ADDRESSES OF MAJOR LACEY 211 



The old Palace of the Governors at Santa Fe has been 

 dedicated as a museum of antiquities by the intelligent 

 forethought of the legislature of New Mexico, and the 

 restoration of the ancient building has been conducted 

 with excellent taste under the auspices of Director Hew- 

 ett. 



Where an old timber has gone to decay it is restored 

 by the substitution of another old, but sound, timber, thus 

 preserving the harmony of the building. 



It is in the new state of New Mexico that the American 

 School of Archaeology holds its summer session. In the 

 winter its director uncovers and explores the ruins of 

 Chichen Itza, of Uxmal, of Palenquie, and Quiriga, in 

 Yucatan and Central America, where ruins equaling 

 Luxor in magnitude are hidden in the tropical jungle. 



New Mexico has been celebrated by Dr. Charles F. 

 Lummis in story and song. Out of his description of this 

 marvelous land I will take the liberty to condense and 

 quote : 



New Mexico — the land of Poco Tiemp — sun, silence, and 

 adobe — a picture, a romance, and a dream, all in one — the 

 sun's very own — where distance is lost and the eye is a liar — 

 where the rattlesnake is a demigod and the cigarette a means of 

 grace — a land of six-story buildings before Columbus' grand- 

 father was born — a land of a hundred republics centuries be- 

 fore 1776 — ragged courtiers and unlettered diplomats — under 

 the alchemy of its sky mud turns ethereal and the desert a rev- 

 elation — rivers where a minnow must stand on his head to wet 

 his gills — a wilderness of happy silence — an ether of content- 

 ful ease. 



In 1911 1 enjoyed the pleasure of attending the session 

 of the School of Archaeology in the Rito de los Frijoles 

 (Bean Creek, in plain, unpoetic English). And it was an 

 outing worth while. 



All ages and many occupations were represented : col- 



