Evening star., 1926-05-30
PRINCE is NOTED
AS PSYCHOLOGIST
Gustavus AdoIphus Inherited
Swedish Forbear's Taste
for Ancient Arts.

The important accomplishments in
archaeology of Crown Prince Gustavus
| Adolphus of Sweden, who. with his
consort, the Crown Princess Louise.
Is visitor here, are described in an
article in The current issue of Art
and Archaeology, official publication
Of the Archaeological Society CT
Washington. by Erik Wettergren,
curator Of the National Museum at
Stockholm.
Mr.. Wettergren, who accompanied
the Crown Prince on his most i'm
portant archaeological work in Greece,
traces the background of accomplish
ments in science and art by members
of the Bernadotte royal family of
Sweden. from whom the prince in
herits his serious taste for scientific
| research. Among the present men,
bers of the family, Mr.. Wettergren
places the princes uncle, Prince Eu-
gene, among the foremost landscape
artists of Sweden. OF the preceding
generation, King Charles XIV of Swe-
den. it Is recalled, also was an artist
OF recognized talent, and was founder
Of the National Museum, in the de-
velopment of which the Crown Prince
has taken most active interest.
Traces Development.
Tracing the development of the
Crown Princes interest in archeo-
logical research, the writer says, his
mind was first captivated by Scan
dinavian archaeology"
"The young Prince" he writes.
was fascinated by the graphic man
ner of showing how the records of
the Swedish people are inscribed in
the soil, and in his school years be
came associated with those whom.
spade in hand. strove to contribute
their share to the exploration of the
country's prehistoric period.
"Archolgy, however. became to
him more than boyish play, and after
college graduation he continued his
studies at the old University of
U'psala, the Oxford of Sweden. max
ing Swedish antiquities his favorite
study and diligently taking part in
field work. Thanks to the initiative
of the prince and the financial aid
which he secured, one Of the most
remarkable discoveries of the Swedish
Bronze Age was thus made, when
King Bjorn's mound at Haga' gave
up it's priceless treasures to light and
science"
Turning his attention next to
archaeological studies in foreign
fields, the writer records that 1t WAS
the Crown Prince who made arrange
ments with the Greek authorities for
permission to excavate ancient Asine,
in Argolis. These excavations, begun
in 1922 and continued in 1924 are to
be concluded this year.
Used Spade Like Others.
Commenting on the intensity with
which the prince took part in the
excavations in Greece. Mr.. Wet
tergren writes of the first day Of his
field work there:
EARLY In the morning the party
partook of a frugal breakfast. where
upon the Grown Prince and the three
Swedes, including myself. who con
stituted his immediate encourage. drove
to the place of excavation, a distance
Of about five kilometers from Nauplia
their headquarters). "*
There the Crown Prince threw
himself into the work needless OF the
sun which burned from the sky with a
heat that was reflected by the dry
soil. With spade or knife in hand, he
carefully made one layer of soil
after another give way for a fan
tastically painted sepulchral pithos
dating for a couple Of thousand years
before Christ. a noble vase, or an
engraved gold ring from the My
cenean era, or he was seen for hours
at the sieve attempting to extract
from the soil even its least secrets. ="
With increasing interest in the ex-
cavations which he initiated in that
field, and which the writer regards
as having contributed the most impor-
tant discoveries thus far made on that
part Of Greek SOIL the Crown Prince
first planned to establish an archeo-
logical institute for Scandinavian
scientists at Athens, but, forced to
abandon that plan. finally succeeded
in raising the funds and arranging for
the establishment of such an institute
in Rome, which was opened last Feb.
ruary.
Interested in Chinese Art.
Intensely interested also in oriental
and, above all. Chinese art. the prince
was one of the founders of the Swed-
ish Oriental Society, which was estab-
lished in 1921, and of which he is now
president. This society, in it's annual
report, gathers the results Of re.
searches relating to the culture and
history of the Orient. The writer re-
CARDS as even more important. how
ever. the results achieved by the So
called "China committee" Of which
the Crown Prince also is the head.
Formed in 1918 to aid Prof. Gunnar
Anderson in his geological studies in
China, the work of this committee
since being headed by the prince. the
writer says. has shed important new
light on the prehistoric epochs of
China. The results of Andersson's
finds, when science has completed
their study, are expected by Mr.. Wet
tergren to present for the first time a
picture of the latter part of China's
stone age and the beginning Of its
bronze age.
During the years Crown Prince
Gustavus Adolphus has thus stood in
constant contact with his different
scientific representatives In different