Signet Honors Sherwood, Lewis at Annual Dinner

At the seventieth anniversary dinner of the Signet Society held Saturday night the Signet Medal for Achievement awarded annually was given to Robert E. Sherwood '18, playwright, and the Signet Medal was given to the Elizabethan Club of Yale, honorary guests at the dinner.

The awards were made by David T. W. McCord '17, president of the Signet alumni, who introduced William Allen Nellson, former President of Smith and toastmaster for the evening.

The speakers included President Lowell, '77, George Lyman Kittredge, '82, Gurney Professor of English Literature emeritus, Stephen Vincent Benet, poet, Edward Ballantine, '07, associate professor of Music, musician, Robert E. Sherwood '18, Wilmarth Lewis, Blaiv Clark '40, President of the Signet, and MacGeorge Bundy '40, Secretary of the Elizabethan Club.