The eighth war lecture of the series being given this year under the auspices of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will take place in the New Lecture Hall on Wednesday, February 20, at 8 o'clock, when Colonel Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, C. B., G. C. I. E., K. C. I. E., C. I. E., will speak on the war. The lecturer, who is a British statesman and soldier, has recently talked before the members of the Harvard Club of New York City and will repeat his lecture at the Harvard Club of Boston on February 21.

Sir Walter Lawrence has been, since 1914, colonel and assistant adjutant-general in the British Army. He was commissioner for Lord Kitchener in France from the beginning of the war until the latter's death, when he became Lora Curzon's representative in France in connection with the business of the air service. Since the end of 1916 he has represented the War Office in the treatment and training of disabled soldiers, and is now Liaison Officer between the War Office and the Ministry of Pensions, a post which he has held since 1917.

Before the beginning of the war he spent 21 years in India as a member of the India Civil Service, during which time he held many offices. At various times he acted as secretary to the government of India, private secretary to Lord Curzon, Chief of Staff to the present King and Queen when they visited India in 1905, and a member of the Council of India.

Colonel Sir Walter Lawrence was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford. As a scholar he is widely known for his book, "The Valley of Kashmir," which is the standard work on that country and is based upon the author's experience as reorganizer of the state of Kashmir.