The University of Chicago WeeklyFriday, August 9, 1907 NO·7·Vol. X [.Compulsory Education in ChicagoLESTER. W •. BODINEByH U'<l' Cliicun» gailled and "as held the record for tire loiccst pacelltCl!/L' of truancy of UII." largccity ill tlu: United States is told ill the accolllpallyill!} article by Lester If!; Bodine, SlIpcrilllt'lIdCIlI_ ofthe. Dcpurt ntcnt of Co m pul sorv luiucation of the Board of Education, .-ls it '<l'as under Jlr. Bo­dille tluit this rcnuirkabl c result '<\'as accomplished lie is the one best filt"d to tell of it,T' I 1£ departmell� of compulsory e(�Ucatioll �n t�lcChicago public school system IS now ltl ItSeighteenth year. It is composed of a superin­tendent, assistant to superiutcndcut, secretary. thirtytruant officers and ten police officers in citizen'sclothes and three special deputy sheriff's. The work ofthe department is by district organization directed fromthe central office at the Board of Education. Its cru­sades have been effective, with the result that for twoyears the department has held the national record forthe reduction of truancy.Chicago has less percentage of truancy at its publicschools, in proportion to its school enrollment, than anylarge city in the United -Stat�s. It el1f�rccd the con.1-pulsory education law more, 111 pro�ccutll1g parents, 1111905-6, than all the other metropolitan centers of thecountry, although conditions in other cities justifiedgreater enforcement of the law. It has less percen�­age of illiterate population than any of the large Ameri­can cities. The attendance at the Chicago publicschools is the greatest within the Ii fe of the schools., .Th sc are facts. They are verified by figures-the lat­est eavailable retUn1S from official authorities in thevarious cities.Here is the official recapitulation showing conditionsin the larger cities and percentage of �bsences due totruancy as compared to the total public school enroll-ment :Per Cent.tCity. 1'ruancies. Enrollment. Truancy.Chicago .+.901 287,113 1.70Pi1iladelphia 3.542 167/rlO 2.11Los Angeles 3,100 37,457 8.10New York 15,846 655,503 2.400,226 102.880 6.05ltostonCIevdaml 4.292 69,850 6.14Cincinnati 2,412 44,000 5.48 BaltimorePittsburg 1,9532.477 67.95453,710 2.874.61The word .• truancies" indicates absences withrepetitions. The 4,901 truancies in Chicago represent3,270 individual truants.Where Philadelphia had less truancies than Chicagothere has been for the past two years an increase intruancies in Philadelphia as compared to a decrease inChicago for a corresponding period, as the followingtable will 5hO\\, :City 1903 1 <J().t. 1905 Increase. Decrease.Chicago 7.53() 5,G73 4,<)01 None 2,635Philadelphia 2.020 2.12() 3.542 1,522 NoncIn the prosecution of parents one year's work was, 'as follows:Chicago 702New York 35�Philadelphia 14·�Boston............................ 2Denver 1()Cincinnati 165Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minneapolis 4St. Louis................... 0Omaha 62Baltimore 521Total, ten cities outside of Chicago 773Is this not proof that the compulsory educationdepartment enforces the law in Chicago? Is it not thelogical co-incidence that Chicago shows the greatest:reduction intruancy, while in other cities where theyhave been forever, stuffing the institutions with. boys.and not fining parents, truancy has increased? Is itnot evident that good results follow when" father ., isfined? Does it not show the value of having all cityand county child saving officers under civil service, asthey are in Chicago?( Continued to page 109)100 THE u�IVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.OPEN LECTURE SCHEDULE FOB. NEXT WEEK�omplete List of Addresses to be Delivered fromAugust 12 to August 17 Published.The revised and complete open lecture schedule fornext week reads as follows::\10NDAY. AUGUST 12.3:30 p. m. Kent Theater. .. Chicago Vacation Schools" (11-. lustrntcd ), :\1 r. William J. Bo�an, Super-in­t endcnt of the Vacation Schools of Chicauo.4:45 p. m. Mandc! Assembly 11:t11, .. On the Xaturc ofStars" (Lllust ratcd ), Professor Edwin B.Frost.TUESDAY, AUGUS't 13.3:30 p. m. l Iaskcll Assembly Room, .. Jewish Literary 01'­I)()�ition to Chri=-tiallity in t�IC Early Centu­ries," Professor \VilIiam J. :\1cGlothlin.4:45 p. m. Mandel As=cmbly Ila11, .. Folk Songs: Trou­hadours, �eistersingl'rs, ancl Miustrcls: ThePeople's Music in Many Lands," Mr. LesterBartlett Jones.4:45 p. m. 214 Emmons Blaine II all, ., The Drama in theElementary Schools," Associate ProfessorMart hn Fleming.8:15 p, m. Mandel Assembly Hall, CONCERT: SibylSammis, Soprano; Lewis R. Blackman. Vio­linist.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1�3:30 p. m. Kent Theater, "Religion and thc State." Pro­fessor Charles Zueblin.3 :30 p. m. Haskell Assembly Room, .. Gentile Literary Op­position to Christianity in the Early Centu­ries," Professor William J. ::\lcGlothlin.4:45 p. m. Mandel Assembly Hall, "Masters of GcrmanSong: Lowe, Schubert, Schumann, :\Iendds­sohn, and Franz," :\lr. Lester Bartlett Jones.4:45 p. m. 214 Emmons Blaine Hall, "Organization of thcSchool Library" (Round Table}, Miss IreneWarren.4:45 p. m. Lexington Hall, "The Origin of Certain Com­mon Designations of Color," Assistant Pro­fessor Francis Asbury Wood.THURSDA Y. AUGUST 15.3:30 p. m. Kent Theater, .. Impersonal Immortality," Pro­fcssor Charles Zuchlin.3:30 p. m. Haskell Assembly Room. ":\Iorcion and theGnostics," Professor \Villiam J. :\lcGlothlin.3:30 p, m. 107 Emmons Blaine Hnll, .• The MathematicalPlan for the University High School" (RoundTablc), l'.lr. Ernest R. Breslich.4:45 p. m. Mandel Assembly Hall. "Some Great Songsfrom Several Lands: Tschaikowsky, Gr ieg,Dvorak, and the Song Writers of France,"Mr. Lester Bartlett Joncs.4:45 p. m. 214 Emmons Blaine Hall. "High School Coursesin Domestic Science," Miss Amy Louise Dan­iels.8:00 p. m. Haskell Assembly Room, Deutscher Klub.FRIDAY, AUGUST 16.3:30p. m. Haskell Assembly Room. "Montanus and thePuritans," Professor William J. McGlothlin.159 Manual Training Building, "T'roccsscs ofthe Reproduction of Pottery: (II) Glazing.Firing of \Vares," lliss Sabclla Randolph.3:30p. m. PASSING OF COREA: SAMUEL MAC CLINTOCKIn Light of Residence in Hermit Kingdom, LecturerrJ.'ells of Obliteration of the Nation's Autonomy.the recent events out of which .• The Land of the�Iorning Calm" came to lose its independence was thesubject of a lecture by ::\1 r. Samuel 1IacClintock onthe" Passing of Corea." last Friday. Mr. l\lacClin­tock is a fellow in the department of Political Scienceand spent considerable time a year ago in the Orientstudying the political customs and habits of the Ori­ental races. While abroad Mr. MacClintock spentsome time in Seoul, the capital of Corea, where theCorean political situation could be studied to thegreatest advantage. The speaker explained the historyof the country ami it s relations to its neighbors. .. InAugust, I�. a treaty was made between japan andCorea in which Corea agreed to employ a japanese andto decide by his advice all financial, foreign or diplo­matic matters," hc said. .. In return Japan guaran­teed Corea sa fcty and protection. This was a boldstep at the undermining of the autonomy of Corea.At the close of the war in which japan was victoriousshe had three possible courses open to her in dealingwith Corea. She chose the complete. annexation amiabsorption of Corea. Although Japan secured Coreaby dubious methods yet it is expected that conditions\\'ill be greatly improved."�I r. ::\lacClintock showed his audience the aw fulconditions existing in Corea according to our standardsof civilization. I-Ie asserted it was very difficult toimagine how conditions could take a backward trendunder the japanese. Mr. MacClintock concluded bysaying that under the able staternanship of Marquis I toit is not too much to expect that the Corcans willsecure peace and pleasure and the ordinary rights ofperson ami property, thus giving them for the firsttime something like a square deal.The next issue of the Alumni Monthly is scheduledto make its appearance next Saturday. Besides com­plete reports of all of the addresses incident to theclose of last quarter, Editor-in-Chief Fairweather an­n01.1I1ces that the publication will contain a report ofelection of officers for the next year, an account of stu­dent activities, and the other usual departments. Therewill also be an article by \V. A. Paine, head of theopen lecture bureau, on the extra-mural work of theUniversity. Continuations of articles by F. S. Mac­Clintock and W. A. Gardner are included.4:45 p. m. Mandel Assembly Hall, .. Songs of England andAmerica: Sullivan, Cowen, Buck, MacDow­ell, and Others," Mr. Lester B. Jones.8:15 p. m. llandel Assembly Hall. Interpretative Read­ing, Moliere's ,. The Physician in Spite ofHimself," :\tr. \Villiam Pierce Gorsuch.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 101Professor Zueblin Delivers Lectures on "Unity of Faith"..University Sociologist Discusses "Temperament and' Personality," "The Constraint ofOrthodoxy" and "The Decay of Authority"--4dvocates FellowshipIn his lecture on " The Constraint of Orthodoxy,"Professor Charles Zucblin divided mankind's beliefsinto the orthodox and heterodox, not only on religionhut upon every conceivable subject of human thought.lie advocated ridding' ourselves of orthodoxy inconnection with any belief and through a constantbroar I receptiveness attaining tu all new truth neces­sary to an unbiased comprehension of such belief... 1 'eople are temperamentally orthodox or hetero­dox in their beliefs, but the danger with the orthodoxman is that when he changes his mind he is sure toland in some other orthodoxy," declared the speaker... :\ man who has dropped the orthodoxy relating to. the belief in future happiness will start in talking aboutsingle tax at a funeral, if asked to speak a few wordsof com fort. The heterodox man is always outside thecamp, and, as the saying is, he is against the govern­ment ... The orthodoxy of religion is known by devotion.The orthodoxy of politics is expressed in loyalty. Theorthodoxy of the economic system is known by classconsciousness. The ordinary person can not give areason for his devotion to a religious belief. He isorthodox in it, that's all. He thinks he believes inthe church dogma, but he is simply devotedly biased.The trial of Dr. Crapsey showed that he was anotherman who wanted to be orthodox, although he. didn'tl. clicve the dogma. Ingersoll dealt heavily iconoclasticIlows at religious orthodoxy, but he was politically the£r�atest orthodox in the country. There were peoplewho listened in great delight to his lecture on the mis­takes of Moses who would have pulled out what hairt'e ha.l if he had lectured on the mistakes of �IcKinley.:\lel1 scoff at the story of the golclen leaves formingt':c basis of the Mormon belief. when they can't pro­cluce the tables of stone on which, were written theirten commandments... In social life the orthodoxy of fashion prevails.Shop girls must dress as the leisure class dictate, re­gardless of the convenience and comforts of their workand station. Why should not a man go to, a dinner inhis shirt sleeves instead of a claw hammer if he ismore comfortable that way? It's the orthodoxy ofconventionality that we all subscribe to. Imagine aman asking how one could feel like a gentleman if hehad erred as to the sort of necktie he wore. Take theorthodoxy about the race question. Whites can't con­cede that any belief more liberal than theirs is correct.Our orthodoxy won't swallow the idea that the negro The part played by temperament and personalityformed the burden of a lecture by Professor CharlesZueblin on " The Unity of Faith." In part, he said:,. Religion is the: expression of man's relation to theinfinite and ultimate. This definition may not satisfysome people, with elaborate theologies and rituals, butall genuine religions will fit the definition. It seemsparadoxical to measure anything contemporary by in­finity, as the marc we learn of modern science the lessour minds can comprehend the infinite. In spite of thedifficulty, if not impossibility, of comprehending spaceand time, God and eternity, we have talked glibly ofinfiuites in the terms of our insignificant little human­ity. This paradox is solved perhaps by seeking COIll­mon ground for our humanitarian religion in its high­est 'conception, that of our relation to the infinite andultimate.,. Temperament is the subtle ineradicable elementwhich determines personality. It is not quite true thatreligion is pur ely a matter of temperament, but itsindividual expression is largely temperamental. Wecome into the world with various possibilities. Envi­ronment can accomplish things as yet undreamed of,but through it all temperament insinuates itself. Aseach individual with his peculiar temperament meets.the great problems of life and destiny, he will havea personal interpretation, although holding communionwith an utterly different temperament. Contrariwisethese same temperaments under different conditionsand in different times may embrace entirely differentreligions in the same way.., Intellectual capacity has apparently no logical rela­tion to temperament, but in expression is subject to it.The accomplishments of an individual with limited in­tellectual capacity. may be greater than those of onewho is original or versatile .. The dependent or ortho­dox mind may often change his faith, the independentor heterodox mind may not find it necessary. Buttemperament will determine, in the face of natural orsupernatural influences, the particular form of theexpression of religion."The faith of many people is not very deep. Inevery great movement there are hangers-on. It is ourbusiness, whatever our faith, to build ttp religious fel­lowship. With the revolution and changes that havecome with the contributions of science, with the en­larged critical attitude, with popular education and. democracy, there ought to be an increasing number ofstrong personalities, concerned not only about the102 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WI!EKLY.i's a man. I sec little hope of the solution of the raceproblem because of this intense race orthodoxy... There's political orthodoxy with regard to theUnited States constitution. The theory is that you pushthe button and the constitution does the rest. Mostnative Americans are born in a party the same as in achurch. There's the orthodox cry of the less govern­ment we have the better. Experience has shown thecontrary, and it has also shown in cities of the oldcountry that have adopted municipal ownership thatmore and better government has followed such own­ership. There's the full dinner pail orthodoxy, as ifthe full dinner pail were the end of all things. Social­ists don't escape their orthodoxy. How many go aboutwith a copy of Carl Marx, declaring it their bible,when they don't know any more about it than the otherbible. Examine yourscl f. Let us who really believe illthe brotherhood of man, keep our minds open.':BIRD LOVE INEXPLICABLE AS HUMAN LOVEDr. Schmucker Asserts Cause of Likes and DislikesAmong Birds is Mystery to Psychologist.Love is as inexplicable among birds as among IlU­man beings. � 0 psychologist has been able to explainthe causes of aversions and affinities among featheredfolk any more than among men and women. Thewhole question must remain one of poetic inquiry.These were statements made by Professor SamuelC. Schmucker in his lecture last Tuesday on •. Coior inthe Bird World." .. To show the white feather is nota.sign of cowardice among birds.' he declared. " Everybird has two white feathers on each side of his tailwhich he uses as a sign of recognition to his friends... The blue jay is 110t blue at all. The color he ap­pears to be is the result of an optical illusion and thecrossing of Jines. There are only three primary colorsin the feathers of birds. They are red, yellow andblack."That flying is the most beauti ful method of locomo­tion was the. statement of Professor Samuel C.Schmucker, in his lecture on .• The Living Bird," lastMonday .... In flying, the bird has a perfect physiologi­cal' makeup which enables it to move so rapidlyand at the same time gracefully," explained Dr.Schmucker. .. Flying requires an immense amount ofenergy and consequently birds are big eaters. Theirhigh temperatures cause them to create an enor­mous amount of energy in a very short while. A bird'shollow skeleton is not for the purpose of making thebird lighter, but it is from the principle that a hollowtube is stronger than a solid cylinder of the same bulk.In our 'conception of the future life we have taken allof' the noble attributes of human beings and to themadded the one power of flying." workaday world, but about things infinite and' ulti­mate."In his lecture on .. The Decay of Authority:' Pro­fessor Zueblin sketched the decline of constitutedauthority. In part, he said:... There is the noticeable decline of the author­ity of the husband. I f there must be a head of thehouse, twentieth century thought says, let it be a mat­ter of function, and not determined by sex alone.Still, we have only to look about us to see that thisloss of the authority of the husband has plunged usinto a maelstrom of moral and social problems, notbecause we ought to go back to the old idea, but becausethe new system is undeveloped... The decay of authority is nowhere so manifest asin the religious world. Ucginning with the Reforma­tion, which demanded the right of private judgmentand humanism. change undermined the conception ofeternal torment, so that the nineteenth century out­grew hell: the scientific investigations of the last fi ftyyears have put the religion of civilization on an entirelydifferent plane."Miss Callie Ilabcock, who has been doing post­graduate work at the LJ niversity, will sail in Septem­her for Corea. where she will enter into the mission­ary work. \Vhile at the University, Miss Babcock iss�id to have met a student who had spent several yearsin the hermit kingdom, and his stories of the conditionin that country influenced her to give her life to aid theheathens to take up Christianity. Miss Babcock is thedaughter of H. llabcock, treasurer of the Kimberly­Clark Paper Company, which controls more papermills than any company in the west. The new mis­sionary's horne is in Neenah, \Vis ... Build up, not destroy," was the motto given theSenior College by Professor Henderson,. Tuesdaymorning. ., A fool may destroy a temple that .it takesa wise man to build," he said. •. To be constructive is.to be successful. Morality consists not of denying our­selves of refraining from doing wrong, but of doingright."He denied the old saying, .. Truth crushed to earthwill rise again:' ., Truth has no inherent power," hedeclared. •• It cannot rise by itself. It must be raisedand upheld by man.""rl()l�l .. P;pr,.,....t. f:-.tl1A"" �" � 'T�r";tv ;'lrtnr. i�.... ,..... "t"rh';"'(T f£'r tl." d::H1". ",;t', the intention of..... ,.,,�t:·,<! some oftf'r in tbe fall."V�lter Morse wilT not return to r:oHe'!c fer e'p�"':l1 six weeks.F. H. Honhercer. Ir .. is �l1iding fishing anrl hu-rt­ing parties at Lake Osakis, Minn. .THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.TEXAS TIES WITH IOWA FOR SECOND PLACE DANIEL'S COMET CAUSES EARLY RISINGLone Star and Hawkeye States Contribute SameNumber to School of Education-Registration.Texas and Iowa, after a strenuous struggle, havetied for second place in the race for total attendancefor the first term at the School of Education, accordingto figures just compiled by the office ot Dean Butler.Each had 38 students in residence. Forty states andterritories, ranging from the Philippine Islands to .K ewHampshire, are represented,The women outnumber the men almost six to one,it was found. From the south em states, the propor­tion of women to the total registration is much higherthan from the northern, Texas, for instance, sendingbut three men to thirty-five women to the University.But few students who were not school teachers werein residence last term at the School of Education. Col­lege professors from Idaho, teachers in the state nor­mal schools of Nebraska, Louisiana, and Texas,teachers in high, graded and district schools of Oregon,Tennessee and New Hampshire formed part of thecrowd which thronged the corridors of Emmons maineHall.Below are the 'nine states with the highest regis-trations :Men. \\' omen. Total.Illinois 8 80 88Texas 3 35 38Iowa 7 31 38Indiana 6 25 31Missouri 5 19 24Ohio 6 15 21Colorado 0 17 17Michigan 3 13 16Kansas 1 14 15Colorado is not unique in being represented solelyby women. The contingents from Kentucky, Montana,Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Washington areequally feminine: New Mexico, New Hampshire, and-the Philippine Islands sent no women.The total registration was 407, there being 344women and 63 men. Alth. .... ugh the School of Educationrepresents perhaps but little more than one-tenthof the entire registration for the University, it isthought that about the same proportion will be main­tained when the total figures are announced.W 110 says Chicago isn't a summer resort?COBn HALL interferes with the observation of thecomet which was recently discovered to be roamingaround somewhere above the steel mills at SouthChicago. Will some one please be kind enough tomove the building for Professor Moulton? Students of Astronomy Classes Attempt to ViewCelestial Visitor at Three A. ltLTwenty sleepy students have been rolling 'out ofbed at three o'clock in the morning to look at Daniel'scomet which, according to schedule, is due to put inits appearance over the red tiles of the Cobb Hall roofat about that time, Twenty students have promptlyrolled back into' bed again, for the weather has not asyet been sufficiently clear to allow the classes of Drs.Moulton and Laves to view the celestial visitor throughthe six-inch telescope of the students' observatory.Jewelers ncar the campus assert that the run onalarm clocks has been so great as to completely exhaustthe supply. !\o relief is yet in sight."Oh, why didn't I stick to Anthropology and theHistory of Art and not try to break over into elemen­tary astronomy," yawned "\Vince" Henry as heambled into his nine o'clock twenty minutes late Wed­nesday morning.The comet, which resembles a star of the third mag­nitude to the naked eye, was described in detail byProfessor E. E. Barnard, stationed at the great forty­inch telescope at Lake Geneva, in a letter to Dr. F. R.Moulton at the University. The comet is nearly twentydegrees north of the celestial equator and is about threehours west of the sun. It rises between one-thirty andtwo a. m., but is not visible from the students' observa­tory until about three-thirty because of the un fortunateproximity of Cobb Hall. Since it is approaching thesun at the rate of one and a hal f degrees a day, it willbe visible for only two or three weeks. The path istoward the sun and not the earth. Astronomersdeclare that there is no possibility of the comet chang­ing its mind and deciding to make a sudden call uponthis planet.Professor Barnard has made numerous photo­graphs of the comet and has disclosed many interest­ing features. The comet will be watched closely forany phenomena that may aid in the explanation of thepeculiar behavior of some comets, such as the breakingup of the head or tail.Associate Professor William B. Owen this weekcompleted his series of six lectures on educational re­formers, Locke, Rosseau, Pestalozzi, Herbart, Froebeland Mann. Mr. Owen, after giving a brief history ofthe reformer's life, outlined his ideas of pyschologyand how he applied these in education. The lectureswere a comparison of the work of these different menand the progress each one made over his predecessor.Oscar Johnson, '06,' was recently re-elected as Sec­retary of the Security Li fe and Annuity Company ofAmerica. Mr. Johnson has occupied this position forthe past year.104 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Official Student Publication of theUniversity of Chicago for the SummerQuarter, 1907.Office of PublicationEllis !Ian, University of Chicago.Chicago, IlLCopyrilhr, 1907, by The Uai"enity of CbicalO WeeklyEnt",J � &cr.nJ ClaSJ MiJiI at tb« CA;cago POllolfiuWarren D. Foster, Managing EditorWinston P. Henry, Associate EditorREPORTERSJ. Sydney Salkey. Julius R. KlawausElton J. Moulton. James H. Gagnier.Alfred E. Stokes. Beatrice HillGeorge E. Fuller, PublisherSubscription price, SO cents for the quaner; % 5cents for each term. Suhscriptions received at theoffice in Ellis Hall, or at the Information Office.TeI.phone, Hyde Park 4�6Vol. XI. NO·7EDITORIALIn an article published in last week's issue of THeUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY, Harry A. Hansenurged that the officers of the Fresh-Class . man and Sophomore classes be abol-Officers . ished, He argued that there was noreason for their existence, as the Jun­ior College Council possessed all the material func­tions which they could possibly exercise. The conten­tion is just. The Freshman and Sophomore class offi­cers should be abolished. They have nothing to do;they are not even ornamental except, perhaps, in theCap & Gown. As Hansen said, their elections comenearer being training schools in practical politics ofthe ward variety than recognitions of ability or popu­larity. The University has abandoned the class sys­tem except in the Senior year; why in the first twoyears of college cling to a useless tradition which hasno place in the mechanism of the actual student gov­ernment of the institution? All that a president of theSophomore class can do is to preside at the meetingwhere nominations for the Cap & Goum board are';I�l made; no one has ever found anything upon which thepresident of a Freshman class can expend his officialenergy. I f there were even a good opportunity forthese officers without real offices to look wise effect­ivelv there might be some little reason to keep themfor" purely decorative purposes. Instead of electingthe presidents annually, that Freshman or Sophomorewho could find the slightest real justification for hav­ing a useless aggregation of toy officers might be auto­matically declared the incumbent of any class positionhe might wish. Freshman and Sophomore class officershave nothing to do: they should be done away with.Trn: C="lVERSl'I'Y 01: CUIC.\GO \V":I�KLY presents inthis issue literary material from students of the U ni­versity. Heretofore the demand forOurselvesAgain space by news and special contributedarticles has been so great as to excludeeverything else. From now on, how­ever, fiction and other forms of literary effort will ap­pear. The \VI�I�KLY welcomes contributions of allsorts; they may be brought to the office or left in theFaculty Exchange.The \VI�I�KLY still desires candidates for the staff.Although the response already has been large and thework remarkably effective in view of the circum­stances, the paper still needs more men and women.Miss Beatrice Hill, '11, and Alfred E. Stokes, '11,are appointed reporters on the staff of THI� UNIV€R­SIT\' 01: CHICAGO �WI�BKLY. Both have shown theirinterest in the welfare of the paper by hard and con­sistent work.w. :\1. R. French, Director of the Art Institute ofChicago, has written an article ••• Art as a Career forthe College Man," which will appearEditorial in next week's issue of THE UNIVER-Announcement SITY of CHICAGO WEEKLY. Mr. Frenchneeds no introduction to the readers ofthis paper. The consistent energy which he has ex­pended for the cause of real culture has given himinternational recognition; the years which he has de­voted to help make Chicago the artistic center of thenew world has made him known at home. The article.as its title indicates, discusses a question which is ofvital interest to the University man or woman.THI� ANNUAL RI�GISTER is due to put in its ap­pearance in a few weeks. This yea� it will consist o�but seventeen quarto volumes of SIX hundred pageseach.�" KElll." is on his vacation. And yet the Univer­sity seems to run right on.'THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.MOONLfCHT.IT is a still sultry evening in midsummer. Thefull moon which hangs over the tops of thepoplars and' shines through the porch-vines be-side us shows not the slightest motion of the leaves,The city's heat rises like a tide about us. The whitedresses of women and children show plainly in themoonlight in groups on the porches and sidewalks.Faces, however, and differences of every kind arc in­distinguishable. \Ve are the city's children. a commonfamily.From down the street a little way through theevening stillness come the clear notes of a clarinet,then the voices of a trio of peasants from the Tvrol..The idle talking is hushed; the street becomes as quietas a woodland glade. The spell of the moonlight andthe music is upon us and we join in the plaintiveGerman air unashamed. Scenes long forgotten risewith the rising mist and blot out the everyday world.Memories deathly sweet take possession of us, and nowaching throats make an end of the song before the littleband has passed quite out of hearing. We steal intothe house and off alone to our places of rest. andmemory, at last, passes into dream.SPEECH UNNECESSARY IN TIlE L��i\,ER-SITY OF CHIC.:\GO.To be speechless is no disgrace in the Universityof Chicago. At bottom, as it seems to me, thestudents pride themselves, even rejoice, over thefact that they make little use of their vocal organs.Robinson Crusoe on his desert island never articulatedless or found less need for utterance than the recipientsof learning in this University. One could go througha whole term without speaking, if he were so inclined.Chatting before class is not thought of. A womanoccupying a chair next to me in the lecture-room forsix weeks has not seen fit even to smile upon me yet.During the lecture it is one's business to keep his eyeon his note-book, thereby checking all desire to prattle.At meal times, if one goes to the Men's Commons, oral. communication is tabooed. All that is required is tqwrite an order on a slip of paper and hand it to a'waiter, At the women's eating rooms conversation iseven less practicable. Here one passes down an aisleloading his tray with anything that tempts the appe­tite and without a word stands before a desk where 'abilliard chip with figures on it is drop�ed among thesalads, sandwiches, and potatoes, A fter eating insilence, the chip is presented at the pay window with­out so much as a sound. Oh, you say that's all verywell, but how can the instructors tell what you knowunless you speak? By written examination, of course,and speech is eliminated again. And I stick to it thatit is possible to go through a whole term in the Uni­versity of Chicago without talking. TI_-lE ,SLOW:\ESS OF Ll2ZIE M�>\Y.I 'SE pow Tul worried 'bout Lizzie May,Lucy.".. Why, Uncle Abc?".. It's <tat awful slowness ob hehs.".. Yes, Lizzie May is slow. The meals are neveron time: but she's a good girl.""You feel lak de Lawd'll consideh heh goodness,:\1 iss Lucy?"•• Why, of course, Uncle Abc, the Lord always con­siders goodness."" But heh slowness is a poweh ob wohiment to me,Miss Lucy. De preacheh was sayin' de oddeh day,though, ilat de Lawd made special 'ccptions when sinswah bolm in people. An' slowness is bohn in LizzieMay. Heh muddeh wah two houhs late foh ouh wed­din' an' Lizzie May's gwiue to miss gettin' to heh wed­din' altogetheh, if she ebeh hab one. I wish yo'd 'flictheh, Miss Lucy, an' cueh heh ob heh sin."" But Uncle Abe, slowness isn't -a sin; it' s a fault.but not a sin at all.""Ah yo' shuah 'bout dat, Miss Lucy? Deprcachch, he taw ked 'bout Misteh Job in de Bible las'Sunday. He told 'bout his patience an' one bruddchdidn't know what dat wah. So de preacheh, he says,"Misteh Job wah slow; dat's what patience means,bruddch.' Well, you know, Miss Lucy,_how powehfulde Lawd 'flicted Misteh Job. I says, Lizzie May'sjest lak Misteh Job an' if she don't get cuhcd ob hehslowness de Lawd'Il 'flict heh, even if it is bohn inheh. I took it to de chu'ch in prayeh an' I thought ifonly yo'd do some actu'l 'flictin,' we'd sabe heh from detrials ob Misteh Job." MissTHERE AND HERE.THEY can sit on the front piazza at home theselong summer evenings, and listen to' the windas it whispers away off in the-treetops beyondthe southern road, then rustles nearer with soft movingof the pines, and tells the slumberous message to thefarther trees of the north. On stormy afternoons theycan remain outside, bathed in the peaceful radiance ofthe marvellous rose-tinted lightning, and can hear theechoes of the thunder grow fainter in the west, andthe hoarse mutter of the giants still tossing overhead,and can rejoice in the wild sway of the tall, straighttrunks as they batter the slender needles against eachother in forever unsatisfied protest.And we can hear Abbe Klein lecture" see HerrDarrirosch conduct, can study, recite, watch automo­biles, and long unreasonably for the poetry of the quietSouthern home.No anxiety should be felt by students trying tonavigate in the yellow jokers of the Fifty-fifth streetand Cottage Grove avenue fine as the cars are guar­anteed by the company to be of perfect sea goingqualities. 105106ltfAROON TENNIS STABS WIN IN MEXICOTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.LECTURES ON TACTICS BY COACH STAGGFootball Squad. Drilled in Theory of Game-FingerGoes as Coach to Cornell, Iowa.Coach Stagg has adopted the policy of giving thefootball men short lectures on the rules of the gamebefore their usual signal practice. He says it is onlyby a complete understanding of the rules that one cantake advantage of his opponent's errors and win.Burt E. Kennedy, coach at Olivet College, Michi­gan, reported in suit Tuesday afternoon. Kennedy isa brother of the famous Walter S. Kennedy, quarter­back and captain of our great championship team of18g).Sherman \V. Finger, fullback on the .'06 team,has taken the appointment of physical director of Cor­nell College, Iowa. Defore taking the position at Cor­nell, he had received overtures from Texas and Missis­sippi Universities ..Fred \Valker, the former Xlaroou baseball and foot­ball star, left Monday morning for Waukegan, Wis.,to play in the North Shore League.D. H. PERKINS ON SCHOOL ARCBTr.ECTUREArchitect of School Board Declares Problems Extendfrom District School House to University.How the problem of school architecture extendsfrom the little red school house in the backwoods dis­trict to the University of Chicago was explained in anillustrated lecture by Mr. Dwight H. Perkins, architectof the Chicago School Board." The health of children should receive as much at­tention as the welfare of plants." he declared in con­cluding his address. "The aim of the school archi­tect should be to provide the school room with as muchlight and sunshine as the conservatory has. The moreserious difficulties concerning proper lighting are al­most solved, as now it is possible in the long corridorsof the newest structures to read the fine print of anewspaper without strain. One of the greatest prob­lems which we have to face is the virtual impossibilityof killing disease germs in children's clothing."J ames Sullivan, former Varsity pitcher, pitched forthe Joliet team last Sunday against the Oak Leas ofChicago. Juul, the former University of illinoistwirler, opposed him. The" 1" man came off vic­torious as the Oak Leas secured eight runs and thir­teen hits off of the old" C " man while the Joliet teamcould not score off of Juul's pitching.:1:1il •The students who are in residence the vear roundgave a dance at the Reynolds Club last Fri�y evening. MacQuiston Brothers Carry Away Championships inSingles and Doubles-To Re-Enter Here.Harvey and Paul MacQuiston, the former maroontennis champions, have been winning new honors inMexico. Mr. A. A. Stagg has heard that Paul hadwon tl-e singles championship of Mexico and that heand his brother won the title in doubles.In 1898 Paul won the Western Intercollegiate titleand the following year the brothers won the doubleschampionship. After an eight years' absence thebrothers have announced that they will again re-enterthe Middle West tournaments next year.\Vith the �1acQuiston brothers back in the gameand Carr Nee1, another former Chicago tennis star,again on the courts, the younger generation of playerswill have to look out for their laurels.Varsity Summer Baseball Team Defeats EnglewoodSunday School by Score of 10 to 6.The University of Chicago Summer Baseball teamdefeated the Englewood Sundav School team at Mar­shall Field last Saturday by a �core of 10 to 6. TheSunday School team put up a good fight for six inningsand when the Chicago boys came to bat in that inningthe score stood three to two in favor of Engle­wood. By slugging the ball to all corners of the field,the Chicago team drove in four runs. A fter that inn­ing the Englewood boys could not score while theVarsity ran its score up to ten. Hugo Bezdek, formerVarsity baseball and football star, appeared in suitfor the first time this season. Bezdek covered secondbase and made a good showing.Miss Sibyl Sammis and Mr. Louis R. Blackman toGive Next Tuesday's Concert.The concert on Tuesday, August 13, is to be givenby Miss Sibyl Sammis, soprano, and Mr. Louis R.Blackman, violinist. Miss Sammis has been engagedto sing the soprano solos of the Messiah at its annualrendition by the Apollo Club next Christmas. Amongher numbers next Tuesday she will sing the prisonscene from" The Prophet," by Meyerbeer, ana" Rosesin June" by German, with violin obligato. Mr. Black­man is an instructor in the Music Department ofNorthwestern University and a member of the KnappQuartet. Among his numbers he will play an inter­esting new cycle by Hubay.L. R. Young, '06, has left the Western ElectricCompany and entered into the real estate business withA. T. ROiers, '02.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 107IMPORTANCE OF TECHNIQUE IN THE. NOVEL,Associate Professor James Weber Linn DeclaresSwinburne Superior to Milt�n as Technician.The important part played by a clearer understand­ing of technique by the writers of novels of the last fewdecades was emphasized by J ames Weber Linn, Asso­ciate Professor of English, in the first of his lectureslast week on " The Novel.".. Browning and Tennyson were technicians," said1\1 r. Linn. .. Swinburne is superior to Milton in hiscapacity of combining words with ideas to producemelody but is, of course, far inferior to him as. a poet.'Robinson Crusoe' was an accident; 'Treasure Island'the product of patient art.,. The novel of the twentieth century is more vitalto the present age than the older ones. The works ofRobert \V. Chambers are more interesting for thepresent age than those of Fielding or Thackeray. Thisdocs not mean that Chambers is a better novelist than. Fielding or Thackeray: the difference is one of tech­nique.,. The teaching of English composition with the em­phasis not on rhetoric but on how to handle writing ina given situation might almost be called a developmentof the twentieth century.", In continuing his second lecture on " The Novel,"Associate Professor Linn compared Stevenson andScott .in their mastery of technique. He declared thatin his control of the machinerv of the construction 0'£fiction, Stevenson surpassed his predecessor." There are many points of similarity between thetwo," he said. "Both were Scotch, poets, studentsof history and literature, and both romanticists.Scott was the greater novelist. Scott wrote all davand all night and the result showed it ; Stevenson wrotebut slowly, but the product was artistic, Stevensonnever failed as did his countryman :n grammar andother elementary details. Scott showed-no resourceful­ness in beginning; there is always the same interrnina­ble.run of dull history of the hero's ancestors and ante­cedents. Stevenson never began -two novels in thesame way. One could change the names of Scott'sheroes around and no one would know the difference,but that could not be done with Stevenson's characters,each of whom has a distinct personality."I,,. In his lecture on the essay, Mr. Linn declared thatthe 'great essayists like the great novelists were alldead, "As long as the desire to express opinion re­mains, the essay is likely to remain' a popular form ofliterature," he asserted.Frank Templeton is spending the summer vacationat South Haven, Mich" DEAN SPARKS' TRIBUTE TO ROBERT MORRISVarsity Professor of American History Delivers Se­ries of Lectures to Muscatine (la.) Chautauqua.Edwin Earle Sparks, Dean of the University Col­lege and Professor of American' History, delivered aseries of lectures at the Muscatine, Iowa, Chautauqua,last week, In his first lecture, Professor Sparks de­plored the oblivion into which the name of RobertMorris had sunk... Although there was no man who was of more uscto the government in the early days" there is not asingle monument to him in the country," the lecturersaid. .. His aid, givcn out of the fullness of his heart,quieted the rebellious unpaid soldiery and allowed theRevolution to be carr ied to a successful termination.Until this day, not a single cent of the hundreds ofthousands of dollars which he advanced has been re­paid to his estate, Robert Morris himsel f was cvcnconfined in jail for debt after the panic of li89. Hewas one of the noblest men our country has everknown, one of the most patriotic and faithful to thecause of justice, and yet his name has become almostobscure, and sunk in oblivion."Superintendent Chancellor and Chaplain HendersonAddress Chapel Services,In his address at the chapel of the School of Edu­cation last Tuesday, Superintendent William A. Chan­ccllor, of Washington, D. C., declared that many menwho had reached a great height had not conformedto the standards of morality set by the best of society.Mr. Chancellor likened life to a ladder of seven rungs,the third of which was morality. "Many men climbvery high but do not touch that rung," he said.The three aspects of li fe which should be consideredformed the basis of the address of Dr. Charles Rich­mond Henderson, Chaplain of the University, beforethe chapel of the J unior Colleges. " We must havea comprehensive view of life," he asserted. "Wemust fashion one instrument which cannot break inour hands. We must learn to make good use of thisinstrument. "In his lecture on the short story, Professor jamesWeber Linn showed the relation between it and thenovel and essay. "In the struggle for supremacy be­tween the novel and the essay, it would rather appearthat the short story has gained the day. The Englishshort, story is the best and Kipling is the best Englishwriter. In America, women are our best short storywriters.' The novel, which is essentially a form ofleisurely composition, has been hurt by the locomotivelike rush of the short story. Formerly the short storywas a psychological study; now it is a cross section ofa phase -of a circumstance."108 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.J. W. Burns has been preaching atFairbury, 111., during the month ofJuly.Mark Sanborn supplied the FirstBaptist church of Bay City, Mich.,last Sunday.Dr. Soares lectured last week atLake Geneva on .. The Intelle,�tualLife of a Y. M. C. A. Secretary.V. V. Phelps is preaching duringthe month of August at Dc1nortc, Col.Dr. Herbert L. Stetson will supplythe Covenant Baptist church at En­glewoou August 4 and 11 in the ab-sence of the pastor. IMark Bailey, �rauua�c student, andl'rofessor of Laun at �alanlazoo Co� ��������������������������������������������������������������lege, preached 'Sunday at Barrington,ll1.Dr. Hugo Selinger, pastor at Ver­gennes, Vt., has resigned his pastor­ate to become research assistant inthe Divinity School.13. T. Bronson was ordained lastweek at Cassopolis, Mich. Mr. Bron­son is a gruduat e of Des Moines andis pastor of the church at Cassopoliswhile pursuing his theological workin the University.D. C. Holtom preached Sunday atBronson, Mich.•. Alex." Creig went to his home atRock Island, Il1., last week on ac­count of illness. He will be back inthe fall.Mr. and Mrs. Muffley of Kalama­zoo, Mich., spent Tuesday visitingtheir daughter, who is a student inthe University. The Chicago Art Education Co.Rev. 'Warren P. Behan, Ph. D., cordially invites teachers'· and theiralumnus of the University and of the friends to visit their Art rooms andDivinity School, has been called to as- ,sume the position of Director of Bib- inspect 'the large 'line of Framed andIical and Social Studies in the Y. 1\1. Uri framed Pictures, .suitable forC. A, Training School at Chicago. school or horne decoration, as well asRev. J. E. Smith, pastor of the their attractive line of Pottery forFirst Baptist church at �alamazoo. drawing models and for decorativeMich., and wife visited friends at thepurposes.University last Tuesday. SMail orders receive careful attention. pecial rates madeEthel Shan drew, '07, spent Sunday .to schools.at l\laywoou, Ill. THE CHICAGO ART EDUCATION CO.l\lr. R. B. Howard of South Bend, 215 Wabash Avenue.Ind., spent Sunday at the University \ A. C. M�lurg Bldg.visiting friends. _����_� __ ��_��������_��_�_�_��_PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. SOUTH SIDE TRANSFERLindsay Storage Co.Baggage. EJtpress Wagons leave +87 E. 63rd Street 7 a. m ••9 a. m, 1 Z noon. 3 p. m •• 5 p. m. Dearborn Street. 10 a. m •• 3 :30 p.m.5:30 p. m. One Sunday trip -- Trips to Woodlawn and EnglewoodStations.Mooing, Packing, Shippu.g. We have careful men andequipment for moving Household Goods and Pianos in Hyde Park, Woodlawnand Englewood. Special attention given to, packing and shipping.OFFICES11-4) Oearbora StreetTel. HarrlsoD .923 .81 E. Sixty-third Stre� tTel. Hyde Park 1161Dean's Baggage and Express Co.SUCCESSORS TOHARDER'S BAGGAGE and EXPRESS.Furniture, Pianos, Trunks, Merchandise and ParcelsDelivered to all parts of the city,depots Gnd suburbs.BRANCH OPFICE:Informaton Office!, University oj Chicago.Main Office: Branch Offices :71 E. 39th St.,-41 Hubbard Court.6154 Wentworth Avenue.Pictures, Cas,. and. PotteryPHILLIPS' Summer Showing MENS HATS AND FIXINGS238 E. 55th StreetThe Central lnstiuue, Room 403, 40 Randolph St., teaches and tutors in all subjects. 'Ir1'HE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 901COMPULSORY EDUCATION INCHICAGO.THEEducational listOFD. C. Heath ., Co. i1Comprises Standard Publicationson the following subjects:READIBG, EBGLISB LABGUAGE,�IVICS ABD ECOBOmcs,-PEDA-GOG.!, JlATBEJlAncs, ENGLISHLITERATURE, GERJlAB, PBYSIC------- - -_ .. _-- - - --AL T��, _BIS!0R�, _ Jll.!_S!_C,FREBCB, WRITIBG, SCIENCE, LA-TIN, DRAWIBG, BUSIBESS FORMSFull descriptive catalog of over 200pages mailed to any teacher or schoolofficial on application.A cordial invitation to call is ex-tended to all educational friends visit-ing Chicago.D.C. Heath &: Co.378-388 Wabash AyenueCH ICA"GO. .'W'EBSTER'S (Con tin ?ed from pcge 99)In Chicago 532 out of 702 parentshad tines imposed. In New York only31 out of 359 were tined; in Boston. 2;n Denver, 2 out of 16.The improved conditions of childife in Chicago arc the natural resultsof the great awakening of public con­science, within recent years, whichresulted in legislation that has givenus new compulsory education andchild labor laws. the J uvcnile Courtand the Parental School. Add to thisa spirit of co-operation and activityamong all child-helping agencies andthe enforcement of laws, togetherwith the diligent efforts of the truantofficer, the factory inspector, the pro­bation officer. the teacher, the princi­pal, the club woman, the settlementworker, the charity worker and thepress, and we have the reason whyChicago has come to its own in allbranches of work that gives the up­lift to childhood. And while all havebeen factors more or less in the grati­fying result and while many havebeen devoting efforts to the "highereducation" of the child, the compul­sory education department has beengiving some needed attention to the"lower education" of the negligentparent. Principals report that theprosecution of parents has been thegreatest factor in the promotion ofattendance among pupils who wereI formerly irregular.The total truancies at the Chicagopublic schools in 1896 were 9,157. Inten years-within a decade of thecity's greatest growth-truancies atthe public schools. have been reducedto 4.901 a 'year. store.Judge Lindsay, Justice Hurley and becausethe compulsory education departmenthave always contended that parents business.should be prosecuted more and thechildren less. In Chicago and Denver I ers are happy becausewe have the best Juvenile Courts in •.the world. But I believe that juvenile they are gettIng clothesdelinquency could be reduced more b .if the parents of delinquents in Chi- argalns.cago were prosecuted, similar to the $16.50 will now buy a $25 Suitsystem of prosecution of parents of .truants that has been a material fac- $20.00 will now buy a �30 SUIttor in the reduction of truancy. It $25.00 will now buy a $40 Suitis Chicago and Denver that again lead FOR E MANW_r'.CulIetlla&e 11 . .,;;, __ ..,. .........� 01 in realizing that it is better to pre- ..:r��� Ri'r�'�"':�_'-. 1IIh __ ... "UIOII .. ' .... .,__ vent than to cure and as a result theWritefor"'Tbe8*7ofaBook"-� Juvenile Protective League and Juve- hG.ac.VBRRTAMc;o..SprIDstlel4,..... nile Improvement Association have Quality Clot esGET THE BEST. . .�. .1 been formed to eliminate causes of 92.94·96 Washington Street,·,_ � I (Continued 'on 'next· Pagc.) Between Clark and Dearborn.Tire Central Institute gives special work Saturdays to teachers .who wish to prepare for examination.Mr. Swell Dresser:The satisfied cus­tomer IS the kind of acustomer that leaves mystore.My salesmen don'targue with you and tryto drive a sale whento look.you come Inat my goods.We make our salesby getting thesort of stuff, andthe righteasyrightputting onsort of price.No sour facesWe are happywe are doingOur custom-.In ourNEEDED laever:" HOME,SCHOOL aud OFFICE.Bellable, Useful. Attractive. �UPto Date and Authoritative. 2380GOGO 1Iluatrat10Da- Recent17added D,1INe.Wcm!!r�� .. Guetteer and New.!Slo­gra'PhIcalU1CUOD&rJ'. Editor W. '1'. Ham".Ph.J) .. LL.D., UDiteclSt.a.te. Com. of B4'n,BlgheatAwwda &tSt. J..oula and PortlandI: 110 THE' UNIVERSITY, OF ,CHICAGO' WEEKLY.Atlas Science TabletsAtlas History Outlines.Atlas Outline Maps."Atlas J unior Series."Com bined Tablet andBook.Call at our office or write forcatalogue.Atlas School Supply Co�I 315-321 Wabash Ave.,Chicago.I. ___;1,045 \,_ ......;. •TheCollegeLarder.Parents lined 532Parents committed ., .. '. . .. 59Nolle prossed (extenuatingcircumstances) . . �70Boys sent to ParentalSchool ., 265Boys released on probation. 76Boys sent other institutions 2Degenerate men sent to pen-itentiary :...... 7Investigations and Returns to School IReturns to school after investiga-Ition of unexcused absences (includingrepetitions, etc.):Temporary absentees(not truants) 21,987Truancy absences (notindividual truants) ... 4,901 26,888254COMPULSORY EDUCATION INCHICAGO.2423431421,2181.70 FOR THE BEST,Lunehes, lee,�, 4:lee �am Sod�pAll Soft Drinks, go ,toFURMANS'Fifty-fifth Street aDd Kimbark A venue.The finest eating,place near the'U niversity Campus;, ......-: ', ; t: . .'Home :Coo�ing,Best :of Service, ,Prices M oderate,Meal 'Tickets,SJ.36 for $3.00•The Mls� 'BuUer,447 E. 55th St., .Just west of Lexington Ave�;-: ': >::!:r' . ,.: Catl 'once 'anaDe 'convinced. :TEACHERS WANTED.SPIlCIAL-Adnnc:e Fcc not Required (or aLimited Time.Belenee, lIilatbeomtics. Latin, German, (Continued from preceding page)Endisb, Hilltcll}', Athletics. 'delinquency and to improve the en-For Hi,b Scboob, Academics aad Normala. vironment of childhood. In its child-$500 to 'nooPrimary.lalermcdlal., and Grammar Grade Teacb. helping and home-finding societies, itsen allO, Crhica e: _. Iso, $80 and $1000 social settlements and charity organi­Addre_THB THt:KSTO" TBACMUS' AGBNCY, zations, and its factory inspection,A. 1"1. Tlru,.ston, Mg"., :178 1I'"baJ/' Ave., Chicago is blessed with an excellentCA;cago. corps of official workers-and results.Besides, Chicago has its Jane Addams,CULTURAL REVIEW SCHOOL ; whose work has always been for thenoblest in civics and philanthropy.I The truant officer's greatest amountTeac:hers' Review Courses, preparatory to Cook of work is in the investigation ofCounty teac�n', Chicaco elementary teachers', ,• .principals', Normal entrance, or state examinations, I causes of temporary absences of chil-(ull councs, July 5. dren frum school and prompt atten-The Cultural Review School enrolled more tion to those chihren before theystudents � t� than all other scbools of similar develop 'into truants. The followingcharacter In Chicago. .Cerrespondenee ceurses in aU subjec:ta. IS a summary of compulsory cduca-O. M. HEATH, Prin , tion work in Chicago during the40 E. Randolph St. school year-Sept. 5, 1905 to June29, 1906:Census reports investi-gated .Percentage of truancy,compared to enroll-ment .The Central Institute, 40 Randolph St. Summer school commences July 8th. NoteProsecutions,Parents (j uvenilc Court) .. 702Habitual truants (JuvenileCourt) , 343....Jamestown ExpositionExcursionsVia1:'1':"':1:111111'1$22.25Going, via Cincinnati or Louisville.Returning through Washington, D. c.Liberal' Stop, overs at all VirgiDiaResorts and at Washington.$30.70Going via Cincinnati or Louis- Iville. Returning through iNew York City. \Stop-over at Washington, Baltimore, ,Philadelphia, New York, Catskill, N. !Y. (for Catskill Mts.) Utica, N. Y. :(tor Adirondack Mts.) Syracuse, N. iY. (for Thousand I slands�) 'NiagaraFalls� Lake Chautaqua. IA Deligbtfut Ocean Trip Be­tween Norfolk and New Tork,on Ocean Greybounds, ifyou want.Sefid for a complete II •• of Hotels_d Boardlag Houses .ear th.ExpO.at.OD grounds, Ad'ress:CltyOffic:e, '82 Clark St., Cbic:.go Unenrolled found .....Number of schools inthe service .. '.Warning notices servedon parents .... . . . . . . 2,.280Warnings complied with 2.118Court summons served(Juvenile Court) ....Paroled cases inves-tigated .Total truancies (in-cluding repetitions).', 4,901Total enrollment ..... 287,113THE UNI�RSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY� 111YOU CAN SAve20 per cent. DiscountONFountain Pens,Men's Tailors,Boarding House •.33! per cent. DiscountONPIGTURE FRAMINO,Men's Tailors,PHOTOORAPHERS,Business Colleges,BY SEEINCGEORGE E. FULLER,Business Mgr. of this Paper.AT ONCE.EFFICIENTLYSERVESA VASTTERRITORYbythrougb service to andfrom the following cities:CHICAGO, ILL. CINCINNATI,OHIO." OMAHA, NEB. NEW ORLEANS, LA.Dr. C. R. Henderson's book, The COUNCIL BLUFFS,IOWA MEMPHIS, TENN.80cinl Blements," has been trnnslntedI MINNEAPOLl8,MINN. HOTSPRINGS,ARK.into tbe Jnp:Ul� lnngunge hy pro-I ST. PAUL, MINN. LOUISVILLE, KY.fessor 'I'ongo Tnkelle of Tokio Uni- PEORIA, ILL NASHVILLE, TENN.verslty. Mr. Knt.�uji of the University I EVANSVILLE, IND. ATLANTA, GA.Is nt present trnnslattng it buck into I ST. LOUIS, MO. JACKSONVIlLE, FLA.English for Dr. Henderson, Tb. r ougb excursion sleepIng car service betweenChicago and between Cincinnatil\lnrk Bniley received a visit from AND THE PACIFIC COAST.his mother on her return west from Connections at abo'5f1 termlnals for theNew York Inst Fridny. lUST, SOUTH, WEST, 10RTIFast and Handsomel, Equipped Steam.Heated1 Tralns-Dlnlnc ear.-:-Bu1fet.LIbrary Cars­Sleeplne Cars-F .... Reellnlne Chair Can.Ph-II- 'SUnnER PartleoIars of agents of the IUlnols centralI IpS SHOWING �H�:;=.�Traft\C�09cmcAGO.8. G. HATCH, Gen1 hss'r Agent. cmCAGO.-I COMPULSORY EDUCATION INCHICAGO.Again has come the call from Wash­ington' asking �hat University gradu­ates take civil service examinations.This time it is computers in the navalobservatories who arc wanted. Ac­cording to a letter received by Dr.F. R. Moulton of the Department ofAstronomy there are several vacan­cies for positions paying from $900a year up. Examinations will be heldabout September 11. CUT RATEDyers & CleanersDyers and Cleaners of Ladies' andGents' Garments, Carpets, Drape­ries and Lace Curtains.Suits Cleaned and Pressed -Pants Cleaned and PressedSuits Sponged and PressedPants Pressed - - - $1.20404010The reduction of habitual truancyin Chicago continued also during thepast school year. The report of theI department for 1907 is now being pre­pared.PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.That the legendary and miraculousstories of the Bible should be taughtto children without relation to eachother, and that questions relating totruthfulness and historical accuracycould safely be left to a later datewas the burden of a paper read byW. G. Clippcngcr before the Old andNew Testament Clubs in their jointmeeting last week. Dr. H. L. Willettand Dr. C. \V. Votaw read papers. Goods Clllled for lind Dtlifltrtil.545 EAST 63rd STREET,Corner Gretlf'WooJ Avellue.Phone: Hyde Park 1169. ,Dr. Lander W. Jones, Instructor inAnalytical Chemistry at the Univer­sity of Chicago, has resigned his pres­ent position to accept an appointmentas head of the chemistry departmentat the University of Cincinnati. Hewill leave the University at the endof the summer quarter and will go toCincinnati in the fall. DURING VACATION.Instructors and students will finda dignified opportunity for profit­able and congenial employmentduring vacation in securing ordersfor Lee and Thorp's History ofN orth Amerce, a work preparedunder the direction of the leadingeducators of the country, which hasreceived the approval of the bestpapers. Liberal terms to the pub­lic and to so1citors.For partculars and terms, ad­dressGEORGE ilARRIE & SONS,1313 Walnut St. Philadelphia.The C entral Institute, 40 Randolph St., prepares teachers for city and county examination.112 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICACO WEEKLY.:!·.. 'l·WHITE CIrTMore attractive than ever.it/(',...>.I