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" A course of special training in archaeology and ethnology, 

 requiring three years for its completion, will be given by Prof. 

 Putnam. It will be carried on by work in the laboratory and 

 museum, lectures, field-work, and exploration, and in the third 

 year by some special research. The ability to use French and 

 Spanish will be necessary. For this course a knowledge of ele- 

 mentary chemistry, geology, botany, zoology, drawing, and sur- 

 veying is required, and courses in ancient history, ancient arts, 

 and classical archaeology are recommended as useful." Students 

 are now pursuing such study at Harvard under Prof. Putnam's 

 direction. Since the establishment of this department a fellowship 

 at Harvard University has been founded by Mrs. Mary C. Thaw, 

 of Pittsburgh. Founded largely from personal admiration of Miss 

 Alice C. Fletcher, and appreciation of her work, the fellowship is 

 to be held by this lady during her life. In the event of Miss 

 Fletcher's death, "the in- 

 come from the fund of thir- 

 ty thousand dollars is to be 

 paid as a salary to such per- 

 son as shall be appointed by 

 the trustees of the museum 

 to carry on the same line of 

 work and research relating 

 to the Indian race of Amer- 

 ica, or other ethnological 

 and archaeological investi- 

 gations." At the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania a spe- 

 cial chair of American Ar- 

 chaeology and Linguistics 

 is held by Dr. D. G. Brin- 

 ton, than whom no man in 

 America is better qualified 

 to offer courses in Indian 

 languages. The broadest 

 anthropological work at 

 present offered in an Ameri- 

 can institution is that conducted by Dr. Franz Boas at Clark Uni- 

 versity, Worcester, Mass. Dr. Boas received his training in an- 

 thropological study in Germany. Although partial to work in the 

 direction of comparative mythology and linguistics, he is thor- 

 oughly trained in the methods of ethnography and physical an- 

 thropology. A great traveler and an excellent field-student, he 

 has done admirable work among the Eskimos and the tribes 

 of the northwest coast of America. For several years he has 

 directed an exploration among these people, supported by a fund 



Prof. F. W. Putnam. 



