Show LECTURE ON ARCHAEOLOGY Interesting Facts Given by Miss Alice G Fletcher Miss Alice f Fletcher chairman of the committee on American archaeology of the Archaeological Institute of Washing Washington ton D C addressed a large audience last evening at the Lafayette Lafaette school on the picturesque subject The Mythical Background of w Archaeology Miss Fletcher FIetchEr brought to her task not only a large fund of information of a most in interesting nature but displayed an ability to express herself In an interesting man manner manner ner ncr T She began with the study stud of archaeology in the island of Crete which has given en the most remote prehistoric facts to the world and after telling of the customs and manners mann rs of the he ne inhabitants of that land island L she showed how the same general idea had existed in all ull ages and among amon all primitive people regarding the forces In nature which they the have hae deified Epe did the speaker dwell on the sig significance significance significance of the tho general reverence for forthe forthe forthe the mother earth and for stones as a apart apart apart part of that deity The lecture l closed with Ith a study of the ritualistic ceremonies of the higher tribes of or American Indians a study which showed clearly the similarity in beliefs between the ancient and modern modem people Dean Byron Cummings of the University city sity sit of Utah presided and introduced Miss Fletcher speaking warmly of the value of oC her work In the American Institute of oC Archaeology and of her conspicuous ability in classifying and preserving data In regard to American research Before the lecture the University Mandolin club contributed several appreciated selections |