It has often been said, that conversation has become a lost art in the twentleth century. Certain it is that even earlier than this era of restlessness in which we live, people no longer gathered as formerly in the coffee houses merely to converse. "There is no time," is the outcry, and, indeed, with the shortening of distance by electricity, gasoline and steam, time also seems to have been shortened; in correspondence with the aselleration of life in general, the clocks also are moving more quickly.

Yet this development is of relatively recent origin, and it is only with the passing of Oliver Wendell Holmes, that we must mourn the departure of the great conversationalists. Among all the charming talkers of the Saturday Club, one of Boston's proudest traditions, where gathered for dinner Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell, and others, he was admitted to be the most sparkling. It is fortunate that his wit and brilliance have been preserved for posterity in the table talks of the "Autocrat" and the "Professor."

Oliver Wendell Holmes will be the subject of a lecture by Professor Murdock at 10 o'clock today in Harvard 2.

Other lectures of interest are:

10 O'clock

"Jeffersonian Diplomacy", Dr. Baxter, Sever 35, History 13.

"The Wanderings of Animals", Professor Parker, Geological Lecture Room, Biology 1.

11 O'clock

"Comedy before Goldsmith", Professor Murray, Harvard 3, English 39.

"Launching the Constitution", Professor Elliott, Harvard 1, Government 13b.

12 O'clock

"Alberti", Professor Edgell, Robinson Hall, Fine Arts 4a.