THE AMERICAN 
ANTHROPOMETRIC SOCIETY, 
PLAN OP ORGANIZATION. 
The progress of civilization depends upon the continued 
adaptation of man to his environment. The increasing complexity 
of his relations with nature and society must be represented in 
his functions and structure. It is not improbable that the most 
exact expression of such gradual changes will be found in modifi- 
cations of the arrangement of the cerebral convolutions. The 
scientific basis on which cerebral topography now rests will per- 
mit accurate records to be readily obtained for preservation. The 
only way in which data of value can be secured is by the preser- 
vation of an adequate number of such records for successive 
generations. 
Hitherto it has been for the most part in the cases of excep- 
tional individuals that critical study and accurate representations 
of the brain have been made. 
It is now proposed to place this study upon a broad and 
permanent basis. An Association has been formed with the 
object of securing and preserving large series of such records of 
successive generations. 
Important assistance will be secured from the study of the 
racial features of the brain, as in the case of the North American 
Indian, the Chinese, the Negro, etc. As cerebral development 
is closely correlated with skeletal and muscular peculiarities, as 
well as with psychic capacities, it is evident that the scope of the 
investigations of this Society may be a broad one. 
The rules of the organization are as follows : 
I. The name of the Association shall be the American 
Anthropometric Society. Its purpose is to promote the study 
of the anatomical evidence of human cerebral structure and 
development. 
