Joint Meeting To Be Held Here

The Modern Language Association of America will hold a joint meeting in Ann Arbor and Detroit on December 28, 29 and 30. The term "joint meeting" is used because the association covering so great an extent of territory, it was thought advisable to divide it into two associations, an Eastern and a Central, and these two meet in a joint session at the time named. At the last meetings of these two associations, when it was decided to hold a joint meeting in Ann Arbor, Prof. George Hempl was elected president of each of the associations that he might preside over the joint sions held here. This association is composed of modern language teachers and professors of English, French, German, Spanish and Italian throughout the greater part of the United States and has an active membership of some 600 persons. The sessions on the afternoon and evening of the 28th and 29th will be held in Ann Arbor, and the session on the 30th will be held in Detroit. At these sessions, papers on various literary and philological subjects will be read and discussed by members of the association and it is the expectation that many of the best known men in this line of work will be present. Among those expected are: Prof. Grangent and Prof. Von Jagermann, of Harvard; Prof. Bright, of Johns Hopkins; Prof. M. D. Learned, of the University of Pennsylvania; Prof. Cohn, of Columbia University; Prof. Rhoades and Prof. Bowen, of the O. S. U.; Professors Cutting, Von Klenze, Schmidt-Wartenburgh, and Pietsch, of the University of Chicago; Prof. James Taft Hatfield, of Northwestern University.

So far as entertainment will form a part of the program, a reception will be given in the Woman's Gymnasium on the evening of Monday, the 28th, and a luncheon will be given the day following. In all probability the Cadillac Hotel will furnish the headquarters for the Detroit entertainment, and it is probably there that a planned-for smoker will be given Tuesday evening of the 29th.

The senate at a recent meeting appointed the following committee to take charge of the local arrangement: Professors Max Winkler, chairman, I. N. Demmon, A. G. Canfield, F. N. Scott and J. II. Effinger, who, after the committee was appointed, was made its secretary and treasurer.

In order to get an idea of the probable attendance, 600 return postal cards have been sent out to all members of the association. The meeting as being planned for will be one of great interest.