Show S iby ur y y a t BY OXFORD AN AMERICAN RECEIVES distinguished recognition prof gayley formerly merly of the uza of can given the th decree of Honor honorary arT drellow work which led to HU HI pre t fame charles M gayley of the varsity of california a son in law of 0 the late bishop harris has recently had distinguished honors conferred upon him by I 1 V 0 an english university ver sity it is not often that such a mark of distinction falls to the lot of an american si and prof gayley feels i a natural elation that it has come to him and his own ze eking it is customary in england and in this country also to confer honorary degrees on distinguished men and in the english universities it la Is said that one man is annually chosen as the recipient of this honor ty each college a number of colleges forming the components parts of a university oxford university represented by lincoln college has conferred on prof gayley the degree of honorary fellow the work which led to his association with oxford was in the service of the english publishing firm of macmillan co who appointed him editor in chief of the preparation of pre shakespeare comedies the scope of the work being to collect and edit these comedies so that they would be available not only tor for literary re 4 wr PROP CHARLES M GAYLEY but L also for the general reading public prof gayley was waa born bom 39 years ago in china hia father being a missionary and a presbyterian clergyman his early boyhood was spent in england and ireland and later he entered the university 0 of michigan fron from which he graduated in the literary department part ment his fraternity at ann arbor was T he soon af after ter became an instructor tn in the ir literary department part ment and succeeded in obtaining leave of absence to study in the german danl on his return to this country he resumed his duties at ann abor as assistant professor of english till in 1888 he accepted an offer of the chair of english literature at the university of california which position he sow now holds during hla his stay in ann arbor he wrote the song gon yellow and blue blua alch velch has become the varsity song ul at ann arbor ever since bince he has bas been at berkeley he has been closely identified with the university extension movement having at different alms lectured all over the state in 1891 he inq married ried miss sally pickett harris harria the daughter of the late lat bishop harris harrox the university of california granted him a years leave of absence to cover the ground for his english book which could be done only in that country and in such places as the british museum and the at a oxford the authorities of the latter recognized him officially a aad ad gave him bun the full privileges of the library when he left america he carried letters from professors and citizens here to many prominent men of letters und and he was soon made welcome to english literary circles mr and mrs mm gayley tere are at present traveling ou on the continent of europe eurom |