The members of the undergraduate body will learn with deep regret that advancing age makes it impossible for Professor Lane to continue active service after the present year. He is one of those men who have made Harvard famous as the centre of rich scholarship. One of the foremost Latin authorities of his day, he has won high regard in the greatest intellectual centres, not only here, but also in foreign lands. And yet his achievements have never been a barrier to kindly interest in students and all their activities, and his honest and practical sympathy has endeared him to numberless Harvard men. Though in future he will necessarily not come into such close contact with the students, his genial and inspiring influence will still be with us. He is an example of the simple dignity of abounding learning, and the quiet strength that has come from high endeavor.
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The Serenade to the Princeton Nine.
