To all but the new members of the University, anything beyond the simple announcement that Mr. Copeland is to give his first lecture of the year tonight is unnecessary. Mr. Copeland's evening talks on literature in Sever Hall have come to seem an indispensable feature of the college year, and the many who have enjoyed them in the past are looking forward with great interest to this year's course.

For the benefit of new members of the University it may be said that the peculiar charm of Mr. Copeland's lectures lies in the fact that his subjects are invariably interesting and that his treatment of them is informal and of such a nature as to stimulate his hearers to read along the lines suggested. Mr. Copeland always addresses his talks distinctively to the college men in his audience, but though in justice to the latter the public are not usually invited, when that privilege is extended there are always a large number who avail themselves of it.