AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, THE, situated on the Janiculum, in Rome, Italy, comprises a School of fine arts and a School of classical studies. It was founded in 1894 under the leadership of Charles F. McKim. It is administered by a director and staff in Rome, and a president and board of trustees in New York city. The School of fine arts includes departments of architecture, painting, sculpture, landscape architecture and musical composition. Seventeen students of advanced attainment are chosen, through annual competitions, as Fellows. The term of the Fellowship in fine arts is three years; in classical studies, one or two years, with residence in the academy and stipend to cover cost of living and travel. There is no formal instruction, but work of certain kinds and travel in classic lands are pre scribed. Results of research and reproductions of the work of the artists are published in the Memoirs or Papers and Monographs of the Academy. By giving its selected artists and scholars op portunities for intimate association through study and travel in an atmosphere of art and amid the inspiration of masterpieces, the Academy aims to contribute toward the elevation of American art and letters.