Little ado is made of the National Institute of Arts & Letters (250 members) or its American Academy of Arts & Letters (50 members picked from the Institute). Yet their membership contains men & women who have made positive contributions to current letters & fine a ts. Last week the American Academy of Arts & Letters met in Manhattan and again chose Professor William Milligan Sloane of Columbia president. Also, the National Institute of Arts & Letters gave him a gold medal for his work in history.
At the same sitting the Academy completed its roster by promoting John Russell...
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