PULITZER AWARD TO CHANNING FOR WORK IN HISTORY

Among the recipients of the Pulitzer Prize awards which were announced last night are two Harvard men, one of them a professor at the University. These are Professor Edward Channing, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and Harvey W. Cushing, M. D. A number of others whose works received awards were the late Miss Amy Lowell, Sinclair Lewis, and George Kelley.

The Pulitzer Prizes are given annually and unlike many similar awards are given with a very definite purpose. The restrictions imposed by the limitation of this purpose often has the effect of excluding from the benefits of the award, certain artistic works of great intrinsic value. The Pulitzer Prizes were founded expressly to promote Americanism in History and American ideals in the drama and other literature.

In the fields of science, both exact and humanitarian, the restrictions are, however, not so rigid.

Sixth Volume Brings Award

Professor Channing, a graduate in the class of 1878, was awarded the $2000 history prize for the sixth volume of his work, "The History of the United States." He became Professor of History in the University in 1897 and has held the McLean Professorship since 1913.

As a writer, Professor Channing has been exceptionally prolific, having written many books, practically all of them dealing with some phase of American history. His most important work is "The History of the United States," for the sixth volume of which, dealing with America shortly after 1848, he was given the prize.

The other recipient, Dr. Harvey Cushing, got his degrees of A.M. and M.D. from the University in 1895, after graduating from Yale in the class of 1891. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of the "Life of Sir William Osler."

Dr. Cushing engaged in the practice of surgery immediately after his graduation and in 1911 became Professor of Surgery in the University. During the war he was director of the United States Army base hospital number five, attached to the B. E. F. in France, becoming senior consultant of neurological surgery in 1918.

He has written some important books, particularly a large number of papers dealing especially with neurological surgery.

What's O'clock Wins' Prize

Of great interest to all those connected with Harvard is the fact that the late Miss Amy Lowell's book of poems, "What's O'clock" was judged the most struggle contribution to American poetry during the year 1925. This was her last volume and was done in her most characteristic free verse style.

The announcement of the Pulitzer award for the best novel on American life to Sinclair Lewis' "Arrowsmith" follows the Pulitzer award tradition in its attitude toward the American novel.

George Kelley, one of the leading playwrights of the younger New York set, has been given the prize for the best play of the past year. His winning piece was "Craig's Wife", which is still enjoying one of the longest runs of the current Broadway productions.