John L. Lowes to Give Last Lecture

Concluding 20 years of teaching here at Harvard, John L. Lowes, Ph.D. 1909, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English and Senior Fellow in the Society of Fellows, will give his last lecture today in Sever 11 at 2 o'clock.

The mentor of English 21 on sixteenth century literature has given several of the most popular courses in the English Department during his long career here. At one time his course on Romantic and Victorian Poets was one of the most heavily enrolled course in the Department.

Noted Author

A prominent author in his own right, Professor Lowes wrote "Convention and Revolt in Poetry" in 1919, "Of Reading Books and Essays" and several works about Chaucer. He published his most famous critical work, "The Road to Xanadu" in 1927.

During his literary career, Professor Lowes has been a friend of some leading modern authors, including Joe Aikens, Harriet Johns, and Amy Lowell. He had a long conflict with Professor Irving Babbit here about Humanism.