The condition of the American School in Palestine was brought up at the annual meeting of the council of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Professor C. C. Torrey, of Yale, took charge of the School last October as its first director. During the past winter Professor Torrey found opportunity to conduct some exploration and excavation, photographing and measuring the antiquities found. The results of this exploration will be published by Professor Torrey upon his return to America next autumn.

The fellowship of $500 offered through the subsidy of the Archaeological Institute was awarded for 1901 03 to Martin A. Meyer, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and of the Hebrew Union College, on the basis of a competitive examination similar to those held by the American Schools of Classical Studies at Rome and Athens. This fellowship will undoubtedly be offered for 1902-03 under the same terms, due notice to be given next spring.

Recent advices tell of an opportunity for excavation of a very promising character at an unusually small outlay, and the managers of the school are doing their utmost to secure the necessary sum. One or two thousand dollars would secure results of great value, but because of the straitened condition of the School's finances, even this small sum must be secured by appeal to interested persons.

The present managing committee of the School is composed of the following: Theodore F. Wright, of the New Church Theological School; George F. Moore, President of the Andover Theological Seminary; William H. Ward, editor of the New York Independent; John P. Peters, the Oriental explorer; and Professor J. H. Thayer, of Harvard. For next year Professor H. G. Mitchell of Boston University has been elected director in Palestine.

There is no fee charged for tuition at the School and the maximum cost of a year's study, everything included, is not more than $500.

Any students who feel an interest in the work of the School, which gives such valuable results, should communicate immediately with Professor H. G. Mitchell of Boston University, or Professor J. H. Thayer, 67 Sparks S., Cambridge.