Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-14

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work on the School o. American Arch
aeology if the territory conforms
with the conditions required by the
American Institute Of American Arch.
aeology Professor Edgar l.. Hewett
director of American work of the in
stitute, writes from Washington, D.
c., in a letter to Judge John r. Nc
Fie, president of the New Mexico
Archaeological Society as follows:
"'The council of the institute at the
Toronto meeting confirmed in every
particular the actions of the manag'
ing committee with reference to the
location of the School of American
Archaeology in Santa Fe, so it now
remains only for your people TO get
the matter satisfactorily through
your legislature. 1t is the intention
to begin within few months vigor
Gus movement for the endowment OF
the school, and the fixing of the loca-
tion in Santa Fe by your legislature
will lay the proper foundation fol
that.
Eve made an exhibit at Toronto OF
large photographs, water colors. maps
sketches, etc. of the work in Ameri
can Archaeology, particularly thai
near Santa Fe. 1t attracted very
great attention"
This looks like real business. The
schools at Rome and at Athens main
tanned by the American Institute
have each an endowment of 100000
but it is believed that for school Of
American Archaeology, there will be
no difficulty in raising an endowment
OF quarter of million dollars, anC
eventually increasing it to millior
dollars or more.
The officers of the New Mexico
Archaeological Society have addressed
the following communication to GOV
ernor George Curry, who is a member
of the society together with the man,
other leading citizens of the entire
| territory:
Letter to Governor Curry.
| Santa Fe. n. NJ, Jan. Is, 1909.
TO Hon. George Curry, Governor 0
New Mexico;
The Archaeological Institute o
America, incorporated by act of con
! gress. with headquarters at Washing
! ton, ID. c., and maintaining success
fully schools of classical archaeolog
! at Rome, Italy. and at Athens, Greece
and school Of Oriental Archaeolog,
at Jerusalem, Palestine, has offered t
establish its proposed school of Amer
lean Archaeology at Santa Fe, upol
certain conditions embodied in lei
! ter, from the committee in charge O
the establishment Of the school,
printed copy of the letter being al
pended to this communication.
Invited BY the Legislature.
| This offer is in response to an in
vitation by the Thirtyseventh legis
lative assembly, embodied in join
resolution No. s, and unanimousl
adopted by the legislative assembl
and approved by the governor ol
March Is, 1907. This resolution il
brief, tenders the Old Palace to tn
federal government for the purpose
of a national monument, upon condi
! ton that a School of American Arch
aeoogy be established therein. A
| the same time. it appropriates $1,000
year for the purposes of the school
However, in view of approachin:
statehood, it is deemed inadvisable tt
part with the title to so famous ;
historical monument and invaluable
heritage as the Old Palace, as thu
resolution referred to, proposed
Therefore, no attempt was made tt
have the federal government take pos
session and declare the building {
national monument. Nor was any
part of the appropriation of $1,000
drawn from the territorial treasury.
Territory to Retain Title.
1t is now proposed to deal directly
with the American Institute of Arch
aeology, which is legally incorporated
under the act of congress. The insti
tute at recent meeting, decided upor
Santa Fe for the actual location of its
proposed school, being attracted by
the historical value of the city and
the wonderful archaeological re
sources immediately adjacent thereto
The institute asks that in lieu of the
grant of two years ago, an act passed
by this legislature, giving it the Gus
tody of the Old Palace for school and
museum purposes, the title to remain
in the territory. AT the same time il
asked that the building be placed il
suitable condition for its purposes, be
restored to it's original architecture
lines as nearly as possible following
the architecture of the date Of the
fOun1inU Of tho youorohIn Old h,,;Jd