CIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTEE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THfe 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



Feidat, June 26, 1908 



CONTENTS 

 Dedication of the Chemistry Building of the 

 College of the City of New York: Pbo- 

 FEsSoE Edgae F. Smith, Pbesedent Iba 

 Remsen, Peofessob Wilder D. Bancboft, 

 De. W. H. Nichols, Hon. Heeman A. 

 Metz, Peofessob Chaeles Baskeevtt.t.e . . 969 



Scientific Boohs: — 

 Jones on Conductivity and Viscosity in 

 Mixed Solvents: Peofessob E. C. Feank- 

 T.TTf. Seashore's Elementary Experiments 

 in Psychology : J. J 984 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Iowa Academy of Science: L. S. Ross. 

 Tne North Carolina Academy of Science: 

 De. E. W. Gudgee. The Philosophical So- 

 ciety of Washington: R. L. Faeis. The 

 Geological Society of Washington: De. 

 Ralph Aenold. The Elisha Mitchell Scien- 

 tific Society : Peofessob Axviisr S. Wheelee 986 



Special Articles: — 



The Oral Opening of the Nasal Cavity in 

 Astroscopus: De. Ulrio Dahlgeen. Black- 

 head, a Coccidial Disease of Turkeys: De. 

 Leon J. Cole and De. Philip B. Hadlet . 993 



The National Conservation Commission .... 994 



The Inland Waterways Commission 996 



The Hanover Meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science . . 997 



Scientific Notes and News 998 



University and Educational News 999 



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

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

 Hudson, N. Y., or during the present summer to Wood's Hole, 



DEDICATION OF TEE CHEMISTRY BUILD- 

 ING OF TEE COLLEGE OF THE CITY 

 OF NEW YORK, MAY U, 1908 



In taking the chair, Professor Basker- 

 ville, the director of the laboratory, said : — 



Ladies and Gentlemen: 



In the name of the honorable board of 

 trustees, the president and the staff of the 

 department of chemistry, I bid you hearty 

 welcome. We are here to-day, because 



First, honor is to be done to two teachers 

 of chemistry, each distinguished in his own 

 way as a scientist and as a citizen ; and 



Second, a building is to be formally 

 opened and set aside for the study of 

 chemistry. 



It is not appropriate on this occasion to 

 dwell upon the multitude of details in- 

 corporated in plans for a laboratory con- 

 structed to accommodate more than a thou- 

 sand students. My colleagues hold them- 

 selves in readiness to show those par- 

 ticularly interested over the unfinished 

 building at the close of these exercises. 

 Papers have appeared and others will soon 

 appear in print which call attention to the 

 principles involved and some of the inci- 

 dental details. The building is not perfect. 

 No structure devised by the human mind 

 or constructed by the human hand is ever 

 perfect. Many ideas have been borrowed 

 from other laboratories in this country and 

 Europe. Some have been incorporated 

 which are original. Some are good, and 

 others not so good. 



More important than all these facilities, 

 however, is the spirit which dominates the 



