Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-19
MORLEY TELLS
\ Of HARDsH|PS
(. IN GUATEMALA
Intensely Interesting Narrative
of Adventure Given in Lee
ture by Noted Scientist Be-
fore Summer School.

ships, thrllllhs uuNtH,uies, rehudi hu-
ble archaeological discoveries were
enlsodes In the story told last evening
nv sylyanus q. Morley In his lecture,
.slx Months on the Trail of the Maya
HIeroglyphics." and the fact that he
hel5 the audience which crowded the
assembly room to OVERLOOKING for al
most two hours In the closest atten-
lion was tribute to the intense in
terest OF his discourse.
Bronson NJ. Cutting. one of the d.
rectors OF the institute of science and
education, presided over the meeting,
which was held in the Palace OF the
Governors. He paid graceful trib-
ute TO Mr.. Morley's attainments and
career, incidentally setting forth the
scholarly Influence Of his alma mater,
Harvard, on archaeological research.
Beginning with Herbert w. Putnam,
he mentioned the names of scientists
who by adherlng to strictly scientific
methods have elevated archaeology in
America from a hit-or-miss empirical
pursuit by amateurs to strictly sci
entific research work by men espe-
cially trained for the purpose. In
speaking Of Mr.. Morleys work he re-
ferred to il as authoritative and spoke
of the Introductory volume on Magyar
chronology now in press as the sum
ming up Of the knowledge ON the
Maya glyphs to which Mr.. Morley has
contributed SO nightly.
Excellent Musical Program.
The musical program was excellent
During the early evening hour, the au-
dlence assembled in the patio and
sang Mrs. Bartlett's new New Mexico
song and a number of folk and col
lege melodies. Rather novel was the
singing in German of The Lorelei''
and How Can / Bear to Leave Thee,
II being revelation that most of those
present were able to read German.
Charles j. Andrews stirred the au-
dience with his rendition of Eugene
Fields boy Blue" set to music by
Mark Andrews, the famous composer,
brother of the singer. Miss Abraham
son delighted her hearers with Sun
beams" again demonstrating her abil-
ity as a soloist.
Mr.. Morley started his inland jour-
ney with Herbert ]. Spinden from Be-
lize, in British Honduras, proceeding
directly to the Petenl district in north
ern Guatemala. The incidents of a
Journey up the Umacinta river to the
border of Mexico, on Lake Flores or
Peten ltza as well as of expeditions
TO the prehistoric Maya cities, were
told modestly. entertainingly and gave
a glimpse Of adventure, hardships in
jungle and on savannah that told OF
the price that research workers in the
field of archaeology must pay for their
discoveries. Tkal which had not
been visited for twenty-eight years by
any archaeologst, was described as
the largest and most important of the
Maya cities. Piedras Negras, the far
thest point reached on the way to Pa
lenque, loomed up as one of the least
known and Yet most magnificent OF
these prehistoric cities. Yaxchitlan
and a number of other cities were
visited and at most of them stelae and
other monuments were found that had
been never before noted so that the
rewards OF the expeditions from the
scientific standpoint were exception
ally great
Encounters with Mexican revolu-
tionists, with poisonous reptiles, YER
table battles with insect pests, hair
breadth escapes from fatal accidents,
as well as accounts of native life in
Dlaapc W xxrl,s hau frA1
Tor many years II ever, passed in ka-
leidoscopic variety.
Indian Home Life.
Intensely interesting was the lee
ture OF Miss Alice c. Fletcher of
Washington, ID. c., this forenoon, her
subject being Social Development of
the Indian" and she spoke from the
cards, as she lived for many years
among the Indians, mingled with
them freely, gained their confidence
and Is hailed by them ais their friend.
It was a delightful picture she drew
OF Indian family life, of the courtesies
= and reverence of the young for the
elders and those in authority, of the
well-ordered homes, the diversion of
daily tasks and of the great duties of !
lie. the man being the provider for
! lie and the woman the conserver. She
emphasized that none of the Indians
We're nomads In the scientific sense,
mat they all had places of habitation,
mat their government was stable.
The woman question, as she OBJ
served It in the tent of Sitting Bull,
was bit Of personal "Reminiscences
mat delighted and charmed the audi
ence. She dispelled the idea that the
ihdian is lazy. If he were, there
would be no Indian problem today, for
the Indian would have passed away
long ago in the environment in which
ne had been placed. There is no In
oian home or tent without its fire
PLACE and even though the tent com
prised but one ROOM there was a GER
tam place In it for the guest and 9TH
ef definite places for each member OF
me household Miss Fletcher de-
scribes the tribal hunt most interest
'hsly, showed how the Indian set up
me IDEAL that the individual must be
aacriIiced for the community when
necessity demanded and that contrary
70 popular opinion. he loved peace,
aithough he is also the bravest of the
brave. In fact. as she outlined the
peace ceremony of the Pawnees she
save a vision of the brotherhood OF
"'an mat touched her audience which
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