Fbiday, January 7, 1910 

 contents 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Some Reforms Needed in the Teaching of 

 Physics : Pkofessok K. E. Guthe 1 



The Evolution of Intelligence a^id its 

 Organs: Peofessor C. Judson Heeeick .. 7 



The Alaska/n Fur-seals 18 



The Kuser Asiatic Expedition 19 



Municipal Chemistry 20 



Compulsory Concentration and Distribution 

 of Studies in Harvard College 21 



Scientifio Notes and Neios 22 



University and Educational News 24 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



The Luminosity of Termites: Pbofessoe J. 

 C. Beannee. Correlations of Climatic 

 Changes: Henbyk Akctowski. The Effects 

 of Deep Breathing: Peofessob Gl'T Mon- 

 TEOSE Whipple 24 



Quotations : — 



The Antivivisection Campaign 26 



Scientific Books: — 



Lcs Zoocecidies: Dr. Mel T. Cook. Kar- 

 sten's Pharmakognosie : Professoe Henry 

 Keaemer. Garrett on the Periodic Laio: 

 Peofessor F. P. Venable 27 



Scientific Journals and Articles 29 



Flies as Transmitters of Disease: Dr. E. W. 



GtTDGEB 31 



Special Articles: — 



Glaciation in the San Bernardino Range, 

 California: Dr. H. W. Fairbanks and E. 

 P. Caret. Mallopliagan Parasites from the 

 California Condor: Professor Vernon L. 

 ICellogg. Fur-seals Domesticated : De. Bar- 

 ton W. EvERMANN, Walter I. Lembkey . . 32 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Biological Society of f^iashington : M. 

 C. Marsh. The Anthropological Society of 

 Washington: John R. Swanton. The Bot- 

 anical Society of Washington: W. W. 

 Stockberger. The Torrey Botanical Cluh : 

 Peecy Wilson 36 



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

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

 Hudson, N". Y. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



'SOME REFORMS NEEDED IN THE 



TEACHING OF PHYSICS' 



Last year's decision of the council of 

 the American Association shows clearly 

 the desirability of distinguishing between 

 the work of the various sections and that 

 of the more technical, scientific societies 

 which meet in conjunction with the asso- 

 ciation. By leaving the presentation of 

 special papers on research topics to the 

 American Physical Society our section will 

 in future pay more attention than hereto- 

 fore to the discussion of general topics and 

 by joint sessions with other sections 

 strengthen the, in recent years, somewhat 

 neglected ties between physics and allied 

 sciences. There is an abundance of gen- 

 eral subjects from which to choose. 



For example, during the past few years 

 a renewed interest has been shown, espe- 

 cially by high school teachers, in the teach- 

 ing of physics— leading in the coui-se of 

 events to the so-called "new movement 

 among physics teachers," new only in so 

 far as it is an organized effort to improve 

 the teaching of the subject in the high 

 schools. 



Your speaker has followed this move- 

 ment with great interest, hoping that some 

 definite refoi-m might be accomplished by 

 it ; but it must be admitted that, as far as 

 actual improvements in those high schools, 

 where such improvements are most needed, 

 are concerned, the progress has been very, 

 very slow. The strongest censure which 



' Address of the vice-president and chairman of 

 Section B — Physics. American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, Boston, 1909. 



