June 19, 1908] 



SCIENCE 



959 



ural coke along the contacts and which con- 

 tain occasional crystals of sphalerite, thus 

 suggesting relationship to near-hy counties 

 which produce lead and zinc. 

 Panama Btratigrapliy: Mr. Ernest Howe. 



Following andesitic breccias that are sup- 

 posed to be of early Eocene age, sedimentary 

 rocks belonging to three epochs have been 

 recognized in the section exposed on the Isth- 

 mus of Panama. The oldest, the Bohio for- 

 mation, has conglomerates associated with 

 volcanic breccias near the base, but consists 

 for the most part of fine calcareous sand- 

 stones and shales. An abundant fauna con- 

 tains species characteristic of the Claiborne 

 Eocene and some common to the Upper Tejon. 

 Separated from this by an unconformity are 

 the Peria Blanca marls rich in foraminifera 

 that, from the characteristic species Orbitoides 

 fortisi. Dr. Dall considers of Lower Oligocene 

 age corresponding to the Vicksburg. The 

 youngest sedimentary rocks are those of the 

 Monkey Hill formation consisting of fine cal- 

 careous and argillaceous sandstones and marls. 

 From abundant fossils contained in these beds 

 they are regarded as equivalent to the Chipola 

 Oligocene. Of these three formations the 

 oldest only, represented by the Oulebra beds, 

 has been observed on the Pacific side of the 

 isthmus. 



Eruptions of rhyolitic rocks, both massive 

 and fragmental, occurred at some time be- 

 tween the close of the Bohio epoch and the 

 beginning of the Monkey Hill, while all the 

 rocks in the central and southern portions of 

 the isthmus were invaded in the Miocene by 

 pyroxene-andesites and basalt. 



Ealph Arnold, 



Secretary 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE 



THE CHAIR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNTVERSITT 

 OF CINCINNATI 



To THE Editor of Science : I beg permission 

 to make a statement relative to my deposition 

 from the University of Cincinnati. 



First, I should like to say that the three 

 reasons assigned for declaring my chair 

 vacant are either inadequate grounds for such 



action or are false in fact. Furthermore they 

 are not the reasons stated in private by the 

 president. 



The three grounds assigned were (1) The 

 suppression of the real reasons for my leaving 

 Vassar when I applied for the position at 

 Cincinnati. I agree with the president on 

 this point that this was not fair to him and so 

 informed him before his request for my resig- 

 nation. But is this an adequate basis for 

 deposing an officer whose work is admittedly 

 satisfactory ? 



The second ground was that I held views 

 destructive of society which affected my teach- 

 ing and my life. The testimony of my stu- 

 dents both here and at Vassar College refutes 

 the charge that my views on certain ethical 

 topics had entered the classroom. The testi- 

 mony of my wife and of those who know me 

 must intimately is sufficient reply to the 

 charge of baneful effects of my alleged sinful 

 views upon my life and character. The ob- 

 jection that now, at least, I have taught my 

 views by their publication in the newspapers 

 is certainly met by replying that a man has a 

 right to state his views on any subject in this 

 age and country as long as he does it in a 

 dignified and decent way. And since I was 

 asked to resign on account of my views (which 

 fact is significantly omitted from the formal 

 statement issued by the president) I maintain 

 that I had a right to vindicate myself before 

 the public by stating the views for which I 

 was to be ejected. If it be objected that I did 

 not choose the proper place and manner of 

 publicity in stating my views, it is replied that 

 the only statements authorized by me were 

 given to the Cincinnati Times-Star with the 

 understanding that they were to be printed 

 just as I wrote them or not at all. They were 

 so printed in that paper. Additions and em- 

 bellishments by reporters unhappily have been 

 taken as expressing my views, instead of my 

 own carefully prepared statement of them. 



The third ground assigned by the president 

 for my dismissal, that I threatened him, did 

 not exist. 



I made this stand here at Cincinnati in the 

 hope that I might be dealt with on the 



