Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-16
Splendid Opportunity for City to Get
Branch of This Great lns-
titution.
EXPENSE WOULD Be SMALL. ADVANTAGES ENORMOUS
Historic Relics Would Be Kept Here and Placed Under
Care of Skilled and Competent Antiquarians for
Benefit of Capital

The American Institute OF Archaeoi-
ogv maintains a School OF Classical
Studies at Athefs, Greece, which mas
Tins far an endowment of $lO0O00,
and another school of the same ma
ture at Rome, also having an endow-
ment of 100000 and also granted an
$1,000 annually by the Carnegie In
.stitute for the publication OF the re-
ports of researches made under the
;auspices OF the school. A third school
was founded in 1900 at Jerusalem, and
+he fourth. most important to Ameri-
.ca and which will be the most munifl-
gently endowed eventually in the
world. is to be the School OF American
Archaeology.
A Great Organization.
Despite the assertion of the Albu-
uuerque Journal, that the Institute OF
American Archaeology is only local
New England affair, it in reality acts
under charter from the United
States of America, has it's headquar-
ters in Washington, D. c., and is the
most democratic organization OF its
kind in America, since it's member
ship and interests are distributed, not
only over the entire country but over
the world.
There are branches Of the institute
in the following cities: Boston, Baltl-
more. Chicago, Madison, New Haven,
Washington, d. c., Davenport, Pitts
burg. Denver, Pueblo, Cincinnati,
Rochester, San Francisco, Lawrence,
Seattle. Spokane, Orange, Montreal,
Kingston, Vancouver New York, Phil
adelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Proyi-
dence, Des Moines, Dubuque, Los An
geles. Boulder, Colorado Springs, ST.
Louis, Salt Lake City, Kansas City,
Topeka Walla Walla Portland, Ore,
Toronto. Ottawa and Winnipeg.
Every local society has it's own of1l-
GERS, and voice in the general ad-
ministration of the Institute through
its councillors. Should the School or
American Archaeology be located at
Santa Fe a New Mexico branch will
be formed and Immediately have lts
own representation in the manage
ment of the national body
International in Scope.
It should be noticed that the Insti-
tute has become more than national in
character 1t is now international, since
1t has six local branches in Canada
1t is further international in charac-
ter in that it maintains researches in
all PARTS of the world and has the
following schools of archaeology un-
der it's direction: School of Classical
Archaeology in Rome; School of Clas-
sical Archaeology in Athens; School
of Oriental Archaeology in Jerusalem;
School Of American Archaeology, with
Headquarters, temporarily, in Wash
ington, D. c., until it's final location
shall be made somewhere in the ROCKY
mountain region.
Asks Only Quarters.
It should be noted that the lnsti-
tute is asking practically nothing from
New Mexico, except that 1T be given
adequate quarters for it's School OIL
American Archaeology The appro-
priation asked from the Territory IS
for the purpose of maintaining a mu-
scum of American Archaeology OF such
magnitude as to be a respectable mead
quarters for the Institution OF ne
search, Not dollar is asked TO 60
toward the maintenance Of the lnstl-
tute. They simply ask New McKee,
10 maintain museum which Will ade,
ouately represent the Archaeologicai
wealth Of the Southwest, ana N Wnich 4
they may house archaeological coilec-
tions from other parts OF the worlu'
II is distinctly specified in their pro-