WILLIAM WATSON GOODWIN. 813 



admonition applied far more rigorously by the American scholar than 

 by its German author. 



It was Goodwin's good fortune to visit Greece as a young man when 

 fresh from his studies in Germany; and it was he who was the first 

 Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (1SS2- 

 83), an appropriate honor for the foremost Greek scholar of his time 

 who was also one of the founders of the American Institute of Archae- 

 ology. To his acquaintance with the land of Greece, reinforcing his 

 knowledge of Greek literature and history, we owe the admirable 

 paper on "The Battle of Salamis," first published in 1885 {Papers of 

 the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, vol. I); and in 

 another form in 1906 {Harvard Studies in Classical Philologij, vol. 

 XVII). Goodwin's careful sifting of the evidence determined the 

 several localities in question and con\dncingly described the disposi- 

 tions and movements of the Greek and barbarian forces in connection 

 with that memorable contest. During his sojourn in Greece he be- 

 came intimate with Prime ISIinister Tricoupis and long continued in 

 association with the family of that statesman. His interest in the 

 land of Greece was fittingly signalized by his being named a Knight 

 of the Greek Order of the Redeemer. 



Apart from the books and separate articles already mentioned, 

 Goodwin wrote relatively little. He contributed to "The Christian 

 Register" an appreciation of Jowett which deals sympathetically 

 with the "Essays and Re\'iews"; he prepared memoirs of Professors 

 Torrey and Lane, and communicated to the Massachusetts Historical 

 Society the Records of the Old Colony Club (1769-1773). In 1896, 

 when the Venezuelan dispute was in the air, he sent to the Crimson a 

 vigorous reply to Roosevelt's letter in the same journal branding as 

 unpatriotic a Harvard protest against the war-policy of the national 

 executive and national legislature. But of all his writings not dealing 

 with things Greek, the most admirable in its tone and farthest-reaching 

 in its influence is the address " On the Present and Future of HarAard 

 College," delivered before Phi Beta Kappa in 1891. It commands 

 attention for its description of the standards of the College in his 

 undergraduate days and for its temperate discussion of the elective 

 system, which in his view had immeasurably raised the scholarship 

 of the studious though it had possibly dulled the high personal enthu- 

 siasm that marked the ambitious three generations ago. But, abo\e 

 all, the address is invaluable for its analysis of the relation between 

 liberal and professional studies and for its expression of Goodwin's 

 profound loyalty and affection for his College, which, " like a queen. 



