American Anthropologists

In New Britain

I ORE American anthropologists have arrived in Papua-New Guinea for a six-months’ study i popular period, rhe latest are from the Anthro logy Department of the Uni 'sity of Pennsylvania—led by Dr.

H. Goodenough, accompanied by ■. Daris Swindler and Miss Ann owning. rhe party went on to the Tala l area of New Britain where they 1 be making a study of the lages of the Nakanai group. It is my years since these natives re last studied —probably not since rman days.

3r. Goodenough decided on

lasea when he was in eastern pua on a survey visit in 1951. ;identally, he traces his family mections to the Goodenough after om the Islands were named.

Completing his Pacific photographic wprk for Life Magazine, rwr covering the Marquesas and the Cook Islands, Photographer Elisofon s £ ort da ys m Pago Pago, American Samoa, in February, to get “rain shots.” Ever since Maugham made it famous, people ia T^f xp f cted i to . rain in but Elisofon looked up at a perfistent sunny sky and wailed, Where is this famous rain?” Old Rainmaker mountain must have heard him—within ten minutes, the skies opened and he got all he wanted.

fl Major A. H Diffev and Mrs Diffey will settle in Y the United Kingdom after 25 years in Fiji An explosives expert, Major Diffev has been attached to the J Fiji Army. * A Public Service Institute which will conduct tutorial and Corre spondence courses for officers of the PNG Public Service will shortly be established in Port Moresby. At the same time, an Anciliary Division of the PS will be established for natives —this will be a “training section ” aimed at fitting natives for ultimate entry to the Third Division.