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 



Friday, November 8, 1907 



CONTENTS 



Address Delivered at the Opening of the 

 Seventy-seventh Session of the Albany Med- 

 ical College, September 24, 19-01: Db. 

 WlLUS G. TUCKEE 609 



American Chemical Research: Pbofessoe J. 

 Bishop Tingle 625 



Mathematical Prodigies: Pbofessob G. A. 

 MlLLEB 628 



Scientific Books: — 



The Harvey Lectures for 1905-6: Pbo- 

 fessob Victor G. Vaushan. Deutsches 

 Baderbuch : R. H. Morse's Report on North 

 American Acridiidfs^: A. N. Caudell. Mer- 

 rill's Catalogue of Type Specimens: Pbo- 

 fessob D. P. Penhaxxow. N. B. Abel: 

 Pbofessob Flobian Cajobi 630 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



An Adams Journal conducted by the Amer- 

 ican Experiment Stations: Pbofessob W. 

 A. Keixebman. " Census of Four Square 

 Feet": Db. Nathan Banks. The Occur- 

 rence of Heros in Yucatan: Db. Leon J. 

 Cole. Occurrence of the Fresh-water 

 Medusa limnocodium in the United States: 

 Pbofessob Chas. W. Habgitt. Qambusa 

 m New Jersey: Henbt W. Fowleb. Color 

 Sports among the Insects: Db. John A. 

 Gbossbeck 636 



Special Articles: — 



Pleistocene Terracing in the North Carolina 

 Coastal Plain: B. L. Johnson. Plant 

 Zones in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado : 

 Pbofessob Fbancis Ramalet 640 



The Intercollegiate Geological Excursion: 

 Pbofessob Herdman F. Cleland 643 



The Lamarck Memorial 643 



An Academy of Sciences for Illinois 644 



Section O, Botany, of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science: 

 Db. F. E. Lloyd 644 



The Centenary of the Geological Society of 

 London: Pbofessob John J. Stevenson.. 644 



Scientific Notes and News g^g 



University and Educational News 647 



M8S. Intended for publication and books, etc., intended foi 



tOTiew should be sent to the Editor of Scusnce, Garrison-OD- 

 Iludson, N. Y. 



ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE OPENING 



OF THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION 



OF THE ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE, 



SEPTEMBER 24, 1901 



Gentlemen: We assemble to-day to in- 

 augurate the seventy-seventh lecture ses- 

 sion of the Albany Medical College. The 

 need of any formal beginning has often 

 been questioned, but the custom has been 

 long established and there seems to be a 

 certain propriety in maintaining old forms 

 when they do not impede modern progress. 

 To those here present who to-day begin, in 

 a definite way, their medical study, this 

 hour, which marks their entrance to a noble 

 profession, is fraught with interest. It is 

 for them a point of departure, and at such 

 a time it may be that some, even of the 

 seemingly insignificant things, said or done 

 may make a lasting impress upon the mind, 

 influence thought, or cast new light upon 

 some problem which confronts them. In 

 this hope I shall presently address myself 

 particularly to these newcomers who eager- 

 ly, perhaps anxiously and very seriously, 

 anticipate the experience which coming 

 years have in store, but first of all it is 

 proper that, as a representative of the 

 faculty, I should extend to you all a most 

 cordial welcome. Those who are coming 

 back again feel, we hope, at home in their 

 surroundings, and need not to be assured 

 that they are welcome, but to him who is 

 as yet a stranger within our gates we ex- 



