Price $J*50 Per Yea* Single Copies 5 CentsUniversity RecordCHICAGOGbe TELniveieitu ot Gbicago lpressVOL. I., NO. 5. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3 P.M. MAY 1, 1896.CONTENTS*I. Addresses and Papers - 89-91a Seeking Foundations," by Thomas C.Cham-berlin.II. Educational - ¦ 91-95The Fourteenth Convocation of the MorganPark Academy.III. Official Actions, Notices, and Reports - 95-98IV. The University 98-103Instruction; Music; Religious;Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums. Literary :" Constitutionalism." by George E. Fellows." The Interpretation of Shiloh, Gen. 49 : 10," byGeorge R. Berry."Some Physical Problems, Fundamental inthe Theory of Functions," . by HarrisHancock.V. The University Extension DivisionVI. The University Press - - -VII. The University Affliations -VIII. Current Events - -IX. The Calendar .... - 103103-104104-105105-107108Entered in the postoffice Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.&ifaresses atiii papers ?Seeking Foundations**By Thomas C. Chamberlin.In less than six years we shall all nominally haveentered upon the twentieth century. I hope that you,at least, will all have entered upon it in reality, butmy faith is not strong enough to permit me to do morethan express a hope that you may have done so. Someof us who are older will never really enter upon thetwentieth century, and I fear that some of you whoare younger may possibly remain with us. We wereborn in the heart of the nineteenth century ; we areof it; we were fashioned by it; the whole weband woof of our actions and thoughts were wovenamid its issues, and partake of them. We may pullout a thread here and there, and endeavor to substitute a new one, but it is difficult to trace thesethrough all their ramifications, and thread the newlines accurately in their places. At best the renewedfabric lacks something of the perfection of one wovenwholly of the newer material by the newer methods.* An address delivered before The University. For the most part the changes we make are butpatches of new fabric inserted in an old garment,.And while this is better than no effort at improvementsit falls short of satisfaction. But it is your privilegeto fashion your thoughts out of new material and bynew methods, and to enter upon the new centuryclothed in fit intellectual raiment. The new centuryhas new issues. These will be in some sense wide departures from the old issues. It is needless to affirm-that we are in the midst of a profound intellectualrevolution. It was quite the fashion a decade or twoago to speak of the then incipient change as a superficial movement, but candid thinkers have everywherecome to realize that the movement is one of the mostradical in the history of thought. It takes deep holdof the deeper things in thought and in action. Where-unto it will grow no one can fully foresee. We maybe certain, however, that it will go on until it brings90 UNIVERSITY RECORDabout markedly new attitudes towards many of thefundamental questions of life. We may be sure thatit will bring forth issues deep and broad, issues thatwill call for the fullest resources of the clearest headsand the stoutest hearts.It is no part of my present purpose to attempt todelineate the nature of the changes through which weare passing. It is only my purpose to inquire whetheryou are specifically preparing for the issues of thetwentieth century, whether you will enter it faceforward, watching its demands and ready to meetthem, or whether you will be carried in backwards,dreaming over the issues of the present and pastcenturies ?It will be sufficient to illustrate the nature of thetransition we are undergoing, if I select two verygeneral phases of the age, the one in the intellectualfield, the other, in the emotional and moral field. Inthe intellectual world we are coming to realize, asnever before, the intimate dependencies and interactions of all things upon each other, not simply ofthe living upon the living, nor of the so-called nonliving upon the so-called dead, but of every kindupon every other. We begin to see that all thingsare living and intensely active, and that they all powerfully affect each other, and are intimately connectedwith each other. It is not sufficient now to say " ofone blood are all the nations of the earth," but rather"of one blood are all created things." In a figurativesense it may be said that there is a living currentpervading all, and this living current brings allthings into a relationship that we may term kinship.In the emotional world there has grown up a closeand active correlation of all existences through%h.e extraordinary development and broadening of^sympathy. Unconsciously, with the appreciation of abroadened kinship there has grown a broadened sympathy. This may not be evident to you at first flush-of thought, if it has not already been pressed upon;your attention and had time to grow upon you, butithe more you observe and compare the sentiments and^activities of the present, with the sentiments andactivities of the past, the more you will be impressedwith the extraordinary evolution of sympathy in theseclosing years of the nineteenth century. Now whilethis is in part the logical outcome of the intellectual.growth of the knowledge of our kinship, I think, andI doubt not you will agree with me in thinking, thatIt is still more largely the outgrowth of the teaching ofthe Divine Nazarene. I think upon contemplationyou will see that the discovered kinship of all things isbut a scientific expression of the fatherhood of God,and that the marvelously developed sympathy of recent years is but a sociological expression of whatwas embodied in the Divine Sonship.If you are not impressed with the growing importance of the sympathetic factor, will you take time toacutely observe current facts in the industrial world,or in the political world, or in the social world, oranywhere else ? Some movements of radical and graveimport assume the very phraseology of this sentiment, although not always in its truest sense. Wehave our "sympathetic" strikes, and our "sym,-pathetic" movements in other lines. These are onlythe more superficial expressions of the strong under-flowing agency. Whereunto it will lead in theindustrial, social, political, and moral world we cannotknow, but we can foresee that it will bring forthprofound issues.As I have already remarked, it is not my purpose toindicate what these issues are, but only to impressupon you, if I may, the fact that great and deep andnew issues are forthcoming with the twentieth century,and to urge upon you to use all your present opportunities in preparing to meet them. There are certaintrainings and cultures that have regard to things asnow constituted, and to things as they have been inthe past. They have no special relationship to newissues or new conditions. There are certain trainingsand cultures relating to the conventionalities whichmen have established to meet their needs under pastand present conditions. (I use the term conventionalities to embrace all artificial conditions and conventions.) These constitute a most important subjectof education, and nothing that I here say must beconsidered as depreciating by a single iota their valueas a part of a well-rounded education. But it is myspecial mission to urgently invite your attention tothat other class of subjects that relate to the inherentconstitution of things. These are fundamental. Theydo not run altogether with our choices. They arenot manufactured to meet our wants at a particularage or under special conditions. They run on throughthe ages, and out of them come the great issues ofeach age ; for those causes that are inherent in thenature of things triumph at length over those whichare merely superficial and adaptive. I do not refer tosubjects that relate to the constitution of things inany one department of thought. I refer to all, whetherof the physical or the intellectual or the moral world.Beyond doubt the questions of the coming centurywill be more realistic than any that have preceded, andit will be more imperative to know the whole natureof things. It will be more important than everbefore that you know, as precisely as possible what isyour own nature, not simply your physical nature,UNIVERSITY RECORD 9.1but your intellectual and moral nature; and notonly your own nature but the nature of all theagencies which constitute your environment, andwhich exercise so large a measure of control over you,and over which you must in turn exercise control ifvou would be masterful. The great individual, social,political, industrial, and moral questions of the comingcentury will, it is safe to say, be more largely controlled by a knowledge of the inherent nature ofthings than ever before. That intellectual revolutionwhich has given us in the last quarter of a century such a wonderful insight into things before dark andmisunderstood, will constitute a germinal element inthe issues that lie before you.I therefore urge that a due measure of your endeavorbe directed to acquainting yourselves with the constitution of things as constantly revealed by the newlight thrown upon them by the agencies of research.I urge that you make it a part of your conscious effortto fit yourselves to stride courageously into the comingcentury armed and prepared to become aggressivefactors in its progress.IB&ucatbmal.The Fourteenth Convocation of the florgan Park Academy.Friday, April 3, B896.I. THE ELOQUENCE OF A CULTURED CHARACTER*Great workers and great thinkers are the acknowledged constructors of history. The genius by whichthey cut their way to deathless distinction is energy,guarded and controlled by a Napoleonic mind — illuminating the lightless realm of research with one flashof thought, bearing weeping despondency to the highland of courage by one impassioned speech, andthrilling the world's sad heart with one creation ofbrush or chisel.The dividing lines between poetry and eloquencefade into shadowy indistinctness, for all of our poetryis eloquent and all eloquence that is worthy of thename is tinged with poetry. Poetry is the languageof genius, the truest utterance of the heart, quickenedinto life by the imagination seeking to make known inthoughts that breathe and burn its deep appreciationof the eternal and the divine. Eloquence has a mission equally exalted and pronounced. It moves uponthe will and leads to conviction. In one it is preeminently intellectual, in another its source is refinedtaste, in a third it is the offspring of aroused passion.This excludes a great deal of oratory which is ornateand graceful but cold and mechanical. Oratorybecomes eloquence only when a great soul hasbreathed its life into the wTords. There have beenmasters of the high and holy art of eloquence, butthey have stood alone among the multitudes of plodding commoners. Prom these immortals we turn tothe vast, voiceless world where there are languagesuntrammeled by imperfect speech ; the soft caress of* Abstract of the Convocation Address at the Morgan ParkRev. E. Armstrong Ince, B.D., of Quincy, 111. baby fingers ; the sparkle of a mother's tears ; Niagara's tossing torrents ; the worn picture of a homelyface arresting the prodigal in his perilous revelrywith the thought, "my mother"; a little island of*bewildering loveliness enthroned amid the blending;tints of encircling seas, the thought of which sendsthe homesick toiler back to the unequaled strife forbread, and to the bards for a soothing elixir :tv Land of my birth, though sad and forsaken,In dreams I revisit thy sea-beaten shore ;But alas in a far foreign land I awakenAnd sigh for the friends who can meet me no more."It is the province of the purest eloquence to fuseand mould these countless signs into one universal.tongue that shall have immediate access to the shrineof thought. But the facile tongue and cultured brainare weak and incomplete unless sustained by a character that is ornate with grace ; for speech, even whenit falls from the lips of an archangel, dies in echoes.and leaves behind only a lingering memory; whilethe chaste character, lustrous with the grace of itsheavenly birth, survives the wreck of worlds andlives through the centuries in an endless chain ofuplifting sequences. To the growth of this charactercontribute silent forces that cannot be weighed by themost delicate balance. A breath will tarnish it, likethe polished mirror ; a thoughtless word may mar itsbeauty ; a fleeting opinion may disfigure its form andweaken its force forever ; and an example of Christianconsistency may impart to it the impress of realAcademy of the University of Chicago, delivered April 3, 1896, by!§2 UNIVERSITY RECORDnobility that will survive the wreck and ruin of time.Impressible as the wax but yesterday, today it hashardened into granite. At some definite period in>our little span of life it becomes permanent and fixed;as the law of gravitation. It is nourished and developed by disposition, taste, thought, temper, tendency,the books that are read, the affections that are fostered, the practices that are indulged. As the littlebuilders of the coral bed toil far below the surface ofthe sea, year after year and age after age, until at lastthe work emerges from the restless waters andbecomes the foundation of islands of loveliness, sothese natural forces work silently amid the vicissitudes and dreams and playgrounds of childhood's.years, until at last character appears clearly outlined.and definite, crystallized into permanent form, and weifeei that an eternity of antagonism and of modifyingand counteracting influences would be powerless toalter one single feature of this mysterious aggregation that establishes our moral identity. The wildwaves of passion only add greater depths to the channels they have cut; tendency unguarded andneglected only becomes intrenched the more stronglyin the rocks of habit; and character becomes but.another word for destiny. Character has a real valuein social life, in the eyes of law, in the marts of trade,in the halls of congress. No mind, however imperial,.can grasp the mighty sweep of influence that emanatesfrom a character devoted to the good. Silently but^efficiently it operates upon others by the quiet fireside, in the gay social world, in the class room, amidthe din of commerce, or where temptations fling their:subtle spell over the thoughtless.It was by the force of character that Havelock roseabove the awful emergencies of the Sepoy mutiny ;that Washington in the trying days of our darkest^struggle held the starved and bleeding soldiers in theiline of battle; that General Howard, desperatelywounded on the battle-field, found time to rebuke a^blaspheming subaltern ; that Livingstone gave up hislife for the salvation of Africa; that Judson sawbeyond the dungeon and the grave the magnificentharvest that Burmah would afford. Waterloo andThis has been an eventful year. The affairs of theAcademy have certainly never before received sucht careful attention, — unless during the opening months,— on the part of the Faculty, the President, and theTrustees of The University, as during the past fourmonths. The result of this attention cannot yet beiinade fully manifest but plans have been definitely Austerlitz and Marathon can boast of no such grandeur as surround the silent, undemonstrative victories of character. The far-famed eloquence ofDemosthenes ; the strong intellectuality and forcefulexpressions of Webster; the classic diction andexuberant imagination of Burke ; the passionate andproud imperialism of Chatham, are baby prattle bythe side of the soul-stirring and soul-forming eloquence of a cultured Christian character. Its speechnever dies in silence, for there is no grave for thisimmortal. It shall speak when tongues of fire shallhave completed their mission among men, when fameand fortune have flown, when rank and station havebeen forgotten. Character building involves evenvaster expenditures than mind culture. Like themagnificent palaces of the Incas of Peru, whose ponderous stones were united by means of melted gold,the material of which it is constructed must becemented by truth that has passed through the firesof toil. Its value is enhanced by a thousandfold if webear in mind that the future is shaped by the present ; the passing moments contain the germ of coming years ; the flight of time marks the approach ofthe permanent and the real. What we shall be forever we begin to be now, and the form which lifeassumes in time we carry with us into eternity.There is no holier task that invites your energy thanto build a character that will speak in defense oftruth and purity, when lives lived in the kingdom offervid fancy, in the fairy land of fashionable pleasure,in the excitement of selfish gain, shall have exhaustedtheir sweetness and entered upon the doleful experience of an eternity of false principles and false results.To build a character worthy of your opportunitiesthe desires of your earthly nature must be subordinated to the dictates of reason and revelation, and thatonly Perfect Character, around which all that is trueand pure and uplifting revolves, must be followed.That character from which every grace derives itsluster and its sufficiency must occupy the place inyour thought that the works of the old masters holdin the schools of art.formulated for the development of the Academy in alllines, educational and material, which look not to nextyear, nor to the next decade, but cover in their scopenot less than a century's growth.Curriculum. — At the opening of the present quarter the Faculty of the Academy gave a large amountof painstaking labor to the investigation of the cur-II. THE DEAN'S STATEMENT ON THE CONDITION OF THE ACADEMY.UNIVERSITY RECORD 93riculum and the formulation of a new course of studywhich should obviate, so far as is humanly possible,the defects and discrepancies and omissions in the former existing course of study. This curriculum wasduly completed, approved by the President of TheUniversity, and published in the February Calendarof the Academy. The essential points secured by thenew curriculum are: a better distribution of work inall departments; the readjustment of the Englishwork so that it shall have a place and dignity commensurate with its importance in any course of study in anEnglish speaking country ; extension of the scope ofthe course in Mathematics, bringing it fully abreast — ifnot a little in advance — of the courses in the great andfamous academies of the East ; the provision for a certain amount of unprepared recitations which shall bein the nature of laboratory work and done under theeye of the teacher ; and the rehabilitation of the introductory year. This year now has a full curriculum ofits own. It will be provided with a class room inwhich the students can do the great part of theirstudying under the personal guidance of the teacher ;and provision has been made for a special teacher todevote his entire time to this course. This teacherwill be a college graduate of ample training and experience.Students. — The total number of students who havebeen in attendance during the last six months is 217.The attendance this year has been much the largest inthe history of the Academy. The poorest school withwhich I am acquainted has almost, if not quite, thelargest attendance of any school of its kind in theUnited States. The number of students in itself is apoor indication of the success of a school. It is apleasure to state, therefore, that in soundness ofcharacter, highness of aim, and excellence in scholarship, the membership of the school furnishes amplecause for gratification and even pride on the part ofthe Faculty and friends. It is the opinion of theFaculty that the discipline and morale of the Academyis steadily improving. Those who regard a schoolfrom the outside are apt to be more severe and uncompromising in their judgment of students' conduct thanare those who have been for years, perhaps for alltheir lives, intimately associated with student life.Students of the academic age are, it is true, at themost pliable and plastic age, but they are also at aneffervescent age. The period of adolescence is themost critical in life. It is the period when characteris shaped for good or evil. It is the period when manyyoung men feel like making a revolt against institutional life and an insurrection against things ingeneral. Compulsion of any kind becomes abhorrent. The thing they most want to do they will absolutelyrefuse to do as soon as it is made compulsory. Thisexcess of vitality is like £he steam in the boiler, —properly disciplined and directed it will move theworld. Without such discipline it will wreak havocand destruction in blowing up the boiler, or will fritteritself away in idle hissing. The discipline of a schoolshould furnish direction and guidance to its giantforces. Proper school discipline rests upon laws asfixed and immovable as those of gravitation. Whowould be a man or woman must recognize these lawsin school or out. The school will be what it is madeby the Faculty and students together. I take pleasurein stating thus publicly that the Faculty as a whole,not less than myself, have the amplest confidence inthe good-will and earnest purpose of the students andas a proof of this I may perhaps venture to say thatthere is now under discussion in the Faculty a planfor student cooperation in the affairs of the school.There are many things in the way of such cooperation,but it is believed that they can all overcome with careful thought, and we believe that this school is preeminently the one where such an experiment should besuccessful.Material Equipment.— Extensive improvementswere made during the last summer in the materialequipment of the Academy. These improvementshave been continued gradually during the entire year.Immediately after the burning of Park Hall the Trustees appointed a large and influential committee totake into consideration the material needs of theAcademy. This committee visited Morgan Park andafter careful consideration has finally adopted its report. The report provides for immediate additions ofgreat extent and importance to the equipment of theAcademy.The Academy has recently adopted the plan ofgranting another certificate, — that of admission to theHigher Academy. This is in accordance with thecustom at The University and marks the completionof the first half of the Academy course. It seems fitting that some public recognition should be given tostudents at that time.The work for the summer has been arranged at anearlier date than heretofore and has been strengthenedin certain respects. More attention has been given tothe review courses for teachers during the first termand the classes in preparation for the fall entranceexaminations have also been strengthened. This is inaddition to the regular summer courses. The correspondence in regard to the summer quarter is already extensive and we hope for a very successfulsummer.94 UNIVERSITY RECORDI have not hitherto had an opportunity of makingany public statement in regard to the work of theAcademy. At this time I feel it is a pleasure no lessthan a duty to express my profound appreciation ofthe loyal support given to the administration of theschool by the Faculty of the Academy. I believe thatthere is in this school but one spirit of earnest, sincere,intelligent, unselfish devotion to the advancement ofthe best interests of the school. I certainly havefound no other spirit. The cooperation of the President of The University has been generous and cordial.He has given much more time and thought and interest to the affairs of the Academy than I had supposedin advance that he could give with all his other multi tudinous responsibilities. The Trustees of The University, also, I have found ready to consider carefully anyproposition relating to the improvement of the Academy, and liberal and generous in their policy toward it.The school is apparently beginning an era of growth,expansion, and development, which is perilous, it istrue, but wonderfully rich in opportunity. That itapproaches this new era so harmonious in all its departments is a matter of deep gratitude. It would seemas though nothing but gross mismanagement couldprevent its becoming a large school. Let us hope thata wise Providence is so moulding its destinies that itshall become not only large but, what is far better, inevery true sense, great.III. CERTIFICATES CONFERRED.Certificates of Membership in the Higher Academywere conferred upon the following students :Blackwelder, Eliot, Cleveland, Eva Miriam,Bogert, Horace V., Gilbert, Ross Cochrane,Church, Chester W., Gilman, Carrie Selby, Gilmer, Clara,Goss, Edna Lucy,Hazlett, J. Howard,Herbst, Edith,Howard, Paul Regan, McClure, Robert S.,Nelson, Harold Hayden,Parker, Florence,Payne, Perry J.,Smith, James Stuart,IV. REPORT FOR THE WINTER QUARTER.(Morgan Park Academy.)Charles Herbert Thurber, Dean.List of Instructors, with Number and Character ofCourses :Thurber, C. H. 1DM (Beg. French), 1DM (Adv.French).Burgess, I. B. 1DM (Beg. Latin), 1DM (Cicero),1DM (Caesar).Cornish, R. H. 1DM (Physics), 1M (Physiography),1DM (Chemistry), 1M (Botany).Bronson, F. M. 1DM (Xenophon), 1DM (Beg.Greek), 1DM (Homer).Caldwell, E. L. 1DM. (Algebra), 1DM (Adv.Algebra), 1DM (Plane Geometry).Chase, W. J. 2DM (Roman History), 1DM (History 2a).Jonas Ed. 1DM (Elem. German), 1DM (Interm.German) 1DM (Adv. German).Wightman, A. R. 1DMM (Beg. Latin), 1DM (Vergil).Anderson, Clara P. 1M (English Composition),1M (Rhetoric), 1M (Literature), 1M (Eng. Masterpieces).Simpson, Alice M. 1DM (English Grammar). No. of Students.605012611371593542Departments :No. op Courses.History: 6 (3DM).Greek: 4 (1DM, 1DM).Latin: 10 (1DMM, 3DM).French: 4 (2 DM).German : 6 (3DM).English : 4 (2DM).Mathematics : 6 (3DM).Science: 6 (2DM, 2M).States and Countries from which Students havecome :Alabama, 1 ; Arkansas, 1 ; Colorado, 2 ; Florida,1 ; Illinois, 106 ; Indiana, 4 ; Iowa, 7 ; Kentucky,1 ; Missouri, 1 ; Mississippi, 2 ; Montana, 3 ; Nebraska, 3 ; New York, 1 ; Ohio, 1 ; Pennsylvania,1 ; Tennessee, 1 ; Washington, 2 ; Wisconsin, 8.Number of Students:Enrolled during Winter Quarter, 162.Discontinuing at end of Winter Quarter, 18.Entering at beginning of Spring Quarter, 2.Attendance for Current Quarter, 146.Distribution of Students leaving :Permanently, 15.Changing School, 3.UNIVERSITY RECORD 95V. SUMMARY OF STUDENTS.Summary of Students registered in Morgan Park Academy from July 1, 1895, to February 1, 1896 :Higher AcademyLower AcademyIntroductory YearUnclassifiedRepresentation.IllinoisWisconsinIowa -IndianaOhioTexasWashingtonMississippi 44141101921415213855343 MissouriNebraskaColorado -MichiganMontana -AlabamaArkansasFloridaKentuckyNew YorkPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTennesseeCanada 33222111111111214©ffictai Actions, flotices, anir Uzpaxte.The Board of Trustees: OFFICIAL ACTIONS.Voted, that the President be authorized to preparefor the Alumni of the Old University of Chicagosuitable diplomas showing that the degrees conferred on them by said University have been re-enacted by The University of Chicago ; these documents to besigned by the proper University officials, like regulardiplomas.The Board of University Affiliations:Voted, that the following schools be accepted asApproved Schools:Indianapolis High School, No. 1 (Counselor, Professor Salisbury). Keokuk, Iowa, High School (Counselor, Dr. J. W. AYoung.Denver, Col., High School (Counselor, Professor FiF.Abbott). (April 18.)OFFICIAL NOTICES.Meetings of Faculties and Boards.Faculty Room, Haskell Museum.Mat 2. The following are the regular meetings :The Administrative Board of Physical Culture andAthletics, at 8:30 a.m.Official Copies of the University Record.Official copies of the University Record for theuse of students may be found in the corridors and-halls of the various buildings in the University quadrangles. Students are requested to make themselvesacquainted with the official actions and notices of TheUniversity, as published from week to week in theUniversity Record. flonthly fleeting.r_The Students of the Divinity School will hold theirmonthly meeting with the Divinity Faculty on Wednesday, May 6, at 12:30 p.m., Assembly Boom, Hashell Museum.Head Professor Burton will speak on The American Journal of Theology.Final Examination.The examination of George P. Garrison for thedegree of Doctor of Philosophy takes place on Friday,May 1, at 3 p.m., in C 7, Cobb Lecture Hall.96 UNIVERSITY RECORDPrincipal Subject — "History."Secondary Subject — " Sociology."Thesis — "The History of Congressional Elections."Committee : Professor Terry, Head Professor Small,and Associate Professor Blackburn. Lecturer to the Senior Colleges.At a meeting of the Senior Colleges held on Wednesday, April 29, at 12:30 p.m., Head Professor ThomasChrowder Chamberlin was chosen Lecturer to theSenior Colleges for the remainder of the present Quarter.Fellowships, 1896-97.The following recommendations for fellowships for 1896-97 have been made to the Board of Trustees. Theamount of the fellowship in each case will be indicated in the official letter to the candidate. Other recommendations will be announced later.NAME.Allen, Philip Schuyler,Arnold, Joseph Kahn,Bain, Harry Foster,Baker, Richard Philip,Baldwin, James Fosdick,Barrett, Don Carlos,Barrows, David Prescott,Boyd, Carl Evans,Bumstead, Arthur,Caldwell, Otis William,Calland, Forrest Emberson,Coffin, Fulton Johnson,Cooper, James Walter,Cowles, Henry Chandler,Crabb, Wilson Drane,Dixon, Charles Edward,Drew, David Abbot,Fertig, James Walter,Fling, Harry Ridgeaway,Forrest, Jacob Dorsey,Freeman, Albert Thomas,Gallup, Frank Amner,Garrey, Walter Eugene,Gillespie, William,Glover, Ethel A.Goode, John Paul,Hammond, Eleanor Prescott,Hardesty, Irving,Hellems, Fred B. R., department.German,Semitic,Geology,Mathematics,History,Political Economy,Anthropology,Political Science,Semitic,Botany,Latin,Comparative Religion,Romance,Botany,Romance,Latin,Astronomy,History,Zoology,Sociology,Sociology,Latin,Physiology,Mathematics,Political Science,Geology,English,Neurology,Latin,Heydrick, Benj. Alexander, English,Holmes, Samuel Jackson, Zoology,Hull, Gordon Ferrie, Physics,Jonas, Johannes BenoniEduard, German,Jones, Haydn Evan,Jones, Jessie Louise,Jones, Lauder William,King, Wm. Lyon Mackenzie,Lake, James L.Lillie, Ralph Stayner, Semitic,German,Chemistry,Political Economy,Physics,Zoology, Williams College,University of Pennsylvania,Moores Hill College,Balliol College, Oxford,Denison University,Earlham College.Pomona College,University of Michigan,Yale University,Franklin College,Drury College,Dalhousie College,Doane College,Oberlin College,Georgetown College,De Pauw University,Lawrence University,University of Nashville,Bowdoin College,Hiram College,University of Rochester,Colgate University,Lawrence University,University of Toronto,Wellesley College,University of Minnesota,Oxford University,Wake Forest College,University of Toronto,( Allegheny College,( Harvard University,University of California,University of Toronto,University of Wisconsin,Richmond College,Doane College,Williams College,University of Toronto,Richmond College,University of Toronto, state.Illinois.Pennsylvania.Iowa.England.Ohio.Ohio.California.Indiana.Massachusetts.Illinois.Missouri.Nova Scotia.Nebraska.Connecticut.Kentucky.Michigan.Wisconsin.Tennessee.Illinois.Maryland.New York.New York.Illinois.Ontario, Canada.Dist. of Columbia.Minnesota.Massachusetts.Misssouri.Ontario.Illinois,California.Ontario.Wisconsin.Pennsylvania-Nebraska.Illinois.Ontario.Kentucky.Ontario,UNIVERSITY RECORD 97Lowe, Frederick McKendrie,McCoy, Herbert Newby,McLean, Simon James,Mebane, William Nelson,Merrell, William Dayton,Millerd, Clara Elizabeth,Millis, Harry A.,Monroe, Paul,Munson, John P.,Neher, Fred,Norlin, George,Packard, Wales Harrison,Pattillo, Nathan Allen,Ranum, Arthur,Reynolds, Emily Knox,Robinson, T. R.Rogers, Arthur Kenyon,Rollefson, Carl Jacob,rullkoetter, wllliam,Searles, Helen MoGaffey,Shipley, Frederick William,Squires, Vernon Purinton,Sturges, Mary Mathews,Tanner, Amy Eliza,Terrell, Glanville,Tibbetts, William Frank,Tunell, George Gerard,Van Deman, Esther Boise,Weidman, Samuel,Whitehead, Louis Grant,Wolf, Charles George Lewis,Wright, William Hammond,Wyckoff, Charles Truman, department.Geology,Chemistry,Political Economy,Semitic,Botany,Greek and Philosophy,Sociology,Sociology,Zoology,Chemistry,Greek,Zoology,Mathematics,Mathematics,English,Philosophy,Philosophy,Physics,History,Comparative Philology,Latin,English,Zoology,Philosophy,Greek,Latin,Political Economy,Latin,Geology,Philosophy,Chemistry,Astronomy,History, college.Harvard University,Purdue University,University of Toronto,Davidson College,University of Rochester,Iowa College,Indiana State University,Franklin College,( University of Wisconsin,\ Yale University,Princeton College,Hastings College,Olivet College,Southern University,University of Minnesota,Vassar College,University of Toronto,Colby University,St. Olaf College,University of Chicago,Lake Forest University,University of Toronto,Brown University,Wellesley College,University of Michigan,Leland Stanford Jr. University,Bates College,University of Minnesota,University of Michigan,University of Wisconsin,University of Michigan,McGill University,University of California,Knox College, Indiana.N. Dakota.Massachusetts.Virginia.Illinois.Iowa.Indiana.Illinois.Illinois.New Jersey..Nebraska.Ohio.Alabama.Wisconsin.Pennsylvania*Ontario.Maine.Minnesota*Illinois.Illinois.Ontario.New York.Illinois.Minnesota.California.Michigan.Minnesota.Michigan.Wisconsin.Michigan,Canada.California-Illinois.Special Fellowship.Willis, Henry Parker, Armour-Crane.Political Economy, University of Chicago, Wisconsin.Number of appointmentsReappointmentsNew appointments 733340The geographical distribution of the appointments is as follows :New England: (Bumstead, Cowles, Hammond, McLean, Rogers) 5.Middle States : (Arnold, Freeman, Gallup, Glover, Forrest, H. E. Jones, Neher, Reynolds, Squires) 9.Southern States : (Crabb, Fertig, Lake, Mebane, Pattillo) 5.98 UNIVERSITY RECORDNorth Central States: (Allen, Bain, Baldwin, Barrett, Boyd, Caldwell, Calland, Cooper, Dixon, Drew,Fling, Garrey, Goode, Hardesty, Heydrick, Jonas, J. L. Jones, L. W. Jones, Lowe, McCoy, Merrell, Millerd,Millis, Monroe, Munson, Norlin, Packard, Ranum, Rollefson, Rullkoetter, Searles, Sturges, Tanner, Tibbetts,Tunell, Van Deman, Weidman, Whitehead, Willis, Wyckoff) 40.Pacific States: (Barrows, Holmes, Terrell, Wright) 4.Canada: (Coffin, Gillespie, Hellems, Hull, King, Lillie, Robinson, Shipley, Wolf) 9.England: (Baker) 1.OFFICIAL REPORTS.The University Houses.Beecher House.Organization. — Head of House, Associate Professor Julia E. Bulkley; Counselor, Assistant Professor Frank Justus Miller ; House Committee, MissesEdmand, Ide, Knowlton, Swett, Secretary, Miss Adelaide M. Ide.Members (resident). — Misses Agerter, Baird, Barnes,Breyfogle, Brown, Brotherton, Buckingham, Crafts,Eberhart, Mary Eberhart, Edmand, Foster, Harding,Holmes, Hubbard, Ide, Kells, King, Klock, Knott,Knowlton, Livingstone, Matz, Susie Miller, ElsieMiller, Ethel D. Miller, Carrie S. Moore, Ruth E.Moore, Munson, Rainey, Scofield, Shupe, Swett, Tefft,Tryner, Wells, Wilmarth, Wolpert, Mrs. Gray.Guests. — Misses Burkhalter, Jones.Chief Events. — Three Monday receptions ; dinner toPresident and Mrs. Eaton of Beloit College by thehead of the house ; children's reception by Mrs. Grayand Miss Bulkley ; dinner to pedagogical class by MissBulkley ; meetings on Friday evenings of the CurrentTopic Club. Nancy Foster Hall.Organization. — Head of House, Dr. Myra Reynolds ; Counselor, Associate Professor W. D. Mc-Clintock ; Secretary, Miss Emily Reynolds ; Entertainment Committee, Misses Lewis, Clark, and Bruen;House Committee, Misses Bennett, Grant, Bowen, andDow.Members. — Misses Blackburn, Blaine, Bartlett,Bowen, Bruen, Bennett, Candee, Capen, Clark, Cook,Davis, Daniels, Dana, Dickerson, Mrs. Dorman, MissesDow, Dumke, M. Freeman, G. Freeman, A. E. Frick,May Frick, Field, Flood, Felton, Goldthwaite, Grant,Hammond, Hulbert, Jackson, Lewis, Loesch, Lee,Morse, Nelson, Mrs. Pinkerton, Misses Porterfield,Reynolds, Runyon, Sturgis, Schwarz, Spalding, Slye,Waugh. Guest. — Miss Fulcomer.Chief Events. — Three Monday receptions. Talksby : Mr. Vonnoh, on " Impressionism " ; Mr. HamlinGarland, on "Literature in the West" ; Mr. and Mrs.Zeublin, on " The Morris Factory " ; Mrs. Chant, onher Work in Closing the London Dance Halls ; MissJane Addams, on " The Social Idea of Settlements.'One private party. Meeting of the Mulberry Club.INSTRUCTION.Departmental Announcements.I B. PEDAGOGY.The Pedagogical Club of The University willcelebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the birth ofHorace Mann, Monday, May 4, at 8:00 p.m., in thelecture Boom, Cobb Lecture Hall. Associate Professor Thurber, Superintendent Young and otherswill speak. All interested are invited. Mr. James Peabody, Editor of the Bailw ayBeview, will speak on "Recent Important RailwayDecisions of the Supreme Court."II. POLITICAL ECONOMY.The Political Economy Club meets in FacultyRoom, Haskell Museum, Thursday, May 7, at 8: 00 p.m. VII. COMPARATIVE RELIGION.A voluntary class formed for practice in sightreading in German theological and historical literatureunder the direction of Associate Professor Good-speed meets Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4 o'clockUNIVERSI1 Y RECORD 99p.m. in Haskell 14. Tiele, Geschichte der Beligion imAltertum has been selected for reading during thepresent quarter.IX. BIBLICAL AND PATRISTIC GREEK.The New Testament Club meets Monday evening,May 4, 7:30 p.m., at 6071 Edgerton Avenue.Head Professor Burton will read on "Galatians 1."Reviews of recent books.XI. AND XII. GREEK AND LATIN.The Classical Club meets Friday, May 8, at¦8:00 p.m., with Miss France and Miss Gould, 5515Woodlawn Avenue.Dr. A. W. Stratton on "Morphological Notes onGreek Substantives."Associate Professor Capps, on "The DramaticSynchoregia at Athens."The Mathematical Club and Seminar.The Mathematical Club meets fortnightly for thereview of memoirs and books, and for the presentation of results of research. The Club is conducted bythe members of the Mathematical Faculty, under thepresidency of Head Professor E. H. Moore, and is opento all graduate students of Mathematics.Meets fortnightly on Fridays, at 4 : 30 p.m., in Byer-~son Physical Laboratory, Boom 35.Papers read during the Winter Quarter:On Twisted Cubics. Professor O. Bolza. Jan. 10.Weierstrass' Determination of all AlgebraicMinimal Surfaces. Dr. J. H. Boyd. Jan. 24.The Integrals of the Differential Equationsof the system of n-bodies.Dr. K. Laves. Feb. 7.On Irrational Numbers.Dr. J. W. A. Young. Feb. 24.Voluntary Courses in Music.Wardner Williams, Ph.D. Instructor in Music.Elementary Vocal Music. — Tuesday, at 5:00 p.m.Harmony. — Monday and Thursday, at 8:30 a.m.Theory of Music. — Tuesday and Friday, at 8:30 a.m.History of Music. — Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m.The ilusical Lectures and Recitals.Musical Lectures and Recitals are given in Kent - XIV. GERMAN.) The Germanic Club and Seminar meets in Bll,Cobb Lecture Hall, Monday, May 4, at 3: 00 p.m. MissJessie Louise Jones " Vowel Harmony i/e in the Elis» Saga."XVII. MATHEMATICS.The Mathematical Club meets in Boom 35, ByersonPhysical Laboratory, Friday, May 8, at 4:30 p.m.Mr. B. M. Walker, on " The Quadratic one-to-twoTransformation of two planes."Dr. Hancock is giving a course on Advanced Geometry which has not been announced previously.3^Mj. Mondays and Fridays, at 10: 30 a.m.The course is for graduate students only.Connection Between One- and Two-dimensional Geometry.Assistant Professor H. Maschke. March 6.The Political Economy Club.Honorary President — Head Professor J. L. Laughlin.President— Carlos C. Closson.Secretary and Treasurer — Henry W. Stuart.Executive Committee — The President, The Secretary, H. Parker Willis and Katherine C. Felton.Meets fortnightly on Thursdays, at 8:00 p.m. in theFaculty Boom.Papers read during the Winter Quarter :"The Railways and the Federal Government." Mr. Arthur W. Windett. Feb. 20."The Practical Work of the AssociatedCharities of Chicago."Dr. Philip W. Ayres. March 5."Fire Insurance."Head Professor J. L. Laughlin. March 19.Theater, Wednesday afternoons at 5:00 o'clock,throughout the year.A Chamber Music Recital was given on Wednesday afternoon, April 29, by a quartette from the Chicago Orchestra.A Piano and Song Recftal will be given on Wednesday afternoon, May 6, by Mr. Edward B. Scheve,The Departmental Clubs.MUSIC.100 UNIVERSITY RECORDPianist, and Mrs. Edward B. Scheve, Soprano. Thefollowing is the programme :i ( a' Aria, " Ja, du Held aus Davids Stamm." Nessler.' ( b. " Widrnung," op. 25 Schumann.Mrs. Scheve.2. " Rondo capricioso," op. 14. Mendelssohn.Mr. Scheve.( a. "Prayer," op. 46. Hiller.3. •< b. Aria, " I know that my Redeemer liveth,"( from "Messiah,'' Handel.Mrs. Scheve.4. Valse, op. 7. Newland.Mr. Scheve.( a. Herbstlied > <?/.&„„«,5. ] Wiegenlied J ^c/^e-(6. " O bitt' Euch, Hebe Vogelein," op. 43. Gumbert.Mrs. Scheve.Organizations.University students are cordially invited toidentify themselves with some one of the followingmusical organizations :The University Chaplain,The University Chaplain, Associate ProfessorC. R. Henderson can be found, during his office hours,from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. in C 2, Cobb Lecture Hall,Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.Announcements.The chaplain for the week : Saturday, May 2, toSaturday, May 9, will be Associate Professor C. R.Henderson.Mr. S. M. Sayford will address a mass meeting ofall the members of The University on Sunday, May 3,at 4:00 p.m. in the Theater, Kent Chemical Laboratory.The annual election of the Christian Union will beheld on Thursday, May 7, at the Chapel Exercise,12:30 p.m., Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall.Abstracts of Religious Addresses.A Supreme Service of the Christian College.*Most students in our Christian colleges have come fromChristian homes, and many of them, probably most, are themselves Christians. In infancy and childhood they were taughtthe way of life and truth, and accepted the teaching withoutquestion.Coming on into boyhood and girlhood these children heard* Read before the meeting of the Northwestern Baptist Presidents' Union, April 16, by President W. T. Stott, D.D. The University Chorus.The University Glee Club.The Women's Glee Club.The Mandolin Club.The Women's Mandolin Club.The University Chorus.The University Chorus, now in its fourth year, is-'.rehearsing Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise." Rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings at 7: 00 o'clock in KentTheater. The Chorus has rendered the followingselections:"Spring Greeting." Gade; "At the Cloister Gate," Grieg;" The Heavens are Telling " from " Creation," Haydn ; "And theGlory of the Lord" from "Messiah," Handel; "Gypsy Life,""Schumann; " Two Lovers," Hecht; "Hallelujah Chorus " from"Messiah," Handel; "Inflammatus" from"Stabat Mater," Rossini; " Holy, Holy, Holy " from "St. Cecilia," Gounod; "HeWatching over Israel" from "Elijah," Mendelssohn; "NightSong," op. 80, Rhienberger.the gospel, accepted Jesus Christ as a personal Saviour, andjoined the church of their natural preference. They listened tothe teaching of the pulpit, the Bible class and the home, andgrew gradually in Christian character. Doubt was not any partof their experience.At length they found their way into the public high school orthe academy. Here they emerged into a somewhat new atmosphere, Their teachers, at least the wide-awake ones, began to>ask them for the reasons of things — first as to the physical.sciences and later as to history and literature. This insistenceon reasons met a ready response in the souls of these students,,and as they grew in scope of knowledge and mental strength,the disposition to inquire into the cause and origin of things.increased. Mere dogmatic statement would no longer suffice,,even as to the religious principles and precepts which they onceaccepted without question.At such a stage in their development they leave the academyfor the college. Here they find intenser religious life than everbefore, but they also find intense mental unrest and antagonismto Christianity. As the months and terms pass by they becomeconscious that the fountain of the great deep of their souls is;being broken up. Shall they find this chaos at last yielding to ahigher cosmos ? Thought has been necessary in mastering thelower ranges of the college course ; deeper thought is essential inthe studies of the Junior and Senior years. And so there is somecomfort in the assurance that "the wounds of reflection arebest cured by deeper reflection." Doubt, inquiry, skepticism arein the very atmosphere, and so we seriously ask what corrections.of doubt can the remainder of the college course afford. Two-corrections may be mentioned — one of a somewhat passive andthe other of a positive nature. The first is this : Our Christianstudents see that many of their professors, wThose scholarshipand mental vigor are beyond question are Christian men ofeminent piety. These students say "If there were any flawor myth about our religion, these men would not accept it andlive it ; but they do."The more positive corrective of doubt is in the able teachingof the later studies of the course, such as mental philosophy,philosophy of history, Christian evidences and — above all, as IRELIGIOUS.UNIVERSITY RECORD 101believe — ethics. These all rightly and ably taught speak of apersonal God— human accountability, human helplessness as toredemption from sin, and shut us up to the glad acceptance ofthe salvation offered by Jesus Christ — and this is the substanceof Christianity. Our young people having now seen that thewhole realm of truth is consistent with Christianity, and aidsin the enforcement of its claims are no longer oppressed withobstructive doubt, become intelligent and fearless advocatesof the religion they unquestioningly accepted in childhood.Church Services.Hyde Park Baptist Church (Corner Woodlawn avenue and56th street) — Preaching services at 11 : 00 a.m. and 7 : 30 p.m.Bible School and Young Men's Bible Class, conducted by Professor Shailer Mathews, at 9:45 a.m. Week-day prayer meeting,Wednesday evening at 7 : 45.Hyde Park M. E. Church (corner Washington avenue and 54thstreet) — Rev. Mr. Leonard, Pastor, will conduct services Sunday, at 11 : 00 a.m. and 7 : 30 p.m. ; General Class Meeting at 12 : 00m. ; Sunday School at 9 : 30 a.m. ; Epworth League at 6 : 30 p.m. ;General Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7 : 45 p.m.University Congregational Church (corner 56th street andMadison avenue)— Rev. Nathaniel I. Rubinkam, Ph.D., Pastor,Preaching Services at 11 : 00 a.m. and 7 : 30 p.m. Sabbath Schooland Bible Classes at 9 : 45 a.m. ; Junior Young People's Society ofChristian Endeavor at 3 : 30 p.m. ; Senior Young People's Societyof Christian Endeavor at 6 : 30 p.m. ; Wednesday Devotional Hourat 8:00 p.m.During the week ending April 28, 1896, there hasbeen added to the Library of The University a totalnumber of 201 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 127 vols.Distributed as follows :General Library, 18 vols.; Pedagogy, 6 vols.; Political Economy, 11 vols.; Political Science, 1 vol.; History, 4 vols.; Sociology, 1 vol.; Sociology in theDivinity School, 2 vols.; Latin, 36 vols.; English, 7vols ; Physics, 1 vol,; Morgan Park Academy, 40vols.Constitutionalism.*Topics discussed: History, Theory, Authority, Principles ofConstitutions.Most civilized states are governed under constitutions varying in form, and precision. The utility of a constitution forany given people must, of course, depend very greatly upon thenature and traditions of that people. There may be but a briefframework stating the trend of governmental authority andfunctions, or a definite plan of organization of the various* Read before the Club of Political Science and History, April29, by Assistant Professor Geo. Emory Fellows. Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (corner Washington avenueand 53d street)— Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Pastor. PublicChurch Services at 10 : 30 a.m., and 7 : 45 p.m. ; Sunday School at12 : 00 M. ; Junior Endeavor Society at 3 : 00 p.m. ; Young People'sSociety of Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p.m.; Mid-week Prayer-Meeting, Wednesday, at 7 : 45 p.m.Woodlawn Park Baptist Church (corner of Lexington avenueand 62d street;— W. R. Wood, Pastor. Bible School at 9 : 30 a.m. \\Worship and Sermon at 11 A.M.; Young People's DevotionalMeeting at 6 : 45 p.m ; Gospel Service with Sermon at 7 : 30 P.M. ;;General Devotional Meeting, Wednesday evening, at 7:45. AILseats are free.Hyde Park Church of Christ (Masonic Hall, 57th street, eastof Washington avenue)— Services : Sunday at 11 : 00 A.M. ; EveningService at 7:30. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Young People's-Society of Christian Endeavor at 6 : 45 p.m. Preaching by Rev.H. L. Willett, Ph.D.St. PauVs Protestant Episcopal Church (Lake avenue, northof 50th street)— Rev. Charles H. Bixby, Rector. Holy Communion, 8 . 00 A.M. every Sunday, and 11 : 00 A.M. first Sunday ofeach month. Morning Prayer with Sermon, 11 : 00 A.M. ChoralEvening Prayer, 7 : 30 p.m. Men's Bible Class at the close of theeleven o'clock service. Sunday School, 3 : 00 p.m.Unitarian Services. Rev. W. W. Fenn, of the first UnitarianChurch, will speak every Sunday afternoon at 4 : 00 o'clock, atMasonic Hall, 276, 57th street. Students and friends are cordiallyinvited.Books added by gift, 70 vols.Distributed as follows :General Library, 55 vols.; Pedagogy, 1 vol.; PoliticalEconomy, 1 vol.; Sociology, 6 vols.; Physics, 1 vol.;Geology, 5 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University Publications ,4 vols.Distributed as follows :General Library, 3 vols.; Sociology, 1 vol.departments. The constitution may be to guard the masses fromthe tyrannical power of an executive or despot, or to protect thepeople from themselves— i. e., from the turbulent and ambitiouselements and from the rash and hasty expression of popular feeling. Simple charters and bills of rights antedate constitutionsoutlining a complete form of government.The French people, in the years between 1789-91, framed a constitution to effect the change from an absolute monarchy to alimited monarchy. It was not modeled directly upon any constitution existing at the time.In 1783 Franklin published in the French language all Of theconstitutions of the thirteen states of the new republic, withLIBRARIES, LABORATORIES AND MUSEUMS.LITERARY.The Philolbxian Society will meet in Cobb Lecture Hall, Saturday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m.Abstracts of Addresses and Papers.102 UNIVERSITY RECORDnotes. This publication contributed to the form and matter ofthe constitution of 1791.A constitution comes from a sovereign power, and its naturemust depend, upon what power is recognized as sovereign. Itmay come from a king in the form of a charter or grant while heis absolute, and in order to get a recompense of some kind ; laterhe may grant it because the people are so far recognized as thesource of power that he is forced to a compact, so one is agreedupon by the ruler and the representatives of the people. Later,when the people are acknowledged as sovereign, the constitutionproceeds from them. Many Americans believe the principles oftheir constitution are of universal application, but a good constitution imposed upon a people not fitted for it will not worksatisfactorily.In a period of 84 years, France has had eleven constitutions.The abandonment of one and the adoption of another has in eachinstance been accompanied by a revolution or a coup d'etat or anational calamity.The history of South American constitutions is almost a continuous tale of adoption, revolution, and a new instrument. Mayit not be a pertinent question whether even a sovereign peoplehave authority over the next and succeeding generations ?No constitution before 1845 (Texas) gave the executiveauthority to veto items in a bill, and with the exception of Texasnone till after the Civil War. In five of the latest constitutionsa bill may be passed over a veto by a mere majority. Severalcauses may be assigned for untrustworthiness in legislatures,such as the spoils system, the political boss system, small salariessuggesting dishonest dealings with public money, etc.; hencespecial legislation in certain enumerated cases is prohibited.These prohibitions amount in the Constitution of Montana, tothirty-five, and in that of North Dakota to one hundred. Manystate constitutions have been amended so as to provide for biennial sessions of the legislature instead of annual.In addition to reducing the frequency of legislative sessions,the length of sessions in many of the states is limited to a periodof from forty (the briefest) to (in general) ninety days, or by prescribing a definite salary for the whole period, thus offering anincentive to briefness ; or a per diem compensation, to be stoppedafter a specified number of days. The multitudinous restrictions placed in all the more recent constitutions on legislative,executive, and other state officers shows clearly the desire ofthe voters to retain power in their own hands.While the great length of the later instruments would seem toindicate a crystallization of the governmental powers, andhence the removal of them from the people, in truth the oppositeof this is the case. The ease of amendment by general vote,the checks put on the officers, the change in several instancesof the impeaching power from the Senate to the Assembly —these and other considerations point rather toward a retainingof the powers of the government in the hands of the people.The modifications of state constitutions — viz., increasingpower of executive, curtailing power of legislative departments,shortening legislative sessions in length and frequency, electionof many officers formerly otherwise chosen, embodying in theconstitution laws concerning tendencies regarded as dangerous-all are indications of the sovereign people's determination toretain in their own hands the actual management of government,and to delegate power solely for purposes of administration, andthat in such a manner that all responsibility can be located.Some Physical Problems which are Fundamental inthe Theory of Functions.*Some introductory remarks were made in which it was stated :study of the connection between the different branches of pure and applied science, how the one is connected with theother, is a matter of much interest. It is pleasing to considerphilosophically how one theorem may be derived from another,whether or not these theorems belong to the same field or differently named fields of mathematics, what is the innate natureof each of the allied theorems considered separately, what werethe probable causes that may have led the individual investigatorto his discoveries, and what were the existing circumstances.The Theory of Functions comparatively speaking is a newprovince of mathematics and one must naturally consider itsfundamental relations with the older branches — geometry,theory of numbers, physics, etc. ; the present paper is, therefore,intended for the consideration of some physical problems uponwhich the Theory of Functions primarily depends.Of the many ways by which one may come to the Theory ofFunctions from the previously known laws and problems ofphysics, Laplace's potential equation, and, considered either inconnection with this equation or separately, Fourier's series areboth notable examples, since they may be regarded as constituting the basis for Derichlet's principle and the problems of existence.A short discussion was given of Laplace's equation and ofGreen's theorem with a proof of the existence-theorem for thecase where the boundary curve is a circle. The FundamentalFunction of the circle on the one hand is expressed by means ofa Fourier's series, and on the other hand it is shown to be thereal part of a function of the complex variable. By expressingthe conjugate imaginary of this function also in the form of aFourier's series, the two results are united so as to form ananalytic function expressed as a power series.* Read before the Mathematical Club, April 24, by Dr. HarrisHancock.The Interpretation of Shiloh, Gen. 49: lO.fThere is almost unanimous agreement in considering thisverse of early date. Stade, to be sure, would assign to it a post-exilic origin. Wellhausen, also, would make it late. Kalischputs it in the early years of the divided kingdom. Land andSchultz make it perhaps as late as David. Most writers wouldput it earlier than this. A settlement of the exact date wouldnot materially affect the interpretation, so long as it is considered to be, in general, early and may be interpreted from thatstandpoint.The keyword of this verse is Shiloh, and it is the only onewhich presents any great difficulty. A few of the many interpretations which have been advanced, are the following : (1)The interpretation embodied in the English version, which takesShiloh as a personal name for the Messiah. It is first found inthe Talmud, and has been common since the days of Munster(1534). It has nothing to commend it. (2) By a different vocalization of the Hebrew, reading the word as a compound of two,and translating the clause, " until he to whom it belongs comes,"or " until that which belongs to him comes." This is the translation of most of the versions, and hence very ancient. It hasmany modern advocates, but is chiefly objectionable becauseresting upon doubtful Hebrew usage and being very obscure andelliptical. (3) Taking the word as meaning the city Shiloh, withthe translation, " until he come to Shiloh." The fulfilment is toto be found in Joshua 18:1. A favorite modern interpretation,but difficult to reconcile with the history, and having other difficulties. (4) Shiloh means peaceful, or peace-bringer, or something similar, in various applications. Doubtful, because thatmeaning cannot be established for the word in its present form.f Read before the Semitic Club, April 21, by Dr. George RBerry.UNIVERSITY RECORD 103A circumstance not sufficiently considered by interpreters isthe poetical form of the passage. In this Blessing of Jacob thefavorite, although not the only, form, is a strophe of four members, the first two being practically synonymous, and likewisethe last two, as seen, e. g.< in verses 6, 7, 11, 15, 17. In verse 10there are four members, the first two being practically synonymous, "the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler'sstaff from between his feet." We should therefore expect thatthe clause ending with " Shiloh" would be parallel to and practically synonymous with the last member, " and to him the obedience of the nations." The ordinary interpretations do not supplysuch a thought.The ancient versions nearly all had apparently a text inwhich the Yodh of this word was omitted, and the final letterThe University Extension Division announces thefollowing schedule of lectures for the week beginningMay 4.rionday, May 4.Cincinnati, Ohio — R. G. Moulton, "Literary Studyof the Bible."Wednesday, May 6.Cook County Normal School — R. G. Moulton," Shakespeare's Tragedies." 4: 00 p.m.Latest foreign publications, imported by G. E.Stechert, 810 Broadway, New York :Schaffle, Dr. A. — " Bau und Leben des socialen KOrpers". 2teAufl. Band I: "Allgemeine Sociologie". 571 S. Mk. 12.Stammler, Dr. Rud.— " Wirtschaf t und Recht nach der mate-rialistischen Geschichtsauffassung. Eine sozialphilosophischeUntersnchung". 668 S. Mk. 14.Lewandowski, M.— "De la protection des capitaux empruntesen France par les etats strangers ou les societ^s ". 220 pp.Frcs. 6.Warschauer, Dr. Otto.— " Geschichte des Socialismus undCommunismus im 19ten Jahrhundert". Illte Abth. : "LouisBlanc". 163 S. Mk. 3.Munchener volkswirtschaftliche Studien. Herausgegeben vonBrentano und Lotz. Zehntes Stuck : Miinsterberg, Dr. O. — "Japans auswartiger Handel von 1542 bis 1854' '. Bearbeitet nach denQuellenberichten. 312 S. Mk. 7.Von Buch, Leo. — "Ueber die Elemente der politischen Oeko-nomie". Theil I: "Intensitat der Arbeit, Wert und Preis derWaren". 240 S. Mk. 4.Freycinet, C. de. — "Essais sur la philosophie des sciences.Analyse mecanique". 336 pp., 8vo. Frcs. 6.Lubarsch, O., und R. Ostertag— " Ergebnisse der allgemeinenpathologischen Morphologie und Physiologie des Menschen und was Waw instead of He. A few Hebrew manuscripts give thesame. Accepting this as the correct consonantal text and vocalizing differently, we get a common word for " peace." The versewill then be translated, "The scepter shall not depart fromJudah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet ; until peacecomes, and to him is the obedience of nations." The thought ofthe verse is, then, that the warlike dominion of Judah, prophesied in vss. 8 and 9, shall continue until it is merged intothe peaceful supremacy over the nations, of which vss. 11 and12 speak further. It is not necessary to point out the specificfulfilment of the prediction couched in such general terms.The ultimate fulfilment, although but vaguely present in themind of the writer, would be the peaceful reign of the Messiah.Thursday, May 7.Doolittle School, 35th St. near Cottage Grove Ave.,Chicago, — John Dewey, "Educational Psychology."4:15 p.m.Friday, May 8.Newberry Library: Unity Church, Dearborn Avenueand Walton Place— R. G. Moulton, " Stories as a Modeof Thinking." 8:00 p.m.der Tiere ". Bearbeitet von E. Albrecht, C. J. Eberth, C. Schim-melbusch, H. Schmaus etc. Mit Textabbildungen. 725 S., gr.8vo. Mk. 18.65.Landois, Dr. L.— "Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menscheneinschliesslich der histologischen und mikroskopischen Anato-mie". Mit zahlreichen Holzschnitten. 9te verb, u, verm. Aufl.,lste Halite. 480 S., gr. 8vo. Mk. 10.Landauer, Dr. John. — "Die Spectralanalyse". Mit 44 in denText gedr. Holzschnitten u.einer Spectraltaf el. 174S.,8vo. Mk.4.Heyne, Moriz.— "Deutsches Worterbuch". Kleine Ausgabe.Will be complete in 20 numbers at Mk. 0.50 each.Groos, Karl.—" Die Spiele der Thiere ". 359 S., gr. 8vo. Mk. 6.Dippel, Dr. Leop. — " Das Mikroskop und seine Anwendung".2te umgearb. Aufl. 2ter Theil: "Anwendung des Mikroskopesauf die Histologie der Gewachse". lste Abth. Mit 302 einge-druckten Holzstichen u. 3 Tafeln. 443 S., 8vo. 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Latin), 1DM (Greek), 1DM (Algebra).Grant, J. C. 1DMM (Beg. Latin).UNIVERSITY RECORD 105Heinrichs, Miss C. L. 2DM (1st year German), 1DM(2d year German).Iceland, S. 1DM (English), 1DM (Homer), 1 DM(Caesar), 1DM (Prose Latin), 1DM (Cicero,Ovid).Liebard, L. 1DM (Beg. French), 1DM (2d yearFrench), 1DM (3d year French).Lyon, E. P. 2DM (Elementary Science), 1DM(Physics), 1DM (Chemistry).Page, Miss Helen F. 2DM (Arithmetic), 2DM(English), 2DM (Geography).Schobinger, J. J. 2DM (Plane Geometry), 1DM(Algebra), 1DM (Advanced Algebra).Spalding, Miss M. D. 2DM (English), 1DM (SolidGeometry), 1DM (Trigonometry).Seeligmann, Karl. 1DM (Greek History), 1DM (Beg.German), 1DM (English). Departments :No. of Courses. No. of StudentsHistory: 4 (2DM). 8Greek: 8 (1DMM, 2DM). 14Latin : 14 (2DMM, 3DM). 55French : 6 (3DM). 14German : 6 (3DM). 30English : 8 (4DM). 84Math.: 14 (TDM). 84Science : 8 (4DM). 50States from ivhich Students have come .Illinois, 84.Number of Students :Enrolled Spring Quarter, 84.The Chicago Academy.*Chicago.Charles W. Mann, Dean.List of Instructors, with Number and Character ofCourses :Aeshleman, L. 1DM (Adv. French), 1DM (Beg.French), 1DM (Beg. German).Derham, M. G. 1DM (Cicero), 1 DM (Caesar), 1DM(Vergil), 1DM (Beg. Greek).Jaquish, B. M. 1DM (Beg. Algebra), 1DM (Chemistry), 1DM (Physics).Kohlsaat, Phil. B. 2DM (Beg. Latin).Mann, C. W. 1DM (Plane Geometry), 1DM(General History), 1DM (Higher Algebra), 1DM(Greek History).Porter, Elisabeth. 3DM, (English).Departments :No. of Courses.History : 4 (2DM).Latin : 10 (5DM). No. of Students.929 Greek : 4 (2DM).French : 4 (2DM).German : 2 (1DM).English : 6 (3DM).Mathematics : 6 (3DM).Physics : 2 (1DM).Chemistry: 2 (1DM).Home Address of Students:Chicago, 56. 5137362823Number of Students:Enrolled during Winter Quarter, 56.Entering at beginning of Spring Quarter, 2.Students leaving during Quarter, 1.Attendance for Current Quarter, 58.ildmitted to College at close of Winter Quarter 4.Current iBbwts,The following letter has been received :To the Recorder of The University of Chicago :Sir — Having no physical possibility for thankingpersonally all professors and students whom I had thepleasure of meeting during the past weeks, let mehope that you will allow me to do so through themedium of the University Record and that you will be kind enough to bring before the members of thefaculty and before the students the expression of mywarmest gratitude for the hearty hospitality I haveenjoyed. With best wishes and kindest regards,Sincerely yours,Prince Serge Wolkonsky.April 26th, 1896.* Winter Quarter, 1896.106 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe series of meetings conducted by Mr. S. M. Say-ford began Friday evening, ilpril 24. About onehundred men met him in Snell Hall Club Room. Saturday was devoted to committee meetings. Sundayafternoon a successful mass-meeting was held in KentTheater. In the evening a large and enthusiasticservice for men was conducted. At its close the menpresent voted unanimously to have the meetings continue for a few evenings. A conversational wherequestions are asked was held after every service.These have become very popular. Mr. Sayford hasoffice hours each day in Room 21, Snell Hall, from2:15 to 4: 00 p.m. Many students have availed themselves of this opportunity to confer with him.The chapel exercise during the week was conductedin harmony with the evening services. ProfessorsChamberlin, Coulter, and McClintock made addresses.The Northern Illinois Teachers' Association met atOttawa, April 24 and 25. There was a large attendance and great enthusiasm throughout. The following topics were discussed in section and general meetings : Defectives ; The Relation of Music to Order inthe School Room ; The Visitations of City Superintendents ; Free and Uniform Text-books ; Teachers'Examinations for Certificates ; WTork for Primary Pupils; Comparison of work in Colleges and HighSchools ; Modes of Expression ; Interest, Observation and Literature ; Management and Discipline ;Tests of Educative Work ; Physical Culture and theRelation between the Home and the School. Severalof the papers were printed and circulated in advanceof the meeting, so that the discussion could be followed with deeper interest and clearer view.Associate Professor Charles R. Henderson read apaper entitled " The Ethics of School Management."(See University Record No. 4.)Mr. Hart Conway, Director of the Chicago Schoolof Acting, spoke before the English Club, April 21, on" The Character of Ophelia."The evidence of the play goes to prove that Ophelia, insteadof being the true, pure, and unselfish woman depicted by thecommentators, is weak, shallow, and false, a beautiful, passive,feeble egoist. She displays no genuine love for Hamlet, no exceptional purity or any strength of character. Her pity is self-pity.Chauncey Peter Colgrove, Graduate student in Pedagogy and History, has been appointed AssociateTeacher in Pedagogy in the Iowa State NormalSchool. The First Annual Public Session of the ForumLiterary Society was held Friday evening April 24, inAssembly Hall, Haskell Museum. The objects ofthese meetings are twofold: (1) To show The University at large what has been accomplished by the Societyduring the year, and (2) to arouse an interest in literarywork of this kind. The programme was typical of thework done by the Society at its ordinary meetings.It consisted of the following:Oration, "National Conservatism," E. R. Branson.Poem, C. R. Barrett.Debate: "The Elective System, vs. The System ofpartly Required and partly Elective Courses inColleges,"Affirmative NegativeH. A. Peterson, R. C. Garver,G. H. Sawyer. P. B. Davts.Extemporaries, Messrs. McKinley, Bachman,Evans and Mosser.Declamation, " The Death of The Old Squire,"H. H. Griswold.The following are the officers for the Spring Quarter:President — C. R Barrett,Vice President— A. E. McKinley,Secretary — J. C. Friedman.Treasurer — H. H. Griswold.The Society meets Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in B 12Cobb Lecture Hall.The May number of The Biblical. World appearedfrom the University Press on May 1. The chief articles of interest in addition to those of President Harper and Professors Moulton and Burton, are an illustrated paper by Dr. A. K. Parker of Chicago, "Jerusalem and Thereabouts"; the concluding instalmentof Dr. Harlan Creelman's (Yale) paper upon "TheProblem of Well-being and Suffering in the Old Testament"; "The Epistle to the Hebrews" by Prof essorMarshall, Manchester, England ; a review of Resch,Aussercanonische Paralleltexte by W. Taylor Smith(England); and another of Sanday and Headlam'sRomans by Professor G. H. Gilbert, of Chicago Theological Seminary.The May number of The American Journal ofSociology, Vol. I, No. 6, appeared from The UniversityPress May 1. The table of contents is as follows :" Recent Legislation in Restraint of Trade."Charles F. Beach, Jr." The German Inner Mission." II. Charles R. Henderson." Pont Sharing in the United States." Paul Monroe." The Michigan System of Child-Saving." C. D. Randall.UNIVERSITY RECORD 107" Distribution of the Sexes in the United States."Walter F. Willcox." The Data of Sociology," Lester F. Ward." Social Control." II. Edward Alsworth Ross." Christian Sociology." V. Shailer Mathews.Reviews.Notes and Abstracts.Periodical Literature of Sociology.The following communication of interest to studentsin The University has been received by Associate Professor Henderson. He will be glad to receive thenames of any who may desire to attend this importantconference.Grand Rapids, Mich., April 25, '96.Dear Sir— From all present indications, the coming sessionof the National Conference of Charities and Correction whichwill be held in this city June 4 to 10, will be one of the most important if not the largest meeting of that body ever held.I desire to call your attention to a plan which we have startedin the University of Michigan and which bids fair to spread to alarge number of the other colleges and universities in thecountry.Professor Charles H. Cooley of the department of sociology inthe University of Michigan, who has about 300 students attendinghis sociological lectures, assisted by President Angell and Professor Henry C. Adams of the department of Political Economy,is preparing to bring to Grand Rapids a large portion of his classto attend the lectures and discussions of the conference. Theythink it will be to the students a veritable clinic and extremelypractical in every way.President A. O. Wright of the Conference wrote me recentlythat he expected Professor Ely, of the University of Wisconsin,would take up the plan and bring some of his students to themeeting. Arrangements will be made by which students cansecure boarding house rates here.I hope you will take the matter up and advise me earlyabout how many will likely come, that we may make properarrangements for their care.We expect a large attendance from Chicago, and if you wouldcodperate with the Settlement and Bureau of Charities people,you could easily arrange for two or three special cars, if comingby rail, or a boat if by water (via Grand Haven and the D. & M.Ry., or C. & W. M. Ry.), which would add greatly to the interestof the trip and stimulate the attendance as well. If you havesociological friends in other colleges or universities you will dous a great favor by writing them and enlisting their cooperation.Very truly yours,Alfred O. Crozier,Chairman Committee on General Arrangements. Current Events at the Morgan Park Academy arethe following:Professor I. B. Burgess has been elected President of the Boardof Education of Morgan Park.On Wednesday, April 15, the M. P. A. base-ball club defeatedLake View High School in an exciting game by a score of 11 to10 ; and on Saturday, April 18, they defeated Oak Park, 12 to 10.Mr. Paul Blackwelder, Mr. C. E. Carie and Miss Homer,representing the class of July 1896, and Dr. Luanna Robertson,Mrs. Anderson, and Dean Thurber, representing the facultyhave been appointed a committee to arrange for class dayexercises. Hitherto none have been held at the Academy.The Philolexian Society arranged for a lecture by Eli Perkinsfor Friday evening, April 24, in Blake Hall.The Track Team will hold a competitive Field Day withArmour Institute on Friday, May 8.The ground in the rear of Blake Hall has just been improvedby a 100-yard cinder track, jumping pit, pole-vaulting outfit, andring for hammer and shot. Only a long distance running trackis lacking to make a complete and excellent athletic field.Mr. Horace S. Piske, University Extension Lecturerin English, lectured before the educational section ofthe Milwaukee Women's Club Saturday evening,April 25, on " English Statesmen in Literature."On Friday, April 24, a reception for the GraduateClub of The University of Chicago, was held by thePatroness, Mrs. C. R Crane, at her house on GrandBoulevard. There was a large attendance.Head Professor Albion W. Small addressed the Convention of the Ethical Societies of the United Statesat St. Louis, April 24, on the subject " The Relationof Ethics to Municipal Reform."He also addressed the Chicago Physicians, Club,Monday Evening, April 27, on the subject "TheSociological Diagnosis of Anti-Socialitis."108 UNIVERSITY RECORDWtyt €alotirar-flay 2-9, 1896.Saturday, May 2.Administrative Board of Physical Culture andAthletics, 8:30 a.m.Reception and Formation of Michigan Club,Graduate Hall, 8:00 p.m.Sunday, flay 3.Address by Mr. S. M. Saypord, Kent Theater,4:00 p.m. (seep. 100).Union Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y.W. C. A., Lecture Room, Cobb Lecture Hall,7:00 p.m.Monday, May 4.Chapel.— 12:30 p.m. (see p. 100).Germanic Club, 3:00 p.m. (see p. 99).New Testament Club, 7:30 p.m. (see p. 99).Pedagogical Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 98).Tuesday, May 5.Chapel.— 12:30 p.m.Divinity School Prayer Meeting, Lecture Room,Cobb Lecture Hall, 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, flay 6.Monthly Meeting of the Divinity School, AssemblyRoom, Haskell Museum,12:30 p.m. (see p. 95).Recital, Kent Theater, 5:00 p.m. (see p. 99).Thursday, May 7.Chapel.— 12:30 p.m.The Young Women's Christian Association, Leeture Room, Cobb Lecture Hall, 1:30 p.m.Political Economy Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 98).Friday, Hay 8.Chapel.— 12 :30 p.m.Mathematical Club, 4:30 p.m. (see p. 99)The Young Men's Christian Association, Lecture Room, Cobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Classical Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 99).Saturday, flay 9.Administrative Board of the University Press8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.The University Senate, 11:30 a.m.Philolexian Society, 7: 30 p.m. (see p. 101).Material for the UNIVEKSITY EECOED must he sent to the Becorder by WEDNESDAY, 12:00 M.in order to be published in the issue of the same week.