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meeting of the University of Illinois Club of Washington, D. C , was held at the Teacup Inn. Twenty-four were present. Dr. Raymond M. Alden of Leland Stanford University was elected Professor of English in the University of Illinois," to begin service September 1, 1911. March 4—The second annual conference of the Presidents of the smaller colleges of Illinois was held a t the University. The purpose of the meetings is to bring each of the colleges in the state into closer touch with the others, and to effect a closer relationship with the University. March 7—Dr. C. P . Steinmetz addressed the. students of the College of Engineering on Electric Energy. March 9—C. H . Cartlidge, Bridge Engineer of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, gave an illustrated lecture on Eeinforced Concrete Pile and Trestle Bridges. March 9-10—Col. William Nathan McChesney delivered two lectures before the College of Law on Uniform State Laws. March 11—Celebrating the anniversary of Founders' Day, the Puget Sound Association of the Alumni of the University of Illinois met for their annual reunion and banquet at the Tacoma Hotel. The University of Illinois Alumni Association of Southern California banqueted at the University Club of Los Angeles. The attendance was almost double that of any previous banquet of the Association. March 14—B. E. Rickards was appointed Professor of Municipal and Sanitary Dairying in the University of Illinois. March 14—Miss Lutie E. Stearns, Chief of the Traveling Department of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, began a series of three lectures before the Library School and staff. March 20-21—Dr. Arthur E . Bostwick, Librarian of the St. Louis Library, lectured before the Library School. March 2 1 — Mr. Herbert B . Cross, gave a series of lectures on art before the University, continuing through six weeks. March 23—President Frank L. McVey of the University of North Dakota gave an address on Sticking Points in Taxation. March 27-31— Mr. Paul E . Moore, Editor of the Nation, gave a series of five lectures on Types of Romanticism. March 28—Mr. Charles F . Scott, Chief Consulting Engineer of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, lectured on The Young Engineer and Modern Industrial Conditions. March 31—The eleventh annual dinner of the Southwestern Alumni Association was held a t the Coates House, Kansas City, Mo. Dean Thomas A. Clark was present from the University. April—Late in April the new lllini Board of Control announced the appointment of H . H . Herbert, Editor; C. M. Sullivan, Manager; and F . X. McGrath, Bookkeeper of the paper for 1911-12. April 7-8—The P l a y e r s ' Club presented " O u r B o y s " on Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoon, in Morrow Hall. April 8—The Seventh Annual Dinner of the New York Alumni Association was held at the Hotel Manhattan, one hundred and fifteen persons were present. Ex-President Andrew Sloan Draper and Dean Thomas Arkle Clark were guests of honor. April 18 —Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, editorial writer on the New York Evening Post and President of the Evening Post Company, addressed an assembly of the College of Literature and Arts on The Problem of Independent Journalism. April 9-rOrin R. Wakefield brought suit against the University to compel the granting of his diploma. His contention involved the rule which permits the University to withhold the granting of a degree when a student has twenty-fiye percent of his work below the grade of 75 percent. The case was decided in favor of the University. May—The Lincoln League, a student organization organized, constitution adopted and temporary officers chosen. May 2—Baron d'Estournelles de Constant spoke at a University Convocation on International Peace. He also spoke on the peace movement at a dinner given in his honor in the evening. May 3—Students' Union election.