SCIENCE 



Editorial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodwaed, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeking, 



Astronomy; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics; E. H. Thueston, Engineering; Iea Eemsen, Chemistry; 



J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. DAVIS, Physiography; O. C. Maesh, Paleontology; W. K. 



Beooks, C. Haet Meeeiam, Zoology; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology; N. L. Beitton, 



Botany; Heney F. Osboen, General Biology; H. P. Bowditch, Physiology; 



J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; 



Daniel G. Beinton, J. W. Powell, Anthropology ; 



G. Beown Goode, Scientific Organization. 



Friday, July 10, 1896. 



CONTENTS: 

 Physiology in the Schools : S. H. GAGE 29 



Discussion of Professor Gage^s Paper on Physiology 

 in the Schools : BUET G. Wildee 33 



Geological Atlas of the United States 34 



Work of the United States Geological Survey for 

 Fiscal Year 1896-97 : W. F. Moesell 40 



The New York State Veterinary College 41 



Curreiit Notes on Physiography : — 

 Rivers of Central Iowa: Geomorphology of Nor- 

 tvay ; Littledale in Thibet ; Danger from Thunder- 

 storms in Arabia : W.M.Davis 42 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 

 International Congress of Hydrology and Climatol- 

 ology : Atlas of the Pacific Ocean: E. DeC. 

 Waed 44 



Current Notes on Anthropology : — 

 American Craniology ; Man and the Megalonyx : 

 D. G. Beinton 45 



Scientific Notes and News : — 



Lord Kelvin; The Teaching of Anatomy ; Gen- 

 eral 46 



University and Educational News 49 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Form of the Head as influenced by Growth : 

 Feanz Boas. Biology, Zoology and Botany : Y. 

 An Uncommon After-image : HiEAM M. Stan- 

 ley. The Ninebanded Armadillo : A. B. Bakee. 

 Bochefort on the Caribbeans: O. T. Mason....„. 50 



Scientific Literature : — 

 Siandfuss on Paldarktischen Gross-Sehmetterlinge : 

 A. S. Packaed. Westermaier's Compendium of 

 General Botany : Geo. F. Atkinson 52 



Scientific Journals : — 

 American Journal of Science : Pysche 55 



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

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Prof. J. 

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



PHYSIOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS.'^ 

 That some knowledge of physiology and 

 hygiene should form a part of the educa- 

 tion of every human being will, I think, be 

 granted by every one who believes that 

 wisdom is safer than ignorance, that igno- 

 rance is not innocence, and that health and 

 manly and womanly vigor are better than 

 nerveless helplessness, and lastly that a 

 knowledge of what the Creator pronounced 

 ' very good ' is worthy the contemplation 

 and thought of man. It is not necessary, 

 however, to enter into an extended defense 

 or advocacy of physiology and hygiene in 

 the- schools ; they are there already by the 

 sanction of the people and their representa- 

 tives in the State Legislature, and hence the 

 real question upon which thought and dis- 

 cussion should be directed is : How can this 

 study be made to yield the best results of 

 which it is capable ? The question is appa- 

 rently easily answered by saying : Put good 

 text-books in the pupils' hands, and supply 

 capable teachers and ample time and facili- 

 ties. While such an answer may seem sufii- 

 cient, it is in the present state of educa- 

 tional progress only hollow sound . What is 

 really needed is a discussion of what makes 

 a good text-book, how earnest men and wo- 

 men may become capable teachers, and how 

 facilities, often inadequate, and time mostly 

 too limited, may be best utilized. 



* A paper presented at the Thirty -fourth University 

 Convocation of the State of New York, June 24, 1896. 



