SECTION H-ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSY CHOLOGY SECTION H, Anthropology and Psychology, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held three sessions at the Baltimore meeting December 26-28. The Thursday afternoon meeting was in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association at which there was an attendance of forty-five. The Friday afternoon session was in conjunction with Section L and the American Psychological Association. The attendance was over one hundred and the Saturday morning session was in conjunction with the Psychological Association also, at which there was an even larger attendance. At the regular business meeting the following were elected to office: Vice-president and chairman of the SectionProfessor R. M. Yerkes, University of Minnesota. Member of Council-Professor J. B. Miner, Carnegie Institution of Technology. Sectional Committee for 5 Years-Professor W. S. Hunter, University of Kansas. Member of General Committee-Professor A. E. Jenks, University of Minnesota. At the Thursday afternoon meeting, Colonel Fabio Frassetto, Royal Italian Embassy, presented a paper on the subject, "A unified blank of measurements to be used in recruiting in the allied countries. A plea for the unification of anthropological methods.'' Following the paper it was moved and carried that a committee of three anthropologists be appointed to consider the paper and recommend action. Chairman, Dr. Aleš Hrdlička announced later the following members of this special committee: Dr. Franz Boas, Dr. G. G. MacCurdy and Dr. Robert Bennett Bean. At the Thursday meeting Professor J. C. Merriam outlined the present plans of the National Research Council for continuation of its organization. The following resolution was presented at that time and formally adopted at the business meeting of the Section, Friday afternoon: Resolved: (a) That Section H heartily approves the plan of the National Research Council for bringing about a closer cooperation of related branches of science favoring research. (b) That, however, it is the opinion of Section H that good results in this direction can only be expected if perfect autonomy and freedom of each branch of science represented is safeguarded in the proposed division. (c) And that it is further the opinion of the Anthropologists of Section H here assembled that the direction of each division as proposed of the National Research Council should be vested, not in a single appointee, but in a board consisting of a representative of each branch of science embraced in the division, and these representatives shall be men whose selection is ratified by the principal associations and bodies of these branches of sci ence. Titles of papers presented at the three sessions are as follows: THURSDAY, P.M. Race in relation to disease: DR. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN, Prudential Insurance Company. A unified blank of measurements to be used in recruiting in the allied countries: A plea for the unification of anthropological methods: PROFESSOR FABIO FRASSETTO, Royal Italian Embassy. The war museum and its place in the National Race origin and history as factors in world politics: PROFESSOR J. C. MERRIAN, National Research Committee. The effect of the war upon the American Child: RUTH MCINTIRE, National Child Labor Committee. Anthropology and Americanization training: PROFESSOR A. E. JENKS, University of Minnesota. Heights and weights of children under six; statistics secured by the Children's Bureau: DR. ROBERT M. WOODBURY, Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor. The war and the race: DR. A. HRDLIČKA, United States National Museum. FRIDAY P.M. Examinations of emotional fitness for warfare: PROFESSOR R. W. WOODWORTH, Columbia University. Army trade tests: DR. BEARDSLEY RUML, Trade Test Division, War Department (Carnegie Institute of Technology). Practical application of army trade tests: MAJOR J. W. HAYES, Trade Test Division, War Department (University of Chicago). Army personnel work; Implications for education and industry: LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. V. BINGHAM, Personnel Branch, General Staff (Carnegie Institute of Technology). Methods of mental testing used in the United States army: MAJOR LEWIS M. TERMAN, Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office (Stanford University). Psychological service in army camps: MAJOR GEORGE F. ARPS, Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office (Ohio State University). 4:30 P.M. Vice-presidential address: Scientific personnel work in the army: PROFESSOR E. L. THORNDIKE, Columbia University. SATURDAY A.M. The work of the Psychology Committee of the National Research Council and the Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office, during 1918: MAJOR ROBERT M. YERKES, Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office (University of Minnesota). Results and values of psychological examining in the United States Army: DR. MABEL R. FERNALD, Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office (Laboratory of Social Hygiene). The relation of intelligence to occupation as indicated by army data: DR. JAMES E. BRIDGES, Division of Psychology, Surgeon General's Office (Ohio State University). Functions of psychology in rehabilitation of disabled soldiers: MAJOR B. T. BALDWIN, Division of Reconstruction, Surgeon General's Office (Iowa State University). Official method of appointing and promoting offi- Speech reconstruction in soldiers: PROFESSOR W. E. K. STRONG, Jr., Secretary THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS THE annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters was held at Baltimore, December 27 and 28, in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The following papers were presented: The effects of destructive lumbering on labor: PROFESSOR B. P. KIRKLAND. The timber census in the northeastern states: PROFESSOR A. B. RECKNAGEL. Marketing of timber from farm woodlands: F. W. BESLEY. The lumber industry and its relation to the war program: PROFESSOR R. C. BRYANT. Use of wood fuel as a war measure: W. D. CLARK. War lumbering in Scotland-some suggestions for American forest policy: E. C. HIRST. Some future possibilities in the forest industries: PROFESSOR F. F. MOON. The structure and value of Parana pine forests of Brazil: H. N. WHITFORD. Forest formations in British Columbia: H. N. WHITFORD. Forest research and war: E. H. CLAPP. Preliminary results of forest experiments in Pennsylvania: PROFESSOR J. S. ILLICK: Some aspects of silvical investigations as an afterthe-war activity: CLYDE LEAVITT. Factors controlling the distribution of forest trees in Arizona: G. A. PEARSON. Gray birch and white pine reproduction: PROFESSOR J. W. TOUMEY. Report of the war committee: PROFESSOR J. W. TOUMEY. The officers of the society elected for 1919 are as follows: President-F. E. OLMSTED. Cornell University Medical College in the City of New York Admits holders of baccalaureate degrees or sen iors who can present a degree at the completion of the first year. All students must have completed College courses in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Instruction by the laboratory method continued throughout the course. Classes divided into small sections facilitating personal contact of student and instructor. Clinical teaching concentrated in those services of Bellevue and New York Hospitals under direct control of Cornell. Additional facilities in other Hospitals. Graduate Courses leading to the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. are offered in the scientific departments of the Medical College under the direction of the Graduate School of Cornell University. Session opens the last week in September and closes the second week in June. Fees including all College charges do not exceed $200 a year. For further information anà catalogue address The annual announcement, application blanks, and circular describing graduate courses may be obtained by addressing the Dean of the Johns Hopkins Medical School Washington and Monument St. Washington University School of Medicine REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION Candidates for entrance are required to have completed at least two full years of college work which must include English, German, and instruction with laboratory work in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. INSTRUCTION Instruction begins on the last Thursday in September and ends on the second Thursday in June. Clinical instruction is given in the Barnes Hospital and the St. Louis Children's Hospital, affiliated with the medical school, the St. Louis Cry Howpital, and in the Washington University Dispensary. COURSES LEADING TO ACADEMIC Students who have taken their premedical work in Washington University, are eligible for the degree of B.S. upon the completion of the first two years of medical work. Students in Washington University may pursue study in the fundamental medical sciences leading to the degree of A.M. and Ph.D. For catalogs and all other information, address BALTIMORE, MD. TULANE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE P. O. Box 770, New Orleans, La. The Fourth Year Course is clinical. Students spend the entire forenoon throughout the year as clinical clerks in hospitals under careful supervision. The clinical clerk takes the history, makes the physical examination and the laboratory examinations, arrives at a diagnosis which he must defend, outlines the treatment under his instructor and observes and records the result. In case of operation or of autopsy he follows the specimen and identifies its pathological nature. Two general hospitals, one of which is owned and controlled by the University, one special hospital and the municipal hospitals and laboratories are open to our students. afternoons are spent in the College Dispensary and in clinical work in medical and surgical specialties and in conferences. The Summer School-A summer course in pathology covering period of six weeks during June and July will be given in case there is a sufficient number of applicants. Address the Secretary of the College, 307 Orange Street THE LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL BROOKLYN-NEW YORK Sixty-first Annual Session begins September 22, 1919 The medical college requires two years of study in a college of liberal arts or sciences for admission. See specifications for Class A Medical Colleges by the Council on Medical Education, A.M.A.; also those for a Medical Student's Qualifying Certificate by the University of the State of New York. Conditioned Students not admitted For particulars address THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Henry and Amity Streets Brooklyn, SYRACUSE, N. Y. University of Alabama School of Medicine Mobile, Alabama Entrance Requirements The satisfactory completion of two years of study, in an institution of collegiate grade, to include Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and a reading knowledge of French or German. In addition to four year High School diploma. Combined Course The Combined Course which is now offered by the University in connection with its Medical Department gives to the student the opportunity of obtaining the B.S. and M.D. degrees in six years. This course is recommended to all intending students. The equipment of the school is complete. The clinical facilities ample. Eight full time teachers. For catalog and any desired information, address Tucker H. Frazer, M.D., Dean St. Anthony and Lawrence Sts., New York University of Georgia MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Augusta, Georgia ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS The successful completion of at least two years of work including English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology in an approved college. This in addition to four years of high school. INSTRUCTION The course of instruction occupies four years, begin. ning the second week in September and ending the first week in June. The first two years are devoted to the fundamental sciences, and the third and fourth to practical clinic instruction in medicine and surgery. All the organized medical and surgical charities of the city of Augusta and Richmond County, including the hospitals, are under the entire control of the Board of Trustees of the University. This agreement affords a large number and variety of patients which are used in the clinical teaching. Especial emphasis is laid upon practical work both in the laboratory and clinical departments TUITION The charge for tuition is $150.00 a year except for residents of the State of Georgia, to whom tuition it free. For further information and catalogue address The Medical Department, University of Georgia AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Mass. INVESTIGATION Entire Year INSTRUCTION July 2 to August 12, 1919 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Open the Entire Year Facilities for rescach in Zoology. 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