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The total pages for the year are 1601, with 523 text 

 figures, 92 plates and 23 maps. 



The Anthropological Papers, as their name implies, deal 

 entirely with the work of the Department of Anthropology. 

 These papers are now in their twenty-ninth volume. The 

 nine parts which appeared during 1919 include articles on 

 various phases of the history of the Crow, Aztec, White 

 Mountain Apache, Eskimo and Philippine tribes, and make a 

 total of 713 pages, 125 text figures and 3 maps. 



Natural History, which is the name adopted for The Ameri- 

 can Museum Journal beginning with 1919, has exceeded all 

 previous volumes in the number and variety of articles and 

 excellence of illustrations. This periodical has taken a 

 prominent position in popularity and importance among semi- 

 scientific publications. 



The Handbook on the "Peoples of the Philippines," by Dr. 

 A. L. Kroeber, has just appeared. It gives a most interesting 

 account of the ethnology and culture of the people of these 

 islands. Three Guide Leaflets, one by Mr. Whitlock on "The 

 Collection of Minerals," one by Dr. Wissler on "Indian Bead- 

 work," one a reprint of the "Peruvian Art," and a reprint of 

 the General Guide have also been published. 



GENERAL SUMMARY 



In looking forward to the coming fifty years and in sur- 

 veying the general condition of education in this country, 

 it becomes doubly clear that now is the time for united effort 

 on the part of all the citizens of this country to overcome the 

 crisis brought about by the high cost of living. From the 

 universities at the top to the primary schools at the bottom, 

 the prestige and influence of the teaching profession are rap- 

 idly declining, because the teaching class is not being drawn 

 from the most intelligent members of the community. Just 

 at the moment when the United States needs the greatest 

 intelligence and inspiration in its teachers to meet new social 

 and economic problems, which can be solved only through in- 

 telligence, we find the ranks of the teaching profession being 



