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Show SIF&E'R&HE MISSIJVG L1JSTKIJH JAVA. " Search for the pithecanthropus, tho 'missing link" In Darwin's theory ot tho evolution of man la now undor way with tho raonoy of a Vanderbllt Tbo publlo schools ot tho New York city boroughs aro open again, and onco mora the people, of that city are confronted with tho problem how to behind David J Walters, a student ot Yale, backed by . ,3orge Vanderbllt. W jJX -J CCT I left New Haven TW-WTTVp frfSfoX tho other day. and ? 1&fhYG7'? ' Mi$N- expecti to lake up m i j, Y 'r f. ' . .' VJ WI'&SwL hla atlll hunt nu i W jgi CWiWt aro said tu yZA,) tf "wj Jr vo been teen fiHV2 In tho foresu of U'Uyy riTtfECANTHrOPItf. 1 lava, and every ef- 'ill s i fort of the two ij ' x3 . men will b bent I 1 'toward ceiurlng a specimen Briefly, tho Darwinian philosophy olds tbat all animal life began with ' i few primitive forma of living organ-aims, organ-aims, arsntlng that ot all tbeso prcs-v prcs-v int forma man la at tho top, tbo ques tion la. How did ha get there nnd from ', what lower ordorr Darwin held that nan was not necessarily a doveloped ips; only that far back In tho history if world building tho man-branch ot lie ape stock diverged from the nor-"- nal, and that It rontlued through ages . o develop along the lines of Ita dlf- " krentatlon ,-' In a great measure the study of the ','t mown apes and monkcya has been ;' ' llsappolntlng to scientists, who would ( -.. lave made man a direct descendant of ' " Ihe apa group Kour of tho best rep- 1 s -esentatlvea of the group now known ire the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang-5 orang-5 lutnng, and gibbon Hut no one of hesa approaches man more clearly l Jian another, and all fall far .short. am Tho question of the missing link rwenty-fhe years ago was mure In tho i ' yubUc ear than It Is now, but today It "r- iaa not been nnswered If the pltho- lanthropus shall glvo evldenco In sup- sort of the Darwinian theory, It promisee prom-isee to be quite as welcome us It la bow unnecessary provide for tbo large number of children chil-dren seeking admission It Is stated that 13000 children In the boroughs ot Manhattan and Ilronx must be put on half-time, Instruction. In Urooklyn r.0,000 and In Queens 10,000 will also bo put on short time In otbor words one-third ot all the pupils of tho city will bo deprived ddrlng the coming school year ot their full share, of educational edu-cational advantages. ' |