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At a meeting of the American Philosophical Society at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Penna., during the Christmas vacation, Prof. Wilbur M. Urban of the Philosophy department was elected to the presidency of the society.

Halsey C. Edgerton, treasurer of the College, now holds the rank of major in the New Hampshire National Guard by virtue of his appointment to the staff of Gov. John G. Winant.

Prof. J. P. Richardson was elected head of the first district of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in which Dartmouth is included at a meeting of the association in New York city on December 29, 30, and 31.

During the College recess Prof. J. H. Gerould of the Biology department attended meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Society of Zoologists. At the latter he read several papers on the subject of butterflies, "The Periodic Reversal in the Direction of the Heart Beats of the Chrysalis" and "The Seasonal Variation and Coloration of Butterflies."

President Hopkins was the toastmaster at the second annual Hanover Community Dinner which was held in the Commons on January 8 and attended by 364 men.

During the Christmas vacation Prof. S. G. Patterson of the Romance Languages department presented a paper entitled "New Material on Napoleon the Third" at a meeting of the American Historical Society in Richmond, Va. Later at the meeting of the Modern Language Association held at Columbia University, New York city, he read a paper on Voltaire and Rousseau.

Under the leadership of Prof. Longhurst, the Hanover Community Orchestra gave a very successful concert in Webster Hall on Sunday evening, January 11.

Dean of Freshmen E. Gordon Bill has filled several speaking engagements recently. On December 20, he spoke before the Association of the Dominion of Canada in Montreal, on December 30 he was in Newton Center, Mass., as the speaker at the annual meeting of the Newton Club of Dartmouth, he' took lunch with the Rotary Club of White River Junction and addressed that body on January 13 and on January 16 was one of the speakers at the City Club gathering of the Dartmouth Club of Boston. In addition to these which he has filled, he is scheduled to appear in New Haven on February 7 to address the Headmasters' Association of New England on "Bridging the Gap Between School and College."

Prof. H. E. Joyce read a paper on Sir Thomas Elyot at the meeting of the Renaissance Section of the Modern Language Association held in New York December 29, 30, and 31.

Through the courtesy of the General Electric Co. two scientific films, "Light of a Race" and "Wizardry of Wireless" were shown to a good sized audience at the Thayer School on January 9.

Prof. H. T. Moore of the Psychology department read a paper entitled "Intellectual and Emotional Factors" at a joint meeting of the American Psychology Association and the American Political Science Association held in the New Willard Hotel, in Washington, D. C., late in December.

Professor A. W. Vernon conducted the Sunday chapel services on January 11.

Harold G. Rugg, assistant librarian of the College, has charge of raising the contribution of the Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa to the fund being raised to celebrate in 1926 the 150th anniversary of the founding of the society.

William W. Ellsworth, author and lecturer formerly connected with the Century Co. in an editorial capacity, spoke on Moliere and Shakespeare on January 9.

Major Charles H. Mason was the first of the College Club speakers this year and appeared in Hanover on January 17.

Prof. G. F. Hull of the Physics department in collaboration with Dr. Briggs and Dr. Dryden of the U. S. Bureau of Standards presented a paper before the meeting of the American Physical Society during the Christmas recess. The subject of the paper was "The Characteristics of Air Foils at High Speed." Prof. Hull also attended the meeting of the American Section of the International Congress on Scientific Radio Telegraphy while away from Hanover.

Grant Robertson, noted historian and tutor at Magdalen College at Oxford, was in Hanover to give two lectures on January 13 and 14. He took as his subjects, "Bismarck" and "History and Geography."

Dr. A. Ray Petty was the chapel speaker on Sunday, January 18. Dr. Petty is the pastor of the Judson Memorial Baptist church on Washington Square in New York city.

As the second major attraction on the entertainment program of the Music department, the Flonzaley Quartet gave a very delightful concert on the evening of January 16.

Prof. Curtis Hidden Page delivered an address at the exercises at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., on .December 11, commemorating the fourth centenary of the birth of Pierre de Ronsard. An ode to Ronsard by Prof. Page and his. translation of Ronsard's Chanson were other features of the celebration. Prof. Page is the author of Songs andSonnets of Pierre de Ronsard.

At the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America held at Columbia University, Prof. Elliott White of the Department of English was elected chairman of the Phonetics Group for the coming year. Prof. White was also recently elected director for New England for two years of the American Radio Relay League, the national organization of radio amateurs with headquarters at Hartford, Conn.