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Vol. 6, No. 2 FEBRUARY, 1918

rT HE S C IENT IFI C

MONTHLY

CONTENTS

WEATHER CONTROLS OVER THE FIGHTING IN THE ITALIAN WVAR ZONE PROFESSOR ROBERT DEC. WARD .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 97

PARASITES IN WAR TIME. DR. MAURICE C. HALL . 106 THE CHEAPEST SOIRCE OF INCREASED FOOD SUPPLIES. PR'OFESSOR E.

G. NOURSE .............. . . . . . . . - . . . . 116

THE RELATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY TO RESEARCHI WORK IN WAR TIMES. DR. R. W. THATCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

SNOW AND ITS VALUE TO THE FARMER. DR. ANDREW H. PALMER . 128

THE B.A. DEGREE IN AMERICA. PROFESSOR A. G. KELLER . . , . . . . 142

EVIDENCES OF FULL MATURITY AND EARLY DECLINE. DR. J. MADISON TAYLOR . ...... . . . . . 157

CHEMISTRY IN MEDICINE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. PROFESSOR JOHN MAXSON STILLMAN .... ..... ..... * . . 167

METEOROLOGY AND THE NATIONAL WELFARE. PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MCADIE .176

THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE: The Pittsburgh Meeting of the American Association for the AdvancemerLt of Science; War-time Activities of the Geclog cal Survey; Work of the National Advisory Com- mittee for Aeronautics: Scientific Items .188

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