Word: norton
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...literature; the majority are "Laodecian," in that particular, as we read on another page. A Senior meditates, "more senforum," on the changes he has seen and some he would like to see. There is an editorial note commendatory of the Student Council, a word in memory of Professor Norton, and a short review of a new book by Mr. Galsworthy...
Yesterday, at 12.15 o'clock, the funeral services for Professor Norton '46, were held in Appleton Chapel. The casket was borne up the aisle by eight undergraduate pall-bearers. The Rev. E. C. Moore '78 read the burial services, which were brief and simple. There was singing by the choir and the services closed with a hymn by the congregation. The interment was private...
...very first thought which students in Fine Arts 4 heard Professor Norton express was "excellence"; for he used to preface his lectures with a quotation beginning "A nation once so excellent." And this idea of excellence, of which so few of the thousands of his hearers had any true conception before they listened to his talk, was the keynote of most that he had to say to them. The course professed to be about Greek art, and certainly nobody was better qualified to illuminate that subject; but it was wonderful to observe how he showed that such a seemingly dead...
Courage was another of Professor Norton's attributes, and particularly the courage to speak out his convictions, no matter who or how many were on the other side. He did this always politely, and not from wanton aggression, but the very polish of his expressions, his logic which could not be confuted, and the wealth of examples which his well-furnished mind could bring to the support of his positions, sometimes drove his opponents almost rabid in their replies to him. This courage also saved him from the littleness of "answering back," and enabled him to possess his own soul...
Thus as I look back upon the presence of Professor Norton, I think of his ideal of excellence, of his kindness, and of his courage,--qualities to be commended to the youth of Harvard College which he loved...