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, Mat 3, 1907 



CONTENTS 

 Tile American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 The Education of the Professional Chemist: 



Pboeessor C. F. Mabeby 681 



Section K — Physiology and Experimental 

 Medicine: Pkofessob William J. Gies . . 693 



Scientific Books: — 



The Terraces of the Maryland Coastal 

 Plane: Peofessok W. M. Davis 701 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Texas Academy of Science: Professor 

 Frederic W. Simonds. The Chemical So- 

 ciety of Washington: J. A. Le Clerc .... 707 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The First Species Rule as it affects Genera 

 of North American Birds: Witmeb Stone. 

 Lack of Recuperative Power of Italian 

 Workmen : Dr. Joseph Y. Bekoen 708 



Special Articles: — 



Oeology of the Sierra Almoloya with notes 

 on the Tectonic History of the Mexican 

 Plateau: Dr. Robert T. Hill 710 



The Biological Laboratory of the U. S. Bu- 

 reau of Fisheries at Woods Hole: Pro- 

 fessor Francis B. Sumner 712 



The American Association of Museums: Dr. 

 George A. Dorset 716 



The Smithsonian Institution and the National 

 Academy of Sciences and the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 716 



Soientifio Notes and News 717 



University and Educational News 719 



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

 -review should be sent to the Editor of Sqence, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



EDUCATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL 



CHEMIST^ 



In conforming' to the time-honored cus- 

 tom of presenting an address as retiring 

 chairman of Section C, it occurred to me 

 that I might not select a subject more 

 worthy of thoughtful consideration than 

 the education of the professional chemist. 

 In view of the fundamental changes in 

 conditions throughout the commercial 

 world, affecting educational institutions 

 by bringing forward aspects of mental 

 training and practical applications that 

 have no precedents in our earlier experi- 

 ence, it is certainly essential that this in- 

 fluence on modern progress receive crit- 

 ical attention. The recent excellent papers 

 expressing the views of eminent teachers 

 and practical chemists on suitable require- 

 ments for the training of young men in 

 chemistry have ably presented the various 

 aspects of this important subject. Yet I 

 have thought that the last word has not 

 been said concerning certain features of 

 professional education, especially relating 

 to the mental attitude of the student, and 

 of the embryo chemist about to enter busi- 

 ness life. It can not be doubted that the 

 courses offered by schools of science de- 

 serve all the attention they have received 

 in the form of suggestions and criticisms, 

 particularly from the experience of older 

 graduates gained in close touch with great 

 operations in the industrial world. The 



* Address of the vice-president and chairman of 

 Section C, New York meeting, December, 1906. 



