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. 



Friday, February 10, 1905. 



CONTENTS : 



The Carnegie Institution of Washington 201 



Mathematical Progress in America: Pko- 



lEssoE Thomas S. Fiske 209 



The American Mathematical Socictg: Pro- 

 fessor F. N. Cole 



The Geological Society of America: Dk. 



Edmund Otis Hovey 216 



Scientific Journals and Articles 223 



Societies and Academ ies : — 



The Geological Society of Washington : Dr. 



Geo. Otis Smith. The Botanical Society 

 of Washington : Dr. H. J. Webber. The 

 Chemical Society of 'Washington: Dr. A. 

 Seidell. North Eastern Section of the 

 American Chemical Society: Dr. Arthur 

 M. CoMEY. 7'he Wiscojisin Academy of 

 Sciences, Arts and Letters: Dr. E. B. 

 Skinner. The Science Club of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin : Professor F. W. Woll. 

 27(6 Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society: Pro- 

 fessor Alvin S. Wheeler 4 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



The Biting Position of Anopheles: Pro- 

 fessor F. L. Washburn. University Reg- 

 istration Statistics: Professor Rudolf' 



ToMBO, Jr 228 



Special Articles: — 



Generic Names of Soft-shelled Turtles: Dr. 

 Leonhaed Stejneger. a New Field for 

 Language Study: Dr. Francis E. Nipher. . 228 

 Quotations : — 



Salaries at Harvard University 230 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — • 

 Kite Meteorology over Lake Constance ; 

 Wifid Charts of the South Atlantic; Sun- 

 spots and Rainfall; Notes: Professor R. 



DeC. Ward 231 



Eugene G. Blackford: Professor Bashford 



Dean 232 



Illinois River Plankton 233 



The Missouri Botanical Garden 234 



The National Geographic Society 234 



Scientific Notes and Neios 235 



University and Educational Neus 240 



MSS. inteuded for publicatiou and books, etc., intended 

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

 son-on-H\id9on, N. V. 



THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF 

 WASHINGTON.'' 



MINUTES OF SECOND MEETING OP THE BOARD 

 OP TRUSTEES. [abstract.] 



The meeting was held in Washington, at 

 the New Willard Ilotel, on Tuesday, De- 

 cember 13, 1904, at 10 o'clock a.m. At 

 12 :55 a recess was taken until 2 p.m. The 

 chairman, Mr. Billings, occupied the chair. 

 The secretary called the roll, and the fol- 

 lowing trustees responded : Messrs. Bil- 

 lings, Cadwalader, Dodge, Frew, Gilman, 

 Hay, Higginson, Hitchcock, Hutchinson, 

 Langley, Lindsay, Low, MacVeagh, Mills, 

 Mitchell, Morrow, Root, Walcott, White 

 and Wright. Absent : Messrs. Agassiz, 

 Howe, Gage and Spooner. Letters were 

 received from Messrs. Agassiz, Gage and 

 How'e regretting their inability to be pres- 

 ent. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the 

 board were presented, and on motion full 

 reading was dispensed with and they were 

 approved as per abstract furnished each 

 member. 



The president presented his resignation, 

 as follows: 



Carnegie Institution of Washington, 



December 13, 1904. 

 To the Trustees of the Carnegie Institution. 



Gentlemen: At your meeting, on December 8, 

 1903, I presented a letter saying: 



" When I had the honor of being chosen the first 

 president of the Carnegie Institution, I said to 

 the trustees that from the nature of the case my 

 tenure of office must be short, for, having passed 

 the age of seventy years, I was looking forward to 

 a release from serious official responsibilities. 



* From Year Book, No. 3. 



