EBTABLISHMENT AND AIMS OF THE KROEBER ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY

In the fall of 1949, a group of anthropology students at the

University of California (Berkeley) gathered to discuss the possibility
of forming a society of anthropologists which could publish occasional
papers. The idea was enthusiasticauly supported by a number of stud-
ents and the organization was officially constituted on December 1,
1949.

At an early meeting of the society, it was decided by a vote of

the members that their group shbuld be called the Kroeber Anthropological
Society, in honor of Professor A.L. Kroeber and in recognition of his

long and outstanding eareer in anthropology. Professor Kroeber kindly
allowed the use of his name for this purpose.

The Kreeber Society y    organized in Perkeley, where there are
enough anthrepmlogy students to support the activities of the group.
The society is in no way a closed group, however, and interested in-
dividuals are welcome to join. The editorial board will be glad to
consider papers submitted by non-members as well as members.

The officers chosen to guide the Kroeber Society for the 1949-1950
term include the following:

Chairman: Clement W. Meighan

Vice-chairman - treasurer: Alan R. Beals
Secretary: Catharine McClellan

Program Director: Francis A. Riddell

Publications Director: Richard Bachenheimer

An editorial board composed of graduate students was also established,

including the following members: Stephen C. Cappannari, Harold C. Conklin,
Leo A. Estel, John F. Goins, Dorothy L. Rainier, and Adan E. Treganza.
It was decided that sub6oription to the society's publications would
be by membership in the group, and the annual dues were set at $3.00.
Persons interested in joining the Kroeber Society may apply to the

treasurer, care of the Department of Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley.

The activities of the Kroeber Society at the present time include the
holding of meetings to hear papers on anthropological topics, and the
publishing of the present series, The publication is not envisaged

as a competitor to any of the present anthropological journals, but rather
as a supDlement, sinoe muech of the material to be published here will
be the work of' students and might not otherwise be published. Each

year sees the produetion of many student papers, seminar reports, and

ilndi.vidlual research projects which are filed away and not accessible to

ofher rtudents, Many of these papers are of considerable scholarly merit
and deserve publioatlcn. It is hoped that the present economical format

will, enable to Kroeber Soeiety to make such work more generally available.

Having expressed cur professional indebtedness to Professor Kroeber
by using his nae QS the name of the society, we would like to make our
first puiblication a small tribute to Professor Robert H. Lowie, whose

pioneer work in anthropology is well known to all students of culture. ,The
members of the Kroeber Society Join in expressing their appreciation for
Professor Lowlets many years of stimualating guidance and teaching.

Clement W. Meighan