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.