J. Malcolm Bird, psychic research expert, is probably as 

 careful and experienced an observer of psychic phenomena as we 

 have in the United States to-day. He is qualified from long 

 study, experience and ability to contribute the important paper 

 M^hich concludes this discussion. Graduating from Columbia 

 University in 191 3 he did graduate work there in mathematics 

 for three years, and in 19 14 accepted a position there as assist- 

 ant in mathematics. He went to the editorial staff of the Scien- 

 tific American in 1916, remaining as associate editor and man- 

 aging editor until 1924. He became research officer for the 

 American Society for Psychical Research in 1925, and retained 

 that office until 1931. From 1922 to 1924 he was secretary to 

 the committee of Judges in the Scientific American investiga- 

 tion of psychic phenomena. His books include, Einstein's The- 

 ories of Relativity and Gravitation; My Psychic Adventures; 

 Margery the Medium; Proceedings of the A.S.P.C. for 1926, 

 27; and 28. He calls the mature study he contributes to this 

 symposium. The Phenomena upon which Spiritualism bases its 

 conviction of a future life, and their place in the twentieth 

 century scientific structure. 



