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PERRY EULOGIZED J. R. LOWELL

SPEAKERS HONORED HIS MEMORY AS POET, PROFESSOR, AND STATESMAN.

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Tribute to James Russell Lowell as the man who taught England and America the meaning of democracy featured the exercises held in Sanders Theatre by the Cambridge Historical Society Saturday evening in honor of the poet's hundredth birthday anniversary. William Roscoe Thayer '81 who presided referred to Lowell as the greatest ambassador America ever had President Eliot '53 reviewed Lowell's career as a professor at the University.

Perry Connects Lowell With Alliance.

After referring to Lowell as the man who enlightened England and America on democracy, Professor Bliss Perry said:

"Thirty years later, when the reason arose for these countries to band together and subdue the monster of present civilization, the anchor that Lowell had forged held."

In addition to the addresses by President Eliot and Professor Perry, Professor Copeland read from Lowell's poems and Percy McKaye '97 read an original poem.

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