took as his subject ' The Outlook for Anthropology'. He suggested that the war, though it had impeded anthropological study and the discussion and interchange of ideas, had at the same time revealed more clearly and urgently the problems to be studied; and anthropologists, at this juncture, should ask themselves what were to be the methods and aim of their studies in the future. Professor Forde referred to the emergence of anthropology as a distinct study in the nineteenth century, as a result

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... f the impact of biological science on the study of the humanities. The early anthropologists had formulated a somewhat grandiose definition of their province, as comprising the study of man, his origins, his behaviour, bis various cultures, and the interaction between them. The great vision and the wide objective of these times seemed remote to-day and very far from fulfilment, in spite of the great increase in our knowledge. The intensification of interest and the elaboration of technique had, in fact, resulted in increased specialization and a narrower outlook. Could anthropology resume its role as an integrative study? Professor Forde traced the influence of genetics and comparative anatomy on the study of man's physical and cultural variations and suggested that the physiological factors underlying differences of behaviour were a fruitful subject of study, though not, of course, without reference to the numerous other factors-ecological and social-which were involved. He deprecated any sweeping condemnation of the historical approach and the antagonism which was sometimes assumed between history and science. Historical interpretation of anthropological data was necessary for an understanding of the behaviour of living peoples. Anthropology to-day, he suggested, was tending to develop along two lines-the psychological and the sociological. The former method of approach sought to study the values and the motives underlying man's behaviour, ritual activities, and symbolism; the latter studied behaviour patterns in their social context as expressed in social structure and organization. By a detailed analysis of cultures and their inter-relations anthropology endeavoured to discover processes of wide generality. Such analyses were likely to prove of practical value, not only in relation to problems arising from the impact of western culture on colonial peoples, but also in relation to the tensions which were being revealed in our own society.