NOTES OF THE MONTH
The Players have announced a $200 prize to be given to the authors of the book, lyrics and music of the 1925 musical comedy. The Arts brought Frank Swinnerton, English author, to Hanover for a talk on "The Modern Novel." Mr. Swinnerton proved the justification of the praise given him by H. G. Wells and Arnold Bennett.
A. Bayard Wace, director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, Greece, spoke on "Greek Embroidery" before The Arts also.
Donald Ogden Stewart, young Yale gradu- ate, kept a large audience laughing with him during his talk on "Life in the Jazz Age," under the auspices of the College Club. The satirist illustrated his capacity for twisting the most serious subjects into laughable interpretations.
"The Aesthetics of Croce" took up quite a bit of classroom discussion and lecture time, Professor David Lambuth taking the topic for a talk before the Ticknor Club and Professor J. D. McCallum speaking on it before the Philosophical Club. Croce, however, appears to be too far fetched for the average undergraduate, a typical "student-SENT-to-college" being heard to repeat "I'd like to chokey this Croce-guy," upon leaving class.
Recent publication elections find H. S. Talbot '25 editor of The Bema for next year, with W. C. Jones '25 art editor and W. G. Bell '26 on the literary staff. C. E. Blake '24 has been elected to The Dartmouth board, due to his work on The Gilded Shovel, and C. J. McDonald '26 and H. J. Trefethen '26 are now on the business board of the daily.
The Glee Club did not win the 1924 title, and now Yale has one leg on the cup in common with Dartmouth.
The Medical School gave a smoke for undergraduates early in March. The following students addressed the visitors: J. D. Booth '22, R. F. Bradish '22, J. J. Hennessy '22, R. F. Hertzberg '22, W. P. Kelly '22, M. A. Quirk '23, and J. T. Taylor '23.
Phi Kappa Psi is the new interfraternity basketball champion, nosing out Alpha Delta Phi in the finals.
Captain Grant Williams, formerly of the New York City Police Department, demonstrated the infalibility of the fingerprint system in a College Club talk February 24.
Colonel Blanton Winship, U.S.A., explained to a limited audience the advantages of enrolling in Citizens Military Training Camps during the summer months.
Frederick K. Morris, noted geologist, spoke on the "Reconquest of Mongolia," not two weeks after he had returned from the historymaking expedition of the Museum of Natural History, on which dinosaur eggs were discovered.
Among the Thayer School Lectures given during the month were, "Asphalt as a Material of Construction" by Prevost Hubbard of the Asphalt Association, New York City; "Concrete Structures and Pavements" by Mr. John W. Childs, Division Engineer, State Highway Department, Concord, N. H. Several interesting motion pictures were also shown, "Dynamite at Work" and "An American Dye Works" loaned by the E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Cos., and "The Story of a Gasoline Motor" loaned by the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
