1917 
fhe years follow one another with rapidity and without 
important happenings but with many interesting details in the | 
way of duties, responsibilities and untertakings. A list of 
my interests at the present period is given in the 1916 record, 
My presidential address at the annual meeting o¢ the | 
Washington Academy, December, 1917, was "A Bird's-Eye View of — 
Homo Sapiens" -« an outline of human history, {llustrated by 
lantern slides (mot published): 
de "The Apes" « @ series of slides. 
2e “Men of the O14 Stone Azo" 
_ oe "Ghilahood cf Art" 
4, " | | : 
5. "Development of Activities and Arts «- Weapons, 
Implements, Processes, Buildings, Ships, Vehicles, 
Pottery, Drawing, Writing, Steam Engines, 
Electricity, ete.” — 
The veport of the Department of Anthropology for the 
year occupies page 15 of the itaswun Report for the year. The 
only departure from the usual routine of the Head Curator is 
recorded as follows: 
"hetivities in the Division were in the main confined 
to such studies as were necessary in the classification, installa- 
tion, and labelling of collections and to the correspondence. 
