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and vegetable life and the structure of the 
earth itself. Anthropological museums 
should be similarly arranged and, with cer- 
tain gaps, which every curator hopes to fill, 
they should show the life and history of 
man. To this end the conscientious cura- 
tor will avoid the expression of special the- 
ories and will endeavor to present the true 
status of each tribe or group of man in the 
past and in the present, so far as the 
material at his command permits. <A 
strictly geographical arrangement is, there- 
fore, the primary principle which should 
govern the exhibition of anthropological 
collections. A special exhibit may be made 
in order to illustrate certain methods by 
which man in different regions has attained 
similar results, either by contact or by 
natural means. Another exhibit may be 
for the purpose of showing the distribution 
of corresponding implements over different 
geographical areas. These and similar 
special exhibits are instructive and under 
proper restrictions should be made, but 
unless the design of each exhibit is clearly 
explained, the average visitor to a museum 
will be confused and misled, for such ob- 
jects so grouped convey a different im- 
pression than when exhibited with their 
associated objects in proper geographical 
sequence. 
The anthropology of America is now 
being investigated and the results are 
being made known through museums and 
publications as never before. 
The thoroughly equipped Jesup North 
Pacific Expedition, with well-trained an- 
thropologists in charge, was organized for 
the purpose of obtaining material both 
ethnological and archeological for a com- 
parative study of the peoples of the north- 
ern parts of America and Asia. Although 
only in the third year of its active field 
work, it has already furnished most impor- 
tant results and provided a mass of invalu- 
able authentic material. 
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The Hyde Expedition planned for long- 
continued research in the archzeology and 
ethnology of the Southwest, a successor in 
regard to its objects to the important 
Hemenway Expedition, is annually adding 
chapters to the story of the peoples of the 
ancient pueblos. 
The results of the extensive explorations 
by Moore of the mounds of the southern 
Atlantic coast are being published in a 
series of important monographs. 
The Pepper-Hurst Expedition to the 
Florida Keys has given information of re- 
markable interest and importance from a 
rich archeological field before unknown. 
The United States government, through 
the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian 
Institution, has given official and liberal 
support to archeological and ethnological - 
investigations in America. : 
The constantly increasing patronage, by 
wealthy men and women, of archeological 
research at home, as well as in foreign lands, 
is most encouraging. 
The explorations in Mexico and in Cen- 
tral and South America, the publication in 
fac-simile of the ancient Mexican and Maya 
codices, the reproduction by casts of the 
important American sculptures and hiero- 
glyphic tablets, all have been made possible 
by earnest students and generous patrons 
of American research. 
The numerous expeditions, explorations 
and publications of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution and of the museums of Washington, 
Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Cam- 
bridge are providing the student of to-day 
with a vast amount of authentic material 
for research in American and comparative 
anthropology. 
The archeological Institute of America, 
the American Folk-Lore Society and the 
archeological and anthropological societies 
and clubs, in active operation in various 
parts of the country, together with the sev- 
eral journals devoted to different branches 
