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G. H. McFadden.
THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
CURIUM EXCAVATIONS EPISKOPI, LIMASSOL CYPRUS
8th October, 1951Dear Bert:-
I've been back here for almost two weeks now. I stopped over in London a few days, and had two nights at Athens. I arrived just as Deke was getting ready to leave. He told me he was reporting to Dunbarton Oaks on the second of this month, so I imagine you have already seen him. He looked better to me than he did when I left Cyprus in July and I hope his health will not interfere with his work over much. Until Deke got jaundice about a year ago he was one of the most energetic and keenest excavators that we have had on our staff but since then he has not been capable of any sustained concentration. His recovery here was so slow that we all urged him to go home where he could take his sick leave under proper medical attention. He has decided, however, to report to you as originally planned. It is hoped that his decision may prove to have been a wise one. When I was at Princeton in August I missed seeing Mr. Fine as you know. I went to the classical seminary but he wasn't there and his office was locked. As I hoped to return to Princeton soon I didn't call him at his house. I was making a special trip to Princeton to see him just before I left the country but the operator told me his office telephone was disconnected and that his house didn't answer. I gathered he was still on his holiday. I was terribly sorry to have missed seeing him. I hear that Sjoqvist is taking over the teaching of ancient history. Does this mean that the Department of Classics will no longer be teaching it? I'm not sure when I'll be returning home again. If the Youngs have finished their book on the figurines from Curium in January and if the University wants to publish it without delay I will probably fly back to read it before it goes to press.
Yours as ever,
Professor Bert Friend, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
GHMcF/cp
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