Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — MAKING STUDY OF VOLCANOES [ARTICLE]

MAKING STUDY OF VOLCANOES

Department of Agriculture Has Taken Up New Line, Which Is Bound to Be of Interest. , The department of agriculture has begun the extensive observation of the volcanoes within its borders and insular possessions, and has recently taken formal charge of the observatory on Kilauea, Hawaiian Islands. Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr., formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has been director of the observatory since its foundation, will remain in charge. The Investigations at Kilauea were begun in .1912, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and since 1913 have been maintained at the expense of the Hawaiian Volcano Research association, consisting chiefly of residents of Honolulu. It is expected that the weather bureau’s work in volcanolbgy will be developed in many details and eventually be extended to Alaska and other regions under the control of the United States in which active volcanoes exist.