Word: siting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...library is very much exposed to destruction by fire; and the noise from the street cars makes lecturing difficult. Add to this that the endowment is small, and we get some idea of what the school has had to contend with. As yet neither the plans nor the site of the building have been decided upon. Work on it cannot, owing to the time of year, be begun for three or four months, and it is not expected that the building will be completed and ready for use before two years...
...closely connected with Harvard that all of us must take an interest in its success. Having been founded scarcely more than a year ago, the Institute intends to send, in March, an expedition to Asia Minor, in order to excavate ancient Assos, the chief city of the Troad. The site chosen for their first exploration appears to be a fortunate one. In that Assos attained its greatest development along with Hellenic art, and has received comparatively little attention heretofore from archaeologists, its ruins are considered especially valuable, and in its theatre, temple, cemeteries, and fortifications, discoveries are possible that will...