MUSEUM NOTES 



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Dr. Juan B. Ambrosetti, a distinguished 

 student and scientist of Argentina, whose 

 death occurred in May of this year, was one 

 of the most prolific investigators and writers 

 in America. The literature of American 

 archffiology has been greatly enriched by the 

 published results of the researches of this 

 explorer, who was generally regarded as the 

 highest authority on the archaeology of Ar- 

 gentina. Dr. Ambrosetti was director of the 

 Ethnological Museum of the Faculty of Phi- 

 losophy and Letters in the National Univer- 

 sity of Argentina, 

 and his reports, 

 numbering about sev- 

 enty-five, are proof 

 of the energetic char- 

 acter of his work, 

 besides serving to 

 enhance the standing 

 of Argentina and 

 South America in the 

 scientific world. His 

 position as an au- 

 thority on archaeolog- 

 ical matters brought 

 him into touch with 

 the leading scientists 

 of the world, while 

 articles dealing with 

 his investigations ap- 

 peared in nearly 

 every journal of rec- 

 ognized scientific 

 standing in Argen- 

 tina. Among the 

 magazines to which 

 he has contributed are 



the Bulletin of the A rgent ine Geographic Insti- 

 tute; Annals of the Argentine Scientific So- 

 ciety; Annals of the National Museum of 

 Buenos Aires; Review of the La Plata Mu- 

 seum; Bulletin of the National Academy of 

 Sciences of Cordoba; Review of the Buenos 

 Aires Zoological Garden; and the Review of 

 Law, History, and Letters. Dr. Ambrosetti 

 was named by the Argentine government as 

 one of its official delegates to the Second 

 Pan American Scientific Congress, which met 

 in Washington, D. C, in December, 1915. He 

 was also the accredited delegate from the 

 following learned societies and educational 

 institutions: Faculty of Philosophy and Lit- 

 erature of the National University of Buenos 

 Aires ; Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary 

 Medicine of the National University of 



The late Dr. Juan B. Ambrosetti, of Argentina 



Buenos Aires; Museum of the University of 

 La Plata; National University of Cordoba; 

 Museum of Natural History of Buenos 

 Aires; Board of American History and Nu- 

 mismatics; Argentine Scientific Society; and 

 the Argentine Geographical Institute. He 

 was president of the first session of the con- 

 gress and was an honorary vice president of 

 the Congress of Americanists. 



On the afternoon of September 29 a large 

 and informal gathering of friends surprised 

 Professor Henry 



Fairfield Osborn at 

 his home at Garri- 

 son - on - Hudson in 

 honor of his sixtieth 

 birthday. The visit 

 had originally been 

 planned for August 

 8, his birthday, but 

 was necessarily de- 

 ferred until Septem- 

 ber 29, which chanced 

 to be also the thirty- 

 sixth anniversary of 

 his marriage with 

 Mrs. Osborn. The 

 Museum was repre- 

 sented by Mr. Madi- 

 son Grant of the 

 board of trustees, by 

 the members of the 

 scientific staff and 

 their wives, by the 

 members of the de- 

 partment of verte- 

 brate palaeontology 

 and of the administrative and technical staffs 

 and their wives. The New York Zoological 

 Park and the New York Aquarium, Colum- 

 bia University and Princeton University 

 were also represented. The weather was 

 favorable so that the arrangements for 

 luncheon on the laAvn were enjoyably carried 

 out. After the luncheon Professor Edmund 

 B. Wilson of Columbia read congratulatory 

 messages from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 

 President Nicholas Murray Butler, and 

 Mayor Mitehel, and presided at the ad- 

 dresses, the speakers including Mr. Madison 

 Grant, Professor McClure of Princeton, Mr. 

 William Church Osborn, Professor Bashford 

 Dean, and Dr. Frank M. Chapman. Dr. F. 

 A. Lucas gave a discourse on "Birthdays," 

 after wliieh he presented to Professor Osborn 



