Price $1*50 Per Year Single Copies 5 CentsUniversity RecordCHICAGOZbc THnivetstt£ of Chicago pressVOL I., NO. 37. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. DECEMBER 11, 1896.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The Moral Order. By H. W. Thomas, D.D. - 465-467II. School Record, Notes, and Plan, VIII: TheUniversity of Chicago School - - - 467-468III. The Indianapolis Conference for UniversityExtension - 468^69IV. Official Actions : Rules governing appearancein Student Exhibitions 469V. Official Notices 469-471VI. Official Reports : The Library ; Kenwood Institute, Princeton-Yale School, Rugby School 471-472VII. Programme of the Autumn Finals and theSeventeenth Convocation - 472VIII. Papers and Discussions from the ZoologicalClub 473^474IX. Religious 474X. Current Events 474-475XI. The Calendar 476The Moral Order.*BY H. W. THOMAS, D.D.My Friends : — I have not in this hour of worshipany written address to present, but rather a plaintalk upon the Moral Order. The fact of a physicalorder is no longer questioned. Men accept it and seekto understand the material laws of the world, and towork with them. Only in this way do they hope forsuccess. The effect of this has been to take the material ^working world out of the realm of chance, ofaccident. We no longer offer sacrifices of animals, orconsult the flights of birds, when undertaking anygreat task, but rather go confidently to nature andask her laws to help us bridge streams, tunnel moun-* An address delivered at Vesper Service, Sunday, October26, 1896. tains, sail ships. These laws of nature are certain tohelp the farmer improve his grains and his fruits, andto improve the quality of his herds, and it is by reasonof this understanding of the material order that thegreat results of our century have been made possible.We can look abroad upon the world and see something of what these results are. It is not so easy toestimate the influence of such an understanding ofthe natural order upon the mind and heart of man,from the fact that we have to work with this orderall the time. It is not one day, but every day; not inone thing, but in everything; and we come to trustthat order. If we do not succeed, we do not questionthe reliability of natural law, but say rather, "Wehave not understood that law," and we try again withthe hope of success. It has a great mental value inthis, that an order to be such, has to be rational, andman has come to understand something of the reasonof God, and it has a moral value and a faith value inthis, that we come to trust in that order. We knowthat wood and iron and stone have fixed laws. Weknow that the laws of electricity and all those forceswith which we have to*do never deceive. They alwaystell the truth. We come to rely upon that truth, andwe see that this order is both wise and beneficent,and possibly, if we could see a little deeper, we wouldsee that it is necessary. The reasoner does not createthe laws of logic. The mechanic does not create thelaws by which he builds. We discover them, we workwith them, and hence it is a kind of first lesson whichleads us to that world of a higher faith. As I lookupon it, the next great lesson that our world is tolearn, has been slow to learn, and is yet to learn more466 UNIVERSITY BECOMDthoroughly, is the fact that the rising up to this naturalorder or descending down into it, is the order of thespiritual. At last we realise that there is a moralorder, and that the laws of moral sequence are just ascertain as are the laws of cause and effect in thenatural world. Of course, something of this order haslong been felt and partly understood. And yet, asmen were slow in learning that there is a naturalorder, they are slower in perceiving the great fact ofa moral order ; and as our world trusted in a measureto chance and the interference of deities in battle, soour world is slow in freeing itself from the idea thatthere is something in this chance element in themoral realm.We have yet to study the laws of the moral order.We have yet to accept them and work with them, andonly in this way are the higher possibilities to bereached. The laws of nature are not abstractions.They are not mere passivities. They are tremendousconcrete realities. They are not outside of nature,but in nature. God is not outside of His Word, butin His Word. And just as certainly true is it that allmoral laws are not abstractions, inventions of thephilosophers, or the dogmas of religious teachers, —they belong to "the reality of the real," and they arein the long run certain to do their work.The fact of this moral order runs all along, and iseasily perceived in the history of thought, in government, in religion, in literature. Whatever we maythink about the first eleven chapters of Genesis, thisis certain, that the priests and prophets made no mistake when they undertook to teach this lesson, thatpunishment follows wrongdoing. That is the highmoral religious truth of the story of the garden ; thatis the high moral truth of the flood, and of Lot's wife,and all those wondrous things there recorded. Theyperceived that if people do wrong, consequencesmust follow. It is the story that runs throughliterature. It is the great moral and religious truthtaught in the Iliad that the gods mingle in the affairsof men, that the upper world plays into the lowerworld, and that final success is possible only when thewill of the Supreme Being is done. Men might differand the gods might quarrel, but at last Zeus issupreme. It is the truth running along through theOdyssey that there must be an inner moral returnbefore there can be a return to the constructive activities of peace. It is the story of Dante, that in theworld of souls are seen the consequences of evil doingin this world.The deed comes back upon the doer. It is the storyof Goethe's Faust, of a mind denying reason ; thatthat soul must at last come into harmony with the divine order before there can be peace. It is not onlythe story of books, of the philosophy of history, — it isin the world beyond the books, and hence it comes intobooks, comes into worship, comes into religion, comesinto life. We have to learn that this moral ordercannot be interfered with, that transgressions cannotescape the consequences of wrong.In that beautiful psalm read by your president, Inoticed these words, "Righteousness and judgmentare the foundations of His throne." Righteousness isthe very foundation of the eternal order ! It must besuch. God, to be God, must be right, and man to bedivine must come consciously into harmony with thisrighteous order. This moral order is not an abstraction.Judgment is the executive side of righteousness. Thatword judgment has a very strong meaning. Krisis,our English word crisis: Things come to a point whensomething must be done, and the history of this wordis that truth repeated. Certain things must be done.A crisis comes. There must be the consequence ofthat doing, the reward if it be right, the penalty if itbe wrong. It is wonderful how the laws of nature forthis judgment take up the whole life of man. Thedrunkard, the voluptuary, does not have to settle witha book on physiology, or with a physician or a clergyman ; he has to answer to his own body which he hasabused. And the same is just as true of the moralworld. If one does right, the consequences of rightfollow. The laws of the universe work to that end.If one do wrong, this law of crisis, this executive formof righteousness, is hell at once in his own nature.He feels the shock of it,— the protest of conscience.If one profanes the name of God, he cannot in thatway soil the white robes of eternity, but he desecratesthe sense of the sacred within himself. If he sendsout evil thoughts about others or to others, if he hasfailed to tell the truth, it is the moral law that thedeeds come back upon the doer.The Greeks refused to associate with the Barbarians ; shut themselves up to themselves ; at last theydestroyed themselves. The Romans denied the rightof others to independence. At last they denied theirown right, and they had to fall. It is the philosophyof history. I tell you that the existence of God is inno sense a debatable question. The only question ofdebate is as to the nature of God, and phrase it as wewill, think it as we will, the laws of nature confrontus. We have to meet them. The universe is the ob-jectivized expression of God, of his wisdom, hispower. Man does not have to answer to a speculativeGod for his misdeeds, — he has to answer to the constitution of things. This is the God whose throne isestablished forever, who cannot be mocked, whoseUNIVERSITY RECORD 467government is not to destroy, but to save, and whosefirm, loving grasp is forever upon the souls of man;and when we come to see this, then the nations ofearth will see the folly of trying to build governmentsupon anything but justice. This world is a tomb ofnations perished, as well as individual dead — deadnations because they failed to understand and to obeythe will and the law of God. The good they did iscaught up and conserved, the evil drops out and isleft behind ; and when we understand this thoroughlyit will be a revelation of power ; for then we will beginto ask — not " How can I succeed ? " but, " How can Ibe right ? " And all will see that it is vain to hope forenduring success only as we know and do the willof God.And that is the lesson that our world needs mustknow. Our civilization has gone forward wonderfullybecause of its knowledge of nature's laws. We havereached heights of power once undreamed of ; we haveaugmented this power so that one is equal to a thousand, and our civilization in its greatness tremblesupon its dizzy heights. Power is the last thingtrusted to man, for it may be used for evil, as well asgood. The world waits for the reinforcements ofrighteousness, the realization of righteousness; theone thing is to be right. The world waits, and thedevout world prays for the incarnation of the Christ ;for the manger, the garden, the cross, in business, inwealth, in power, in politics, in state and church,in the whole social order. This is what the world iswaiting for, and it is what is coming, for it is the lesson being pondered now more than any other. It wasconscience that freed the slaves of England and Germany and France. We were not ready for this freedom then, and we had to pay the price in blood.This is the lesson that we should ponder, — the greatthing is to be right ; not what others think about us,but what we have to think about ourselves ; not theapplause of a world, or temporary success, but thefavor of God ; doing right, whatever the immediateconsequence may be, and with the certainty that ifwrong is done even to one of the least of God's creatures, somehow the deed has to come back upon thedoer. O young men and women, go forth fromthis university to build up the eternal foundations, to bring in the new age of righteousness. Walkthe earth with reverent feet. Look upon the stars ofnight and within upon the conscience. Listen, tohear the voice of God. Be attentive, be obedient, doright ; . and then, when the rains descend and thewinds blow and the floods come — and these hours oftrial must sometime come to all — your house willstand, for it is built upon the eternal foundations. And these are the judgment days of the Son of Man.These are the days when men are going to the rightor the left on the great questions of liberty, the greatquestions of humanity, and these are the days towalk reverently, and listen to the voice of God. Helpus, O Father, to will Thy will.School Record, Notes, and Plan. VIILTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL.December 10, 1896.The account this week will take up the work of thechildren by groups, stating the active and constructivework done by each.Groups I and II. — Housekeeping. — Groups I and IIprepared luncheon on Friday. This preparationmeans washing, paring and slicing of the two vegetables used (carrots and potatoes), setting the table,washing plates, knives and spoons. The childrenserve the luncheon themselves with so much ease andinterest as compared with similar work on the part ofthe older children, as to suggest the question whetherthis is not the natural period for forming habits inthis direction. The making of white sauce and cocoawas done for them with the expectation of their doingit in the future. The science work of the week is allin connection with this luncheon. The childrenexamining the potato, telling stories about the way itgrows, and planting it. As they had seen the starchmade by older children, they had the starch test withiodine shown them upon laundry starch, being toldthat this starch was made from corn such as they hadbeen using.Modeling.— They made bowls and attempted dryingthem by furnace heat.Drawing.— After having talked over the baking ofpottery, they reproduced their idea of an oven. Theyhave drawn outlines of leaves to be used as patternsfor penwipers and sewing. They have drawn Greekvases which have been shown them because they had,as decoration, illustrations of the ancient art ofpottery making.Painting. — They have painted, with water colorsfrom the object, a vase of Greek form.Carpentry.— As they have finished paper knives andmatchboxes they have commenced working upon aplayhouse and chairs and tables to put in it.Sewing.— They have continued the workbag andcommenced penwipers.Music— A Christmas song has taken the place ofthe simple phrases previously studied.468 UNIVERSITY RECORDWriting. — They have added one sentence: "TheGreeks made dishes."Group III. — Have done the same modeling anddrawing as I and II.Carpentry.— In addition to the work of I and II,have made modeling tools.Sewing. — Handkerchief bags for Christmas presents.Writing. — A journal has been commenced in whicheach child writes the work of the class in order that itmay be read to the other groups at the general schoolmeeting. The work in the journal thus far refers totheir ideas about making a kiln for baking dishes.Cooking.— This group prepared luncheon on Wednesday; cooking and serving potatoes and crackedwheat. They weighed and planted pieces of potato tosee the growth, and to bring out the idea that thegrowing plant uses up the starch stored in the potato.Number work, in connection with the weighing of thepieces, was upon the relation of the %, %, % in theounces. After making the starch test with purestarch, they used this test upon the cooked anduncooked potato. They are now engaged in makingstarch from potatoes which is to be used in pastingthe paper boxes to hold Christmas candy.Groups IV and V. — Have modeled clay dishes andvases. In carpentry some have made test tube racksfor use in the laboratory, and rod poles for measuring,while others have commenced boats. In sewing theyhave commenced linen bags and have finished theirworkbags. In drawing they have made to scale amap of the neighborhood, showing the location ofthe school, and their own houses, having previouslymeasured one block to find its exact dimensions.They have their luncheon on Thursday, cookingpotatoes with white sauce and cracked wheat withcranberry jelly. Connected with this they have madepotato starch for paste. They have also taken up thehistory of the formation of the clay used in potterywork, and are testing clay, limestone, bricks and suchrocks as the children bring to school with heat, acid,and hot water.Visiting. — The last hour and a half on Monday forenoons is now set apart for visiting the Field Museum.So far they have inspected the collections illustratingthe Indian and Esquimaux life: houses, clothingcanoes, weapons, household furnishings, especially aloom, and baskets. The boys picked out the weaponsas the special objects of attention, and the girls, forthe most part, the household furnishings.Groups IV and V have made a written inventoryof all objects seen, classifying them under their appropriate heads as transportation, weapons, tools, etc. The Indianapolis Conference for University Extension.The fourth University Extension Conference met atIndianapolis on Friday and Saturday, November 20and 21. The programme as announced in advancewas carried out almost exactly, only one person whowas appointed to speak having failed to appear. Thediscussion concerned all phases of the UniversityExtension work as will be seen from the list of papersread and subjects discussed as given below.The local arrangements were under the charge ofthe Indianapolis University Extension Centre, andwere carried out in an admirable way. Although theattendance was small, the result of the Conferencewas felt by all those present to be an extremely valuable one, not only for the local interests of UniversityExtension in Indianapolis and throughout Indiana,but for the work as a whole. Many valuable suggestions were offered by the delegates from the centreswhich will be of benefit to the University management, while the Conference offered an opportunity forthe University men to become better acquainted withthe personnel of the local committees and with theirneeds.Prof. Edmund J. James, the Director of the Extension Division, met the Local Committee for a conference on Thursday afternoon. On Thursday eveninghe delivered an address before the Commercial Clubof Indianapolis, and on Friday morning before theGirls' Classical School.The Conference was opened formally on Fridayevening at 8 o'clock by an address on " The UniversityExtension Movement " by the Director of the University Extension Division. This was followed by a University Extension lecture on " The Funeral Oration ofMarc Antony " by Mr. S. H. Clark.The sessions of the Conference on Saturday beganat 9:00 a.m., and continued until 5:00 p.m., with anhour's intermission for lunch, which was served by theCollegiate Alumnae Association of Indianapolis in theparlors of the Propylaeum.The formal part of the meeting was closed on Saturday evening by an address by President Harper on" The New University Spirit," followed by an Interpretative Recital of the Alcestis by Professor Moulton.On Sunday President Harper spoke at the FirstBaptist Church in the morning, and at PlymouthChurch in the afternoon and evening. ProfessorMoulton spoke at the Second Presbyterian Church inthe morning, and at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in theevening. Professor James spoke at the Roberts streetMethodist Church. Professor Rolf e spoke at St. Paul'sChurch in the morning and in the Second PresbyterianUNIVERSITY RECORD 469Church in the evening. Head Professor Small spokein the morning at Plymouth Church and in the evening at the First Baptist Church. .The following persons from The University werepresent at one or another of the sessions of the Conference : President Harper, Head Professor Small,professors Moulton, James and Rolfe, Dr. Shepardsonand Mr. Clark.Following is the programme as printed for Saturdayand carried out as printed, with the exception thatMr. Lee of Ottumwa found it impossible at the lastmoment to be present, and instead of his paper oneby Rev. Arthur Judy, of the Davenport Centre, wasread.Friday, 8:00 p.m. — Music. Address of Welcome, PresidentButler, of Butler College, Indianapolis. Response, Mr. Hip-pard, of Dayton, Ohio. Music. Address, " The University Extension Movement," by Professor Edmund J. James. Interpretative Recital, "Marc Antony's Funeral Oration; A Study inOratorical Tact," by Mr. S. H. Clark. Music. Informal Reception.Saturday.— Round Table Conferences. Forenoon Session-9 : 00 A.M.-12 :30 p.m. ; Afternoon Session, 1 : 30-5 : 00 p.m. I—" Constitution and Organization of Local Committees," Leader, Mr.O. F. Barbour, of the Rockford (111.) Centre. II—" EducationalSignificance of Large Audiences in Extension Work," Leader,Professor R. Gr. Moulton. Ill—" How to Interest the Community in the Extension Movement," Leader, Rev. E. E. Baker, ofthe Dayton (O.) Centre. IV— "Finances of the Centre ; Methodof Management ; What Disposition is Made of Surplus, and Howare Deficits Met"? Leader. Dr. Francis W. Shepardson. V—" University Credit for Extension Work ; Possible Affiliation ofLocal Centres; Correspondence Work," Leader, ProfessorAlbion W. Small. VI—" Cooperation of Centres in the Formation of Circuits, and in the Selection of Common Courses,"Leader, A. W. Lee, Ottumwa (la.) Centre. VII— "Advantagesof Making Early Arrangements for Courses, and of Efforts toSecure Continuity of Work," Leader, Professor Henry W. Rolfe.VIII— The Relation of the Extension Movement to PublicSchools," Leader, Principal James R. Hart, of the Lebanon(Ind.) Centre.Saturday Evening. — Plymouth Church, 8: 00 p.m.— Address,"The New University Spirit," by President W. R. Harper.Interpretative Recital, "The 'Alcestis' of Euripides," by Professor R. Gr. Moulton.Mr. Barbour's paper proved especially helpful andsuggestive, coming as it did from a man of long experience in the Extension work who has been able tobuild up a strong and vigorous centre, well calculatedto serve as a model to other places of what an Extension Centre ought to be. Mr. Judy's paper was alsoof great value, and it incorporated many suggestionsbased on the experience of the Davenport Centre, whilePrincipal James R. Hart, of Lebanon, Indiana, andRev. E. E. Baker, of Dayton, Ohio, were able, from theirrespective positions and experience, to contribute important elements to the discussion. It is hoped that asimilar conference may be held at a not too distant date at some point in northern Illinois. Official Actions,The following action was taken by the Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications,and Exhibitions, November 7, 1896.I. No student shall take part in any Public Exhibition unless he be a bona fide student doing full workin a regular or special course as defined in the curriculum of his college.II. No student shall take part in any PublicExhibition if he is found to be failing in his studies,or if he has on the Examiner's books an uncancelledrecord of D or E in any required course for any preceding Quarter.III. Any student wishing to take part in a PublicExhibition shall apply for permission for the same indue form, and have his application approved by theHead of the Department of Public Speaking. Thisregulation does not apply to musical exhibitions.IV. No arrangements for any intercollegiate debateshall be entered into without the consent of the Boardof Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, nor shall any question for debate be acceptedor offered without the consent of such Board.V. This consent will not be given until a sufficient guarantee to cover the financial obligationsentered into by the student organization is presentedto the Board.VI. These rules shall go into effect at once.Application Form.To the Board of Student Organizations, Publications,and Exhibitions, The University of Chicago.Gentlemen :I hereby make formal application for permission torepresent The University in the following PublicExhibition to be held at Respectfully, :189.. ""'¦". Approved Head ofDept. of Public Speaking*Official Notices.The regular meetings of Boards and Faculties, tobe held Saturday, December 12, in the Faculty Room,Haskell Oriental Museum, are the following :8:30 a.m.— The Administrative Board of the University Press.10:00 a.m.— The Faculty of the Junior Colleges.11:30 a.m.— The University Council.470 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe attention of instructors is called to the following important announcement :1. In accordance with the action of The UniversityCouncil taken October 12, 1895, and in accordancewith University Statute 20, instructors not holdingexaminations at the end of the quarter are requestedto hold the regular class exercises on the two consecutive hours set for the examination instead of at theregular hour on both days.2. At a meeting of March 17, 1896, the Councilvoted that the requirement of a special fee for aspecial examination is to be understood as applying toquarterly examinations as well as entrance examinations.The action of the Council, taken October 12,1895,is as follows :In view of the statement of Statute 20, viz., "Eachresident instructor gives instruction thirty-six weeksin the year," and in view of the demoralization occasioned by irregularities on the part of instructors atthe close of the quarter ; and in view of the fact thatevery student is entitled to twelve full weeks ofinstruction each quarter ; and in view of the fact thatin many of the courses in the Graduate departmentsno examinations are conducted — the following requestis made of the University instructors :1) That class exercises and lectures be conductedaccording to the announcements, and that extrahours in the early part of the quarter be not given inorder that the work may be finished before the officialclose of the quarter.2) That instructors fulfill their obligations of twelvefull weeks' residence during each quarter.3) That in courses in which no examinations aregiven, lectures continue through the full twelve weeks.4) That in all courses not designated as " Primarilyfor Graduates" instructors are requested to conductexaminations at the close of the quarter.The Quarterly Examinations for the Autumn Quarterare arranged as follows :8:30 Exercises, Tuesday, December 22, 8:00-10:00 a.m.9:30 " "11:0012:00 " Wednesday, " 23,2:00 " "3:00 " "Exercises preceding 8:30 A.M., Tuesday.6:00 p.m.Exercises of 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 23, 4:00-6:00p.m.The Entrance Examinations for the Winter Quarterwill take place on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, andMonday, December 17, 18, 19, and 21. 10: 00-12 :00 m.2: 00-4 :00 p.m.8 : 00-10 : 00 a.m.10:00-12:00 M.2: 00-4 :00 p.m.December 22, 4:00- Students who desire employment outside of theregular university service may apply to Mr. Lenneswho will be found at the registrar's office from 3:00to 4:00 p.m. daily, and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays.The Final Examination of John Churchill Hammond for the degree of S.M. will be held Saturday,December 12, 1896, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 36, RyersonPhysical Laboratory. Thesis: "On the Conditionsthat a Polygon may be Simultaneously Inscribed inOne and Circumscribed about Another Conic." Committee : Head Professor E. H. Moore, Associate Professor H. Maschke and Dr. Kurt Laves.The Final Examination of George A. Mulfingerfor the degree of Ph.D., will be held Monday, December 14, at 9: 00 a.m., in Cobb Lecture Hall, B 11. Principal subject : German ; secondary subject : EnglishLanguage. Thesis: "Lenau in Amerika." Committee : Assistant Professor H. Schmidt-Wartenberg,Associate Professor F. A. Blackburn, Associate Professor C. D. Buck.The Final Examination of W. E. Chalmers for thedegree of D.B. will be held in Room 15, Haskell OrientalMuseum, December 16, at 8:00 a.m. Thesis: "Theinfluence of Thomas Cranmer on the English Reformation." Committee : Associate Professor Henderson, Assistant Professors Moncrief and Foster.The Final Examination of C. A. Lemon for thedegree of D.B. will be held in Room 15, Haskell Oriental Museum, December 17, 1896, at 8:30 a.m. Committee: Head Professors Anderson, Northrup andHulbert, and Assistant Professor Moncrief.The Final Examination of J. F. Wood for thedegree of D.B. will be held in Room 15, HaskellOriental Museum, Friday, December 18, at 10:30 a.m.Committee : Head Professors Hulbert and Anderson, Professor Johnson and Associate ProfessorMathews.The Final Examination of Elmer D. Grant forthe degree of A.M. will be held Friday, December 18, at 3:00 p.m., in Ryerson Physical Laboratory,Room 36. Subject: Mathematics. Thesis: "Determination of the Apparent Size of a Certain Ellipsoidas Seen from a Certain Point." Committee: HeadProf essor E. H. Moore, Associate Professor H. Maschke,and Head Professor A. A. Michelson.UNIVERSITY RECORD 4T1The Chemical Journal meeting will be held on Friday, December 11, at 5:00 p.m., in Room 20, KentChemical Laboratory. J. B. Tingle will speak on" The Conversion of Acids into Esters."The Philological Society will meet on Friday,December 11, at 8 : 00 p.m., in B 8, Cobb Lecture Hall.Assistant Professor J. D. Bruner will read a paper on« The Orthography of Certain Tuscan Manuscripts."A meeting of the Graduate Club will be held inHaskell Oriental Museum, Saturday, December 12, at8:00 p.m. The Programme will consist of the following: "Present Problems in the Study 1) of Political Economy" (Mr. Hatfield), 2) " of Latin " (Mr. Hel-lems) followed by discussion of the objects and policyof the club. An informal reception will follow the meeting. All members of the club are urged to be present.The Club of Political Science and History will meetwith Head Professor Harry Pratt Judson, 5736 Wood-lawn a v., on Wednesday, December 16, at 8:00 p.m.Subject: "The Problems of the Turkish Dominion;"(1) Justification for Interference, by Mr. J. H. Reynolds, (2) Possible Solutions, by Miss Dora Wells.The Botanical Club will meet Thursday, December 17, at 4: 00 p.m., in Walker Museum. All interestedin Botany are invited to be present.The next meeting of the Geological Club will beheld at Walker Museum, Thursday, December 17, at4:00 p.m. Programme : (1) The Jurassic formations ofthe Atlantic Coast (Marsh). Reviewed by W. C.Alden. (2) The Age of the Auriferous Gravels (Lind-gren). Reviewed by S. Weidman. (3) The Age of theCoast Ranges of California (Fairbanks). Reviewedby W. W. Atwood.Miss Josephine Locke, Supervisor of Drawing inthe Chicago Schools, will speak in Cobb Lecture Hallbefore the Pedagogical Club, Thursday, December 17,at 8:00 p.m., on " Elementary iEsthetics." The address will be illustrated by a large number of drawings by pupils in the public schools.The New Testament Club will hold a QuarterlyJournal meeting in South Divinity on Saturday,December 19, at 7:30 p.m. The programme is as follows : Expositor, Mr. Shoemaker ; Expository Times,Mr. Logan ; Critical Review, Mr. Strayer ; New World,Presbyterian & Reformed Review, Mr. Phillips ; German Periodicals, Mr. Tanner ; French Periodicals,Mr. Varney. The next meeting of the Zoological Club will beheld Wednesday, January 6, 1897. Contribution onthe subject "The Centrosome" will be given by several of the members.Official Reports.The Associate Librarian reports that during theweek ending December 8, 1896, there has been addedto the Library of The University a total number of142 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 77 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 46 vols.; Philosophy, 6 vols.; Pedagogy, 2 vols.; Political Economy, 2 vols.; Class. Archaeology, 1 vol.; Comparative Philology, 6 vols.; Latin,2 vols.; German, 5 vols.; Mathematics, 3 vols.; Chemistry, 1 vol.; Geology, 2 vols.; Latin, Greek, and Class.Archaeology, 1 vol.Books added by gift, 62 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 48 vols.; Pedagogy, 11 vols.; Political Economy, 1 vol.; Political Science, 1 vol.; Semitic, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University Publications, 3 vols., distributed as follows :Political Economy, 1 vol.; Semitic, 1 vol., Systematic Theology, 1 vol.The Report of The Kenwood Institute, Chicago(John C. Grant, Dean ; Miss Annice E. Butts, Principal) for the Autumn Quarter, 1896, is as follows :List of Instructors with Number and Character of Courses :Butts, Annice E. 1DM (History of Art).Noble, Frances A. 1DM (Advanced Algebra), 1DM (Advanced Arithmetic), 2DM (Plane Geometry) , 1DM (Beginning Algebra) .Wadsworth, Alice. 1DM (Physics), 1DM (Biology), 1DM(Beginning Algebra) .Schmitt, Elizabeth. 2DM (Beginning French), 3DM (Advanced French), 2DM (German).Symmess, Frances. 2DM (General History), 2DM (Bhetoric).Tibbetts, William F. 2DM (Caesar), 1DM (Virgil).Inskeep, L. D. 2DM (Beginning Latin) , 1DM (Cicero) .Inskeep, Mrs. L, D. 1DM (English History), 1DM (SolidGeometry,) , 1DM (English Literature) .Departments :COURSES. NO. OF STUDENTSEnglish: 3DM 52French: 5DM 78German: 2DM - - - - - 16History: 3DM - - - - - 51Latin: 6DM - - - - - - 75Mathematics : 7DM - - - - 78Science: 2DM - - - - - 16The Report of the Princeton -Yale School, Drexelboulevard and 41st street, Chicago (Hiram A. GoochDean), for the Autumn Quarter, 1896,4s as follows :472 UNIVERSITY RECORDList of Instructors with Number and Character of Courses :Gooch, Hiram A. 1DM (Anabasis).Von Kahlden, B. C. 1DM (Anabasis), 1DM (Greek Prose),1DM (Caesar), 1DM (Ceesar Prose), 1M (Csesar Prose),1M (Cicero), 1DM (Virgil), 1DM (Beginning French).Conger, Charles T. 1DM (Greek History), 1DM (MedisevalHistory), 1DM (Beginning Greek), 1DM) Physiography).Bishop, James A. lDMj (Physics) , lDMj (Chemistry).Comstock, Clarence E. 1DM (Trigonometry), 1DM (SolidGeometry), 1DM (Plane Geometry), 1DM (Algebra), 1DM(Arithmetic) .Heppert, Albert. 3DM (English Classics) , 1DM (Rhetoric),1DM Roman History).Naessens, Achille. 1DM (Elementary French), 1DM (JuniorFrench) , 1DM (Senior French) .Mencke, Dr. Carl. 1DM (Beginning German), 2DM (Advanced German), 1DM (Csesar), 1DM (Algebra).Shavere, Chas. R. 1DM (Beginning Latin), 3DN (Elocution).Albers, George R. 4DM (Algebra).Departments :COURSES.English : 7DMLatin : 5DM and 2MGreek : 4DM -Mathematics: 9DMNatural Science : 2DMj and 1DMGerman: 3DMFrench: 3DM - NO. OF STUDENTS.787326711614 Programme of the Autumn Finals and the SeventeenthConvocation.The Programme of Final Week is as follows :December 12, Saturday.8 : 00-11 : 00 p.m. Reception to Senior College Graduating Students.Foster Hall,December 15, Tuesday.8 : 00- 11 : 00 p.m. Junior College Finals.Address: "A Modern View of John Milton:" MissHarriet Monroe, Chicago.Kent Theater,.Reception by the Faculty of the Junior Colleges.Haskell Oriental Museum*.December 17, Thursday.8 : 00-11 : 00 p.m. Senior College Finals.Selections by the University Musical Clubs.Address: Kent Theater.December 20, Sunday.3 : 30 p.m. Prayer Service. Members of the Faculties andCandidates for Degrees are invited to attend.Kent iq.3 : 55 p.m. Baccalaureate Procession.4 : 00 p.m. Baccalaureate Services. Address by the President.Kent Theater*December 22-23, Tuesday-Wednesday.Quarterly Examinations of the Autumn Quarter.The Report of Rugby School, Kenilworth (W. R.Trowbridge, Dean) for the Autumn Quarter, 1896, isas follows :List of Instructors with Number and Character of Courses :Trowbridge, W. R. lDMj (Physics), 1DM (History of English Literature), 2DM (Elementary English), 1DM (Arithmetic), 1DM (Mechanical Drawing), 1DM (ManualTraining).Cooke, F. K. 1DM (Demonstrative Geometry), 1DM (Concrete Geometry), 1DM (Anabasis), 1DM (Beginners'Latin), 1DM (Arithmetic), 1DM (Algebra), 1DM (Beginners' Greek).Wilson, Mary W. 3DM (Beginners' Latin), 1DM (Ccesar),1DM (Virgil), 1DM (Iliad), 1DM (Cicero).van Ruyper, Alice C. 1DM (Modern History), 1DM (Beginners' French), 1DM (2d year French), 1M (Beginners'German), 1M (3d year French), 1DM (2d year German),1DM (English Classics).Departments :NO. OF COURSES . NO. OF STUDENTS.English: 6 (3DM) 16Latin: 14 (7DM) ... - 29Greek: 6 (3DM) 5Mathematics : 10 (5DM) - 30French : 5 (2DM and 1M) .... 13German : 3 (1M and 1DM) ... 5Number of pupils enrolled Autumn Quarter, 33. The Programme of Convocation Week is as follows :January8:30 A.M.- c, Friday.¦12 :3o p.m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students,9 : 00 a.m. The Graduate Matutinal.2 : 00 p.m. Meeting of all Candidates for Degrees with theExecutive Officers.Cobb Lecture Hall,- •C hap el.8: 00 p.m. The Seventeenth University Convocation.Address : " Lafayette : " Mr. Henry D. Estabrook,Chicago.Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.Auditorium Theater.January 2, Saturday.8 : 30 a.m. The Lectures and Recitations of the Winter Quarter begin.8 : 30 A.M.-12 : 30 p.m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students.2 : 30 p.m. Meeting of the University Congregation.Haskell Oriental Museum , — Faculty Room,.7 : 00 p.m. Dinner of the University Congregation.Haskell Oriental Museum, — Assembly Room^January 3, Sunday.4:00 p.m. Convocation Vespers. Address.Quarterly Report of the Secretary of the Christian Union,Kent Theater*UNIVERSITY RECORD 473Papers and Discussions From the Zoological Club.At the meeting of the Zoological Club, December 2,1896, a paper was read by O. P. Hay on " The Structure and Mode of Development of the VertebralColumn," of which an abstract follows :A vertebra is in most, if not all, animals a composite structure, both in the early stages of ossification and in the precedingcartilaginous stage. The notochord, around which the vertebralcentrum is developed, at a very early period secretes twosheaths, an outer one, the elastica, and an inner thicker one, theproper chordal sheath. Any segmentation of the notochord orof its sheaths is due to the development of structures lyingprimarily outside of the sheaths and arranged metamerically.The skeletogenous cells arise from the lower half of the proto-vertebra, Gadow and Abbott to the contrary notwithstanding:from these cells arise the upper and lower arches and the inter.calated cartilages. In the sharks, cells from the bases of thearches pierce the elastica and enter the inner chordal sheaththus giving rise to the centra of these fishes. In the bony fishes'as Gegenbaur and Balfour have shown in Lepidosteus, Lotz, inthe salmon and Hay in Amia, the elements of the vertebralcentra are developed wholly outside of the elastica. In the tailof Amia there are for each myomere eight cartilages resting onthe elastica, the two halves of the upper arch, the two halves ofthe lower arch, the two upper intercalated cartilages and thetwo lower intercalated cartilages. In the dorsal region theseare all present except the lower intercalated cartilages, whichseem to be missing.A deposit of bone is formed in each of the eight pieces of eachsegment in the tail. The four bases of the upper and lowerarches are thereby joined into one of the two rings found therein each segment, the so-called hypocentrum or intercentrum,similarly the four intercalated cartilages are joined to form theother ring, the so-called pleurocentrum. In the dorsal region,the bases of the upper arch take no part in the formation of thecentrum, being crowded upward on the top of the enlargedintercalated cartilages. Bone spreading from the latter cartilages meets bone advancing from the bases of the lower arch-Hence the vertebrae of the dorsal region are properly pleuro-hypocentra.In Lepidosteus the intercalated cartilages appear to be fusedinto a ring around the notochord and thus fused with the basesof the upper and lower arches. Later this ring of intercalatedcartilages is divided, one half going to the vertebra behind, theother half to the vertebra in front, and these becoming ossified,form the articular ends of the adult vertebra.In the Urodeles the two sheaths of the notochord are enveloped as in bony fishes. Hasse and Field are in error when theyaffirm that the elastica is pierced by cells from the skeletogenous layer. What they claim as the elastica is not such. Theintervertebral ring of cartilage seems to be formed of the fusedintercalated cartilages, just as in Lepidosteus, and as in this fishbecomes cross-segmented to form the articular ends of theadjacent vertebrae.A paper* by Dr. H. C. Bumpus, giving some interesting results on meristie and homoeotic variation inthe vertebral axis in Necturus, was briefly referred toby Head Professor Whitman.The scope of the paper and the method of dealingwith the subject will be seen in the following ques-*Soon to appear in the Journal of Morphology. tions raised and answered more or less fully by theauthor :1. The per cent, of variation in the attachment of the pelvicarch. Is there meristie variation, and is homoeotic variationassociated with it?2. Is there a ratio between the absolute length of the animaland the number of the vertebrae?3. Why does the variation tend towards forward rather thanbackward homoeosis?4. Occurrence of oblique or unsymmetrical sacra.5. Is the position of the pelvic arch dependent on the ordinalposition of some one segment (sarcasm), or is it determined bythe location of some topographical point?6. Are there variations in the position of the pectoral arch ?and are these correlated with variations in the pelvic arch ?7. Are there other skeletal variations associated with pelvicvariations ?8. Are variations more frequent in males than in females ?9. Are there anatomical grounds for the theory of vertebralintercalation ?These questions and many others raised in connection withthem are answered by the conditions presented in one hundredspecimens of Necturus.Dr. Bumpus has used the expressions forward and backwardhomoeosis as defined by Bateson (" Materials for the Study ofVariation," p. III).The pelvic arch is attached in majority of cases to the XIXvertebra. The variation in position, in most cases, consists inattachment to the XX vertebra, and this is called forwardhomoeosis. The term "homoeosis" is an old one, and Batesonemploys it in its strict etymological sense. It is not the term,but the method of defining direction, that is open to seriousobjection. It is decidedly confusing and contrary to generalusage to speak of the direction of variation as forward, whenthe homoeosis is exhibited in vertebrae lying behind the startingpoint. According to Bateson's definition, if the pelvic arch inNecturus were found as far back of the normal position as thelast caudal vertebra, it would still be a case of forward homse-osis. If the homoeosis appeared in successive vertebrae, comingat each step nearer to the caudal end, we should still have todefy common sense and call it forward. Proceeding in thiswise,we should have to speak of the formation of segments in anembryo as progressing forward, notwithstanding that we knowthat the development advances in just the opposite direction.From this point of view, the direction of developmental differentiation in general would be forward instead of backward." The development of petals in the form of sepals," as Bateson himself suggests, would be "an outward homoeosis, whilethe formation of sepaloid petals would thus be called an inwardhomoeosis, and so forth."Is anything gained except confusion by adopting such terminology ?Bateson attempts to justify his position in the followingwords :"In describing cases of such transformation in the series,it is usual to speak of structures, the pelvis for example, as' traveling forwards,' or 'traveling backwards.' These modes ofexpression are to be avoided as introducing a false and confusing metaphor into the subject, for there is of course no movement of parts in either direction, and the natural process takesplace by a development of certain segments in the likeness ofstructures which in the type occupy a different ordinal positionin the series. In using the expression, Homoeosis, we may inpart avoid this confusion, and we may speak of the variation as474 UNIVERSITY RECORDoccurring from before backwards or from behind forwards,according as the segment to whose form an approach is madestands in the normal series behind or in front of the segmentwhose variation is being considered. The formation of a cervical rib on the VII vertebra is thus a backward Homoeosis, forthe VII vertebra thus makes an. approach to the characters ofthe VIII. On the other hand, development of ribs on the XXvertebra (I lumbar) is a forward Homoeosis, for the XX vertebrathen form itself after the pattern of the normal XIX."Curiously enough the main argument is, to avoid confusion.The confusion to be avoided, however, is wholly imported in theword " traveling." Drop the idea of movement of parts and usethe terms of direction in their usual sense, and there is no confusion. The "confusion worse confounded" comes in when abackward direction is called a forward one, and vice versa.When the XX vertebra "becomes like" the normal XIX, thelocus of the variation is behind the normal, and the directionmust be defined from, rather than to, the normal. The XXvertebra "becomes like" one in front of it, but that does notmake the direction of variation forward.Religious.The University Chaplain, Associate Professor C. R.Henderson, can be found during his office hours, from1:00 to 1:30 p.m. in C 2, Cobb Lecture Hall, Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday.Vesper Service, Sunday, December 13, will be conducted by the Rev. Willard Scott, D.D., who will speakin Kent Theater at 4:00 p.m.The hour of the weekly meetings of the Y. W. C. Ahas been changed from Thursday at 5:00 p.m. toThursday at 10 :30 a.m.The Free Religious Association will hold its lastregular meeting of the Quarter in Cobb Lecture Hall7 B, Tuesday, December 15, at 7:30 p.m. Subject:" Why and to What Extent is Truth a Virtue ? " Allare cordially invited.Churches in the vicinity of The University holdservices as follows :Hyde Park Baptist Church (Corner Woodlawn avenue and56th street)— Rev. J.L.Jackson, D.D., Pastor. Preachingservices at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bible School at 9:30A.M. Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, MondayEvening, at 7:45. Week-day Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening at 7 : 45.Hyde Park M. E. Church (corner Washington avenue and 54thstreet) — Dr. A. W. Patton, 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.Hyde Park Presbyterian Church (corner Washington avenueaDd 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.Professor Thos. C. Trueblood, of the University ofMichigan, authorizes the statement that Mr. Ferdinand W. Peck, of Chicago, a trustee of The University,has agreed to establish permanent testimonials of$100 and $50 respectively, to be given to first andsecond honor men in the contests of the NorthernOratorical League.Mr. Peck has promised to preside at the nextLeague meeting in May.Dr. Colin Scott of the Chicago Normal School addressed the Pedagogical Club Thursday evening, November 19, on "Children's Interests:"These interests are of two kinds, those that come to the surface as reactions, and the deeper emotional interests resultingfrom heredity. He compared the whole body of interests to aball of taffy which might be modified in handling, but in whichthe changes were surface changes mainly.Children's interest in dolls was mentioned as an example ofthe intellectual interests. The value of doll play has hardlybeen realized in Dr. Scott's opinion. The doll calls out a seriesof images and is a means of representing current life. Thedecline of this interest results from the development of theimagination, the representation of the image being no longerneeded.The period when different interests appear and senescedeserves further study. Some are belated in individual cases;others are weakened by being called out too soon. Much apparent interest is not native and spontaneous, but induced. Theaim should be to catch and develop the native interests at theirnascent periods.Of the emotional interests, fear, anger, and love are the mostmarked. In an anger fit there is a regular wave form. Duringits rise the face flushes and the muscles are tense ; at the crestcomes the emotional discharge, and then follows the collapse.This movement was compared to that in the drama, which islikewise a rise and discharge of emotions.The modes of radiating the energy of an anger fit into otherchannels instead of crushing it were suggested. The addressshowed thorough familiarity with the whole subject, and contained many practical suggestions.UNIVERSITY RECORD 475The University Record for November 20 containeda list of Egyptian antiquities which, in a letter of Professor Petrie to Dr. Breasted, were said to be reservedfor The University. These antiquities have arrived,and Dr. Breasted communicates the following description of them :Among the Egyptian remains just arrived from ProfessorPetrie is a considerable number of pieces bearing royal names,which are therefore of great interest. A block of limestonefrom Ramses II's funereal temple at Thebes bears his name cutin over other reliefs, showing that the block was thereforestolen from the neighboring temple of an XVIIIth dynastyqueen. A sandstone tablet shows Thotmes IV worshipingAmon with a line of inscription commemorating his overthrowof the barbarians. Several sun-dried bricks are stamped withroyal names, and are good examples of such bricks as the Israelites made ; moreover, they date from about the period of theoppression. There is also a fine series of jar tops sealed andstamped with the royal name ; such jars, when they containedwine, often bear the date of the vintage in years of the reigningking and thus afford important evidence for determining thelength of a king's reign. Several pieces of gold foil bear royalnames including that of Ramses II.Severalgood grave tablets, some finely colored temple reliefsin limestone, a great relief of the god Re as Osirie cut in sandstone, two sets of canopic jars, and, above all, a magnificentbust of the goddess Sekhmet cut in glassy granite complete theseries of works in stone.As examples of ancient Egyptian taste in form and color, aretwo wooden grave tablets, exquisitely painted with scenes representing the deceased before Osiris.Among a long series of smaller things the finest is a largenumber of blue glazed figures from the foundation deposits ofthe Theban temples. None of these smaller articles are as yetinstalled owing to lack of case room.It is hoped that The University will be able each year toreceive similar accessions from the admirable work which Professor Petrie is conducting.The annual meeting of the Chicago Library Clubwas held in the lecture hall of Haskell Museum, University of Chicago, Friday evening, December 3, 1896 .The members of the club and their friends listened toa lecture by Dr. Myra Reynolds on "The EnglishLake Region," illustrated by stereopticon views.After the conclusion of the lecture, the Woman'sGlee Club of the University of Chicago sang. It isto be regretted that the size of the hall rendered itimpossible for the club to extend a more general invi tation. As it was, many were compelled to leavethe building, being unable to find seats.The first annual meeting of the Council of Seventydirecting the American Institute of Sacred Literaturewill be held on Friday and Saturday, December 11 and12, at The University. On Friday, December 11, at3:00 p.m., the annual reports will be read and a discussion, led by Associate Professor Mathews, on "BibleStudy in the College," will be held in the AssemblyRoom of Haskell Oriental Museum. In the eveningin the same place, at 8: 00 p.m., addresses will be madeupon the general subject of the "Teaching of theBible ; a New Calling," by President Harper and Professor Moulton of The University, and Rev. L. A.Crandall, D.D., and Professor A. C. Zenos, D.D. OnSaturday, December 12, at 10:30 a.m., the meetings ofthe several Chambers will be held ; the Old TestamentChamber in Room 21 of Haskell Oriental Museum,where addresses will be given and topics in Old Testament study will be discussed; the New TestamentChamber in Room 28, and the General Chamber inRoom 26, where similar discussions will be held uponquestions of New Testament study, Biblical Theology,and Comparative Religion.The second quarterly conference of CorrespondenceInstructors of The University was held in the FacultyRoom, Haskell Oriental Museum, Monday, December7, at 4: 00 p.m. Twenty- eight instructors were present,representing nearly all of the departments of The University. The meeting was in charge of PresidentHarper and Professor E. J. James, Director of theUniversity Extension Division, and discussions of thefollowing topics were led by Dr. F. W. Shepardson,Mr. L. T. Damon, and Mrs. T. L. McClintock respectively : first, "The Possibility of Formulating a System of Cooperation between the Correspondence -Study Department and Small Local Study Clubs ; "second, "Grading and Marking of CorrespondenceLessons ;" third, "The Ideal Correspondence Lesson."The next conference will be held early in the firstterm of the Winter Quarter.476 UNIVER8I1 Y RECORDTHE CALENDAR.DECEMBER 11-19, 1896.Friday, December 11.Chapel-Assembly: Graduate School.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Chemical Journal Meeting, K 20, 5:00 p.m. (see p. 471).Philological Society, B 8, Cobb, 8: 00 p.m. (see p. 471).Saturday, December 12.Administrative Board of the University Press, 8:30 a.m.Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.The University Council, 11:30 a.m.Final Examination of J. C. Hammond, R 36, 2:00 p.m.(see p. 470).Graduate Club, Meeting and Reception; Haskell, 8:00p.m. (see p. 471).Sunday, December 13.Vesper Service, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 474).Union Meeting of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., 7: 00 p.m.Monday, December 14.Chapel-Assembly: Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Final Examination of G. A. Mulfinger, Cobb B 11,9:00 a.m. (seep. 470).Tuesday, December 15.Chapel- Assembly: Senior Colleges.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.University Chorus, Rehearsal, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Free Religious Association, B 7, Cobb, 7:30 p.m. (seep. 474). Wednesday, December 16.Final Examination of W. E. Chalmers, Haskell 15,8:00 a.m. (seep. 470).Club of Political Science and History, 5736 Woodlawnav., 8:00 p.m. (see p. 471).Thursday, December 17.Chapel-Assembly: Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Final Examination of C. A. Lemon, Haskell 15, 8:30a.m. (see p. 470).Botanical Club, Walker, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 471).Geological Club, Walker, 4: 00 p.m. (see p. 471).Pedagogical Club, Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m. (seep. 471).Friday, December 18.Chapel-Assembly: Graduate School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Final Examination of J. G. Wood, Haskell 15, 10:30a.m. (see p. 470).Final Examination of E. D. Grant, Ryerson 36, 3:00p.m. (see p. 470).Saturday, December 19.Administrative Board of Affiliations, 8:30 a.m.Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.Faculty of the Divinity School, 11:30 a.m.New Testament Club, South Divinity, 7:30 p.m. (seep. 471).Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD must be sent to the Beoorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder to be published in the issue of the same week.