Price $1.50 Pet Year Single Copies 5 CentsUniversity RecordCHICAGOGbe TUniversits of Cbicago pressVOL I., NO. 16. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3 P.M. JULY 17, 1896.I. The Quinquennial CelebrationThe Quinquennial Statement of thePresident.II. Educational - - -University Representation at the National Educational Association.III. Official Actions, Notices, and Reports CONTENTS.253-259260-261262 262-264IV. The University -Instruction ; Music ; Religious ;Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums.V. The University Settlement - - 265VI. The Alumni - - - - - 265-267VII. The Calendar - - - - - 268Entered in the postoffice Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.Qfyt (©ttinquenntal <&tltbxo,tion.The Quinquennial Statement of the President.Mr. Rockefeller, Trustees, Colleagues, Alumniof the University, Students and Friends :At the close of five years of work, on behalf of thoseto whose care the responsibility of The University wasentrusted, — the trustees and faculties; on behalf ofthose for whose benefit The University was established,the alumni and the students, I wish to make publicand official expression of the gratitude we feel to themen and women whose benevolent friendship andmunificent liberality have alone made possible theaccomplishment of this work.To the founder of The University we make acknowledgment of our gratitude ; because without that first;gift for a college, by which other gifts were inspired ;without the second gift for graduate work, the ideawhich has more completely controlled the policy of TheUniversity than any other ; without the other gifts of* Delivered in the Quadrangles, July 1, 1896. millions, through which provision for instruction hasbeen made ; without the keen foresight which enabledhim to decide that Chicago was the city for such aUniversity ; without the broad mind and spirit whichled him to sympathize with the plans proposed ; without the steady and faithful adherence to an undertaking once begun ; without the love of Christ and ofhumanity which filled his soul, these things would nothave been.To the donors of The University we make acknowledgment of this gratitude, Sidney A. Kent, Martin A.Ryerson, Marshall Field, Chas T. Yerkes, Silas B.Cobb, Caroline E. Haskell, Geo. C. Walker, HelenCulver, Elizabeth G. Kelly, Mary Beecher, Nancy S.Foster, Henrietta Snell, and many others.To these, I say, we make acknowledgment of ourgratitude, because without buildings and grounds and254 UNIVERSITY RECORDequipment, without the cooperation and assistancethus secured, without the support in the communityat large which such gifts signify, these things wouldnot have been.To other friends of The University who by word anddeed have aided its foundation, we make acknowledgment of our gratitude, because without the prayers ofmany such friends ; without the words of encouragement which their lips have often uttered ; without themoral assistance which from time to time they haverendered ; without the support of public sentiment incity and state and nation, which they have createdand represented ; without the protection against misrepresentation and narrow prejudice which theirsincere friendship has afforded, these things could nothave been.To the God who is over all and in all we makeacknowledgment of our gratitude, because he it waswho prompted the founder's heart to undertake thisgigantic work , because it was His spirit that inspiredthe hearty cooperation with which the donors enteredinto a participation in the work ; because it was hisoverruling providence that created so widespread asympathy and appreciation in the hearts of men whohave everywhere become its friends.Today, as we recall the events of the five years, thestrange and wonderful elements in the situation are,not that so many millions have been given, for it mustbe recognized that the giving has only begun ; notthat so many professors and students have beengathered from the various divisions of the country,for other institutions exist with larger numbers ; notthat it has been possible to establish ideals of so higha character in this, a new city and a new country, forwith money and with men the highest ideals may berealized ; but rather (1) that the foundations of aninstitution in Chicago have been laid by one who wasnot himself a citizen of Chicago or of a neighboringstate ; (2) the fact that of the many who have madegifts to The University, every donor of any considerable sum is today living and able to see the resultsaccomplished through his gift; and (3) that in soshort a time and under circumstances so peculiar, theheart of this great city should have come to beat insuch complete sympathy and harmony, with an institution which has so recently been planted in themidst of it. For does not the true citizen of Chicago,in speaking of The University, invariably call it " OurUniversity?"At the beginning of our work the mind of Chicagowas engrossed with the thought of the ColumbianExposition. Before the close of our first year therehad come a financial crisis which has perhaps grown more serious with every year until the present. Theobstacles have been many, and the anxiety at times.intense, but a merciful Providence has carried usthrough it all, and in every time of necessity friendshave been raised up. There has been a feeling on thepart of some that the institution has not conservedsufficiently the traditions of the past. These friends,.if they are friends, have forgotten that it is in thenature of a university to occupy the advancedpositions ; that a university, if it will justify its name,must be a leader of thought, and that howevercautious and conservative may be the policy of such aninstitution, the great majority of men are accustomedto follow far behind. It cannot be expected that suckwill sympathize with those whose responsibilitiesforce them to the forefront in the great and continuous conflict of thought. And yet, to all who sincerelyand earnestly point out what is thought to be a,mistaken path and a misguided policy, we mak&acknowledgment of our gratitude, believing that theGod who has established The University will guideand control it in all its history.The Material Equipment.The following is a list of the principal gifts to TheUniversity, during the five years, which may be classified under grounds and buildings. They are given . inthe order of acquisition and in each case the source ofthe gift is indicated:The University Grounds, 24 acres :In part by purchase, in part by gift fromMarshall Eield - - - - $500,000.00North, Middle, and South Divinity Houses :The gift of Mr. John D. Rockefeller - 165,000.00Walker Hall, building and grounds, MorganPark :From Geo. C. Walker - - - 30,000.00Morgan Park Academy property :Given by The Baptist Theological Union, 100,000.00The Library building and grounds at MorganPark:From Geo. C. Walker - - - 15,000.00Kent Chemical Laboratory, building and equipment :From Sidney A. Kent - - 235,000.00Cobb Lecture Hall :From Silas B. Cobb - - - 165,000.00Ryerson Physical Laboratory, building andequipment :The gift of Martin A. Ryerson - - 210,000.00The Walker Museum :From Geo. C. Walker - - - 100,000.00KeByHall:From Mrs. Elizabeth G. Kelly - - 50,000.00Beecher Hall:From Mrs. Mary Beecher - - 50,000.00 .UNIVERSITY RECORD 25&SnellHaU:From Mrs. Henrietta SnellJFoster Hall :From Mrs. N. S. FosterThe Haskell Oriental Museum :From Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell -The temporary Library and Gymnasiumbuilding :Built from general donationsThe President's House -The Chicago Manual Training School :From the Chicago Manual TrainingSchool Association -The Yerkes Observatory from Charles T.Yerkes. Building and equipmentsbetween $300,000 and $400,000. 50,000.0060,000.00100,000.0030,000.0040,000.00250,000.00$2,150,000.00Total Expenditures for Books and Equipment.The following equipment for Libraries, Laboratories,and Museums has been purchased during the fiveyears :June 30, 1894June 30, 1895May 30, 1896June, estimatedJune 30, 1893June 30, 1894June 30, 1895May 31, 1896June, estimated Books.Equipment. $172,955.5714,950.6014,737.171,339.74$203,983.08$30,000.0089,129.9938,830.9412,033.021,000.00170,993.95Gifts for Endowment.The following is a statement of gifts for endowments and for general purposes :John D. Rockefeller - - - $7,426,000Miss Helen D. Culver - - - 700,000Ogden Estate - - - 300,000Martin A. Ryerson - 125,C00Marshall Field 100,000Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell - - - 40,000Chicago Man. Training School Crerar Fund 56,000Gifts in connection with Ryerson Fund - 250,000Other gifts 415,000$9,412,000Total gifts from all sourcesMorgan Park property 11,479,55030,000Total $11,509,550The Students.The more important statistics relating to thestudents are as follows:The total enrollment during the year 1892-3 was 782 (3 quarters)" 1893-4 " 976 "•' " 1894-5 " 1591 (4 quarters)1895-6 " 1986 The Student Life.The full history of the student life during the fouryears, would be an interesting sociological study.There were, at first, no bonds of association, and onlyto the slightest extent was there acquaintanceship ofany kind. Bold and courageous were those first menand women who began work October 1st, 1892. The-recollection of life in the Beatrice, of the removal of thewomen in the spring to Snell, will never be forgottenby those who took part in these experiences. Thedivinity men, most of whom had been accustomedto the quiet and seclusion of Morgan Park, were somewhat disconcerted and distracted by the confusion andgeneral looseness which prevailed. The decision ofthe faculty to discourage the organization of fraternities now seems to have contributed much to the confusion of the earlier years. There was, however, everywhere manifest the presence of an excellent spirit, andthe pioneer days performed no slight service indeveloping character that would not otherwise havebeen developed. At the beginning of the second yearthe house system was adopted and immediately socialorganization began to take form. Meanwhile severalefforts were put forth to organize literary societies andthese, with the associations formed in connection withthe University of Chicago Weekly, and other similarefforts, furnished the basis for still further development. The simple division of all undergraduate students into two classes, earlier known as University andAcademic Colleges, and more recently as Senior andJunior Colleges, prevented all friction of a traditionalcharacter between freshman and sophomores, and atthe same time encouraged a more independent feelingon the part of younger students, as compared withthose who had been longer engaged in college work.The large number of graduate students unquestionably exerted restraining influence upon the undergraduates, an influence, however, which was upon thewhole good. This same influence was exerted by thelife of the houses, especially in the women's houseswhere graduate and undergraduate women have livedtogether. The athletic activity was cultivated vigorously from the beginning. Here, more than anywhereelse, paternalism may be said to have existed. TheUniversity did not wait for the student to organize.The work of the athletic field was placed under thedirect supervision of a University officer. The resultsshow that under certain circumstances paternalism isan effective agency. The Monday receptions, instituted soon after the organization of the houses, havecontributed perhaps more than any other singleagency to the general social life of the students. Men-256 UNIVERSITY RECORDtion should also be made of the important contributions from year to year by the Glee and MandolinClubs. The annual concert in the city played animportant part in the whole history.Naturally the senior students took in hand the celebration of Washington's birthday, and the custom ofJunior College day seems to have become a law.Within two years the exercises connected with graduation have become more and more distinctive, untilnow certain events of a specific character seem tohave become permanent. The more important traditions of student life may be regarded as established.Student Organizations.The division of the undergraduate body into two(classes, Junior and Senior, was based upon the theorythat the first two years of college life differ essentiallyin method and purpose from the second two. The.absence of class distinctions naturally follows themore flexible organization which made it possible forstudents to be in residence during any portion of theyear. The line of distinction between Junior andSenior Colleges has been emphasized in many ways.This, of course, was contrary to every tradition andhas only recently begun to be effective. In the earlieryears the lines were not sufficiently drawn in the workof administrative officers, and consequently studentswho were really Junior College students were permitted, to their serious injury, to select higher subjects at too early a period in their college career. Thisdifficulty is now largely a thing of the past. As thenumber of students continued to grow in each of thecolleges, and as the work of the deans became heavier,further classification seemed necessary. This hasbeen secured by separating the students of each college into six divisions according to the progress whichhas been made, and by the appointment for each division of one or more division officers who really do thework of the dean. This classification provides alsofor student counselors in the various divisions, whotogether compose an executive committee, throughwhich the student body may communicate with thefaculty, and the faculty with the student body. Inthis development of organization there has been onthe part of the faculty almost a unanimous sentimentat every step, and as a result of it all the student bodyand the faculty both personally and officially havecome into the closest possible connection one with theother.The Trustees.Of the trustees, to whom was originally assignedthe trust connected with The University, only one hasbeen called away, Chief Justice Joseph M. Bailey. The following changes have oceurred in the membership of the Board of Trustees:Mr. E. Nelson Blake, the first President of theBoard, having moved from Chicago, resigned, and wassucceeded by Martin A. Ryerson, Vice-President.Henry A. Rust succeeded Mr. Ryerson as Vice-President and later was made Comptroller, whenAndrew McLeish was elected Vice-President.O. L. Hutchinson has been Treasurer and T. W. Good-speed, Secretary from the beginning.J. W. Midgley one of the original Trustees retired atthe end of his term.Judge J. M. Bailey, also one of the original Trusteesdied Oct. 16, 1895.In October 1893 Rev. Leighton Williams was electeda trustee in place of T. W. Goodspeed resigned.Mr. F. T. Gates, of New York, was elected to fill thevacancy caused by the death of J. M. Bailey deceased.It can be said with all truthfulness that there neverwas a body of men which worked together more harmoniously than the trustees of The University of Chicago. It can also be said, that no servants of a publictrust ever devoted themselves more faithfully or moreconstantly to the fullest performance of the obligations imposed by that trust. I do not remember asingle time when for lack of a quorum it was notpossible to transact the business of The University.The earnestness and zeal which has characterizedthe work of the trustees as well as the skill andintelligence which have been displayed merit theconsideration of the founder of The University aswell as that of the many friends who have, from timeto time, contributed to its funds. I believe that Iexpress the feelings of Mr. Rockefeller and of theother contributors to the funds of The Universitywhen I say that their confidence in the policy of theboard has increased from year to year and that theboard has demonstrated to the satisfaction of thepatrons of The University their fidelity to the causethat has been entrusted to them.The Faculties.The statistics of membership are as follows :The staff on October 1, 1892, numbered 114." " " " 1893, " 155.•< " July " 1894, " 148.« « « « 1895, " 160." ¦" " " " 1896, " 184.These do not include officers of general government(Secretary of Trustees, Comptroller, President, andother administrative bodies).At the beginning the members of the faculties were,in large measure, strangers to each other. They hadUNIVERSITY RECORD 257been trained under various disciplines and their ideashad been adjusted to many different policies. Thegreatest risk in the organization of The Universitylay in the difficulty with which a unity of spirit mightbe secured without interference of any kind withliberty of individual thought and method. At firstthe lines of division separated the divinity faculty,the faculty of arts, literature, and science, the extension faculty and the faculty of the Academy atMorgan Park. The greatest problems arose in connection with the faculty of arts, literature, andscience, in part because of its large number of members and in part because of the scope of work whichfell to its care. Time seems to have justified thepolicy of the trustees in adopting a complete systemof legislation and administration before the organization of the faculty At the first meeting of thefaculty, official announcement was made that thissystem in all its details, would be carried out by theadministrative officers until experience should suggestand the faculty determine modifications. The changesin the system have been few ; the evolution of organization has been most interesting. The large facultyconsisting of over one hundred members first adoptedthe Harvard system of administrative boards forthe different divisions of its work. After threeyears, by vote, the trustees were requested torecognize these boards, in accordance with certainregulations, as faculties, with full and finalpowers, excepting in so far as the action of such faculties might be modified by the action of the superiorbodies, the council and the senate. This action,ratified by the trustees, gave to the younger membersof the faculty larger responsibilities. The step wasone which could not have been wisely taken until themembers of the faculty were acquainted with eachother and with each others' ideas. It remained, however, to make one further step. The faculties, as thusdivided, represented the different divisions of thework throughout The University, the number ofwhich will be increased when medicine, law, technology, and music are added. It remained to makeprovision for a body which should include all the f aculties, which should serve as a channel for the expression of the public sentiment of The University inreference to questions which concerned either a singlefaculty or all combined. The University Congregation as established by the Board of Trustees, upon theunanimous request of the Senate of The Universitywill serve as the general University body which shallconsider questions of general policy and give expression of opinion concerning them, although no powerhas been given it to legislate. This body will hold stated meetings quarterly, and if it disapprove theaction of a faculty, such action will be required to bereconsidered by the faculty within four weeks. Thisbody will include also, the doctors of The Universityand other alumni in accordance with the regulationsestablished. The evolution of organization is thusseen to have been simple and natural. In the bodiesof the faculty as well as in the student body, organization has been secured which, while certainly to bemodified as experience may suggest, may be accepted,,in general, as the type of organization which willcharacterize the University life in times to come.The Alumni.The alumni of The University have been classifiedin three divisions, the collegiate, including the-bachelors of the old University and those of the new,,the graduate, including the doctors of The University^and the divinity, including the graduates of theDivinity School, as well as those of the Morgan ParkTheological Seminary. The statistics of the alumni ofThe University including the bachelors of the oldUniversity are as follows :The Collegiate Alumni : There are living atpresent some 311 Bachelors of the old University.The University has conferred collegiate degreesupon 214 candidates, viz.:BACHELOR OF BACHELOR OF BACHELOR OFARTS. PHILOSOPHY. SCIENCE.1892-3 - - 10 1892-3 - - 4 1892-3 - - 11893-4 14 1891-4 - 5 1893-4 - 61894-5 - - 29 1894-5 - - 16 1894-5 - - &1895-6 64 1895-6 - 34 1895-6 - 20117 59 33The Graduate Alumni : Higher degrees have beenconferred upon 95 Graduate students, viz. :MASTER OF ARTS MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY1892-3 - 2 1892-3 - - - -21893-4 - - 9 1893-4 - 2.1894-5 - 5 1894-5 ... - 21895-6 -.- 9 1895-6 - 625 12MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY1894-5 - 1 1892-3 -. - - - 11895-6 - - 5 1893-4 -.- 61894-5 - - - - 161895-6 ... 296 52Divinity Alumni : Degrees in the Divinity Schoolhave been conferred upon 43 students, viz. :BACHELOR OF DIVINITY BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY1892-3 .... 13 1892-3 - - - - 61893-4 ... 8 1893-4 . 61894-5 --.. 4 1894-5 - - 1895-6 - - - 5 1895-6 ... i30 13258 UNIVERSITY RECORD. The Divinity School has granted 57 Certificates tostudents in the English Seminary and the Scandinavian Seminaries.It has been the policy of The University to keep inclose touch with the alumni. Three of the old alumniare members of the Board of Trustees. Several oftheir representatives are in the faculty of The University. Much study has been given to the questionhow to maintain the interest of the alumni in TheUniversity itself. The prominent position given tothe alumni in The University Congregation, to whichreference has been made, and the provision made bywhich the representatives of the alumni thus electedshall in turn elect a representative for each groupfrom the members of the faculty to seats in theSenate and the Council of The University, give thealumni of The University of Chicago a larger voice inthe administration of the affairs of The Universitythan has ever been granted by an institution on American soil. The execution of these provisions willsurely serve the best interests of The University andat the same time furnish a means of further educationto the alumni. It is hoped that the proposition willbe received in the same spirit in which it has beentendered.Affiliation and Cooperation.Des Moines and Kalamazoo are the colleges whichhave entered into affiliation with The University.The following are the academies which have enteredinto affiliation with The University :Harvard School, Kenwood Institute, Chicago Academy, Princeton-Yale School. Rugby School, Way-land Academy, Maynard Hall, and South SideAcademy.The following is the list of high schools which haveentered into cooperation with The University:Ottawa High School, Rockford High School, W.Aurora High School, E. Aurora High School, LyonsTownship High School, Moline High School, Milwaukee High School, E. S., Classical School for Girls,Indianapolis, Keokuk High School (Iowa), Indianapolis High School No. 1, Industrial Training School,Indianapolis, Denver High School, Dubuque HighSchool, Rock Island High School, Omaha High School,Minneapolis High School, E. S., Minneapolis HighSchool, Central, Peoria High School, Springfield HighSchool, Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., MichiganMilitary Academy, and the fourteen High Schools ofChicago.The principle involved in cooperation is practicallythe same as that of affiliation, although the method ofapplication is somewhat different. There are three principles: (1) Help of a tangible character can befurnished by The University to the school or college.(2) The school or college in receiving this help in turnbenefits The University. (3) Cooperation which resultsin close articulation will secure the best interests bothof school and college and of The University.The machinery or affiliation is still imperfect. Itcould not be otherwise with the experience of so shorta time, but the difficulties are being remedied and theexperiment has already satisfied our highest expectations.The Extension Division.That there has been steady, and above all, solidgrowth is indisputable. The University has shownthe general public that its interest is a particular oneand that it stands ready to do all that it can do toassist in spreading right opinions and right ideas ofthe great questions of life and the highest problemsof literature and science. The scope of the University Extension idea is becoming more definitely fixed.It remains to establish foundations for this work inorder that the work itself may offer to men of abilitya career. There is no field of intellectual labor todayin which the demand is so great in comparison withthe workers who may be relied upon to meet thedemand. There is no literary career which can offerto the younger men with the proper gifts a more brilliant future than that of the University Extensionwork. The work calls for certain special sacrifices butthe rewards of the work will amply repay every suchsacrifice.The University Press.The work of the University Press is classified roughlyinto four departments as follows: for Publication, forPrinting, for Books and Apparatus, and the bookstore.In no part of The University's work has there beengreater progress than in the publication of journals.It seems hardly necessary to call attention to thefact that the work of the three great divisions ofaffiliation and cooperation, the extension and the pressare virtually three phases of a single work. It isthrough these three channels that The Universitycomes in contact with the outside world. This outside world of The University includes the institutionsworking in affiliation or cooperation, the individualsattending lectures or classes, or preparing recitationsby correspondence, and, last of all, the more generaland more distant public which can be reached onlythrough a printed page. It is true that all of thesechannels have their source in the work and life of TheUniversity at its center. Through these channels, theheart-blood of The University finds its way to the menUNIVERSITY RECORD 2mand places more remote. Without these agencies TheUniversity of Chicago would repeat the history ofmany another institution, the history of many anotherindividual, characterized by utter selfishness. Nor isit true that The University exhausts itself by thusgiving its heart-blood to those who are far distant.By giving, it receives back again much more than ithas given.Our Distinctive Features.Does someone ask, What in particular does TheUniversity of Chicago represent ? Upon what does itlay greatest emphasis ? In what respect is it differentfrom other institutions of similar character ? Whathave been the distinctive features of policy adoptedin the organization of The University ? The answermay be briefly given : (1) Concentration on the partof student and instructor, as seen in the regulationswhich permit a student to take up at one time onlythree subjects, and which require the instructor, underordinary circumstances to restrict himself to two subjects. (2) Accommodation to the special needs of students and instructors as seen in the regulations whichmake it possible for a student to be absent during anyquarter of the year, or, if desired, to study during fourquarters ; as also in the regulations which permit aninstructor by doing continuous work to secure vacation credits which, when placed together, make it posrsible to give up teaching for the purpose of travel orinvestigation in longer or shorter periods ; still furtherin the regulations relating to summer instruction. (3)Individualism on the part of student and instructor asseen in the large liberty given each student in theeffort to adjust the curriculum to his needs rather thanto adjust him to a fixed curriculum ; as also seen inthe opportunity furnished instructors to specialize, notonly in a single department but in subdivisions of thatdepartment. (4) Extension, as described already inthe provisions made for university extension, technically so called, affiliations, cooperation and the University Press.The Quinquennial Statement cannot be concludedwithout a brief statement of The University's needs :(1) A Library and Assembly Hall. Over three hundred thousand volumes are today placed in a buildingwhich is not fire-proof and which, at any time, mightbe destroyed. Aside from the dangers of the situation, the inconveniences are many and extreme. Forlack of a proper assembly hall, we meet here in a tenttoday. Such a building will be the greatest buildingof the entire plan of The University. It is the most necessary building. (2) A Chapel. Parents not infrequently suggest that something should be done forthe spiritual development , of those, whom they entrustto the care of The University. We answer that weare doing everything which honest men and womencan do with the facilities at hand. I desire to raisethe question whether it is not possible to build achapel with the subscriptions of thousands of donors;Could the friends of religion in all our denominations,every one of which is represented here, do a betterthing for the cause of religion than to cooperate inan effort to build, for the religious work of The University a chapel which should, at the sanae time,impress every mind with its beauty and form, and assistthe interests of every religious work by the specialfacilities which it would furnish. (3) A hundredthousand dollars for a building for the heating andlighting plant, and for The University Press. (£) AClassical Museum. (5) A building for the Departmentof English Language and Literature. (6) A Gymnasium. The present building, erected for temporarypurposes and intended only to be used for two orthree years, is no longer equal to the demands madeupon it, and must soon be replaced by a structurewhich shall be equal to any that has been providedfor college work in physical culture. (7) An endowment of $250,000.00 for a school of law. (8) An endowment of one million dollars for a school of technology.(9.) An endowment of three million dollars for a schoolof medicine. (10) One million dollars for a library andmuseum fund, the income to be used for equipmentand museum material. (11) Five hundred thousanddollars for a beginning of the endowment for theUniversity Extension Division. Is it suggested thatthis is visionary ? I answer that all these things willcome ; that all these things must come, if this University is to do the work for the city of Chicago and theMississippi Valley which needs to be done.Our Future.I dare not speak of the future, and yet it is impossible not to ask one self what is coming. Our successor failure will depend upon something other than newmillions of dollars secured. We need the strong andhearty loyalty of students and alumni. These, afterall, are the determining influences in an institution.It is surely not too much to expect that this loyaltywill be gladly rendered. And we shall need in thefuture, as we have certainly needed in the past, tokensof the divine presence which shall control us in all ourwork and inspire in us the loftiest ideals.260 UNIVERSITY RECORDi&fcucatfonal.University Representation at the National Educational Association.The National Educational Association claims, withundoubted justice, to be the largest educationalassociation in the world. The attendance at Buffalothis year, July 3-10, was at least sixteen thousandteachers. The Association includes the followingdepartments: Kindergarten, Elementary, Secondary,Higher, Normal, Art, Music, Manual and Industrial,Business, Child Study, Physical, Natural Science,School Administration ; and to these were added thisyear a department for libraries and one for the education of the defective classes. The field covered bythe National Educational Association is thus seen tobe exceedingly broad. The general meetings of theentire ' association are held mornings and evenings,the afternoons being given up to the departmentmeetings. In these general meetings education is considered in its larger and broader relations ; in the department meetings the work is more concentrated,detailed and definite. The proceedings are publishedcomplete, the volume each year being almost the mostvaluable educational document of the year. The vastand influential audience reached by the addresses, asdelivered and printed, is so attractive that few are soeminent or so indifferent as not to value highly a placeon the programme of the National Educational Association.Not only is the National Educational Associationlarge, it is representative and influential. It bringstogether a great number of the leaders of educationalthought. Every year it is becoming more and moreevident that the surest way to advance any educational reform is to get it endorsed by this Associationin its Annual Convention. More and more everysession are the meetings occupied with the discussionof practical professional problems. The committeesystem gets a stronger and stronger hold. During thepast ^.ve years the Association has annually madeappropriations, in several instances as much as $2500,for supporting the work of a committee having someimportant task in hand.In attendance, in spirit, and in accomplishment therecent meeting at Buffalo fixes the high-water markfor the Association. Illinois is proud that this recordwas achieved under the splendid management of President Newton C. Dougherty, of Peoria. The contributions of The University of Chicago to the meeting weresufficient, at least, to show the cordial interest of theUniversity in the National Educational Associationand the appreciation by the Association of The Uni versity's ability to serve. In the general meeting-each meeting is, as a rule, concerned with one leading topic, which is introduced in a leading address.On Friday morning, July 10, the subject was "Sociology." This topic was introduced by Head ProfessorAlbion W. Small in a paper on "The Relation ofSociology to Education." On Thursday morning thetopic was "The Function of Nature Study in Education: " (1) In the Culture of the Moral Powers ; (2) Inthe Culture of Intellectual Powers ; (3) In ElementaryEducation. The leading address on division (2) wasby Head Professor J. M. Coulter. In the Departmentof Kindergarten Education a leading paper was presented by Miss Mary E. McDowell, of The University of Chicago Settlement on " The Children of OurCities," and another by Instructor S. H. Clark on"Descriptive Gesture, with Illustrations." In th&Department of Secondary Education, the Conferenceon Ancient Languages and English was under thecharge of Professor I. B, Burgess, of the Morgan ParkAcademy, who opened the meeting with a paper on"Translation from the Greek and Latin Classics as aTraining in the Use of English." Dean C. H. Thurber,secretary of this department during the past year, waselected president of the Department of SecondaryEducation for the coming year.On Thursday afternoon, July 9, the Departments ofSecondary and of Higher Education met in joint session, largely for the purpose of receiving and actingupon the report of the joint committee of the twodepartments on Uniform College Entrance Requirements. The official preliminary report of this committee had, by vote of the executive committee been published in the June School Review, which was presentedto the joint meeting. The University received a vote ofthanks for the assistance which it had, through theSchool Review, rendered to the committee. In theDepartment of Higher Education, on Friday, July 10,Assistant Professor F. J. Miller presented a paperon " The Chicago System of Entrance Requirements."In the Department of Child Study, on Friday afternoon, July 10, Associate Professor C. H. Thurber presented a paper on " What Children want to do when theyare Men and Women." In the Department of NaturalScience Instruction Head Professor Coulter made theleading address on "The Educational Value of Botany."Professor Earl Barnes was president of the Department of Child Study, vice-president of the NationalCouncil of Education, and appeared on the programmeUNIVERSITY RECORD 261of the general meetings and of several department Cook, F. A. Manny, W. A. Greeson. Two others who-meetings. Among others from Chicago who had were among the most valued contributors to the suc-appointments on the programme were Colonel F. W. cess and pleasure of the meeting were President;Parker, Mrs. Ella F. Young, Mrs. Eva D. Kellogg, Mrs. Nathaniel Butler of Colby, and Bishop J. H„Ellen M. Henrotin, Miss Bertha Payne, Miss Flora J. Vincent.©ffitciai Actions, notices, anir Keports,OFFICIAL NOTICES.Meetings of Faculties and Boards.Faculty Room, Haskell JTluseum.Tuesday, July 21.The Divinity Faculty, at 4:00 p.m.Wednesday, July 22.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, at 5: 00 p.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, at 5:30 p.m.General University Meetings.Instead of the usual monthly meetings of the severalschools there will be held during the Summer QuarterGeneral University Meetings of all Divisions of TheUniversity, once a week. The next meeting will be onWednesday, July 22, at 1:30 p.m., in Chapel, CobbLecture Hall.Address by the Rev. Professor Joseph AgarBeet, of Wesleyan College, Richmond, England.On July 29, the meeting will l?e addressed by Mr. JohnVance Cheney, Librarian of the Newberry Library.Office flours of the Deans.summer quarter.For all Graduate Students : Dean Judson. Cobb Hall,Room 9 A. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday-Friday.For men in the Senior Colleges and UnclassifiedStudents: Dean Terry. Cobb Hall, Room 4 A. 8:30to 9:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday. .1A. PHILOSOPHY.Professor Geo. T. Ladd, D.D., LL.D., delivers acourse of public lectures on "The Philosophy of Religion." The special subjects for the week, July 21-24will be :The Benevolence of God, July 21.God and the World, " 22. For men in the Junior Colleges: Dean Capps.Qobb Hall, Room 4 A. 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday.For women in the Colleges and Unclassified Students: Dean Bulkley. Cobb Hall, Room 4 A. 4:00to 6:00 p.m., Monday and Thursday; 10:30 a.m. to*12:30 p.m., Tuesday and Friday.For all Divinity Students : Dean Johnson (Acting)..Haskell Oriental Museum. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday.The Bastin Prize.The Bastin Prize has been awarded to Dr. Cornelia.M. Clapp. The subject of the paper presented is " TheLateral Line of Batrachus tauPLawn Reception.To afford instructors and students an opportunityfor mutual acquaintance, a lawn reception in th&Women's Quadrangles, to which all members of theUniversity are cordially invited, will be given byBeecher, Kelly and Foster halls, on Tuesday, July 21,.from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Miss Bulkley, Beecher.Miss Wallace, Kelly.Miss Pratt, Foster.Nature and the Supernatural, July 23*Revelation, " 24Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 3:00 p.m.III. POLITICAL SCIENCE.The public lectures of Head Professor H. P. Judson are given on successive Fridays as follows :Foreign Policy of the United States, July 17..The Mississippi Valley, " 24~Lecture Room, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 5:00 p.m.INSTRUCTION.Departmental Announcements.262 UNIVERSITY RECORDVI, SOCIOLOGY.The Sociology Club meets in Faculty Room, Has-Mil Oriental Museum, Tuesday, July 21, at 8:00 p.m.Head Professor A. W. Small will address the club.Subject: "The Demands of Sociology upon Pedagogy."All are cordially invited.Associate Professor C. R. Henderson deliverspublic lectures weekly on the following topics :The Historic Growth of Social Ideals. Theoryof Social Good, July 23.Institutions as Means of Realizing and Modifying Ideals, " 30.Movement of Democracy in this Century.Process of Socializing Welfare, August 6.Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, at 5: 00 p.m.VIII. SEMITIC.The Semitic Club meets at the residence of President Harper, Tuesday, July 21, at 8:00 p.m.Rev. Thomas F. Day, Professor of Hebrew in theSan Francisco Theological Seminary, on " The Ethicsof the Book of Job."Dr. James H. Breasted delivers weekly lectures on" History and Civilization of Egypt," Fridays, at 8:00p.m., Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum.'These are the topics and dates :The Old Empire, ; July 17.The Middle Empire, " 24.The New Empire, " 31.Egyptian Art, August 7.Egyptian Literature, " 14.The lectures are illustrated with the stereopticon.XI. GREEK.Associate Professor Capps will meet the studentswho desire to join the voluntary class for rapid reading, Friday, July 17, at 5:00 p.m., in B 2, Cobb LectureHall. Subject for the summer, Euripides. Troades,vs. 1-400 will be read from the Teubner text by Professor Capps.XIII. ROMANCE.The Romance Club meets Tuesday, July 21, at 8:00p.m., at the residence of Assistant Professor Bruner.Mr. Neff, on "Satire on Women in Old FrenchLyric Poetry."Assistant Professor Geo. C. Howland deliversthe following public lectures on " Italian Literature "on successive Tuesdays, at 5:00 p.m., in Lecture Room,Vobb Lecture Hall. The Earliest Italian Literature, July 21Petrarch, " 28.Machiavelli, August 4.Tasso, " 5.The Court of Urbino, " 18.Public Lectures in French on "Litterature franchise," by Dr. Rene de Poyen-Bellisle, on successiveThursdays at 5: 00 p.m., in Lecture Room, Cobb LectureHall. These are the subjects and dates :Le Grand Siecle, July 23.Le Roman Contemporain, " 30.Le Theatre Contemporain, August 6.La poesie d'aujourd'hui, " 13.XIV. GERMAN.Public lectures are delivered by instructors of theGermanic Department during the Summer Quarter on Mondays, at 4:00 p.m., Lecture Room, CobbLecture Hall, as follows :Professor Karsten.Two lectures upon the general subject, "Schrift-sprache und Volksmundarten.',1. Entwicklung und relative Eigenschaf ten, July 20.2. Gegenseitige Einwirkung, " 27.Associate Professor Cutting.1. Lessing im Verhaltnis zur Geistesent-wicklung Deutschlands, August 3.2. Stellung und Ideale des schwabischenDichterkreises, August 10.Dr. Dahl.1. Ibsen's Social Dramas, I,2. Ibsen's Social Dramas, II, 17.24.XV. ENGLISH.The English Club meets Tuesday, July 21, at 8:00p.m., in D 8, Cobb Lecture Hall.Professor Ewald Flugel on " Chauceriana Minora."Assistant Professor A. H. Tolman will give apublic lecture on "A View of the Views about Hamlet "on Friday, July 31, at 5:00 p.m., Chapel, Cobb LectureHall.XVI. BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH.Professor Rush Rhees will deliver the second leeture in his public lecture course on "The Psalms of thePharisees" on Tuesday, July 21, at 5:00 p.m., Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum.UNIVERSITY RECORD 2G3The Rev. Professor J. Agar Beet, of Wesley an'College, Richmond, England, will deliver a series offour public lectures on July 20-23, at 4:00 p.m., inAssembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum.The general subject of the four lectures is: "Readings in Genesis and Romans."These are subjects and dates:The Creation of the World. July 20.The Covenant with Abraham. " 21.The Son of David and of God. " 22.The Gospel of Paul. " 23.XVII. MATHEMATICS.The Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson PhysicalJLaboratory, Room 35, Friday, July 24, at 7:00 p.m.Following the social, at 7:45 p.m., the paper : " Concerning Isogonal Transformations of Space and Pen-i;aspherical Coordinates," will be read by AssociateProfessor Maschke.XVIII. ASTRONOMY.Professor E. E. Barnard delivers public lectureson "Recent Progress in Astronomy" on the followingdates :The Husical Lectures and Recitals.Musical Lectures and Recitals are given in KentTheater, Wednesday afternoons at 5:00 o'clock,throughout the year.A Pianoforte Recital will be given Wednesday afternoon, July 22, by Mr. Otto Pfefferkorn. The followingis the programme :Sonata, op. 27, No. 2, Beethoven.Feuer Zauber from " Die Walkure," Wagner-Brassin.Spring Song, Mendelssohn.Witches' Dance, ' MacDowell.^Alburn Leaf, PfefferJcorn. The Moon and the Planets, July 30.Stars and Nebulae, August 6.Comets and Meteors, " 13.The lectures will be given in Kent Theater at 8 p.m.,and are illustrated with the stereopticon.XX. GEOLOGY.A public lecture will be delivered by ProfessorRollin D. Salisbury, Thursday, July 23, at 8:00 p.m.• Assembly Room, Haskell Museum, on : "Movementsof the Earth's surface parts."XXII. ZOOLOGY.Assistant Professor Edwin O. Jordan deliverstwo public lectures on "The Germ Theory of Diseaseand its Recent Developments " in Kent Theater, Friday, July 31, and Friday, August 7, at 5 : 00 p.m.DISCIPLES' DIVINITY HOUSE.Dr. Edward S. Ames, of the Disciples' DivinityHouse, delivers six public lectures on "The Place ofAlexander Campbell in Modern Theological Thought,"on Fridays, Room 36, Haskell Oriental Museum, 4:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.A Recital was given Wednesday afternoon, July 15,by Mr. Paul Listemann, Violinist, Mr. Franz Liste-mann, Violoncellist, and Mr. Kurt Listemann, Pianist.The following was the programme :Trio for Violin, Piano and Violoncello in F, Gade.(One movement.)a) Adagio from Concerto in B-minor, Dvorak.b) Am Springbrunnen, Davidoff.Franz Listemann.Isolde's Death-song, Wagner-Liszt.Kurt Listemann.Scenes de la Scardas, Hubay.Paul Listemann.Duet for Violin and Violoncello, Russian Hymn,Listemann.Paul and Franz Listemann.MUSIC.Voluntary Courses in Music.Wardner Williams, 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. Une f@te h Versailles (17th Century) Emil Tavan.( a) March funebre, ^r n.mU) Valsein^a*, Chopm.L'Abeille ("The Bee") SieveTcing.Polonaise in E-major, Liszt.264 UNIVERSITY RECORDRELIGIOUS.The University Chaplain.The University Chaplain, Associate ProfessorC. R. Henderson can be found, during his office hours,from 1:00 to 1:25 p.m. in C 2, Cobb Lecture Hall,Tuesday, Thursday,.and Friday.The chaplain for the week: Monday, July 20, toFriday, July 24, will be Head Professor HarryPratt Judson. Chapel Service at 1:40 p.m.Vesper Service, Sunday, July 19, will be conductedby the Rev, Professor Joseph Agar Beet, D.D.,Wesleyan College, Richmond, England. Kent Theater^at 4:00 p.m.Church Services.Hyde Park Baptist Church (Corner Woodlawn avenue and56th street) — Rev. N. S. Burton, Acting Pastor. Preachingservices at 11 : CO a.m. and 7 : 45 p.m. Bible School and Younglien's Bible Class, at 9 : 30 a.m. Young People's Society ofChristian Endeavor Monday Evening, at 7:45. Week-dayPrayer Meeting Wednesday evening at 8 : 00.Hyde Park M. E. Church (corner Washington avenue and 54thstreet) — Rev. Mb. Leonard, Pastor, will conduct services Sunday, at 10:45 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., PastorPreaching Services at 11 : 00 a.m. No evening services during the summer. Sabbath School and Bible Classes at 9 : 45 a.m. ; JuniorYoung People's Society of Christian Endeavor at 3:30 p.m.;Senior Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at 6 : 45 p.m. ;Wednesday Devotional Hour, at 8 : 00 p.m.Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (corner Washington avenueand 53d street)— Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Pastor. PublicChurch Services at 10 : 45 a.m., and 7 : 30 p.m. ; Sunday School at12 : 00 m. ; Junior Endeavor Society at 3 : 00 p.m. ; Young People' &Society of Christian Endeavor at 6 : 45 p.m. ; Mid-week PrayerMeeting, Wednesday, at 7 : 45 p.m.WoodlawnPark Baptist Church (corner of Lexington avenue^and 62d street)— W. R. Wood, Pastor. Bible School at 9 : 30 a.m. ;Worship and Sermon at 11 a.m.; Young People's DevotionalMeeting at6:45p.M; Gospel Service with Sermon at 7 :30 p.m. ...General Devotional Meeting, Wednesday evening, at 7 : 45. Allseats are free.Hyde Park Church of Christ (Masonic Hall, 57th street, east,of Washington avenue)— Services : Sunday at 11:00 a.m.; SundaySchool 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 of"each month. Morning Prayer with Sermon, 11 : 00 a.m. ChoralEvening Prayer, 7 : 30 p.m. Men's Bible Class at the close of the-eleven o'clock service. Sunday School, 3 : 00 p.m.Unitarian Services (Masonic Hall, 276, 57th street)— Rev. W..W. Fenn, of the first Unitarian Church, will discontinue services until further announcement in the autumn.LIBRARIES, LABORATORIES, AND MUSEUMS.During the week ending July 14, 1896, there hasbeen added to the Library of The University a totalnumber of 262 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 247 vols.Distributed as follows :General Library, 3 vols.; Philosophy, 15 vols.; Pedagogy, 20 vols.; Political Economy, 6 vols.; History,9 vols.; Sociology (Folk Psychology), 23 vols.;Sociology (Divinity School), 2 vols.; Anthropology,1 vol.; Comparative Religion, 3 vols.; Semitic, 3vols.; New Testament 1 vol.; Comparative Philology, 6 vols.; Greek, 10 vols.; Latin, 10 vols.; Romance, 28 vols.; German, 5 vols.; English, 31vols.; Physics, 10 vols.; Geology, 1 vol.; Physiology?,14 vols.; Botanyj 2 vols.; Elocution, 5 vols.; Homi-letics, 2 vols ; Morgan Park Academy, 37 vols.Books added by gift, 12 vols. :Distributed as follows :General Library, 6 vols.; Political Economy, 1 vol.Semitic, 1 vol.; Homiletics, 3 vols.; Music, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University Publications^3 vols.Distributed as follows :Semitic, 1 vol.; Botany, 2 vols.UNIVERSITY RECORD 265®f)e Sttibetsitg Settlement.Saturday, July 25, will be the University SettlementDay. A public meeting will be held at which MissMcDowell, the Head Resident of the Settlement,Head Professor Albion W. Small, and Dr. MyraReynolds of The University will speak of the workand the prospects of the Settlement. Several speakers not connected with The Universitywill also be present.Further announcements concerning place, hour andsubjects, will be made in the issue of the UniversityRecord for July 24.Cije Alumni.The Alumni Dinner.The Alumni of The University of Chicago make upthree bodies: (1) The Graduate Alumni, (2) The Divinity Alumni, (3) The Collegiate Alumni. Thesethree bodies unite in an annual dinner during the July•convocation. The dinner the present year was heldJune 30, at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall.About one hundred and fifty members and guests werepresent. After the dinner, the president of The University, as chairman, called upon Alumni and representatives of various University interests to respondto toasts.The remarks of the President in opening the speaking were as follows :I should like to say, before introducing the first speaker,that a very important action of the Board of Trustees has beentaken within two days; an action, which, in the opinion ofthose who have examined into it closely, will be of great interestto the Alumni. This action is to be announced this evening,and we hope that none will leave before the announcement<comes.*We are interested in the old and the new. The older the oldis, the greater is our interest. We who have taken part in thebeginnings of an institution of learning appreciate the fact that~we are only beginning, and we look not infrequently with greatinterest, and sometimes with much longing, toward those olderinstitutions of our country in which the traditions have been¦established, in which the problems, so far as the world can see,have been settled. Every American, every college man mustxevere the earliest institution of them all, and there is a warmfeeling in the heart of every one of us for that oldest of institutions, Harvard. We have tonight a representative of this institution, one who has been selected to serve as a preacher at Harvard during the coming year, the Rev. W. W. Fenn, who willaddress us.The Rev, W. W. Fenn sj)oke substantially as follows :We of the older institutions have watched with much interestand sympathy the progress of this University, the one which, inits present form at least, is the youngest. As you are probablyaware, there are special reasons why the new university shouldbe in alliance with the old. Although Harvard was founded topropagate the strictest sect of denominationalism, even thesecond President, Dunster, the successor of the rigid President Eaton whom most Harvard men wish to ignore entirely, ledthe first opposition against those who would wish to confine thecollege within narrow lines. He was removed because of Baptistleanings. The two colleges have, therefore, as the chairmanasserts, some sort of an alliance. Even in its early days Harvardwas, if I may say so, tinged with divers heresies.In speaking of Harvard, I have already referred to the past,for whenever anyone speaks of Harvard, his thought runs backward just as when one speaks of The University of Chicago histhought runs forward. Every late-comer into the ranks is ableto claim the future as his. Two hundred and fifty years arescarcely a hair's breadth in the hands of the centuries since thefirst man stood with his face upturned asking the secret of hiamysterious being and of the world in which he found himselfplaced. As The University of Chicago has the future before it,Harvard has behind it the past. Harvard has won her spurs,but spurs are an encumbrance unless one wants to get alongfarther and faster. Harvard looks confidently into the future.The past and the future belong to each university alike;nevertheless the emphasis rests in our thought, in thecase of Harvard, upon the past, and in the case of TheUniversity of Chicago^ upon the future. It is a great thing fora young man to have the consecrating hand of the past uponhim to awaken reverence and a sense of moral obligation.Many a young man, standing in Memorial Hall, gazing uponthose walls bearing records of the past, has been unconsciouslychanged from glory unto glory even as by the spirit of the Lord.Precious, very precious are these educative memories. One isalmost inclined to say sometimes that the best one gathers atHarvard are these memories that center around the past.You may have heard last summer that during the meeting ofthe Christian Endeavor at Boston one of the visitors asked abookseller for pictures of some of the old Bostonians, and thebookseller said, " We have none, for you know that all the realBostonians are dead*" When two hundred and fifty years agothe spirit of the humanist awoke within the colonists of Massachusetts and out of their penury they voted five hundred poundsto found a university at Newtown, they could not foresee whatHarvard was to be. Indeed, if they had seen, it is possible thatthey would have strangled the infant in its cradle ...The University of Chicago, Harvard, and all the universitiesof America, bearers of the Eternal Spirit, in readiness to servetruth and to extend everywhere the love of truth and the fear ofGod, these universities, living and working together, are andmust be in hearty fellowship, and, cast in some diviner mold,may the new college shame the old.• * This announcement related to the organization of The University Congregation, the statute upon which point was printed inthe University Record, Vol. I, No. 14..266 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe Alumni of the Old University of Chicago wererepresented by Mr. H. A. Gardner, Jr., who thusspoke :We are the old guard referred to in the programme. I wouldsay, however, that there are two mistakes in the quotationwhich follows,—"The guard dies, but it never surrenders."I would say that "The guard does not die; it may surrender"to Dr. Harper. In speaking to you tonight I shall have toexplain how the man who now addresses you was selected by thealumni. When the time came to select a speaker by the AlumniAssociation, there being none around except the Secretary andmyself, the Secretary and myself selected myself.I am very glad to bring the greetings of the old guard to thecollegiate alumni of The University. In looking over the students who gathered together within the walls of The Universityin 1862, when I first became acquainted with it, I do not hesitateto say that a more earnest or more honest lot of students nevercame together. The graduates The University turned out fromyear to year were very like those of this time. They were TheUniversity's contribution to the manhood of the world. Youwill find them scattered all over this country occupying high stations in society, and you will find them influencing that societyfor good everywhere. They have gathered here tonight, notonly with pleasant anticipation of meeting their classmates andfriends, not only to renew the old association and enjoy the oldmemories, but they have come most of all to demonstrate thatThe University of Chicago has alumni, loyal sons and daughters,alumni deeply interested in everything that pertains to thepresent or the future welfare of The University. They werewith her in her very beginning ; they were with her when warthreatened to destroy the Union ; they have seen her send herbrave boys forth to fight for their country, and they have seenher in her sorrow when some of those brave youths gave up theirlives that their country might live ; they have seen her in herhappiness when she welcomed the survivors home ; they werewith The University in her darkest days, and they saw heralmost die. I say almost die, because they do not admit thatthere is any New University of Chicago. There have come toher in these later days loyal Mends who have raised her fromher lowly position and placed her in the front rank of universities. But the old alumni cannot give up their place by heraide. They believe that the first foundations of this Universitywere then laid— of this University now in the course of formation—and as they supported her then and as they are proud ofher now, so they pledge themselves tonight to help The University in the great mission which she has undertaken. They areready to work for her, and, if necessary, to fight for her. TheUniversity has opened wide her gates and doors and has extended a grand invitation to her sons and daughters to come andshare in the honors which have come to her, and they pledgethemselves to let no opportunity escape of proving themselvesworthy to share in the future honors that will come to her.Other remarks were made by Rev. W. H. P. Faunce,D.D., responding for Brown University, Professor PaulShorey representing the Faculty, Rev. Dr. Hobbs, thepresident of the Divinity Alumni, and Dr. MyraReynolds, the secretary of the Graduate Alumni. Mr.W. C. Mitchell spoke for the class of 1896, just graduating, as follows :The present is ah occasion of much significance to the classof '96. Up to this time we have been devoting ourselves to obtaining that education which is necessary ,to living well,.rather than to living itself. Tomorrow the elaborate ceremonialof the Quinquennial Convocation will mark the close of thi&time of preparation. But tonight we are entering upon the newbefore taking final leave of the old. By including us among-their number, the alumni are the first to recognize us as havingstarted upon the pathway of what is called "real life." Thecommencement is auspicious. The first of the new duties whichconfronts us is to partake of the alumni dinner. The second.will be to pay for the same in dollars and dyspepsia.But despite this prospect we are glad to come here. We havea great desire to see our predecessors. For, you must know, the-alumnus of many years standing is the key to the problem whichmost troubles the mind of the new-made graduate. Let meexplain. We are leaving a life with which we are familiar toenter upon one which is strange and new. Upon the thresholdwe cannot but pause to consider its character and our chancesof success. Our experience has given us grounds both for hoping and for fearing.Our hopes are founded mainly upon our character ; or, to bemore explicit, upon our estimates of our characters. You knowthat the class of '96 is a most notable class, and if you don'tknow it, we do, which answers quite as well. We have been toldof our remarkable qualities many times by our own speakers.and I may say that we have come to appreciate them very fully.But just being a Senior is enough of itself to make theordinary mortal self-complacent. You have all been there ; youhave walked with that haughty stride ; you have affected thatair of omniscience ; you have dreamed those glorious dreams ofthe future. What a delightful feeling it is ! I doubt if you everexperience anything nowadays that can recall it.Our class, moreover, has been especially honored. The President has given us a (compulsory) course in the anatomy of ouralma mater— explaining how she was fearfully and wonderfullymade in the uttermost parts of the earth, how she was puttogether, and what wires to pull to make her go.The Faculties, too, have been benevolent towards us. Theygranted us remission from the last quarterly examinations. Ohblessed boon ! You can hardly realize what calm tranquillityand blessed peacefulness of mind it sheds over the last threemonths of school.Now, it must be admitted that all these immunities andprivileges are almost sufficient to turn the head of the SeniorFirst. In consequence of them, we have come to the conclusionthat we are rather remarkable specimens of humanity and Idare say that you agree with us.But there have been other things that have tended to impairthis serene self-confidence. Our fathers and mothers and aunts-and uncles and elderly friends in general have not been slow toassure us that the world is a cold, hard place, and life a continual struggle. It is not very pleasant when you are starting inlife's road-race, and are confident in winning the time prize, to<have your experienced friends assure you that you have muchbetter chances of being brought back in the ambulance. Yetthat is just what they are telling us.I should pause here for a moment to lay a tribute of thanks atthe feet of the man who had the best opportunity of telling usthis doleful tale, and who yet refrained. You know that theplace where the struggle of life is presented to a graduatingclass in the darkest colors is the baccalaureate sermon. We allknow by heart that familiar passage on the woes of life, commencing, " My young friends, this day you stand at a milestonein your careers," etc., a passage that has done duty substantially unchanged in every baccalaureate sermon since Adamcomposed it and delivered it upon the devoted head of Cain.Who can wonder that, after that ordeal, Cain did not turn outUNIVERSITY RECORD 26Twell? But our baccalaureate address was delivered by the oneman who, we thought, could say something new upon such anoccasion. And it was the most novel address of its kind thathas ever been delivered since Adam made the first original,because the peroration had nothing to say about milestones inour careers or tombstones at the end of them. However, thisomission was the only new feature, for before he ended thespeaker told us that what he had said was as old as Amos. Wewere somewhat comforted, however, by finding that it was alsoconsiderably shorter than Amos; and, for that also, we thankhim.I suppose that the reason why the response from the infantsof your organization was placed last upon the list was that ourtoastmaster realized that it is the prerogative of the infant tomake the small hours of the night hideous. Although theinfants of the past have left us an unbroken tradition in favorof continuing our lamentations indefinitely when we have onceThe Graduate Alumni of The University of Chicago met at 2 : 00 p.m., July 1, for their annual businessmeeting, Dr. Edmund Buckley, '94, presiding.The president and secretary for the year 1896-7 wereappointed to draw up a constitution and submit it atthe next annual meeting.A committee consisting of Dr. Triggs, Dr. Soares,Dr. Willett, Mr. Squires, and Miss Pratt were named,to meet with other University committees for the election of members to The University congregation.The following officers were elected for the year1896-7:President — O. L. Triggs.Secretary — V. P. Squires.Treasurer— A. E. Pratt.Alice E. Pratt,Secretary pro tern.The Divinity Alumni of The University of Chicagomet in Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum,July 1, at 2:00 p.m., with President C. A. Hobbs,of Delevan, Wis., in the chair. Rev. J. B. Thomas, ofChicago, led in prayer. Drs. G. W. Northrup and E.C. Mitchell expressed their pleasure at being presentand pronounced their benedictions on about fortyalumni who were present. The minutes of last October meeting were read and approved. On requestfrom the president of The University a committee,consisting of J. Q. A. Henry, chairman, J. B. Thomas,Ira M. Price, Bunyan Spencer and W. B. Matteson,was appointed to consider and devise a method ofelecting five alumni to be members of the newlyauthorized congregation of The University. Messrs.F. L. Anderson, Ira M. Price and W. A. Waldo wereappointed a committee to consider the propriety of begun, I think that you will excuse us if we are the first to disregard the precedent by stopping.But before I sit down, allow me to say one word in soberearnest — if anything but nonsense can emanate from one who isstill an undergraduate; We shall tomorrow take our degreesfrom the hands of the President with one sentiment deeply implanted in our hearts — love for our alma mater. We love Chicago, not only for the associations that must always linger herefor us as individuals and as a class, but also for the ideals thathere find a beautiful embodiment. Before we leave we wish to-express to the alumni, whose ranks we join, our determinationto follow the example they have set of loyalty to Chicago. Ourclass has chosen no motto, but we have a sentiment that mightwell serve as such. We shall go forth keeping in mind themotto, "Once a member of The University of Chicago, alwaysa member."changing the time of the annual meeting of the-Divinity Alumni from October to July.Adjournment. Ira M. Price,Secretary.The Collegiate Alumni of The University of Chicago met in Kent Theater, July 1. The meetingwas called to order at 2:30 p.m. by the President,.Henry A. Gardner, '68. As time was limited theAssociation proceeded at once to business. On motionthe President appointed E. R. Rundell, '86, GraceReed, '84, and J. E. Raycrof t, '96, a committee to nominate officers for the coming year. After consultationthe committee reported the following as officers :President — C. R. Henderson, '70.First Vice-President — Lucy Waite, '80.Second Vice-President — Paul Carpenter, '95.Secretary— Lincoln M. Coy, '86.Treasurer — D. J. Lingle, '85.On motion the Secretary was instructed to cast a1 ballot of the meeting for the persons named, and the-said persons were declared elected for the term of. one; year.On motion Edgar L. Jayne, '73, Lydia A. Dexter, '84,Dr. J. E. Rhodes, '76, and the incoming President andJ Secretary were appointed a committee to consider the-scheme for a University Congregation and to suggestto the Association a method of electing representativesJ in such congregation from the Collegiate Alumni' Association.' On motion the President of the Association was' made chairman of this committee. No appointmentwas made of a representative upon the general com-7 mittee of the Associated Alumni Association.On motion the meeting adjourned.J E. A. Buzzell,t Secretary*The Alumni Business Meetings.;268 UNIVERSITY RECORDCf)e atalentrar*July 19=24, 1896.-Sunday, July 19.Vesper Service. The Rev. Professor J. AgarBeet, D.D., 4: 00 p.m. (see p. 264)..Monday, July 20.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m. (see p. 264).Public Lectures :Professor J. Agar Beet, on " The Creation ofthe World," 4:00 p.m. (see p. 263).Professor Karsten, on " Schrif tsprache undVolksmundarten," 4:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Tuesday, July 21.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.Public Lectures :Professor Geo. T. Ladd, on "Philosophy ofReligion," 3: 00 p.m. (see p. 261).Professor J. Agar Beet, on "The Covenant'With Abraham," 4:00 p.m. (see p. 263).Professor Rush Rhees, oh "Psalms of thePharisees," 5:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Assistant Professor Geo. C. Howland, on" Italian Literature," 5:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Divinity Faculty meets, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 261).Lawn Reception, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. (see p. 261).Divinity School Prayer Meeting, Lecture Boom,Cobb Lecture Hall, 6 :45 p.m.Sociology Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Semitic Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Romance Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 262).English Club, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Wednesday, July 22.General University Meeting, Chapel, Cobb LectureHall, 1:30 p.m. (see p. 261).Public Lectures :Professor Geo. T. Ladd, on "Philosophy ofReligion," 3:00 p.m. (see p. 261).Professor J. Agar Beet, on "The Son ofDavid and of God," 4: 00 p.m. (see p. 263). Senior College Faculty, 5:00 p.m. (see p. 261.)Junior College Faculty, 5:30 p.m. (see p. 261.)Pianoforte Recital, Kent Theater, 5:00 p.m. (see p.263.)Thursday, July 23.Chapel. — 1 : 40 p.m.The Young Women's Christian Association,Assembly Boom, Haskell Museum, 1: 30 p.m.Public Lectures :Professor George T. Ladd, on " Philosophy ofReligion," 3:00 p.m. (see p. 261).Professor J. Agar Beet, on " The Gospel ofPaul," 4: 00 p.m. (see p. 263).Dr. Rene de Poyen-Bellisle, on " Litteraturefrangaise," 5:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Associate Professor C. R. Henderson, on"Historic Growth of Social Ideals," 5:00 p.m.(seep. 262).Professor Rollin D. Salisbury, "Movementsof the Earth's Surface Parts," 8:00 p.m. (see p.263).Friday, July 24.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.Public Lectures :Professor George T. Ladd, on " Philosophy ofReligion," 3: 00 p.m. (see p. 261).Head Professor Judson, on " The MississippiValley," 5:00 p.m. (see p. 261).Dr. James H. Breasted, on "History and Civilization of Egypt," 8:00 p.m. (see p. 262).Mathematical Club, 7:00 p.m. (see p. 263).The Young Men's Christian Association, 6: 45 p.m.Graduate Section, Assembly Room, HaskellMuseum.College Section, Snell Hall.Material for the UjNTVEKSXTY EECOBD must be sent to the Kecorder by WEDNESDAY, 12:00M.,in order to be published in the issue of the same week.