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  Intelligence. 
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  one 
  who 
  had 
  had 
  little 
  formal 
  education 
  and 
  no 
  enduring 
  recol- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  any 
  teacher 
  who 
  had 
  realized 
  for 
  him 
  personally 
  the 
  

   service 
  of 
  all 
  teachers. 
  ' 
  ' 
  His 
  effort 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  service 
  to 
  the 
  college 
  

   teacher 
  was 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  general 
  desire 
  to 
  strengthen 
  those 
  forces 
  

   in 
  the 
  social 
  order 
  that 
  make 
  for 
  progress, 
  for 
  finer 
  and 
  simpler 
  

   living, 
  for 
  nobler 
  ideals. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  satisfac- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Carnegie's 
  trustees 
  that 
  he 
  lived 
  to 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  

   working 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  now 
  adopted, 
  and 
  that 
  every 
  step 
  by 
  

   which 
  the 
  original 
  pension 
  system 
  has 
  been 
  transformed 
  into 
  a 
  

   contractual 
  and 
  contributory 
  plan 
  was 
  taken 
  with 
  his 
  approval. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

   Part 
  III 
  of 
  the 
  Report 
  contains 
  an 
  interesting 
  chapter 
  on 
  

   recent 
  developments 
  in 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  pensions 
  in 
  this 
  

   country 
  and 
  in 
  England. 
  The 
  Department 
  of 
  Educational 
  

   Enquiry 
  (Part 
  IV) 
  discusses 
  certain 
  current 
  tendencies 
  in 
  Edu- 
  

   cation. 
  It 
  also 
  gives 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  a 
  bulletin 
  just 
  issued 
  on 
  

   "Justice 
  and 
  the 
  Poor" 
  as 
  involved 
  in 
  legal 
  relations. 
  Legal 
  

   education 
  and 
  the 
  training 
  of 
  teachers 
  are 
  other 
  subjects 
  dis- 
  

   cussed, 
  which 
  call 
  for 
  careful 
  consideration. 
  

  

  2. 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  The 
  an- 
  

   nual 
  spring 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  

   Washington 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  on 
  April 
  26 
  to 
  28. 
  

   The 
  advance 
  program 
  contained 
  the 
  titles 
  of 
  thirty-nine 
  papers. 
  

   The 
  William 
  Hale 
  Ellery 
  lectures 
  this 
  year 
  discussed: 
  "The 
  

   Scale 
  of 
  the 
  Universe 
  ' 
  ' 
  by 
  Harlow 
  Shapley 
  of 
  the 
  Mount 
  Wilson 
  

   Solar 
  Observatory, 
  and 
  Heber 
  D. 
  Curtis 
  of 
  the 
  Lick 
  Observatory. 
  

   Further 
  details 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  number. 
  

  

  As 
  affecting 
  the 
  future 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  its 
  ability 
  

   to 
  more 
  fully 
  and 
  satisfactorily 
  perform 
  the 
  work 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  

   was 
  organized, 
  it 
  is 
  important 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  Carnegie 
  Cor- 
  

   poration 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  has 
  announced 
  its 
  purpose 
  to 
  give 
  $5,000,- 
  

   000 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  and 
  the 
  

   National 
  Research 
  Council. 
  It 
  is 
  understood 
  that 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  money 
  will 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  erect 
  in 
  Washington 
  a 
  home 
  of 
  suitable 
  

   architectural 
  dignity 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  beneficiary 
  organizations. 
  

   The 
  remainder 
  will 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  

   which 
  enjoys 
  a 
  federal 
  charter, 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  

   endowment 
  for 
  the 
  National 
  Research 
  Council. 
  This 
  impressive 
  

   gift 
  is 
  a 
  fitting 
  supplement 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Carnegie's 
  great 
  contributions 
  

   to 
  science 
  and 
  industry. 
  " 
  

  

  3. 
  Carnegie 
  Institution 
  of 
  Washington. 
  — 
  The 
  latest 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  Institution 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  No. 
  272. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Embryology. 
  Vol. 
  9, 
  Nos. 
  27-46. 
  

   Quarto, 
  pp. 
  v, 
  554, 
  with 
  numerous 
  plates 
  and 
  text-figures. 
  This 
  

   volume 
  is 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Franklin 
  Paine 
  Mall, 
  and 
  

   the 
  papers 
  are 
  contributed 
  by 
  former 
  and 
  present 
  members 
  of 
  

   his 
  staff 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  inspiring 
  leadership. 
  

  

  No. 
  282. 
  Experiments 
  in 
  the 
  breeding 
  of 
  Cerions; 
  by 
  Paul 
  

   Bartsch. 
  Pp. 
  55, 
  59 
  plates. 
  Vol. 
  14 
  from 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Marine 
  Biology. 
  

  

  