Activities of the Friends

New Council Members

At the December i meeting of the Trustees of the University, two
new members were elected to the Council of theFriends: Mr. Alan
H. Kempner (CC '17) and Mr. Gordon N. Ray (LL.D., 1969).
At the same time the following Council members were re-elected
to new three-year terms: iVIr. Norman Cousins, Professor Robert
Halsband, .Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, and .Mr. Hugh J. Kelly. This
leaves one vacanc\' on the eighteen-man (Council.

Meetings

Berlioz was the Fall Meeting subject. .\t the Fall .Meeting, which
was held at the Men's Faculty Club on November 11, Dr. Jacques
Barzun, University Professor at Columbia and a Berlioz specialist,
spoke on "Adventures in Studying and Collecting BerHoz." He
has been the principal creator of the Libraries' strong collection
pertaining to this composer.

Ogden Nash to speak on the late Daniel I^ongwell. As we go to
press, plans are being completed for the Winter Meeting of the
Friends which will be held at the Men's Faculty Club on A\'ednes-
day, F'ebruaty 4. .Mrs. Daniel Longwell will present the papers of
her late husband, a member of the Columbia College class of 1922
and a founder and long time editor of TJfe. The collection includes
correspondence with AMnston Chutchill, Ernest Hemingway,
Ellen Glasgow, Somerset .Maugham, Sinclair Lewis, H. L. Menc¬
ken, Harry Truman, E\elyn \\'augh, and with many other liter¬
ary and public figures.

Ogden Nash, who was a close friend of Mr. Longwell, will
speak on "Reminiscences of Dan Longwell, from Doubleday to
Life."

Bancroft Prizes Dinner on Wednesday, April (/. .Adx-ance word
as to the date is being supplied here, so that members iiia\- record
the date. Invitations will be mailed to members in .March.