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Milk, l>y Dr. Ruth Wheeler. The German War Code, by Prof. J. W. Garner. Sugar in War Time, by Miss V. J. Anderson. The Great Condition, by Prof. David Kinley. College Men and the War, by President Edmund J. James. (The Aims and Claims of Germany, by Prof. David Kinley, was published by the College of Agriculture and reprinted by the State Council of Defense.) COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY Besinnim? April 24, news bulletins were sent out every Saturday to a selected list of from four hundred to five hundred newspapers in Illinois and adjoining states, and some special articles to newspapers in the larger cities. ... . , T7 . • A concise statement of the wartime activities of the University was printed, of a size to be enclosed without folding in letters, uver twenty thousand of these were sent out. LECTURES AT THE UNIVERSITY War Talks.—Various sub-committees were appointeduforn tthergpurst de pose of ascertaining what war talks were desired by the; ° ^ aS izations and of submitting programs for such talks. The scnedu brought to a conclusion May 9, when a total of 182 had been delivered. War Book Discussion Club.—A War Book Discussion Club, organ,V1 ized partly for the purpose of prenaring more thoroughly for S "S

lectures and talks, met everv third week. T h e books discussed we

provided gratis by the American Association for International Lo

lotion.

The Northfield Movement.—Closely allied with the war talks were the Northfield Discussion Groups, for giving special consideration political problems from the Christian point of view. Fifty-three discussion groups were organized. tendance was twelve. T h e average

University Lectures by Faculty Members.—Two series of lectures by faculty members were given, one consisting of four lectures on V ar V on Waste", the other, of ten lectures, on "Food and the War". Other lectures were given as follows:

Oct. 10. ct £ * V: Oct. 24. N o v . 7. Nov. 14. Nov. 21. Dec. 5. Dec. 12. J a n . 9. T Jan. 15. J a n . 16. Organization of the A r m y M a j o r E . W . McCaskey &}*$»*. ~ ; M a j o r f . J . H a n l e y , C h a n u t e Field Life in the Trenches Lieut. H . R . Hingston Aviation in W a r ././/............Lieut". P a u l Montariol Explosives in War !.!...!.!!..]!!]]. J E . A. Holbrook Camouflage N . A. Wells T h e Italian Battle Front (Moving Pictures) '' Major E W McCaskey Armv Signal Work. Lieut." C o l . l . D . Wildman 1 he Government s Building Program as Applied to C a n t o n m e n t s , National a rd and Av,at F ^x T iff* : ° " !elds \ i a j o r W. A. S t a r r e t t Our Natural Kesources and National Defenses p j-j Newell War Powers and Military Law Z'S.-Mnjor'j'o9vph Wheless

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