Although it is more than likely that when these gilded words meet the weary eyes of the rising scholar, the clock will be safely past the witching hour of nine, still it is deemed advisable by those powers which each day lay out monsieur's mental garb that he should today make serious effort to reach Harvard 1 by seven minutes after the hour mentioned to hear Professor Gay discourse on "A Survey of Railroad History in the United States Since 1880." Here is a topic of no mean attractiveness; there is romance enough about the growth of the railroads to keep one entranced for many hours.

The exploits of such men as Harriman, Hill and others in spreading the network of steel which today so closely binds the various parts of the nation together are the tales of true pioneers. These men followed a dream and there are others today and have been in the intermittent time who have trudged steadily along in the same pursuit. But the romance has not been the only phase, and "le revers de la medaille" is equally enthralling. Legislation aplenty has been let loose by the advent and enormous growth of the railroads, by no means least among which stands the Interstate Commerce Commission. The great banking houses of J. P. Morgan & Co., and Kuhn, Loeb made their coup at the time the pioneers were laying down the rails, and ever since have been closely bound in the affairs of this great branch of commerce. Down through the close of the century and on into the present decade roars the industry, and the latest exploits we hear of in connection with it are the affairs of the Van Sweringen brothers and their Nickel Plate Railway, and the remarkable way in which Commodore Arthur Curtiss James accumulated for himself such a tremendous control of the major roads of the country.

Other lectures of interest are:

10 O'clock

"The United States and Neutral Rights, 1861-65," Dr. Baxter, Sever 35, History 13.

11 O'clock

"Early Nineteenth Century Comedy," Professor Murray, Harvard 3, English 39.

"Hebbel and Ludwig," Professor Howard, Germanic Museum, German 25b.

12 O'clock

"The Styles of Francis I and Henry II", Professor Edgell, Robinson Hall, Fine Arts 4a.

"Illumination," Professor Black, Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Physics B.