Price $1*50 Per Yea* Single Copies 5 CenteUniversity RecordCHICAGOZbc TUnivetsftE of Gbfcago pressVOL I., NO. 30. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3 P.M. OCTOBER 23, 1896.Entered in the post office Chicag-o, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Periodical Worship: A Study of the Eighty-fourth Psalm, by Professor R. G. Moulton - 401-402II. The Christian Union for the Summer Quarter,1896 402-403III. The Evolution of the Diamond, by ProfessorH. Moissan - 403-404IV. The Relation of the Study of Philosophy tothat of Literature, by Professor George T.Ladd,D.D. 404V. Problems of Fungi 405VI. Contents of Recent Periodicals - - - 405-406VII. Official Notices 406-407VIII. Official Reports 407IX. Religious 407-408X. Current Events 408XI. The Calendar 408Periodical Worship: A Study of the Eighty-fourthPsalm. *The Vesper service is a service that is held everyweek, or at a convenient period, by which we recognize that our union here is a religious union, and notmerely a union for learning. It is a special periodicalworship. Now, the great selection for periodicalworship is the eighty-fourth psalm. Of this eighty-fourth psalm there are two very different interpretations for which the evidence is pretty evenly balanced.Each interpretation will recommend itself to one oftwo different kinds of minds. Some are particularlysensitive to historic influences. They read of thewriter and the writer's time. Others are more sensitive to points of literary beauty, form and imagery. The crucial verse is the third. To one reading thispsalm with the idea of the author in mind, searchingfor any little touch that may show who the author is,that verse will suggest the idea of the temple in ruins.In this way we may look upon this as a psalm of exile,written by the same author who wrote the forty-second and forty-third psalms. Some find the nameof the author to be that king of Judah who remainedso many years in the prisons of Babylon. But if oneis more influenced by points of literary form andliterary ornament as sources of interpretation, thenthe verses may have a very different significance — thatof concealed imagery. There are three kinds ofimagery ; sometimes the imagery is direct — " Like asa father pitieth his children," — or by metaphor," The father has a feeling of pity for his children; "or the imagery may be indirect, or concealed, thus :"God is a father." You have in this third verse of thepsalm the image of the swallow finding the time ofyear for building her nest. The altars of God are tothis longing psalmist what the nest is to the swallow.That the birds know the season when to build theirnests is one of the marvels of nature. There are noweather prophets to predict for them, yet in bird lifethere is that marvelous instinct when to begin tobuild for the young that are to come. So in thesespecial festivals the returning seasons of the yearbecome a mystic attraction that draws the heart of theworshiper to the temple, just as the mysteriousforces of nature steal into the hearts of the birds. Itis the great joy of the Israelites to go up to Jerusalemto worship. All the Jews observed this custom, and* Abstract of an address delivered by Professor R. G. Moulton, at Vesper Service, in Kent Theater, Sunday, October 18, 1896.402 UNIVERSITY RECORDwhen the season comes round the poet feels a secretstirring in his heart.This is the same thought of a devout life which isexpressed by the people of the Middle Ages, and whichled them to shut themselves up in houses simply thatthey might give up their whole time to worshiping God, so that the rest of mankind might wake upat any hour of the night and know that prayers werebeing offered up to God.Blessed is the man who looks for his strength inthis periodical worship (v. 4). The road to Zion runsthrough his heart. A fine picture touches on thispoint—" Passing through the valley of weeping" (v. 6).Here again is concealed imagery. Just as that whichfor the most part of the year is a mere desert spot, afterthe season of the early rain is converted by showersinto verdure ; so these dry desert roads to Jerusalembecome converted to places of gladness; long places ofdry barrenness, these deserts bloom under the rainsof spring. The prophet loved to think of Jerusalemas exalted above the tops of the mountains, for goingto Jerusalem is an ascent from peak to peak. Versenine should be printed with quotation marks. A songof supreme joy ! No wonder that he breaks off hissong in the parenthesis of verse ten. This is one interpretation of the eighty-fourth psalm. It is a psalm notof exiles but of the joyous pilgrim to Jerusalem, wholooks for his strength to the recurrent visits to God'shouse, that stir in him the same mystic longings thatare stirred in the birds. The great joy of worship,and not only worship, but periodical worship !Men travel over the whole world in search of happiness. They compass sea and land to seize one morepleasure. They find, as their fathers did before them,hunting for a happiness that is forever deluding them,that all the while the happiness they are looking foris waiting for them at home, if they had but thepower to see it — the simple rhythm of a ^veil-orderedlife ; for what has ever been invented that can compare with the changing year, the season's change, thevernal freshness and bloom, the scent of the rose, thesight of the human face divine ? What joys of theepicure compare with these? There is nothingthat we study in this seat of learning, nothingbetter worth learning than the joy there is in thesimple rhythm of life. When a man has oncelearned the great fourth commandment, the dutyof leisure, when he has emancipated himself fromthe greatest of all slavery, the slavery of hurry,every day and every season and every year, then hehas but one more thing to learn, and that is to consecrate this beauty of the rhythm of life to the worship of God. Thus he finds happiness. The Christian Union for the Summer Quarter, 1S96.• The chaplains for the Summer Quarter have beenas follows :July 1-3, Associate Prof. Henderson; July 6, Dr. W.H. P. Faunce, of New York; July 7-10, AssociateProf. Henderson; July 13-17, Head Professor Burton;July 19-24, Head Professor Judson; July 27-30, Professor G. T. Ladd; August 3-7, Professor Rush Rhees;August 10-14, Assistant Prof. Miller; August 17-21,Professor C. Chandler; August 24-28, ProfessorFranklin Johnson; August 31-September 4, AssistantProf. Howland; September 7-11, Head ProfessorMoore; September 14-18, Assistant Prof. Miller; September 21-22, Head Professor Judson.The chapel addresses of the quarter have beengiven as follows :July 1 and 2, Associate Prof. Henderson; July 4,Patriotic Religious services, Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, ofNew York; subject : "Spiritual Ideals of Patriotism,"Rev. Professor Geo. Adam Smith, Glasgow; subject:" Prayer a Battlefield;" July 23, Professor J. Agar Beet;July 24, Dr. W. H. P. Faunce; July 27, Professor G.T. Ladd, "Hope of the Kingdom;" July 28, Dr. W.H. P. Faunce, "Christ Glorifying the Father;" July30, Professor G. T. Ladd, " Christ's Answer to theQuestions of the Soul;" August 4 and 5, ProfessorRush Rhees.Sunday, July 5, the Convocation Sermon was delivered in the Convocation tent by Rev. Professor GeorgeAdam Smith, of Glasgow.Vesper services have been held regularly everySunday during the quarter in Kent Theater, exceptthe Convocation Vespers which were held in the Convocation tent, with Dr. W. H. P. Faunce as speaker.The occasions and speakers have been as follows :July 5, Convocation Vespers, Dr. W. H. P. Faunce;July 12, Dr. G. A. Smith, "Esau's Birthright;" July19, Professor J. Agar Beet, " Paul's Contentment; "July 26, Professor Rush Rhees; August 2, HeadProfessor Small, "Religion as Idealized Worldliness;"August 9, Head Professor Judson, "Some ObsoleteLaws;" August 16, Head Professor Burton, " Was Johnthe Baptist a True Prophet ? " August 23, AssociateProf. Frederick Starr, "The Present Religion of theNative Mexican;" August 30, President Wm. DeWittHyde, Bowdoin College, "The Problem of Evil;" September 6, Professor Albert Perry Brigham, ColgateUniversity, " Difficulty and Opportunity;" September13, Professor Franklin Johnson, "The Perfect Man;"September 20, Baccalaureate Address by PresidentW. R. Harper, " The Religious Spirit."In so far as is possible this service is meant to be aUNIVERSITY RECORD 403University service. Speakers have been secured inmost cases who were in some way connected with TheUniversity. During the Autumn Quarter, however,the Vesper addresses are made by some of the ministers in the city churches. Regarding the attendance, it may be said that it has usually been good,and has been large in the case of some of the speakers.Some people are regular in attendance without regardto whom the speaker may be, others attend only whenthe speaker, is one whom they are especially interestedin hearing.The following report was submitted by the President of the Y. M. C. A. :"The Y. M. C. A. conducted a Friday eveningdevotional service each week of the Summer Quarter.The average attendance at these meetings was 35,made up mostly of summer students who have beenconnected with other college associations previous totheir entrance here. This fact made the meetingsdoubly interesting and helpful. In connection withthe Y. W. C. A., a devotional service was held in Haskell each Sunday evening of the quarter from 7:00 to7:45 o'clock. During the first term the averageattendance at these meetings was 75; during the lastterm, 40. Both the Sunday evening meeting and theFriday evening meeting were conducted by studentleaders. In addition to these services, the religiousmeetings committee, during the last term of thequarter, secured the Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London, todeliver an address in the chapel."The following report was submitted by the President of the Y. W. C. A. :"The Y. W. C. A. held meetings during the entireSummer Quarter. During the first six weeks the meetings were held in Haskell Assembly Room at 12: 30.The attendance averaged from 15 to 20. The last sixweeks they were held at 5: 00 p.m. on Thursdays. Theattendance averaged only about 8 or 10. The meetings, though small, were good and those who attendedfelt well repaid."The Philanthropic committee of the ChristianUnion has held no meeting during the past quarter.A public meeting was held under their charge, inKent Theater, July 25, at which Head Professor Small,Rev. F. B. Vrooman, Miss Mary E. McDowell and Mr.A. M. Simonds spoke on different phases of the workof the University Settlement.During the summer classes were carried on at theSettlement, and the summer excursion committeeunder the direction of Head Professor E. H. Moorearranged for several outings.The Settlement has been removed from the roomson Gross ave. to the much more convenient location, 4638 Ashland ave. There is great need however of apermanent home. A friend who prefers to remainunknown has already made a gift of over five thousanddollars to be held for a building fund but furthergifts are needed before anything can be done in thatline, and there is meanwhile urgent need of money forrunning expenses.A reception will be given to The University at theSettlement the last week in October, when it is hopedstudents will seize the opportunity to know more ofthis work.Printed reports of the work of the last year can beobtained from Assistant Professor Howland in theExaminer's office, and subscriptions may be handed tohim or to any of the committee, whose names are heregiven for reference :Shailer Mathews, representing the Divinity School,Chairman; President Harper and C. R. Henderson,ex officio; George C. Walker, representing theTrustees ; Starr W. Cutting, the Graduate School ;E. H. Moore, the Ogden School; G. C. Howland, theSenior College ; Miss Reynolds, the Junior College ;E. J. James, the University Extension Division ; Mrs.H. P. Judson and Mrs. H. H. Donaldson, the Ladies'Auxiliary League; and Miss Mary E. McDowell,Resident.The committee invites inquiry and cooperation fromall interested.The Evolution of The Diamond.Professor H. Moissan lectured to a large audiencein Kent Theater, October 8, at 8:00 p.m., on the subject "The Evolution of the Diamond." An abstractof his lecture follows :After his discovery of Fluorine which favors to an eminentdegree crystallization, attempts were made to utilize this element and its compounds to obtain diamonds, but the carbonwhich resulted was always amorphous. A careful study of thethree forms of carbon led to the conclusion that the diamondis formed by crystallization under great pressure. When a metalis saturated with carbon and allowed to cool the carbon crystallizes as graphite but never at the ordinary pressure as diamond.As the amount of carbon dissolved increases with the temperature and the temperature even of the oxyhydrogen flame is notvery much above the melting-point of iron, the quantity separating on solidification is but small and even if diamonds wereformed they might be so small as to defy detection. It therefore became necessary to devise a means of getting highertemperatures and for this purpose Professor Moissan's electricfurnace was invented. This consists of two bricks of limestone,hollowed out for the carbons and the crucible. The latter isplaced below the arc which serves merely to furnish the heat.By this means temperatures of 3000° to 3500°C. (5500° to 6300°F.)may be obtained. Iron was mixed with carbon, heated to3000° to 3500° C. and then put into cold water. A solid crust wasformed and as cast iron expands op solidification the carbon404 UNIVERSITY RECORDseparated under great pressure. On dissolving the iron withacid and removing the other impurities a very small quantity ofmicroscopic diamonds having all the properties of the naturalgem remained. By modifying the conditions, using silver insteadof iron, cooling in molten lead, etc., various forms of diamondcan be obtained, among others the Brazilian "drop" diamondwhich is evidently formed by the solidification of a liquid.Under the ordinary pressure carbon volatilizes without fusingbut if the pressure is increased the boiling point is raisedmore rapidly than the melting point and liquid carbonmay be obtained. Liquid carbon solidifies as . diamond. Atthe temperature of the electric furnace the oxides of theso-called refractory metals are reduced by carbon and inthis way these metals may be obtained in any quantity.(Specimens of chromium, tungsten, titanium, vanadium, molybdenum, etc., were shown.) Obtained as fused crystalline massesthey are purer than the powder usually obtained and may bestudied more easily. Many metals in the furnace unite withcarbon and give carbides which are extremely interesting bodies.The carbides of lithium, calcium, etc., treated with cold watergive acetylene, others such as the carbide of aluminium givemethane, while others give mixtures of gaseous, liquid and solidhydrocarbons. There are some which are not decomposed bywater and among them the carbides of silicon and boron whichare almost the hardest substances known. The formation ofhydrocarbons from the carbides is important as affording directexperimental proof of the inorganic origin of some natural gasand petroleum. Originally all the carbon of the earth existed incombination with the metals as carbides and below the thincrust these must still exist. As they are very heavy, theyaccount for the high density of the earth and acted on by waterthey give rise to the various products known as petroleum.After the lecture many remained to examinespecimens of substances obtained in the electricfurnace. It may be of interest to add that this wasthe first lecture delivered by Professor Moissan inAmerica and the only one given at a university. Hewill give but one more public address before returning to France, that before the New York Academy ofScience, the New York Chemical Society, and otherscientific bodies.The Relation of the Study of Philosophy to That ofLiterature.*Literature and philosophy cover the same ground, theformer in its more immediate relation to ourselves, the latter inits more fundamental aspects. They both refer to human lifeand both imply the assumptions which are taken withoutanalysis by literature but which it is the business of philosophy to analyze and justify. The former presents human lifeas an aesthetic product, but the assumptions are as reallypresent as they are in the scientific account whose professedtask it is to give their grounds. Hence it becomes impossible toanalyze and judge these artistic products without the abilitywhich the study of philosophy gives. This kind of dependenceof the study of literature upon that of philosophy is perhapsthe least evident, but it is only necessary to call attention tothe immeasurable extent to which the negative results ofKantian thought have spread, in agnosticism, through classes ofsociety which may never have heard the name of the Konigs-* Abstract of an address delivered before The University,August 5, 189Q, by Professor George T? Ladd, P.D„ LLJ), berg philosopher, to understand how imperative a need therefor the philosophic training of those who would deal competently with literature. There are whole streams of pernicious sociological, religious, and ethical literature that canbe combated only by an intellect that has been philosophicallytrained. President Stanley Hall's assertion, that the study of theepistemological problem is unnecessary and indeed a debauchof the mind of the young student, is therefore quite incomprehensible, unless he would substitute for a conscious theoryof knowledge a blind faith, or an ignorant knowledge, or elseskepticism. However, as these problems have always been andalways will be necessarily raised it is impossible to avoid them,and no one can be adequately educated who has not learned tograpple with them.Another most important dependence of literary interpretation upon philosophic analysis is found in the impossibility ofgrasping the vaguer, more illusive and subtler ideas of the greatwriters without the philosophic training. We are continuallyoffended by the schoolmaamish interpretation of the greatmasterpieces which we so frequently meet. It is completelyunable to comprehend the workings of human consciousnessin the man of genius— the ideas that proceed, so to speak, belowthe threshold of consciousness and then rise above it withimplications of a process beyond the insight of one who hasnot a psychological and speculative education. Precise interpretation of the great works of literature is frequently impossible. They have a different meaning for different persons andfor different ages. Such profound truths and meanings thatbelong to all times and persons can be interpreted only througha knowledge of the human soul that comes from psychologicaland philosophic study. To grasp the meaning of a great tragedyis not within the power of anyone who has not capacity forbroad generalization and profound analysis.Another dependence of literary interpretation upon philosophic analysis is to be found in language. Language is theexpression not only of separate thoughts but also of the humansoul itself. It is only with a command of psychology that wecan grasp its value and meaning. It is well illustrated in thework undertaken by a professor of Latin in Yale, — the analysisof the use of the subjunctive mode in Plautus. Although thisseems to be as narrow a subject as a philologue could well undertake it involves the statement of all the phases of willing, wishing and desiring and thus the whole field of volition, of desire andintention, to be dealt with competently only by the psychologist.This brings out the absurdity of our Latin grammars whichhave taken away all this flesh and blood of the vernacularlanguage. Language which is the clothing of literature mustbe then analyzed with the acumen of the psychologist before wecan grasp its value in the masterpieces of our own language orthat of other peoples and times. Scientific knowledge of language is a necessary key to the comprehension of literature.Again, the philosophers have themselves influenced mostprofoundly literature itself. An example may be found in thepantheistic thought of Spinoza. His influence is most evidentin Goethe, in Coleridge, Wordsworth, the whole Lake School andthen in our own transcendental movement in New England.Without the philosophic training which is necessary to comprehend Spinoza, it would be impossible to understand thisstream of literature that flows from him.The unimportant and even contemptible character of a largepart of our current literary criticism is due largely to this lackof broad philosophic training, which would reveal the assumptions that underlie literary products and the prof ounder valuesof the great masterpieces. Such a training would also give anappreciation of the best in literature and so check the tendencyto indiscriminate reading which is the curse of our time,UNIVERSITY RECORD 405Problems of Fungi.The Botanical Club held its first meeting Wednesday, October 7. The subjects for discussion werecertain problems connected with the sexual reproduction of Fungi. The discussion was opened by Dr.Davis who gave a brief resume of the theories ofsexuality of the Phy corny cetes and the Ascomycetes,tracing the change of views from those of De Bary tothose of a modern school of botanists led by Brefeld.De Bary considered a set of organs usually associatedwith the development of the ascocarp as at least homologous with the sexual organs of Phy corny cetes. Hebelieved that in many of the Ascomycetes the sexualact had given way to a condition of apogamy ; but hebelieved that certain forms presented true sexualphenomena. Brefeld holds that there is no sexualityamong the Ascomycetes, and does not believe that theascocarp represents a development from the homo-logue of a sexually formed spore.Dr. Harper of Lake Forest University gave the clubthe benefit of the latest views upon this topic as heldin Germany to-day. His own researches upon Sphae-rotheca substantiates De Bary's opinions of the sexuality of Ascomycetes. Professor Harper also discussedthe interesting phenomena of nuclear fusion that isfound in certain groups of Fungi, as for example, inthe ascus, the basidium of Basidiomy cetes, and thespores of Uredinece and Ustilaginece. This phenomenon has been considered as representing a sexual actby some mycologists, and the problems associatedwith it are of great interest to the botanist.Contents of Recent Periodicals.The University of Chicago Press has publishedwithin the last two weeks the following Nos. of Journals :The American Journal of Semitic Languagesand Literatures, Vol. XIII, No. 1, October 1896. Thenumber contains the following articles:"Zwei Nominale Elemente."1. Das Syrische Imperfect-Prafix n.2. Der Hebraische und der Aramaische Artikel.Professor Jakob Barth, Ph.D." The Religious Standpoint of the Chronicler.W. E. Barnes, B.D." A Grammar of the Aramaic Idiom contained in the Babylonian Talmud. C. Levias.Contributed Notes. — " Seva and IJateph." C. Levias.Semitic Bibliography.The Biblical World, October 1896.Frontispiece: The Rev, Professor A. B. Davidson, D.D.,LL.D, " The Rev. A. B. Davidson, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Hebrewin the New College, Edinburgh."Professor A. B. Bruce, D.D."The Relation of the Seminary to previous Bible Study."Professor Owen H. Gates, Ph.D." The Apocrypha." Professor Frank C. Porter." Outline Topics in the History of Old Testament Prophecy.VIII." William R. Harper." The Certificate of an Apostasy during the Persecution ofDecian." (Illustrated.)Rev. Robert H. Beattie, A.M." A Paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans."Professor George B. Stevens, Ph.D.The Council of Seventy. Notes and Opinions.Synopsis of Important Articles: "Sons of God andDaughters of Men." J. W. Dawson (w.r.h.)Work and Workers. Book Reviews. Literary Notes. BooksReceived. Current Literature.The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. IV,No. 4, contains the following :"History and Present Application of the Quantity Theory.'1H. Parker Willis." Social Selection." Carlos C. Closson."Hadley's Economics." W. G. Langworthy Taylor." The Natural Basis of Interest."Frederic W. Sanders.Notes : Miscellanies." Professor Hadley's Chapter on Taxation."George Tunell." The Fallacy of Index Numbers." C. W. Oker.Book Reviews.The School Review, Vol. IV, No. 8. October 1896.The number contains:" Greek and Latin in the Higher Schools of Germans'-." I.James E. Russell." Should Papers Dealing with Matters of Scholarship orPapers on Method be the Chief Feature of Teachers'Meetings." Francis W. Kelsey." The Teaching of Economics in Secondary Schools."Henry W. Thurston."Dramatic Incidents in the Conquest of Gaul."J. Raleigh Nelson.Outlook Notes : "Country High Schools.— Growth of HighSchools. — Admission Requirements. — Secondary Education in the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Education. C. H. Thurber.Book Reviews.Notes: "Current Educational Literature. — Royal Commission on Secondary Education."New Publications.The Journal of Geology, Vol. IV, No. 6, contains the following articles:" Drainage Modifications and their Interpretation. Part II.Criteria for Determining Stream Modifications."Marcus R. Campbell." The Monchiquites or Analcite Group of Igneous Rocks."L. V. PlRSSON,406 UNIVERSITY RECORD" The Queen's River Moraine in Rhode Island.J. B. Wood worth and C F. dMarbut.Studies for Students : " The Principles of Rock Weathering." George P. Merrill.Editorial, Reviews, and Abstracts.The Botanical Gazette, Vol. XXII, No. 3. Itscontents are as follows :Botanical Opportunity. William Trelease.Botanical Papers at Buffalo.Botanical Society of America.— Section G of the A. A. A. S.Botanical Club.Briefer Articles : " Notes on Two Species of Brassica." B. L.Robinson. "A New Mamillaria." J. W. Toumey. "TheDistribution of the Species of Gymnosporangium in theSouth. L. M. Underwood and F. S. Earle. "BotanicalAppliances" (with Plates IX and X). G. E. Stone.Editorial: "Botanical Meetings in Buffalo." "ScientificChief of Department of Agriculture."Open Letters : " Botanical Work of the Department of Agriculture." B. T. Galloway. " Local Flora." Edward L.Rand. "The Authorship of Certain Names." T. D. A.COCKERELL.Current Literature — Book Reviews: "An American Illustrated Flora." J. M. C. — News.Official Notices.Official copies of the University Record for theuse of students may be found in the corridors andhalls of the various buildings in the University quadrangles. Students are requested to make themselvesacquainted with the official actions and notices of TheUniversity, as published from week to week in theUniversity Record.The weekly lectures to the Divisions in the JuniorColleges will be held as follows :Division I. — Associate Professor McClintock, Tuesdays, 4:00p.m., A 6, Cobb Hall.Division II. — Associate Professor McClintock, Tuesdays, 4 : 00p.m., A 6, Cobb Hall.Division III. — Associate Professor Thatcher, Mondays, 4:00p.m., C 9, Cobb Hall.Division IV.— Assistant Professor F. J. Miller, Mondays, 4 : 00p.m., B 2, Cobb Hall.Division V. — Assistant Professor Tolm an, Mondays, 4; 00p.m., B 8, Cobb Hall.Division VI.— President Harper, Thursdays, 12:30, FacultyRoom, Haskell.The regular meetings of Boards and Faculties, to beheld Saturday, October 31, in the Faculty Room,Haskell Oriental Museum, are the following :8:30 a.m.— -The Administrative Board of the Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums.10: 00 a.m.— The Faculty of the Graduate Schools.11:30 a.m.— The Faculty of the University Extension.There will be no meetings of Faculties and Boardson October 21. The monthly meeting of the Faculty and Students of the Senior Colleges will be held in theLecture Room, Cobb Lecture Hall, Wednesday, October 28, at 12:30 p.m. The address will be made byProfessor A. C. Miller.The following three courses in Music are voluntary:Harmony. — Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.Theory of Music. — Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.History of Music. — Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.The University Choir. — Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.The University Chorus. — Tuesday, 7:15 p.m.Elementary Vocal Music. — Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.The following are the Music Clubs: The Men'sGlee Club ; The Women's Glee Club ; The Men's Mandolin Club ; The^Women's Mandolin Club.Miss Maud Morgan of New York City will give aHarp Recital in Kent Theater, Monday, October 26,at 5:00 p.m.Mr. Otto Pfefferkorn will give a Pianoforte Recitalin Kent Theater, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:00 p.m.The lecture before the Divisions of the SeniorColleges will be given weekly on Mondays in CobbLecture JIall, at 4:00 p.m. by Head Professor Coulter.The Mathematical Club will meet in RyersonPhysical Laboratory, Room 35, Friday, October 23,at 7:00 p.m. Head Prof essor Moore will read "Concerning n linearly independent Points in Space ofn — 2 Dimensions," and Dr. Hancock on " The Factorization of Polynomials with integral Coefficients."Professor Wilhelm Dorpfeld, Ph.D., LL.D., FirstSecretary of the German Archaeological Institute inAthens, will give three public lectures under theauspices of the Department of Archaeology, in theAssembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, October27, 28 and 30, at 8: 00 p.m. The subjects are as follows:1. Troy.2. Tiryns and Mycenae.3. Olympia.The lectures will be in German and will be illustrated by means of the stereopticon.The Political Economy Club will hold a " Symposium on the Money Question" in the Faculty Room,Haskell Museum, Thursday, October 29, 8:00 p.m.Instructors in the department and others will participate. Those interested in the subject are invited.UNIVERSITY RECORD 40TThe Chemical Journal meeting will be held onFriday, October 30, 1896, at 5:00 p.m., in Room 20,Kent Chemical Laboratory. Mr. L. W. Jones willread on " The Nitramines and the Isonitramines."The Graduate Club will meet Tuesday, November13 at 8:00 p.m., in the Faculty Room, Haskell OrientalMuseum. Some of the recent problems in English,Zoology, and Anthropology will be discussed by Mr.Squires, Miss Sturges and Mr. Miller, respectively.After the programme there will be an informal reception.____________The Bacteriological Club will meet in Kent Chemical Laboratory, Room 14, Friday, October 30, at 2: 00p.m. Paper by Albert L. Smith, Ph.D., on "Disinfection and Antisepsis."The Monthly meeting of the Faculty and Studentsof the Divinity School will be held in Haskell Assembly Room, Wednesday, November 4, at 12: 30 p.m. Theaddress will be given by Rev. H. Allen Tupper, D.D.,of Baltimore, Md.Rev. H. Allen Tupper, D.D., of Baltimore, Md., willlecture Wednesday and Thursday evenings, November 4 and 5, in Haskell Assembly Room. His subjectsare : (1) Our Missions in Asia, (2) Armenia ; its PresentCrisis. The stereopticon will be used in illustratingthe lectures.The Pedagogical Club will meet in the LectureRoom of Cobb Hall Thursday, October 29, at 8:00 p.m.Head Professor Dewey will speak on the work of theUniversity School and of the club.A Junior College Scholarship in Greek is awardedyearly to the student who, on the completion of theJunior College course, receives the nomination of theGreek department for the excellence of his workduring the two years. The department will in futuremake the nomination on the basis, (1) of the qualityof the work done in class, and (2) of a special examination of candidates. The subjects set for thisexamination for the year 1896-7 are as follows :1. The History of Greek Literature ( Jebb's Primer).2. Greek History from 480 to 322 B. C. (Oman's orMyers' Histories).3. The first book of Herodotus.The examination will be held toward the end ofMay. Candidates will leave their names with Professor Tarbell. The monthly meeting of the Faculty and Studentsof the Junior Colleges will be held in the Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, Wednesday, October 28, at 12:30p.m. The address will be made by President Harper.Official Reports.The Associate Librarian reports that during theweek ending October 20, 1896, there has been addedto the Library of The University a total number of219 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 118 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 3 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.; Pedagogy f 7 vols.; Political Economy, 9 vols.; Sociology,7 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 1 vol.; Comparative Religion, 3 vols.; Semitic, 7 vols.; Greek, 36 vols.; Latin,5 vols.; Mathematics, 1 vol.; Physics, 5 vols.; Astronomy, 2 vols.; Anatomy, 2 vols.; Palaeontology, 14 vols.;Botany, 1 vol.; Church History, 8 vols.; MorganPark Academy, 6 vols.Books added by gift, 77 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 33 vols.; Pedagogy, 2 vols.; PoliticalEconomy, 32 vols.; Political Science, 1 vol.; History,1 vol.; Sociology, 1 vol.; Astronomy, 1 vol.; Botany,1 vol.; President's Office, 5 vols.Books added by exchange for University Publications, 24 vols., distributed as follows :Pedagogy, 1 vol.; Political Economy, 14 vols.; Sociology, 2 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 1 vol.; Anthropology, 1 vol.; Semitic, 1 vol.; New Testament, 3 vols.;Botany, 1 vol.Religious.The University Chaplain, Associate Professor C. R.Henderson, can be found during his office hours, from1:00 to 1:25 p.m. in C 2, Cobb Lecture Hall, Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday.The chaplain for the week, Monday, October 26, toFriday, October 30, will be Professor Wilkinson.Chapel Service at 1:40 p.m. in Kent Theater. TheChapel Service will not be omitted on Wednesdaysas hitherto.Vesper Service, Sunday, October 25, will be conducted by Rev. H. W. Thomas, D.D., who will speakin Kent Theater at 4:00 p.m., on "The Moral Order."Churches in the vicinity of The University holdservices as follows :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 : 00.408 University rMcoMdHyde Park M. E. Church (corner Washington avenue and 54thstreet)— -Rev. Me. 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. and 7 : 45 p.m. Sabbath Schooland Bible Classes at 9 : 45 a.m. ; Junior Young People's Societyof Christian Endeavor at 3:00 P.M.; Young People's Societyof Christian Endeavor at 6 : 45 p.m. ; Wednesday Devotional Hour,at 8 : 00 p.m. ; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (non-denominational), second and fourth Mondays of each month, at8 : 00 p.m.Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (corner Washington avenueand 53d street)— Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Pastor. PublicChurch Services at 10 : 30 a.m., and 7 : 45 p.m. ; Sunday School at12:00 m. ; Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at6 : 45 p.m. ; Mid-week Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7 : 45 p.m.Woodlawn Park Baptist Church (corner of Lexington avenueand 62d street) — W. R. Wood, Pastor. Bible School at 9 : 30 a.m. ;Worship and Sermon at 11 a.m.; Gospel Service with Sermonat 7 : 30 p.m. ; Young People's Devotional Meeting at 8 :15 p.m ;General Devotional Meeting, Wednesday evening, at 7 : 45. Allseats are free.Hyde Park Church of Christ (Rosalie Hall, cor. 57th streetand Rosalie Court) .—Services : Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45p.m.; Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Young People's Society ofChristian Endeavor at 6: 45 p.m. Preaching by Rev. H. L.Willett, Ph.D.St. PauVs Protestant Episcopal Church (Lake avenue, northof 50th street)— Rev. Charles H. Bixby, Rector. Holy Communion, 8 . 00 A.m. every Sunday, and 11 : 00 a.m. first Sunday ofeach month. Morning Prayer with Sermon, 11 : 00 a.m. Men'sBible Class at the close of the eleven o'clock service. SundaySchool, 9 : 30 A.M. and 3 : 00 p.m.Unitarian Church. — Rev. W. W. Fenn, Minister. Servicesheld in Masonic Hall, 276, 57th street Sunday at 4 :'00 p.m.Current Events.A German Song Recital was given Wednesday afternoon, October 14, by Miss Josephine Hilty, Soprano.The University Chorus is rehearsing the Oratorioof "Elijah" in Kent Theater on Tuesday eveningsat 7:15 oclock.Miss Mary Pershing, Pianist, assisted by Mr. RobertR. Stephens, gave a Recital in Kent Theater, Wednesday afternoon, October 21.Professor Dorpfeld, who is to give three public lectures at The University during the last week ofOctober, began his career as an explorer at Olympiaabout 1877, being then a very young man. Since thattime he has been prominently associated with theexcavations of Tiryns and Troy, first in conjunctionwith Dr. Schliemann and afterwards in sole charge ofthe work. Moreover, as Secretary of the GermanArchaeological Institute in Athens, he has watchedthe whole course of research in Greece for fifteenyears. He therefore speaks upon the subjects of hislectures with the fullest possible knowledge andauthority.Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD must beorder to be published in the issue of the same week. THE CALENDAR.OCT. 23-31, 1896.Friday, October 23.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.Mathematical Club, Room 35, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, 7:00 p.m. (see p. 406).Sunday, October 25.Vesper Service, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 407).Union Meeting of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., 7: 00 p.m.Monday, October 26.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.Lecture before Senior Colleges, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 406).Harp Recital, Kent Theater, 5:00 p.m. (see p. 406).Tuesday, October 27.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.Divinity School Prayer Meeting, Haskell, 6:45 p.m.Illustrated Lecture on " Troy " by Professor Dorpfeld,Haskell Assembly Room, 8:00 p.m.Wednesday, October 28.Chapel.— 1:40 p.m.Monthly Meeting of Senior Colleges, Lecture Room(A 6), Cobb Lecture Hall, 12: 30 p.m. (see p. 406).Monthly Meeting of Junior Colleges, Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 12:30 p.m. (see p. 407).Botanical Club, Walker Museum, 4: 00 p.m.Pianoforte Recital, Kent Theater, 5: 00 p.m. (see p. 406).Illustrated Lecture on " Tiryns and Mycenae," by Professor Dorpfeld, Haskell Assembly Room, 8:00 p.m.Thursday, October 29.Chapel. — 1:40 p.m.The Young Women's Christian Association, HaskellAssembly Room, 5:00 p.m.Political Economy Club, Faculty Room, HaskellOriental Museum, 8:00 p.m. Symposium on theMoney Question (see p. 406).Pedagogical Club, Lecture Room, Cobb Hall, 8:00p.m. (see p. 407).Friday, October 30.Bacteriological Club, Kent, 2:00 p.m. (see p. 407).Chemical Journal Meeting, Kent, 5:00 p.m. (see p. 407).Illustrated Lecture on "Olympia" by Professor Dorpfeld, Haskell Assembly Room, 8:00 p.m.Saturday, October 31.Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8:30 a.m.Faculty of the Graduate Schools, 10:00 a.m.Faculty of the University Extension, 11:30 a.m.sent to the Recorder byv THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in