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Mathematics before the College of Science. Feb. 21—Mr. Hamilton Holt, managing editor of The Independent, spoke to the newspaper classes on Making a Magazine. Feb. 24—First election of undergraduates to the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Feb. 24-29—Seed and Soil Special, in charge of Agricultural College Professors, was run over the C. & E. I . from Bismarck to Joppa. March 10—Student convocation held in the Auditorium. President James gave a twenty-minute talk on Ideals and Successes. Dr. William C. Bagley appointed Professor of Education. W. L. Abbott -was re-elected president of the Board of Trustees. March 16-21—Prof. Hans Gadow, an English scientist, lectured at the University on the general subject of ' ' The Coloration of Animals.'.' March 18—Special Convocation held in the auditorium in honor of Ex-President Andrew S. Draper, Alexander Dana Noyes of the New York Evening Post lectured to the business and newspaper students on How News is Gathered in Wall Street. March 23—Mr. Rudolph Leypoldt 1 of Hartford, Connecticut, lectured before the Library School. March 24— Prof. R. Leonard of the University of Breslau lectured before the students of the College of Law on German Ideals of Private Law. March 25-27—Electrical Engineering show. March 27—Esperanto Club organized. March 30—Prof. Elmer T. Merrill of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, spoke to the students of history and classics on The Roman Prince as Magistrate. March 31—Prof. Albert F . Kuersteiner of Indiana University spoke to students of Modern Languages on Balzac. April 1—Ex-Governor Hoard of Wisconsin addressed the students of the College of Agriculture on The Development of the Dairy Industry in Wisconsin. April 3 — Amherst Dramatic Club presented " T h e Taming of the S h r e w " in the Auditorium, under the auspices of the Star Lecture Course. The Trustees voted that the Journal of English and Germanic Philology, which had been conducted by the late Professor Gustay E. Karsten, should be taken over by the University. April 5-6—President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University, accompanied by Mrs. Eliot, were the guests of President and Mrs. James and the University of Illinois. On April 5, Vesper Services were held in the Auditorium at which President Eliot Spoke. Monday noon, April 6, President and Mrs James gave a luncheon at the President's House to the Deans and their wives, in honor of. President and Mrs Eliot. At 3:30 President Eliot reviewed the University Regiment, and at 4:00 o 'clock spoke before a General University Co-avocation. At 6:30 p. m. the Harvard Club entertained President and Mrs. Eliot at a luncheon in the Household Science wing of the Woman's Building. At 8:00 p. m. President and Mrs James gave a reception for President and Mrs Eliot in the Woman 's Building. April 6-11—Mr. Hammond Lamont, editor of The Nation, New York, lectured daily to the classes in newspaper writing. On April 11 he gave a general lecture on The Daily in a Democracy. April 13—James Park Slade, Trustee of the University from 1869-73, died at his home in East St. Louis. April 16—Easter recess begins. April 21—Instruction begins after Easter recess. April 23—Forty-seventh commencement of the School of Pharmacy. April 30—Fortieth anniversary of the opening of the University celebrated by a Convocation in the Auditorium. Professor Charles M. Moss delivered the address, which took the form of a eulogy of Dr. Thomas Jonathan Burrill. May 2—Resignation of Dr. George T. Kemp accepted. Dr. Raymond Weeks of the University of Missouri, appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Romance Languages. Dr. Julius Goebel appointed Professor of German and Head of the Department of Germanics. Charles H. Mills appointed Director of the School of Music. The appointment of an Assistant Dean of Undergraduates authorized. Board of Trustees voted to furnish water, heat, and electricity for the new Young Men's