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. 



Fbiday, August 12, 1904. 



CONTENTS: 

 Inaugiiral Address of President Charles Rich- 



ard Van Sise . 



193 



The University of Montana Biological Station 

 and its Work : Professor Morton J. Elrod 205 



Scientific Books: — 



Reade on the Evolution of Earth Structure : 

 Professor Frank D. Adams. The Croshy- 

 Broum Collection of Musicians' Portraits : C. 

 K. Wead 212 



Scientific Journals and Articles 214 



Discussion and Correspondence : — • 



The Biological Survey of the Waters of the 

 Pacific Coast: Professor Wm. E. Ritter. 

 Professor TaguchVs Brain-weight : Dr. Edw. 

 Anthony Spitzka 214 



Special Articles: — 



Variae Auctoritatis : Dr. C. R. Eastman.. 215 



Botanical Notes: — 



Ecological Plant Studies; Animals in the 

 Plant Kingdom; A Flora of Pennsylvania: 

 Professor Charles E. Bessey 217 



Agriculture in Japan. . .■ 218 



The Urban and Rural Population of Great 

 Britain 219 



The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of 

 Scotland 220 



Scientific Notes and News 221 



University and Educational News 224 



MSB. mteuded f or publicatiou aud boots, etc., Intended 

 for review should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garri- 

 son-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT 

 CHARLES RICHARD VAN HISE. 



" And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year. . . . 

 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you." — 

 Leviticus, XXV ; 10 and 11. 



Upon behalf of the regents and faculty 

 I thank the hundreds who have come here 

 to join in the jubilee of the University of 

 Wisconsin. We are delighted to welcome 

 our guests from all parts of the United 

 States, from Canada, from Europe, and 

 from other parts of the world. Among 

 the honored guests are official representa- 

 tives of universities, academies and learned 

 societies, of museums and libraries, bearing 

 the congratulations of the institutions 

 which they represent. That the chief 

 learned institutions of the United States, 

 a considerable number of foreign institu- 

 tions, and many renowned scholars should 

 regard this jubilee as of such consequence 

 as to wish to take part in it, should en- 

 courage the state to continue to support 

 aud further to develop its university. 



Fifty years ago the instructional force 

 of the very small college here situated, 

 even then called the University of Wiscon- 

 sin, consisted of four members— three pro- 

 fessors and one tutor. That year there 

 were in attendance 56 students, all men, 

 of whom only 41 were of collegiate grade. 

 At that time the only building on the 

 ground was old North Hall. This build- 

 ing still stands to give evidence of the 

 architectural taste of those who designed it. 

 Even in these early days Chancellor La- 

 throp and other men who controlled the 

 policy of the university had visions of the 



