RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES £49
scientific study of African problems and in the
improvement of conditions of native life and of
the methods of colonial administration.
The sum of 230,000 was appropriated to the
Australian National Research Council in support
of a program of research in anthropology and for
the publication of results over the three-year
period beginning July 1, 1935. The Foundation's
long-continued support of anthropological research
under the auspices of the Australian National
Research Council has yielded much valuable
material upon the vanishing primitive cultures
of Australia and the South Pacific. While
the interest actuating the research has been primarily
scientific, practical values are being realized.
For instance, natives in the mandated
Territory of New Guinea are being studied with
the idea of developing an understanding of the
native social organization among those who are
responsible for ruling the territory. While the
work in Australia is not finished and the council
hopes to find funds elsewhere for its continuance,
the particular program which has been assisted
by the Foundation can be rounded out and
brought to completion by the current grant.
A field training course in anthropology conducted
under the auspices of the Laboratory of
Anthropology at Santa Fe was initiated in the
summer of 1929 with the aid of #15,000 from the
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