Excerpt from A Memorial Volume to Shakespeare and Harvey

The University of Texas set apart five days for its Commemoration of the Shakespeare Tercentenary and of Harvey's discovery of blood circulation, April 22-26, 1916. As part of the program four addresses were delivered in the main auditorium. That on Monday morning was made by Professor John M. Manly, Head of the Department of English in the University of Chicago, Judge R. L. Batts, of the Federal Bench, spoke Monday afternoon, Professor Barrett Wendall, of Harvard University. on Tuesday morning, and Professor Wm. E. Ritter, Director of the Scripps Institution, California, on Wednesday morning. Their spoken words are herein given the permanence of print.

Professor James W. Bright, of Johns Hopkins University, was the principal instructor of Doctor Calloway, to whom, in honor, this volume is dedicated. Professor Baskervill, of the University of Chicago, and Professor Gray, of Leland Stanford, Jr., University, were formerly teachers of English in the University of Texas. The contributors of the other essays still are members of this university's faculty.

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