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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLV. No. 1151 



Known Air-breathing Vertebrates " tmder the 

 auspices of the Science Club of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin on December 16, 1916. 

 Among future lecturers are the following : 



Dr. E. C. Eosenow, of the Mayo Foundation, on 

 "The Etiology of Epidemic Poliomyelitis," on 

 January 12, 1917. 



Professor Robert DeC. Ward, of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, on "The Weather and the War," on Jan- 

 uary 19, 1917. 



Dr. Frederic S. Lee, of Columbia University, on 

 a subject yet to be announced, on February 12, 

 1917. 



Professor G. A. Miller, of the University of Illi- 

 nois, on ' ' The Function of Mathematics in Scien- 

 tific Eesearch. ' ' 



Professor C. S. Slichter, of the University of 

 Wisconsin, on "Science at the University of Alex- 

 andria. ' ' 



A COURSE of six lectures on psychopathology 

 is being given by Dr. E. E. Southard, professor 

 of neuropathology in the Harvard Medical 

 School, before the department of psychology, 

 Columbia University. The lectures given at 

 four o'clock, in Schermerhorn Hall, are: 



Tuesday, January 2, "Neuropathology and Psy- 

 chopathology. ' ' 



Wednesday, January 3, ' ' The Brains of the 

 Feeble-Minded. ' ' 



Wednesday, January 31, "Frontal Lobe Func- 

 tions. ' ' 



Thursday, February 1, "The Analysis of De- 

 lusions. ' ' 



Thursday, February 8, ' ' The Unconscious. ' ' 



Friday, February 9, ' ' Psychopathia. ' ' 



The following program of lectures is of- 

 fered for this season by the Ottawa Eield 

 Naturalists Club : 



December 16, "A Journey through Space," by 

 Dr. J. S. Plaskett, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa. 



January 9, "Are Our Forests Vanishing — What 

 Are We Doing to Perpetuate Them"? by Mr. R. 

 N. Campbell, director of forestry, Ottawa. 



January 23, ' ' Our Winter Birds, ' ' by Dr. N. Y. 

 Williams, Geological Survey, Ottawa. 



February 6, "The Animals of Arctic Canada," 

 by Dr. R. M. Anderson, lately in charge of south- 

 ern scientific party of Canadian Arctic Expedition. 



February 20, "Fishes and the Fishing Indus- 

 try, "by Mr. Andrew Halkett, naturalist. Naval 

 Department, Ottawa. 



March 6, "The Conservation of Wild Life in 

 Canada," by Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion 

 Entomologist, Ottawa. 



March 20. Aimual meeting. Presidential ad- 

 dress: "Recent Archeological Work in Canada," 

 by Mr. Harlan I. Smith, Geological Survey, Ottawa. 



A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY 

 OF WASHINGTON 



A SCHOOL of fisheries will be established at 

 the University of Washington within the next 

 two years, if the appropriation bill for the 

 university is passed as it now stands. The 

 need for scientific study of fishing problems is 

 already felt to so great an extent that Pro- 

 fessors Kincaid and E. Victor Smith, of the 

 biology department, are devoting much time 

 to the scientific phases of the industry. Pro- 

 fessor Kincaid is investigating and fostering 

 the oyster industry on the Pacific coast and 

 Professor Smith is studying salmon and 

 salmon hatcheries, particularly. 



The passage of the required appropriation 

 by the legislature will make possible the addi- 

 tion of an expert authority on fishing and 

 fisheries, the addition of laboratory equipment, 

 the enlargement of the scope of the university 

 and the addition of increased laboratory space 

 to handle problems that arise through study. 



The university, in connection with the 

 Seattle Port Commission, has invited the 

 Albatross, the oiEcial ship maintained by the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries for the 

 scientific investigation of the fishing industry, 

 to winter in the fresh waters of Lake Union, 

 which wash one edge of the campus. Plans 

 are being considered that may make the Alba- 

 tross available for students and instructors. 

 The ship works with a crew of seventy men 

 and three experts and centers its activity in 

 the North Pacific Ocean. At present it is in- 

 vestigating tuna fishing off the coast of south- 

 ern California. If the Albatross is made avail- 

 able for students and professors, particularly 

 those interested directly in the fishing indus- 

 try, it will serve as a practical laboratory 

 wherein can be solved the problems that are 

 confronting the industry along the Pacific sea- 

 board. 



