....,....". 4'esin•••r).�F"R.IN VOL. VIII-No.6!. m- '(._ ... -1»at '.p ar�onUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1910. iil21Price Five Cents.SLOSSON WRITES· ONUNIVERSITY OF 'CHICAGOhadepeadeat I1apziae PriDb Artide_ c� u � �Series OD UDivenities •.LAUDS CHICAGO'S ARCHITECTURE 'Compliments Faculty and PraisesWork of First President-Re­marks Rapid Development.The Daily Maroon· today beginsthe publication in five installments ofthe article in the latest issue of theIndeepndent magazine on the Uni­versity of Chi�o' by Dr; E .. E ... Slos­son. This is the thirteenth ht theseries of articles by Dr: Slosson onAmerican universiti�· - The next in­stallment wilt be, .printed tomorrow.__'_I I n our time, three universities havebeen raised from the seed: JohnsHopkins, Leland Stanford and Chi­cago. The youngest and greatest andmost original of 'these is the Univer­sity of Chicago. Scarcely had itscotyledons appeared. above the sur­face of the Midway soil when it wasseen to be a new species, a mutant.Though now that jt is ful] grown itlooks more like the rest of the genusthan we thought it was going to.still there is enough that is novelabout it to make it interesting.One of my objects in visiting theseuniversities was to 'point out whatnew things were being undertaken.In some instances I found this dif­ficult, but in, this case the difficultyis of tTl;· �ppositi �o!"t,· to find' spaceto men-lion all the departures from tra­ditionalism which we owe to theUniversity of Chicago. That was be­cause a !Dan of creative and adminis­trative genius found here an un par­alled chance to carry out his ideas.William Rainey Harper was a bigman who did big things on a bigscale and made big mistakes Andthis is a point worth noting. His suc­cesses were where he struck out newpaths for himself according to theneeds of the situation; his mistakes.or what I should call such, werewhere he attempted to copy easternand English colleges. But all hismistakes were not failures nor all hisfailures mistakes.Beginning in 1891 he issued a se­ries of revolutionary . manifestoswhich burst like bombs in 'the educa­tional world. The west received themwith amazement. the cast with amuse­ment. But the amazement soonchanged into admiration, the amuse­ment into trepidation. For the new.projects were not merely hroad; theywere iconoclastic. Though varied intheir character most of them had thesame aim, the breaking down of thebarriers between the life of the uni­versity and the me outs idc-c-barr icr swhich six centuries of scholasticismhad erected, buttressed and adorned.President Harper planted his bombsunder the walls of the university. sothere was cause for alarm. "If thewalls go down what wilt there beleft of the university?" cried thosewho were sheltered within thcm."And. moreover. what will become ofthe ivy? That particular species ofivy can only grow on decayed collc­giate stone and it is worth whilekeeping up the walls for the supportthey gh·e to the ivy.'· They need nothave worried. Somc of the hrcachesthat President Harper madc in thescholastic walls havc been repairedand others partially concealed by ivy,transpl:mted from Oxford for thatpurpose.Most prominent among the inno­vations directed toward setting thel1nivp"c:;ty ("PI" ("nn'l ;tc: rOnhnf'mf'n'f(Continued on Pa�e 3.) LAW CLUB TO HOLD MOCK TRIALJames Parker Hall Association Ar­- ranges for Court Proceedings' onJanuary 14 in Law Building-Prof.Pound Will Act as Judge.The James Parker Hall Law clubhas scheduled its first annual MootCourt trial for Friday, January 14, at2 o'clock which will be held in theclub room of the Law building. Theclub decided early in the "year tohold a trial, and the men who will •take part were given their case sometime ago. They expect to put fortha good exhibition of trial procedure.The case has been worked up byDean Hall and follows the lines ofan actual one in which the dean wasone of the attorneys when he waspracticing. Professor Pound has con­sented to act as judge, a positionwhich he has held in real tife. Hesat on the bench of the Supremecourt of Nebraska before coming toChicago.In the case. the practice and pro­cedure laws of the state of Illinoiswill be followed to some extent. butthe intention of the officers of theclub is to make this part of the pro­cedure that of an ideal common lawcourt.The rnen who will take part are:Officers ,of the Court-ProfessorPound. Frank Taylor and Roy Beel­er.Litigants-Plaintiff. Tom Moore,assistant cashier of the Traders' Na­tional bank. Defendant. Dean Ben­ton, alleged obligee on the bond.Witnesses-\V. A. Trimpe, hand­writing expert ; A.' C. McGill, notarypublic; John Anderson, real estatedealer; and Irwin Church, cashier ofthe "llerch;mts' National bank.Attorneys for the Plaintiff- J. C.Pryor. Earnest Linderholm and G,M. \Vaters.Atorneys for the Defendant-V. D.Dusenbury, J. A. Knowlton and \�.D. Freyburger.Jury Commissioners-Frank Bey­an. Andrew Collins and Horace W.::\[cDavid.The jury commissioners have madeup a jury wheel from the membersof the first year class. The first jurywheel contains 24 names and it isnot expected that it wi11 be exhaust­ed in ;;dl'c:ing the jury. The clubinv it cs all members of the Univcr­s ity to attend the trial.ANNOUNCE TWO JUDGESFOR VARSITY: DEBATESJudge Seaman of Milwaukee and Ex­Judge Taylor of Fort WayneHave Consented to Act.The names of two of the judges inthe :\Iichigan-Chicago debate whichwill take place here un January 21were yesterday announced by Coach:\lcElrov. They are Ex-Judge R. S.Taylor· of Fort Wayne. Ind.. andJudge \V. H. Seaman. who at pres­ent sits in the federal circuit courtof appeals. He is tl,,. colleague ofJudge Baker and Juc';e Grosscup.Judge Seaman resides in :\Iilwaukee.Replies have not yet been receivedfrom the other judge. nor has anychairman as yet he en fixed upon. Itis expected that these two officerswilt be announced next week.Practice for the debate goe!' for­"'ard continual1y. There wi11 be aformal debate between the two teamsSaturday evening. at which BurtBrown Barker. who dehated in 1897.witt be present to help and criticisethe men. :\(r. Barker is at present alawyer in Chicago.Pi D(.'ita Pili <lllllUUIl\':C�pledge. :\Iis:, Anna Dri11. 1913. ..dllUlIl\:1 TWENTY FIVE OUTFOR FRESHMAN TEAMCandidates for 1913 Track Squad Be­em Active Practice for Com-ing IDdoor Meeb.STAGG WANTS MORE ASPIRANTSSmall Number of Men, but ManyGood Performers MakeUp Squad.Director Stagg yesterday issued asecond calI for candidates for theFreshman track squad. Up to dateonly about 20 have reported and thechances for a good team are notbright.Six candidates have appeared forthe 50-yard dash, Eb. Wilson, for­merly of University High school, hascovered the distance in 5.3, whileGeorge Kuh, of the same school lastyear, has done it in 5.4. The othersare Peterson, Canning, Whiting andSpringer. Springer is new at the·game, but has improved wonderfulIyin the last three weeks.In the 440 Springer. Rogers, Kuh,Donovan, Riedy, Peterson and Tra­chael have appeared, and are practic­ing every afternoon. Kuh made thedistance in 53 flat outdoors lastspring.. Donovan Strong for Half.Donovan appears to be the best inthe half mile. He carne second inthat event in the Interscholastic lastspring immediately after winning themile. The others trying out are Ried,Trachsel, Whiting and Catlin. Onlytwo men ·are -entered fof""the mile,Ried and Donovan. The latter wonthe mile in the Interscholastic lastJune.Two good men are out for thehigh jump. They are Whiting andKimball. Whlt ing' has been doing 5feet 6 in practice. KimbalI went 11feet I inch in the pole vault last win­ter, and should win that event easilyin the Freshman dual meets this win­ter. Whiting and Lawler are alsoregistered for this event.Wilson put the 12-pound shot 48feet 10 inches last winter in highschool and holds the Cook countyhigh school record. Young andFreeman are also good in this event.Squad Takes Two Trips.The squad wil1 take two trips. oneto l llinois and the other to X orth­western. TI�e schedule that has beendrawn up is as Fol'lows :February 19-Chicago Freshmenvs. Illinois Freshmen at Urbana.:\1 arch II-Chicago Freshmen vs.Hlinois Freshmen at Chicago.:\(arch 25-Chicago Freshmen vs.Tllinois Freshmen at Evanston.Every meet is with the HlinoisFreshmen. Tt was decided to havethree so that the winner might hethree. :'0 that the winner might bepos scs scd of a clear title to suprcm­acy,"What we are aiming to get is skilland accuracy," said Coach Stagg yes­tcrdav. "It is not going to he as hardtraining as Freshman football. \V(.'are not going to work the men as ifthey were dray horse!'. On accountof the small number of men outtherc will be a fine chance for new­comers to win their numerals."Glee Club to Discuss Trip.An important meeting of the Gleeclub has been cal1(.'d for :\Ionday at4 o'clock in the Reynolds club to dis­cuss a proposed trip. The officersha,·e urged a11 members to be pres­ent. The manager desire!' that thesecond basses shouici come hciure -to'clock. "Phil" Comstock, captain of the1910 track team, announced yester­day that he would leave the Univer­sity on February 2 for an extendedstay at Santa Barbara, and that hewould resign his captaincy of thesquad. The matter has been underconsideration for several days, but itwas not l!ntil yesterday morning thatComstock made up his mind to gowest. He, was examined by Dr. Ray­croft, who announced that he wouldnot be able to run this quarter evenif he- were to stay in the University.I t is ·hoped that baths and outdoorexercise in a warm climate will bringback his strength, so he can run againin the spring.Comstock Explains His Position.Captain Comstock gave his. resig­nation to Mr. Stagg last night, al­Sigma vs. though he had it ready the night be­vs. Alpha fore and was only prevented from do-ing so by the fact that he was un ..vs. able to reach Professor Stagg."I do not want to retain my posi­tion," ,he said last night,· "when Ivs. cannot run, This latest developmentvs. of my going out of residence makes.. it jl]JPossible for me to do what· IAlpha" Epsilon ',' sb�ujd�as captai�. --I am ,going.�,Ol,1t/ .Beta Theta Pi to California on the advice of Dr.Raycroft because if there is anything:that wiII bring me back in conditionby spring it will be two months inthe open air. I will be back in col-lege next quarter and will surely runFAILURE MAY BE if I am in shape to do it."SUCCESSFUL-HENDERSON Captain Comstock has been suf-fering from acute enlargement of theSays Honest Effort Cannot Be Un- heart since the cross country run lastquarter. His condition is improved,successful in Spite of however, and there is a strong pos­Failure. sibility that he will be back in therunning for the spring track season,Stagg Wants Him to Stay.Both Dr. Raycroft and DirectorStagg were surprised to hear thatComstock had tendered his resigna­tion. Up to 6 o'clock Professor Stagghad not been informed of the .fact."It is. news to me," said :\Ir. Stagg,"I didn't know that he was going todo anything like that. 1 would liketo sec him stay. He feels that hecannot do as much as he should. Isuppose. Certainly he got his injurydoing his best for the team, and [do not want him to leave the squad."BOWLING LEAGUE DATES ARE OUTInterfraternity Pin Schedue for Win­ter Quarter Announced-Teams toRoll on Reynolds Club Alleys Be­ginning January 11.The schedule of the InterfraternityBowling league was announced yes­terday. The games will be rolled onthe Reynolds club alleys, as has beenthe custom in previous years, and willdecide the fraternity bowling cham­pionship. A banner will be awardedthe champions. The dates set are asfollows:January ll-Alpha Delta Phi vs.Sigma Chi; Delta Upsilon vs. PhiKappa Psi.January 12-Delta Kappa Epsilonvs. Phi Gamma Delta; Delta TauDelta vs. Psi Upsilon. .January 13-Sigma Alpha Epsilonvs. Chi Psi; Beta Theta Pi vs. PhiDelta Theta.January 14-Phi Kappa Sigma vs,Sigma Nu; Kappa Sigma vs. AlphaTau Omega.January 17.-Alpha Delta Phi : vs.Delta Upsilon; Sigma Chi vs. PhiKappa Psi.January I�Delta Tau Delta vs.Phi Gamma Delta; Delta Kappa Ep­silon vs. Psi Upsilon.January 19-5igma Alpha Epsilonvs. Beta Theta Pi; Chi Psi vs. PhiDelta Theta.January 2O-Phi KappaKappel Sigma; Sigma NuTau Omega.January 21-Alpha Delta PhiPhi Kappa Psi; Delta UpsilonSigma Chi.January 24-P·hi Gamma DeltaPsi Upsilon; Delta Tau DeltaDelta Kappa Epsilon.January 25-Sigmavs. Phi Delta Theta;vs. Chi Psi.January 26--Phi Kappa Sigma vs.Alpha Tau Omega; Kappa Sigma vs.Sigma Nu.That no failure can come of earn­est effort which is not success was'the paradoxical statement of Pro­fessor Charles R. Henderson to stu­dents of the Junior college at chapelexercises yesterday. A letter from aUnivcrsjty student, who wrote thathe had often been encouraged hy thetalks made at chapel services. wasrecently received by Dr. Henderson.and the latter said that he had beenprompted thereby to speak to stu­dents at the beginning of the newyear on failure and success."Nothing can keep a man or 'Wom­an from succeeding who knows howto do a day's work." said the chap­lain, "and goes faithfully about it.The work which each of us does islinked with the whole plan of human­ity. 1 f one faits his failure witt showothers blind alleys and so will proveitself successful. :\[any of the great­est discoveries man ha s made haveheen preceded by faiiures. Tt is notin the outcome of our work. but inthe sincerity with which we applyourselves to it that success ties."It is better for one to measure hisstrength against the Andes or theRockies than not to put his pow(.'rsto test al1. Life is worth Ih'ing andit holds out a crown to each of us.1£ we shirk the ta!'ks before· us thecrown "'ill go to another. Whyshould on(.' be di;;couraged so long ashe has a good digestion? There arehloody noses and hattered heads tohe ohtained. hut it is only to the onewl1111lg to accel,t them that grcat suc­ce!'s will come." COMSTOCK RESIGNS FORTRIP TO CAUFORNIALenes Fehruary 21 for Two MODthsStay at Sota Barhara ODAdvice of Dodon.CANNOT ENTER THIS QUARTERDr. Raycroft Forbids His RunningThis Quarter-May Racein Spring.vs.W. A. A. TO GIVE COMIC OPERADecide to Abolish Annual Vaudeville-Lively Discussion of Plans.At a meeting of the Women's Ath­letic association held yesterday aft­ernoon in Lexington hall for the pur­pose of discussing plans for thisyear's cntertainrne nt. the advisoryboard decided to give up the formercustom of having a vaudeville show.to give a ficld day and May-poledance in the spring quarter .and togh'e a comic opera next year.After a regular business meeting.at which the president of the asso­ciation. :\Iiss Etta Shoupe. presided.the suggestions from the newly ap­poined ad,·isory hoard in regard tothe matter under discussion -wcre readand discussed. The discussion ofthosc for and against the :mnuat,'au<1eYll1e g;l"C rIse to a 11\·ely de­bate before a decision was reached.THE DAILY MAROON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7,1910.ONLY ONE DATE FIXEDON SWIMMING SCHEDULE Visit "Little Hungary" To-NightThe Official Student Publication ofthe University of Chicago. Meets fer Coach White's AquaticTeams Are Not So NumerousAs E�ected.THE DAILY MAROON ing for the dance in the midst of thewinter athletic events.The quesion is a broad one and af­fects the University in an importantway. The Daily Maroon wants to deall it can to aid in the most satis­factory solution of the problem andearnestly invites comment from thestudents. Complctic n of the schedule for thewinter meets of Coach White's swim­ming and polo teams is not progress­ing with much rapidity. It was ex­pected that 'the building of new nata­toriums at several western universi­ties in the past year would add somenew 'teams to the Varsity list of op­ponents, but difficulty has been ex­perienced at some of the prospectiver ival camps in finishing their equip­ment for conducting swimming prac-tice.The only fixed date on thc sched-ule is the meet with Illinois at Ur­bana. set for Friday. February 25.The return meet with Chicago is de­cided upon, but the date has not beenfixed. Pennsylvania's aquatic teamshave not yet decided upon their west­ern trip, but if they come west ameet with the Varsiy is ccrtain.The tank in the new gymnasium atEvanston is not yet' completed andthe possibility of meeting the North­western swimmers is scant. Minne­sota has a completed tank but as yetfew men have appeared for the teamsand some difficulty has neen experi­enced with the coaching. so that thechances for meeting the Gophers arenot over bright" for this season.Purdue has not been heard fromand nothing can be learned of theprospects of a team at the Boilermak­ers' institution No negotiations haveyet been made with the ChicagoAthletic association for meets thisnit,,-norwith eIllih ois Athlnt eticqfipwinter. nor with the Illinois Athleticclub.FormerlI_The UDiY4!�ic:aao WeeklyTbe WeekIy ..... _ ..... _._. __ October 1. 1892J1.e DaiIy--_---_ .... _._October I. 1902f'oIIIaed u Secood-c:lua Mail .a the ChicagoPOIIk&e, CIUcaao, llliDois, March 18. 1903.UDder Ad. of March 3, 1873..' HuqariaD Cal.·... "'taaJ'alltSouthweat Conaer CI..-k .... Mo.oe StrtMttMaiD EDtraDce 184 Clark Street Tllaphoae CearnI 1029Famou. HUDlariaD G,.p.,. Baad CoDcerta 5 p.m. till 1 ahoSwacla,. MatiaeeD. L.F'RANII!-I lI.n.... Led ••• ' SO"" .te •• n •• t ..Uttl. "un •• � C •• rlng Co. . 5_01.1 Retea to. P.rt ...COMMUNICATIONThe Maroon will print any timelycommunications from members of theUniversity but will not be responsible(or the opinions contained. Author'sname must accompany communica­tions. but will be withheld if desired.P� dail>:, except Suodaya. Mooday..aad. bolidaya durmg t1uee-quarten· of the UDi­... enaty yeu.SUBSCRlPTlON RA TE5By carrier. $2.50 �ear. $1.00 per quarter.City mail $1.25 per quarter. $3.00 per year inadYaDCe. Editor The Daily Maroon:The "non-combination" agreementin politics is no longer a spasmodicvirtuous inspiration-it is precedentnot to be departed from. Rut the"non-electiOlJ1eering" agreement isyet in embryo. Why? Some peoplecry, "Impracticable!" So is the di­rect primary impracticable to the pro­fessional politician. Others say:"But it would cause the voters to loseinterest in the elections." "That'swhat ::v!l service has done," moansGeorge Washington Plunkitt. "Whereare now the torch-lights. the bands.the firecrackers? The monster civilservice is sappin' the foundations ofpatriotism all over the country."And most people wake up longenough to state. "Yes. it would be agood thing to eliminate electioneer­ing." Then they fall 'to sleep again.It might be suggested that some­times the voter is a being with someintelligence and a sense oi judgment.If the candidate must buy votes withthe friendship his lieutenants mayhave with certain voters, is election­eering really on the square?Candidates, the band-wagon awaits.Roy Baldridge. PEN CLUB TO ELECT NEWMEMBERS AND OFFICERSNewa coDlributioaa may be left.a Ellia Hall orF acuky Exchange. addreacd to The Daily Ma-coon.STAFFA LEO FRIDSTElN, . Muagiog EditorN. A. PFEFFER • . • • • NeW. EditorA G. WHITFIELD. • • • Athletic Editor<:HAS. L SUWV AN, JR. Buaioesa ManagerASSOClA TE EDITORS'Haqpye A. Long. H. Fdaeotbal.R J. Daly. H. C. Burke.W. J. Foutc. M. F. Carpenter.REPORTERSlMiIa I..iDa M. Could. H. R.. Baukbage.J.M. H� B.H.�Paul D. Kanteu. D. L Breed.-c, W. H� J. H. Ci.t.H. G. Weltiogtun. EIioy M. Phillips.Pre. of Mc:ELoy & Cbam� 6236 Cot­lege Groyc. Telephoae Weatworth 7761.Accompanying the general upheav­:al and reform of undergraduate- gov­ernment there"The Prom. Situation has arisen a-.a Problem. 'spreading senti-ment among thestudents that the custom of holdingthe Washington Promenade and theJunior Promenade each year was pos­sibly another field for reform. -The� �act that 'the Junior colleges as an5nstitution existing' for 'any manner:'()f social conduct have ceased to ex­-1st has given rise to the belief that-the Junior Prom. is illogical. Also-ther'! has grown up a feeling that the'Senior Promenade should come late'in the spring quarter as the crowning-event of the Senior class social pro--gram instead of on Washington's'birthday as heretofore.Many undergraduates and alumnihave expressed themselves in favorof one Prom. which might therefore.be made a far grander and more note­'Worthy affair. In favor of the Wash­ington or Senior Prom. as it is-called there is the long-standing cus-10m and the sentiment attached tothe institution which has existed atChicago for so many years. Thereare also many who maintain that thenumber of formal functions on theUniversity social calendar i� not verygreat. even with two Proms. ,-Against the holding of two .Proms.it has been said that the difficulties-of financing two Proms. might be-conccntratcd on one more elahorateaffair; that many s tude nt s cannot af­ford to attend both Prorn-. and feelthat "they should. and want to. evenat the risk of straining too far theirfinancial resources. Opponcnts oftwo Proms. also argue that the winteris amply filled with social e\'Cn�" andthat the omission of the ,Va"hmgtonPromenade would not :'oeriou,ly dullthe season. ,The question can he dccukd lry theI rg"llized Lndcr�rad\latcnew yo ••C '1 I t that bodv will not makeounCI,)U' -_d .' denarting fr()m the e:--any CC1SlOn I" •1abtished custom without. makll1g aI t of puhhc OP1111()11thoroug 1 tes . • .11 the intercst:'o 111 the U11I­among a'\'ersity concerned. .Among those who attend p�om:-:h perhaps the 111 0:' t \ ltall)w 0 arc . d'ffd Ii, c\'ldent I erenccconccrne t lerc -. . I. . �mong the tacult) pro)-of OpUlIOn. . .' I'n fa\'or ot a slllg cably more are 1 •I .h in ia\'or of tWO )lgProm. t an arc ..# ' T:.'L ;.�::!�;::';!::::: �! 'f!:> .. ,t ... ttlUI 111.&1:-. I'um would sure'" ha\'e no 0 )-gymnas1 -. I t: . to relie\'ing the111 or t H' grealectlon . 1 'IIinconvcn iCI1 ce of adapt 111 g' t he lUI ( • Literary Organization to Meet inCobb Today for FirstElections.DAILY BULLETINFencibles witt meet today at 2:30 inCobb 6:\.Three-Quarters Club will meet to­day at 10:30.Skull and Crescent wilt meet todayin the Reynolds club at 10:30.Executive Committee of the Seniorclass will meet today at 10:30 in Cobb9B.Pen Club meets today at 10:30 inCobb 3:\. There will be an electionof officers and a vote taken on thenew men. Three new officers for the Penclub. as well as several new members,will be voted into the organization atits meeting to be held today in Cobb3:\ at 10:30. A president. Ihistorianand treasurer will be voted on andabout four new members taken in.These students who arc eligible onaccount of active literary work willbe balloted on first, and then otherundergraduates who are interested inthe work of organization. but notnecessarily engaged in literary work.Arrangements will be made in thismeeting for the future activities ofthe club. A banquet is expected totake place on \Vednesday or Thurs­day of next week. At this meetingsome person prominent in literarywork in the city or cl .. cwherc wittbe invited to speak to the members�f the club on some Iivc topic con­nected with his work. Other ar­rangements witt be made for an ex­tensive program during the quarter.All active members of the club areurged to be present at this import­ant business meeting. Xamcs of stu­dents desiring to he voted on may heleft in the office of The Daily :\1 aroonbefore 10:30 today.l •--: ' �{'.', ANNOUNCEMENTSScore Club Dance tomorrow at 2:30in Rosalie hall.History 2 new section is announced.Will meet at 11 in E6.University Dames will meet tomor­row at 3 o'clock in 387 EmmonsBlaine hall.Church History Club dinner wiltbe held in Hutchinson cafe nextThursday at 6 o'clock.Lincoln Prize of $100 offered forthe best oration on Lincoln. Theoration must not exceed 2.000 wordsand must he submitted hy January 25to C .. W. Hadley. Wheaton. 111.•..�,ELEVEN- YEAR-OLDHARVARD PRODIGYIN NEW SURPRISEFRESHMAN ELECTIONTO SETTLE TIE VOTEPatronize Maroon Advertisers.Yearlings Will Ballot Today to PickTreasurer-Voting from 10:30to 2 O'Clock. '\'illiam Sidis. who claims the dis­tinction of bcin� the only eleven­year-old to ever matriculate in Har­vard univcrs ity. has sprung nnothcrsurpr-ise on the less hrilliant populaccby expounding hefore the Harvard:\Iathematical society on the four-di­mensional hodies. The �peaker tookahout an hour and a half to explainto thc profcssors the technicalities ofhi� suhject.,0...!( The election to dccide the tic he­tween 'Yillard F.. Atkin!'> and OttoSchnerring fnr treasurer of the Fre5h­man eta!'s takes place today in theoffice of the Junior deans in Cohb.At the elections last quarter Atkinsand Schnerring each received 8.� votesout of a total of some 290 votes cast.All memhers of the Lower Juniorswho voted la!'-t quarter arc eligihleto \'ote in the el('ction. I!'>ahel jarvi!'-.f.'mm:l Dickerson. Richanl Tiech­graeber and Kasson Dod .. on were ap­pointed hy thc Conncil to act as tett·er5. Advertise in the �iaroon.;, THE SOCIAL SEASON.WiII soon open-the Senior Prom. and the host ofmano! so�ial functiol!S _HI bealn to come in rapid suc­cession With the OPetUl1l of the winter quarter.THIS MEAlS I FULL DRESS SUITNo tailor will make that suit better tIraIa w. Be wise and secure it earlyTAILORSFRENCH42 Madison Street. 208 Heyworth Btelg.University Representatlv_W ... P. MacCracken.FENCERS LOOK FOR STRONGTEAMS FOR THIS SEASONMicheli's Famous ItalianBryallt & StrattonB_IeSS College.Many Out for Foils and RapierTeams and Coach IsOptimistic.Fencing as a sport is gradually be­coming more popular in the Univer­sity, to judge by the increase in reg­istration in that line of athletics thisquarter. According to Coach De Bau­vi ere. about 35 men have registeredfor elementary fencing this quarter,and about the same number are nowin the advanced class. A team ofeither three or four men in both foiland rapier will be picked .from thecandidates, and considering the abun­dance of material. the resulting squadshould be as successful a one as lastyear's. About a dozen old men areback, including. in foils, 'Baldridge,Houghland. Graves, Levinson, Kars­ten, Wheler, and in rapier Mix, Han­num, Pease, Sherry, Berens. :\liIlerand Sankowsky. Business andiStenogJapfric Courses••••. OAY DOr NIGIIl SCIIIOL. •.Studeub may enter lit aDy time. WriI1t _ CII-aIogue.11-13 RANDOLPH STREET.Oppolite Public Library.Re!stauranL- .\ ,and Cafe.CHICAGO Tallie O'IIotB SOc. wltII .....fnmI 12 to 8:30 p. __... a .. carte. . . . •Spaghetti and Ravioli a SpecialtyNUMBER LOUIS E. MICHEU47 E. Harrison. Street,Between State St. and. W ...... AILTel. Harrison 118. CHICAGO.THE Current issue ofThe Independent contains atwenty page article on theUniversity of Chicago, writtenby Dr. E. E. Siosson. It isthe thirteenth article in thewidely discussed series onGreat American Universities.The article is profusely illus­trated and contains many in­teresting comparisons withother Universities. A. ,�t'SPALDIKG & BROS.� USED1(1c � BY ALLl!-s: CHAMPIONOQ. HOCKEYPL,AYERS.$5.00PER PAIR.On Sale To-Day -0-THE issue will be plac­ed on sale today at the Uni­versity of Chicago Press.Copies may be bought there,or secured by sending tencents direct to-the Publishers. -0-Send forCatalogue.A. G. Spalding & Bros.t 47 Wabash Ave., Chlc.go.TH E article is one thatevery Chi "'ago student shouldread and every Chicago pro­fessor should study. Patronize Maroon advertisers.THE INDEPENDENT,130 F,,1tnn St.! New York.Subscribe NOW for the Maroon \ .101-B.allyIos.ONyRS.IR.de.Sros.go.�rs. 'rHE DAILY MAROON, FRIDAY, -JANUARY 7,1910.(STORE NEWS)-MOSSLER CO.SO Jackson Blvd.TODAYDiscount of 25 percent off Everything!Our "twice yearly" clear­ance sale is now on. 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SLOSSON WRITES ONUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO(Continued from Page 1.)within four walls and four years werethe summer quarter, the press, theextension work, the down-town class­es, the correspondence courses andthe affiliated colleges.The summer quarter was the mostradical and most successful of the in­novations. It was not merely the ex­tension of the session for the betterutilization of the plant or the short­ening of the college course. Its mostmarked effect was to loosen up thccollege system and give it a flexibil­ity that enabled it to adapt itself tovarying conditions as never before.There were many objections. validand invalid, brought against the sum­mer session, but it is not necessary,to repeat them here. as thcy are onlyof antiquarian interest now. If anyone wants to know what they are hecan hear them at New Haven or Bal­timore. or in undertones at Ithacaand Cambridge.President Harper divided the "earinto four quarters. It is true this- hadbeen done before, but the collegeshad not found it out. Each quarterof twelve weeks ended with a com­mencement or convocation for theconferring of degrees. Even this wasnot often enough and he used to runin extra convocations once in a whilelike extra dances at a bait. That wasa nice thing about President Harper;he was fond of regulations but he hadno reluctance about making excep­tions to them when desirable. Thisis unprofessional but handy. Theseintercalary- conventions appearedmost unexpectedly, Some morningthe students going into Cobb hallwould see the announcement of onenext week. posted on the bulletinboard .. near a laundry advertisement.the notice of a steamboat excursion.a fountain pen lost and a request fortwo stenographers ($40 a montheach) and one experienced teacher ofLatin, ($,2()) to call at the appointmentoffice. But no matter how impromp­tu the occasion it lacked none of itsusual pomp and circumstance. Therewas a procession and a recession ofsuch of the faculty as could be gotout by a double hurry call. The longline of candidates was marshaled be­fore the, president, who gnve themtheir diplomas ex cathedra with asmuch solemnity as possible. consid­ering that the cathedra was much toobig for him and the candidate wasdazed by being addressed in Latinfor 'the first time in his life. and hythe efforts of a dean to lasso him witha maroon hood. Then there was al­ways somebody worth listening toand talking about afterward, Buthowever distinguished the orator was,he could not. compare with the pres­ident when he read his quarterlystatement of the condition of the uni­vcrsity, the record of its growth. thelong list of its gifts and the longerlist of its needs. I never heard anyone who could read a table of figureswith such eloquence as PresidentHarper. Perhaps it was partly in theaudience, I believe western peoplearc more easily aroused to an emo­tional interest in statistics. especial­ly statistics of growth. than are east­ern people. I doubt if Yale and Har­vard students. for all their traditionsof loyalty and devotion, fecI so per­sonal a delight in the prosperity ofthe university as did the Chicago stu-dents in the early days. When thepresident announced that money hadbeen ginn for a new biological lab­oratory or thc biggest telescope inthe world. the teacher who had comeon from Georgia or Oregon for a sixweeks' vacation and never expectedto come again. although he generallydid. felt almost as happy a:'o thoughthe money had been given to him: infact. he felt that in some sense themoney had been given to him. Andwhen the president stated that t hctrustees had decided to give ). D. tothe lawyers. the five thousand peoplein the big circus tent felt that theywere indeed fortunate to have beenable to participate in such an epoch­making occasion. They felt like the signers of the Declaration of Inde­pendence, only not so scared. Insome way he managed to make thesummer students feel that they werepartners in a great enterprise, thatthey were being let in on the groundfloor of a good proposition, and 'whenthey scattered to their homes theysaid to themselves: "Well, Rockefel­ler and I have a big undertaking onour hands, but I guess with the helpof ,that man Harper we will put itthrough." And they did. It is a re­markable thing that the munificentgifts of Mr. Rockefeller have alwaysbeen given in such a way as ncithcrto arouse the feeling of being patron­ized nor to deter others from givinglarge or small amounts to the insti­tution.Now all this is not so much of a di­gression as it seems. I started outto explain why the summer session atChicago was more of a success thanelsewhere, and that is what I havedone. It is a mistake to assume thatsummer students are incapable ofloyalty and enthusiasm because theyhave not had four solid years of foot­ball and class-rushes and dormitorylife. Whether you feel at home in ahouse or not depends less on thelength of your stay than on the ge·niality of the host and congenialityof the company.In some universities the summerstudents were treated as intruders, assecond-story men, taking an unfairadvantage of the" institution by slip­ping in when the house was emptyand carrying away with them a lotof learning to which they had no le­gal right. In Chicago they weresomehow made to feel at home fromthe start, and the second season theyswaggered about the campus asthough they owned it. and pattedeach new building on the back as ifit were a new pig or calf. Like thehabitues of a restaurant. if they didnot sec what they wanted on the cur­riculum they asked for it and gener­ally they got it. They were raven­ous for information. Any man talk­ing on any subject at 4 p. m. in theKent theater could be sure of an audi­ence, one audience. I f he got a sec­ond audience it was because he de­served it. For the festival studentdiffers from the .hibernal species inheing more independent and intract­able. He is inclined to be over-sen­sitive, argumentative and bumptious,for he finds it difficult to lay aside hisschoolmaster's manner and assume apupil's docility.GLEE AND MANDOLINCLUB TO MEET MONDAY­SEEKS NEW MEMBERSThe next meeting of the Glee and:\fandolin cluh will he held :\fonday.January 10. in Haskell hall. �IanagerDodson states that all those who wishto tryout for the club will be giventhe opportunity then. 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SEC;RETARY ON TOURPOEM ON TAFT STATUELocal Organization to Get Benefit ofHis Inspections.The Young Men's Christian associ­ation will convene without the pres­ence of its regular secretary, Mr. RoyNelson, at their meetings for thismonth. At the close of the Roches­er convention Secretary Nelson be­gan 'his tour of the eastern Y. :\1. C.A.'s, where he hopes to receive somevery important benefits in the way ofideas and suggestions that their prac­tices may present to him. He will no­ice particularly those connected withthe eastern universities in the hopethat he may hring back with his re-I turn knowledge and facts of whatthe other organizations arc doing. inII order that he may help the Y. :\1. C.A. officers here. :\1 r. Xclson is not,expected to finish his trip before thefir s t of February.In a recent number of Harper'sWeekly Mr. Horace Spencer Fiske,the assistant recorder of the Univer­sity, has a sonnet on "The EternalSilence," a monument by LoradoTaft. which was recently erected inGraceland cemetery, Chicago. Themonument. which cost $20,000, is abronze standing figure with an archi­tectural background of granite. andrepresents humanity gazing into eter­nity. The original cast is now onexhibition at the Art institute. :\1 r.Taft is professorial lecturer in theUniversity on the history of art.Following is the poem:"The Eternal Silence."Unmoved by thought of things be­yond the grave,And silent 'neath the mysteries ofnightThat seem to quench the last of hu­man sight,He stands alone, unterrified andbrave;Not like a shaking coward, or a slaveWhom all the. whips of horro;ceaseless smite,, But like a hero who has fought hisfightAnd dauntless waits some certainpower to save.For in his soul hath sprung a stengthunknownFrom battling with the thews thatthrow mankind,Compelling homage though he stoodalone;And girl' \\":ith fog-like fears thatalmost blindThese mortal eyes, he feels. immor­tal grown,The silent reaches of the eternal Advertise in the Maroon.C· bASSIFIEDAOVERTISIN.GFOR RENT-Xew residence, 5730Kirnbark Aw., after April I, forone to two years."THE BEST LUNCH in Chicago."Let us show you. 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