prof. Dr. Rudolf Rahmann 
S.V.D. 
Anthropos Institute: 
Fifty Years of Dedication to Anthropo ogy 
of the Anthropos has been 
, ^ ne ^e most significant developmen s Anthropos Institute. 
e fact that fifty years ago this journal gave birt erns D f the Institute, 
The In turn, has become one of the greatest concern 
n °t indeed its most important undertaking. merely grew out of the 
The Institute was never really founde : 1 issiona ries” a quarter 
f Urnal begun by Father Wilhelm Schmidt ‘ for an Y garter members 
^ a century earlier. Being the lone survivor f rom celebrates its Fiftieth 
th e Institute, I was asked, as the Anthropos Inst sub ject. 
bniversary, to record some of my personal thoug s ^ ^ much to list and 
The purpose of this commemorative note is Institute (such as 
a uate the many achievements of the mem ers course, Wilhelm 
Gusinde, Paul Schebesta, and many others, and ^ ^ 
l mi dt himself). This has been done severa tim£ s publications of 
Y that the Institute can be rightly proud of the nu P a nd other 
1 ^mbers as well as of their fieldwork, teaching " H ’ owever , we 
,:r° nal anthro Polo§ ical achievements aroun coUaboration between the 
wish to overlook the close and mvalua faiths, races, and 
' hro P° s Institute and other anthropologists o vano close c onnec- 
ures - In this brief paper, I wish to point out especia y. and L in- 
n etween the Anthropos, International Review of institute and its 
“**« the Anthropos Institute, as weU as between the ^ } 
ns °b the Society of the Divine Word (Societas e membe rs to the 
lsty Societ y ttiat assigns qualified men from amon ^ maintaining 
h e \ Ute and for ^y Y ears das made great financia sa glance at the 
institute. This paper will also offer us an opportunity to gl 
r< “ °f the Institute. , that Father 
Sch m V aS ln 1932 ’ in Vol ‘ 27 (PP ' 27 , 5 fl } ° T stitute 2 P He dehberately 
sp ea , 1 1 ann ounced the “establishment” of t e ns ^^ndung (“found- 
in 8”) S O t T Enichtun S (“establishment”) and n °‘° ference to his journal 
Anti " the °tber hand, he speaks of a Gründung Miss i on Seminary, 
nthr °P°s, which he founded in 1906 at St. Gabriel s Missron 
A.n 
^ ee the pertinent articles listed in the Bibliography. referred to as 
lnou Schmidt, Short article (see Bibliography) will henceforth be 
aou ncement.” 
^thro. 
42 
'P°s 77.1982