They determined to inaugurate "A Solemn Memorial of the Tercentenary of the Transplanting of the Negro race to the United States." In order, however, to give all sections and interests of the Negro race adequate voice and representation in these plans, this committee set about choosing a Committee of "Three Hundred and More," in whose hands the Memorial will take final shape. This Committee is now being chosen and will meet in New York early in January, 1919. * * * * * The _Linchoten Vereeniging_ has published for Mr. E. C. Godee Mossbergen two volumes of _Reizen in Zuid-Afrika in de Hollandse Tijd_. * * * * * From the press of Longsman two volumes bearing on Africa have been published. One is by Sir Hugh Clifford, entitled the _German Colonies_, with special relation to the native population of Africa. The other, by H. C. O'Neill, is the _War in Africa and the Far East_, dealing largely with the conquest of the German colonies. * * * * * Houghton, Mifflin and Company have published a study entitled _Lincoln in Illinois_ by Miss Octavia Roberts. This work is largely a compilation of the recollections of his contemporaries. * * * * * To extend the work of the Association the Director of Research is now making an effort to secure the cooperation of five persons who, like Mr. Julius Rosenwald, will contribute $400 annually to the support of this cause. Mr. Moorfield Storey and Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge have each pledged themselves to give this amount. It is earnestly hoped that other philanthropists will subscribe. THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY VOL. IV--APRIL, 1919--NO. 2 THE CONFLICT AND FUSION OF CULTURES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NEGRO[1] Under ordinary circumstances the transmission of the social tradition is from the parents to the children. Children are born into society and take over its customs, habits, and standards of life simply, naturally, and without conflict. But it will at once occur to any one that the life of society is not always continued and maintained in this natural way, by the succession of parents and children. New societies are formed by conquest and by the imposition of one people upon another. In such cases there arises a conflict of cultures and as a result the process of fusion takes place slowly and is frequently not complete. New societies are frequently formed by colonization, in which case new cultures are grafted on to older ones. The work of missionary societies is essentially one of colonization in this sense.