The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-23

are too impatient to wait for the machine
annihilates time and distance and toposi 'p sa,
They must be at the work of prying into '''e ~
remaining mysteries of the earth. 1850
ANYWAY. the spring of 1921 sees at least a scoie
of expeditions on the way or in preparation:
The only international project is one to discover
the origin of the Polynesian race OF ,he oou'A'
Pacific
A Pan-American exploration OF tropleai A%e. ,
"a will he limited to nations Of the western hen-
isphere. ,..,.u q
An American expedition to British Guiana Is
commercially important in that it may uncover q
new diamond field.
The third Asiatic expedition of the American
Museum Of Natural History to China to discover
evidence that the amissing link" actually once ex
isted is possibly the most scientifically important
The project Of the Royal Geographical society
n ascend Mount Everest (29,O02 ft), the hignest
mountain in the world, is possibly the most Ias-
cnating. =,
Among the other exploring projects are the FOL
lowing: One to the Antarctic; six to the Arcuc;
four to Africa four to Central ana SCUM AlAeA-
lea; one to Siberia.
Tho nroiect to attempt to discover tile origin
Of the Polynesian race originated at recent con-
ference of scientists In Honolulu, under the dl-
! rection Of the Pan-Pacifc unipn at which 1t was
agreed to undertake survey OF the ISLANDS Oh
the South Pacific. The countries interested In the
expedition and which will have representatives
Canada Australia. New Zealand, Hawaii and the
Philinu6es Yale Harvard and other educational
| institutions are supporting the project Tnere
i never has been any doubt that the Hawaiian
| Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan and Maori are closely
! akin Their legends speech, customs ana Duiio
all testify to the relationship, but hitherto ner
origin has been lost In the msts Of the ages They
are believed by many scientists to be of Caucasian
/ origin. Meanwhile the POlynesian Is dying fast;
/ Ma race is passing out at high speed, and the In
yesigations are being pushed with as little delay
/ as possible.
Louis r, Sullivan of the American Museum OF
/ Natural History, New York, has been conductng
investigations along this line. Bodily, facial ana
cranal characteristics Of the Poiynesian, accord
snv - Mr. sullayans tables show that he Is eleven
parts Mongoloid. Ave parts European. hye parts
1 Mongoloid- european and two-parts Mongolod- Me
!; Ianasian His conclusion is that the Hawaiian
i and hts Polynesan brothers originally came from
! ASIA
Systematical exploration and research In the
interest IL uatunl science will be started IN the
4 near future In Central and South America snouiu
4 plans now being perfected by representatives OF
Il American scientifc organizations meet with the
anticipated success, DIR. "A. s. Hfchcock OF tne
81 kmithsonian institution announces. Under the su-
peryision OF a committee Of scientists headed py
4 Doctor Hitchcock, the institute for research ~
tropical America has been formed and preliminary
arrangements for beginning Its work compieteo -
Il i series Of meetings called BY the national re-
search council In addition to exploration afsne
Botanical, Archaeological geological Geological
Iinee the institute plans to establish system OF
research stations and laboratories IN the tropics
ct which scientific experimentation VIII oe car
81 ried "a. &
4 because Of the necessity Of limiting the scope
Il the organixations activitieA at least until the
fime when 1t shall be entirely equipped to branch
Il out Doctor Hitchcock explains, countries outside