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...first lecture was given by Fred N. Robinson, Gurney Professor of English Literature who spoke on Beowulf. The talks and reading are all of an informal nature and provide an opportunity for discussion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHITING TALKS ABOUT MEDIEVAL LOVE LYRICS | 1/27/1939 | See Source »

Fred N. Robinson, Gurney Professor of English Literature, delivered the first of nine informal talks on English Poetry sponsored by the Poetry Room in Widener, yesterday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Robinson Inaugurates Series | 1/13/1939 | See Source »

...Huskies have six experienced men ready for the Indoor Athletic Building clash, headed by flashy Bob Gurney at forward and footballer Jim Connolly. Eric Almstrom and Lou Smith will share the pivot duties, and Bob Toucey pairs with Tom Gleason at the guard positions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pucksters Playing Junior Olympics in Opener---Feslermen Oppose Huskies | 12/8/1938 | See Source »

George Lyman Kittredge, Gurney Professor of English Literature, emeritus, yesterday afternoon opened the Francis Bergen series of lectures at Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kittredge Speaks at Yale | 11/1/1938 | See Source »

...Gurney Professor of English Literature, emeritus, with a heard as "pure as driven snow," Kitty retired in 1935. His "English 2: Six Plays" was one of the most famous courses in the country, and the mid-year and final exams with their long memory question and 60 to 70 "spot" passages were the terror of generations. During his reign he insisted on "Shakspere" as the correct spelling. His students will never forget the pearl gray fiannel suit he invariably wore, the glasses that flew up his lapel to their hanger with never a hitch, and his pungent injunctions against coughing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Born Late, 1942 Will Miss Four Harvard Traditions | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

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