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...favorable report of the committee on the American School at Athens, a summary of which we give in another column, will be received with pleasure, not only by the friends of the classies but by everyone who wishes to see America occupying an equal position with European countries in archaeological pursuits and discoveries. "The object," we are told, "of the American School of Classical Studies is to furnish to graduates of American colleges without charge for tuition, an opportunity to study classical literature, art, and antiquities in Athens, under suitable guidance; to prosecute and to aid original research in these...
Under the present able management the success of the last two years bids fair to continue. With a permanent director of recognized ability, and a permanent endowment of sufficient amount to put the school upon a sound financial basis, the continued prosperity of this school will be a question beyond any doubt. Harvard especially should feel proud of the success which has attended the management of the school, as our Greek department was foremost in suggesting the practicability and importance of the present step. Moreover, the first director was selected from among our professors, and the chairman of the managing...
...third annual report of the committee on the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, which has just been published, has been prepared by Professor John Williams White, chairman of the committee, and contains much valuable and useful information about the school and its present condition...
...school was opened on Oct. 2nd, 1882, at Athens. The first director, it will be remembered, was Prof. W. W. Goodwin, and the present director is Prof. Packard of Yale, who will be succeeded by Prof. Van Benschoten of Wesleyan, for the year 1884-85. During the last year the committee in whose hands lies the management of this school has been changed by the addition of Prof. D'Ooge, of the University of Michigan, and by the resignation of Prof. Gurney of Harvard, who was one of the prime starters in the establishment of the school...
...attendance during the first year was much larger than during the second, which the report says "was to be expected, since opportunities for systematic study at Athens under skilled direction was then offered for the first time to American students, and immediately attracted to the school pupils who have subsequently returned to other parts of Europe and to America for the completion of their studies. There is good reason to believe that a number of competent students will be in attendance at the school during the coming year...