Show c. c GILBERT MADE I INSTITUTE HEAD William Roscoe Thayer Awarded Gold Medal for Work as Historian I New e York Dec 14 William H. William Roscoe Roscol Thayer of oC Boston overseer of Harvard aut author or university and widely known was awarded the tho gold ol me medal al of oC the National National Na Na- n. lIonal Institute of ot Arts and Letters at atthe tho the annual meeting of or tho the organization horo hero tonight The Tho award was In recognition recognition of ot Mr Ir Thayer's contributions to history an and during tho the past year car biography Cass Casa Gilbert GUbert architect of ot this city ell was wn elected president of or the Institute to succeed Augustus Thomas Ashley H. H an and Arnold W W. 0 Brunner both of or New e York were wore elected re-elected secretary and md treasurer r respectively ch Three new vice presidents wore wora elected elect elect- elected ed as ns follows Walter Damrosch and Clayton Claton Hamilton Ham ilton Uton of or New ew York and Meredith Nich of or Indianapolis John C. C Vandyko Van Van- d dyko of or Now New Brunswick N. N J. J and Paul Dougherty Dou and Herman Iterman Macneil of ot Now V O York wore re rc New ew members admitted to tho the section of literature lIter turo were William Henr Henry Bishop Bishop Bishop Bish Bish- I op Hartford Conn Walter alter Pritchard Eaton Sheffield Matty Maas Edgar Lee Leo LeeMasters Masters Chicago Stuart Pratt Sherman Sher Sher- man Urbana Ill and Jefferson Butler Dutler Fletcher Charles Downer Downer Hazen James Gibbon and Albert Albeit Bigelow Paine Paino of ot New York Tho The new members elected In to tho section section sec sec- ec- ec tion of ot arts were Chester Beach George Wesley esley Bellows nn and Ernest Lawson all of ot New ew York I |