PRESIDENT NEILSON TALKS TO MEMBERS OF LIBERAL CLUB

President W. A. Neilson '96 of Smith College spoke to the Liberal Club yesterday afternoon after a luncheon given in his honor. His speech was the second of a series of talks on "The Function of a University"; the first having been given by President Eliot about two weeks ago.

President Neilson touched only lightly on the use of a university in extending research work and in giving men an opportunity of professional training, while he dwelt at lengah on the opportunity which both universities and colleges should give their members of acquiring the greatest number of living contacts with the world. He further expressed his opinion that college education in this country is becoming more and more differentiated; that there is an ever-growing tendency to separate the able from the mediocre students and to give them the advantages of an intensive course of study under immediate individual supervision.