Price $1*50 Per Year Single Copies 5 CentsUniversity RecordCHICAGOXLbc XXnlveiBity of Gbtcago ©teasVOL I., NO. 22. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3 P.M. AUGUST 28, 1896.I. Educational CONTENTS*329-330" The University of Vienna and ExtensionTeaching," by Walter A. Payne.II. Official Actions, Notices, and Reports - 331III. The University - - - - - 332-334Instruction; Religious;Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums. IV.V.VI. Literary :"Contributions to the Physiology of theNervous System of Annelids," bySamuel Steen Maxwell."The ImpersonalJudgment : Its Natureand Significance," by Simon FraserMcLennan.The University Extension DivisionCurrent Events - - -The Calendar - 334335336Entered in the postoffice Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.IBirucatfonaLThe University of Vienna and Extension Teaching,Walter A. Payne.Since the attitude of The University of Chicagotoward the extension of university teaching has beenfrom the time of its founding different from that ofany other great educational institution, the outcomeof the work of its Extension Division has beenanxiously awaited by all those interested in populareducation. Since that period, a similar work hasbeen begun by another of the great universities, and abrief report of the work of this institution will nodoubt be of special interest to the members andfriends of The University of Chicago.December 16, 1893, fifty-three of the professors, do-cents, and instructors, including thirty-seven regularprofessors, of the University of Vienna, sent a memorial to the University Senate calling for the appointment of a committee to elaborate a plan for extending the means of higher education to the massesby using, primarily, as a teaching force docents andassistants. They likewise appealed to the Minister ofEducation for an appropriation of fl. 6,000 for carrying out the plan. To demonstrate the practicability ofthe movement which they had in mind, they pointedto the work of the Society for the Education of thePeople (Volksbildungsverein), the Society for the Education of the Laboring Classes ( Arbeit erbildungsver-ein), and to the success of the university extension movement in England. The committee was accordinglyappointed, the appropriation by the Minister of Education made, and the work began in the autumn of 1895.The management of this movement in Vienna wasentrusted to a committee of eleven, the president,vice-president, and four additional members of whichwere to be chosen from the University Senate; theother five from the four faculties, one from each,except the philosophical faculty, from which twoshould be chosen. A special secretary was appointedto whom the immediate supervision of the work wascommitted.Although the statute drawn up by the committeeprovided that " lectures might be held singly or in330 UNIVERSITY RECORDseries, it was decided to arrange them in courses ofsix each, and to give single lectures only when it wasthought advisable for a university professor thus tointroduce a course to be offered by one of the university instructors of lower rank. The lecture courseswere arranged in three series, the first beginning inNovember, the second in January, and the third thelatter part of February. During the year fifty-eightcourses were given : twenty-four in the first series,twenty-four in the second, and ten in the third — thesmall number in the third series being due to the lackof necessary funds. Of the fifty-eight courses, thirty-two come under the head of Natural Science andMedicine ; thirteen under the head of History ; eight,Literature and Art ; five, Political Science. Two ofthe courses were delivered by professors, five byassociate professors, and the remainder by docents,associates, and assistants. The fee to the lecturerwas fl. 90 ($36) per course. Course tickets weresold for a Krone (twenty-five cents). This exceedingly low entrance fee was fixed in order to encouragethe people to attend. It is said that some boughtcourse tickets and came at first through curiosity only,but becoming interested, remained throughout theentire course. Sometimes the meetings were held inhalls of labor organizations, and a number of ticketsgiven free to. the organization. It is likewise observedthat in the older and less fashionable portions of thecity the attendance was better than in the more desirable residence districts. The total attendance forthe year aggregated 6172. In some particular instances the audiences were composed quite largely oflaboring people.The receipts from which the expenses of the courseswere met are given as follows :Appropriation by Minister of Education for 1895, fl. 6,000Appropriation by Minister of Education for 1896(part of year) " 1,500Gifts from private persons " 1,600Gifts from two professors (fee for two courses) " 180Receipts from sale of tickets - - " 2,981Receipts from syllabi - - - - "120Total .... fl. 12,381 The above condensed account of the work in Viennais taken from the " Bericht uber die vollcsthumlichenUniversitdtsvortrdge im Studienjahre, 1895-6, WienPThe points to which special attention is called are:First. — The exceedingly large number of sciencecourses. In the history of the extension work of TheUniversity of Chicago it has so far been found thatthere is very little demand for lecture courses onscience, some seasons not more than two per cent, ofthe entire number being science courses.Second. — All of the work so far done by the University of Vienna has been within the city of Vienna.Third. — The courses are all under the direct management of the committee of university officers, noprovision being made for "The Local Committee,"such as we have in the Extension work in Englandand America. In this there are undoubtedly advantages as well as some disadvantages. The primarydisadvantage would appear in cases where the coursesmust be largely self-supporting. Unless the university has a special endowment or a fund for that particular purpose, some local committee providing aguarantee fund appears to be a necessity.Fourth. — Of the entire fund necessary for carryingon the work throughout the season, a little less thanone-fourth was derived from the sale of tickets ofadmission, while the movement in England andAmerica has of necessity so far been largely supportedfrom this source. When the expense of extensioncourses must be largely met by the sale of tickets,they must be offered where there is a demand for suchwork, or where such demand can be aroused withoutgreat difficulty. This cuts off the advantages affordedby this system of education from a large per cent; ofthe classes who should be reached. In order thatextension courses may be offered where there is thegreatest need for them, those who have them in chargemust not feel that they are dependent upon the numbers who attend for the success of the course.The high order of the work indicated in the reportfrom the University of Vienna adds one more to thearguments for a special endowment for universityextension teaching.UNIVERSITY RECORD 331©flftctal (gLttim\8f Notices, ant? Mepatts,OFFICIAL NOTICES.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, September 2, at 1:30 p.m., in Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall.Address by Associate Professor Shailer Mathews.Office Hours of the Deans.SUMMER quarter.For Graduate Students in the School of Arts andLiterature: Dean Judson, Cobb Hall, Boom 9 A.11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday-Friday.For Graduate Students in the Ogden (Graduate)School of Science : Dean Jordan, Kent PhysicalLaboratory. 10:30 a.m., Monday-Friday.For men in the Senior Colleges and UnclassifiedStudents: Dean Terry, Cobb Hall, Room 4 A. 8:30to 9:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday.For men in the Junior Colleges : Dean Capps,Cobb 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. 5:00to 6:00 p.m., Monday and Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m., Tuesday and Friday.For all Divinity Students : Dean Hulbert, Haskell Oriental Museum. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday.Final Examinationfor the Degree of Ph.D.Samuel Ellis Swartz, Wednesday, September 9, at2:30 p.m., Room 20, Kent Chemical Laboratory.Principal Subject — "Chemistry."Secondary Subject — "Physics."Thesis — "The Action of Iodium Ethylate on theImide-bromides."Committee — Head Professors Nef and Michelson,and Assistant Professor Jordan. Theodore Lee Neff, Wednesday, September 9, at3:00 p.m., Room B 13, Cobb Lecture Hall.Principal Subject — "French."Secondary Subject—" Italian."Thesis—" Satire on Women in Old French LyricPoetry."Committee — Assistant Professors Brunei- and vonKlenze.The Examination of Mary Bowen, partly done onJune 15 (see University Record, Vol. I, No. 9, p. 169)will be completed September 2, at 4:00 p.m., Room D 4,Cobb Lecture Hall.Committee — Associate Professor McClintock, Assistant Professor Bruner, and Professor Terry.For the Degree of A.M.Charles Osborn Parish, Friday, August 28, at3:00 p.m., Room C 1, Cobb Lecture Hall.Principal Subject— "Political Science."Secondary Subject — "Political Economy."Thesis — " The Government of Iowa."Committee — Head Professor Judson, Professor Tar-bell, and Mr. Hill.For the Degree of Ph.n.Robert Edward Moritz, Wednesday, September 9,2:00-4:00 p.m., Room 36, Ryerson Physical Laboratory.Principal Subject—" Mathematics."Thesis — "On certain Quartic Surfaces."Committee — Professor Bolza, and Associate Professors Maschke and Stratton.Lisi Cecilia Cipriani, Tuesday, September 8, at3:00 p.m., Room B 13, Cobb Lecture Hall.Principal Subject — " French."Secondary Subject — "German."Thesis — " Study of Guido Bourgoyne."Committee — Assistant Professor Bruner, and Associate Professors Cutting and Blackburn.332 UNIVERSITY RECORDINSTRUCTION.Departmental Announcements.IA. PHILOSOPHY.President William DeWitt Hyde, of BowdoinCollege, delivers the second half of his course of lectures on "World-building," from September 1-4, inChapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 4:00 p.m.These are the remaining topics and dates :The World of Persons : Appreciation,Sympathy, Love, Hate, Life, Sept. 1.The World of Institutions: Family,State, Fidelity, Loyalty, "2.The World of Morality: Appetite, Passion, Duty, Conscience, Virtue andVice, " 3.The World of Religion : Faith and Superstition, Worship and Service, God, " 4.IB. PEDAGOGY.The Pedagogical Club meets weekly, on Fridays,in Lecture Room, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 8:00 p.m.Ill & IV. POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY.The Cluh of Political Science and History will meetWednesday, September 2, at 8:00 p.m., in the FacultyRoom, Haskell Oriental Museum.Miss Emily Fogg : " Civil Service Reform in Chicago."VIII. SEMITIC.Associate Professor Price will deliver weeklylectures on "The Assyrian and Babylonian Monuments and their Importance for the Old Testament,"Fridays, at 8: 00 p.m., Assembly Room, Haskell OrientalMuseum.The subjects and dates are as follows :Discovery and Decipherment of CuneiformInscriptions, August 28.The Early Empire and Traditions, Sept. 4.Cuneiform Contact with the West downto 800 B.C., " 11. Last Century and a half of Assyria, Sept. 18.The New Babylonian Empire, " 25.The lectures are illustrated with the stereopticon.XI. GREEK.Head Professor Shorey delivers today, August 28,his last public lecture at 5:00 p.m., in the Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall. The subject is " Pagan Preachingin the Second Century after Christ."XVI. BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH.Associate Professor Mathews will deliver lectures on "The Social Teaching of Jesus," in theAssembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, on Tuesdays, at 5:00 p.m.The topics and dates are as follows :The Familyand the State, Sept. 1.Wealth and Culture, " 8.The Forces and the Process of Social Regeneration, " 15.The Practicability of the Social Teachingsof Jesus, " 22.XVII. MATHEMATICS.The Mathematical Club meets in Ryer son PhysicalLaboratory, Room 35, Friday, August 28, at 7: 45 p.m.Head Professor Moore: "The Cross-Ratio Cremona Transformation- Group of Order n! in FlatSpace of n— 3 Dimensions."DISCIPLES' DIVINITY HOUSE.Dr. Herbert L. Willett, Dean of the Disciples'Divinity House, delivers public lectures on "TheHistory and Purposes of the Disciples of Christ,"on Fridays, Room 36, Haskell Oriental Museum,at 4:00 p.m.These are the subjects and dates :Former Efforts toward Christian Union, Aug. 28.The Beginnings of the Movement, Sept. 4,Alexander Campbell, " 11.The Progress of the Disciples, " 18.RELIGIOUS.The chaplain for the week, Monday, Aug. 31, toFriday, Sept. 4, will be Assistant Professor GeorgeC. Howland. Chapel Service at 1:40 p.m, Vesper Service.Vesper Service, Sunday, Aug. 30, will be conducted,with an address by President William DeWittHyde, of Bowdoin College, on "The Problem of Evil,"Kent Theater, at 4:00 p.m.UNIVERSITY RECORD 333Church Services.Hyde Park Baptist Church (Corner Woodlawn avenue and56th street)— Rev. N. S. Burton, Acting Pastor. Preachingservices at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Bible School and YoungMen'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. Mr. 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., Pastor.Preaching Services at 11 : 00 a.m. No evening services during thesummer. 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. PublicContribution to the Physiology of the Central NervousSystem of Annelids.*By Samuel Steen Maxwell.It has been proved by Loeb that as in the higher animals soalso in the worms the anterior, brain-possessing part of the bodyespecially determines the biological and physiological characters peculiar to each species. My task has been to determinethe r6le of each individual ganglion in the sum total of thesecharacters, and to see whether there exists any relations betweenthe functions of the different parts of the brain in the higheranimals and the individual ganglia of the worms.The most important results from the experiments especiallyon Nereis virens are the following :1. After loss of the supraoesophageal ganglion the worms areabnormally restless and manifest a curious tendency to pushthemselves head foremost even under conditions where a normalworm would retreat. They do not eat, although there is noparalysis of the parts used in feeding. They do not burrownormally but can push themselves into the sand under certainpeculiar circumstances. They resemble higher animals in which ** Presented to the Department of Philosophy for the Degreeof Doctor of Philosophy. Church 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'sSociety of Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p.m.; Mid-week PrayerMeeting, 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 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, eastof 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 PI. 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. Men'sBible Class at the close of the eleven o'clock service. SundaySchool, 3 : 00 p.m.the anterior parts of the brain have been destroyed, dogs, forexample, which have lost the frontal lobes of the cerebralhemispheres.2. Specimens from which the subcesophageal ganglion hasbeen removed make very few spontaneous movements. Theirquietness is in marked contrast with the restlessness of thosewhich have lost the supraoasophageal ganglion. Without thesuboesophageal ganglion Nereis does not feed nor burrow. Themuscles of the pharynx are almost completely paralyzed. Thisganglion seems to function as a center, but not the exclusivecenter for spontaneous movements. It is the center for movements of the pharynx in feeding and burrowing. These movements are reflexes called out by impulses which come from orthrough the supraoesophageal ganglion. These animalsresemble dogs in which the occipital portion of the brain hasbeen destroyed, but they differ from them in being unable to eat.3. In Nereis each one of the movable parts — the tentacularcirri, and the parapodia— has a separate reflex center and makestypical reflex motions after its ganglion has been completely* cut off from the central nervous system. In the higher animals,too, the functions of the iris, the sphincter ani, and the bladdercontinue after their separation from the central nervous system.LIBRARIES, LABORATORIES, AND MUSEUMS.During* the week ending August 25, 1896, there hasbeen added to the Library of The University a totalnumber of 148 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 136 vols.Distributed as follows :Philosophy, 10 vols.; Pedagogy, 4 vols.; PoliticalEconomy, 1 vol.; History, 7 vols.; Classical Archaeology, 1 vol.; Sociology, 1 vol.; Sociology (Folk-Psychology), 2 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 9 vols.;Semitic, 8 vols.; New Testament, 1 vol.; Compar.Philology, 16 vols.; Greek, 20 vols.; Latin, 20 vols.;Romance, 8 vols.; German, 5 vols.; English, 3 vols.; Physics, 1 vol.; Chemistry, 1 vol.; Geology, 1 vol.;Zoology, 11 vols.; Physiology, 2 vols.; SystematicTheology, 2 vols.; Morgan Park, 2 vols.Books added by gift, 7 vols.Distributed as follows:General Library, 4 vols.; Political Economy, 1 vol.,English, 1 vol.; Mathematics, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University Publica-cations, 5 vols.Distributed as follows:Political Economy, 4 vols.; Sociology (Divinity),1 vol.LITERARY.Abstracts of Theses.334 UNIVERSITY RECORD4. Section of the nerve cord in Nereis produces a markeddisturbance of coordination before and behind the wound.Often one part swims while the other creeps, or one makesmovements of locomotion while the other is perfectly passive.When some coordination is present, the two parts move in atotally different rythm. For some time after section of thenerve cord the segments posterior to the wound show a markedloss of muscular tonus. The condition of these worms are similar to that of higher animals in which a piece of the spinalcord has been destroyed.5. As there are differences among higher animals, so we finddifferences among the worms. In the leech (Hirudo medicinalis)the supraoesophageal ganglion seems to be the center for thereactions involved in the process of feeding. These reactionsare apparently not disturbed by removal of the suboesophagealganglion. The latter ganglion does not seem to differ in function from the other ganglia of the ventral cord. Section of thenerve cord in the leech disturbs but by no means destroys thepower of coordinated swimming and creeping movements.In the earthworm (Lumbricus foztidus) loss of the supraoesophageal ganglion produces no very marked effect (Fried-lander). Loss of the suboesophageal ganglion renders the wormunable to burrow normally but does not destroy the tendencyto burrow.The Impersonal Judgment: Its Nature andSignificance.*By Simon Feaseb McLennan.An historical investigation of the various theories of theimpersonal judgment exposes an uncriticised assumption underlying the whole discussion. According to the traditional view,every judgment must have a subject and a predicate. For theimpersonal, which did not seem to conform to this rule, a subject was sought on two distinct lines : (a) the subject was universal and undetermined ; (b) it was individual and determined.In early Greek days, the subject was sought in the grammaticalconstruction, but since the development of Comparative Philology this has been abandoned. In modern days inner experience has been thoroughly ransacked.Miklosich first brought clearly to mind the purely a priorinature of the presupposition. He demanded that theory shouldinterpret facts, not construct them. Hence we are driven back upon an analysis of the experienceitself. When we lay aside all presuppositions and take thefacts simply for themselves, the impersonal judgment showsitself to be the immediate recognition of a situation in whichthe sense-impression which conditions the recognition and theidea by means of which the recognition takes place, are directlyassimilated in one conscious whole.Turning from the nature to the significance of the experience,we see from a thorough-going investigation of the experiencein the adult, the child and the race, that this phase of experience, in which its situations are immediately recognized, passesinto a stage where situations are recognized only discursively or through mediation of the parts. Also, when thismediation is complete, we have another immediately recognizedsituation which we usually term — the intuitive. The impersonaland intuitive judgments are thus identified and seem to be theorigin and outcome of the mediate or discursive judgment.Furthermore, when we note that the various aspects ofexperience are inextricably interwoven with one another, it isessential to observe certain other forms of experience whichdevelop through this mediation.On the whole, it is a passage from conscious, through reflective,subject-object consciousness, to fuller conscious experience. Inthe stage of mediation and because of it we see the differentiation of subject and object, of reflective thought, of belief, ofdefinite interests. Regarded in its totality the movement isthat of living interest or experience, measuring or differentiating itself .Passing from analysis to construction several problems present themselves.Proceeding on the basis of the analysis — a reconstruction of the whole process of the passage from the impersonalto the intuitive forms of the experience through the mediativeor discursive form is made. From this basis criticism is made(1) of the various theories of the impersonal (a) as confusing theimmediate and mediate phases of judgment (b) as abstractingthe idea or the sense impression involved and setting it up as thereal. (2) Of the traditional theory of the judgment as a whole.Judgment consists essentially in recognition, not in reference.(3) Of the nature of the subject and object consciousness, ofbelief and interest and the function which according to variousviews they are supposed to subserve in the process of experience.* Presented to the Department of Philosophy for the degreeof Doctor of Philosophy.&i)e $£tiibetgttg iBxtntsion Bibtaion.The University of Chicago and Correspondence Teaching. Conference ofSummer Students.By Newman fliller.The largest, in point of attendance, of the series ofsummer conferences of the various departments ofuniversity work was that of the Correspondence-studyDepartment of the University Extension Division,held Thursday afternoon, July 30. The meetingwas to have been held in the lecture room of CobbHall, but, owing to the unusually large attendance, an adjournment was taken to the chapel. Fully450 of the summer students were in attendance. The discussion was led by Assistant Professor FrankJ. Miller of the Department of Latin, and shortaddresses on various phases of the work were deliveredby Associate Professor Starr of the Department ofAnthropology, Associate Professor Henderson of theDepartment of Sociology, Assistant Professor vonJKlenze of the Department of German, Mr. E. E.Sparks of the Department of History, Mr. I. W.Howerth of the Department of Political Economy, andUNIVERSITY RECORD 335Dean Franklin Johnson of the English TheologicalSeminary.The discussion brought out the great value of correspondence work as an educational method in placingthe student who is unable to attend college in touchwith current thought along the various lines of university work, and in assisting him in substituting asystematic plan of study for the desultory methods sooften pursued by non-resident students.There has been a growing interest manifested during the past few years in this country in the varioussystems of non-resident study which have been inprocess of development, and as The University of Chicago was the first institution in the United States torecognize the correspondence method of study as anintegral part of its organization, its progress has beenclosely observed by those who have been giving theirattention to general educational matters. For severalyears prior to the organization of The University ofChicago a system of correspondence-study had beenin operation in England under the direction of Theuniversity of London. This work seems to havebeen unusually successful, beginning with a registration of thirty-four students in 1887, and graduallyincreasing to 601 in 1893.A very large amount of non-resident work of a popular nature has been done in this country during thepast few years. Especially prominent organizationsoffering courses of this kind have been the "Chautauqua College," and the "Society to EncourageStudies at Home " of Boston. The latter organizationis now upon its twenty -third year of existence, andduring this time it has registered nearly 7000 individual students. The enrollment in 1895 was 384.(KurrentThe Cook County Teachers'. Institute for 1896 willmeet in Kent Theater and Cobb Lecture Hall, TheUniversity of Chicago, August 31, September 1, 2, 3,and 4.The following lectures will be delivered in connection with the meetings :Morning Lectures, Kent Theater, 9 : 00-9 : 50 :Monday: Address of Welcome, "The Schools and TheUniversity." President W. R. Harper.Tuesday : "The Teacher and the Boys."Associate Professor Frederick Starr.Wednesday: " The University Primary School."Associate Professor Julia E. Bulkley.Thursday: " Citizenship and the Teacher."Head Professor H. P. Judson. The work of the Correspondence-study Departmentof The University of Chicago has always been maintained upon an equal footing with that of The University proper. This close relation has deprived thework of what might be called popularity, and for thisreason the enrollment has never been as large as mightbe expected for work of this kind. The followingstatistical table will be of interest with reference tothe development of the work in connection with The. University of Chicago for the past four years :1892-3 1893-4 1894-5 1895-6Number courses in progress 28 29 34 87Number instructors engaged 13 17 27 44Number students not matriculated 634 520 178 138Number students regularlymatriculated 61 153 202 288It will be noticed from the above table that thenumber of matriculated students has graduallyincreased, while the number of those not matriculatedhas gradually decreased. When the work of the Correspondence-study Department was inaugurated,there was a very large number of non-matriculatedstudents enrolled in Divinity subjects, especially inthe Semitic languages and literatures. The muchbetter advantages now afforded for residence studyalong these lines has served to greatly decrease thenumber who desire this work by the correspondencemethod. The persons most interested in the workhave been teachers and ministers of the gospel, and alarge majority of the students have been classified as" special." During the past year eighty-seven coursesrepresenting 680 minors have been in progress ineighteen different departments. The total yearlyenrollment has been 426.lEbntts.Friday: "Sociology and the Teacher."Professor Edward A. Ross,Leland Stanford Jr. University.Afternoon Lectures, Kent Theater, 2:00-3:00."Physical Geography and Geology."Professor Albert Perry Brigham,Colgate University.Associate Professor Price delivered an address on"The Bible and the Monuments" at the Sixth International Convention of the Baptist Young PeoplesUnion of America at Milwaukee, July 17.He also delivered four lectures on " The Bible andthe Monuments," illustrated with stereopticon, atPine Lake Christian Culture Assembly, near La Porte,Ind., between July 21 and 30.336 UNIVERSITY RECORDCi)e <Ealwtrar-August 28=Sept. 4, 1896.Friday, August 2$.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.Final Examination of C. O. Parish, 3:00 p.m. (seep. 331).Public Lectures :President Hyde on " The World of Ends," 4: 00p.m. (see p. 332).Dr. Willett on " Former Efforts toward Christian Union," 4:00 p.m. (see p. 332).Head Professor Shore y on " Pagan Preachingin the Second Century after Christ," 5: 00 p.m.(see p. 332.)Associate Professor Price, on " Discovery andDecipherment of Cuneiform Inscriptions,"8:00 p.m. (seep. 332).The Young Men's Christian Association, 6:45 p.m.,Graduate Section, Assembly Boom, HaskellOriental Museum.College Section, Snell Hall.Mathematical Club, Boom 35, Ryerson PhysicalLaboratory,!: 45 p.m. (see 332).Pedagogical Club, Lecture Room, Cobb LectureHall, 8:00 p.m.Sunday, August 30.Vesper Service. President Hyde, 4:00 p.m. (seep. 332).Monday, August 31.Chapel. — 1: 40 p.m. (see p. 332).The Cook County Teachers' Institute (see p. 335).Tuesday, September 1.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.The Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lectures :President Hyde on " The World of Persons,"4:00p.m. (seep. 332).Associate Professor Mathews on " The SocialTeaching of Jesus," 5:00 p.m. (see p. 332).Divinity School Prayer Meeting, Lecture Room,Cobb Lecture H all, 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, September 2.General University Meeting, Chapel, Cobb LectureHall, 1:30 p.m. (see p. 331).The Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lecture :President Hyde on " The World of Institutions," 4:00 p.m. (see p. 332).Club of Political Science and History, FacultyRoom, Haskell Oriental Museum, 8:00 p.m. (seep. 332).Final Examination of Mary Bowen, 4: 00 p.m. (seep. 331).Thursday, September 3.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.The Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lecture :President Hyde on "The World of Morality,"4: 00 p.m. (see p. 332).The Young Women's Christian Association,Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum,5:00 p.m.Friday, September 4.Chapel.— 1:40 p.m.The Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lectures :President Hyde on " The World of Religion,"4:00 p.m. (seep. 332).Dr. Willett on " The Beginnings of the Movement for Christian Union," 4:00 p.m. (seep. 332).Associate Professor Price on "The EarlyBabylonian Empire and Traditions," 8: 00 p.m.(see p. 332).The Young Men's Christian Association, 6: 45 p.m.Graduate Section, Assembly Room, HaskellOriental Museum.College Section, Snell Hall.Pedagogical Club, Lecture Room, Cobb LectureHall, 8: 00 p.m.Material for the UNIVERSITY EEOOED must be sent to the Recorder by WEDNESDAY, 12:00 M.in order to be published in the issue of the same week.