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I need not say that an X-ray picture of this 

 third arm as seen on the fluorescent screen 

 would be an interesting subject of study. It 

 •would not be difficult to so arrange the appa- 

 ratus that the shadow of the medium's entire 

 body could be obtained. The switch for 

 operating the coil should be placed within 

 reach of the observer on the top of the cab- 

 inet, so that the flood of rays need only be 

 turned on when something is going on worth 

 investigating. In this way no possible injury 

 could result. 



At the first sitting at which the illumina- 

 tion of the floor was tried Eusapia com- 

 plained of this light, which appeared to be 

 quite accidental. I accordingly constructed 

 a grill of vertical strips of thin wood, painted 

 black. The floor of the cabinet was covered 

 with this. From her position in front Eu- 

 sapia could not have seen the light on ac- 

 count of the grill, while the observer above, 

 looking down directly between the strips, 

 could see the illuminated floor without diffi- 

 culty. The object of illuminating the floor 

 was of course to obtain a luminous back- 

 ground against which moving objects could 

 be seen. It proved to be a very effective way 

 of investigating cabinet phenomena. 



On two occasions the black object which 

 appeared was pointed, on the third, when the 

 table was seized it was blunt and rounded. 

 Eusapia had pushed her chair back until her 

 back was against the curtain, and I doubt if 

 what I saw was the " third arm " ! On the 

 occasion when I held one of Eusapia's hands, 

 nothing was disturbed in the cabinet, but 

 some very fine levitations occurred, in a bril- 

 liant light, and I could not only see between 

 the medium's knees and the legs of the table, 

 but passed my other hand between them and 

 her skirts. I felt very positive that the legs 

 of the table were free from contact with any 

 part of her person. 



The proper system of investigation, in my 

 opinion, is the one outlined. Whenever I 

 saw anything going on in the cabinet, I sent 

 an electric signal to seance room, so that par- 

 ticular pains could be taken by the persons 



holding her hands, to see whether the contact - 

 had been broken at the moment. 



If the phenomena are genuine it can be 

 proved by the X-rays, I think, and in no other 

 ivay. Madam Palladino need have no fear of 

 the X-ray test, if the thing seen in the cab- 

 inet is a supernormal third arm. If the sit- 

 tings had not been suddenly terminated, I 

 feel certain that at the next one we should 

 have had a complete explanation of how the 

 disturbance in the cabinet was created. I 

 am quite ready at any time to aid Madam 

 Palladino in establishing the genuineness of 

 her supernormal powers by means of the X- 

 rays. E. W. Wood 



THE CARSEGIE FOUyDATIOX 

 The following letter has been addressed to 

 the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for 

 the Advancement of Teaching: 



Columbia, Mo., 

 March 9, 1910. 

 To the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Founda- 

 tion for the Advancement of Teaching. 

 Gentlemen: At a largely attended meeting of 

 members of the faculties of the University of 

 Missouri it was voted that the following com- 

 munication be addressed to your board as a body, 

 and to its individual members: 



The purpose of the foundation of which you 

 are the administrators, as set forth in the expres- 

 sions of the founder and in subsequent official 

 statements of the trustees, are " to serve the cause 

 of higher education by advancing and dignifying 

 the profession of the teacher in higher institu- 

 tions of learning," especially with a view of ren- 

 dering that profession attractive to increasing 

 number of able men. Through the desire of many 

 institutions to enjoy the benefits of the founda- 

 tion, it has come to be also an important instru- 

 mentality for influencing and coordinating the 

 educational policy of a considerable number of 

 American universities and colleges. It is evident 

 that these functions, of great potential usefulness, 

 can in the long run be successfully performed only 

 if the management of the foundation retains the 

 confidence and sympathy of university officials 

 and of the general body of university teachers. 

 Though the foundation may do something to in- 

 crease the material comfoit in old age of some 



