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(Hjuippcd witli piu'uinatic tiros, and liave a speed of forty-five miles an 

 Ijour. 'riiey have already been shij)pe(l to Monjiiolia. There they will he 

 us(h1 as movable bases for Held work. 



The Ameiican Anthropologieal Assoeiation held a convention im- 

 mediately after Christmas, at Philadelphia, where the members present 

 were the guests of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wissler, Dr. 

 C.oddard, Dr. Lowie and Dr. Spinden attended. Dr. Goddard presented 

 a paper entitled "Notes on the Wailaki of California," and Dr. Low^ie 

 spoke on the "Cultural Relations between the Plateau and the Cali- 

 fornia Indians." Dr. \\'issler, the retiring president, went on from Phila- 

 delphia to the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, held in Chicago. Dr. Wissler is Chairman of the 

 Committee on Reorganization of the Anthropological and Psychological 

 Section of the A. A. A. S. Dr. Hovey and Dr. Lutz also attended the 

 meeting in Chicago. 



Dr. Spinden, Mce-President of the ]\laya Society, presented a 

 paper at the meeting of the Society held on December 29th at the Uni- 

 versity Museum in Philadeli)hia. 



Mr. Andrews made a short lecture trip during December to Buffalo, 

 Cleveland, Oberlin and Detroit. 



On Tuesday afternoon, January 4th, members of the Intercollegiate 

 Cosmopolitan Club were entertained at the Museum at a lecture, a short 

 tour of the Museum, and tea. Dr. Fisher was the lecturer, and the sub- 

 ject was "How Life Begins," in connection with which the very fine 

 motion picture illustrating the lecture was shown. The Intercollegiate 

 Cosmopolitan Club, a society made up of representatives of many dif- 

 ferent nationalities, is directed ])y Mr. Frederick Osborn, a nephew of 

 President Osborn. 



Captain Bartlett has loeen appointed to the command of the U. S. 

 Transport "Buford," and will sail for foreign ports in the near future. 



Dr. Winslow has been given a leave of absence for the period Febru- 

 ary 1 to Octol^er 1, in order that he may carry some of the INIuseum con- 



