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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLIX. No. 1273 



Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, the chairman 

 of tlie executive committee. 



Special considerations related to the ex- 

 igenciea of the times have induced the exec- 

 utive committee to arrange a program which 

 it is hoped will bring together, in two half -day 

 sessions, the entire attendance of the meet- 

 ing irrespective of society affiliations and spe- 

 cial interests. This is something of an in- 

 novation but it is believed the importance 

 of the subjects to be presented and the com- 

 munity of interest involved will justify this 

 departure. 



Thursday afternoon, June 19, will be de- 

 voted to a sjonposium in which the projected 

 Exploration of the Iforth Pacific Ocean will 

 receive a thorough exjwsition as regards its 

 economic and scientific possibilities. The im- 

 portance of this project to the people of the 

 Pacific area can scarcely be overestimated. 

 The Pacific Ocean as a source of food supply 

 remains largely undeveloped. That a scien- 

 tific survey of this little-known portion of 

 the globe will result in very tangible benefits 

 is not to be doubted. There are, moreover, 

 many scientific questions pertaining to mete- 

 orology, geodesy, geology, etc., which wiU be 

 clarified by the proposed investigations. 



The aims of the symposium are to impress 

 upon the people generally of western North 

 America their vital interest in the general 

 subject under consideration; and to advance 

 the problem of ways and means of carrying 

 out the contemplated explorations and investi- 

 gations. Care has been observed in assigning 

 the topics to men qualified by experience to 

 treat them briefly and cogently. 



The arrangement of the symposium is as 

 follows : 



Prohlems of Population of the North Paoifie Area 

 as Dependent Upon the Biology, the Oceanog- 

 raphy and the Meteorology of the Ocean: Dr. 

 W. E. EiTTEE, director, Scripps Institution, Uni- 

 versity of California, La Jolla. 

 The Northern Fur-seal Prohlem as a Type of Many 

 Proilems of Marine Zoology: Db. Baeton W. 

 Evermann, director, California Academy of Sci- 

 ences, San Francisco. 

 Scientific and Economic Frotlems of the Mammals 



and Birds generally of the North Pacific: De. 

 Joseph Geinnell, director, Museum of Verte- 

 brate zoology, University of California, Berke- 

 ley. 



Peculiarities in the Scientific Problems of the Fish- 

 eries of the North Pacific: Peopessoe John N. 

 Cobb, director, CoUege of Fisheries, University of 

 Washington, Seattle, Washington. 



The Problem of the Organic Fertility of the North 

 Pacific Ocean: Mb. E. L. Michael, zoologist, 

 Scripps Institution, University of California, La 

 Jolla. 



Currents, Temperatures and Salinities of the North 

 Pacific: Me. G. F. McEwen, hydrographer, 

 Scripps Institution, University of California, La 

 Jolla. 



Barometric Pressures, Winds, Storms, Etc., of the 

 North Pacific: Me. E. A. Beals, district fore- 

 caster, United States Weather Bureau, San 

 Francisco. 



Fundamental Problems in the Geology of the 

 North Pacific Begion: De. Geoege D. Loddeb- 

 BACK, associate professor of geology. University 

 of California, Berkeley. 



On Friday afternoon, June 20, another 

 symposium will be presented which will be of 

 interest to workers in every department of 

 science. Its stated purpose is " to stimulate 

 the spirit of scientific inquiry and research 

 and to disseminate scientific information 

 among the people." The need for more re- 

 search men, with better equipment for their 

 work, is keenly felt. The generous support 

 of the people and the government is required 

 not alone in solving the immediate problems 

 of the day but in furthering and promoting 

 research in all branches of science. The as- 

 signment of speakers in this symposium on 

 " Scientific education in a democracy" is as 

 follows : 



The Dependence of a Community on Scientific Ex- 

 perts: De. James A. B. Scheeeb, president, 

 Throop College of Technology, Pasadena. 



The Besponsibilities of the Scientist: De. Geoege 

 E. Hale, director. Mount Wilson Observatory, 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pasadena. 



The Press as an Intermediary between the Investi- 

 gator and the Public: Honoeable Chester H. 

 BowELL, editor of the Fresno Bepublican, 

 Fresno. 



The Graduate School; Its New Duties: De. W. F. 



