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104 THE ATHENAEUM * ,necessary to alter the constitution for the growing club. One notable |>and essential change was that governing the eligibility for the office ^of president. The President must be chosen from the Senior College class, and must have majored in science and mathematics. Further , members must have completed fifteen Carnegie units of work of high school grade, four of which—must have been in science and mathematics. The Committee on Scientific Investigation, headed by Prof. Harvey made its report. Hhe mentioned fields which are ripe for our investigation. The few he discussed were: 1. Scientific survey of living conditions in Atlanta. 2. Local transportation problems. 3. Co-operative farming. 4. Cultivation for arriving at varieties of grasses. 5. Chicken raising industry. He spoke of the results that had been obtained by former mem bers of the club and the benefits derived froirii those results by the individuals. The short report was one of an encouraging and inspir ing nature. As a result of Prof Harvey’s report questionaries are being prepared for a scientific survey of the living conditions in At lanta. This work will begin early in February. After the above report, impending affairs were discussed. The president proposed that the club elect a man with an expansive and an unprejudiced mind as its critic. Prof. Pinkney was chosen. The meeting was adjourned by the chaplain, Mr. A. B. King. —G. H. Andrews, ’26. THE LINCOLN—DOUGLAS The Lincoln-Douglas program held February 12th in the Chapel was an unsual success. The audience sang the Negro National An them, after which Mr. C. N. Ellis conducted an impressive devotional exercise Mr. Q. T. Boyd, Master of ceremonies, introduced the oc casion with a few remarks on the lives of the liberators, one a black man, the other a Caucasian. Mr. Martin Hawkins, speaking on the life of William L. Garrison brought the audience’s attention to the idea that, although the walls of Jericho had fallen and cities had faded away, the love and honor for Garrison would remain immutable throughout the ages. Mr. H. J. Bowden, eulogizing Abraham Lincoln, spoke of the unseen greatness of the Emancipator, who like Caesar, died for his country. John Brown was pictured as an exponent of revolutionary movements for “Negro Freedom” by Mr. A. W. Plump, who also summarized John Brown’s life the words of the song( “John Brown’s Body lies Amould- ing in the Grave, but his soul' goes marching on.” Mr. Obie Collins with his “soothing tone of persuasoin and thund ering claps of pronunciation” eulogized vividly the life of the man who, ‘though born a slave, died an orator of no mean fame—Freder ick Douglass. Mr. Charles Dunn, speaking on jthe Republican party, dropped