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Dr.R.G. Lyman, former instructor and professor of Botany at Dartmouth, and recently plant pathologist in charge of the plant disease survey of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, has been made Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of West Virginia.

The motion picture, "Oxygen, the Wonder-worker," produced by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in co-operation with the Air Reduction Sales Company, was shown at the Thayer School, April 16.

At the annual conference of the Classical Association of New England held at Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., March 30 and 31, Prof. W.S. Messer, of the Department of Latin, read an illustrated paper on the Roman remains in North Africa.

Prof. Ralph B. Perry, of Harvard, spoke under the auspices of the Philosophical Club, March 20, on "The American Conscience."

Miss Bashka Paeff, a well-known sculptress of Boston, gave an exhibition of modelling in the Little Theatre, March 22.

George Leigh Mallory, a member of the Mount Everest Expedition, lectured in Hanover, March 24 under the auspices of The Outing Club, on his experiences with the expedition.

Prof. Arthur D. Wright, of the Department of Education, spoke in the College Church, March 25, on "Social Opportunities Offered by the Teaching Profession."

The Arts series of Greek readings was concluded March 27, with readings from The Life of Plutarch, by Prof. F.P. Emery.

President Hopkins, Prof. Malcolm Keir, and Prof. Rees H. Bowen were speakers at the 1924 class banquet, March 26.

Bishop Paul Jones, executive secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, spoke under the auspices of the Round Table, April 12, on "The Deadly Possessive."