THE extra performance of the OEdipus had to be given up on account of the near approach of the annuals. But the purpose for which the proceeds were to have been used has not, we are glad to see, been wholly abandoned. The Greek Department contemplate repeating the play next winter, and the money realized from its production will be set aside, the interest from it to be devoted to the founding and yearly maintenance of an Archaeological School at Athens. Other colleges, Yale, Columbia, and Cornell in particular, will be invited to subscribe to the fund, which will it is expected, reach twenty-five thousand dollars. The plan is then to secure a house in Athens, which shall be the head-quarters of American students who may go to Greece for archaeological work. Professors from the various colleges subscribing to the fund will have the direct supervision of the school. They will take turns in the work, going out successively and remaining at Athens each for about two years. Of course they will be in direct communication with the exploring party at Assos, and the American Archaeological Society. In this way not only will a rare opportunity be offered to those desiring original archaeological study abroad, but the interests of archaeology will be wonderfully promoted by the practical training of young men in the work. Such is the immediate purpose for which the fund is to be used. But in case the Archaeological School should fail to be a success, or should for any reason pass out of existence in course of time, the money will revert to the original subscribers. In the case of Harvard it is to found a Sophocles scholarship, to be awarded to the man who passes the best examination on the plays of Sophocles. Thus, in any event, there will be what it is so desirable that there should be, - a permanent memorial of our first Greek play. The scheme seems to us an admirable one, and attended with little difficulty as far as the repetition of the play is concerned, for the scenery and costumes will all be ready at hand, and the actors will, with a very few exceptions, all be here. We wish our enterprising Greek Department every possible success.