Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

3ayard Taylor and others have described
the country
During my stay here I have called at
the American School 1t is now carried
on in a building belonging to the insti-
tuition. situated beyond the kings palace
on the slope Of the hill. facing Mount
Hymettus. The house cost about Si0.UU
and is surrounded by beautiful garden.
Entering a large hall. steps of Pentelic
marble lead by easy flight to the second
1oor, where are the library Of the school
and the offices OF the director. The Il
brary is one of the best equipped private
ones Of the kind in Athens. and it has.
should say. about 1900 volumes. The
present director Of the school. Mr.. Hill.
Is graduate of the University OF Yer
mont, and later on Of Columbia. and he
has with him eight other professors. who
represent Dartmouth. Johns Hopkins,
Harvard. Princeton. Columbia and some
other colleges. There is one woman
among the graduate students. Miss
Stone. who is making speciality of the
topography Of ancient Greece, and who
has travelled extensively throughout the
interior.
The director of the school tells me that
its allowance is not sufficient to carry
on a great archaeological work. 1t has
something like $1,000 year and with this
1t Is trying to excavate Old Corinth.
which, when in its prime. held half a
million, and was the largest city OF
Greece. The Americans have been work
ing there for more than ten years. After
visiting the site I hope to describe what
they have done.
In addition to the American School. a
number Of other nations have similar in
situations. The French are spending
eight or ten times as much as we are,
and their psychologists have laid out
over $4,000 in their works at Delphi.
The Germans have an archaeological IN
stitute which has spent 100000 in dig
ging up old Olympia, and the Austrians
and Russians have recently entered this
field.
All the schools here are now teaching
athletics. They have their regular GYM
nastic exercises daily, and this Is so OF
those for both girls and boys. The STU
dents are required to take long walks, and
every school must have a gymnasium.
which is maintained at the cost OF the
state. All the schools near the sea teach
swimming and 1t is required that the in
termediate schools practice rowing and
shooting. During the last weeks OF every
Lent gymnastic competitions are held all
over Greece, and the old sports are being
revived. A school Of gymnastics has been
founded in Athens to teach the training
masters Of the various institutions. and
female teachers are obliged to learn all
about athletics.
Athens has two gynlnastic clubs, one Of
which has gymnasium to which any one
can be admitted on the payment OF 20
cents a month, and there is a special Sec
ton for girls, who practice the Swedish
movements under the direction OF COM
mittee Of women. There are forty or more
other clubs scattered over Greece. some
Of which are subsidized by the govern
ment, and every now and then games
are held in the great new stadion, which
has been erected by an Egyptian Greek
named Averof.
This structure is one Of the finest ath-
letic grounds of the world. went out to
see it this afternoon. 1t is situated be-