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...clock tonight in the New Lecture Hall, T. S. Eliot '10, the eminent poet and critic, will deliver the first lecture of the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry. Mr. Eliot comes to Harvard as the sixth holder of the Chair, and the first American to receive this honor in the last six years...
...Norton Professorship was endowed by the late C. C. Stillman '98, as a memorial to Professor Norton. The holders are chosen without regard to nationality or special field, according to the terms of the endowment, as long as they represent the literary humanities. Last year, the Chair was held by Professor Sigurthur Nordal, Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland, who spoke on "The Spirit of Icelandic Literature...
...Richardson '64, prominent Boston surgeon who died October 20, according to his will filed in Probate Court, left his library with the exception of the medical books to Harvard University. He also left a bequest of $100,000 for the endowment of a professorship of obstetrics and $40,000 for the establishment of the "Jeffrey Richardson Fellowship," the income to be used for the support of a deserving medical student...
...Eliot '10, the distinguished poet and critic, will give two series of public lectures at Harvard as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry for the current academic year. He is the first American to receive this honor since the Norton professorship was established six years...
...famous authority on ecclesiastical history came to Harvard from the University of Leyden in 1913, and received in 1919 the Winn Professorship which he held up to yesterday. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Sciences and the author of numerous books on ecclesiastical history and biblical exegesis...