Accompanies Expedition

The chance to visit and study a heretofore uncharted region populated only by detached Chinese tribes who never heard of the Communist party has taken Richard P. Goldthwait '33, professor of geology at Ohio State University, to the mountain ranges of western China. He accompanied a scientific aerial expedition sponsored by the Boston Museum of Science and Milton Reynolds, much-traveled Chicago manufacturer.

The young Ohio State professor, a son of the late J. Walter Goldthwait, Hall Professor of Geology at Dartmouth, is enthusiastic about the trip, the most exciting so far on his already impressive record of exploration. The expedition left Chicago the latter part of December and expects to return by February 15. During their stay in the unmapped upper reaches of the Yellow River and the mountainous region of China near the Tibet border, Bradford Washburn, director of the Boston museum, will serve as chief photographer. From Mr. Washburn's pictures, Professor Goldthwait later will make maps and charts showing the geological origin of the mountains and the extent of glaciation in the area. For the most part, this expedition will be the first systematic approach ever made to the possible value of this mountainous, inland region.

RICHARD P. GOLDTHWAIT '33