The Red Cloud chief., 1921-04-07

are too impatient to wait for the machihe ',"'
annihiates time and distance and topography.
They must he at the work OF prying into 'he ie"
remaining mysteries Of the earth
Anyway. the spring Of 1921 sees mt ieast u seo'o
of expeditions on the way or In preparation.
The only international project is one to discover
the origin Of the POlynesian race OF the SCUM
Pacific.
A Pan.American exploration of tropical Amer'-
ca will he limited to nations Of the western HEM
isphere.
An American expedition to British Guiana Is
commercially important In that 1t may uncover
diamond field.
The third Asatic expedition of the American
Museum of Natural History to China to discover
evidence that the missing link" actually once ex-
tstrd Is possibly the most scientifically important
The project Of the Royal Geographical society
Il. ascend Mount Everest (29,OO2 it,, the highest
mountain in the world, Is possibly the most fas-
rinating
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
VI the Polynesan race originated at recent con-
ference of scientists In Honolulu, under the d.
recton Of the Pan-Pacfc union ut which II was
agreed to undertake a survey OF the Islands OF
the South Pacific. The countries interested In the
expedition ard which will have representatives.
with 1t are the United States. England, JAPAN
Philippines. Yale Harvard and other educational
institutions are supporting the project. There
never has been any doubt that the Hawaiian,
Samoan, Tnhitian 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 mists of the ages. They
are 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
vestigatons are being pushed with as little delay
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 POynesian accord
Ing to Mr. Sullvan's tables, show that he is eleven
parts Mongolold. five parts European, five parts
MOngOlOd-EurOpean and two parts MOngolOd-Me-
iannsian His conclusion is that the Hawaiian
and his Polynesian brothers originally came from
ASIA
Sysematical exploration and research In the
interest of natural science will be started In the
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
pervislon of n committee Of scientists headed by
Doctor Hitchcock, the institute for research In
tropical America has been formed and preliminary
arrangements for beginning Its work completed In
a series of meetings called by the national re-
search council. In addition to exploration along
botanical. anthropo'cgical, geological, geological
lines, the institute plans to establish system OF
research stations and laboratories In the tropics,
Mt 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 1t shall be entirely equipped to branch
out, Doctor Hitchcock explains, countries outside
the two American continents will not be permitted
to participate While the cooperation Of all trop-
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.