Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, artist, author and engineer, will give "A Rambling Talk" on matters of interest to college men in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock.
In early youth Mr. Smith was a clerk in an iron foundry. Later he obtained a mechanical education, and became an engineer and contractor. Under his direction were constructed the government sea wall around Governor's Island, a sea wall at Tompkinsville, S. I.; the Race Rock lighthouse off New London, and the foundation for the statue of Liberty, in the New York harbor. He has done much landscape water color painting, charcoal work and pen and ink illustrating, and has lectured extensively on Art.
Among the best known of Mr. Smith's books are "Caleb West," "The Fortunes of Oliver Horn" and "The Wood Fire in No. 3."
The lecture will be open to members, of the Union only.
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1910 Class Meeting Tonight at 7
