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At the annual meeting of the Section held December 20, 1897, the 
following officers were elected 
Directory .... 
Vice-Director, . 
Recorder, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer and Conservator, 
Spencer Trotter, M. D. 
George S. Morris. 
Stewardson Brown. 
William A. Shryock. 
Witmer Stone. 
Witmer Stone, 
Conservator. 
REPORT OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Five meetings have been held during the past year, at which 
communications were made by Prof’s. Brinton, Allen, and Culin, and 
a special communication on “ Primitive Transportation,” by Prof. 
Otis T. Mason, of the National Museum, Washington, D. C. A 
committee was appointed to consider the question of obtaining space 
in the old museum hall for the collection of crania possessed by the 
Academy. Mr. John G. Rothermel was elected Treasurer, to suc¬ 
ceed Dr. M. V. Ball, resigned. The death of Dr. Harrison Allen 
left vacant the Directorship, which office he has filled since the or¬ 
ganization of the Section. At the December business meeting a 
quorum was not present, and the annual election could not he held, 
the officers of the Section being continued until the next meeting. 
The office of Director remains vacant. 
Charles Morris, 
Rocorder. 
REPORTS OF THE PROFESSORS. 
Angelo Heilprin, Professor of Geology, reports that the 
work in his department during the past year has been confined 
mainly to its educational aspect. The regular spring course of in¬ 
struction was comprised in twenty-six lectures and eight field dem¬ 
onstrations, the attendance at which, while smaller than in the cor¬ 
responding period of the year before, was sufficient to indicate a 
live interest in geology and an appreciation of the opportunities that 
were offered for practical study. As in previous years a large part 
of the classes was composed of school teachers. A special course of 
six lectures was delivered under the auspices of the Ludwick Insti- 
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