The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

Arts, and then the President went into
the details OF the formation Of the new
committee in Boston, where, he said, the
independent supporters OF the Fund"
"a local committee. under whose charge
we may hope that the affairs of the
Fund in Boston win prosper. and that
the Office in that city viii. as hereto
/ fore be regarded as the headquarters Of
the Fund in the United States. The new
Committee is exceptionally strong. and
consists OF seven members. the emeritus
Professor Of Greek Literature al Har-
ward, Dr. Goodwin being the Chairman.
His renown as a scholar is worldwide
and ne IS well known as having been the
organizer and first director or the Ameri-
can School Of Classical Studies at Ath-
ems. He is DEL. OF oxford and an Ii.
D. Of Cambridge and Edinburgh His col
leagues are M Thornton K. Lothrep,
Mr.. Theodore NJ. Davis OF Newport. r.
/. Mr. Gardiner NJ Lane. Mr.. J Eller-
ton Lodge. Mr. Albert ID Lythgoe, and
Mr. Edward Robinson. all well-known
men in Boston. some Of whom are fami-
liar with Egypt. Mr. Lodge has been
appointed Honorary Secretary. and Mr..
Foster has consented 10 act as Treasurer
though at present he has not yet joined
the committee.
Lack Of space compels me to be very
brief in summarizing Professor Flinders
Petrie's address on the subject Of the
building up Of the history OF the early
dynasties. few perhaps realize said he,
that what is quoted now as a matter Of
H.
tirely brought 70 light only two years
ago in Royal Tornbs.' e Scarcely a sin
gle conclusion had been modified in the
two succeeding years which had built up
so much more The main work Of last
winter was the reading page BY page
the successive levels Of the early town
Of Abydosr An exact continuity between
the end Of the prehistoric age and the be-
ginning Of the 100 years OF written rec
ord had been determined entirely as the
result Of archaeology. Our knowledge
had gone through four stages: gold-hunt-
ing art-hunting. MISUNDERSTANDING and
archaeology hunting. Each stage had
been despised as fooiishness BY those
which preceded it. each in its turn had
shown a wider interest. q greater import
snee in the remains OF past civilization
For the coming years work there was
the great site Of the Oldest Abydos tenn
pie. cleared as yet only down TO the
Eighteenth Dynasty level The two or
three yards OF accumu!ations now left
must contain older remains OF the tenn
pies rebuilt by earlier kings. 4 series Of
temples had left their marks. and. ne
said. the goal sought after vas the Tenn
ple Of the First Dynasty kings on a site
which is under the water level until late
in the spring Il would be necessary to
do the costly work Of removing all the
upper layers in order 10 dry the soil be-
low. ana finally TO work. perhaps. under
water
TWO immense Twelfth Dynasty tombs
found last year would have to be clear
ed OK. Here the lavish care Of he
work was attested b. red granite sar-
ccphagi Of vast size. aud hundreds Of
polished quarzite. which Mr Petrie had
actually seen in one of them. We might
hope for fine objects from these pas
sages and chambers. Also. the excava-
ton Of the large fort OF the Old King
dem and of the great cemetery Of Abydos
was by no means completed. 60 large.
indeed. was the amount Of work that
the committee had agreed 10 join more
p orkers together. and. he sad we 80
out this year a much larger party OF
united workers than we have ever had
before" Mr Hugh stannas. a skilled
architect. Mr.. Curreily. cir. Rawnsiey,
and Mr.. Ayrton we're each 10 take some
part in charge Miss Hansard had vol
urteered TO give help in artistic drawing,
and Miss Eckeastein would attend to
camp work on the collections. His own
business would be organizing. Arranging
and interpreting the work. drawing and
preparing for publication" Thus" he
added we shall be q party Of nine. and
hope 70 set through in c=e season what
on the old rate would have taken three
years. such a staff would render the
Fund less dependent than before on the
health of any one person whatever. IN
deed. IL was the duty Of the Society to
rescue what they could in Egypt before
It was entirely wrecked by the dealer,
the ignorant amateur and the CONNER
ciaI destroyer" none OF whom left a
shred CT Information None but the pres
ent generation could perform this duty.
said Professor Petrie. because at the
present rate Of wreckage. there would be
but little left behind for future lives TO
explore, ard he closed with the pregnant
and pointed sentence. Now is the time"
Louis Dyer in the New York Evening