Activities of the Friends

Harper Exhibition. The exhibition, "The Brothers Harper & Their
Authors," opened with a reception on Thursday afternoon, Feb¬
ruary 6, sponsored by the Friends and the University Librarian,
which nearly five hundred Friends and invited guests attended.
The exhibition of nineteenth century first editions, contracts and
letters remained on view through April 4.

Bancroft Awards Dinner. On Thursday evening, .Alav i, members
of the Friends, historians, publishers and universit\' officials as¬
sembled in the Rotunda of Low .Alemorial Library for the annual
Bancroft Awards Dinner. Dr. Gordon N. Ray, Chairman of the
Friends, presided.

President William J. lAIcGill announced the winners of the 1975
awards for books published in 1974 which a jury deemed to be the
best in the fields of American history, international relations and
diplomacy. Awards were presented for the following: Time On
the Cross, by Robert AA'. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman, pub¬
lished by Little, Brown & Company; Roll, Jordan, Roll, By
Eugene Genovese, published by Pantheon Books; and Deterrence
in American Foreign Policy, by Alexander L. George and Rich¬
ard Smoke, published by the Columbia University Press. The
President presented to the authors of each book a $4,000 award
from funds provided by the Edgar A. and Frederic Bancroft
Foundation.

Future Meetings. jA'lcetings of the Friends during 1975-1976 have
been scheduled for the following date: Fall Meeting, Thursday
evening, November 6; and AVinter Meeting, Tuesday afternoon,
January 27.
 

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