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northwest. Thus the sections of special inter- 

 est to students and teachers of anthropology 

 are fairly segregated though within easy reach 

 of the impressive display of the achievements 

 of modern man in the large exhibit palaces. 



Among the special lines of opportunity for 

 original and instructional work the following 

 may he noted: 



1. Somatology; the comparative study of 

 physical types representing many distinct 

 peoples. 



2. Psychology; the study of psychic char- 

 acteristics, both experimentally and through 

 habitual conduct and expression. 



3. Arts and industries; the comparative 

 study and record of manual operations and 

 their products among typical peoples. 



4. Languages ; the record and comparison of 

 scores of distinct tongues, covering the entire 

 range from the most primitive known to the 

 most highly advanced. 



5. Law and socialry; the comparative study 

 of all known culture-grades as defined in terms 

 of social organization. 



6. Faiths and philosophies; the study and 

 comparison of many widely different systems 

 of thought, ranging from the simplest upward. 



7. General ethnology; the comparative study 

 of over a hundred distinct tribes and peoples 

 (those brought in by the department including 

 the Ainu, Patagonians, Pygmies, ' Eed Afri- 

 cans,' Cocopa Indians from Baja California, 

 Klaokwaht Indians from Vancouver Island, 

 and over a dozen tribes of United States In- 

 dians, and the Philippine exhibit including all 

 the leading tribes of the Archipelago). 



8. General anthropology; the comparative 

 study of primitive and advanced peoples in an 

 unexampled assemblage of race-types and cul- 

 ture-grades. 



9. Record work; the making and preserva- 

 tion of records including lists and tables of 

 measurements, sketches and diagrams, photo- 

 graphs, life casts, life models, paintings, 

 sculptures, etc. 



The attention of educational institutions is 

 especially invited to the opportunity for es- 

 tablishing and maintaining field schools in 

 connection with the exposition. Every pos- 

 sible facility will be afforded not only by the 



chief of the department but by the director of 

 exhibits and the exposition authorities gen- 

 erally for the satisfactory conduct of such 

 schools. 



The attention of museum officers is espe- 

 cially invited to the opportunities for obtaining 

 direct representations of ethnic and other 

 types of mankind at but a fraction of the 

 cost ordinarily involved. 



Should university, college and museum au- 

 thorities signify a desire to utilize the op- 

 portunities afforded by the department, plans 

 will be framed with the view of coordinating 

 the requirements of all and affording each the 

 largest facilities consistent with the demands 

 of others; the sole purpose of the department 

 being to place the anthropological collections 

 of the exposition within reach of the largest 

 possible number of workers and teachers. 



Copies of this letter have been sent direct 

 to a number of educational institutions and 

 museums. W J MoGee. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



William Barton Rogers, the eminent geol- 

 ogist, was born on December 7, 1804, and the 

 October number of the Beview of the Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology will be 

 largely given to a life of Rogers, dealing es- 

 pecially with his work in planning and found- 

 ing the institute. 



The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, has 

 awarded an Elliott Cresson Medal to James 

 M. Dodge, of Philadelphia, for his cold stor- 

 age system and to Dr. Hans Goldschmidt for 

 his inventions in aluminothermics. 



Senhor Augusto Ribeiro, head of the 

 political department, Portuguese Colonial 

 Office, and Dr. Don Eulogio Delgado, presi- 

 dent of the Lima Geographical Society, have 

 been elected honorary corresponding members 

 of the Royal Geographical Society. 



Dr. Willis R. Whitney, professor of theo- 

 retical chemistry at the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology, has resigned to take 

 charge of the research laboratories of the Gen- 

 eral Electrical Company's works at Schenec- 

 tady. 



Durham University has conferred the de- 

 gree of D.Sc. on Mr. R. A. Sampson, F.R.S., 



