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TEE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



Attention is called also to the use of the 

 title honorary curator in connection with 

 the names of Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 

 Dr. W. M. Wheeler, and Dr. Bashford Dean. 

 This title is now reserved for men who for- 

 merly have been at the heads of departments 

 and are still connected with the research and 

 scientific work of the Museum. 



"Foreign Monuments, Their Erection, Pro- 

 tection, and Eestoration," was the subject 

 under consideration by the American Scenic 

 and Historic Preservation Society, which 

 met in the main assembly hall of the Ameri- 

 can Museum on the evening of January 17. 

 Addresses were made on : "Protection and 

 Destruction of Historic Monuments," by 

 Edward Hagaman Hall; "Care of Allied Sol- 

 diers' Graves," by Colonel Henry M. Sackett ; 

 and "Ancient Monuments of China and 

 Tibet," by Eoy Chapman Andrews. Each 

 lecture was accompanied by many beautiful 

 illustrations on the screen. The following is 

 a copy of a resolution adopted at this meet- 

 ing: 



Sesolved, That the American Scenic 

 and Historic Preservation Society and the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 meeting in conjunction, desire to extend to 

 the President of the Eepublic of China their 

 felicitations upon the plans that have been 

 made for the protection of Chinese monu- 

 ments and antiquities from vandals, and the 

 collection of these priceless relics of the his- 

 tory of China. We renew the expression of 

 our hope that these collections may be safely 

 p>reserved in a national museum. 



Following the memorial which was ad- 

 dressed in nineteen hundred fourteen to the 

 Government of China by fifty-two American 

 institutions of art, learning and humanity, 

 the members of our institutions desire to 

 renew the pledge that we shall use all our 

 influence to prevent the despoiling of China 

 by the unauthorized sale of ancient works of 

 art. We also believe that it is the duty of 

 the civilized countries of the world, so far 

 as possible, to return to China her ancient 

 historical national monuments and antiqui- 

 ties for proper preservation under national 

 custodianship. 



A NEW anthropological publication, to be 

 known as the Journal of Physical Anthro- 

 pology, has been established with editorial 

 offices at Washington, D. C. Dr. Ales Hrd- 

 licka will be editor in chief of the new jour- 

 nal and among the associate editors are Dr. 

 Clark Wissler, curator of anthropology in 

 the American Museum, and Dr. J. H. Mc- 



Gregor, research associate in anthropology 

 in the American Museum and associate pro- 

 fessor of zoology at Columbia University. 



That whale meat may form an acceptable 

 addition to the diet was well demonstrated 

 at a luncheon tendered to thirty guests of 

 the American Museum by Professor Henrj- 

 Fairfield Osborn on Friday, February 8, 

 where whale hors d'oeuvre, whale pot au feu, 

 and planked whale steak were the prominent 

 features of an attractive menu. A small 

 model of the humpback whale, which is the 

 kind most frequently captured and which 

 makes the best eating, decorated the center 

 of the luncheon table. The luncheon was 

 arranged to call attention to a large possible 

 source of meat supply which has not yet 

 been taken into account by the food admin- 

 istrators. The 15,000,000 pounds of meat 

 obtained by the capture of one thousand or 

 more whales annually on the Pacific Coast 

 are now used only for fertilizing the soil. 

 Whale meat is said to be equal in food value 

 to beef, and could be marketed in New York 

 City at twelve and a half cents a pound. 

 The Victoria Whaling Company furnished 

 the steak for the luncheon, which was pre- 

 pared and served by Delmonico. Among the 

 guests w^ere: Mr. Arthur Williams, New 

 York City Food Administrator, Mr. Roy 

 Chapman Andrews, the authority on whales 

 at the American Museum, through whose ef- 

 fort whale meat as a war food has been 

 brought to the attention of the Food Ad- 

 ministration of the United States, Admiral 

 Robert E. Peary, Dr. Frederic A. Lucas, and 

 Messrs. Charles H. Townsend, Herbert L. 

 Bridgman, Caspar Whitney, William T. 

 Hornaday, George H. Sherwood, Bashford 

 Dean, Louis Wiley, William Fellowes Mor- 

 gan, Severo Salcedo, Don C. Seitz, and 

 Charles M. Puckette. 



The American Museum received a visit in 

 December from M. Alphonse Mathey of 

 Dijon, France, who came with a letter of 

 introduction from Mr. Barrington Moore, 

 associate curator of woods and forestry, with 

 whom he has been closely associated abroad. 

 A series of lantern slides for use in the sol- 

 diers ' camps was presented by the Museum 

 to M. Mathey. These slides included sub- 

 jects taken from the American Museum and 

 scenes in various parts of the country from 

 San Francisco to New York. 



