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Sept. 26, 1938.
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CAM.. DDRIESS. "AMACAOMY..

Debr Professor Egbert,

The year opens at the Academy under tae clouds of war-

threats abroad awl of depression at home. One Lust go ahead planning as if

the world would continue Is we know it, how ver, and one of the things

which remains with me as a disappointment from last year is the failure

of two of our Fellows to secure teching posts. It seems to me that if a

man is good enough to be canosen a Fel.ow of the Academy he should not

feel thereby that he is minimizing his chances of securing a position as

against those who stay at hime and are aole to keep tnemselves more to the

fore. net brings this especially to my mind at tJe mement is the fact
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that one of the second ,,ear Fellows nas been advised by some people iaterest

In him to return for the December meetiaga of tne Am. Pnilol. Assn. etc

is order to look for job. When he asked me a.00ut it, 1 s id tarot I

thought that it would be q_Aite a mistake' to waste his snort time here

nd interrupt his work by returning home. But I thought that I w.duld write

and ask gos whether you feel that it is proper for me nJt to allow students

to do so and also to ask you and the Comittee on the School to have in

mind during the year this problem. Instead .f waiting, as I did last

year, to raise the question of positions in the Maimakimxiettenxi. mid-

winter News Letter, I shall do so this fear in that watch should arrive in

time for the December meeting. It seems to me that, in line with a

suggests in which I broached last gear, some permaaeat organization of

former members of the Classical School, n_t only Fellows but also

Visiting Students, night be created is iconjunctiona with the Alumni

Association of the Academy and some means might be found through this
of campaigning actively for our men. It is an ooligation which rests
on those 1n tImerica as we here are so remote and one can:lot depend
simply on the personal con..ections of the students or profes..ors.
Last year, Claude Barlow went home for the meetings and got a job but I
amrt sure how much connection the-e was between the two. Moreover he
was In hie third year and could more easily afford tae time. I will be
very glad if the Committee wou_d keep this 1(1 mind and send me any

suggestions as to what I mignt do.

While I am on the subject of jobs, mignt I call to your attention
the case of Prof. A. Momigliano, who has written to me that he will
probably lose his position of Professor of Greek and Roman History in
Turin in consequence of tne anti-S,mitic policy of the government. He is
se far from being personally objectionable that he is, I think, a member
of the party. Moreover he Is purely the scholar and his reputation is alrcady
Internatioual though he is only 30. He writes me that ne secured tne chair
against 10 competitors and I know that hia many articles and his 000k on
Claudius are we.1 regarded in learned circles. He could teach not only
"ncient History ana Classics out also Italian and ne nas ()one oiblioLrapn..cal
and editorial work, especially for the tic iclo pe d I a ltaliana. has a wife

and chi d, which does not help matters. Though he does not yet speak
English, he intends to learn. In person he is vather -small (not asiissakiiji
markedly Jewish) and shy, but he has a nice personality. He would be ideal
for a research position, because of his learning, breadth of interest,
and industry. And I am sure that his achievement and promise make him a
safe bet for any place which takes him. Of course, he is only one of many
cases and the Italians will have lean pickings after the Germans, but his
ability marks him out as sa..-kevnat exceptional. I do hope that if you hear
of any opening or have any suggestions, you will let me know. I have also
written to Prof. Wystermann about him.
With kindest regards to you and to the Com..ittee,
Sincerely yours,
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Nov. 2, 1938.
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CA151.13 ADDAUS: "AMACADMY

Dear Professor Eggert,

The Director of the Academy has asked me to submit to the

Committee on the Classical School thiyougn you a report on the selection

of the Fellows in Classics. He feels dissatisfied with the work and

characters of certain of the Fellows both in Classics and in rine Arts

and thinks that every effort should be made to select men who will not

abuse their opportunities here. It is, of course, imposAble to guarantee

that a man cnosea on the basis of vrfotmance at home will not turn out

badly under the different conditions of work here, but tixexxx anything

that can be done to prevent it is, (Axial naturally, worth trying. I

myself do not really feel competent to d.scuss the subject because I

know actaalls so little about the methods of selection at home. but for

what it is worth, were is my report.

With respect to the basic considerations of selection it is

perhaps wise aot to generalize since tney must oe determined largely by

the material at any time available. But on the whole, it is probably

wiser to ahoose aen by ability rather than by appositeness of subject and

to Let the latter consideration enter is only as between candidates of

about equal ability. In support of this might be cited the fact that our

ablest Fellow at the moment is one working in the field of Byzantine

studies rather than in such a field as archaeology or palaeography.

Moreover, II the most important coatribation, perhaps, which the

School caa make to Classical Studies in America is to give those who are

going into teaching a first hand acquaintance with the classical world,

whether their interests are literary, historical, or whatever. In my own