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 Committee : S. Nbwcomb, Mathematioa ; R. S. Woodwaed, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C. Mbndknhali,, Physics ; K, H. Thurston, Engineering ; Iea Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osborn, Paleon- 

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

 Bebsey, N. L. Beitton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. 

 Bowditch, Physiology ; William H. Welch, Pathology ; 

 J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology. 



Friday, April 3, 1903. 



CONTENTS: 



From High School to College: President 

 Thomas M. Drown 521 



The American Society of Zoologists, II.: Pro- 

 fessor Gilman a. Drew 529 



Scientific Books: — 



Verwoni on Die Biogenhypothese : J. P. 

 MoM. Doolittle on the Results of Observa- 

 tions with the Zenith Telescope of the 

 Flower Astronomical Observatory : Dr. Her- 

 man S. Davis. Baker's Treatise on Boads 

 and Pavements: S. P. Peckham 538 



Scientific Journals and Articles 541 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Geological Society of Washington: 

 W. C. Mendenhall. The Entomological 

 Society of Washington: Holla P. Currie. 

 New York Academy of Sciences, Section of 

 Biology: Dr. M. A. Biqelow. Kansas 

 Academy of Science: Professor G. P. 

 Geimslet 541 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Activity of Mont PeUe: Professor 

 Angelo Heilprin. The Publication of Re- 

 jected Names: Professor T. D. A. Cock- 

 erell. a Rare Scientific Book: Professor 

 Harris Hawthorne Wilder 546 



Shorter Articles: — 



Origin of the Word ' Barometer ' : Dr. 

 Henry Carrington Bolton. The Response 

 of the Hearts of Certain Molluscs, Decapods 

 and Tunicates to Electrical Stimulation: 

 A. J. Carlson 547 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 



Southern Appalachian Forest Reserve; 

 Southern Patagonia; Captured Valleys in 

 the Himalayas: Professor W. M. Davis.. 550 



Botanical Notes: — 



Two more Botanical Text-books; Plant 

 Pathology in the Colleges; A Disease of the 

 White Ash: Professor Charles E. Bessey. 552 



The Brain of Saljestrom : E. A. S 554 



The Neio Algol Variable: Professor E. C. 

 Pickering 554 



Scientific Positions under the Government . . . 554 



The Desert Botanical Laboratory 555 



The U. S. National Museum 556 



The Appropriations for the V. S. Department 



of Agriculture 556 



Scientific Notes and News 557 



University and Educational News 559 



MSS. intended for publication und uuulsij, etc., inieuded 

 for review Bhould be sent to tne responsible editor, Pro 

 fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE.* 

 Our system of education, as it exists to- 

 day, i^ based on the earnest conviction of 

 the people that American boys and girls 

 should be compelled to go to school to get 

 the foundation of a good education, and 

 should have the oppoi'tunity to continue 

 their studies in secondary schools and col- 

 leges if they so desire. It is only in the 

 states west of us that the college and uni- 

 versity are a part of the system of free 

 education of the state, but here also there 

 is such ample provision by the older col- 

 leges for free tuition for needy students 

 that one no longer regards poverty as a 

 barrier to the higher education. 



But the college and university will 

 always be for the few favored ones who 

 have the time as well as the aptitude for 

 advanced study. For the masses the high 

 school remains the capstone of our educa- 



* An address delivered at the dedication of the 

 new buildings of the Central High School of 

 Philadelphia, November 22, 1902. 



