From the January 25, 1930, issue

IF AMERICA HAD NOT BEEN DISCOVERED

The suggestion that ancient America appears to parallel ancient Europe rather remarkably was made recently by Dr. A.V. Kidder, archaeologist of Phillips Academy, Andover, and director of archaeological researches for the Carnegie Institute of Washington. Dr. Kidder pointed out that the Mayan Indians who lived in Central America and Yucatan developed there a culture which was the finest in America, very much as the Greek was the highest culture of Europe.