236 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1914. 
Thurn, Mr. W. Crooke, Lieut.-Colonel Gurdon, Dr. Haddon, Dr. 
Marett, and Professor P. Thompson. 
A Committee was appointed by the British Association for the 
purpose of devising practical measures for the organisation of anthro- 
pological teaching at the Universities in the British Islands. With 
this committee was associated a. committee appointed by the Council 
of the Royal Anthropological Institute. These committees met in 
joint session at the Institute, under the chairmanship of Sir Richard 
Temple, and passed the following resolutions: ‘ (a) It is necessary to 
organise the systematic teaching of Anthropology to persons either 
about to proceed to, or actually working in, those parts of the British 
Empire which contain populations alien to the British people. (b) The 
organisation can best be dealt with by the collaboration of the Royal 
Anthropological Institute, the British Association, and the Universi- 
ties, with the support and co-operation of the Government, the Foreign 
Office, the India Office, the Colonial Office, and the Civil Service 
Commissioners. (c) It would be well for the organisation to take the 
form of encouraging the existing Schools of Anthropology at the 
Universities and the formation of such schools where none exist. 
(d) As laboratories, a library, and a museum, readily available for 
teaching students, are indispensable adjuncts to each school, it is 
desirable to encourage their formation where they are not already in 
existence.’ 
By the courtesy of the Master and Wardens of the Worshipful 
Company of Drapers of the City of London, a conference to consider 
the findings and recommendations of the Joint Committee was held in 
the Hall of that Company on February 19, 1914. The President of 
the Conference was the Right Hon. the Earl of Selborne. A large 
number of representatives of various Home and Colonial Government 
Departments, Universities, Societies, as well as politicians, adminis- 
trators, and others, were present or sent letters of regret at their 
inability to be present at the Conference, and expressing their sym- 
pathy with the purpose of the Conference. A full report of this 
Conference will be found in Man, 1914, No. 35. 
In November 1913 Sir Richard Temple addressed the Indian 
Civil Service students at Exeter College, Oxford. In February 1914 
he published a pamphlet entitled ‘ Anthropology a Practical Science,’ 
which included his Birmingham Address (1913), an Address delivered 
in Cambridge in 1904, and extracts from that given at Oxford (1913). 
In March he addressed the American Luncheon Club, and also the 
Sphinx Club, both mercantile institutions, on Anthropology in its 
‘business’ aspects. And he has engaged to do the same at the 
Merchants’ Luncheon Club at Hull. 
It has not yet been possible to place the findings of the Conference 
before the Prime Minister, whose time has been, and is still, taken up 
with urgent matters of State. An endeavour to secure an audience 
with the Prime Minister will be made when an opportune moment 
arrives. 
