64 The American Geologist. 
July, 1905 
The Technolexicon of thk Society of German En- 
gineers (short report on the state of work June, 1905). In 
the compilation of this universal technical dictionary for 
translation purposes (in the languages English, German, 
and French), that was commenced in 1901, about 2000 firms 
and individual collaborators at home and abroad are assist- 
ing at present. 
Up to now 2,700,000 word-cards have been collected. 
To these will be added the hundred thousands of cards that 
will result from the working-out of the original contribu- 
tions not yet taken in hand. The contributions have been 
called in since Easter, 1904, and most of them have already 
come in (up to June, 1905: 1480). 
The editor-in-chief will be pleased to give any further 
information wanted. Address : Technolexicon, Dr. Hubert 
Jansen, Berlin (NW. 7), Dorotheenstrasse 49. 
A Special Summer Meeting of the American Anthro- 
pological Association will be held in San Francisco, Cali- 
fornia, on August 29, 30 and 31. After the meeting there 
will be an excursion to Portland, Oregon, to visit the Lewis 
& Clark Exposition. Here an informal meeting will be 
held at which addresses will be made. 
The meeting in San Francisco will be held under the 
auspices of a local committee. This committee will arrange 
for excursions and entertainments. The headquarters of 
the Association will be the Department of Anthropology 
of the university of California at the Affiliated Colleges, San 
Francisco. 
Since special rates are being given by the transconti- 
nental railroads to Portland via San Francisco, it is an ex- 
ceptional opportunity for ethnologists and archaeologists to 
visit the Pacific coast. 
Members intending to be present will please notify the 
secretary of the local committee, Dr. A. L. Kroeber, Affili- 
ated Colleges, San Francisco. Dr. Kroeber will arrange for 
hotel accommodation and will furnish information relative 
to the meeting. 
The amendments to the constitution proposed at the 
Philadelphia meeting (see Amer. Anthropologist, 1905, p. 
176) and at the council meeting of April 15, 1905, having 
been approved by the council, will be presented at San Fran- 
cisco for adoption. 
Mr. George Grant MacCurdy, 237 Church street, New 
Haven, Conn., secretary of the Association, will give infor- 
mation as to special railroad rates. Titles of papers should 
be sent to him at an early date. 
