That a signal honor has been paid to Professor Charles Homer Haskins, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at the University was learned last night when Professor M. C. Diehl visiting professor from the University of Paris announced the election of Professor Haskins as a foreign associate member of the Academie des Inscriptionset Belles Lettres a division of the Institut de France.
Professor Haskins who for many years has been a corresponding member, was elevated to this position, which entails all the rights of full membership, under the most flattering circumstances, being elected in the first vote by an overwhelming majority, Full membership in the Institute, is the highest honor which France can confer upon a scholar.
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