FACULTY ACTIVITIES

Professor H. D. Foster delivered at Winchendon, Mass., on June 4, at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the town, an address on "The Historic Elements in the Making of a New England Town."

Professor J. M. Poor attended the annual meeting in August of the American Astronomical Society at North Western University, Evanston, Ill.

Professor E. B. Woods attended at Concord and Manchester, New Hampshire, the meetings in September of the New Hampshire State Children's Commission and the New Hampshire Conference on Child Welfare. At these meetings Professor Woods wa.s elected Vice President of the Conference on Child Welfare.

Professor F. M. Anderson gave a lecture in Dartmouth Hall on the evening of September 29, on "The Causes of the Present War in Europe."

Professors A. D. Pitcher, J. W. Young, and C. N. Haskins were in attendance at the summer meeting of the American Mathematical Society at Providence, R. I., September 8-9, 1914.

Dean Craven Laycock spoke before the New Hampshire Surgical Club at Asquam House, Holderness, N. H., September 10, and on October 9 he spoke before the Dartmouth Club of Boston at the Dartmouth Night exercises. On October 22 Dean Laycock also addressed the School-masters' Club of New Hampshire at a meeting held at New Hampshire State College, Durham.

President Ernest Fox Nichols and Professor Frank A. Updyke represented Dartmouth at the 150th anniversary of Brown University, October 14 and 15.

At a recent meeting in Boston of the National Economic League, Professor G. C. Cox was elected a member of the Council of the society.

Professor C. D. Adams represented Dartmouth at the dedication of the new normal school buildings at Keene, N. H., October 20.

On October 30 Professor C. H. Page addressed the Maine State Teachers' Association at their annual meeting at Portland, on "The Value of the Classics to the Student and Teacher of English."