RECENT ACTIVITIES OF PRESIDENT HOPKINS

On the evening of November 9, President Hopkins was the principal speaker at a rally held by the Dartmouth Club of Boston before the Dartmouth-Pennsylvania game. He talked of the conditions of the College in wartime and praised the spirit of the undergraduate body in keeping up both athletic and non-athletic activities in the face of many difficulties.

On November 15, he attended at Boston the combined meetings of the Massachuetts Teachers' Association, the Massachusetts Superintendents' Association, the New England Teachers' Association, and the American Institute of Instruction.

On November 16, President Hopkins was one of 27 college officials who inspected Camp Devens at Ayer, Mass. The party watched the drafted men at work in the afternoon, ate supper at the officers' mess, and afterwards attended a reception tendered by the 2500 New England college men at the camp. Later a special entertainment was presented for their benefit under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.