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Last week, in solemn ritual, a record 658 berobed M.A.s padded into Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre and presented ballots in Latin for the now hotly desired chair of professor artis poeticae. The winner: Robertum R. Graves, with 329 votes. Enid Starkie finished last with 96 votes, a bitter reminder that kingmakers never become kings. Hearing the news in Madrid, Winner Graves composed a victory communique in three minutes flat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Poetry & Politics | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

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