REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM. 1910. 69 



ORGANIZATION AND STAFF. 



Following the death of Prof. Otis T. Mason on November 5, 1908, 

 Dr. Walter Hough, the assistant curator of ethnology, was made act- 

 ing head curator of the department of anthropology. On January 1, 

 1910, however, Prof. William H. Holmes relinquished his position as 

 Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology in order to again take up 

 his duties in the Aluseum, and was returned to the head curatorship 

 of this department, which he had fdled from the time of its organiza- 

 tion in 1897 until called to the bureau in 1902. Dr. Hough and Dr. 

 Ale§ Hrdlicka, who, as assistant curators, had long been in charge of 

 the divisions of ethnology and physical anthropology, respectively, 

 were botli made curators during the year, the former on January 1, 

 the latter on March 28, 1910. Mr. Arthur P. Rice was designated a 

 collaborator in the division of ethnology on August 12, 1909. 



The development of the exhibition collections in biology, long held 

 in check through the lack of accommodations, but now become a most 

 important and necessary feature of the work in connection with the 

 new building, has demanded a more definite organization. This was 

 effected during the year, and Dr. James E. Benedict, for many 3'ears 

 assistant curator of marine invertebrates, was placed in charge as 

 chief of exhibits, his appointment dating from November 16, 1909. 



In the division of mammals. Dr. M. W. Lyon, jr., assistant curator, 

 was given indefinite leave on October 5, 1909, being succeeded by 

 Mr. Ned HoUister, who received a temporary appointment on January 

 3, 1910, and a permanent one on March 21 , following. The services of 

 Mr. H. C. Oberholser, of the Biological Survey, were secured tempo- 

 rarily, beginning February 1, to assist with the collections in ornithol- 

 ogy. Mr. Austin H. Clark, previously a collaborator, was made an 

 assistant curator in the division of marine invertebrates on February 

 16, 1910, and Mr. Waldo C. Schmitt, a temporary aid in the same 

 division on February 21. Mr. Paul R. Myers was appointed aid in the 

 division of insects on March 1, 1910, in succession to Mr. D. H. demons 

 transferred to the Department of Agriculture. ^liss Mary Breen was 

 designated collaborator in the division of mollusks, beginning Feb- 

 ruary 25, 1910, and Mr. M. S. Curtis, a temporary aid in the division 

 of plants from April 12 to June 30, 1910. 



Dr. J. E. Pogue was appointed assistant curator of mineralogy on 

 July 1, 1909, to succeed Mr. Wirt Tassin, who had resigned to engage 

 in business in May previous. Mr. F. B. Laney, assistant curator of 

 geology, resigned on May 15, 1910, to enter the service of the Geolog- 

 ical Survey. 



It is necessary to record the decease during the vear of two dis- 

 tinguished associates of the Aluseum, Dr. Robert Edwards Carter 

 Stearns and Dr. Charles Abiathar White, both of whom had long been 



