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SECTION I. 

 ANTHROPOLOGY. 



PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Origin of man an,d his place in the scheme of nature ; problems of evolu- 

 tion, migration, geography, chronology. Development of the 

 individual from the embryo through childhood to full maturity; 

 involution of the individual, and death. The races, their differ- 

 entiation, physical characteristics, fertility, physiology; admix- 

 tures, tendencies. Eugenics: proposed measures for physical 

 betterment. Pathology: geographical distribution of disease, 

 racial characteristics, effects on progeny and race. Origin: 

 racial position and antiquity of the American aborigines; 

 physical modifications due to modern changes in social, political, 

 and industrial conditions; results of admixtures with other races. 

 The racial element entering into the composition of the American 

 peoples as a whole; progress and tendencies of amalgamation; 

 possibilities of intelligent and effective direction of the processes; 

 prospective results. Method of research, record, and display; 

 anthropometric instruments. 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



Progress of researches in Pan America and their bearing on the origin and 

 history of peoples and cultures; chronology of man's occupancy 

 of the continent; evidence supplied by material culture in all 

 its branches; progress in deciphering the glyphic records; the 

 calendar. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



Languages, social organization and customs generally of the various 

 tribes; religion and folklore; arts, sciences, and trades; arts of 



embellishment. 



HISTORY. 



Literature of the native tribes; pre-Columbian Americana; archives of 

 the Indies; systems of writing and record; Indian missions and 

 ecclesiastical history; aboriginal populations; the passing of the 

 Indian. 



AGENCIES OF RESEARCH. 



Anthropological sciences as encouraged and supported by the American 

 governments. Museums of anthropology; their purposes, man- 

 agement, collections. 

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