THE LAST OF THE TITANS

After twenty-one years of teaching at Harvard, John Livingston Lowes has given his last lecture, Yesterday at noon, he walked into Sever 11, ascended the rostrum, and gave a short talk on Robert Herrick, the seventeenth century lyricist. Thus with the gay lines of the poet, he wrote "Finis" to his long career as one of the foremost scholars of his time a career that is remarkable in its contribution to learning. Dr. Lowes, apart from having gained invaluable experience in colleges throughout the country, has written many books on English Literature. His "The Road to Xanadu" is an analysis of Coleridge and his poetry, and "Convention and Revolt in Poetry" is another of his most significant works. Profession Lowes is one of the foremost authorities on Chancer and has written several works on the great fourteenth century poet.

Now Harvard has lost another of her greatest. The English Department first lost Copeland, then Kittredge, then Lake and now Lowes. We can only hope that time will replace them.