Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...circulars for the concert in aid of the American School at Athens on Friday, the 18th, were printed by the college printer. They are very tastefully done...
...statement of the trustees of the American School at Athens, which we publish to-day, deserves a careful reading. No better work is being done in behalf of classical study than that which is accomplished every year by this school. It has been supported in an insufficient and perfunctory manner by the American colleges and by a few subscriptions from generous individuals. It is now desired to put the school on a permanent footing. The concert which is soon to be given by our musical societies will help in raising the necessary funds; therefore a liberal hand should be extended...
...managers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens feel that the time has come when they can confidently appeal to all friends of sound learning in the United States for the means of placing that institution on a solid and permanent foundation...
...invitation with this condition. It is obvious that there is no time to lose, if we are to avail ourselves of this opportunity. It should certainly be an object of national pride not only to secure the permanent establishment of an institution which is so full of promise to American scholarship, but at the same time to reclaim for his country a scholar who has gained laurels in the service of a foreign university. America cannot afford to let her scholars seek employment among strangers while they are so much needed for the instruction of her own students...
These words have had the desired effect, and a British School now stands on the slope of Lycabettus on land adjoining that of the American School. But the words of Bishop Lightfoot, with but slight change, may now appeal powerfully to our own national pride and honor. Above all things, we must not, at this late day, allow ourselves to play the part of the sleeping hare in this friendly race...