Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-04-01

arc foo imnatient TO wait for the machine that
annihilates time and distance and topography
They must be at the work of prylng INTO Tue 10"
remaining mysteries of the earth.
Anyway the spring of 1921 sees at least Seoi0
of expeditions on the way or in preparation
The only international project is one to discover
the origin of the Poynesian race OF the oouen
Pacific.
A Pan-American exploration of tropicaf Amerl-
ca will he limited to nations of the western hem-
iSphere.
An American expedition to British Guiana Is
commercially important in that it may uncover
diamond field.
The third Asatc expedition of the American
Museum of Natural History to China to discover
evidence that the Hmssng link" actually once ex-
listed is possibly the most scientifically important
The project of the Royal Geographical society
to ascend Mount Everest (29,O02 ft.), the highest
mountain in the world, is possibly the most fas-
chatting.
Among the other exploring projects are the fol-
lowing One to the Antarctic; six to the Arctic;
four to Africa four to Central and South Amer
lea one to Siberia.
The project to attempt to discover the origin
of the PoIynesian race originated at recent con-
ference of scientists in Honolulu under the d.
rection of the Pan-Pacific union, at which it was
agreed to undertake a survey of the islands of
the South Pacific. The countries interested in the
expedition and which will have representatives
with it are the United States, England, Japan
Canada, Australia New Zealand, Hawaii and the
Philippines Yale, Harvard and other educational
Institutions are supporting the project. There
never has been any doubt that the Hawaiian
Samoan Tahitian, Tongan and Maori are closely
akin. Their legends, speech customs and build
all testify to the relationship, but hitherto their
origin has been lost in the miss of the ages. They
believed by many scientists to be of Caucasian
origin Meanwhile the Polynesian is dying fast;
his is passing out at high speed, and the In
yoSti ore being
as possible.
Louis r. Sullivan of the American Museum of
Natural History New York. has been conducting
Investigations along this line. Bodily, facial and
cranal characteristics Of the Polynesian, accord
ing to Mr.. Sullivans tables show that he is eleven
parts Mongooid, five parts European, five parts
Mongoloid- European and two parts Mongoloid-Me
lanasian His conclusion is that the Hawaiian
and his PoIynesian brothers originally came from
Asia
SysematicaI exploration and research in the
interest of natural science will be started in the
near future in Central and South America should
plans being perfected by representatives of
American scientific organizations meet with the
anticipated success Dr. A. S. Hitchcock of the
Smithsonian institution announces. Under the SUI
peryision of a committee of scientists headed by
Doctor Hitchcock, the institute for research in
tropical America has been formed and preliminary
arrangements for beginning It's work completed in
a series of meetings called by the national re-
search council. In addition to exploration along
botanical. anthropoogical, geological, geological
lines, the institute plans to establish system of
research stations and laboratories in the tropics
at which scientific experimentation will be car
ried on
Because of the necessity Of limiting the scope
of the organizations activities at least until the
time when it shall be entirely equipped to branch
out Doctor Hitchcock explains, countries outside
the two American continents will not be permitted
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zeal American countries will be sought, it is pro-
posed at present to admit representatives of South
and Central American scientific bodies only to
associate or correspondent membership.