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PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 



" mind ' or psychic phenomena. Whilst some en- 

 thusiasts have been eagerly collecting ghost stories 

 and records of human illusion and fancy, the serious 

 experimental investigation of the human mind, and 

 its forerunner the animal mind, has been quietly but 

 steadily proceeding in truly scientific channels. The 

 science is still in an early phase that of the collec- 

 tion of accurate observations and measurements- 

 awaiting the development of great guiding hypotheses 

 and theories. But much has been done : . . .' 



and it was not long after these words were spoken 

 that the subject of psychology demanded for its 

 exposition a subsection under the Section of Physi- 

 ology hi the Association, from which it advanced to 

 the dignity of a section in 1921. 



It has been the business of our anthropological 

 section to keep track of an extensive range of subject- 

 matter. On the one hand we have the world-wide 

 studies of native peoples in their physical and social 

 aspects, carried on by many travellers ; on the other, 

 the interests of archaeology, with all the investiga- 

 tions carried on at home, in the Mediterranean area, 

 and in other fields during our period, are committed 

 to the charge of this same section. Again, the section 

 has to deal with the science of anthropometry and 

 allied investigations, such as were initiated by Francis 

 Galton (1822-1911), who, following the doctrines of 

 his cousin Charles Darwin, introduced methods of 

 accurate measurement and the use of statistics into 

 the study of heredity, and originated that conception 

 of the improvement of the human race by careful 

 breeding to which he gave the name of eugenics. 



