Esperanto Meeting and Plans

The third general meeting of the Esperanto Society was held yesterday afternoon in the Shepard Room of the Phillips Brooks House. After a constitution had been adopted, H. R. Shipherd '08, the corresponding secretary of the society, told of the work that has been done during the past two months. The most important work has bee the sending out of literature an suggestions regarding the study of Esperanto, in reply to inquiries form all parts of the country.

The society has bought many books and pamphlets printed in Esperanto, which will soon be place don a reserve shelf in the Reading Room of Gore Hall. Four Esperanto periodicals, for which the society has subscribed, will also be kept on file in Gore Hall.

An important meeting of the society will be held in the Shepard Room of the Phillips Brooks House at 5 o'clock next Tuesday to discuss plans for encouraging the study of Esperanto at Harvard to fix the dates on which the competitions for the Ostwald prizes of $50 for the best speech an essay in Esperanto will close.