Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1929, Page 26

MASONE LEADES NEET WEDESDAY Confefence on Ten Topics to Precede Washington Me- | morial Meeting. | | In connection with the annual meet- | ing of the George Washingtap Masonic National Memorial Association, which is erecting a mammoth memorial to “George Washington, the Mason,” on Shooters Hill, Alexandria, Va., Febru- | ary 21 and 32, arrangements have been | made for a conference of all the grand | ‘masters of Masons in the United States in the small ballroom of the Willard Hotel Wednesday. ‘The opening ceremonies will be held | at 10 o'clock in the morning. A reli| eall of States will follow, and then elec: tion of officers will be in order. Th next order of business will be the con LECTURER TO TELL OF GRECIAN RUINS Archeological Discoveries in, Excavated City of Olynthus Will Be Described. Remarkable archeological discoveries made in the recently excavated City or‘i I Olynthus, that fill a lost gap in knowl- | edge of the fourth and fifth centuries before Christ, will be described by Prof. | David H. Rebinson of Johns Hopkins | University before the Greece-America Soclety tomorrow evening at 8:15 o'clock in_the Rochambeau | Prof. Robinson headed the expedition t last year went in search of the| ost” City of Olynthus, destroyed by Philip in 348 B. C., an expedition that penetrated the wild regions about 40 L i, e SfofeWide Reductions! sideration of agenda. A recess will bs |miles south of Saloniki in Macedonia. taken at 11:45 o'clock, so that the grand | The excavations made in 15 sections masters may proceed to the White |Te House to attend a reception to them hy the President of the United States at | 12:15 o'clock. Returning to the Wil- lard, luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock, and the conference will be re- | convened at 2:30 o'clock. Following the | conclusion of general business, adjourn- ment will be taken in time to attend | dinner at 7 o'clock. Large Attendance Expected. An unusually large attendance is ex- pected at the conference. The grand masters of the States of Washington, Oregon and California have announced their intention to be present; in fact, | every grand jurisdicition of the United | States, with the exception of those of | New Mexico and Kansas, are expected ‘The two States mentioned will not be | represented for the sole reason that | their Grand Lodges hold their annual | communications this week. The conference Wednesday will be | called to order by Past Grand Master | Howard R, Cruse of New dJersey, who | was chairman of the 1928 conference; with Past Grand Master J. Claude | “Keiper of the District of Columbia, who | was secretary of the conference last | year, as temporary secretary. The in- | vocation will be by Rev. Dr. John C.| Palmer, grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, and | a- weleome will be extended by Wisdom | D. Brown, grand master of Masons in | the District of Columbia. Ten Topies on Agenda. | ‘The agenda is made up of 10 topics, | a3 follows: Masonic foundation, or| Grand Lodge charity funds for re- lief; Masonic education and the best way to interest members; new organiza- | tions predicating their membership on | of America; the report of the | committee on uniform receipts for | dues, or good standing cards: report | of the committee on inter-jurisdictional relief; report of the committiee on list of Grand Lodges recognized by jurisdic- ions of the United States; report ol‘ the committee appointed to select and | disseminate information as to require- ments of the several grand jurisdictions with reference to visitations, and re- | port of the committee on the use of the | word “Masonic” for advertising pur- | poses. 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This is shown by the slingstones found with Philip’s name which are much heavier than those inscribed Chal(cidian). | Towns of Minoan times in Crete and of Hellenistic times in Priene and Delos have been uncovered but hitherto no typical Greek city of the great classical age before Alexander the Great had been excavated until the discovery of | Olynthus, i An enormous amount of material of an inestimable value was taken safely from the ruins, objects of art, remains of painted architecture. statues showing the influence of the Parthenon sculp- tors, jewelry and other archeological ob- jects “of rarest interest. One of the most important of the discoveries were marble bathtubs, and a waterworks and sewerage system, showing the Greeks of that ancient period were even in advance of many communities today in modern Europe. City Not Deeply Buried. Not being deeply buried, the rem- nants of the city were found to have | suffered much from additional destruc- | June a force of 200 to 250 Greeks, mostly refugees, many of whom were saved from starvation by getting this work. The excavations conducted by Mr. Robinson, who is professor of archeol- ogy at Johns Hopkins, were under the auspices of the Amreican School of Classical Studies at Athens, although he expenses were borne by friends of the Baltimore institution. Prof. Robinson. one of the outstand- ing archeologists of the country, has participated in a number of important excavations, including the site at Pisi- | diam Antioch, which St. Paul visited on somasof his missionary journeys. i In honor of this and other important | work, Prof. Robinson has been appointed | L§ Norton lecturer of the Archeological | Institute of America for 1928-29. 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