New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-09
rur AMERICAN SCHOOL AT ATHENS
ITS SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY IN EDUCAIiN"
PROFESSORS FOR THE INsT1TC-
rIONS OF LEARNING.

PROFESSORS FOR THE INsT1TC-
TIoNs OF LEARNING.
There are few people OF culture. either IN Amer
lea or Europe who have not at some time or an
other read in newspapers end magazines ol tiio
work Of the American School OF CLASSICAL o'uo'es
st Athens. They have heard OF the interesting ano
,ronortant discoveries which this school mas aoded
&c ,,s share Of the Investigations carried on by
representatives Of the great nations OF the world 10
the eyer-increasng sum Of human knowledge OF
Grecian archaeology. Not a student OF Hellenic art
and archaeology is living who does not owe a uept
of gratitude 10 those who, at the cost OF INFINITE
labor and patience, have succeeded in laying bare
the theatre al Cornth and, guided only by bref
statement OF Pausanias, have worked so carefully
and completely that arch@ologist can draw
plan and make a model Of the theatre just as 1t
appeared when the tragedies Of Eurpides and the
comedies Of Aristophanes were played In it,
There is no danger of this and similar results Of
the schools work being d1sregarded. But there
is another feature not so evident but which is
g even valuable and far-reachng in Its results
There nine students in the school, whiie
every year since its foundation graduates have re-
turned 10 this country from the school bringing
rs diplomas with them. They have returned with
minds stocked with the learning OF the ancients.
with eyes trained to appreciate and understand the
noble art OF the Greeks. They have studied Hellenic
and architecture and history under conditions
which to artists and historians Of former times
were impossible.
Now in the report Of the school are TO be found
the and present addresses of all the students
who have worked in it since it's foundation One or
two have died, but Of the rest there is hardly q
single name which is not followed by a statement
showing that its possessor is now "a professor In
one of the universities and academies of the United
States. The graduates of the school are dispersed
all over the country. They TO be found at
Harvard. Yale. Princeton, Columbia, Chicago, Rut-
gers California in fact. at nearly every centre
OF learning in America. The ultimate results of the
work carried in Greece, In increasing and deepen
ing the general culture Of Americans. are not TO be
computed.
And II is worthy Of note that only carefully So
ected students allowed to study at the schooi,
while the examinations for fellowships and diplomas
are as searching and difficult as could well be
imagined Before student is considered proficient,
he or she must understand the most archaic eihg-
know all about the relation and differentiation OF
primitive and mature art and the early and later
periods of Oriental influence and must be intimately
acquainted with the coinage, vase painting and
even topography Of ancient Greece.
When all these points considered and also the
fact that while they at Athens the students
must work at practical research. as well as go
through the most thorough and exhaustive curlc,
ulum IL must be admitted that the Archaeological
Institute in its school at Athens Is conducting
work of the greatest possible benefit 10 this coun-
try. And finally, all that is said or the Greek
school applies equally well TO that in Rome the
Institutions together forming an lnVaIuabe means
Of education for those who desire TO know me
glory that was Greece. and the grandeur that was
Rome"