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Mr. Alanson B. Skinner resigned as Assistant Curator in 

 the Department of Anthropology in January. 



Mr. Daniel M. Fisk resigned as Assistant in the Department 

 of Invertebrate Zoology in August. 



Dr. Israel J. Kligler resigned as Assistant in the Department 

 of Public Health in October. 



Dr. Louis Hussakof resigned as Curator of Ichthyology 

 in December. 



PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF THE STAFF 



In April, Professor Osborn delivered two lectures before the 

 National Academy of Sciences in Washington on "The Origin 

 and Evolution of Life on the Earth." This was the fourth 

 course of the Hale lectures, the foundation of which was a gift 

 to the National Academy by the children of William Ellery 

 Hale in memory of their father. 



Director Lucas addressed the Chicago Academy of Sciences 

 on "Service of the Museum to the Public." 



Dr. William K. Gregory has been promoted by the Trus- 

 tees of Columbia to the rank of Assistant Professor of Verte- 

 brate Palaeontology and has been assigned a seat in the Faculty 

 of Pure Science. 



Mr. R. W. Miner and Dr. G. Clyde Fisher represented the 

 Museum at the Washington Meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion of Museums. 



Dr. H. E. Crampton represented the Museum at the Me- 

 morial Meeting to John W. Alexander, which was held in the 

 Vanderbilt Gallery of the Fine Arts Building on May 28. 



At the meetings of the Science Teachers Association, held at 

 Syracuse in December, Miss Ann E. Thomas represented the 

 Museum and read a paper on "The Museum as an Aid in the 

 Teaching of Science." 



