Charles Eliot Norton was one of the most famous characters of "old Cambridge." The unique and forceful personality that made him one of the greatest of nineteenth century teachers and a triumphant torchbearer in the elevation of fine arts to a high place not only in educational curricula but in public esteem put his name among those of Harvard's best-known sons, where it will long be secure. Changing Cambridge has long since swept away "Norton's Woods," and not even the name remains to designate the residential district across Kirkland Street. But Harvard, and the educational and artistic worlds, remember Charles Eliot Norton's personality and achievements, and as his hundredth birthday approaches gladly join to revere his memory.
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