National Affairs

May 7--Departure of first group of Gold Star Mothers for France. Purpose: pilgrimage to graves of U. S. War dead. Sponsor: U. S. Government.

May 10-18--Visit of U. S. battle & scouting fleets to Manhattan.

Foreign News

May 6--British Empire commemorates 20th year reign of George V.

May 14--First of series of five courts to be held at Buckingham Palace, London. Purpose: formal presentation of U. S. and other women to Queen Mary, King George.

May 16--Opening of Stockholm Exposition; at Stockholm, Sweden.

Music

May 4-10--National Music Week.

May 8--Mozart Festival; at Harrisburg, Pa.

May 14-17--Thirty-seventh annual May Festival of the University of Michigan School of Music; at Ann Arbor Mich.

May 16, 17--Bach Festival; at Bethlehem, Pa.

Art

May 5--Opening of the Royal Academy in London.

May 15--Retrial of $500,000 damage (by slander) suit against Sir Joseph Duveen (TIME, Feb. 19, 1929 et seq.); in Manhattan.

Religion

May 11--First performance of the 1930 Passion Play, dramatizing the life of Christ; at Oberammergau, Bavaria.

May 15-23--National Congress of the Salvation Army; in Manhattan.

Education

May 16--Inauguration of Dr. Katherine Blunt as president of Connecticut College; in New London, Conn. Speakers: Yale's Angell, Vassar's MacCracken, Wellesley's Pendleton.

Press

May 18--Arrival of 14 European journalists for U. S. tour. Sponsor: Carnegie Endownment for International Peace.

Medicine

May 1-Sept. 30--International Mental Hygiene Exhibition; at Dresden, Germany.

May 5-10--International Congress on Mental Hygiene; in Washington.

May 5--Beginning of annual Red Cross convention; in Washington.

May 5--Beginning of 78th annual meeting of American Pharmaceutical Association; in Baltimore, Md.

Aeronautics

May 10--Close of Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce Show; at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan.

May 19-22--National technical aeronautic meeting of American Society of Mechanical Engineers; in Dayton, Ohio.

Business

May 5-10--Annual convention of the American Mining Congress; at Cincinnati.

May 9--Meeting of American Iron & Steel Institute; at Hotel Commodore, Manhattan.

May 14--New England Export Conference; at Boston.

May 18-21--Annual convention of the Advertising Federation of America; in Washington.

Sport

GOLF

May 12-17--British Women's championship; at Formby Golf Club, Formby, England.

May 15, 16--British-U. S. Walker Cup matches; at Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England.

HORSE RACING

May 9--The Preakness.; at Pimlico. Md.

May 17--Kentucky Derby; at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

ROWING

May 10--Navy v. Syracuse; on Severn River, Annapolis, Md.

May 17--Harvard v. Navy v. Pennsylvania v. M. I. T.; on Charles River, Boston.

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