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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  (Wed. 
  van 
  Soest). 
  — 
  This 
  dissertation, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Faculty 
  

   of 
  the 
  Free 
  University 
  of 
  Amsterdam 
  in 
  candidacy 
  for 
  the 
  degree 
  

   of 
  Doctor 
  of 
  Philosophy, 
  has 
  for 
  its 
  other 
  object 
  to 
  prove 
  that 
  

   Christian 
  theism 
  requires 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  mathematics 
  an 
  

   intuitionistic 
  standpoint, 
  which 
  ranks 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  symptom 
  of 
  the 
  

   tendency 
  among 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  modern 
  mathematicians 
  to 
  meta- 
  

   physical 
  speculation. 
  In 
  his 
  preface 
  the 
  author 
  defines 
  his 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  calling 
  theism 
  the 
  ideal 
  philosophy 
  ordained 
  by 
  God 
  

   and 
  therefore 
  the 
  pre-eminent 
  one 
  to 
  become 
  proficient 
  in. 
  To 
  

   make 
  the 
  drift 
  of 
  his 
  argument 
  perfectly 
  clear, 
  he 
  undertakes 
  

   furthermore 
  to 
  emendate, 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  conclusion, 
  the 
  Augustinian 
  

   query, 
  "Quid 
  Deus 
  est 
  tempusf" 
  proposing 
  as 
  a 
  happier 
  expres- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  its 
  imminent 
  thought, 
  "Quid 
  Deus 
  est 
  succession 
  f 
  One 
  

   feels 
  tempted 
  to 
  counter 
  Ms 
  effort 
  with 
  a 
  quotation, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Pelagian 
  controversy 
  : 
  Causa 
  finita 
  est. 
  j. 
  p. 
  s. 
  

  

  6. 
  A 
  Century 
  of 
  Science 
  in 
  America. 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Conn. 
  

   (Yale 
  University 
  Press.) 
  Correction. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  statement 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  Willard 
  portrait 
  of 
  Benjamin 
  

   Silliman 
  on 
  p. 
  58 
  of 
  A 
  Century 
  of 
  Science 
  in 
  America, 
  the 
  

   reference 
  to 
  the 
  "Lowell 
  lectures" 
  has 
  been 
  shown 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   mistake. 
  Silliman 
  lectured 
  in 
  . 
  Boston 
  and 
  Lowell, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  

   1835, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  Willard 
  portrait 
  was 
  painted, 
  but 
  the 
  

   "Lowell 
  lectures" 
  were 
  not 
  opened 
  until 
  several 
  years 
  later 
  

   (1839) 
  by 
  Edward 
  Everett. 
  The 
  same 
  erroneous 
  statement 
  is 
  

   made 
  on 
  p. 
  44 
  of 
  the 
  Centennial 
  number 
  of 
  this 
  Journal 
  for 
  

   July, 
  1918. 
  The 
  editor 
  is 
  indebted 
  to 
  Professor 
  W. 
  T. 
  Sedg- 
  

   wick 
  of 
  Cambridge 
  for 
  the 
  opportunity 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  correction. 
  

  

  7. 
  All-American 
  Time 
  — 
  In 
  a 
  recent 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  Cincinnati, 
  the 
  director, 
  Dr. 
  Jermain 
  G. 
  Porter, 
  pro- 
  

   poses 
  a 
  new 
  uniform 
  time-system 
  for 
  this 
  country 
  with 
  the 
  nine- 
  

   tieth 
  meridian 
  as 
  the 
  standard; 
  this 
  method 
  has 
  some 
  obvious 
  

   advantages 
  over 
  that 
  now 
  in 
  use. 
  Briefly 
  stated, 
  a 
  uniform 
  

   time 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  country 
  would 
  be 
  gained 
  by 
  establishing 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  legal 
  noon 
  for 
  the 
  different 
  zones. 
  If 
  half-hour 
  zones 
  

   were 
  adopted, 
  legal 
  noon 
  would 
  everywhere 
  fall 
  between 
  11:30 
  

   and 
  12:00 
  o'clock 
  solar 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  daylight 
  saving 
  plan 
  could 
  be 
  adapted 
  to 
  this 
  system 
  by 
  

   shifting 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  legal 
  noon 
  half 
  an 
  hour 
  earlier 
  in 
  summer. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  hours, 
  beginning 
  at 
  midnight, 
  should 
  be 
  

   counted 
  up 
  to 
  twenty-four. 
  

  

  The 
  Cincinnati 
  Observatory 
  has 
  also 
  recently 
  issued 
  Part 
  IV 
  

   of 
  No. 
  18 
  of 
  The 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Proper 
  Motion 
  Stars 
  by 
  Jermain 
  

   G. 
  Porter, 
  Director, 
  and 
  E. 
  I. 
  Yowell, 
  first 
  astronomer, 
  and 
  

   Elliott 
  Smith, 
  second 
  astronomer. 
  This 
  final 
  part 
  of 
  No. 
  18 
  

   gives 
  the 
  collected 
  results 
  as 
  derived 
  in 
  Parts 
  I, 
  II 
  and 
  III. 
  The 
  

   corrections 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  errata 
  in 
  II, 
  III 
  and 
  IV 
  have 
  been 
  

   applied. 
  

  

  