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phenomena of the sea, of which at present we 

 possess a somewhat limited knowledge. 



In carrying on the manifold and intricate 

 investigations regarding the hydrographical 

 and fish-yielding mysteries of the sea each 

 cotintry has its own laboratories and scien- 

 tific staff, and has also at command one or 

 more steamers. In some cases a hired vessel 

 for temporary use is employed (Great Britain 

 has to be content with one) ; but in others, as 

 in Germany, Russia, Norway, Sweden and 

 Denmark, special steamers have been built, 

 provided with accommodation for a large sci- 

 entific staff, and elaborately equipped with 

 scientific appliances and fishing gear. At the 

 ' central laboratory at Christiania, under the 

 direction of Professor Fridtjof ISTansen, the 

 hydrographic apparatus required by the dif- 

 ferent countries is regulated and distributed. 

 The chemical analyses are checked and con- 

 trolled, and various hydrographical researches 

 of a special and difiicult kind are undertaken. 



GREEK AT CAEIBItlDGE. 

 The chairman and secretaries of the com- 

 mittee in support of the recommendations of 

 the studies and examinations syndicate ma- 

 king Greek optional in the entrance examina- 

 tion at Cambridge have addressed the follow- 

 ing letter to the editor of the London Times: 



Of the Graces submitted to the senate of the 

 University of Cambridge on March 2, 3 and 4 

 last, for the confirmation of the report of the 

 Studies Syndicate, Grace 2 was the most im- 

 portant and the most eagerly contested. It was 

 this Grace which directly proposed to make Greek 

 optional in the previous examination. 



The number of members of the electoral roll 

 who are members of the senate — that is, prac- 

 tically, the resident members of the senate — was 

 about 600. In the whole constituency there were 

 about 7,000 voters. The votes were — placet 1,055, 

 non-placet 1,557. 



A careful analysis of the poll-book gives the 

 following results: 



1. Of the residents, 288 voted in favor of the 

 recommendation that Greek should no longer be 

 compulsory in the previous examination; 240 

 voted against the recommendation — majority of 

 residents in favor of the recommendation, 48. 



2. Of the total number of members of the senate 



who voted, residents and non-residents included, 

 1,591 were laymen, 1,021 were clergymen. 



Of the laymen, 923 voted in favor of the recom- 

 mendation; 668 voted against it — majority of 

 laymen in favor of the recommendation, 255. 



Of the clergj-men, 132 voted in favor of the 

 recommendation; 889 voted against it — majority 

 of clergymen against the recommendation, 757. 



THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



According to the preliminary announcementv 

 issued by the secretary of the American Psy- 

 chological Association, Professor Wm. Harper 

 Davis, of Lehigh University, the fourteenth 

 annual meeting will be held at Harvard Uni- 

 versity on December 27, 28 and 29, in af&lia- 

 tion with the American Philosophical Asso- 

 ciation. 



After the formal opening of Emerson Hall, 

 where the associations will meet in joint ses- 

 sion on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 

 27, to hear addresses by President Eliot and 

 Dr. E. Emerson, a formal joint discussion will 

 be held ' On the Affiliation of Psychology with 

 Philosophy and with the Natural Sciences.' 

 Professor Fullerton, President Hall, Professor 

 Miinsterberg, Professor Taylor, Professor 

 Thilly and Professor Witmer have consented 

 to speak. 



A conference of the association has also 

 been arranged to consider the subject of ' Co- 

 operation between Laboratories and Depart- 

 ments of Different Institutions.' This will 

 also be thrown open for general discussion. 

 It is possible that another discussion, either 

 on a strictly psychological subject or on the 

 content of undergraduate instruction in psy- 

 chology, will be arranged for. 



Luncheon will be served on Wednesday, 

 December 27, by the Harvard Corporation. 

 After the address of the president. Professor 

 Mary Whiton Calkins, of Wellesley College, 

 on Wednesday evening, a general reception 

 will be held at the residence of Professor and 

 Mrs. Miinsterberg, and following the presi- 

 dential address before the American Philo- 

 sophical Association, by Professor John 

 Dewey, of Columbia University, a joint 

 smoker will be held in the Harvard Union. 



