484 RECORDS. 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 



October 24, 1898. 



At the close of the regular meeting of the Academy, the Sec- 

 tion of Anthropology and Psychology organized by appointing 

 Professor Osborn Chairman pro tcni. 



Professor J. McKeen Cattell presented a paper entitled 

 Some Anthropological Tests and Measurements, showing 

 two new instruments. Reports of summer field work in an- 

 thropology were then made by Dr. Livingston Farrand and 

 Mr. Harlan I. Smith, who spoke of their work on the northwest 

 coast, and by Dr. H. M. Saville and Dr. Carl Lumholtz, who 

 gave an account of explorations in Mexico. 



Charles B. Bllss, 



Secretary. 



PUBLIC LECTURE. 

 October 31, 1898. 



The first public lecture of the season of 1 898-99 was given by 

 Professor George W. Blodgett, of the Boston and Albany 

 Railroad, on Railway Signalling, Past and Present. The 

 lecture was under the auspices of the Section of Astronomy 

 and Physics. 



The lecturer was introduced by the Chairman, Mr. P. H. 

 Dudley, who gave a brief summary of railway progress within 

 the last few years. 



Professor Blodgett spoke simply and very interestingly for an 

 hour and a-half, sketching the various systems of railway signals 

 in use on the more important railroads, and illustrating his re- 

 marks with an extensive series of well-chosen lantern slides. 

 The lecture was free from technicalities, and very pleasing. 



About sixty guests were present, and at the close of the lec- 

 ture a vote of thanks was unanimously extended to Professor 



Blodgett. -P, T- TA 



^ Richard E. Dodge, 



Secretary. 



