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Geological Survey, Ottawa, Can. ; Miss Alice C. Fletcher, Fellow of Harvard University, Washington, D. C. ; Mr. Gardner P. Stick- ney, Milwaukee, Wis. ; Dr. G. J. Engelmann, Boston, Mass. ; Prof. Frederick Starr, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111.
The Permanent Secretary and Treasurer hold over.
The Permanent Secretary was instructed to cast a ballot for the officers as nominated.
The business being concluded, the Society listened to an Address of the President, Prof. C. L. Edwards, concerning "Animal Myths and their Origin."
Other papers on the programme for Thursday were read by title.
Onondaga tale of the Pleiades, Dr. W. M. Beauchamp, Baldwins- ville, N. Y.
The Cherokee River Cult, James Mooney, Washington, D. C.
Early American Ballads, Mr. W. W. Newell, Cambridge, Mass.
In the afternoon, the affiliated societies held a joint discussion, the subject being "The Position that Universities should take in regard to Investigation."
At seven o'clock the Annual Dinner of the societies was held at the New Haven House.
On Friday, December 29, the Society held a Joint Meeting with Section H, Anthropology, of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Papers were read as follows : —
The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children, William S. Monroe.
Fly-Leaf Rhymes and Decorations, Mrs. Fanny D. Bergen, Cam- bridge, Mass.
American Sun-Myths, Franz Boas, New York, N. Y.
Star-Lore of the Micmacs, Mr. Stansbury Hagar, Brooklyn, N. Y.
An Arapaho Creation Myth, Mr. A. L. Kroeber, New York, N. Y.
Negro Song, illustrated by phonographic cylinders, Miss Alice M. Bacon, Hampton, Va.
Taboos of Tale-Telling, Alexander F. Chamberlain, Worcester, Mass.
The Devil's Grandmother, Mrs. Isabel C. Chamberlain, Worces- ter, Mass.
The Society adjourned, the Permanent Secretary having received authority to arrange the time and place of the next Annual Meet- ing.
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