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result. Here, again, the women are found to repeat one another more 
than the men. 
(3) Regarding the time occupied in the process the result reached 
is that (roughly speaking) it takes on the average 308 seconds to write 
such a list of 100 words; that 210 seconds are consumed in the mere 
act of writing, 114 seconds in thinking of what to write, and 16 
seconds in which both may be done, 
These results are offered, in addition to whatever value they may 
possess, as an illustration of how, by simple experimental methods, we 
may become more intimate with the processes that we constantly but 
unconsciously perform. 
ANTHROPOLOGY AND PREHISTORIC ARCHAOLOGY.! 
Anthropology of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, at Indianapolis.—The American Associ- 
ation for the Advancement of Science held its thirty-ninth meeting at 
Indianapolis, Indiana, beginning on Tuesday, August 19th, 1890, and 
continuing ten days. The meetings were held in the new State House, 
where were also the offices of the Local Committee and Permanent 
Secretary. This meeting was the fiftieth anniversary of the organiza- 
tion of the Association of Geologists and Naturalists, the parent of the 
A. A. A. S., which added greatly io its interest. Indianapolis, with its 
wide, well-shaded streets, its large, comfortable hotels, and the unusual 
accommodations afforded by which all the sections could meet in large 
halls under one roof, made this the most important meeting ever held 
in the West. The Local Committee are to be commended for their 
admirable arrangements for the comfort of the large number of mem- 
bers and their friends. 
The department of Anthropology held its meetings in the Hall of 
Representatives, with Dr. Frank Baker, of Washington, D. C., as 
president, and Prof. Joseph Jastrow, of the University of Wisconsin, 
as secretar 
The cts of the President of the Section was listened to with 
much attention, and created much interest. Dr. Baker is professor in 
the Medical College of the Georgetown University, lecturing on 
human anatomy, and is well qualified to speak as he did upon the 
* Ascent of Man." His arguments were in favor of the theory of 
1 This section is edited by Dr. Thomas Wilson, of the U. S. National Museum. 
