FACULTY ACTIVITIES

Professor Poor has returned from Sweden, where he has been studying at Lund University with the Well-known astronomer, Professor Charlier.

Professor George D. Lord and Professor A. K. Hardy will be away the second semester on leave of absence. Professor Lord will soon sail for Italy and Greece, and Professor Hardy plans to go to Germany in the early soring.

Professor Patten, who is on leave of absence for the year, has just sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu, Fiji, Auckland, and Sydney. He is about to publish a work on "The Origin of Vertebrates."

At the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Buffalo, Professor Fav read a paper on "Materials for the History of Germany in the 16th and 17th Centuries."

Professor Cox was a speaker at a recent meeting in Dover. N. H., held in the interests of equal suffrage.

The Stockbridge Boys' Club of Hanover is being entertained during the winter by a series of talks given by members of the faculty and other residents of the town.

A Bird Club has been formed among the faculty, townspeople, and students, having for its object the protection and feeding of native birds during the cold months. Professor Frederick P. Lord is the president of the club.

Professor Bowler attended during the Christmas recess the annual meeting of the Society of Directors of Physical Education at Columbia University. In discussion regarding the advantage of the training table, he spoke strongly in favor of its retention.

August R. Krehbiel has been aopointed to an instructorship in the German Department. He received the degree of A. B. from the University of Kansas in 1909 and A. M. in 1910. He has taught in his own university and has lately been a graduate student at the University of Chicago.