ST. PAUL'S SOCIETY DINNER

The St. Paul's Society will give a dinner in honor of the 50th anniversary of its founding in the Trophy Room of the Union on December 20. President Lowell, Bishop Lawrence, Rev. F. W. Tomkins '72, rector of Trinity Church, Philadelphia, R. H. Gardiner '76, and other prominent graduates have consented to speak, and an informal discussion of the purposes and plans of the Society for the further extension of its work will be held. Over 1500 invitations to graduates have been sent out and all undergraduate members of the Society are especially invited to attend.

The St. Paul's Society was founded in the fall of 1861 largely through the efforts of H. W. Fay '62, its first president. The Society held its meetings in the basement of University Hall until 1872, when it was granted the use of a room in Grays. Finally, in 1900, when Phillips Brooks House was opened, the Society moved into its present quarters. The membership of the Society is now about 250 and is steadily increasing. Within the last year the Society has changed its policy from one of chiefly formal membership to an organization of working fellowship with a wider scope of work. Besides its bible study meetings, weekly conferences, and social service work, it is planning to establish a mission for men and boys in Somerville, and in time to take charge of all the religious and settlement work in that town.