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. 



Editorial Commitibb : S. Kbwcomb, Matbematios ; R. S. Woodwabd, Meobanios ; E. C. Piceebiko 



Astronomy ; T. C Mbndbnhall, Physics ; K. H. Thueston, EngineeriDg ; Iea Rkmsen, Cbemistry ; 



Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henky F. Osbobn, Paleon- 



.tology ; W. K. Beooks, C. Hakt Mbehiam, Zoology ; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology ; C. E. 



Bessey, N. L. Beitton, Botany ; C. S. MiNOT, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. 



BowDlTCH, Physiology ; William H. Welch, Pathology ; 



J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology. 



FRroAY, August 21, 1903. 



coy TENTS. ■ 



The yeic Opportunity for Secondary Schools: 

 Professor C. M. ^^"ooDWAIU) 225 



Ten years of .imerican Psychology, 1S92- 

 1902. II: Professor Edward Franklin 

 BucHXER 233 



Scientific Books: — 



Oudin's Polyphase Apparatus and Systems; 

 Bobbs on the Arithmetic of Electrical 

 Measurements: Professor W. S. Franklin 241 



Scientific Journals and Articles 242 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



Additional Facts concerning the Bath 

 Furnace Meteoric Fall: Professor A. M. 

 Miller. The Protective Function of 

 Raphides: Thos. H. Iveabney 243 



Shorter Articles: — 



Carboniferous Fossils in ' Ocoee ' Slates 



in Alabama: Professor Elgexe A. Smith. 244 



Botanical Xotes: — 



Tico Interesting Parasitic Plants; The 

 Study of Galls: Professor Charles E. 

 Bessey 24G 



'Graphics of Thermodynamics': Professoe 

 R. H. TiiiRSTON 247 



Exhibit of the V. 8. National Museum at 

 St. Louis: F. A. L 248 



Memorial to Sir TVilliam Flotcer 249 



The International Commission of Archeology 

 and Ethnology 250 



Scientific Xotes and yeas 252 



University and Educational A'eiis 256 



M!=S. Intended for pahlicatlon and books, etc.. Intended 

 lor review should be seat to the responsible editor, Pro- 

 feuor J. HcKein Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE yEW OPPORTVyiTY FOR SECOyOARY 

 SCHOOLS. 



Profe.ssor G. G. Ramsey, of the Univer- 

 sity of Glasgow, said last November in au 

 address on 'EfiSeieney in Education,' while 

 speaking of the need of new definitions and 

 new standards in education : 



"It is not merely that new subjects have 

 been introduced for which a place must 

 be found; but also that the demand for 

 higher education of some sort, and of the 

 best sort available, is being made on behalf 

 of a much wider and larger class than 

 formerl}-. It is no longer a select class, 

 consisting of those destined for professions 

 and the higher walks of life, whose needs 

 demand attention; the nation has at last 

 been roused to the necessity, which many 

 of us have been preaching all our lives as a 

 matter of national concern, of training to 

 the utmost the brain power of the com- 

 munity, and of bringing within the reach 

 of every capable mind, in every class, 

 the benefits of a liberal education. There 

 is," he adds, "at this moment a boom on 

 amongst us in this matter of higher edu- 

 cation ; and it is of the greatest consequence 

 to the country that this boom should ex- 

 pend its force in the most promising direc- 

 tions." 



In the course of his address, this eminent 

 'professor of humanity' frankly admits 

 that, 'the highest literary and classical edu- 



