Professor Charles Austin Beard, noted historian, writer, and lecturer will lecture at the University toward the latter part of March, according to information obtained from Professor A. N. Holcombe '06, of the Department of Government. Professor Beard will speak in the Government 2b course on a subject not yet announced.

Professor Beard, one of the leading scholars of the country in the fields of history and government, lectured at Columbia University as a professor of politics from 1907 to 1917. From 1917 to 1922 he was director of the Training School for Public Service in New York, and during 1922 held the same position at the Institute of Municipal Research in Tokyo. After the Japanese earthquake in 1923, he became adviser to viscount Goto, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs. In 1926 he was president of the American Political Science Association.

Among his more important works is "The Rise of American Civilization", written in conjunction with his wife, Mary R. Beard, which was hailed at the time of its publication as setting a new example in historical criticism. This work, which was published a year ago, enjoys a wide circulation throughout this country. Professor Beard's numerous other writings deal with the economic interpretation of history, the political development of the United States, and studies in democracy.

It has also been learned by the CRIMSON through other sources of information that the University has endeavored to induce Professor Beard to accept a permanent professorship at Harvard, but that he has decided to continue independent study and writing.