The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
PLANS To STUDY
ANCIENT Chinese
School to Be Established Un-
der Auspices Of the Smith
sonian Institution. >
COMMITTEES ARE CHOSEN
And $4,000 Appropriated for Pre-
liminary Survey of Work
in China.
COMMITTEES ARE CHOSEN

The first comprehensive movement for
the study OF the athropology, civilization.
and works of the ancient Chinese was
launched In Washington Saturday by a
group of archeologists and financiers
meeting under the auspices OF the Smith
sonian Institution. Foundations were
laid for what IS to be known as the
American School of Archaeology in China.
1t is proposed that the school shall be
established on the soil of China. as well
as in the United States, and the work is
10 be carried on under an international
scope.
Ten thousand dollars was appropriated
yesterday for a preliminary survey in the
Chinese republic. This survey will cover
about year and half. and will be
made by Mr.. Langdon Warner. of the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 1t is stat
ed that funds have already been private
ly subscribed to defray the cost OF the
work mapped out for the next eighteen
months. No difficulty Is anticipated in
financing the new organization.
Committee ON orgnniHation.
The committee on organization named
Il the meeting i'm Washington consists
of Dr. Harry L. Wilson, president Of the
Archaeological Institute of = America; {;
Charles d. Walcott. secretary OF the
Smithsonian Institution. and Charles L.
Freer. of Detroit.
A general committee has been created,
which includes in its membership Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. former President
James B. Angel of the University Of
Michigan; former President Charles W.
Eliot, OF Harvard University: William
Rutherford Mead, OF New York; Mitchell
Carroll. of Washington, u. G.; Charles
L. Hutchinson. of Chicago, ILL.,: Charles
H. Butler. of Washington. u. c.: Fred
erick Mccormick, of Pekin; Henry
White. former Ambassador to France:
Willard ID. Straiaht. secretary OF the
American group OF bankers in China;
President A. T Hadley. OF Yale Univhr-
sIty. and Harry l.. Wilson. Of Johns
Hopkins University. and the members Of
the executive committee. To carry out
the programme looking to the establish
ment of the school on the soil Of China.
Edward r. Williams. first secretary Of
the United States Legation in China:
DR. Charles ID. Tenney. United States
Consul at Nankin. and the American
Minister TO China. cX-Officio, were named
as Il committee in charge.
ArchucoIogy of Chinese.
Ono of the most important features Of
the work Of the New York institution
VIII he 10 dnOTO opportunity ana ldElli-
ties to deserving students to make in
vestigat tions OF the archa eoIogy of China.
This programme will be extended to ad-
init both American and foreign students
to the organization This phase OF the
is expected to prove great
stimulus to students to undertake re-
in China, as means would be
provided to defray the cost OF work
which many students are not likely to
en
financial assistance.
The new organization proposes to CO.
operate with all existing societies which
are working along the same line. Chief
among these is the Chinese Monuments
organized in 1905 by Mr.. McCor-
mick. 1t is the hope and expectation of
the founders. however. that the new
American school soon will prove to be
the leading organization for the prosecu-
tion of archaeological research in China.
1t is said China presents almost a virgin
gin so far as scientific and thorough
Investigations are con-
Practically nothing has been
done toward gathering and preserving
accurate data and objects of archaeolog-
ical interest prior to the organization
by Mr.. Mccormick.
The present government in China is
said to he friendly to the purposes of
the new organization. and is understood
TO be ready to assist the American
school in every possible way. 1t is be-
lieved tho work to be prosecuted by the
school will have a beneficial influence
upon the relations of the peoples of
China and the United States and be of
value to both countries. The aid of all
foreign experts in China will be sought
by the American school,
Mr.. Warner. the man selected to make
the preliminary survey in China, will de-
liver a series of lectures in a number Of
American cities before going to the
Orient.