458 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



January 27, 1908. 



Section met at 8:15 P. M., in conjunction with the American Ethnologi- 

 cal Society, at the American Museum of Natural History, General J. G. 

 Wilson presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and approved. 



The following program was then offered : 



R. H. Lowie, The Theory of Nature Mythology. 

 V. Stefansson, The Mackenzie River Eskimo. 



Both papers were illustrated with lantern slides. 

 The Section then adjourned. 



R. S. WOODWORTH, 



Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



February 3, 1908. 



The Academy met at 8:15 P. M. at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Vice-President Grabau presiding at first, but resigning the chair 

 to President Cox who arrived a few minutes later. 



The minutes of the adjourned meeting of January 13 w^ere read and 

 approved. 



The following candidates for Active Membership in the Academy, 

 recommended by Council, were duly elected: 



H. Sanburn Smith, Lackawanna Steel Co., 2 Rector St., 



Felix Arnold, Ph.D., 34 St. Nicholas Ave., 



Homer D. House, New York Botanical Garden, 



V. Stefansson, Care of American Geographical Society. 



The Recording Secretary then announced the following deaths in the 

 Membership of the Academy: 



