S. E. Morison, Frost Receive Pulitzer Prizes for '42 Works

Samuel Eliot Morison '08, and Robert Frost, noted New England poet, were Harvard's two winners of Pulitzer Prizes for 1942 as announced in New York yesterday. Morison was selected for his biography of Columbus while Frost was singled out for his volume of poetry entailed "A Witness Tree."

Morison, now a lieutenant commander in the Navy, earned his accolade because of his book, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea," which was "foremost in teaching Americans patriotic and unselfish services." A professor in history at the University since 1915, he is now engaged in writing the history of the Navy. He is a Senior Fellow and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1912. Morison is one of the greatest authorities on early Colonial history and on Columbus, and has led expeditions of Harvard men over the four routes of America's founder in years past.

Fourth Time for Frost

The poetry award that went to Frost was his fourth Pulitzer acclaim. He received an M.A. from Harvard in 1897 and is now a Fellow in American Civilization here. He is an associate member of Adams House who frequently reads some of his poems or leads discussions about poetry at House or College gatherings.

Frost is noted for his traditionalism in poetry and his isolationism in politics. He, like Morison, holds M.A. and Litt. D. degrees. Dean Buck was one of the College's past winners when he was honored for his book "Road to Reunion."

Upton Sinclair was singled out for his "Dragon's Teeth," a novel published by an American and dealing with American life. "The Skin of Our Teeth," Thornton Wilder's fantasy now running on Broadway, was given an award for "the American play, performed in New York, which represents in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage." Hanson W. Baldwin of the New York Times, was designated at the year's most distinguished correspondent on the basis of his South Pacific report. Either Forbes' "Paul Revere and the World Be Lived In" earned the prize for the best book on the history of the nation.