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, Maech 18, 1904. 



CONTENTS: 

 The American Association for the Adimnce- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Section C, Chemistry: G-eoege B. Fbank- 



FORTEK 441 



Section H, Anthropology: Geoege H. Pepper 449 

 Charles Emerson Beecher : Dr. W. H. Daix , . 453 

 Scientific Books: — 



The Mark Anniversary Vohime: Professor 



J. S. KlNGSLEY 455 



Scientific Journals and Articles 457 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Anthropological Society of Washing- 

 ton: De. Walter Hoiigi-i. Society for Ex- 

 perimental Biology and Medicine : Dr. 

 William J. Gies. The American Mathe- 

 matical Society : Professor F. N. Cole . . 457 

 Discussion and Correspondence : — 



Convocation Week: Professor W. F. 

 Ganong, Professor A. H. Foed. Our Fu- 

 ture ' Public Analysts' : R. 0. BmooKS. The 

 Misuse of ' Formation ' iy Ecologists : F. 



H. Knowlton 463 



Special Articles :-:- 



On Titles for Papers: Professor Harris 

 Hawthorne Wilder. Elliptical Human 



Red Corpuscles: Melvin Dresbach 468 



Notes on Entomology : Nathan Banks 470 



The Eighth International Oeographic Congress 4.7'2 

 The Sixth International Congress of Zoology. 474 

 The Dedication of Palmer Hall, Colorado Col- 

 lege 475 



The Study of Science 476 



Scientific Notes and Neics 477 



University and Educational Neics 479 



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

 for review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garri- 

 son-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



SECTION C, CHEMISTRY. 



The joint meeting of Section C and of 

 the American Chemical Society at St. 

 Louis, December 28 to 31, 1903, was one 

 of the most interesting in the history of 

 the organization. Besides the usual tech- 

 nical papers were those of a physical chem- 

 ical nature, with several of industrial and 

 commercial value. The general order was 

 varied by one whole session being devoted 

 to a general discussion of valence. 



The address of welcome was given by 

 Dr. Frerichs, president of the St. Louis 

 Chemical Society. The response was 

 given by President J. H. Long of the 

 Chemical Society. Dr. Long presided at 

 the Chemical Society sessions and Vice- 

 President Bancroft at the Section C ses- 

 sions. The address of the retiring vice- 

 president, Dr. Charles Baskerville, was 

 delivered Monday afternoon, subject: 'The 

 Elements: Verified and Unverified.' The 

 address of the retiring president of the 

 Chemical Society, J. H. Long, was deliv- 

 ered Wednesday evening, subject: 'Some 

 Problems in Fermentation.' 



The officers for the coming year are: 



Vice-President — Wilder D. Bancroft, Cornell 

 University. 



Secretary — Pi. S. Curtiss, Union College. 



Councilor — E. H. S. Bailey, University of 

 Kansas. 



Members of the Sectional Committee — E. C. 

 Franklin, Leland Stanford; M. T. Bogert, Co- 

 lumbia University; L. P. Kinnicutt, Worcester; 

 L. Kahlenberg, University of Wisconsin; G. B. 

 Frankforter, University of Minnesota. 



