CIENCE 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 
OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
EDITORIAL ComMMITTEE : S. NEwcomp, Mathematics; R. 8. WoopWARD, Mechanics; E. C. PICKERING, 
Astronomy; T. C. MENDENHALL, Physics ; R. H. THURSTON, Engineering ; IRA REMSEN, Chemistry ; 
JosEPH LE ConTE, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; HENRY F. OSBORN, Paleontology ; 
W. K. Brooks, C. HART MERRIAM, Zoology ; 8S. H. ScUDDER, Entomology ; C. E. BEssEy, 
N. L. Brirron, Botany; C. S. Minor, Embryology, Histology; H. P. Bowpircn, 
Physiology; J. 8S. BILLINGs, 
Hygiene ; 
WILLIAM H. WELCH, Pathology ; 
J. McK&EEN CATTELL, Psychology ; J. W. POWELL, Anthropology. 
Fripay, Marcu 8, 1901. 
CONTENTS : 
The Case of Professor R088 ........c0ccecee sence sereenees 361 
The Second Meeting of Naturalists at Chicago: PRO- 
FESSOR CHAS. B. DAVENPORT.........0...02-0-0eees 370 
Annual Meeting of the New York Academy of Sci- 
ences: PROFESSOR RICHARD E. DODGE.......... 379 
Recent Progress in Geodesy : DR. JOHN FILLMORE 
TBLASAROIRID) croccaqnaqaseoecuoucasdaqoosaSaqedoocncaddabAbon 381 
The San Jose Scale :. PROFESSOR VERNON L. KEL- 
TOBE! secoccha SGasoncdosnenbann bon soocnssoucoHcodocodouasb00 383 
Scientific Books :— 
Scott’s Studies in Fossil Botany: PROFESSOR D. 
P. PENHALLOW. Howard’s Study of the Insect 
Fauna of Human Excrement : PROFESSOR D. T. 
A. COCKERELL. Books Received.... . 386 
Scientific Journals and Articles.......2..0.000sceeceseeeee 390 
Societies and Academies :— 
Anthropological Society of Washington: DR. 
WALTER HouGH. Biological Society of Wash- 
ington: F. A. Lucas. The New York Section 
of the American Chemical Society: DR. DURAND 
WoopMan. The Western Philosophical Associ- 
(RIOD oarredcose BBoeC RE NCee BoE RROCROA SA AHBONSeEOSOHAROOAOOAD 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
Crocodilian Nomenclature: DR. LEONHARD 
{SUMIDAPS PEER Nt eco pooponoooqncos600 bensoEobaCAgodoHoGAGoTANBob 394 
Shorter Articles :— 
Stratigraphical Note: Dr. H. M. Amt. The 
Influence of Light on the Length of the Hypocotyl 
in Indian Corn: PROFESSOR EH. 8. GOFF......... 394 
Current Notes on Physiography :— 
Allegany County, Maryland; The Philippine 
Islands; Overdeepened Alpine Valleys: PRo- 
TOO, \iMo WES IDNA soncoonsetdo nocosconocoocenséonoe 395 
Botanical Notes :— 
Elliott’s Grasses; Wood’s Holl Botany; New 
Species of North American Trees ; Selby’s Hand- 
book of Plant Diseases: PROFESSOR CHARLES 
391 
1D, TEISISSTIST, oosacgscaspaocesanonasodssdoobosasanoas4e00000 397 
Scientific Notes and Newws.......-...0.cssessessessesceces 398 
University and Educational News.........+...0.0s0.000++ 400 
MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 
or review should be sent to the responsible editor, Pro- 
fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
THE CASE OF PROFESSOR ROSS. 
In view of the interest excited in aca- 
demic and scientific circles by the circum- 
stances connected with the dismissal of 
Professor Ross from Stanford University, we 
publish in full the report of the committee 
of San Francisco Alumni and of a committee 
of economists. It will be observed that they 
‘come to exactly opposite conclusions. The 
alumni maintain that the dismissal of Pro- 
fessor Ross did not infringe on the right of 
free speech, while the economists side with 
Professor Ross in his claim that he is a 
martyr. It may seem ungracious for men 
of science, who have in the past suffered for 
truth’s sake and have won the right to 
free scientific investigation, not to take sides 
with their colleagues in sociology and eco- 
nomics when they unite to urge the right 
of academic freedom. But'we can not es- 
cape the conviction that the report of the 
three economists is a partisan rather than a 
judicial document. 
A distinction must be made between free- 
dom of speech and license of speech, be- 
tween the right to investigate and the de- 
sirability of using a university as a point 
of vantage for propagandism. Our univer- 
sities should be conservative—they shuold 
