April 9, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



549 



"Correlations between tie Binet Tests and 

 other Mental and Physical Tests," by Edward K. 

 Strong, Jr. 



"Norms of Negro Mentality," by W. H. Pyle. 



"The Standardization of Knox's Cube and 

 Feature Profile Tests," by Rudolf Pintner. 



"On the Memory for Musical Sequences," by 

 Kate Gordon. 



"Effects of Practise on the Singing and Dis- 

 crimination of Tones," by E. H. Cameron. 



"The Vowel Character of Fork Tones," by A. 

 P. Weiss. 



"The Influence of Expectation on Sound Lo- 

 calization, " by L. E. Geissler. 



"Individual Differences in Fluctuations of the 

 Attention," by Henry C. McComas. 



"Awareness and Partial Awareness as Factors 

 in Efficiency," by G. F. Arps. 



"The Acquisition of Skill in Archery," by K. 

 S. Lashley. 



"A New Method of Studying Ideational and 

 Allied Forms of Behavior in Man and other Ani- 

 mals, " by E. M. Terkes. 



"A Preliminary Eeport on Number Reactions 

 in the Dog," by A. H. Sutherland. 



"The Visual Difference-Threshold for Size in 

 the Monkey and the Domestic Chick," by H. M. 

 Johnson. 



"Two Cases of Criminal Imbecility," by 

 Henry H. Goddard. 



"The Value of Anthropometric Measurements 

 in the Diagnosis of Feeblemindedness," by E. A. 

 Doll. 



' ' The Influence of Improvement in one Simple 

 Mental Process upon Other Related Processes," 

 by A. T. Poffenberger, Jr. 



' ' A Revision of Imageless Thought, ' ' address 

 of the president, by Robert Sessions Woodworth. 



"The Introspective Method, with Demonstra- 

 tions," by J. W. Baird. 



"A Preliminary Report of an Introspective 

 Study of the Process of Comparing," by Samuel 

 W. Femberger. 



"An Experimental Investigation of the Process 

 of Recognizing at Different Stages of its Mech- 

 anism," by Elizabeth L. Woods. 



"An Experimental Study of Generalizing, Ab- 

 straction and the General Concept," by S. Caro- 

 lyn Fisher. 



"Determination of the Psychologically Unitary 

 Color Sensations," by Christine Ladd-Franklin. 



"External Localization in Memorizing Verbal 

 Material," by Eleanor A. MeC. Gamble. 



"Affective Factors of Recall," by Garry C. 

 Myers. 



' ' An Experiment on Choice Reaction, ' ' by 

 Prentice Reeves. 



"The Function and Test of Definition and 

 Method in Psychology," address of the retiring 

 Vice-president of Section H, by Walter Bowera 

 Pillsbury. 



"Report of the Committee on the Academic 

 Status of Psychology," by Howard C. Warren. 

 R. M. Ogden, 



Secretary 



TEE ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The eighth annual meeting of the Illinois Acad- 

 emy of Science was held at the State Museum, 

 Springfield, February 19 and 20. The Friday 

 afternoon program consisted of four addresses: 

 "The Chemistry of Colloids," Dr. D. A. Mao- 

 Innes, University of Illinois; "Colloids in Physiol- 

 ogy," Dr. William Crocker, University of Chi- 

 cago; "Colloids in Commerce" (read by title), 

 Dr. L. I. Shaw, Northwestern University; "Re- 

 cent Developments in Surgery," Dr. Don W. Deal, 

 Springfield. 



In the evening the members of the academy 

 were the guests of the Springfield Commercial 

 Association at a banquet served at the Leland 

 Hotel. Ex-Governor Northcott acted as toast- 

 master, and short addresses were made by Senator 

 Kelly and Professor John M. Coulter. 



The evening lecture was delivered by Dr. Day, 

 director of the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, 

 Washington, D. C, on "Volcanic Emanations." 



The Saturday morning program included the 

 following papers: 

 Section of Botany, Bacteriology and Chemistry 



"Character of Water Used on Railway Trains," 

 by Dr. Edward Bartow, University of Hlinois. 



"Comparison of Rocky Mountain Grassland 

 with the Prairie of Illinois," by Dr. George D. 

 Fuller. 



"Studies in Phyllosticta and Cercospora,'' by 

 Miss Esther Young. 



"The Arsenic Content of Filter Alum Used in 

 Illinois Water Purification Plants," by Mr. A. 

 N. Bennett. 



"Method of Determining the Life Duration of 

 Seeds, ' ' by Mr. James F. Groves. 



"Studies on Schizophyllum alneum in Respect 

 to Cultures and Inoculations," by Mr. Alvah 

 Peterson, University of Ulinois. 



"The Longevity of B. Coli and B. Typhosus in 

 Water," by Mr. M. E. Hinds. 



