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...school was founded by the Archaeological Institute of America in 1882. Five years later a building was erected in the Southwestern slope of Mount Lycabettus, the ground being given by the Greek government. The school is open, free of tuition, to the graduates of all colleges that support the institution and also to students whom the committee deem worthy of membership. A permanent director has charge of the school and is assisted by a Professor of Art and a Professor of the Greek language and literature, who are sent out every year by one of the supporting colleges...
Lack of funds was, as might be expected, the great difficulty which the prosecutors of the plan had to encounter. However, about four years ago a school building was erected upon the south-eastern slope of Mount Lycabettus, at a cost of $25,000, upon ground which was given by the Greek government...
...fellows. His was too great a nature, too clear and vigorous an intellect for the Asa teachings entirely to satisfy. The ruins of Njal's hall remain, and for the Icelander only the Thiny-fields, the site of the great moots of the commonwealth, surpass Hlitharendi (end of slope) Gunnar's home, and Bergthorshool (Bergthor's hill) Njal's home in richness of associations...
...room is far better than anything of the kind in the Gymnasium. Opposite this are two "Fives Courts" for hand ball. They are of a good size and extend to the top of the building, thus giving the advantage of a sky light. The floors are of cement and slope down, making the play lively. These courts are a great addition and have but one fault, which, however, is a great one. The walls are so constructed that it is almost impossible for one man to hear another unless he talks in a whisper. Every noise seems lost...
...theatre consists of three main parts: the auditorium, the orchestra, and the stage buildings. The seats for the spectators covered the slope of the hill, in semicircular rows. Aisles divided the auditorium into thirteen wedges and two-thirds of the distance to the top was a semi-circular passageway or "Diazoma." The upper rows of seats were hewn from the stone of the hillside, the lower were of limestone from the Peiraeus. The front row consisted of sixty-seven "thronoi," heavy stone seats with backs, the middle one being used by the chief priest of Dionysus. The orchestra...