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the following motion : “ That this Council expresses its strong approval 
of the movement for the teaching of anthropology by the University of 
New Zealand.” The motion, which was seconded by Mr. Sidney Ray, 
was received with enthusiasm, and carried unanimously. The President, 
Sir Hercules Read, Director of the British Museum, pointed out that 
the University of New Zealand, owing to its geographical position, had 
an unrivalled opportunity for field-work in anthropology. Sir Everard im 
Thurn, well known as an Administrator of British possessions in South 
America and in the western Pacific, spoke strongly on the need of training 
for those Civil servants and administrators whose work lies among the 
more primitive peoples In the discussion the following members expressed 
strong assent : Miss M. Murray, Mr Sidney Ray, Dr. Alfred Haddon, 
Dr. Shrubsall, and the proposer. It was further resolved to forward the 
resolution to Section H of the British Association, which has doubtless 
already communicated with you on the subject. 
I have also discussed the matter with Professor Flinders Petrie, who 
emphasized the following points: (1) The need to train native field-workers; 
(2) the desirability of obtaining the services, for the first five years or so 
after the establishment of a Chair, of a really eminent anthropologist who 
could train field-workers After that period, in Professor Flinders Petrie’s 
opinion, the eminence of the teacher would not matter so much 
(3.) A. C. Haddon, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S ., Fellow of Christ's College, 
Cambridge; University Reader in Ethnology in the University of 
Cambridge . 
May I, a complete stranger to you, take the liberty of making the 
following suggestions ? I feel it savours somewhat of impertinence on my 
part to offer advice on a subject upon which I have not been consulted, 
but may I be excused if my zeal outruns my discretion. 
It is well known that your University has won recognition in England, 
and is acknowledged to be catholic and thorough. For these reasons I 
venture to suggest that you should add anthropology to your curriculum. 
Anthropology is now a recognized study in the Universities of Oxford, 
Cambridge, and London; it has also received some recognition in the 
University of Liverpool, and is, I believe, about to be undertaken in 
the University of Manchester. It is to be expected that other British 
universities also will not ignore its claim as an academic study. 
In Britain we usually employ the term “ anthropology ” to include all 
the branches of study which treat of man from zoological and cultural 
points of view. Appended is a copy of the schedule adopted by the 
Board of Anthropological Studies in the University of Cambridge, which 
gives a good general idea of the various aspects of the subject, but it is 
by no means exhaustive. The more important universities of the United 
States have well-organized anthropological departments, in which great 
prominence is given to investigations in the field. 
It is evident that anthropology (or ethnology, if that term be preferred) 
affords a very wide field for study and research. At the same time it is 
m intimate relation with other studies, as, for example, human anatomy, 
geography, history, sociology, jurisprudence, ethics, and religion. Certain 
aspects of anthropology could usefully be combined with any of these 
subjects, or could with profit be studied as fourth-year or post-graduate 
courses on the completion of any one of them. A training in natural 
