RECORDS. 473 



SUBSECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND 

 PSYCHOLOGY. 



April 25, 1898. 



President Osborn in the chair. 



After some discussion, the section asked the chair to appoint 

 a committee of four to confer with the council in reference to 

 the number of meetings to be held by the Section of Psychology 

 and Anthropology during the coming year. The committee 

 appointed consisted of Messrs. Bliss, Farrand, McLouth and 

 Boas. 



The following papers were then presented : 



J. D. Prince, Some Passamaouoddv Documents. 



L. McWhood, A Method of Studvkxg the Motor Effects 

 OF Music. 



After the papers Charles B. Bliss was elected Secretary of the 

 subsection for the coming year. 



Charles B. Bliss, 

 Secretary of Section. 



REGULAR PUBLIC LECTURE. 



The third public lecture of the year was delivered Friday 

 evening, April 29, 1898, at the Mott Memorial Library, by 

 James Douglass, Esq., of New York, on the subject : Fifty 

 Years' Progress in Mining and Metallurgy in the United 

 States. 



The lecture was copiously illustrated by lantern slides, and 

 was both descriptive and statistical. The changes in centers of 

 production and the improvements in furnaces were shown for 

 iron, copper and the precious metals. At the conclusion of the 

 lecture there was passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Douglass. 



Forty members and friends were present. 



Richard E. Dodge, 



Secretary. 



