The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-03-11
GOLD IN ROMANS TEETH
Prof. Hulsen Tells or Discoveries In
The Eternal City.

do now, was shown yesterday
afternoon by Prof. Christian Hull
sen, secretary Of the German
Archaeological Institute at Rome,
in the initial lecture of his course
on Rome in Mccoy Hall, Balti-
more.
The audience which assembled
in the assembly hall to listen to
the distinguished foreign archeol-
ogist taxed the seating capacity of
the hall to its utmost. Long be-
fore the doors were thrown open
many persons had taken their
stand in the corridors awaiting
entrance.
This is the first visit to Ameri-
ca by DR.. Hulsen, who is 65 years
old and from what he said in
his Introductory remarks yester-
day afternoon he is much pleased
with what he has seen already.
He could not say too much COLI
corning merely the scholastic de-
velopment of this new nation of
the West, but also expressed great
admiration at the wonderful COM
mercial and manufacturing insti-
tutions of this country.
In his Introductory remarks DR..
Hulsen spoke in the highest terms
of the caliber of the work at the
Johns Hopkins University, saying
that without doubt it ranked in
Europe as the first of American
universities. He said that it was
marvel to him that a nation
whose energies seemed to be put
forth in such gigantic vigor after
manufacturing supremacy should
also find time to develop scholars
Of the foremost rank.
The speaker was introduced by
Prof. Harry Langford Wilson, of
the department OF Latin and
Roman archaeology at the Hop
kins, who is an intimate friend of
the visitor, with whom he was as
ISOLATED in Rome several years ago
when DR.. Wilson was director of
the American School for Classical
Studies. DR.. Hulsen, Professor
Wilson said, is a great friend of
American students at Rome, and
is always glad to lend them help
ing hand.
DR.. Hulsen said, in part:
During the last few years the
advance in excavations in the
Forum has gone along with won
derful strides The main difficult
ties with which we have to con-
tend in that region is the immense
pile of earth which has formed
over the ancient ruins. You will
readily appreciate this when l tell
you that by the sixteenth century
80 feet of earth had accumulat-
ed upon these ruins. Grass and
weeds Of various sorts have also
interviewer their roots in this mass
and make it all the harder for us
to dig out the buildings of ancient
times.
Even when we have reached
them we have had to exercise the
greatest care not TO break the
smaller implements and ornaments
of various sorts and descriptions.
Earth must be carried away in
baskets. Storms of great destruc-
tiveness are and have been of fire.
quency at Rome, and the weather
has been unfavorable to the pres
ervation of the old Roman archi-
lecture. On several occasions the
Forum has been flooded. This
happened in classical times and
again in 1900. Several times the
remains have been covered with
deep snow, as was the case in
1891. All of these have had the
result of causing decay to these
invaluable relics of ancient civil
cation.
II was much astonished in my
excavations to notice a conspicu-
Gus absense of gold ornaments.
found many made of silver, but
none of the more precious metal.
Later on l discovered the reason