Section E.— AxMTHROPOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, NATIVE 

 EDUCATION, PHILOLOGY AND NATIVE SOCIO- 

 LOGY. 



President of the Section : — Rev. [. R. L. Kingon, M.A., 

 F.R.S.E.. F.L.S. 



WEDNESDAY, JULY g. 



The President delivered the following address : — 



THE TRANSITION FROM TRIBALISM TO INDIVI- 

 DUALISM. 



Synopsis. 



I. — Prelim iN.vRV Considekations. 



1. Introductory. 



2. The evolution of the Native. 



(a) The ideal process. 



(b) The golden key. 



(c) The hmits set. 



3. The vakies of the study. 



(a) In moulding new policies. 



(b) Obligations revealed. 



(c) Suggestions made. 



4. The field of enquiry. 



5. The Native peoples concerned. 



(a) The tribes. 



(b) Their early history. 



(c) Their relative positions. 



(d) The reason for gradation. 



(e) Dissolution of tribal bonds. 



6. Processes of Native evolution. 



(a) Education. 



(b) Civilisation. 



(c) Christianisation. 



II. — ^Factors in Native Evolution. 



(i) Influence of missions: 



(a) The product of tribalism. 



(b) Influence of missionaries 



Over chiefs. 

 Over scholars. 

 Over converts. 



(c) Testimonies to influence. 



(2) The wise restrictions of Christian government, 

 (o) Missionaries moulded Native policy. 



(b) Restrictions on spirituous liquor. 



(c) Puberty rites — 



The ukutshila dances. 

 The ntonjane dances. 

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