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, October 27, 1905. 



CONTENTS. 



DeWitt Bristol Brace: Professor Ellery W. 

 Davis 513 



Educational Problems at Yale University: 

 President Arthur T. Hadley 514 



Scientific Books: — 



Thorp's Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: 

 Samuel P. Sadtler. Hinds's Inorganic 

 Chemistry : Professor L. B. Hall. Eckel 

 on Cements, Limes and, Plasters, A Treatise 

 on Concrete: Dr. S. F. Peckham. Tech- 

 nique de psychologie experimentale : Pro- 

 fessor R. S. WOODWORTH 520 



Scientific Journals and Articles 5'_'4 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Neio York Section of the American 

 Chemical Society: Dr. F. H. Pough. The 

 San Francisco Section of the American 

 Mathematical Society: Professor G. A. 

 Miller 525 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



Stegomyia and Yelloio Fever — a Contrast: 

 Dr. L. 0. Howard. The Possibility of 

 Absorption by Human Beings of Nitrogen 

 from the Atmosphere : Dr. Gr. S. Fraps. A 

 Tree's Limb without Bark: Professor 

 Jas. Lewis Howe 526 



Special Articles: — ■ 



Physical Characters and History of Some 

 NeiD York Formations : Professor Amadeus 

 W. Grabau. Extirpation and Replantation 

 of the Thyroid Gland loith Reversal of the 

 Circulation: Alexis Carrell and C. C. 

 Guthrie 528 



Exhibition of Early Works on Natural His- 

 tory ■ 535 



Statistics of Eastern, State and Foreign Uni- 

 versities 537 



The Eighteenth Season of the Marine Biolog- 

 ical Laboratory: Professor Frakk R. 

 LiLLiE 537 



The New Orleans Meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 540 



Scientific Notes and Neios 541 



University and Educational Neios 543 



MSS. iuteuded for purjiicatiou aud boots, etc., intended 

 tor review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Harrl- 

 son-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



DeWITT BRISTOL BRACE. 



Marked ability in devising experiments, 

 in minutely observing phenomena, and in 

 correctly interpreting the same, are of 

 themselves sufficient to make a physicist 

 of note. Add mathematical power and, 

 unless circumstances are untoward, our 

 physicist will come to stand among the 

 very few. Such a one was Professor 

 Brace. Nay, he was even more; for with 

 him circumstances were most untoward. 

 The battle was long and arduous before he 

 could build up his department and make 

 his work tell. 



When he came to Nebraska the univer- 

 sity was poor indeed, the equipment 

 meager. The period when one man taught 

 all the sciences had barely passed. That 

 hither had come a man who could set up 

 his apparatus and spend precious time in 

 investigation was astounding. No wonder 

 the chancellor, who caused to be torn down 

 the shed that sheltered the apparatus, 

 should have thought he did God service. 



"With the growth of the university came 

 not a parallel growth of the means to carry 

 on the work. The demands of the class- 

 room grew more rather than less exacting. 

 Nor was any work slighted. Those who 

 have served with him on committees know 

 how high were his ideals, how conscientious 

 his purposes, how sane his judgments. Yet 

 for his investigations he was able here and 

 there to snatch a moment; so that, during 

 term time, he was at least able to determine 

 and plan the lines his work should follow 

 during vacation. Gradually he gathered 

 about himself enthusiastic students whom 



