SCIENCE 





FRroAY, January 31, 1919 



The American Associalion for the Advance- 

 meJtt of Science: — 



Zoological Aims and Opportunities: Her- 

 bert OSBORN 101 



The Association and Scientific Organization. 112 



Scientific Events: — 



Theodore Sooscvclt and the Society of 

 American Foresters; absolutions in Mem- 

 ory of President Van Hise; An Inter-allied 

 Fellowship of Medicine; The Production of 

 Quicl-silver in 1918 114 



Scientific Notes and Nexes 116 



University and Educational News 119 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 

 An Uncommon Ice Formation: Frederick 

 A. LovEJOY AND Francis H. Allen. Cellu- 

 loid Lantern Slides: Ralph G. Hudson. 

 Molding Large Specimens for Dissection: 

 John M. Long 119 



Scientific Bools: — 

 Papers from the Department of Marine Biol- 

 ogy of the Carnegie Institution: Professor 

 Charles Schuchert 121 



Special Articles: — 

 A Method Demonstrating the Difference 

 Tones: Dr. Paul F. Gaeiir 122 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Report of the Treasurer 122 



Section E — Geology and Geography: Pro- 

 fessor ROLLIN T. Chamberlin 124 



Section H — Anthropology and Psychology : 



E. K. Strong, Jr 125 



The Society of Foresters: Paul D. Kelleter. 126 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 rtview should be seot to The Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 BudKin, N. Y. 



ZOOLOGICAL AIMS AND OPPOR- 

 TUNITIES 



It is hardly necessary to remind you that 

 the stress of recent months has not been very 

 favorable for the production of an address 

 worthy of this occasion. I shall present no 

 apologies or excuses for the shortcomings of 

 my effort but it may be fair to state that the 

 subject selected has been determined in part 

 by the conditions of world turmoil through 

 which we have been passing and the tlioughts 

 almost inevitably promi>tod by the rapidly 

 shifting viewpoints in almost every phase of 

 human thought. 



Since we are human beings as well as zool- 

 ogists it is natural that we should be con- 

 fronted with questions as to the status of our 

 science in the world problems of the day; the 

 effects that may follow the immensely critical 

 movements in human adjustments and, per- 

 haps above all as to the bearing of our zoolog- 

 ical knowledge, philosophy and instruction 

 upon the shaping of human activities and hu- 

 man activities and human progress. 



To merely state these questions would in- 

 volve more time and a more comprehensive 

 grasp of human affairs than I can claim; to 

 attempt answers to them would involve pro- 

 phetic vision as well as broad knowledge, but 

 nevertheless I shall venture to present a few, 

 perhaps disjointed, suggestions, believing them 

 to be of imperative importance and in the 

 hope tliat they may stimulate further interest 

 and discussion. 



It will help to form a basis for these sug- 

 gestions to consider for a moment the method 

 by which the science of zoology has developed 

 and reached its present status. As with other 

 sciences and human knowledge in general it 



1 Address of the retiring vice-president and 

 chairman, Section F, Zoology, of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, Balti- 

 more, December 27, 1918. 



