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, THE EDUCATIONAL,NEWS BULLETIN Ada Hoebeke, of the Language. Department, and Mrs. .Amelia Bis- comb, of the English Department, were among the instructors chosen to be judges of school exhibits at the Hartford Fair. Miss Frances Noble, of the Language Department, attended the French School at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont during the past summer. Miss Lucia Harrison, of the Department of Geography and Geology, spent the summer in research work at the John Crerar Scientific and Technical Library, Chicago. Mr. Louis Foley, of the English Department, taught French and had charge of Dramatics at the Ecole Champlain, French camp at Ferrisburg, Vermont. A course of six lectures entitled “Evenings with Books” will be presented at the Church School of the Presbyterian Church on Thurs¬ day evenings. Mr. George Sprau, of the English Department gave the first two lectures, October 17, and 24, on “Reading and Interpretation of Poetry”. Miss Anna French, Librarian, will give the third and fourth lectures, one on “Novels of Constance Holme”, and the second on “Humor in Prose and Rhymes”. The fifth and sixth lectures of the course will be given by Dr. W. R. Brown, of the English Depart¬ ment. The fifth will be a review of a current novel, and the sixth a review of a current biography. Dr. Elmer H. Wilds, of the Department of Education and Psy¬ chology, won first place in one of the eight divisions of the national essay contest sponsored last spring by State Teachers Magazines, Inc. Dr. Wilds, whose subject was “Teachers and Social Planning,” was presented with the prize money at the state executive secretaries’ luncheon at the National Educational Association Denver convention. Dr. Wilds was in Dowagiac, September 24 to assist in the initiation of a new home room organization in the Senior High school. While there Dr. Wilds addressed a faculty meeting of Junior and Senior High school teachers. Miss Eunice Kraft, of the Language Department, attended Summer School at Cornell, University, Ithaca, New York. Miss Kraft spoke at the Classical section of the Michigan Educational Association meet¬ ing,, in Battle Creek, on October 11, on “Horace’s Philosophy”. Dr. William McCracken, of the Chemistry Department, addressed the Student Science Club on October 9. -24-