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Show JOHN OTTGlOTfS PffiN - TO DISCOVER .8 EST! 8? tANfiUfiffijBABYtOLONy Shortly after. the Incoming administration adminis-tration Is Inaugurated, John S. Critch-low. Critch-low. the present genial City Recorder; It Is rumored, will take charge of the proposed Utah branch of the Universal Society for the Study of Languages. This society., which has its headquarters headquar-ters In 'Par's, annually expends large-sums large-sums of moneyjn gathering scientific facts concerning the nature and development devel-opment of languages. - Sometime ago Prof. Bynkersc hoek. ar officer of the society or company. Is alleged al-leged to have visited Salt Lake City fo the purpose'ofr obtaining possession c-an c-an Island In Great Salt lake. Through the aid -of Mr. Crttchlow. Prof. Bynkerschoek Bynker-schoek succeeded in locating a smal uninhabited island near the west shore of the lake. This island has been seldom sel-dom seen, and more rarely visited, by anybody. It Is pictured as an ideal place for the experiments that are to bet conducted there. A small spring of water, which bubbles-out of the Bide of a little hill near the center of the laland will supply water to the few persons who will make their home there. V The complete Isolation of the place, will secure se-cure the privacy and freedom from Interruption In-terruption which are essential to'the Telfare of the experiment. It la the purpose of the society to "luild several substantial houses on the sland and 'place there about forty 'oung babies of different nationalities, .ho are not old enough to understand r f peak any. language. A corps of deaf nd dumb nurses will have charge of he colony. No other person, except of-leers of-leers or employees of the society, will k allowed to land upon the Island or to communicate with any of the attendants. attend-ants. No books or . writings of any Xlnd will be allowed there. The chll-Iren chll-Iren will remain in this environment tbout ten or twelve years without hearing hear-ing any language spoken, except such is they themselves Invent. The purpose pur-pose of the experiment Is to discover.. If possible, the original human language. lan-guage. - V ' After the children have begun to talk, a learned representative of the society will visit the Island from time to time and note such matters of scientific interest in-terest as attract his attention. Prof. Bynkerschoek Is of the opinion that the children will not begin to develop de-velop a language until they are about or 7 year of age. Other experiments conducted on similar lines, but on a smaller scale and under less favorable circumstances, lead him to make thla estimate. In former experiments the language developed bore some resemblance resem-blance to ancient Hebrew, but no ex-priment ex-priment has yet been conducted where such complete isolation aa Is possible here " has been secured. Most of the children to be used In the experiment will come from Chicago. Prof. Bynkerschoek is highly pleased with our climate and firmly believes that the favorable climatic conditions, which exist here, will have much to do with the success of the experiment. The society will have much to do with the success of the experiment. The society will open offices and begin the construction con-struction of Its buildings as soon as Prof. Bynkerschoek returns from Provo. where he is sojourning for a brief period. At that time Mr. Crttchlow Crttch-low will take charge of the business affairs of the society and write all ita advertisements. ' ' It Is said that retiring City Treasurer Fisher Harris may be secured as head of the corps of deaf and dumb Instructors. Instruc-tors. Aa a developer of language he haa no superiors and few equals in the Intermountaln region. |