ANTHROPOLOGY- 



Bj Otis T. Mason. 



INTRODUCTION. 



There is no better way to mark the progress of a science than to note 

 the gradual change of meaning which its terminology undergoes, be- 

 coming more and more definite. Somewhere Paul Broca lays down the 

 following rule for the nomenclature of anthropology : " Que chaque chose 

 ait un nom, qn'elle n'en ait qu'un seul, et que ce nom ne d^signe qu'une 

 seule chose. Pour cela il snfiQra le plus souvent de restreindre a un 

 sens d6termin6 les termes d6jf\ usit^s. Ce ne sera qu'exceptionelleraent 

 que j'aurai nn terme nouveau ^ proposer." The scientific study of man 

 should include every investigation which can be conducted according 

 to the rules of procedure in force among the more exact sciences, reach- 

 ing backward to the remotest cosmic event which was in any manner 

 connected with his origin, and forward as long as his hopes and fears 

 lead him to protend his existence, just so far as the phenomena can be 

 subjected to repeated and accurate observation, and their results can 

 be tabulated, and expressed in terms of reasonable constancy. The 

 beginning of anthropology, therefore, is concerned with the origin of 

 man, its special work is with the actual life of humanity on the globe, 

 including human beliefs and conduct with reference to the spirit world. 

 The work accomplished during the year will be considered in the order 

 of the artificial scheme employed in the last summary, as follows : 

 I. — Anthroi>ogeny. 

 II. — Archaeology. 

 III. — Biology of man. 

 IV. — Psychology. 

 V. — Ethnology. 

 VI. — Glossology. 

 VII. — Comparative technology. 

 VIII. — Sociology. 

 IX. — Pneumatology. 



X. — Hexiology. 

 XI. — Instrumentalities. 



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