The sun., 1910-06-28
SIR PURDON CLARKE RESIGNS
LEAVES THE MUSEUM OF ART
AND GETS A PENSION.
NIn Get Pull salary URtn June Z Next
and TaeR Reessve $4,000 . Year-lS
Improved In Ilealth. bat Advised Net
10 winter Elere-No Successor Vet.

10 winter Here No Successor Vet.
The rumors q hcat Of late that Sir Caspar
Purdoa Clarke. whose m health has kept
him In England for more than a year.
would resign the alrectoTship of the Metro
politaR MuSshm ~ Art. were confirmed
yesterday by Robert W De Forest
Of 30 Broad street, who 10 vioe-prssi-
dent and secretary of the museum.
J PieFpOnt Morgan. president Of the
m,'seum. came 10 the June meeting ol
the museum trustees shortly after he
arrived from Europe on last Friday and
aid befors the board a letter Of resigna-
tioA from Sir Purdon which Mr. Morgan
had Feceiyed from him just before lca wing
London
Mr. Morgan also turned over to the
hoard another letter from Sir Purdon
which Rad:
asked my docior 20 state hts opinion
Respecting my proposed return 10 New York
and although no considers that have sum
ciently recovered from the troublesome
complain, for which he ha. been treating
me during the lsst year to resume nv work
IN New York he h decidedly opposed 20 the
hea OF a continued residence IN Amer''a,
sSpe,,al,v 90 nur,ns .hs ~'h,rr season season. !
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ton of siy Cssp.r purton Cl,yss a. an.
rector the trustees nf the Me- airopolitan
Museum II Art de-lre 90 congratulate him
upon the degree 10 Wh"h hts health has heen
resiored aud TO express Their reSre' that
me. r,,,oTaI'on = not suh',lcn, 20 Nsrrahi
% a. No.. 49, 'n " Nes u'''nS
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well a. nv n. bro,d srt,.t,c .ympa,bi.. he
has endeAred himself to a large and con.
.tahily increasing circle Of friends not
only In our own city but throughout the
Sho'e ' nHed states VT long and Vari"i
nv, 49, - l.,en.s ~ rurope Sa tne rH
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Ia london. better Epoun perhap. as tb.
south K.nslnrton Mus.nr,. a position which
he resigned 10 take the directorship of our
owh Metropolitan Museum n Art. made
he ser,i"e~ Of special value n uS. and his
.yInpa,ny NlIh a'l kl3os OF Nr,'.''' develop
M, .,,s ,rt,,.,s,., 80 a." $3.50 lDe =. "Usa
our mu.-nr, ,hs hSsad,b oS d.ysl,or,.,,
which ID has manifested during IN. last Ave
years in whlch he has held once. further
Reached, That Sir Purions full salary
% direc'or he continued FOR the year follow
hs hH re,,sna,lon' nat - until 'nns l.
:, 80 au ~, :, '"s1tA',eI ~ s I's'.g '-'A'S
P..aJ-,J NJ, \. -. s.o,,..,.d :. ...
,inus M. conpsr,Ioo .,,h ,bs my.suu nv
accepting the position Of honorary Furo-
pean correspondent of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Ar,
Ihere was only bare quorum present
a. the june meeting and No sicoeasor
70 s'r Purdon was elected. No informa-
t'nn was az hand yesterday a. to Who will
be the new dsrecl'r' Dr Edward Robin-
son, ASSISTANT director. who has been
Acung director the last year while SIR
Iuraon Nas IN Europe. viii continue, for
the present at !east - Mr. Do Forest said
70 perform the du''es Of director.
Hir flrdon, VINO "a ~ years old. was
appointed director OF the museum early In
1913. A. year ayo last May he GOT a leave
81 Ahsenoe ana sa''ed Tor Europe n ind
r-hri mere nom an S'tAok of gout. Re
oenty the leaVe "i absence was extended.
Mr. NHnFrImm NHTnuN a - EmaH
ana iainily whlch ior several generations