CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS IN HANOVER

On April 3 and 4 the Classical Association of New England held its annual meeting in Hanover, where the visiting teachers were the guests of the College. Those who were not entertained by members of the faculty were accommodated in the newest of the dormitories, Hitchcock Hall. About seventy-five members of the Association from other places were in attendance. In the absence of President Nichols the delegates were welcomed by Dean Laycock, the response being made by Mr. William F. Abbott, the retiring president of the Association. The following formal papers were read: "The Golden Age, as Treated by the Greek and Latin Poets", Professor George M. Chase, Bates College; "Wit and Humor in Xenophon", Professor Samuel E. Bassett, University of Vermont; "The Use and Influence of Translations in School and College", Dr. C. P. Clark, Dartmouth; "Rambles in Northern Africa", Professor Karl P. Harrington, Wesleyan University; "In Memory of Dr. Amen", Professor John C. Kirtland, Phillips Academy, Exeter; "Horace's Most Ancient 'Mariner", Professor George D. Kellogg, Union College; "The painted Stelae Discovered at Pagasae", Miss Alice Walton, Wellesley; "The Value of the Classics' to a Student of English", Professor Curtis Hidden Page, Dartmouth; "The Ichneutae of Sophocles", Miss Amy L. Barbour, Smith College; "Latin as a Vocational Study in the Commercial Course", Mr. Albert S. Perkins, Dorchester High School; "A Recent Visit to Greece", Professor George E. Howes, Williams College.