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...Lawton is well known to Cambridge people. He is a graduate of Harvard, and is at present actively engaged as agent of the Institute and secretary of the Delphic committee, in furthering the good work that is going...
Next Friday evening Mr. William Cranston Lawton will deliver under the auspices of the Harvard Classical Club a public lecture in Sever 11, on the proposed excavation of Delphi under the direction of the Archaeological Institute of America. Less than a year ago Professor Norton delivered in the same place an address, in which, after making mention of the past and present aspect of the site of the ancient temple of Delphi, he gave some account of the attitude of the Greek government toward the American proposal to undertake investigation on Greek soil. Since that time matters have been gradually...
...LAWTON, 128 Mellen St., Agent of the Institute and Secretary of the Delphi committee...
...publish in our columns this morning a communication from William Cranston Lawton which deserves careful perusal. Up to this time, as will be seen America has contributed little or nothing to the furtherance of archaeological research in Greece, and has in fact in this respect no enviable record. Now, however, preparations are making for the excavation of Delphi and its surroundings under the direction of American scholars and these excavations, if successful, will go far toward proving America's claim to scholarly recognition. No more fruitful field certainly could have been chosen for the initial work than the site...
...first is a description of the experiences of a non-combatant in South Carolina in 1861, by J. R. Kendrick. John Fiske offers another of his critical essays on the Revolutionary period, the topic being, "The Monmouth and Newport Campaigns." "The Closing Scene of the Iliad," by William C. Lawton, will be of interest to all classical students. One of the most readable articles in the number is "Fictions in the Pulpit," by Agnes Repplier. The writer makes a strong protest against the extreme moralistic and didactic tone of modern novel. Professor Joseph H. Thayer contributes an admirable description...