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...recent appointment of Professor Gilbert Murray of Oxford University to fill the Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry next year at Harvard has called forth considerable editorial comment in a wide variety of publications. Practically all of the opinions expressed look upon Professor Murray's coming here as a definite step in intellectual progress. Unanimous comment has also been made on the fact that the word poetry in connection with this professorship is to be taken in its broadest sense and is to include poetic expression, not only in language, but in music and the fine arts...
When the 27,000 foot camp was established at the highest point ever reached by human beings. Somerville and Norton made the first attempt, but turned back at 28,000 feet when Norton collapsed...
...first time in recent years the Crimson runners will enter the big event of the indoor track season with proven power which will rank on a par with any of the teams which have filed entries. Georgetown with its great athlete, Emerson Norton, as the nucleus of the squad, is again conceded an even chance to win first honors and retain the title for another year. Last year the Georgetown squad of 20 contestants piled up 37 points to the 24 1-4 points scored by the University team in capturing second place over Pennsylvania. Yale is the second team...
...first incumbent of the Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry, established last spring by Mr. C. Chauncey Stillman '98, will be Professor Gilbert Murray of Oxford University, one of the world's foremost classical scholars, famous for his translations of Greek poetry into English rhyming verse. The noted English man of letters will come to the University next fall and will be in residence in Cambridge until Christmas...
...Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry was established by Mr. Stillman, a former student under Professor Charles Eliot Norton '46, specifying that the term "Poetry" should include not only Verse but all poetic expression in language, music and the fine arts, such as painting, sculpture, and architecture. President Lowell in commenting upon the newly established chair on its establishment last year said: "It helps the struggle of years to place college emphasis on intellectual culture...