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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXXIV. No. 863 



The American Physical Education Association 

 wishes to place on its records an expression of its 

 regret and sorrow at the loss, within the past 

 year, of three of its honorary members. 



These three men have made large contributions 

 to the science of human welfare and have helped 

 greatly in establishing certain fundamental prin- 

 ciples on which physical education rests. 



One of these men was our neighbor and friend, 

 Edward Hitchcock, of Amherst. He was one of 

 the founders of this association, a man of hearti- 

 ness, sympathy and common sense; eager and 

 untiring in his work for young men, catholic and 

 optimistic in his love for humanity; unconscious 

 of the evils of the world,''for he was always look- 

 ing for the good; a brother to every soul strug- 

 gling upward. He worked for his college, for his 

 state and for the nation. "While he always worked 

 from a scientific basis he was a moral force rather 

 than a scientist; he was a great teacher rather 

 than a discoverer. 



The second was the man who inspired more 

 scientific study of man in the last thirty years, 

 perhaps, than any other of the English-speaking 

 race, Sir Francis Galton, of London. Of a family 

 famous throughout the world for intellectual 

 achievement he added much to its fame. He was 

 endowed with a high ability in mathematics and 

 his method of percentile study of vital statistics 

 opened a new field in anthropometry, while his 

 mechanical genius brought into working form 

 many instruments for testing size, strength and 

 working power. He saw the work to be done and 

 he had a marvelous power to see the best manner 

 of doing it. He has pointed out the road to many 

 a man who could not see clearly, for his vision 

 knew no bounds and physical capacity was his 

 only limit. 



The third member, whose memory will go with 

 us as a cheering influence, was Angelo Mosso, of 

 Turin. As a physiologist he first turned scientific 

 attention to the interrelations of mental and 

 physical activities. His methods of study and 

 research were original and he developed many in- 

 genious mechanical devices for recording changes 

 in the human body that were due to mental and 

 physical action. His special contribution to 

 America was on "Psychic Processes and Muscular 

 Exercise" at the request of President Hall, of 

 Clark University in 1899. 



As these masters of thought and leaders in the 

 search for truth pass from our membership it 

 should quicken our sense of responsibility in the 

 work of the future for our department and make 



us more zealous for all good work for humanity, 

 the study of which is the noblest task of the mind. 

 J. H. McCuRDT 

 J. W. Sbavbe 

 P. 0. Philips 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 The building named for Dr. Edward Will- 

 iams Morley at the Western Reserve Univer- 

 sity and devoted to the departments of chem- 

 istry and geology, occupied this year for the 

 first time, was opened for formal puhlic in- 

 spection during commencement week. The 

 building contains a tablet, bearing testimony 

 to Dr. Morley's work in science, and to his 

 thirty-seven years of active service in Western 

 Reserve University. 



Dr. Charles L. Parsons, professor of chem- 

 istry at the New Hampshire College, has 

 received the doctorate of science from the 

 University of Maine. 



Dr. William G. Davis, professor of ortho- 

 paedic surgery in the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, has been given the doctorate of laws by 

 Lafayette College, and Dr. P. H. Musser, pro- 

 fessor of medicine in the same institution, the 

 degree of doctor of laws by Pranklin and 

 Marshall College. 



Dr. Samuel Sheldon, professor of physics 

 and electrical engineering at the Brooklyn 

 Polytechnic Institute, has received the degree 

 of doctor of science from Middlebury College, 

 from which he graduated in 1883. 



Professor W. M. Davis, first president of 

 the Harvard Travelers Club, has been awarded 

 the chib medal for his work as a traveler and 

 geographer. 



The German emperor has bestowed on Pro- 

 fessor Ehrlich the title of excellency and has 

 appointed him an active privy councillor. 

 The German physicians who have hitherto re- 

 ceived this appointment are Koch, von Behr- 

 ing, von Bergmann and von Leyden. 



Dr. Emil Godlewski, professor of agricul- 

 tural chemistry at Cracow, has been elected a 

 corresponding member of the Paris Academy 

 of Sciences. 



