Januabt 31, 1919] 



SCIENCE 



125 



SECTION H— ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSY- 

 CHOLOGY 

 Section H, Anthropology and Psychology, of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, held three sessions at the Baltimore meeting 

 December 26-28. The Thursday afternoon meet- 

 ing was in conjunction with the American Anthro- 

 pological Association at which there was an at- 

 tendance of forty-five. 



The Friday afternoon session, was in conjunc- 

 tion with Section L and the American Psycholog- 

 ical Association. The attendance was over one 

 hundred and the Saturday morning session was in 

 conjunction with the Psychological Association 

 also, at which there was an even larger attendance. 

 At the regular business meeting the following 

 were elected to office: 



Vice-president and chairman of the Section — 

 Professor R. M. Yerkes, University of Minnesota. 

 Member of Council — Professor J. B. Miner, Car- 

 negie Institution of Technology. 



Sectional Committee for 5 Tears — Professor W. 

 S. Hunter, University of Kansas. 



Member of General Committee — Professor A. E. 

 Jenks, University of Minnesota. 



At the Thursday afternoon meeting, Colonel 

 Fabio Frassetto, Eoyal Italian Embassy, presented 

 a paper on the subject, "A unified blank of meas- 

 urements to be used in recruiting in the allied 

 countries. A plea for the unification of anthropo- 

 logical methods. ' ' Following the paper it was 

 moved and carried that a committee of three 

 anthropologists be appointed to consider the paper 

 and recommend action. Chairman, Dr. Ales 

 Hrdli<5ka announced later the following members of 

 this special committee: Dr. Franz Boas, Dr. G. G. 

 MacCurdy and Dr. Robert Bennett Bean. 



At the Thursday meeting Professor J. C. Mer- 

 riam outlined the present plans of the National 

 Research Council for continuation of its organi- 

 zation. The following resolution was presented at 

 that time and formally adopted at the business 

 meeting of the Section, Friday afternoon: Re- 

 solved : 



(a) That Section H heartily approves the plan 

 of the National Research Council for bringing 

 about a closer cooperation of related branches of 

 science favoring research. 



(ft) That, however, it is the opinion of Section 

 n that good results in this direction can only be 

 expected if perfect autonomy and freedom of each 

 branch of science represented is safeguarded in the 

 proposed division. 



(c) And that it is further the opinion of the 



Anthropologists of Section H here assembled that 

 the direction of each division as proposed of the 

 National Research Council should be vested, not in 

 a single appointee, but in a board consisting of a 

 representative of each branch of science embraced 

 in the division, and these representatives shall be 

 men whose selection is ratified by the principal 

 associations and bodies of these branches of sci- 

 ence. 



Titles of papers presented at the three sessions 

 are as follows: 



THURSDAY, P.M. 



Race in relation to disease: Dr. Frederick L. 

 Hoffman, Prudential Insurance Company. 



A unified blank of measurements to be used in re- 

 cruiting iji the allied countries: A plea for the 

 unification of anthropological methods: Pro- 

 fessor Fabio Frassetto, Royal Italian Em- 



The war museum and its place in the National 

 Museum Group: Professor W. H. Holmes, 

 United States National Museum. 



Post-bellum anthropological research in the United 

 States: Dr. J. W. Fewkes, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, Washington. 



Bace origin and history as factors in world poli- 

 tics: Professor J. C. Merrian, National Re- 

 search Committee. 



The effect of the war upon the American Child: 

 Ruth McIntire, National CMld Labor Com- 

 mittee. 



Anthropology and Americanisation training: Pro- 

 fessor A. E. Jenks, University of Minnesota. 



Heights and weights of children under six; statis- 

 tics secured by the Children's Bureau: Dr. Rob- 

 ert M. Woodbury, Children's Bureau, U. S. De- 

 partment of Labor. 



The war and the race: Dr. A. HrdliJJka, United 

 States National Museum. 



FRIDAY P.M. 



Examinations of emotional fitness for warfare: 

 Professor R. W. Woodworth, Columbia Univer- 

 sity. 



Army trade tests: Dr. Beardsley Ruml, Trade 

 Test Division, War Department (Carnegie Insti- 

 tute of Technology). 



Practical application of army trade tests: Major 

 J. W. Hayes, Trade Test Division, War Depart- 

 ment (University of Chicago). 



Army personnel worh; Implications for education 

 and industry: Lieutenant Colonel W. V. 

 BiNOHAM, Personnel Branch, General Staff (Car- 

 negie Institute of Technology). 



