1915] 
Proceedings 
5 
Milwaukee, Wis., May 28, 1914. 
Annual meeting of the society. 
President Barth in the chair. Twenty-five persons present. Minutes 
of last meeting read and approved. 
The name of Miss Lillian Sieker, 860 Downer Ave., was presented for 
active membership and referred to the board of directors for action. 
The president read a communication from Mr. H. B. Beckmann, in which 
he requests that his resignation as treasurer and as member of the society 
be accepted, on account of his removal from the city. On motion, it was 
voted to accept this resignation. 
The secretary then read his annual report, which was subsequently, 
by vote, accepted and ordered to be placed on file. 
The chair announced the receipt of a gift from the Milwaukee-Downer 
College, of the sum of ten dollars, to be used for the Committee on the 
Conservation of Wild Life. On motion of Mr. Ward, it was voted that the 
society accept this gift and that the secretary send a letter of thanks to 
the college for this donation. 
The treasurer’s annual report was read by the secretary, who has acted 
also as treasurer pro tern since the regular meeting of March. The chair 
appointed as auditing committee, Mr. Teller and Mr. Ward. 
Election of officers for the ensuing year was next taken up. Nominees 
for each office were proposed and voted upon separately. The following 
officers were elected. 
President , Dr. George P. Barth; Vice-President, Mr. Henry L. Ward; 
Treasurer, Mr. John R. Heddle; General Secretary, Dr. Wm. J. Brinckley; 
Additional Director, Mr. Edgar E. Teller. 
The auditing committee reported that it would be impossible to com- 
plete the auditing of the treasurer’s books during the meeting and requested 
that they be allowed to report at some time in the near future. The re- 
quest was granted. 
There being no further matters of business to be considered, attention 
was given to an illustrated lecture by Dr. S. A. Barrett, Curator of Anthro- 
pology, Public Museum, on the subject: “The Aboriginal Cultural Rela- 
tions of Mexico and the Southwestern United States.” 
The first part of the lecture was devoted to modern Mexico, and to an 
historical account of the land problem from the time of Cortez to the 
present day. 
The people inhabiting Mexico at the time of Cortez were the Aztecs. 
But preceding the Aztecs was another race, which had developed the arts 
of architecture and scupture to a rather high degree. Among the most 
conspicuous works of this older race, are the numerous mostly flat-topped 
pyramids; one in particular, the Pyramid of the Sun, at Teotihuacan, 
covering an area as large as the great pyramid of Egypt, and at one time 
being covered with elaborate stucco work and surmounted by a temple. 
The cliff dwellers of the southwestern United States are the forefathers 
of the modern Pueblos. Their traditions point to early connections with 
