Foreign News
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 15—Departure of President-elect Julio Prestes de Albuquerque of Brazil, for U. S. visit; from Rio de Janeiro.
May 16—Opening of Stockholm Exposition; at Stockholm, Sweden.
May 17—Forty-fourth birthday of King Alfonso of Spain.
Music
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.
May 22—Fifth annual festival of the Westchester County Choral Society; in White Plains, N. Y. Soloists: Tenor Edward Johnson, Soprano Lucrezia Bori, Pianist Percy Grainger.
May 23-June 16—Summer festival at Berlin, Germany. Features: two concerts by New York's Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini; six-evening Beethoven cycle with Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting; special Mozart, Wagner, Richard Strauss cycles; special performances at Max Reinhardt theatres.
Education
May 14—Inauguration of Dr. William Cullen Dennis as president of Earlham College; in Richmond, Ind.
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.
Religion
May 15-23—National Congress of the Salvation Army; in Manhattan.
Medicine
May 17—International Hygiene Exhibition at Dresden, Germany.
Aeronautics
May 18—Departure of Graf Zeppelin for South America; from Friedrichshafen, Germany.
May 19-22—National technical aeronautical meeting of American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Dayton, Ohio.
May 27-30—All-New England air tour. Sponsors: New England Council, National Aeronautic Association.
Business
May 14—New England Export Conference; at Boston.
May 18-21—Annual convention of the Advertising Federation of America; in Washington, D. C.
May 21-23—Convention of the National Foreign Trade Council; in Los Angeles, Calif.
Sport
BOATS
May 16. 17—First annual intercollegiate outboard regatta; at Hamilton, N. Y. Sponsor: Colgate University Outing Club.
May 17—Harvard v. M. I. T. v. Navy v. Pennsylvania; on Charles River, Boston. May 24—American Rowing Association regatta (American Henley); on Schuylkill River, Philadelphia.
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.
May 26-31—British amateur championship; at Royal & Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrews, England.
Best Plays in Manhattan
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY—Uneasy hearts in a Turgenev countryside (TIME, March 31).
HOTEL UNIVERSE—Philip Barry in several dimensions (TIME, April 28).
IT'S A WISE CHILD—Persistent and funny parlor farce (TIME, Aug. 19).
JOURNEY'S END—English officers approach Death (TIME, April 1, 1929).