SYMMES, HAROLD S., b. San Francisco, 1877. Ed. public schools.  B.A.  Univ. of California, 1899.  Doctor’s degree summa cum laude Univ. of Paris, 1903.  Was appointed to Columbia Univ., department of English, the same year. Author: Les Debuts de la Critique Dramatique en Angleterre, 1903.  Out of print.  Contributor of verse and prose to American and English periodicals. Address: Garden St., Redlands, Calif.

TULLY, RICHARD WALTON. Ed. Univ. of Calif.  Writer of short stories and plays.  Rose of the Rancho, in collaboration with David Belasco, has had a most successful run. Address: Alma, Calif.

URMY, CLARENCE, b. San Francisco, July 10, 1858. Ed. public schools and Napa College.  Contributor poetry to all the leading magazines, East and West. Author: A Rosary of Rhyme, 1884.  A Vintage of Verse, 1897. Address: San Jose, Calif.

WATERHOUSE, A.J., b. May 27, 1855, in Wisconsin. Ed. public schools in Wisconsin, High School, Rochester, Minn., and Ripon College, Wis.  Writer for newspapers and magazines.  Asst. editor The California Weekly, S.F. Author: Some Homely Songs, 1899.  Lays for Little Chaps, 1902. Address: 2422 McGee Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

WHITAKER, HERMAN, b. Huddersfield, Eng., Jan. 14, 1867. Ed. public school.  Served in British army, 2nd Battalion W. Riding Reg. 1884-5. Author: The Probationer.  The Settler.  The Planter.  All pub. by Harper Bros. $1.50 each. Address: 220 James Ave., Oakland, Calif.

WILEY, HARLEY RUPERT, b. Wisconsin, April 5, 1855.  Trekked to Calif. 1865-6. Ed. Santa Rosa, Calif.  Univ. of Calif. (L.L.B.) Past twelve years lecturer on Jurisprudence in Univ. of Calif.  Writer on Law, and verse for magazines. Address: Faculty Club, Berkeley, Calif.

WILLARD, CHARLES DWIGHT, b. Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 20, 1860. Ed. public school, Chicago.  A.B. 1883 Univ. of Mich.  Came to Calif. in 1888.  Writer of short stories and on civic matters. Author: History of Los Angeles.  The Free Harbor Contest.  History of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.  City Government. Address: Los Angeles, Calif.

WILSON, MRS. IDA MANSFIELD, play-wright, dramatic critic, actress, lecturer.  Writes plays and magazine articles. Address: 2020 Clinton Ave., Alameda, Calif.

YORKE, PETER CHRISTOPHER, b. Aug. 15, 1864, Galway, Ire. Ed. St. Jarlath’s College, Tuam, Maynooth, and the Cathedral University of America.  Made S.T.D. by Pius X., 1906.  Regent State University.  Writer and lecturer on religious topics. Address: Oakland, Calif.