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prise in Palestine and Syria. From its experience it can promise 
rich results to any patrons of arclieological results in that land. 
Inunediately after the war the administration of the school took 
steps to open it again. Prof. William H. Worrell, of the Hartford 
Seminary Foundation, was sent out as director last summer. He 
was accompanied by Prof. Albert T. Clay, of Yale University. These 
gentlemen were later joined by Prof. John P. Peters, of the Uni- 
versity of the South, and Dr. William F. Albright, of Johns Hopkins 
University. The unsettled conditions of the country since the war 
have prevented these gentlemen from doing any aggressive work, but 
their observations and studies have been of great use, and it should 
be a satisfaction to all to know that this American school is open and 
in operation. For the year 1920-21 Dr. Albright remains as Director 
and with him are associated the Fellow (Dr. C. C. McCown, of the 
Pacific School of Religion) and other students. 
The school is now housed in a pleasant rented building just outside 
of the city. It owns its own lot to the north of the city, and on this, 
as soon as the title deeds under the new government can be secured, 
it is planning to build the first unit of its buildings, using the sum of 
$50,000 left by the late Mrs. James B. Nies, of Brooklyn, for this 
purpose. The school is under the patronage of the Archaeological 
Institute of America and the Society of Biblical Literature and 
Exegesis. The former corporation, incorporated under act of Con- 
gress, is the trustee for all its properties. Information concerning 
the school will be gladly given to any inquirers by the chairman of 
the executive committee. Prof. J. A. Montgomery, of the University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, or Prof. G. A. Barton, of Bryn Mawr 
College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The other members of the Com- 
mittee are President Cyrus Adler, of Dropsie College; Profs. B. W. 
Bacon, Albert T. Clay, and Charles C. Torrey, of Yale University; 
Prof. Morris Jastrow, jr., of the University of Pennsylvania; Dr. 
James B. Nies, of Brooklyn, and Prof. James H. Ropes, of Harvard 
University. 
