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the Purchasing Agent, and the Dean of Undergraduates, should be provided for in .fine of the new buildings to be erected, and that the Library School should be provided for in the rooms thus vacated. Dec. 10—The Board of Trustees accepted a •ges engine presented to the College of Engineering by Charles E. Sargent. Dec. 14— The Woman's League held-a bazar in the parlors of the Woman's Building for the benefit of the loan fund for needy girls. Dec. 16—Annual Choral Society concert. Dec. 16-18—Series of three lectures before the School of Education on The Relation Between Teaching Methods and Subject Matter, by Dr. M. F . Libbey, Professor of Philosophy and Education at the University of Colorado. Dec. 17—George Enos Gardner, first professor of law in the University of Illinois, died at his home in •Worcester, New York. Dec. 18—President James was the guest of the University of Illinois Club at Kansas City, Missouri. Celebration of the Scandinavian Jule-fest. Dec. 19—Mr. Allan H. McGlaughlin, for eleven years janitor at the Men's Gymnasium, died suddenly of paralysis. At a public meeting in the Auditorium, the Athletic Association presented Varsity " I ' s . " German Club Weinachtsfest; members of the •Club presented " E i n e r Muss H e i r a t e n . " Dee. 21—Chapter house of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity badly damaged by fire. Holiday recess begins. Dec. 27-28—Third meeting of the National Commission for the Investigation of Nutrition Problems held at the University of Illinois. Jan. 4—Big Nine Conference. Michigan withdrew from the Conference. Short course in agriculture—552 men and 53' women registered. J a n . 7—The English Club, under whose auspices the Illinois Magazine had been published for the last six years, formally suspended its publication. The University of Illinois was elected to membership in the Association of American Universities. Jan. 17—Mabel Gridley, representing the Illiola Literary Society, won the second annual declamation contest of the literary societies. J a n . 20—President James called a student mass meeting for the purpose of giving the students a chance to present their views on the question of whether there should be five or seven Conference football games. J a n . 25—The Board •of Trustees decided to send Professor Herbert W. Mumford to the Argentine Republic \,6 investigate present conditions and future prospects of the beef interests there. Jan. 29—Dr. Gustav E. Karsten, Head of the Department of Modern Languages, died of pneumonia. Feb. 1—Annual banquet of the University Club of the East, held at the rooms of the Aldine Association, New York City. The name of the club was changed to The University of Illinois Club of New York. Feb. 2—Second semester opened. Feb. 3-7—Series of five lectures on Five Centuries of Western Paganism by Professor Clifford H. Moore of Harvard University. Feb. 4-5—Formal opening of the reorganized Graduate School, and Installation of Dr. W. F . M. Goss as Dean of the College of Engineering. Feb. 10-15—Six lectures under the auspices of the College of Science on The Successive Geologic Condition of North America by Professor Bailey Willis of the United States Geological Survey. Feb. 12—Lincoln Day Convocation in the Auditorium. Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, delivered the address of the day. Twenty-two former students of the University of Illinois held a meeting and banquet at the Adams Hotel in Denver, Colorado, and, perfected the University of Illinois Club. Sixth annual dinner of the University Club of St. Louis held at Leppe's Hotel, St. Louis. Feb. 17-19—Professor Frederick E . Bolton, Director of Education at the University of Iowa, gave a series of lectures before the School Gf Education. Feb. 20—State Board of Health ordered general vaccination of all University students, because of the prevalence of smallpox in Urbana and Champaign. Professor Keyser of Columbia University spoke on The Meaning and Scope of