College Notes

The first smoke talk of the year was given by Professor Hawes on December 3, the subject of the talk being, "My Experiences in a Siberian Penal Settlement." Professor Hawes, a graduate of Cambridge and an authority on anthropology, has spent several years in travel, and has the distinction of traveling farther north in Siberia than any other white man.

The first reception by the members of the faculty and their wives to the students of the College was given on December 2.

R. B. Keeler '11 was elected president of the College Club on December 3, without competition.

S. A. Clark '12 has been elected captain of the cross-country team for next year.

A Dartmouth Aero Club was organized on December 5. The following officers were elected: President, J. W. Pearson '11; vice-president, L. P. Hall, Jr., '11; secretary, R. F. Paul '11; treasurer, J. M. Mathes '11. A glider will be purchased for the use of the members of the club, and will be ready for use as soon as the weather permits in the spring.

Prof. A. Laurence Rotch addressed the student body at the second smoke talk of the year, his subject being: "The Conquest of the Air."

The appointment of the Rhodes scholar to Oxford University from New Hampshire will soon be announced. A number of Dartmouth men are eligible for the appointment, but only two of these wish to be candidates for the scholarship this year. Those who are eligible for the appointment are: M. C. Blake, G. C. Davies, T. A. Smith, and A. H. Lord, 1910; B. M. Patten, and H. E. Burtt, 1911; C. R. Cabot, W. W. Flint, and C. E. Snow, 1912; and W. H. Loveland, 1914. Those who are candidates for the appointment this year are: M. C. Blake and B. M. Patten.

The junior class, at a meeting held on December 8, elected the following men as the Prom Committee for the coming junior social function: F. D. Day, Chairman ; E. B. Luitwieler, R. C. Stoughton, C. L. Harris, and J. H. Cleaves. An auditing committee was likewise chosen, I. H. Putnam and C. H. Sugatt being elected.