CAMBRIDGE PRODIGY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1104, 18 April 1911, Page 5

CAMBRIDGE PRODIGY.

ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR SIR. J. R. ' 31. BUTLER. Yet another laurel has been gained by Mr. J. R. M. Butler, of Trinity College. Cambridge, whose, career throughout has been marked by "a success which it is safe to say is unprecedented. A speaker, an actor, a rowing man, his activities hare not been limited to his studies, in which his success has been so remarkable. He has been president of the Union; he took the leading part in the triennial Greek play, "The Wasps," in 1909; and his successes in scholarship, it is hardly an exaggeration to say, have been only limited by the prizes offered. He has now secured the first Chancellor's classical medal, and it would seem as if nothing remains for him but to win the prizes over again. Son of the master of Trinity, Mr. .T. R. M. Butler established a record in 1909 by becoming senior classic, an honour secured by both his father, Dr. 11. M. Butler, and his mother, formerly Miss Agnata Frances Ramsay. Mr. J. R. M. Butler's career really 'began at Harrow, where, at seventeen, he won a major scholarship at Trinity. His list of prizes includes:— A major scholarship (1907). Winchester Reading Prize (1907). l'orsou Scholarship (1908). Craven University scholarship (1909). Browne medal for Latin Ode (190S). Browno medal for Greek Ode, twice (1909). Porson prize for Greek Verso (1910), Powis medal for Latin hexameters (1910). classical medal (1911). Mr. Butler is not yet twenty-two vears of age.