Word: norton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conjunction with the celebration through which the University is honoring this week the centenary of its first professor of Fine Arts, Charles Eliot Norton '46, the Fogg Museum of Art and the Archaeological institute of America have planned for tomorrow, the centennial day, a joint commemoration ceremony at the Museum. Many additional volumes in memory of Professor Norton have been meanwhile presented to Widener Library, and will be exhibited together with the books from his private collection which are to be on view in the Treasure Room during the coming month...
...Professor Norton stirred men's minds to a new appreciation of beauty, and turned their thoughts into new channels," said Dean Brigs. "His lectures were informal talks in a beautiful form; the speech of a highly cultivated gentleman, with a background of knowledge and appreciation of all that is beautiful in the world...
...example of Professor Norton's hospitality, Dean Briggs told of the Christmas parties given at Shady Hill, Norton's home, to which all students who had been unable to go home for the holidays were invited. President Lowell has carried on the tradition, which it is believed was first instituted by Norton...
...There was a certain graciousness, a kindly attitude which one felt immediately upon coming into Norton's home," said Dean Briggs. "He was a charming host...
Telling of Norton's influence upon his students, Dean Briggs said that men caught from Norton something that they found to no such degree in anyone else. Norton opened their minds to things of which they had not thought before, and awakened a real interest in the subjects he taught. "Norton brought an appreciation of art, literature, and friendship into his students' philosophy of life," concluded Dean Briggs...