New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
EXCAVATIONS IN GREECE.
WORK OF. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN.
ARCHAEOLOGY.

POTTERY pro Up BY TUE AMENcASs-rHn
ATHENS wATERwoRKs - STUDYING THE
TuEArEEs-rHE QUESTION OF STAGES.
Athens. December 6.
DR.. waldstein he's two qualities which are
useful as an archaeoIogist: the enthusiasm which
leads him to hunt diligently for something
worth finding. and the enthusiasm which makes
the most OF that which ne does md. When
saw him a few days ago he had Just come
from Argos. where under his superintendence
the American School has been digging Tor the
last month His face was radiant with that
Joy which illumines the face OF western
miner when he has struck good LEAD. ana ne
was ready to declare that the md this year
was the richest that the American School mas
ever made He even thought that 1t might
compare favorably with the glorious results
which in past days the Germans had acheved
N Olvmpia. There is nothing like the wine
~ discovery for intoxicating the archaeologist
In talking with Mrs. Schemann the otner day
she spoke Of the Importance Of imagination ior
the archaeologIs,, especially In imp"lllng eS-
ploration but I vcnturpd To add that IL was
pcrhaps as useful In estimating the value OF MS
discoveries Certainly DR. Schliemann o"'u
his extraordinary success to a faith based on
u.s.. his spade where no archaeologst had msed
II before: but how his imagination did name
over what he dug up. And we'll It might Such
pcrs::naI .xal,ation IL one, Of the privileges and
co,npo nsat tions ~ the discovcrer. Sooner or
later = whole platoon Of critics will clip the
wings Of his ranc, and chill the halo round MS
head until II coldens"s into perspiration on nj"
brow I!ut he is a poor digger who when ne
first comes ont Of the trench. cannot convert
, th"s. drops on hts forehead into prisma'ic
beads gl"wng with all the co'ors OF 'he ram
bow Dr Waldstpin ~ safe from the scaipei
Of the critics for at least several months to
come sine. his discoveries In TN" shape o'
some thir, $ nv" baskets ~ pottery and various
mari,l. fragments ar. securely shut mp IN the
National Musoun. where no one can writ"
them up but himself
Two years ago when he excavations were
innIe hy Dr waldsteln a. Eratria. a N"w-forK
we.kly religious paper published a cable dispatch
Announcing the dircovery of the tomb of Arist"t'
Tn. dspatrh was preceded ny an array OF
, , scare heads" several files deep. and by
startling number ~ exclamation points alto
ce,hrr too hys,.rical and ejaculat"ry Tor me
s.bri.ty of a religious paper who's" motto should
be-: "Sw.ar not at all; lst your yea b" yea. ana
vnur nay nay" DR. waldstein was obliged
:, writ. correcting the exaggerated statements
GENT to America by cable. and which three
: thousand miles O. subm"rsion under the ocean
had not cooled on And when I was AT Er"'r!a
some lime ago with the German School.
found that the German professors s:riied ratn"r
incredulo,islv when spoke ~ IN" t"np "i
Aristotle Their Interpretation ~ the discovery
I suspect would be much lik" the examination
paper of the boy who wrote ."fIomer was not
written by Homer. but by somebody Else "r Inc
s,n." name" Unfortunately not having pro-
viirI myself with copy of that disIa''h' ann
no, being ,..lI fortified 10y Dr. Walhst"ins arg"-
mont I could n II conyinc. Dr. ih,rrf-ll or DR.
Walters ,ha, Aris, tile rad n daughter or that
tho tradition should H.. disr-garIpi viii n
buried him at Chaichis instead Of at Eretria
TIL. work ~ tn. American School at Argos
this last year was In continuation ~ that done
the year before when Dr. Wal1stein had every
reason 10 be jubilant over his finds N IN"
U.ra. IN Tn. tim. devoted to excavating was
nh ,nn short but the work was prosecuted win
A larg, fore. AMI with great energy. Mr. c. L.
M.,irr Mr. Rcnrri Norton "a son 81 Professor
Norton. ~ Cambridge. and Mr. Iithg"w. all
students ~ the American Scho" were I'm the
n.lL directing the large fnvce ~ men and pack
ing th. finds Mr. Washington has given IN"
i.rrn, ~ hs large experience. littI" scouting
has been done at Sparto. but with only mega
tiv. results ON the other hand bishel artrr
Lu.h.l II Lottery has been tnken ont at the
Ii-ra.nn anl removed TO Athens. ! went 10 look
At II Last week. but could only see what lay
Upon th. surface. OF tn" marble fragments
there IS an Interesting female figure. relief.
forming part - the metop". II II very grace
ful. hut th. head and arms are unfortunately
wanting T"n marble heads. one ~ them lack
Ing the eyes and the brow. arr tantalizing In
hair Inn, .rf,ctInu Then there is torso repre-
s.niing a statue with a woman clinging To II.
Hut IN. pott-rv ~ which there IL n vast amount.
IL IN. chief thing: and its value II that most
u It IL W work an'-I,ting the mili" 81 the
sixth ccnfVry & There II u good deal az
M,,crr wars also ge"metric work. C"rin'hian.
bnch figured mi soun r"'i-hgurrl ware. but the
general nbscnc, ~ inr-&aitcr has been rather re-
marknl,r.
Whit. the licking up ~ the nnds In the arch
aIr room In N" National Museum protects pr.
Walis,.in from IN" annoyance which might
come from exaggerated and s"nsa ational reports
when ~. American School Is not In session. ad-
| h-r-ncc to tn" plan during the rest "f the year
1. a matter witch seriously crtppi"s the useful
! ncss ~ the school. The embarrassment grows
ont ~ IN. failure ~ tn. school to secure. N II
was on,., thought might De- done Dr. Wal'lsteins
whnl. tim- It's position at Cambridge Eng
| lild now engages him FOR the greater part ~
the working year. Courtesy AMI usag" require
| that tn. disc"verrr should have the exclusive
privilry" ~ working ny and publishing tn" re-
suits - his finds ON the other hand. the Greek
| Gpvrrnn.nt does not allow materials To br taken
out ~ the country. Dr. Waldst"in's enforced
| absence In Cambridge deprives the school not
| only ~ his presence but the invRuabl" ex-
! r"ricnoe the students would have In working
! M under his direction the material which
under the auspices and In the mime of the school
| has been cxcavated. Thus the material dis
covered year ago lies st In the museum. and
| IN. school has had no open session this year
| because u could not make bricks without straw.
! In the interests of the students some new ar
| rangrn,rnt should be effected. Either Professor
| KlchnrL rLson who II coming next yeat-as perma-