SCIENCE 



Peidat, March 18, 1910 



The Problem of the Assistant Professor: 

 Professor Guido H. Mabx 401 



The Paleontologic Correlation through the 

 Bache Fund 407 



The International American Congress of 

 Medicine and Hygiene 408 



The Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund: Pko- 

 FESSOE Chaeles S. Minot 409 



Scientific Notes and News 409 



University and Educational News 413 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Carnegie Foiindation for the Advance- 

 ment of Teaching: Pkofessoe Aethue 0. 

 DovEJOT. The Norwood " Meteorite " a 

 Fraud: De. Feank W. Vebt. The Nor- 

 wood Meteorite (?) : Dr. G. F. LotraHUisr 414 



Quotations : — 



Another Ross Case 419 



Scientific Books: — 



Butler's Researches on Fungi: Peofessoe 

 Geo. F. Atkinson. Charles Dancin and 

 the Origin of Species: Professor H. W. 

 Conn 420 



Special Articles: — 



The Earliest Description of (Enothera 

 Lamarckiana: Dr. E. R. Gates. Ophidian 

 Notes at Thompson's Mills, North Georgia: 

 H. A. AiXAED. On Changes of Atmospheric 

 Pressure in North America: Henetk Aec- 

 TOWSKI 425 



Collegiate Instruction: Peofessoe Edwaed L. 

 Thoendike 428 



The Sexagesimal System and the Division of 

 the Circle: Peofessoe G. A. Miixee 431 



Notes on Entomology: De. Nathan Banks 432 



The Botanical Society of America: De. George 

 T. Moore 433 



Societies and Academies: — • 



The Philosophical Society of Washington: 

 R. L. Faris. The New York Academy of 

 Sciences, Section of Biology: L. Hussakof 438 



MSS. intended for publication and beoks, etc.| Intended for 

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

 Hudson, N. T. 



THE PROBLEM OF THE ASSISTANT 

 PROFESSOR 



PART I 



There has been for some years a grow- 

 ing appreciation among educational insti- 

 tutions of the fact that their problems are 

 not entirely individual, but present many 

 aspects in common, and that much good 

 may come from joint effort toward their 

 solution. The very existence of this asso- 

 ciation sufficiently demonstrates this fact, 

 and also amply justifies the aim of this 

 paper. The topic offers material for a 

 volume; the limitations of space and time 

 for preparation have made the task of pres- 

 entation chiefly one of selection and man- 

 ner. The prime effort has been directed 

 toward stating the problem of the as- 

 sistant professor in concrete terms, and the 

 method adopted may be likened to that of 

 composite photography. Its limitations 

 are obvious, but it has the advantage of 

 focusing well on the main features, while 

 enabling one to treat individual data with- 

 out danger of personal identification. 



A questionaire (Appendix A) was pre- 

 pared and sent out to approximately 250 

 of the men holding the rank of assistant 

 professor in the 22 institutions represented 

 in this association. When replies had been 

 received to about one half (120) of these, 

 the writer felt forced to begin his work of 

 compilation, in order that in the time at 

 his disposal he might complete the colla- 

 tion, and have a definite result to present 

 in this paper. Replies have continued, but 

 they run just about the same as those here 

 considered, and in no manner call for any 

 essential modification of the general re- 



