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THE- SEPTEMBER

SCIENTIFIC M ON T HLY

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J. MCKEEN CATTELL, F. R. MOULTON AND WARE CATTELL

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STEW ART ..... . ....I........................ ....... 201 ANTIDOTES FOR SIUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING HUMAN

HEREDITY. PROFESSOR KENIGHT DUNLAP ......................................................... 221

MILESTONES IN METEOROLOGY. MAJOR WILLIAM HOLMES

W EN STROM .......i. . ...... ........................ ..... 226

SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT o0. THE WATER CULTURE METHOI) OF GROWING PLANTS. PROF'ESSOR JOHN W. SHIVE 233

THE TRICHINOSIS SITUATION IN THE UN[TED STATES. DR. BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ .24............................................... ..... 241

THE RESPONSIBILITY OP EDUCATION TO SOCIETY. DR. HARRY ELAI ER BARNES . . .................................2.........................4.............. ............. .... 248

CULTURE: A SCIENTIST'IS IDEAL. DR. RONOLD KING ... .... 261 AMERICA'S CHEMICAL H E:RITAGE. PROFESSOR HARRISON HALE 269

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