552 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



KEPORT OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SECTION. 



Five meetings have been held during the past year, at which 

 communications were made by Prof's. Brinton, Allen, and Culin, and 

 a special communication on " Primitive Transportation," by Prof. 

 Otis T. Mason, of the National Museum, Washington, D. C. A 

 committee was appointed to consider the question of obtaining space 

 in the old museum hall for the collection of crania possessed by the 

 Academy. Mr. John G. Rothermel was elected Treasurer, to suc- 

 ceed Dr. M. V. Ball, resigned. The death of Dr. Harrison Allen 

 left vacant the Directorship, which office he has filled since the or- 

 ganization of the Section. At the December business meeting a 

 quorum was not present, and the annual election could not he held, 

 the officers of the Section being continued until the next meeting. 

 The office of Director remains vacant. 



Charles Morris, 



Bocorder. 



REPORTS OF THE PROFESSORS. 



Angelo Heilprin, Professor of Geology, reports that the 

 work in his department during the past year has been confined 

 mainly to its educational aspect. The regular spring course of in- 

 struction was comprised in twenty-six lectures and eight field dem- 

 onstrations, the attendance at which, while smaller than in the cor- 

 responding period of the year before, was sufficient to indicate a 

 live interest in geology and an appreciation of the opportunities that 

 were offered for practical study. As in previous years a large part 

 of the classes was composed of school teachers. A special course of 

 six lectures was delivered under the auspices of the Ludwick Insti- 

 tute in November and December, with the largest attendance yet 

 secured in the Academy, the record showing an average of 163 for 

 each lecture. 



The condition of the collections in the department of geology re- 

 mains unchanged. There is a deficiency of case-room, and imme- 

 diate relief can hardly be looked for. Some rearrangement of the 

 collections has been made under the direction of the Curators, both 

 in the old and in the new museum buildings, but a large part of the 

 specimens must still be placed in the drawers of the cases. 



Additions to this department of the Academy's museum, and 

 notably to the affiliated department of paleontology, have been re- 



