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The series of Greek readings have been continued during February and March with readings by Professor C. D. Adams on the Oration on the Crown by Demosthenes; Professor J. D. McCallum, the Greek Pastoral; Professor C. H. Page, selections from The Clouds by Aristophanes; Professor H. E. Joyce, Scenes from the Life of Socrates; Professor W. S. Messer, selections from the Media by Euripides.

Professor Bowen of the Department of Sociology addressed the Arts on March 9 on "England's Walt Whitman."

Professor F. E. Austin lectured to the Radio Club on March 7 on the subject "Graphs and Measuring Instruments", illustrating his lecture with diagrams and apparatus.

The Dartmouth Faculty will be represented on the faculty of the Columbia University Summer Session by Charles L. Stone, Assistant Professor of Psychology, W. S. Messer, Assistant Professor of Latin, and Shirley G. Patterson, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages.

Tests made by Professor C. A. Proctor of the speed of ski-jumpers on leaving the take-off indicates that they average forty miles an hour at this point.

Professor F. L. Hewitt gave a reading from the poems of Edward Arlington Robinson in the Little Theatre on March 2.

Ben Ames Williams '10 addressed- the Arts on February 26. His subject was "A Criticism of Critics."

Public lectures under the auspices of the Round Table have been held during the past month, the speakers being Scott Nearing on February 27 who took as his subject "The American Eippire," and T. I. lyenaga on March 5, authority on Anglo-Japanese problems, on the subject "Japan and the California Problem."

Speaking under the auspices of the Phi Beta Kappa Society Hugh Walpole, noted English novelist, addressed a capacity audience in Dartmouth Hall on the subject of "Books and Friendship." Previous to that he had discussed informally before the Arts, present day literature movements and writers in England. Several members of the faculty have been given Sabbatical leave for the second semester of the present year. Dean Laycock will spend spring and early summer in England and on the continent. Professor F. M. Anderson of the Department of History has sailed for France and England where he will join his family. One of his sons has recently been appointed Rhodes Scholar from New Hampshire. Professor P. O. Skinner of the Department of Romance Languages and family are spending the semester in France and elsewhere on the continent.

Professor W. K. Stewart of the Department of Comparative Literature spoke before the Arts in February on "Gerhard Hauptman."

Doctor Louis Bell '84, one of the best known physicists in the country, spoke under the auspices of the Scientific Association in the Steele Chemistry Building on February 21, his subject being the "Morphology of the PseudoSciences."

REPORT OF THE ALUMNI FUND, MARCH 19, 1923 Living % of No. Class Members Contributors Contributors Quota Contributions % of Quota 1 1879 29 13 44 $562 $2 300 409 2 1871 32 24 75 318 479 150 3 1861 8 3 37 77 85 110 4 1887 60 35 58 1 465 1 550 50 105 5 1869 16 4 25 154 130 84 6 1874 37 10 27 462 343 74 7 1895 61 12 19 1 400 1 015 72 8 1898 63 19 30 1 311 901 05 68 9 1872 41 6 14 396 265 66 10 1873 41 11 26 455 285 62 11 1867 14 2 14 135 70 51 12 1920 212 70 33 1 168 568 50 48 13 1901 110 40 36 2 075 942 45 14 1878 51 23 45 918 413 44 15 1886 52 13 25 1 265 564 50 44 16 1916 244 94 38 2 071 922 95 44 17 1868 20 4 20 193 80 41 18 1877 36 9 25 597 225 37 19 1890 54 23 42 1 315 463 35 20 1919 214 54 25 1 335 473 75 35 21 1904 121 34 28 2 027 683 33 22 1922 229 52 „ 22 976 295 75 30 23 1915 262 68 25 2 403 678 28 24 1917 257 54 21 1 987 556 27 25 1870 12 1 8 115 30 26 26 1876 38 8 21 575 140 24 27 1912 211 44 20 2 364 586 24 28 1921 251 41 16 1 240 304 24 29 1863 11 2 18 106 25 23 30 1884 49 8 16 1 190 285 23 31 1892 49 10 20 1 190 277 23 30 1911 219 54 24 2 608 623 23 33 1918 260 49 18 1 826 427 05 23 34 1888 51 9 17 1 240 280 22 35 1893 28 7 12 1 420 314 22 36 1894 82 19 23 1 958 432 63 . 22 37 1899 92 32 34 1 860 410 22 38 1889 SI 10 19 1 240 265 21 39 1906 156 31 19 2 403 439 31 18 40 1897 89 18 20 1 928 339 17 41' 1903 127 17 13 2 217 380 17 42 1866 13 1 7 125 20 16 43 1883 49 11 22 1 190 195 16 44 1880 35 3 8 728 103 14 45 1908 184 25 13 2 582 381 14 46 1910 242 30 12 3 067 434 14 Living % of No. Class Members Contributors Contributors Quota Contributions % of Quota 47 1913 217 28 12 2 296 338 14 48 1902 123 18 14 2 233 312 13 49 1914 248 30 12 2 455 337 13 50 1862 8 1 12 77 10 12 51 1896 44 ' 5 11 968 125 12 52 1907 184 21 11 2 711 345 38 12 53 1875 29 3 10 401 45 11 54 1881 41 3 7 908 77 8 55 1891 50 8 16 1 215 105 8 56 1885 43 3 6 1 040 80 7 57 1882 45 3 6 1 058 33 3 1864 12 125 1865 10 96 *1900 103 2 009 *1905 133 2 137 115 *1909 193 2 575 40 Medical 565 27 290 Misc. 5 52 No. of Living Alumni 6 836 1 263 Quota $80,000 $23 283 37

*Special Class Fund Number of Graduates and Non-Graduates ...........423 Number of Contributors 1 264 Number of pledges for future payment 660 Number who have stated they do not expect to contribute 262 Number to be heard from ........................7237 9 423 9 423

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