David Franklin Houston.

Professor David Franklin Houston, A. M. '92, has been prominent in educational affairs in the south for a number of years. He was graduated from South Carolina College in 1887 and in 1892 received the degree of A.M. from Harvard. Soon afterwards he became a professor of political science at the University of Texas. In 1905 he became president of the University of Texas and held that office until last spring, when he resigned to become chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Houston was born in Monroe, N. C., February 17, 1866.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell.

Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell '77 has been a leader in the Faculty since his appointment in 1900 to a professorship of the science of government. He has taken unusual interest in undergraduate affairs and has made several investigations into undergraduate conditions and compiled interesting statistics from the results. Professor Lowell has recently added to his international reputation as a scholar by the publication of two volumes on the Government of England. Before becoming a professor he practiced law in Boston for nearly twenty years. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School as well as of the College. Professor Lowell was born in Boston, December 13, 1856.

Herbert Putnam.

Mr. Herbert Putnam '83, at present librarian of Congress, has been both a lawyer and a librarian. After graduating from Harvard in 1883 he engaged in library work at Minneapolis. In the meanwhile he studied law and began to practice in Boston in 1891. In 1895 he returned to library work, becoming librarian of the Boston Public Library. From this position he was called in 1899 to become Librarian of Congress. Mr. Putnam has received the degree of Litt.D. from Bowdoin in 1898, from Yale in 1907, and from several other colleges. He was born in New York City, September 20, 1861.

Wallace Clement Sabine.

Dean Wallace Clement Sabine, A.M. '88, succeeded Dean Shaler in 1906 as the head of the Lawrence Scientific School. When the scientific department of the University was organized on a new basis, Dean Sabine was placed at the head of the Graduate School of Applied Science, the position that he now holds. For a year, in 1907-08, he served admirably as one of the three Faculty members of the Athletic Committee and his resignation was widely regretted. Dean Sabine was graduated from Ohio State University in 1886, and after receiving his A.M. degree, became an instructor in physics in Harvard. In 1895 he became an assistant professor, and in 1905 a full professor. He has a wide reputation as an authority on acoustics. He was born in Richwood, Ohio, in 1868.

James Jackson Storrow.

Mr. James Jackson Storrow '85 has for the last three years been chairman of the Boston School Board. For three years previously he was a member of the Board. Mr. Storrow is also a member of the banking firm of Lee, Higginson & Co. Beefore engaging in the banking business in 1900 he was for ten years a practicing lawyer in Boston. He is at present an Overseer of the University. In addition to the A.B. degree, Mr. Storrow received the degree of LL.B. from the Law School in 1888. While an undergraduate he was a member of the University crew, and was captain of the winning crew of 1885. For a number of years since then he has been actively engaged in coaching the eights. Mr. Storrow was born in Boston in 1864.

Edgar Huidekoper Wells.

Mr. Edgar Huidekoper Wells '97 is now widely known especially among Harvard graduates through his position as secretary of the Alumni Asociation. Since the spring of 1907 Mr. Wells has been engaged in collecting statistics of alumni and in promoting the organization of Harvard clubs throughout the country. He is also one of the editors of the Harvard Bulletin and Secretary of Appointments, an office organized for the purpose of procuring business and teaching positions for Harvard graduates and undergraduates. Before taking up this work, Mr. Wells had two years' experience as Assistant Dean of the College. He held this office from 1905 to 1907. From 1901 to 1905 he was an assistant and an instructor in English. Mr. Wells has just returned from a tour of the western Harvard clubs. He was born in 1875