FORD TO LECTURE ON "HISPANIC AMERICA"

In the sixth of a series of Monday afternoon lectures being conducted for the benefit of the Radcliffe Endowment Fund, Professor J. D. M. Ford '94 will speak today on "Hispanic America". Tickets for the lecture, which will be held in the New Lecture Hall at 4.30 o'clock, may be secured for $1.50 at the door by those who have not purchased tickets for the entire series. The lecture is open to the public.

Directly after his graduation Professor Ford was an instructor in French at the University, holding this position from 1895 to 1900, with the exception of one year which he passed as a Harris fellow in residence at the University of Paris. After two years as instructor in romance languages, he became an assistant professor in 1902, and in 1907, Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages, which position he still holds. Since 1911 Professor Ford has been chairman of the Department of Romance Languages of Harvard University and Radcliffe College, but in 1921 went as an exchange professor to the University of Paris for one year. In addition to being a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is also a member of the Modern Language Association, the American Dialect Society, the Dante Society, the Hispanic Society of America, and the Royal Spanish Academy of Madrid.

Professor Ford has written many books in the field or romance languages. These include "The Old Spanish Sibilants". "The Main Currents of Spanish Literature", and several works on Spanish and Portuguese grammar.

To men who have taken part in the series so far are: Professor J. L. Lowes G. '03, Professor G. H. Parker '87, Professor F. w. Taussig '79. Associate Professor G. H. Edgell '09, and Assistant Professor H. S. Langfeld. The next speaker will be Professor C. H. Haskins Hon. '08, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; who will speak on the "Mediaeval Student" next Monday.