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Professors H. E. Burton and William Stuart Messer, of the Department of Latin, and Professor C. D. Adams, of the Department of Greek, attended the annual session of the American Philological Association and of the Archaeological Institute held in New Haven, Conn., December 27-29.

Professor Charles A. Holden, Director of the Thayer School, attended the dinner of Thayer School Men in Boston, January 12, and the annual meeting of the Thayer Society of Engineers, in New York City, January 16. He was present also at a luncheon of Buffalo Alumni, January 17, and at the luncheon of Alumni in Chicago, January 19. In Chicago, Professor Holden was in attendance at the meetings of the American Road Builders' Association, and following these meetings visited Thayer School alumni in Ohio at Cincinnati, Middletown, Dayton, and Cleveland.

Professor Robert Fletcher, Director Emeritus of the Thayer School, attended the dinner of Thayer School Alumni in Boston, January 12. Professor Fletcher and Professor R. R. Marsden, also of the Thayer School, attended the annual meeting of the "Thayer Society of Engineers at New York, January 16, and were present also at the meetings of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The meetings of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, held at Cambridge, Mass., during the Christmas recess were attended by Professors Leland Griggs, J. M. Poor, C. N. Haskins, J. W. Young, E. G. Bill, H. T. Moore, and C. A. Proctor, and by J. W. Tanch, C. J. Lyon, E. C. Miller, and C. E. Wilder.

Nathaniel L. Goodrich, Librarian of the College, and Supervisor of Trails, of the Appalachian Mountain Club, read a paper on Recreation Trails in Forest Protection, at the meeting of the New England Forestry Congress, December 29, in Boston.

T. A. Daly, Associate Editor of the Philadelphia Record, and noted as one of America's leading .humorists, spoke at a smoke talk in College Hall, January 6.

Three motion picture films loaned by the Western Electric Company of New York were shown at the Thayer School, January 5. The films were "Pillars of the Sky," portraying the gathering, manufacture and distribution of Mt. Ranier fir telephone cross poles; "Cedar Camps in Cloudland," a scenic survey of the pole-making industry, and "Inside the Big Fence," illustrating a trip through an industrial plant at Hawthorne, N. J.

Reverend Charles White spoke on the "Need for European Student Relief" in College Hall, January 7.

G. B. Muldaur, general agent for the National Board of Underwriters of New York, spoke on "Fire Prevention Engineering" at the Thayer School, January 8.

A large audience filled Webster Hall January 12 for the concert of Riccardo Martin, American tenor, which opened the Department of Music's winter course of recitals.

"The Present Economic System" was the subject of a lecture given at the Tuck School, January 10, by George E. Rogers, Vice President of the National City Bank of New York.

M. L. Carpenter, of the Carter Community Building Association of Lebanon, spoke before the Community Organization class of the Department of Sociology, January 9.

S. K. Ratcliffe, special correspondent of the Manchester Guardian of England, and noted student of Political Science, gave three talks recently under the auspices of the Department of Political Science. His subjects were "The Fruits of the Washington Conference" and "The Present Crisis of Civilization."

Professor Malcolm Keir, of the Department of Economics, represented the State Manufacturers in an address on the New Hampshire 48-hour bill, now before the New Hampshire Legislature, at Concord, recently.

Professor Frank M. Anderson, of the Department of History, spoke at a meeting of The Arts, January 11, on "The Near East Problem."

Charles R. Cronham, of the Department of Music, was the organist at a recital in Rollins Chapel, January 16.

Emmett H. Naylor, Secretary of the Writing Paper Manufacturers' Association, spoke on "The Distribution of Paper" at the Tuck School, January 16.

Former Governor James P. Goodrich of Indiana spoke on his personal experiences in Russia at a meeting of the Travel Club, December 17.

Thomas Adams, -City Planning expert, of London, Ottawa and New York, spoke on

"Greater London" under the auspices of the City Planning Course of the Department of Modern Art, January 17.

James P. Webber, head of the Department for Dramatic Expression at Exeter Academy, read Hamlet at the meeting of The Arts in Robinson Hall, January 17.

Carl Sandburg noted American poet, was the speaker at the second of the College Club's smoke-talks in College Hall, January 20.

Professor W. K. Stewart, of the Department of Comparative Literature, reviewed the second volume of Spengler's "Decline of Western Civilization" at a meeting of the Philosophical Club, January 19.

The Hockey Team: Coach Tuck, Learnard, Fletcher, Per-Lee, Captain Osborne, Sheehy, Foster, Calder, Lyon, Perry, and Neidlinger