The Publicity Association gave a dinner to out-of-town journalists and to other invited guests from the faculty and student body on May 2. The presence of representatives from the New England Associated Press, the BostonHerald, the Boston Transcript, the President of the Boston Press Club, and the editor of the Brattleboro Reformer, made the dinner particularly successful.
B. W. Grills '15 has been elected president of the Outing Club for the coming year; P. D. Smith, vice-president; C. P. Hulbert '15, secretary, and E. P. Hayden '16, treasurer.
Eight members of the Deutscher Verein staged Benedix's "Mueller als Suedenbock" a humorous one-act play April 29, before members of the club and guests.
Eighteen seniors and juniors have formed a non-secret society named the Occum Club. Membership is open to all classes.
J. A. Hanna '14 won first prize in the extemporaneous debate contest for the Newton Alumni prize. F. P. Cranston '14 was second.
The freshman tennis team lost to the Yale freshmen, 6-0, at New Haven, May 9.
The Dartmouth and Harvard Musical clubs gave a dual concert in Jordan Hall, Boston, May 8. The following evening the Glee clubs of Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Dartmouth held a competitive concert in Carnegie Hall, New York. Harvard was judged the winner.
J. T. Reardon and W. H. Loveland have been appointed to give the valedictory and salutatory addresses at Commencement, as they stand first and second respectively in class scholarship rank. C. P. Cranston, W. C. Gilbert, J. A. Hanna, and L. D. White have also been chosen to speak.
A benefit concert to raise funds for the Wellesley College relief fund is to be given by the Mandolin and Glee Clubs, the Orchestra, Band, Choir, and String Quartet.