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 29, 1907 



CONTENTS 



University Registration Statistics : Professob 

 Rudolf Tombo, Jr 729 



Evolution as it appears to the Paleontologist : 

 Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn .... 744 



Scientific Books: — 



Thiene on Temperatur und Zustand des 

 Erdinnern: Dr. A. C. Lane. Ramsay's 

 Modern Chemistry: Professor Alexandek 

 Smith. MacCurdy and Castle on Selection 

 and Crossbreeding in Relation to the In- 

 heritance of Coat-patterns in Rats and 

 Guinea-pigs : Professor T. H. Morgan . . 749 



Scientific Journals and Articles 752 



Societies and Academies: — 



The National Academy of Sciences. The 

 Philosophical Society of Washington: E. 

 L. Fabis 752 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Vairiation of Environment : De. A. E. Ort- 

 MANN. John Wesley and Evolution: Pro- 

 fessor Chas. W. Hargitt. Two Flea 

 Remedies to be tested: Dr. L. 0. Howard 754 



Special Articles: — 



The Nehalem Wax: C. E. Bradley. Con- 

 cerning the Name " Havasupai " : F. S. 

 Dellenbaugh. The Prolificness of the Eng- 

 lish Sparrow: Dr. A. M. Reese. A Case of 

 Triplet Calves with Peculiar Color Inherit- 

 ance : Dr. Raymond Pearl 758 



Current Notes on Meteorology and Climatol- 

 ogy:— 

 Rainfall in the Philippines ; Rainfall Types 

 and Rainfall Seasons; Climate and Durum 

 Wheat ; Cyclones and Tilting of the Ground; 

 The Monthly Weather Review: Professor 

 R. Dec. Ward 760 



Conference of State University Presidents in 

 the Middle West: President George E. 

 MacLean 762 



The American Chemical Society and Section 

 C : Professor Charles L. Parsons 764 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., Intended for 

 review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 



IIudsOD. N- Y. 



The American Physiological Society: Pro- 

 fessor Lafayette B. Mendel 765 



Scientific Notes and Neios 765 



University and Educational News 768 



UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION STATISTICS 

 On page 730 will be found the registra- 

 tion returns for November 1, 1907, of 

 twenty-four of the leading universities of 

 the country. The only institution that 

 has been added to the list this year is the 

 University of Iowa. By reason of the 

 great diversity that exists in the classifica- 

 tion into schools of the various institutions, 

 it is becoming increasingly difficult to re- 

 tain uniformity in compiling the table, and 

 considerable difficulty arises especially in 

 connection with extension and similar 

 courses; in some instances students in at- 

 tendance on such courses are included in 

 the regular enrollment, whereas in others 

 they are carefully excluded. In spite of 

 the effort made to prevail upon the institu- 

 tions listed to distinguish closely between 

 regular students that have satisfied at least 

 the requirements for entrance to the aca- 

 demic department, on one hand, and stu- 

 dents enrolled in extension courses, eve- 

 ning courses, etc., who do not possess a high 

 school training, on the other, some con- 

 fusion still exists, as several institutions 

 were rather loath to avail themselves of the 

 separate rubric provided for the latter 

 category. Similarly, the summer session 

 presents certain difficulties, inasmuch as 

 there are, no doubt, at most of these ses- 

 sions a number of students who have not 



