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this evening at 8 o'clock ; subject, "University Exten- 

 sion." The presiclent introduced the Speaker with appro- 

 priate remarks. This lecture was of great interest to 

 teachers and there was a large audience present. It was 

 introductory to a eourse which Mr. Johnson hoped to 

 have in Salem. 



Monday, JVbv. 20, 1893. — A special lecture wasgiven 

 this evening at 8 o'clock in Acadeiny Hall, by Eev. Mat- 

 thew H. Buckham, D.D., of Vermont University, Bur- 

 lington, Vt. The subject was " Oxford University," and 

 was illustrated by excellent views of buildings and scenes 

 in the University city, with the aid of the stereopticon. 

 It was interesting, and the hall well iilled. Mr. Willson, 

 the president of the society, made some introductory 

 remarks. 



Monday, Jan» 8, 1894. — Rev. George D. Latimer of 

 this city, lectured this evening in Plummer Hall — the 

 first lecture of this season in the free eourse ; subject, 

 " Social Settlements." The paper was a scholarly and 

 exhaustive description of the institutions of the sort in 

 London and Chicago. The Toynbee hall in the very low- 

 est precinet of the Whitechapel district in London was 

 fully described ; ancl the Hüll house in Chicago, in one 

 of the lowest parts of that city was spoken of, and an 

 extended aecount given of it. As it had been visited by 

 the Speaker, his Statements with regard to it were from 

 personal Observation. The Speaker said that the "Social 

 Settlement" was not a panacea but a leaven. It is not 

 so much for those who have sunk to the very lowest depths 

 of crime and misery, as for the ambitious poor ; not at all 

 for the idle, but for the man who wishes to elevate his 

 condition. It must be on social grounds to be effective. 



