Charles Townsend Copeland '32, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, will give a reading of selections from the Bible and one from Kipling today at 11 o'clock in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. This appearance will be Professor Copeland's first public reading since his radio debut on the afternoon of December 24, when he read Christmas selections over the radio through station WBET.

Today Professor Copeland plans to read the story of the death of Absalom, the sixth and seventh chapters of the Book of Revelations, the third chapter of the General Epistle of James. In addition to these he will read Kipling's "Sons of Martha."

There have been no tickets issued for the reading today.

Professor Copeland will start his reading promptly at 11 o'clock when the doors to the crypt will be closed. The reading will occupy approximately 45 minutes. There will be no admission charged to hear the reading, and it will be open to the public.