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F. HOPKINSON SMITH SPEAKS

In Union at 8.--A Mechanical Engineer Better Known as an Author.

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Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith will speak on "Mud" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only.

Mr. Smith first worked as a clerk in some iron works and was later educated as a mechanical engineer. He constructed the government sea-wall around Governor's Island and another at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. He also laid the foundation for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Mr. Smith is also well known as an artist and as an author. He has done much landscape work in water colors and has lectured on art subjects. In 1900, he was made Commander of the Order of the Osmauyeh by the Sultan of Turkey. In the following year, he was awarded a bronze medal at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, and in 1902 he received a gold medal from the Philadelphia Art Club. Yale University awarded him the degree of L.H.D. in 1907. The delightful short stories that Mr. Smith has written are well known. Among them are "The Tides of Barnegat," "Colonel Carter's Christmas," "The Under Dog," and "The Wood Fire in No. 3."

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