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Treasurer — J. Arthur Harris, Carnegie Station 

 for Experimental Evolution (1918-20). 



Additional members of the Executive Commit- 

 tee— Maynard M. Metcalf, Oberlin, Ohio (1919) ; 

 Eaymond Pearl, Johns Hopkins University (1917- 

 1919) ; George H. ShuU, Princeton University 

 (1918-20) ; William E. Castle, Harvard Univer- 

 sity (1919-21). 



Bradley M. Davis, 



Secretary 



THE AMERICAN FOLK-LORE SOCIETY 



The American Folk-Lore Society met in annual 

 session on Friday, December 27, at the Johns Hop- 

 kins University. The following papers were read 

 and discussed: 

 Cape Verde Islands variants of the tale of "the 



witch and the dogs": Elsie Clews Pabsons, 



New York. 

 Ceremonies of the EsTcimo of St. Lawrence Island: 



EiLEY D. MooEB, Washington. 



The retiring president, C. M. Barbeau, was pre- 

 vented by illness from attending and delivering the 

 presidential address entitled "The field of Euro- 

 pean folk-lore in America. ' ' The following papers 

 in the absence of the authors were read by title : 

 Besources of Celtic folk-lore in northeast America : 



Edwakd J. O 'Beein. 

 Some French-Canadian foXk-songs from Gasp4: 



LoEAiNE Wyman. 



The officers of the society for 1919 are the fol- 

 lowing: 



President — ^Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons. 



First Vice-president — B. C. Hills. 



Second Vice-president — J. W. Pewkes. 



Permanent Secretary — Charles Peabody. 



Treasurer — ^A. M. Tozzer. 



Editor — ^Franz Boas. 



THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL 

 ASSOCIATION 



The American Anthropological Association held 

 its sessions on December 27 and 28 at Johns Hop- 

 kins University, Baltimore. The Friday morning 

 meeting was devoted to the reading of papers and 

 their discussion as in former years. The following 

 papers were read: 



The estimated weight of the parts of the lower ex- 

 tremities in living men: Eobekt Bennett Bean, 

 University of Virginia. 

 The relation of towers to prehistoric Pueblos: J. 

 Walter Fbwkes, Bureau of American Ethnol- 

 ogy- 

 Indian mounds and other relics of Indian life in 



Texas: J. E. Pearce, The University of Texas. 

 In memoriam, Herman K. Haeberlin: Franz Boas, 

 Columbia University. 



In addition to these the following were read by 

 title in the absence of the authors : 



Ceremonial objects excavated at Otowi, New Mex- 

 ico : Lucy L. W. Wilson, Philadelphia. 

 Excavations at MawiTcuh, New Mexico, in 1917 



and 1918: F. W. Hodge, Museum of the Ameri- 



can, Indian (Heye Foundation). 

 Mountain haunts of the coastal Algonquins: Max 



ScHRABiscH, Paterson, N. J. 

 Ethnography of the Jugoslavs: Beatrice Steven- 

 son Stanoyevich, New York. 



At the Saturday morning session, papers which 

 had already been published were taken up for dis- 

 cussion. This innovation resulted from the experi- 

 ence of past years, that worth-while discussion of 

 papers, new and just read, was seldom possible. 



At the business sessions of the council of the asso- 

 ciation Professor J. C. Merriam, of the Executive 

 Committee of the National Research Council, pre- 

 sented for discussion a plan for a future permanent 

 research body which should include a division of 

 anthropology. The matter was referred to a com- 

 mittee consisting of Professor Boas, Dr. HrdliCka, 

 and Professor Tozzer, who were directed to present 

 definite research problems of the types most likely 

 to be undertaken and to ascertain the organization 

 best adapted for dealing to advantage with such 

 problems. 



The following officers were elected: 



President — Clark Wissler, Museum of Natural 

 History, New York. 



Vice-president, 1919 — John E. Swanton, Bureau 

 of American Ethnology. 



Vice-president 19S0 — George Grant MacOurdy, 

 Yale University. 



Vice-president, 19S1 — A. HrdliCka, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Vice-president, 19SS — ^B. Laufer, Field Museum 

 of Natural History. 



Secretary — Alfred M. Tozzer, Harvard Univer- 

 sity. 



Treasurer — Neil M. Judd, U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 



Editor — Pliny E. Goddard, American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



Associated Editors — John E. Swanton, Eobert H. 

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