The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-30
TOPICS OF SCIENTISTS
PAPERS READ ON ZOOLOGY, PSY-
GEOLOGY AND OTHER SUBJECTS.
Plant MOrphOIOgy and Physiology
Also Discussed interesting Expe-
riments with Liquefied Air.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The sessions of the
various scientific and research societies
meeting in the halls of Columbia Uni
versity were continued to-day. The attend
ance was even larger than yesterday. Many
delegates of different societies came to-
gether to-day under the auspices Of the
American Society of Naturalsts, which is
practically made up of affiliated societies.
In the conference on the advance in methods
of teaching the following papers were read:
Zoology, Prof. E. G.. Conklin, University
of Pennsylvania; Anatomy" Prof. G.. S.
Huntington. Columbia; Physiology" Piof.
w D. Porter, Harvard Medical School;
Psychology Prof. Hugo Nuensternberg,
Harvard; "Anthropology,' DR.. Franz Boaz,
Columbia; Botany" Prof. w. F. Ganong,
Smith College; Geology" Prof. w. b.
Clark, Johns Hopkins.
At the morning session of the Society for
Plant Morphology and Physiology papers
We're read by Prof G. F. Atkinson, of Cor
NELL mel Conway Mcmillan, University Of
University; c. A. Williams, United States
Department OF Agriculture; Dr. E. A. Burt,
Liddlebury College; Prof. ID. Penhallow,
McGill University; DR.. Edwin Smith, United
States Department of Agriculture; DR..
Charles e. Duffy, University of Iowa; b.
NJ. Duggan, Cornell, and S. G. Stewart, New
York experimental station.
The American Physiological Society and
the American Psychological Association held
joint session One OF the features Of the
for the study and movement of fatigue, by
Prof. J. McKeen Cattell, of Columbia
In the afternoon there was union meet
ing of all the scientific societies, excepting
the biologists and the Folklore Society,
in Columbia University for a general dis
cussion of advanced methods of teaching
science each branch being represented by
a member from one of the societies
The Society of Naturalists elected these
officers for the coming year: President, w.
G. Farlow, Harvard; vice presidents, II. c.
Bumpus, Brown, w. H. Howell, Johns Hop
kins. and Or: F. H. Gerrish, Maine; secre-
j. b. Smith, New Brunswick, N. j.; mem
bers of the executive committee, Bashford
Dean, Columbia, and F. H. Herrick, West
The neurological Society elected these
officers: President E. G. Conklin, Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania; secretary Bash
ford Dean, Columbia; vice president. W. M
Wheeler, University of Chicago; executive
committee, j.. p. McMurrick, University Of
Michigan. and G: H. Parker. Harvard
The Society of American Biologists held
two sessions, at which papers were read.
The Folklore Society held two sessions
during the day with interesting pro-
and Eskimo Legends was the title of pa
per by DR.. Robert Bell, the Canadian Off
cial geocgist and authority on Canadian
folklore and geology; DR.. Livingston Far
rand, of Columbia, spoke of The Mythology
of the Chilicotian;'' Prof. J. j. Valenti, of
InlS city, spoke OF "A specimen or Ancient
Mexican Folklore A. Krobert of Column
bia, on Animal Tales of the Eskimo" and
Prof. Thomas Wilson, curator of the Smith
sonian Institution, entertained the society
With VIII -. a speculation as to the Identity Of
Charles L. Edwards of the University Of
Cincinnati told of Bahama Superstitions
and .Customs;" Stewart Collins, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, of Hawaiian
Games" DR.. A. F. Chamberlain, president
of Clark University, of American Indian
Names of White Men," and his wife. Mrs.
Folklore Relating to Women and Mrs
Fanny D. Bergen. of Cambridge, sent a pa
per on Some Animal Medicine" The So
ciety elected officers, including Prof. c.. L.
Edwards, University of Cincinnati, presi-
dent; Miss Alice c. Fletcher, Washington,
vice president; w. w. Newell, secretary;
DR.. j. H. Hinton, treasurer and adjourned.