Professor C. L. Smith has sent to the Corporation his resignation as Pope Professor of Latin, to take effect November 1, 1904. Professor Smith's resignation is due to ill health, which has made it impossible for him to carry on the full work of his professorship. He will, however, continue to give Classical Philology 41.

Professor Smith graduated from Haverford College in 1860 and from Harvard College in 1863. He was assistant professor of classics and mathematics at Haverford from 1863 to 1865. From 1865 to 1866 he studied at Gottingen, and the following year traveled in Greece and Italy. From 1869 to 1870 he was professor of Greek and German at Swarthmore College. His service at Harvard began in 1870, when he was appointed tutor in Latin. He held this position until 1873, when he was made assistant professor of Latin, with which rank he served until 1883, when he was made professor of Latin. He was Dean of the College Faculty from 1882 to 1890, and Dean of Harvard College in 1890-91. From 1898 to 1902 he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 1901 he was made Pope Professor of Latin, in succession to the late Professor G. M. Lane.