INTERESTING SERIES OF LECTURES

During the last month members of the college community have had the opportunity of listening to a variety of entertaining lectures.

Under the auspices of the Cercle Français, a series of six lectures was delivered during the week of April 19 by Monsieur Andre LeBreton of the University of Bordeaux. One of these lectures dealt with the present situation in the European war and the resultant conditions in France. The subjects of the other five lectures were as follow.

"Port-Royal, description et histoire"; "Une reverie dans le pare de Versailles" ; "La vie et l'oeuvre de Poussin"; "Origines du Theatre Français"; and "Ruy Bias de Victor Hugo."

On the evening of April 24 a lecture was delivered in Robinson Hall under the auspices of The Arts by Professor Caleb T. Winchester of Wesleyan University. His subject "Some Present Aspects of Literature in America," was presented with his usual keen critical insight and genial humor.

Dr. John Mez, a representative of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, delivered a series of three lectures on April 26, 27, and 28. His subjects were: "The Place of Physical Force in Modern Society"; "Armaments of International Organization ; and "After the War—What."

On April 30 Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton, under the auspices of the Hanover Bird club, gave an illustrated lecture in Webster Hall on the subject "Wild Animals I have Known."