University chronicle Author:University of California Berkeley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Element in Human Evolution," by Major J. W. Powell, Director of the United States Geological Survey; "The Present Status of Thermo-chemistry," "Aluminum," by Pro... more »fessor Rising; "The Relation between Arid Climates and Early Civilizations," by Professor Hilgard; "SomeNew Lights on the Problem of Flying," "Some Thoughts on the Primary Divisions of the Geological Record," "Color Perception and Color Blindness," "The Higher Utilities of Science", by Professor LeConte; "The Work and Methods of the United States Geological Survey," by C. D. Walcott, Director of the Survey; "Recent Progress in Astronomical Photography," by Professor Barnard; "Auguste Comte and his Influence on Modern Thought," by Professor Lester F. Ward, United States Geological Survey; "The Line of Investigation which Resulted in Professor Roentgen's Discovery," by Professor Slate. The association performs a very useful function in keeping students in special branches in touch with general scientific progress. AH members of the faculty, graduates, graduate students, seniors, and juniors are eligible to full membership. All other undergraduates and others wishing to promote the objects of the association may become associate members. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN AGRICULTURE. Extension work in the form of "Farmers' Institutes" was begun by the University of California in 1891, but comparatively few meetings were held each year until 1896. In that year the Regents of the University, in accordance with the recommendation of a special committee, consisting of Regents Reinstein, Black, and Rodgers, made provisions for holding fifty Institutes, in which a leading topic of discussion should be the promotion of the value and usefulness of the College of Agriculture to the agricultural interests of the State. These meetings we...« less