Museum Notes 



Since the last issue of the Journal the 

 following persons have become members of 

 the Museum: 



Annual Members, Mrs. C. Gilbert and 

 Mrs. George M. Thornton, Dr. Henry H. 

 Janeway, Dr. C. R. Le Fevre, Dr. Quin- 

 TARD Taylor, and Messrs. Edgar A. 

 Hellman, John F. Lambden, Samuel L. 

 Nicholson, Walden Pell, Martin J. 

 QuiNN, E. A. Cappblen Smith, Harry 

 Wearne, and Joseph A. Zanetti. 



The death of Dr. Seth Low, which occurred 

 on September 17, at his country estate, Broad 

 Brook Farm, deprives the American Museum 

 of Natural History of one of its most valued 

 friends. Dr. Low had been one of the trus- 

 tees of the Museum since 1905. 



Dr. Clark Wissler, during the summer, 

 has continued his work with Mr. James R. 

 Murie, chief of the Pawnee Indians of Okla- 

 homa. With the aid of Mr. Murie, Dr. 

 Wissler has secured many interesting rituals 

 of the religion of the Pawnee which is now 

 passing away. The more important parts 

 of these rituals have been written down as 

 texts in the Pawnee language with transla- 

 tions in English. 



Mr. N. C. Nelson has been engaged for 

 some time in a reconnaissance to determine 

 the boundaries of glazed pottery in the 

 Southwest. In his archaeological work he has 

 visited Ramah, Chaco Canon, and Farming- 

 ton, New Mexico. Near the latter town he 

 inaugurated the exploration of the great ruin 

 known as Aztec. This work, which will take 

 several years to complete, is under the im- 

 mediate charge of Mr. Earl H. Morris of the 

 Museum of the L^niversity of Colorado. Mr. 

 Morris, who has received a fellowship at 

 Columbia L^niversity, will spend the year in 

 New York. 



The arrival from the Arctic of the steam- 

 ship "Danmark," chartered from the Green- 

 land Mining Company, bringing Mr. Donald 

 B. MacMillan, leader of the Crocker Land 

 expedition and Dr. E. O. Hovey, leader of 

 the expedition sent to his relief, is daily 

 expected at the time the Journal goes to 

 press. The latest letter received from the 

 expeditions, dated July 10, reported all well. 



Three members of the original expedition. 

 Dr. Maurice C. Tanquary, Ensign Fitzhugh 

 Green, United States Navy, and Mr. Jerome 

 Lee Allen, have already arrived in the United 

 States via Copenhagen. Those returning on 

 the "Danmark" with Mr. MacMillan and 

 Dr. Hovey, are Dr. Harrison J. Hunt, Messrs. 

 Jonathan C. Small and W. Elmer Ekblaw, 

 and Captain George E. Comer. At the last 

 report the "Danmark" had been detained 

 three or four weeks beyond her expected 

 schedule. 



Dr. Frank E. Lutz, of the American Mu- 

 seum, and Mr. J. A. G. Rehn, of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, spent 

 July and much of August studying and col- 

 lecting insects in the vicinity of Tucson, 

 Arizona. Mr. B. Preston Clark generously 

 contributed toward the field expenses and 

 the Philadelphia Academy also cooperated 

 in the work. In addition to securing speci- 

 mens for the study collection, an effort was 

 made to obtain material which would bear 

 especially upon the problems of ecological 

 and geographical distribution. 



In order to encourage the establishment 

 of a school of American designers and to 

 stimulate interest in ancient art as an inspira- 

 tion for modern artists, Mr. E. W. Fair- 

 child, owner of the trade pul^lication Women's 

 Wear- is offering $475 in prizes. These are 

 specifically for the best original designs suit- 

 able for any type of woven fabric, the source 

 of inspiration for which was found in some 

 museum or library. The designs must be 

 applicable to American fabrics, therefore 

 practical qualities will receive as much con- 

 sideration as artistic merit. Contestants 

 may submit any number of designs but 

 one award only will be made to one person. 

 Designs remain the property of the designers. 

 Women's Wear reserving only the right to 

 reproduce the designs in black and white. 

 Designs will be exhibited under proper condi- 

 tions and the attention of mills directed 

 toward them. The competition is open to all, 

 and closes December 15. The judges will 

 be Mr. H. W. Kent, secretary of the Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art, New York City, 

 Mr. Albert Blum, treasurer of the LTnited 

 Piece Dye Works, Lodi, New Jersey, and 

 Mr. M. D. C. Crawford, research associate 



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