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Show ELIOT THE WINNER OF A GOLD MEDAL BOSTON, Nov. 20. Dr. Charles W. 5liot, president, emeritus of Harvard, xv as notified today that by unanimous vote he had been awarded fho first gold medal of the American A cademy ot Arts and Letters '-as a recognition of special distinction. ' ' By subscription of its members last year the academy established a gold medal "to be bestowed for the entire work of any person of either sex not a member of the academy who shall be a native or naturalized citizen of the United States." It was announced that the formal presentation would take placo during the winter, probably in New York. |