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72 Mr. B. B. DaughertyDougherty [sic], of the Appalachian Training School at Boone, is preparing an article on Tennessee history with particular reference to James Robertson and Andrew Johnson.

The faculty in History of Mars Hill College consists of Oren E. Roberts, Jessie L. Carzine, Miss Cornelia Howell, and Isaac N. Carr.

During the first week of December, 1923, The University of North Carolina celebrated the centennial of President Monroe's message to Congress in which was stated the principles of the Monroe Doctrine. For this purpose, Dr. William E. Shephard, professor of history in Columbia University, was invited to deliver a public address and to conduct a seminary course on the Monroe Doctrine and the relations of the United States and the Hispanic-American nations. The topics treated in the course were: (1) Self-defense—the Monroe Doctrine, 1823; (2) Expansion—the Course of Empire, 1846; (3) Headship—the Policy of Regulation, 1881; (4) Pan-Americanism—a Sentiment of Coöperation, 1889; (5) A League of Nations—the "Regional Understanding," 1917.

The State Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina convened in Raleigh, December 6 and 7, in its twenty-third annual session.

Thursday afternoon,