Dkckmbek 25, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Hhodes's vigorously expressed desire that these 

 young men should have the benefits of the in- 

 fluences of Oxford University at ' the most 

 • •ritical iwriod of their lives.' If their char- 

 aoters are already formed, they are far more 

 likely to alter the tone of Oxford than Oxford 

 is likely to develop them. 



Xow, as to the desirability of this I offer no 

 comment, I am only concerned with Mr. 

 Rhodes's intention. lie desired that poverty, 

 religion, race — nay, even the lack of ' scholar- 

 ship ' itself — should not bar a boy of strong 

 physique and moral character from obtaining 

 one of these splendid prizes. Yet here is a 

 scheme apparently gaining ground where pov- 

 erty and the lack of scholarship will practically 

 disqualifj- a candidate, and the application of 

 the character test as outlined by the testator 

 is rendered nugatory. 



But it may be said that Mr. Rhodes only 

 defined his ideas in respect of the South Af- 

 rican scholarships. That is quite true, but he 

 gave his intimates to understand that his 

 motive was the same in all cases, viz., ' uniting 

 of the Anglo-Saxon race.' That unity will be 

 postponed if educational experts, in their very 

 natural desire to secure the benefit of these 

 great endowments to produce scholars, arrange 

 the regulations in such a way as to eliminate 

 possible leaders of men such as Rhodes was 

 himself. lie wanted picked potentialities, 

 but, if I understand his mind aright, they 

 were to be men of action rather than scholars. 



r{i:ri:.\r zooPALEnyroLOGY. 

 vektkbhatk i'.m.kostologv ix the united .states 

 <;eological si-rvev. 

 The following abstract is published with the 

 permission of the Geological Survey and cov- 

 ers the progress which has been made during 

 the year 100:1 on the work which was substan- 

 tially begun July 1, 1882, by the appointment 

 'if Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, of Yale 

 Tniversity, as paleontologist on the survey. 

 As is well known. Professor ilarsli devoted 

 years to the collection and preparation of ma- 

 terials for a series of elaborate monographs. 

 The work on these was most unfortunately 

 interrupted by his death, but at that time 



lithographic plates of three monographs, 

 namely, the BrontotheriidaJ (60 plates), the 

 Sauropoda (90 plates) and the Stegosauria 

 (54 plates), were completely prepared and 

 jjrinted, together with hundreds of text illus- 

 trations. The drawings for the fourth mono- 

 graph, the Ceratopsia, are on stone but not as 

 yet printed. Practically none of the manu- 

 script for these volumes was ready. 



In appointing Professor Henrj' F. Osborn 

 as Professor ilarsh's successor, it was under- 

 stood that the latter should receive full credit 

 for the years of labor which he devoted to 

 these monographs. The appointment of Pro- 

 fessor Osborn was originally jis paleontologist, 

 June .30, 1900; in January, lOOl, the appoint- 

 ment was changed to geoMgist and paleon- 

 tologist. 



The unfinished work was begun at once, and 

 has been carried on in two lines : First, the 

 lireparation and supervision of the four paleon- 

 tologieal monographs; second, the planning of 

 geological field work connected therewith, the 

 latter being of great importance, in order 

 that the vertebrate paleontology of the survey 

 may render Service in connection witli the 

 stratigraphic history of the continent. 



Professor Osborn undertook the preparation 

 of the Titanothere and Sauropoda monographs 

 himself; Mr. J. B. Hatcher, now of the Car- 

 negie iluseum, was entrusted with the prepa- 

 ration of the monograph on the Ceratopsia; 

 and Mr. F. A. Lucas, now of the United States 

 National Museum, was entrusted with the pre- 

 ])aration of the Stegosauria monograph. 



More in detail, the actual work on hand and 

 accomplished is as follows : 



1. Tilnnollwre Monograph. — This mono- 

 graph, brgiiu January 2, 1901, has required 

 more time than was anticipated, partly due 

 to Professor Osborn's inttrruptions by other 

 duties, partly to the unexpected expansion of 

 the subject by the discovery, both in the Oli- 

 gocene and Eocene, that the titanotheres em- 

 braced at least four entirely distinct and inde- 

 pendent phyla. To learn the origin, history, 

 succession and extinction of these animals it 

 has become necessary to trace the materials 

 scattered through many museums, at home 

 and abroad. Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Ot- 



