32 Report of the President 



On April 17, Mr. Herbert P. Whitlock was appointed Cura- 

 tor of Mineralogy. 



Dr. Robert H. Lowie returned from the University of Cali- 

 fornia, where he had been acting as Associate Professor of 

 Anthropology during the academic year 1917-1918, in ex- 

 change with Dr. A. L. Kroeber, who became Associate Curator 

 in the Department of Anthropology in the Museum, January 

 i-July I, 1918. 



Dr. Herman K. Haeberlin, appointed in July, 19 17, as an 

 Assistant in the Department of Anthropology, died in Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts, on February 12, 19 18. Dr. Haeberlin 

 was a young man of great promise, particularly fitted for 

 anthropological investigation. 



On April 17, Mr. B. Talbot B. Hyde was appointed tem- 

 porary assistant in the Department of Anthropology for nine 

 months, beginning April 1. 



PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF THE STAFF 



The participation of the men of the Staff in the affairs of 

 the City, State and Nation bears eloquent testimony to the 

 widening influence of the Museum. Recognition of this public 

 service has been evidenced in many ways during the year. 



The Geological Society of France awarded President Osborn 

 the Gaudry Medal, which was established by the Society in 

 1910 in honor of the distinguished palaeontologist Albert 

 Gaudry. Previous awards of the medal have been made to the 

 following geologists and palaeontologists: Albert Gaudry, 

 1910; Marcellin Boule, 191 1; Henri Douville, 1912; Edouard 

 Suess, 1913; Emile Haug, 1914; Charles D. Walcott, 1917. 



The President was honored by the Royal Society of London, 

 in having conferred on him the Darwin Medal for Distinction 

 in Research Work in Vertebrate Morphology and Palaeontology. 



At the session of the Royal Irish Academy on March 16, 

 President Osborn was elected an Honorary Member of the 

 Academy, in recognition of his distinguished services in the 

 Department of Science. 



The National Academy of Sciences at its April meeting 



