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all branches of zoology, the gift of Mr. John 

 Jay Paul of Watertown, Florida, a patron 

 of the Society, were also exhibited. The 

 reception was preceded by a luncheon and 

 meeting of the Board of Managers, presided 

 over by Henry Fairfield Osboru, president of 

 the Zoological Society. 



Colonel Tiieodokk Hooskvki/i', wliosc ar- 

 ticle "My Life as a Naturalist" appears in 

 this number of the Jouuxal, was a trustee 

 of the American Museum from 1886 to 1891. 

 In his article, on page 323, appears a 

 portrait of the late Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., 

 father of Theodore Roosevelt, whose name is 

 closely interwoven with the early history of 

 the American Museum. When the project 

 for establishing such an institution was first 

 urged by its friends, he was one of the most 

 vigorous supporters, and at the meeting on 

 January 19, 1869, which was considered the 

 actual foundation of the Museum, he became 

 one of the founders and first trustees. With 

 Mr. Haines, he managed the first private 

 view of the collections in the Arsenal Build- 

 ing, in 1871, and three years later assisted 

 at the laying of the corner stone of the pres- 

 ent building, the plans for which he had 

 been instrumental in selecting. Theodore 

 Roosevelt, Sr., devoted a large part of his 

 time to public affairs. The Roosevelt Hos- 

 pital, in New York City, is a lasting memo- 

 rial to his interest in the work of ameliorat- 

 ing human suffering. During the Civil War 

 he took a leading part in organizing and 

 equipping regiments for service, and at the 

 close of hostilities he was equally active in 

 the work of reconstruction. 



The Galton Society for the Study of the 

 Origin and Evolution of Man was organized 

 at the American Museum of Natural History 

 on April 16, 1918. The objects of the So- 

 ciety are the promotion of study of racial 

 anthropology, and of the origin, migration, 

 physical and mental characters, crossing and 

 evolution of human races, living and extinct. 

 The charter members of the Society are as 

 follows: Madison Grant, Henry Fairfield 

 Osborn, .John C. Merriam, p]dward L. Thorn- 

 dike, William K. Gregory, Charles B. Daven- 

 port, George S. Huntington, .J. Howard 

 McGregor, Edwin G. Conklin. 



The first formal meeting of the Society 

 was held at the home of Professor Henry 

 Fairfield Osborn on the evening of April 17. 



Professor Osborn outlined the object of the 

 Society and emphasized the importance of a 

 union of effort on the part of specialists, 

 working in close cooperation and harmony 

 with one another but from widely diverse 

 lines of approach. Dr. C. B. Davenport was 

 elected chairman and Dr. W. K. Gregory 

 secretary. The following men were elected 

 as Fellows: Mr. L. R. Sullivan, American 

 Museum of Natural History; Dr. Ernest A. 

 Hooton, Peabody Museum ; Dr. Frederick 

 Tilney, New York ; Mr. Gerrit Smith Miller, 

 United States National Museum; Dr. Clark 

 Wissler, American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory; Professor Harris H. Wilder, Smith 

 College; Dr. Raymond Pearl, United States 

 Food Administration, Washington, D. C. 

 Two patrons were elected : Mrs. E. H. Harri- 

 man and Mr. M. Taylor Pyne, New York. 



The first regular monthly meeting of the 

 Society was held in the Osborn Library at 

 the American Museum of Natural History 

 on May 14. At this meeting Professor Mc- 

 Gregor demonstrated his reconstruction of 

 the skull of a typical adult Cro-Magnon 

 man, based on all known remains of the race. 



Mr. L. R. Sullivan, in giving an account 

 of his researches on the races of the Philip- 

 pine Islands, showed that at least three 

 physical types are present there, character- 

 ized by differences in skin-color, hair, 

 stature, head-form, and form of nose ; first, 

 the negritos, long recognized as a distinct 

 race, who are short in stature, with a very 

 dark brown skin, wide open dark brown 

 eyes, black kinky hair, short head, and short 

 wide nose; second, the Malayan tribes, tall- 

 est of the island groups, with skins of vary- 

 ing shades of brown, dark brown Mongoloid 

 eyes, straight black hair, and relatively 

 narrow nose; and third, a group which is 

 often confused with the second but belongs 

 to the Indonesian racial type. This type 

 stands between the negritos and Malays in 

 point of size, is less Mongoloid in appear- 

 ance, has the longest hea,d on the islands, 

 and straight or wavy dark brown hair. 



A point of interest brought out by Pro- 

 fessor Davenport is the wide field for the 

 labors of the Society afforded by the pres- 

 ence in New York of representatives of 

 many of the living races of Europe and 

 Africa, and by the existence of various or- 

 ganizations which will gladly cooperate in 

 the study of the races of Europe. Vast 

 material is also available for the study of 

 inheritance and livliridization. 



