Show i A a ardt starr goes to the wilds of africa sept 15 prof frederick tari alie university of chicago anthropologist haa been granted a leave of absence of more than a year by officials of the university which time he will spend among the savage tribes of central africa he will leave chicago tomorrow and expects to sail from new york next monday As the region which be expects to visit is under the control of belgium jie will go first to antwerp to make arrangements range ments with the belgian authorities which will enable him to penetrate he region under the congo protectorate ate he expects to reach bona ct the mouth of the congo about october 19 and will go overland to the bungles of where he will live natives tor a year his head quarters will be 1000 miles from the aea and the only white man who be with him will be his mexican photographer to manucl gonzales a boy whom prof starr has educated I 1 the particular purpose of prof starra visit ia to make a thorough anthropological gatudy of the inhabitants of the land ot civilization lias not reached this region and lutlo a of the people prof varner an american visited the country two years ago and brought specimens of one of the tribes to the at louis exposition it was here that prof starr saw the strange people and decided that they wore undoubtedly the most interesting in the world for anthropological research |