SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THIi 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editokial Committkk : s. Newc*,mb, Matbematios ; K. S. Woodward, Meohanict< ; E. C. HicKKKiKt. 

 AstTODom; ; T. C- Mskdenhall, Physios ; K H. Thueston, Engineering ; Iha Kkmskn, Chemistry ; 

 Chablks D. WALcorr. Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; Henry F. csborn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessby, N. I.. Brixton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. 

 BowDiTCH, Physiology ; William H. Welch, Pathology ; 

 J. McEeen Cattell, Psyobology. 



Friday, Septembkr 18, 1903. 



roXTKXTS: 



^\ll(lf Truiiiiixj in Plii/siolvyii ami Hygiene 

 iiiny ice reasonably e-ritect of the Public 

 Srliiiols: Professor William T. Sedowick, 

 Professor Theodore Hoigh :!o8 



Th< Marine Bioloyical Snrrey Work carrieil 

 <iii by the Xoulofiical Department of the 

 I'nirersity of Valifornin : Professor Wil- 

 liam E. RiTTER :;(iO 



iS'ciVd t i/ic Books: — 



The Collected I'li/iers of I'oirhind and Fitz- 

 Herald: Pv. S. W. Bailer's Lehrbuch der 

 leryleichendcn Anatomie: J. P. McM.... ;;B6 



Siirieties and Academies : — 



The American I'nmological Society 309 



Piscussion and Correspondoicc : — 



The Bahamas vs. Tortugas as a Station for 

 Research in Marine Zoology: Db. Alfred 



GOLDSBOROVUH JIa YER 3(10 



Khorirr Articles: — 



7/ir Hiiiin Wiighl of the Japanese: Dr. E. 

 A. .Si'iTZK.x. tlonionemus rersiis Gonione- 

 ma : Dr. L. Mubbach :-.71 



Botanical Xotes: — 



ilosses; Morphology of Angiosperms: 

 Professor V. D. Heai.d :;74 



I nrextigations in Progress at the Uninrsity 

 of < 'h icago 376 



The Ifichool of ileogruphy in the Summer Ses- 

 sion of Cornell U'nirersity: A. P. B 380 



The Malaria Expedition to the Qambia . . . . 381 



Scientific Xotes and Xeics 382 



University and Educational News 384 



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

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Hro- 

 fetj-or I. .McKein Cattell, GsrriBon-on-Uudeon, N. Y. 



WHAT TRAIXIXa IX PHYSIOLOd) A XI) 

 HYdlEXE MAY WE UEASUSABLY EX- 

 PECT OF TUE I'LBLIC SCHOOLS.' 



In the public schools of to-day various 

 subjects are taught, aiid for various rea- 

 sons. Some, like arithmetic or the reading: 

 and writing of English, are indispensable 

 tools of modern civilized life; others, like 

 geography and history, impart necessary 

 information or promote general intelli- 

 gence; still others, like algebra, geometry 

 and Latin, are agents of mental discipline 

 or else afford necessary preparation for 

 subsequent work. Physiology and hygiene, 

 the studies with which we are concerned in 

 the present paper, were introduced into 

 the public schools for the express purpose 

 of affording information concerning the 

 structure and functions of the human 

 body, being expected thereby to contribute 

 to the preservation and promotion of 

 health ; and they have kept their place, in 

 spite of .serious shortcomings, as a conces- 

 .sion to the practical importance of sound 

 ideas concerning health and disease. 



The training wliieh may iva.sonably be 

 expected in the reading and writing of 

 English, in arithmetic, in geography or in 

 Latin, is the subject of fre((uent discus- 

 sion in educational gatherings and is 

 doul)tIe.ss influenced by such discussions; 

 but it is determined chiefly by the exami- 



* Read liefoie the .Ameiioan Social Science .\.s^o- 

 lialiiin, Hnstoii mecliiig. May, IDO.'J. 



