The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-08

too impatient to wait for the machine that
annhilates time and distance and topography
They must be at the work of prying into the few
remaining mysteries of the earth.
Anyway, the spring of 1921 at least score
of expeditions on the way In preparation
The only international project is one 10 discover
the origin of the Polynesan race of the South
| Pacific.
| A Pan-Amercan exploration of tropical Ameri-
ca will he limited to nations of the western hem
| isphere.
! An American expedition to British Guiana is
commercially important in that II may uncover
new diamond field
| The third Asiatic expedition of the American
Museum of Natural History to China to discover
evidence that the missing link" actually
listed is possibly the most scientifically important
The project of the Royal Geographical society
TO ascend Mount Everest (29,002 ft), the highest
mountain in the world, is possibly the most fas-
cnating.
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
ica to Siberia.
The project to attempt to discover the origin
of the Poynesian race originated at a recent con-
ference of scientists in Honolulu, under the d.
rection of the Pan-Pacifc union at which II was
agreed to undertake survey of the islands of
the South Pacific The countries Interested I'm the
expedition and which will have representatives
with II 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 buiId
all testify to the relationship, but hitherto their
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
his race Is passing out at high speed and the in
vestigations are being pushed with little delay
rs possible
Louis K. Sullivan of the American Museum of
Natural History, New York. has been conducting
Investigations along this line Bodily facial and
'ranial characteristics of the Poyneslan accord
ng to Mr. Sullivan's tables. show that he is eleven
'arts Mongoloid, five parts European, five parts
and two parts Mongoloid-Me-
anasian His conclusion is that the Hawaiian
nd his Polynesan brothers originally came from
sia.
Systematical exploration and research in the
interest of natural science will be started in the
ear ruture In Central and South America. should
ans now being perfected by representatives of
merican scientific organizations meet with the
anticipated success, DR.. A. S. Hitchcock of the
nithsonian institution announces. Under the su
sryision of committee of scientists headed nv
octor Hitchcock, the institute for research in
OPTICAL America has been formed and preliminary
engagements for beginning its work completed In
series OF meetings called by the national re-
arch council In addition to exploration along
tamcal, antnropological, geological geological
les the institute plans to establish a system of
search stations and laboratories In the tropics
which scientific experimentation will be car
ID on. q
Because of the necessity of limiting the scope
the organizations activities, at least until the ii
lie when II shall be entirely equipped to branch 2
: Doctor Hitchcock explains countries outside A
two American continents will not be permitted a
participate. While the cooperation of all trop- tc
American countries will be sought, II is pro- b,
ed at present to admit representatives of South al
Central American scientific bodies only to pt
ociate or correspondent membership. OF