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...following letters appeared in the Graduates' Magazine on the occasion of Professor Norton's eightieth birthday last December...
...knew that Mr. Norton was nearing his eightieth birthday, but I was instinctively putting it off some years longer, and it needed your reminder to make me realize that it fell next month. Whatever his age, there was something in the early maturity of his power which keeps him enduringly young; the keen insight, the critical acumen, the generous sympathy, remain undimmed, unblunted, unchilled...
...December number of the Graduates' Magazine is graced with a garland of appreciation contributed by eminent writers in honor of Professor Norton's eightieth birthday. A sonnet by Edith Wharton heads the list, and there follow letters from Ambassador Bryce, President Eliot, Horace Howard Furness, R. W. Gilder, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, W. D. Howells, G. H. Palmer, Bliss Perry, Goldwin Smith, and Andrew D. White. President Eliot traces the development of Mr. Norton's courses at Harvard-a most interesting history to follow, especially for those of us to whom Fine Arts 3 and Fine Arts 4 seemed as ancient...
...Monthly for December prints three contributions of particular timeliness: a brief account by Mr. Tillinghast of the Harvardiana now on exhibition in the College Library, a cordial editorial congratulation of Professor C.E. Norton upon his eightieth birthday, and an ode, "The Founder," by R. E. Rogers. Mr. Rogers sees in the eyes of John Harvard, as they look out upon the Delta, a vision of the College which bears his name, and interprets for us the thoughts of the Founder with respect both to the past and to the future. He well brings out the Puritan loyalty to England...
...present number of the Advocate is, like most numbers, rather uneven. The editorials, fortunate in finding suitable subjects, are free from desperation. Timely congratulations to Mr. Norton on the occasion of his approaching eightieth birthday are written with sincerity and dignity; and the advantages of human relations between teachers and pupils, though frequently discussed, can bear reiteration. Apropos of a modest forbearance in this second editorial to prove the point, it may be remarked that the benefits of class-room friendliness accrue equally to both parties...