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unknown as far as its plant life is concerned 

 and valuable data will be secured by the ex- 

 pedition. 



The archeological expedition under the di- 

 rection of Dr. J. A. Mason, will endeavor to 

 solve some of the interrelations of the ancient 

 civilizations of the Americas. It will also at- 

 tempt to establish proof of a connecting link 

 between the ancient Maya and the Inea of 

 Peru. The exploration of Colombia is expected 

 to yield many interesting stone statuettes, clay 

 images and gold ornaments of the ancient civi- 

 lization that inhabited that country. The De- 

 partment of Archeology also plans to pene- 

 trate the Colorado desert next sum m er and to 

 work among the Eastern Apache and Navaho 

 Indians. 



The expedition headed by Dr. Fay-Cooper 

 Cole will leave in June for the Malay Penin- 

 sula to study the origin and migration of the 

 Malay and Negrite races. He will attempt to 

 penetrate into the interior of Borneo by fol- 

 lowing up one of the rivers that empty into the 

 Java Sea. The expedition will be in the field 

 for an estimated period of two years and for 

 the most part will be in contact with pygmies 

 and the least advanced types of primitive Ma- 

 lays. 



Dr. B. Laufer, curator of the department of 

 anthropology, is planning a trip to China to 

 study the aboriginal tribes of the island of 

 Hai-nan. He will also make an archeological 

 survey of the Province of Pu-kien and Man- 

 churia in order to enlarge the Chinese collec- 

 tions of the museum. 



THE AMERICAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL 



The American Engineering Council of the 

 Federated American Engineering Societies 

 held its fli'st annual meeting at the Cosmos 

 Club, Washington, on January 5 and 6, Dean 

 Mortimer E. Cooley of the University of Mich- 

 igan, president of the council, presiding. Offi- 

 cers were chosen, the work of the past year 

 reviewed and discussed, action taken on 

 important matters of public and technical 

 service, new financial arrangements put into 

 effect, committees named, new policies sanc- 

 tioned and old ones reshaped, and a definite 

 program outlined for the next twelve months. 



A leading event of the meeting was a dinner 

 in honor of Mr. Herbert Hoover, who, address- 

 ing the members of the council and their 

 guests at the University Club, praised the work 

 of the committee on elimination of waste in 

 industry as a great and lasting public service, 

 pointed the way for new engineering effort in 

 the public interest, and expressed renewed 

 devotion to the ideals of the council. Resolu- 

 tions of apprecition of the service of the new 

 Secretary of Commerce were presented to Mr. 

 Hoover. 



On January 1, 1921, the membership of the 

 society was composed of six national and four- 

 teen state and local societies, a total of twenty. 

 On December 31, 1921, there were eight na- 

 tional and twenty state and local societies, a 

 gain of eight member societies representing 

 1,414 member engineers. 



The balloting for officers resulted in the re- 

 election as vice-presidents of Dexter S. Kim- 

 ball, dean of the College of Engineering, 

 Cornell University, and J. Parke Channing of 

 New York. "W. W. Varney of New York was 

 again chosen treasurer. L. W. Wallace was 

 re-elected executive secretary. 



The executive board of the council for 1922 

 is made up as follows: H. E. Howe, Wash- 

 ington, American Institute of Chemical Engi- 

 neers; Professor C. F. Scott of Yale, L. B. 

 Stillwell and Calvert Townley of New York, 

 J. H. Finney of Washington, William 

 McClellan of Philadelphia, and L. F. More- 

 house of New York, representing the American 

 Institute of Electric Engineers; J. Parke 

 Channing and A. S. Dwight of New York, 

 Charles H. McDowall of Chicago and Philip 

 N. Moore of St. Louis, the American Institute 

 of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; L. P. 

 Alford of New York, E. S. Carman of Cleve- 

 land, Dean D. S. Kimball of Cornell, Professor 

 A. M. Greene of Troy, Dean P. F. Walker of 

 Kansas, W. S. Lee of New York, Dean M. E. 

 Cooley of Michigan, American Society of 

 Mechanical Engineers; Professor J. W. Eoe 

 of New York, Society of Industrial Engineers; 

 Morris L. Cooke, Philadelphia, Taylor Society; 

 W. E. Rolfe, Associated Engineering Societies 

 of St. Louis; W. W. Varney, Baltimore Engi- 

 neers' Club. 



Regional dii'ectors chosen for 1922 are : 



