Three outstanding professors in the humanities field have announced that they will retire from active teaching after the present school year. They are: William C. Greene '11, professor of Greek and Latin; Hyder E. Rollins, Gurney Professor of English Literature; and Taylor Starck, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture.

Greene, who has taught here since 1914, except for three years, is best known as a student of Plato in the humane tradition, providing a liberal interpretation of the Greek's beliefs. He has edited Plato's "Dialogues" and the "Platonia Scholia."

Rollins, trying to find how great English writings have been transformed by editors, has published 28 volumes through the University Press since 1926, his first year here. The standard editions of "Tottel's Miscellany," "The Pepys Ballads," and "The Keats Circle" are his works.

Starck, here since 1920, is noted for his course on the history of German civilization. He co-edited the critical edition of the works of Notker, "The German," and published "Der Alraum," a study of the history of plant legends. Starck was awarded the Order of the North Star, Sweden's highest honor for cultural achievement, by the Swedish government last year.