Febkuaky 9, 1906.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Portland Academy. ' Curing and Mounting Wild 

 rio%¥ers,' Dr. M. A. Flinn, Portland. 



June 17 — ' Agriculture in the Philippines,' Pro- 

 fessor F. Lamson-Scribner, Washington, D. C. 



August 19 — ' Mammals of Oregon,' Dr. Marcus 

 W. Lyon, Jr., Washington, D. C. 'The Develop- 

 ment of the Ovule and Pollen Tube in the Oregon 

 Grape,' Elda R. Walker, University of Nebraska. 



September IG — ' The Forests of Oregon,' Mr. Ed- 

 mund P. Sheldon, Portland. 



October 21 — ' Science and the Farm,' Dr. J. R. 

 Withycombe, director of the Oregon Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Corvallis. ' Some Insect and 

 Fungous Diseases of Fruits,' Professor A. B. Cord- 

 ley, State College of Agriculture and Mechanic 

 Arts. 



November 18 — ' The Indians and their Care of 

 the Forests,' Dr. Harry E. Lane, Portland. ' Pre- 

 localization in the Egg and Correlated Develop- 

 ment,' Professor G. E. Coghill, Pacific University. 



The academy has endorsed a plan for be- 

 ginning a natural history survey of Oregon 

 by formulating check lists of all the museum 

 collections in the state, and of all recorded 

 collections from the state. It is the purpose 

 of the academy to follow these check lists with 

 monographs on various groups as circum- 

 stances permit. 



Action has been taken to secure permanent 

 rooms for the academy in Portland. It is 

 expected that adequate quarters will be pro- 

 vided for the library of the academy and for 

 a museum which the academy hopes to acquire 

 as time goes on. The private herbarium of 

 Mr. Edmund P. Sheldon, president of the 

 academy, has been loaned by him for deposit 

 in the academy rooms. This herbarium con- 

 sists of about 10,000 specimens. It will be 

 properly mounted and made accessible for the 

 "work of the academy. 



G. E. Coghill, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



THE CLEMSON COLLEGE SCIENCE CLUB. 



The 59th regular meeting of the club was 

 held Friday, November 17. 



Dr. Calhoun gave an informal talk upon 

 his work in the west this summer. His talk 

 was illustrated by material which he collected 

 for the museum of natural history in the min- 

 ing regions of Colorado and Utah. 



The principal paper of the evening was 

 given by Dr. Metcalf upon ' Sanitary Con- 

 ditions in South Carolina.' Dr. Metcalf gave 

 a brief statement of the fundamental prin- 

 ciples of sanitation and the special condi- 

 tions which govern their application in South 

 Carolina, such as subtropical climate in cer- 

 tain portions, rural population, and a large 

 negro element. The conditions leading to the 

 annual prevalence of typhoid fever were de- 

 duced from specific instances. The results of 

 three hundred bacterial examinations of the 

 water of a typical open well; the results of 

 observations of the surroundings of this well 

 and the adjacent privy and a study of the 

 bacterial flora brought by flies into the din- 

 ing room of the nearby house, were presented 

 in outline. The speaker closed with a brief 

 discussion of the hypothetical occurrence of 

 forms resembling B. coli on the surface of 

 the plants, and the possible bearing of this 

 on the standard water tests. Portions of this 

 discussion have been published in Bulletin 89, 

 South Carolina Exjjeriment Station and in 

 Science, October 6, 1905. 



F. H. H. Calhoun, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. 



THE MISSOURI SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF MATHE- 

 MATICS (and science).* 

 The Missouri Society of Teachers of Mathe- 

 matics (and Science) met in Jefierson City, 

 December 27 and'28, 1905, in conjunction with 

 the State Teachers' Association. Two after- 

 noon sessions were held and were well at- 

 tended. Mr. H. C. Harvey presided. The 

 following papers were presented : 



G. R. Deen, Rolla : ' Maxima and Minima.' 



OuvER Glenn, Springfield : ' Laboratory Meth- 

 ods in Algebra Teaching.' 



A. M. Wilson, St. Louis : ' The Treatment of 

 Limits in Elementary Geometry.' 



Thos. Jaudon, Kansas City : ' Some Problems 

 of Arithmetic in the Grades.' 



Round Table Discussion : ' What should be 

 taught in Arithmetic and what omitted?' U. S. 

 Hall, Glasgow; G. B. Longan, Kansas City; H. 



' Proposed amendments' to the constitution pro- 

 vide for the addition of the words ' and Science ' 

 to the name of the societv. 



