XOVEMBEK 10, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



591 



THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the American An- 

 thropological Association was held in the 

 Department of Anthropology at the Affil- 

 iated Colleges of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, San Francisco, August 29-31, 1905. 



This, the first meeting of the association 

 ever held west of St. Louis, was presided 

 over by Professor Frederick W. Putnam, 

 Dr. A. L. Kroeber being secretary of the 

 committee on program and arrangements. 

 Dr. Charles Peabody was elected secretary 

 ■pro tempore, in place of Dr. George Grant 

 MacCurdy, the secretary, whose enforced 

 absence was due to injuries sustained in a 

 bicycle accident. 



The second day's sessions were held at 

 the California Academy of Sciences; and 

 those of the third day, at the University of 

 California, Berkeley, in conjunction with 

 the California Branch of the American 

 Folk-Lore Society. 



COMMITTEES. 



Two important committees were ap- 

 pointed by the president, both to report at 

 the next regular meeting. The first of 

 these, consisting of Dr. Charles Peabody 

 (chairman). Professor John H. Wright, 

 Mr. W. K. Moorehead, Mr. F. W. Hodge, 

 Mr. J. D. McGuire, is to investigate the 

 question whether an improvement or a re- 

 adjustment of the names used in archeology 

 he feasible. The other committee, com- 

 posed of Mr. F. W. Hodge (chairman), Mr. 

 "VV. H. Holmes, Dr. Franz Boas, Dr. A. L. 

 Kroeber, Dr. H. B. Dixon, Dr. George A. 

 Dorsej^, Mr. James Mooney, is to consider 

 the most desirable nomenclature for Indian 

 families north of Mexico. 



The amendments to the constitution, as 

 recommended by the council at its meeting 

 in Philadelphia, in December, 1904, and in 

 New York, in April, 1905, were adopted. 

 The amended constitution, together with 



abstracts of all the papers read, will appear 

 in the American Anthropologist for Oc- 

 tober-December, 1905. 



Fifty-two new members were elected. 



EXCURSIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS. 



On Tuesday, August 29, luncheon was 

 tendered the association by Mrs. Phoebe A. 

 Hearst, in the Department of Anthropol- 

 ogy at the Affiliated Colleges, San Fran- 

 cisco. 



In the afternoon an exhibition of the col- 

 lections of the department was held. The 

 officers of the department conducted the 

 members of the association through the 

 building and explained the collections. 



On Wednesday, August 30, a luncheon 

 was tendered the association by the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences, at the St. 

 Francis Hotel, Vice-President Alpheus Bull 

 making an address of welcome. 



In the evening of August 30, a dinner 

 was given the visiting members of the asso- 

 ciation by the resident members, at the St. 

 Francis Hotel. 



On Thursday, August 31, before the 

 opening of the morning session. Professor 

 J. C. Merriam conducted a party to the 

 Emeryville shell mound, explaining the ex- 

 cavations made in the mound by himself 

 and Dr. M. Uhle. 



On the same day, luncheon was tendered 

 the association by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, in 

 the building of the Department of Anthro- 

 pology of the University of California, at 

 Berkeley. 



After luncheon, the collection of plaster 

 casts illustrative of ancient art was ex- 

 hibited, as arranged, in this building. 



On Friday, September 1, an excursion 

 was made to Mr. Luther Burbank's home 

 in Santa Rosa. This excursion was ar- 

 ranged through the courtesy of Mr. Bur- 

 bank, the California Promotion Committee 

 and the California Northwestern Railway. 

 Thirty- four members took part. 



