THE AJAX OF SOPHOCLES.
To the Editor of the World:
Perhaps the chief value of "The Ajax," which was given at Hull House, was the fact that it revealed the Greek colony to the rest of the city in a totally new aspect. It not only won for them a new esteem, but established a bond of common tradition and experience. Perhaps nothing is so necessary as this in the so-called problem of "Americanization"--that we should first of all respect and understand the really valuable store of Old-World culture which many immigrants bring. To have this expressed in the pure classic form which "The Ajax" afforded was no small contribution to the education of a cosmopolitan city.
JANE ADDAMS.
Chicago, Ill. March 22
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