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...whole amount which the Institute of Archaeology desired to raise for the Delphi excavation has not yet been secured. The Greek government has, however, granted a further extension of time, and Dr. Waldstein, director of the school at Athens, intends to come over to America this summer for the purpose of taking measures to complete the subscription. It is confidently expected that his efforts will be successful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Delphi Fund. | 6/4/1890 | See Source »

...annual meeting of the Arch aelogical Institute held last week it was announced that $30,000 had been subscribed to the Delphi Excavation Fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/8/1890 | See Source »

...committee of the Classical Club, appointed to collect subscriptions for the fund for excavating Delphi, take this method of making a report to the University. They are happier to say that the generous sum of eleven hundred and ten dollars ($1110) has been promised or paid. This whole amount, except one hundred any sixty-two dollars ($162) was subscribed by undergraduates. The committee wish, also, to thank publicly these gentlemen, not members of the club, who have kindly given their time to the work of canvassing, as well as the editors of the CRIMSON and the Advocated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Report of the Delphi Committee. | 5/6/1890 | See Source »

...Harvard subscriptions to the Delphi fund amount to something over one thousand dollars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/1/1890 | See Source »

...powers of any god. There is never any quarrel as to which god is the chief one, the great point is that all are superior to man. Zeus was their father, he reigned but he did not rule; Apollo, "his premier," was the practical head. His home was Delphi, where he was worshipped side by side with Dionysus. His character was poetic; he was the most Greek of Greek divinities. His tolerance was great, as is clearly shown by his sharing Mt. Parnassus with Dionysus. At this point the lecturer gave an excellent description of Delphi, and then after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classical Club Lectures. | 4/30/1890 | See Source »

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