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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLni. No. 1113 



Oram Smuts, " by M. Eieh Porter, Salt Lake City. 



"The Value of Gaseous Ionization in Hy- 

 •drogen, " by Professor Carl F. Eyring, B. T. U. 



"A New Count Method of Measuring the Ele- 

 mentary Electric Charge," by Dr. Harvey 

 Pletcher, B. Y. TJ. 



' ' Our National Awakening to the Importance of 

 Science," by Dr. W. C. Ebaugh, Salt Lake City. 

 A. O. Garrett, 

 Permanent Secretary 



ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE WASHING- 

 TON MEETING 1 



The annual meeting of the American Anthropo- 

 logical Association was held December 27-31, 

 1915, at the United States National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C, its scientific sessions being in 

 affiliation with Section I of the Second Pan-Amer- 

 ican Scientific Congress, the Nineteenth Interna- 

 tional Congress of Americanists, the American 

 Folk-Lore Society, -the American Historical Asso- 

 ciation, and the Archeological Institute of Amer- 

 ica. By virtue of this affiliation the attendance 

 was large and the list of papers presented bear- 

 ing on anthropology was unusually long. 



In honor of the occasion, the United States Na- 

 tional Museum made provision for special exhibits. 

 These included: (1) Physical Anthropology, by 

 Dr. A. Hrdlicka; (2) Indian Treaties of Histor- 

 ical Importance; (3) Economic Plants and Plant 

 Products, by W. E. Safford; (4) Archeological Ex- 

 hibits, by W. K. Moorehead, A. V. Kidder, and 

 Julio Tello, and (5) Photographs, by Frederick 

 Monsen and the Bodman Wanamaker Expedition. 



Interwoven with the scientific sessions there was 

 an elaborate social program, comprising a recep- 

 tion by the Secretary of State and the United 

 States delegation, and one by the governing board 

 of the Pan-American Union, both held in the Pan- 

 American building; a reception by the regents 

 and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; a 

 luncheon by the National Geographic Society; a 

 reception by the trustees of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion of Washington; a dinner and reception by the 

 Cosmos Club; and finally after the close of the 

 meetings, the reception at the White House by 

 the President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. 



A number of important resolutions were 

 adopted; some of these were in the nature of joint 

 resolutions, others concerned only the American 

 Anthropological Association, as will be seen from 

 the contexts: 



1 Report prepared by George Grant MacCurdy at 

 the request of the General Secretary, A. Hrdlicka. 



KESOLUTION RELATING TO THE DESIRABILITY OF UNI- 

 FORM LAWS CONCERNING ARCHEOLOGICAL 

 EXPLORATION 



Section I 



Whereas, many parts of the American conti- 

 nent are rich in archeological remains, such as 

 ruins, monuments and burial sites, containing 

 many examples of industry and art of the aborig- 

 ines. 



And whereas, scientific explorations of these 

 remains with the study of resulting finds are ob- 

 jects of utmost importance, for on their basis 

 only will it be once possible to reconstruct the lost 

 history of the American race. 



And whereas, in order that such remains may 

 be saved to science and not be wantonly exploited 

 or destroyed before they could be studied, it is es- 

 sential that proper laws and regulations be adopted 

 by the various countries where such remains exist, 

 the object of such laws and regulations being to 

 hinder or prevent as far as possible the digging 

 or other destruction of such remains by unquali- 

 fied persons; to prevent trade in pettery and other 

 articles recovered from the ruins and graves, and 

 at the same time not only to enable properly quali- 

 fied scientific men both indigenous and of other 

 countries to undertake and carry on scientific ex- 

 plorations and collections. 



And whereas, the majority of the American 

 republics have now some laws relating to antiqui- 

 ties, although these laws are unlike in the different 

 countries and in some instances are such that they 

 have resulted more in restraining than in advanc- 

 ing properly qualified research. 



Therefore it is hereby Resolved by the Second 

 Pan-American Congress, that it is highly desirable 

 that the various American republics arrange by 

 the appointment of suitable delegates, possibly 

 from among their official representatives at Wash- 

 ington, for joint action on this important subject, 

 with the view of formulating generally acceptable 

 and substantially uniform laws relating to the 

 conservation, exploration and study of archeolog- 

 ical remains in their several jurisdictions; laws 

 which on one side will effectively safeguard these 

 remains from wanton destruction or exploitation, 

 and on the other will aid and stimulate properly 

 organized and accredited research in these direc- 

 tions. 



RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ADVANCE OF ANTHRO- 

 POLOGICAL research in the VARIOUS 

 AMERICAN REPUBLICS 



Whereas, in various parts of the American con- 

 tinent there are remnants of the aboriginal popu- 



