Lafayette College
an educational institution in Easton, Pa.; founded in 1826 under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 48; students, 695; volumes in the library, 60,000; productive funds, $961,988; income, $173,990; president, J. H. Mc- Cracken, Ph.D., LL.D.
LA FÈRE, a town in France, in the Aisne department, on an island in the Oise, near its confluence with the Serre, 14 miles N. W. of Laon. It is a fortress of the second class, and has a school of artillery. During the Allied offensives of 1917 La Fère formed a point in the Hindenburg line and was the scene of much fighting. Pop. about 5,000.