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MIR. HOLMES HONORS.
Washington Scientist Receives an
Important Prize.


The award Of the LIE Due de Loubat
prizes, founded with Columbia College Of
New York, to be awarded once in five
years. for the most noteworthy works on
American anthropology, has been made
and the first grand prize Of $1,000 was cap
tLred by Mr.. William Henry Holmes of
Washington, head curator of anthropology
at the United States National Museum and
formerly curator of the department of
ethnology in the Field Colum bian Museum
at Chicago.
LIE Due de Loubat is American born, of
French descent. inheriting his title from his
father. He is immensely wealthy, and is
cosmopolitan, spending greater portion
of his time, however, in New York city. He
recently gave $1OUU,OOU to Columbian Col
leee in that city. aside from founding the
prizes for anthropological works. The
award of these prizes is the first that has
been made, and the Importance Of The
CrkS submitted in competition cannot be
ol erestimated. Judges are appointed for
each fve-year period. The committee OF
judges which has just completed It's SER
vices was composed Of Professor H. T.
Peck of Columbia College, DR.. Daniel G.
Brinton and Professor w. j. MCGEE of the
bureau of ethnology in this city.
Besides carefully scanning the works re-
ceived in competition, the committee also
examined such other works relating to
American archaeology as have been pub
lished in the English language during the
last three years In the consideration Of
the monographs the committee took into
account not only the scientific value Ct the
work, but also the Importance of the sub
ject treated, the method of investigation
pursued by the authors, and the artistic
and literary excellence of the presentation
The monographs that were formally sub
mitted for examination were the produc-
tions of eight different authors. OF these
the committee selected as being the most
the conditions prescribed for the COMPETE
ton the treatise offered by Mr.. William
Henry Holmes of Washington, the title
of whose treatise was Stone Implements
Of the Potomac-Chesapeake Tidewater
Provinces In recommending the award of
the first prize of 81 900 to Mr.. Holmes, the
committee says:
This volume may be held to mark an
epoch in American archaeological research
by interpreting the remarkably abundant
artifacts of a typical region in the light OF
previous studies of actual aboriginal handi-
work, and thus establishing a basis for
the classification of the stone art Of the
western hemisphere. 1t is the result of
many years of personal study, numerous
experiments and close theological analysis
and is supplied with wealth of illustra-
tive material that gives II most exceptional
interest and value.
The second prize of 800 was awarded to
DR.. Franz Boas of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Natural History of New York,
the subject Of whose monograph was: THE
Sociel Organization and Secret Societies of
the Kwakiutl Indians" Honorable men,
ton Is due DR.. Karl Lumboltz who treated
the subject: objective Symbolism of the
Huichol Indians" and Mr.. Frank II. Cush-
Ing of Washington, who offered a manu-
script interpretative of aboriginal art and
Industry, under the title: ''Tomahawk and
Calumet Shield and Gorget." and DR.. WAL
ter Hoffman, whose extended memoirs en-
bodied a careful study Of the Menomini
Indians. The committee also especially
commended the work of Alfred p Mands-
lay of London, dealing with the archaeolo-
gy of Central America but which was not
submitted or completely published.
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