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. 



Editoeiai. Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; R. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

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

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

 Bessey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 ditch, Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, October 25, 1901. 



CONTENTS : 



The American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science: — ' 



Section F, Zoology: Professor Henry B. 

 Ward 625 



The Glasgow Meeting of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science: Professor J. 

 Playfair McMuREiCH 633 



Address of the President of the Anthropological Sec- 

 tion of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, II. : Professor J. D. Cun- 

 ningham 640 



Professor Pawlotv's Researches on the Physiology of 

 Secretion: Professor Lafayette B. Men- 

 del , 647 



Scientific Books : — 



Report of the Sanitary Investigations of the Illi- 

 nois River and its Tributaries : Dr. George C. 

 Whipple. Boresteinh Leitfaden der Wetter- 

 Jcunde : H. H. Clayton. TFAo's Who in 

 America: W J M 649 



Scientific Journals and Articles 652 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



Differentiation of Subjects and Titles in Colleges : 

 Professor B. E. Fernow. A Final Word on 

 Discord: Professor W. Le Conte Stevens.. 654 



The Bicentennial of Yale University 655 



Resolutions on the Resignation of the President of 



Columbia University. 656 



The Carnegie Technical Schools 656 



The New York Pathological Institute 657 



The American Philosophical Society 658 



Scientific Notes and News 659 



University and Educational Neivs 664 



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

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Pro- 

 fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Ga,rrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIA TION FOR THE AD VANOE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



SECTION F, ZOOLOGY. 



The first meeting of the Section was 

 called to order by Vice-President David 

 Starr Jordan, on Monday, August 26, at 

 11:30 a.m., when the Section was organized 

 with the following officers : 



Vice-President, David Starr Jordan. 



Secretary, Henry B. Ward. 



Member of Council, C. H. Eigenmann. 



Member of General Committee, V. L.^ Kellogg. 



Sectional Committee : C. B. Davenport, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, 1900 ; C. H. Eigenmann, Secretary, 1900 ; D. S. 

 Jordan, Vice-President, 1901 ; H. B. Ward, Secretary, 

 1901 ; E. P. Felt, W. H. Ashmead, T.;D. A. Cockerell. 



The report from the Committee on Vari- 

 ation was read, and on motion the Section 

 voted to recommend the granting of the 

 funds requested for prosecuting the work. 

 The report is as follows : 



The grant of one hundred dollars to this 

 committee was used to help defray the ex- 

 penses of Mr. C. C. Adams incurred in col- 

 lecting for study molluscs of the genus lo, 

 found in the headwaters of the Tennessee 

 River. A preliminary report has been 

 made by Mr. Adams, and this was printed 

 in the Proceedings of the Association for 

 1900. Mr. Adams submits at this time a 

 second report covering the results of study 

 on the material collected last summer, but 

 prefers to postpone further publication 

 until after his final expedition which he is 



