September 4, 1896,] 



SCIENCE. 



309 



it. It is often said that since we have in- 

 stantaneous photographs of animals in 

 movement, these should be reproduced by 

 the artist. But this is incorrect; art is 

 concerned not with physics but with psj^- 



chology. 



J. McKeen Cattell. 



Columbia Univeesity. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 •THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND ' SCIENCE. ' 



This Journal was established in 1883 by Mr. 

 A. Graham Bell, who, in conjunction with Mr. 

 Gardiner G, Hubbard, spent more than $80,000 

 in its support. The loss was so large and con- 

 tinuous that the generous donors were compelled 

 to withdraw their aid, and publication was sus- 

 pended early in 1894. At the Brooklyn meet- 

 ing of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, in August, 1894, it was 

 thought that the continuation of such a journal 

 was so important for the advancement of sci- 

 ence in America and for the welfare of the 

 Association that an arrangement for cooperation 

 between Science and the Association was ef- 

 fected and unanimouly adopted in the general 

 session of the Association. The Journal 

 agreed to publish part of the papers read before 

 the Association, and the Association appropri- 

 .ated on certain conditions $750 annually toward 

 the support of the Journal. In view of the 

 moral and financial support of the Association, 

 and by securing an editorial committee and a 

 responsible editor who would serve without 

 •compensation, the Journal was reorganized 

 and the publication of a new series was begun 

 in January, 1895. 



The Journal has had the generous support 

 'Of the leading men of science in America. 

 The general character of its contents may be 

 judged from the following presidential addresses 

 which it has been able to publish since the first 

 .of January of the present year : 



President Morley, before the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science. 



President Cope, before the Society of American 

 Naturalists. 



President Shaler, before the Geological Society of 

 Anierica. 



President Dwight, before the Association of Ameri- 

 can Anatomists. 



President Hill, before the American Mathematical 

 Society. 



President Gilbert, before the Geological Society of 

 Washington. 



President Dall, before the Philosophical Society of 

 Washington. 



President Rees, before the New York Academy of 

 Sciences. 



President James, before the Society for Psychical 

 Eesearch. 



President Bowditch, before the Massachusetts State 

 Medical Society. 



President Bessey, before the Natural Science De- 

 partment of the National Educational Association. 



President Merriman, before the Society for the 

 Promotion of Engineering Education. 



President Trelease, before the Botanical Society of 

 America (in press). 



At the Springfield meeting of the Association 

 the subsidy mentioned above was paid to 

 Science, and the money has been spent in its 

 enlargement. Unfortunately recent meetings 

 of the Association have been small, and it was 

 necessary to take the money from the invested 

 funds of the Association. The meeting at Buf- 

 falo last week was even smaller than that at 

 Springfield, and it was believed by friends of 

 the Journal and of the Association that it 

 would be undesirable to use further for any 

 purpose, however important, the invested funds 

 of the Association, But it was hoped that 

 enough members of the Association would sub- 

 scribe to the Journal to make up the amount 

 of the subsidy promised at Brooklyn. 



We have not hitherto mentioned the business 

 affairs of the Journal in its pages, but the edi- 

 torial importance of its continued efficiency 

 makes it desirable to do so on this occasion. 

 Science will not be abandoned, even though its 

 continuation may entail serious financial sacri- 



