Show EXPEDITION TO STUDY LIFE OF POLYNESIANS POL HONOLULU Feb 28 AP AP came the Polynesians who had a culture ext extending over a v vast t area in the south sees seas s before white civilization civili civili- eng engulfed it The be answer to this question and fuller Information on the life UCe and customs of this island l. l d race are sought by bv-an bv an from th tha wh lhnn museum Here sails MUs l 1 I for a six months' months st stay y among hitherto hither hither- to unstudied southeastern Polynesian an Islands The itinerary of the expedition in eludes dudes the islands of ot Pitcairn Rapa Tubal and Once regarded as ns a weak race the Polynesians are represented by the Hawaiians Hawaiian as having come corne back vig vii In th the last lut few years years until the fear that they might finally become become be be- come extinct has been dissipated Some Same ethnologists ethnologist have called them of Malaysian origin and others have argued they are a branch of the Aryan race For 13 years the Bishop museum has conducted a systematic study of Polynesia which the present expedition tion hopes to conclude In the course ourse of ot t this study tudY representatives have collected col col a huge mass of at information which when collated will provide an exhaustive history of the life language lan Ian guage and customs of many different groups |