certain questionnaire investiga- 

 tions. 



Chapter XVI. Bibliography on the teaching of 

 mathematics. By D. E. Sroitli and J. A. Foberg. 



THE BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPEDITION OF 

 THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 



An expedition sent out by the University of 

 California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology re- 

 turned from northern British Columbia in the 

 latter part of October. The party consisted 

 of Harry S. Swarth, curator of birds; one as- 

 sistant, William D. Strong, and local packers. 

 Five months were spent in exploration of the 

 valley of the up^er Skeena River and in col- 

 lecting series of the birds and mammals of the 

 region. Over one thousand specimens were 

 secured. 



The summer's work was in continuance of a 

 general plan, under way through a period of 

 years, which has necessitated zoological ex- 

 ploration in various parts of British Columbia 

 and Southeastern Alaska. This work was 

 inaugurated and has been continually support- 

 ed by Miss Annie M. Alexander, her interest 

 leading her to participate personally in several 

 of the expeditions. It has resulted in the 

 acquisition by the museum of large collections 

 of vertebrate materials and a store of detailed 

 information, much of it new, regarding the 

 animal life of the northwest coast region. 



In the localities in which the last two seasons' 

 field work was spent (the valley of the Stikine 

 Eiver in 1919, the Skeena River in 1921), the 

 distribution of animal species is of particular 

 interest. The section represented serves as a 

 meeting ground between the faunas of eastern 

 North America, the Pacific Coast humid strip, 

 and the Yukon region to the northward. It 

 thus affords exceptional opportunities for the 

 study of the geographic behavior of the species 

 involved. Hence, in the field work pursued, 

 stress was laid upon the distribution of species, 

 and collections were made showing the con- 

 trasts existing between mountain top and 

 Talleyj and between coast and interior. 



BACHE FUND OF THE NATIONAL 

 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Dr. Hebee D. Curtis has been elected a 

 member of the board of directors of the Bache 

 Fund of the National Academy of Sciences in 

 place of Dr. E. B. Frost, resigned. The board 

 is at present constituted as follows: Professor 

 A. G. Webster, Clark University, Worcester, 

 Massachusetts; Dr. Heber D. Curtis, Allegheny 

 Observatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and 

 Professor Ross G. Harrison, Yale University, 

 New Haven, Connecticut. 



Applications for grants wUl be considered 

 semi-annually and should be filed with the 

 board not later than April 1 or October 1 of 

 each year. 



The following grants have been recently 

 made: 



H. Nort, Gouda, Holland, $200. For counting 

 the stars on the Franklin- Adams Charts. 



H. S. Jennings, Johns Hopkins University, $300. 

 For a study of the cytology of the rhizopods with 

 relation to the genetics and development of these 

 organisms. 



H. M. Evans, University of California, $500. 

 For the investigation of the cestrous cycle in the 

 rabbit and cat. 



Carl Hartman, University of Texas, $500. For 

 the study of the cestrous cycle of the opossum. 



William Bowie, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- 

 vey, $250. For the work of the Ukiah Latitude 

 Station. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Friends of Professor Chandler presented in 

 1910 to Columbia University a sum of money 

 which constitutes the Charles Frederick Chand- 

 ler Foundation. The income from this fund 

 is used to provide a lecture by an eminent 

 chemist and to provide a medal to be presented 

 to the lecturer in further recognition of his 

 achievements in science. Previous lecturers on 

 this foimdation have been L. H. Baekeland, 

 W. F. Hillebrand, W. R. Whitney, and F. Gow- 

 land Hopkins. The lecturer this year will be 

 Edgar Fahs Smith, president of the American 

 Chemical Society, formerly professor of chem- 

 istry and provost of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania. Dr. Smith's subject will be "Samuel 

 Latham Mitchill — A Father in American Cliem- 

 istrjf," Mitchill was the first professor of 



