SCIENCE 
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. NEWcomMB, Mathematics; R. S. WoopDwarRpD, Mechanics; HK. 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 ; S. H. ScuppER, Entomology ; C. E. BESSY, 
N. L. Brirron, Botany; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology; H. P. BownitcH, 
Physiology; J. S. BILLINGs, 
Hygiene ; 
WitutiAM H. WELCH, Pathology ; 
J. McK&EN CATTELL, Psychology ; J. W. POWELL, Anthropology. 
Fripay, Aprit 19, 1901. 
CONTENTS : 
The Morphological Museum as an Educational Fac- 
tor in the University System: PROFESSOR GEO. 
(SL, TRIUIN AIC ARON. goanocoaponcoonoodasoodooosobboecosoNDKd 601 
Suggestions for an Attempt to Secure a Standard Col- 
lege Entrance Option in Botany: PROFESSOR W. 
TD, GUANO TC hscogsodooscpcasoedearecu noocon soonepnonoDDE50009 611 
The Michigan Academy of Science: DR. H. 8. JEN- 
INTHE cons ocecoondoouaooddooageDee adceLacsnsonbuaudI6enb0n 616 
Scientific Books : 
André’s Traité dastronomie stellaire: PRO- 
FESSOR EDWIN B. Frost. JBarracleugh on the 
Steam-engine Problem: PROFESSOR R. H. 
THURSTON. Gregory’s Catalogue of Fossil Bry- 
ozoa: J.M.N. Thorndike’s Human Nature 
Club: J. J. Books Received.. ... (ABE GOS ORE LERSECOOG 618 
Scientific Journals and Articles.............+0scseeeee00 622 
Societies and Academies :— 
New York Avademy of Sciences, Section of Biol- 
ogy: DR. HeNRY E. CRAMPTON. Section of 
Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry: DR. F. 
L. Turts. Onondaga Academy of Sciences: 
PHILIP F. SCHNEIDER. The Academy of Science 
of St. Louis: PROFESSOR WILLIAM TRELEASE 623 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
Resignations from the School of Pedagogy of New 
York University : PROFESSORS SAMUEL WEIR, 
EDWARD F. BUCHNER, CHARLES H. JUDD. 
The Proper Name of the Alpine Chough: DR. 
IDs {Sk GAIT, -aoaocosoneanscocsonnneapoooeSoaoos9nec500 626 
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry :— 
Atomic Weight Standard ; Action of Alcohol upon 
TYGHAE 8 Do Wen 1leonoesecoooosescossnnsonnantasocauna6000 627 
Current Notes on Physiography :— 
The Illinois Glacial Lobe ; The Albany Mountains ; 
Reversion in River Development: PROFESSOR W. 
IMG, IDA iG iccosohcanedcsncocbopedeanconctoacooctesooSaBonea 628 
Current Notes on Meteorology :— 
Quarterlu Journal of the Royal Meteorological So- 
ciety; The Old Yuma Trail; Hann’s Lehrbuch 
der Meteorologie ; Notes: R. DEC. WARD......... 629 
Science and Industrial Competition : PROFESSOR R. 
TL, IISIGIRSINON oc cconos one subasdnoonasnsso00q0e090900000000 631 
The Malaria Expedition to Nigeria.... 
Concilium Bibliographicum... 
Scientific Notes and News........... 
University and Educational News......:..++0.e1-eseeeee 640 
THE MORPHOLOGICAL MUSEUM AS AN EDU- 
CATIONAL FACTOR IN THE UNI- 
VERSITY SYSTEM.* 
THE educational value of the modern 
morphological museum has of late years 
received such general recognition that we 
may well regard its position as established 
in the university system. Not only do the 
departments of undergraduate instruction 
draw more and more extensively upon this 
portion of the university equipment for 
the illustration of courses and demonstra- 
tions, but the museum itself has assumed 
its proper relation to independent scientific 
research and to the investigation of bi- 
ological problems. It has seemed to me 
desirable to present to this association— 
whose members are so largely both teachers 
of anatomy and investigators of the science 
—some account of the progress made during 
the last decade in museum: work in the de- 
partment of vertebrate morphology. More 
especially does it appear proper at this time 
to note the present stage of development of 
the modern anatomical museum, - because 
we have, I think, reached a period at 
which we can look back over a series of 
busy years and gauge correctly the value of 
the results obtained, as well as forecast the 
probable future development of this work. 
Ten or fifteen years ago the morphological 
* Address of the President before the Association 
of American Anatomists at the Fourteenth Session, 
held at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 27-28, 1900. 
