European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse ,. A a a s i i the reconstructed Stoa As seen from the acropolis Hill. The $2 million edifice was built from materials taken from the same sources As the original. Is phots painters some finishing touches to rebuilt Market place. In 5hopp n7 . The work of restoring i lie slow of a Talos has been a Long Range project of Hie Ameri can school of classical studies at Athens. When the Large scale excavations of the once great athenian agora wen1 begun in .1hit became evident that a huge build ing would have to be erected to House the More than ancient objects uncovered at the site. As greek Law forbids the removal of any archaeological objects from the country Anil the directors of the american school Felt that future visitors to the site would have a greater appreciation of their meaning if the discoveries were put on display where they were found it was decided to build a museum nearby. Since there was no space for a new building among the treasured ruins the by John m. Wright staff writer project of reconstructing one of the agora s ancient most Majestic buildings was begun. Reconstruction started in Early 1954, soon after excavators students of the school had completely uncovered the Stoa s former foundations determined its Complete characteristics. The $2 million raised by the sources half of needed for the wok was school from american it from John d. Rocke Feller or. The materials needed in the new building came mostly from the sources of the old Stoa Marble from my. Penteli quarries Limestone from Piraeus Clay for roof tiles from the outskirts of Athens. Greek craftsmen carved the Stone in exact copies of the original columns de signs using hand tools the Hammer chisel As their forebears had done 22 centuries before. However the modern builders changed a major detail. They strengthened the Stoa with reinforced Concrete. When the ancient invaders set fire to Athens buildings wooden beams holding the Marble of the original Stoa gave Way the great Square of carved Stone collapsed. In computing the Cost of the completed Stoa the builders found that one Man hour for a Stone Cutter today Cost exactly in dollars what if Cost in greek drachmas when the original Stoa was built in the 1th Century ., an increase of work men s wages of 30 to 1. The completed Stoa is the first classical greek building completely rebuilt on its original site crowns More than 20 years of fruitful excavations carried out by american archaeologists at the Market place of ancient Athens. In the course of their work in the agora the excavators have moved with pick shovel More than 300,000 tons of soil rubble. Every shovel Ful was examined f9 12 the residue carted off by horse cart or truck to dumps outside the City. The agora was the heart of ancient Athens political commercial social life. Originally Laid out. Around goo ., in the time of Solon the Law giver it was a Large Square covering More than eight acres in a Valley just to the North of the acropolis. Sanctuaries office buildings government quarters fountains other p Niblic build Ings Rose on the spot soon surrounded the Park like area. The most typical of the agora buildings were the stops which in a Way resembles the supermarkets of today. Here merchants had their shops people met to transact business or gossip philosophers taught the apostle Paul in his visit to Athens disputed in the agora daily with them that met with there were several stops in the athenian agora most impressive of All was the one that closed the East Side of the Market Square. King a Talos ii King of pergamum in what is now Turkey studied in Athens As a youth. When he gained the throne in the 2d Century He had the Stoa built As an expression of his princely gratitude for his learning under the tutorship of Ker Neades because the City had made him an honorary athenian. The Stoa of a Talos is a huge building by either ancient or modern standards. It is ih2 feet Long 54 wide two stories in height with a Broad Terrace running the length of its front. From the of each floor a double Row of 21 shops face out to a deep porch that is supported by a double Row of fluted columns. Today the divisions Between the shops Are removed the whole area serves As a museum for the objects uncovered in the agora during the 20 years of excavation. Right ancient vases carefully pieced together Are on viev in the museum. The stars stripes. Model shows the Stoa upper left As. It was situated 20 centuries ago. The reconstruction started in 1954. Tuesday november 11, 1958 the Ollendorff left Raleigh Morgan of . Embassy interview a youth Leader International youth Exchange by Ernie Weatherall staff writer when Henry Ollendorff was a Small boy in Darmstadt Germany he used to Admire the Home of a hessian Prince near the Center of town. A half Century later or. Henry b. Ollen Dorff who now lives in Cleveland Ohio returned to his Home own to he the guest of Honor in the same House which has become a neighbourhood youth Center. Ollendorff now executive director of the neighbourhood s e 1 t 1 e m e n 1 assn., is the founder of the1 Cleveland International youth leaders Exchange program. 11 was Only by Accident that Ollendorff got into social work. Me had left Darm Stadt to go to school later practice Law in Berlin. He was doing Well in the labor Field until the a is came to Power. Ollendorff was later jailed spent j5 months in solitary confinement. They did let him have some books among them some texts on English. By the time of his release he had become fluent in the Lan Guage. In 19, a Ollendorff fled to the . Through the help of a refugee Agency he attended Columbia University in new York where he majored in social studies. Later he went to Cleveland took up social work. When he visited his native land after the War Ollendorff got the idea that if All Young social workers in Germany had a Chance to come to America for a few months for work in settlement houses Ries other welfare not Only be excellent them that social prob in both countries years to get his idea across to the people of Cleveland. Finally backed by the City s three newspapers Camps Day nurse projects it would training hut show lems Are the same it took several a German visitor shows Cleveland youngsters the Art of falconry. Stars stripes West German students visit a Low Cost housing project in Cleveland. Many businessmen the municipal minist rat Ion Money was raised to bring the first Young German social workers Over. As the program grew the state depart ment paid the transportation the West German government also shared in the expense. Each year Ollendorff visits four Ope interviewing Young people plan Ning to make a career of social work. Now however there Are 11 other coun tries besides Germany taking part in the program. This year the West German government with Grants from our state department is paying the expenses of the first group of eight american youth Lead ers who will work for a few months in German communities. When the youth leaders from Europe come to Cleveland they attend Western Reserve University for six weeks studying american social problems. During this time they live for two weeks each with three different families. Later Ollendorff assigns them to a Wel fare project. Each year the number of Exchange leaders has grown until i arrived in Cleveland this past summer. What they have Learned they tiring to Europe with them Ollendorff explained. Coming 1o America working with the people has been an experience that has enriched their it was a 100 of those youth loaders All of whom had visited America who held the reunion honouring Ollendorff who is interviewing candidates for next year s Exchange program. The City of Darmstadt proud of the Home town boy who made Good also played Host to the leaders at a dinner. Ollendorff was guest of Honor there too. Page 13 \
