SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LIV. No. 1387 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 

 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



SECTION H — ANTHROPOLOGY 



At the Chicago meeting of Section H — Anthro- 

 pology — the following officers were nominated: 



Vice-president (1921), A. E. Jenks, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Secretary (Jan., 1921-Dee., 1924), E. A. Hooton, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



The following members of the Sectional Com- 

 mittee were elected: B. Laufer (Jan., 1921-Deo., 

 1924), Chicago, 111.; F. C. Cole (Jan., 1921-Dec., 

 1922), Chicago, 111. 



The Sectional Committee is constituted as follows: 

 A. E. Jenks, chairman, Minneapolis, Minn.; E. A. 

 Hooton (Jan., 1921-Dec., 1924), Cambridge, 

 Mass.; Ales Hrdlicka (Jan., 1920-Dec., 1923), 

 Washington, D. C; Berthold Laufer (Jan., 1921- 

 Dec., 1924), Chicago, III.; E. J. Terry (Jan., 1920- 

 Dec., 1921), St. Louis, Mo.; F. C. Cole (Jan., 

 1921-Dec., 1922), Chicago, 111.; Clark Wisslei- 

 (1921), from the American Anthropological Asso- 

 ciation, Washington, D. C. ; J. Walter Fewkes 

 (1921), from the American Anthropological Asso- 

 ciation, Washington, D. C. 



The following papers were read and discussed : 



The practical value of anthropology to our nation: 

 A. E. Jenks, University of Minnesota. 



The grouping of Piman languages upon a phonetic 

 tasis: J. A. Mason, Field Museum of Natural 

 History. 



A project for the study of race mixture in the 

 United States: E. A. Hooton, Harvard Uni- 

 versity. 



The peopling of Asia: A. Hrdlicka, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



The influence of sex and stock upon the pubic 

 bones: T. Wingate Todd, Western Eeserve Uni- 

 versity. 



Variations in the weight of new-born children with 

 particular reference to racial differences; com- 

 parative growth of premature and normal chil- 

 dren: E. B. Scammon, University of Minne- 

 sota. 



A bird's-eye view of American languages north of 

 Mexico: E. Sapir, Geological Survey, Canada. 



The scaphoid type of scapula: W. W. Graves, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



The native culture of the Csecho-Slovak people and 

 its relation to other European cultures: K. 

 Chotek, Ethnographical Museum, Prague. 



Tlie present state of anthropological research in the 

 Philippines: F. C. Cole, Field Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. 



The relative dating of Aztec and PueMo Bonito 

 ruins, by growth rings on the. timbers: A. B. 

 Douglass, University of Arizona. 



Aztalan: S. A. Barrett, Milwaukee Public Mu- 

 seum. 



Anthropology at the Pan-Pacific Congress: Clark 

 WissLER, National Research Council. 



The American plant migration: Berthold Lau- 

 fer, Field Museum of Natural History. 



The criteria for a general, ancient AlgonTcin cul- 

 ture: Alanson Skinner, Milwaukee Public 

 Museum. 



The Bidatsa Indian: Care and training of the 

 dog and horse: Gilbert L. Wilson, Macalester 

 College. 



The preservation of Indian remains in Wisconsin: 

 Chas. E. Brown, Sec, Wisconsin Archeological 

 Society. 



The following papers were read by title: 



Geographical influences upon human culture with 

 special reference to the Great Plains: Melvin 

 E. GiLMORE, State Historical Society of North 

 Dakota. 



The technique of paleopathology as applied to hu- 

 man remains: Roy L. Moodie, University of 

 Illinois, College of Medicine. 



Aboi'iginal population in California: A. L. EJiOE- 

 BER, University of California. 



Some vital aspects of the American Indian: Fred- 

 erick L. Hoffman, Prudential Life Insurance 

 Company. 



Waning stone age industries among the Wisconnn 

 Indians: Alanson Skinner, Milwaukee Public 

 Museum. 



Current illogical extravagant estimates concerning 

 the antiquity of man: G. Frederic Wright, 

 Oberlin College. 



The afternoon session of December 29 was de- 

 voted to a conference on State Archeological Sur- 

 veys. 



On the afternoon of December 30, the section 

 visited the Field Museum of Natural History to 

 inspect the anthropological exhibits and after- 

 wards visited the Newberry Library for an ex- 

 amination of the Ayer collection of Americana. 

 E. A. Hooton, 

 Secretary, Section H 



