130 proceedings: anthropological society 



The following officers were duly elected for the ensuing year: 



President: L. J. Briggs. 



Vice-Presidents: E. Buckingham, G. K. Burgess, W. J. Humphreys, 

 and William Bowie. 



Treasurer: R. B. Sosman. 



Secretaries: J. A. Fleming and P. G. Agnew. 



General Committee: H. L. Curtis, N. E. Dorsey, R. L. Faris, 

 E. G. Fischer, D. L. Hazard, R. A. Harris, W. F. G. Swann, W. P. 

 White, and F. E. Wright. 



It was moved and carried unanimously that this meeting recom- 

 mend to the General Committee that Messrs. Dall and Abbe, both 

 charter members of the Society, be made honorary life members, and 

 be exempt from payment of further dues. 



Jno. A. Fleming, Secretary. 



THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



At the 490th meeting of the Society, held November 2, 1915, in the 

 Public Library, Dr. Walter Hough, of the National Museum, spoke 

 on Progress in Anthropology in California. He first discussed the prob- 

 lems connected with the populating of California by the Indians, 

 giving a general view of the geographical obstacles and the avenues 

 to the* north and south by which migrants entered. The conditions 

 as to food, water, and means of transportation were shown to have 

 greatly influenced the condition and direction of the migrations. A 

 brief review was given of the numerous stocks of Indians in California 

 and attention was called to the similarity, as regards the large number of 

 tribes present, to the Mexican Gulf area studied by Dr. J. R. Swanton. 

 The Pacific Coast was described as a vast ethnic enclave, a veritable 

 swarming place of tribes, whose origin, antecedents, and development 

 in most instances perplex the ethnologist. California presents a most 

 interesting field of study to anthropologists. Californian historians 

 are alive to the value of these studies as a groundwork for history, 

 and the speaker mentioned the work of H. H. Bancroft, Charles F. 

 Lurnmis, Robert E. Cowan, and others who have contributed valuable 

 work. 



Progress in museum display of anthropological material was noted 

 and the great collections in San Francisco and Los Angeles described. 

 The speaker found evidence of the increasing growth of civic pride in 

 sustaining the work and adding to the effectiveness of museums. It 

 was said also that the University of California is a force for anthropolog- 

 ical science in California, and the intelligent patronage of Mrs. Phoebe 

 A. Hearst in this direction was praised since she had made possible 

 the important researches of Dr. A. L. Kroeber and others and the en- 

 riching of a great museum through exploration. An account was given 

 of the work in the more than 400 shell mounds of San Francisco Bay 

 carried on by Gieford, Nelson, and Waterman and of the explorations 

 among the Indian tribes. 



