Bernard Fay, distinguished French author and critic, will give the first of the Morris Gray Talks on Modern Poetry on the evening of November 12, it was announced yesterday by G. P. Winship '93, Assistant Librarian of Widener. On that occasion the meeting will be held in the Exhibition Room of the College Library, where for the first time a large number of undergraduates will be admitted. The Exhibition Room is the old Treasure Room, to the right of the main foyer in Widener.

Hitherto the attendance has been limited to very few guests, due to the small size of the Art Room, where the talks were given last year. Undergraduates who wish to attend M. Fay's talk may secure invitations by applying at the Treasure Room in Widener on any day before November 12.

Subject of Talk

M. Fay will talk on "Gertrude Stein and the Chapelle de Fleurs." Other guest speakers have talked on modern poets, but none have chosen a poet so thoroughly modern, and it is expected that a large number of undergraduates will welcome the opportunity to hear Miss Stein discussed by one who knows her well. M. Fay has been the subject of one of this author's pen portraits, and is well acquainted with all the members of the "transition" group in Paris.

M. Fay is professor of French Literature at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, but has spent many months at Harvard in the past. He is best known for his recent book. "Benjamin Franklin, the Apostle of Modern Times," a biography of the great Philadelphian.

Morris Gray Fund

The talks are given under the auspices of the College Library, through a fund provided by Morris Gray '77. All the guest speakers discuss subjects relative to modern poetry, and all meetings are of an informal nature. It is not known whether the remaining meetings of the year will be open to large numbers of undergraduates or not; the first one, however, at 8 o'clock on the evening of Wednesday, November 12, will be open to all who ask for invitations in advance in the Treasure Room.