(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The Rev. Romain Butin, a member of the Marist Society, Professor of Oriental Languages and Curator of the Museum at the Catholic University of America, will sail at the end of June for Palestine where he will assume the post of Annual Professor and Acting Director of the American School of Oriental Research at Jerusalem for the year 1926-1927.
The school is supported mainly by American Institutions. The aim of the school is scientific, to extend the knowledge of the geography, history, archaeology and languages of Biblical Lands and to carry out explorations and excavations.
The Association also supports a similar school in Iraq at Bagdad. Each of the schools is governed by a permanent Director, assisted by an Annual Professor selected from among the leading American Biblical or Semitic scholars. The permanent Director of the American School at Jerusalem is Prof. W. F. Albright of Johns Hopkins University. Prof. Albright will spend the coming year in the United States and Dr. Butin will act as Director during his absence. Under Prof. Albright the American School of Jerusalem has excavated the old site of Gibeah of Benjamin. modern Tell-el-Ful, and is now cooperating with the Xenia Theological Seminary in bringing to light the ancient city of Kiriath Sepher in Southern Palestine.
Prof. Butin is the first Catholic priest to be elected to that office.
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