SCIENCE 



Friday, March 13, 1914 



CONTENTS 



Symposium of The American Society of Nat- 

 uralists on the Scope of Biological Teaching 

 in Eelation to New Fields of Discovery: — 



From the Standpoint of a Zoologist: Pro- 

 fessor Michael F. Guyeb 371 



From the Standpoint of a Botatiist: Pro- 

 fessor M. A. Chrysler 377 



Experimentalism in Zoology: Professor G. 



H. Parker 381 



The Production of Radium, Uranium and 

 Vanadium Ores in 1913 385 



The Premedioal Cmiference 387 



The American Chemical Society 387 



Scientific Notes and News 388 



University and Educational News 391 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 

 Standard Units in Aerology: Professor 

 Alexander McAdie. Academic Elections: 

 Professor W. Le Conte Stevens 391 



Scientific BooTcs: — 



Densmore on Chippeioa Music: Alice C. 

 Fletcher. Clarice on the Devonian of the 

 State of Parana, Brazil: Dr. Charles K. 

 SWARTZ 393 



Special Articles: — 



A New Cytological Staining Method: Or- 

 LAND E. White 394 



The American Mathematical Society: Pro- 

 fessor F. N. Cole 396 



The Am-erican Society of Naturalists: Dr. 

 Bradley M. Davis 397 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 



Section E — Geology and Geography: Pro- 

 fessor George F. Kay 398 



Section G — Botany: Professor W. J. V. 

 OSTERHOUT 405 



Societies and Academies: — 



The New Orleans Academy of Sciences: Dr. 

 R. S. Cocks. The Botanical Society of 

 Washington : P. L. Eicker 406 



MSB. intendea for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review should be sent to Professor J McKeen Cattell, Co.- risou- 

 oa-Hudson. N Y 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS 

 SYMPOSIUM ON TEE SCOPE OF BIOLOG- 

 ICAL TEACHING IN RELATION TO 

 NEW FIELDS OF DISCOVERY 

 FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A ZOOLOGIST 



The speaker must admit that upon taking 

 time to reflect on the various ramifications 

 of the subject announced his first reaction 

 was one of wonder at himself for ever hav- 

 ing agreed to enter into such a discussion ; 

 for obviously any statement must be the 

 expression of a personal opinion influenced 

 largely by the advocate's own training and 

 the conditions which obtain in his local in- 

 stitution. 



Upon roll-call one finds oneself con- 

 fronted by such lusty newcomers as: ecol- 

 ogy, animal behavior, comparative and gen- 

 eral physiology, biochemistry, cytology, 

 genetics, biometry, which, however, is 

 really a method of work and not a special 

 field of investigation ; experimental zoology, 

 a sort of general melange which also in- 

 cludes some of the more special fields enu- 

 merated; experimental embryology, a sub- 

 ject inextricably interwoven with experi- 

 mental cjrtology and which in recent times 

 has sported a new ofl'shoot — tissue-culture 

 in vitro — already almost an ology in itself ; 

 not to omit such important applied sub- 

 jects as parasitology, protozoology and the 

 application of biological principles to hu- 

 man problems. 



How much are we justified in letting 

 these replace our traditional general zool- 

 ogy, invertebrate zoology, comparative 

 anatomy of the vertebrates, histology and 

 embryology? One realizes vividly the just 

 merits of the new claimants, but when he 

 faces the problem of deciding as to which 



