384 ANKAT.S MJW YOh'h' ACAIHJMY OF SCIFXCES 



actually bridge over the great structural gap between the higher Primates 

 as a whole and the Notharctinae. 



The Section then adjourned. William K. Gregory, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, THYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 



19 OCTOBKK, 1!)14 



Section was called to order at 8: IT) i'. m.^ Vice-President Charles Bas- 

 kerville presiding. 



The evening was devoted to the following lecture : 



C. E. Ferree, Tiiic Ekkjciency of tiik >h'E i^ixder Different Condi- 

 tions OF Lighting. 



Summary of Papeii 



Professor Ferree 's coiniuunication gave tlie results of extensive ex- 

 perimentation in the illumination of lecture halls, recitation rooms, 

 laboratories, etc. 



A discussion of the paper followed. 



The Section then adjourned. E. E. Smith^ 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSY^CHOLOGY 



26 October, 1914 



Section met at 8:15 p. m.. Professor Franz Boas presiding. The min- 

 utes of the last meeting of the Section were read and approved. 

 The following programme was then offered: 



A. A. Goldenweiser, OuiciNts of Clans among the Iroquois. 



Alanson Skinner, Social and Ceremonial Organizations and So- 

 cieties OF the Iowa Indians. 



Robert H. Lowie, 'J\iif Cui/rui;AL Rim.atioxs of tiiio Northfrn 



Paiute. 



Summary of Papers 



Dr. Goldenweiser said: Tlio ]n-oblem of clan origins lias for years at- 

 tracted the attention of ethnologists. The common assumption made 

 about the origin of clans is that they have sprung from an original social 



