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Mr. Louis U. Wilkinson, an English lecturer, was the speaker at the smoke talk of February 26. His lecture was of peculiar interest to college men, the subject being: "Undergraduate Life in the English University."

Having been a student at both Oxford and Cambridge, Mr. Wilkinson was well qualified to speak on his subject. After describing the tutor system in vogue in England, he described the student life in the English Universities. Oxford was characterized as more English, more romantic and more fastidious, while Cambridge is more progressive and gives better instruction in sciences, economics, and like subjects. The large university was defended thus: "Friends that we choose for ourselves are better than the acquaintances forced upon us."

March 5 the speaker at a public lecture was Prof. Donald B. McMillan, Peary's assistant, who gave a talk on: "With Peary in the Arctic." The lecture was illustrated by many excellent stereopticon views.

After describing the trip of the "Roosevelt" to the Arctic and the dash for the pole, Professor McMillan defended Peary against his critics, Peary was praised in warm terms, and his going to the pole with no other white man was not for glory. Henson was taken because he was better physically able to stand the trip.

Mr. Everett Colby, the distinguished legislator and reformer of New Jersey, was the speaker at the smoke talk of March 19. He spoke upon the subject of the citizen's relation to politics, and told of his experiences in leading the fight against corruption in the New Jersey legislature. No talk of the year has aroused more interest and enthusiasm than Mr. Colby's.

The speaker for the last entertainment of the year, held in Webster Hall on March 26, was Mr. A. Radcliffe Dugmore, an English lecturer and author. He gave an illustrated lecture on Hunting Big Game in British East Africa with the Camera." Many wonderful pictures were shown and narrow escapes recounted, and the attention of the large audience was held closely throughout.