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should be made of the life size *' anthropometric statues" 

 exhibited by Dr. Sargeut in the Authropoh)gical Depart- 

 ment of the Columbian Exposition, since tliey constitute a 

 unique and highl}' interesting contribution to anthropometry. 

 They are intended to represent the bodily proportions and 

 conformation of the typical college man and college woman, 

 and are based on extensive unpablished data belonging to 

 Dr. Sargent. The Bertillon anthropometrical system, for the 

 identification of criminals, has been adopted by a few penal 

 institutions. Extensive anthi'opometrical investigations have 

 recently been made upon American Indians under the super- 

 vision of Dr. Franz Boas. The results of Dr. Boas's studies 

 remain to be published. The amount of undigested and 

 unpublished material in military, prison, school, and college 

 anthropometry is now ver}' extensive, and increases yearly. 



Hitherto American anthropometrists, as a rule, have 

 worked too much apart from one another, along short lines, 

 and within comparatively narrow limits. It is time to attempt 

 to bring about a closer organization, one that shall conduce 

 to unity of purpose and intelligent ct)operation in the field of 

 investigation, and to the adoption of the most approved 

 scientific methods of recording, collating, and publishing the 

 results of such investigations. Such an organization should 

 also seek to keep heartily and thoroughl}^ in touch with the 

 anthropometrists of Europe. It is to be hoped that the recent 

 establishment of special committees on anthropometry by 

 the International Statistical Institute, and of the American 

 Statistical Association, respectively, will tend to promote a 

 more vigorous and intelligent prosecution of anthropometrical 

 studies on both sides of the Atlantic. 



