Price $1*50 Per Year Single Copies 5 CentsUniversity RecordCHICAGOtTbe mnipersitE of Gbtcago pressVOL l„ NO. 42. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JANUARY 15, 1897.Entered in the post office Chicagro. Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The Seventeenth Quarterly Statement of thePresident of The University 523-529II. Recent Numbers of University Journals - - 529III. Elementary Esthetics. By Miss Locke and MissGere 530IV. Satire on Women in Old French Lyric Poetry.By Dr. Theo. L. Neff - 530Y. Official Actions - 531VI. Official Notices 531VII. Official Reports: The Library; Kelly House;Maynard School 532-533VIII. Religious - - ' - - 533IX. Current Events 533X. The Calendar 534The Seventeenth Quarterly Statement of the Presidentof The University, January 1, 1897.Members op The University and Friends of TheUniversity :Does the condition of The University change fromquarter to quarter, and is it therefore important thata summary of its history be presented with each succeeding season ?Will that portion of such a summary, primarilyintended for the members of The University, exhibiting the inner life of the institution, and dealing withits educational growth, presenting problems whichare being discussed and settled from time to time andreciting the details of departmental and official routine, be of any considerable interest to the great number of The University's friends assembled in Convocation, — friends whose lives are occupied for themost part with questions and problems lying in otherand far remote spheres of action ? Will that portion of such a summary, primarilyintended for The University's friends, including thesalient points of interest, acknowledging the evidencewhich the friends themselves have given of their lovefor the University, suggesting those peculiar questions which concern parents and patrons, indicatingthe undeveloped sides of the University work and theopportunities open for further tokens of love andaffection, be profitable to the students, instructors,officers, and trustees of The University?I have asked three questions. If I may have theprivilege of answering these questions, I shall notfurther trespass upon your patience tonight.I. The University is a thing of life, a thing of continuously active life, for it does not even sleep. Everyday is a new manifestation of its life. Every periodis a stage through which it has passed on its never-ending journey, or a new layer in the foundationwhich it never ceases building. Each quarter of threemonths of The University's life has its own characteristics, developed in large measure by the climaticand sociological environment. These characteristicsaffect both work and play. The work of the wintermay be more vigorous, but that of the summer is farless interrupted. Football is not played in the springtime, nor baseball in the autumn.The life is cumulative with every new period. Webegin, having in our possession all the experiences ofthe past, and to these older experiences the newperiod invariably adds something. The complementof new thought or new method contributed by a particular period undoubtedly varies ; for the life of theinstitution, like the life of the individual, is at timesmore sluggish, at other times more active, but the524 UNIVERSITY RECORDforces from within are so numerous and so varied thatordinarily the increment is regular and tangible.Every such period witnesses the extension of the institution's influence. This may be seen in the increasing numbers, or in the wider area from which itsconstituency is made up, or in the increase in thenumber of institutions closely associated with TheUniversity, or in the constantly growing number ofhigh positions occupied by those who have receivedits degrees, or in the new publications which haveissued from its press, or in the new contributions inthis or that department, made by its instructors.These and other indications are at the same time themarks of a greater or less intensity of life and thestandard by which, from an outward point of view, itmay be judged.With each quarter the customs of the precedingquarter become more firmly established until, indeed,they have taken the form of traditions, so fast andfixed that they may not be changed ; but each quarteralso has its new customs and its modification of theold which, though perhaps imperceptible, will in timedevelop into something very new and different.The environment of The University is always changing, and the adaptation of the institution to its environment is as fundamental a law of institutional as of individual life. The rise of this or that political dogmarequires and receives consideration. Emphasis uponthis or that theological belief calls for a rearrangementof forces. The announcement of this or that scientificdiscovery lays important obligation upon those moreclosely interested. With every movement in everyworld of life and thought the University life is inclose sympathy and by every such movement it ismost deeply affected.Each new quarter brings to light new friends,and these new friends, however numerous and however gracious the old friends may have been, deserveour attention until acquaintanceship has been established and they have come to take their places in theranks.Each quarter likewise has its failures and its disappointments ; a trusted man has shown his weakness ;a fondly cherished plan has proven inefficient ; a confidently expected gift has failed to come ; a thoroughlyreliable investment has furnished no income. It istrue that our failures and disappointments are passedover lightly in public statement, but this does notmean in any single case that their influence is not mostkeenly felt. It would be brutal in some instances toexplain why this action or that of faculty or trusteeshas been taken, for the explanation would be foundin a failure or in a disappointment of which a cour teous charity forbids announcement. But, becathese, dangers in the future will often be a\and the gain from disappointments is perhaps gofttimes than from success.May I hot add that with each quarter ouiversity life, still in its earliest -stages, becomesand more intense.Each member of the staff of instruction knowsintimately the life and habits of his colleagu*strength and the sincerity of character are bettpreciated, the bands of friendship are more ccemented, and the spirit of unity, which has exisa marked degree from the very beginning, is ev(more strongly emphasized.Some of us have thought, perhaps we wentaken, that with the novelty of our situationalmost a thing of the past, with the closer toheart with heart and soul with soul, there has <very gradually but very perceptibly, a highestronger religious sympathy, which has shownin all the forms in which such spirit ordinarilyfests itself.There is, in a word, something, which each qadds, that deserves to be chronicled. Each qihas its lessons which deserve statement. If pr<has been made, the factors entering into it shoianalyzed and considered. If progress has no1made, it is all the more necessary to recogni:fact and to seek for its explanation. But withis it should not be forgotten that any atterdescribe or present the history of even ninet;will fall entirely short of real accomplishment.only in so far as the external gives suggestion oiis internal that the true state of things may beprehended. It is, after all, the growth of th<which, for the time being at least, is intangibgrowth of character which, for the time being,recognized, that constitute the highest and moportant growth in any period of The Universityand these only time, in its merciless progressbring to light in their proper perspective. Recing clearly what only the future will reveal, w<nevertheless take note from time to time o1which already in the present stands out in strclief.II. Those of us who are here tonight as frieiThe University constitute a large number, aidivided into many groups. I am confident theach group there may be found something of einterest among the details which make up the 1of the closing quarter. In the list of these derestrict myself to those which ordinarily would ;only to the members of The University. The m<UNIVERSITY RECORD 525women in this audience who know what college life isfrom actual experience, and the parents of boys andgirls today engaged in college work here and elsewhere, will not fail to be interested in (1) the fact thatthe football season was declared closed on December1 and that the team was refused permission to playafter that date with a certain Eastern team under theauspices of an outside institution and primarily forthe sake of profit. (2) That the women students ofThe University have been refused permission toengage in basket-ball contests with representatives ofother institutions, upon the ground that such contests would not be productive of results which thegood taste of those most closely concerned wouldapprove. (3) That rules have been established inaccordance with which no student is permitted toengage in any public performances of any kind whohas against him on the records of The University adeficiency in any subject and whose present work is notentirely satisfactory. In public exhibitions of anathletic, musical, or intellectual character the participants are not neglecting regular University workin order to perform what at times seems to be themore attractive public service. (4) That, with a singleexception, the houses of The University, including thefraternities and secret organizations, have been conducted during the quarter to the entire satisfaction ofthe authorities. (5) That in connection with thework of the Junior Colleges (that is, the Freshmanand Sophomore classes) regular lectures will henceforth be given by the head professors of the variousdepartments, in which effort will be made to point outthe various relations of the subjects constituting thecollege curriculum, with a view to their better correlation in the minds of the students ; and that, in connection with the work of the Senior Colleges (that is,the Junior and Senior classes) regular lectures will begiven by the heads of the various departments uponthe current problems of those departments in theirrelation to human life and thought. (6) That for theAcademy of The University at Morgan Park new landhas been- purchased and new buildings are beingerected, in order to meet the larger demands madeupon The University in this department of its work.We wish the patrons of The University to know, contrary to the statements so frequently expressed, thatthe athletic work of The University is kept within thestrictest possible limits, and in no case allowed tointerfere with the regular work of a student ; that thestrongest men of The University are engaged in workwith the students enrolled in the first year of the college work; that the instruction of the younger students is not, as is commonly stated, given over into the hands of young and inexperienced teachers ; thatin the field of secondary education The University hasassumed responsibilities which it will fulfill to the bestof its ability.The ministers who have favored us with their presence this evening and the professors of other institutions who are here will be interested : (1) in the announcement that a proposition has been receivedfrom the School of Applied Ethics which has hithertoheld its sessions in Plymouth, Mass., to transfer itswork to Chicago, and to enter into affiliation with thework of The University in its Summer Quarter ; (2) inthe action of the faculty of the Divinity School, making as a further requirement for admission to thejunior class of the Divinity School, an examination onthe elements of the Hebrew language ; (3) in the action of the divinity faculty permitting two-thirds ofthe work of the last year in college to count upon thedivinity curriculum ; (4) in the publication of the firstnumber of The American Journal of Theology, thearticles and reviews of which come from the pen ofover fifty of the best known writers and thinkers inthe various departments of theology in this countryand abroad.The physicians of Chicago and the Northwest willbe pleased to learn that the four biological laboratories,of which the corner stones were laid in July last, arenow under roof and that they will be fully completedand occupied before July next. It is difficult to estimate the ultimate significance of this fact in the fu^ture history of medicine in the West and Northwest.The engineers who are with us and all who come in*contact with technological life will be glad to leam.that the Bradley Polytechnic Institute has been established, its board of trustees organized, the plans of its ,buildings agreed upon, the general character of its.curriculum determined, that already steps have been,taken for the appointment of the staff of instructors,,and that the work of the institution will begin October next. The general style of architecture employedin the construction of the University buildings willbe used in the buildings of the Bradley Institute.Within a few weeks three buildings will be underprocess of construction, and within nine months theinstitute will have opened its doors.The business men of Chicago who are interested inthe development of the departments of commerce,transportation, manufacturing industries and insurance will be interested in the announcement that forseveral months the various faculties of The Universityhave considered the establishment of a College of Commerce and Politics, an arrangement of courses of studywhich should be parallel with the groups already exist-526 UNIVERSITY RECORDing, in one of which the classics are emphasized, inanother modern literature, and in a third, science. Inthe new college it is proposed to lay particular emphasis upon those subjects which will at the same timeserve as a means of discipline and as immediately preparatory to the special work in the great departmentswhich have just been named. The most careful attention has been given the subject, and although the details are not yet completed, sufficient progress hasbeen made to make it possible to warrant the statement that within a short time the work of the newcollege will be instituted/ provided the necessarymeans can be secured.The many teachers in the number of our friends willhear with interest :that ^o the faculty of the MorganPark Academy there has been given the privilege ofexamining and grading its own students for the entrance examinations to The University ; that to thehigh schools and academies already cooperating withThe University, the following, after careful inspectionon the part of The University, have been added : TheHigh Schools of Cleveland, O., Topeka, Kan., FortWayne, Ind., Kansas City, Mo., Youngstown, O., andthe Male High School of Louisville, Ky. (the number of cooperating schools at present is forty-one, including the high schools of the leading cities of themiddle states and West, the number of affiliatedschools is ten, in all fifty-one schools, with which TheUniversity now works in closest relationship); thataction has been taken for rendering more effective andcomprehensive the semi-annual meetings of teachersof the affiliated and cooperating schools ; that henceforth the affiliation of new schools will be determinedby a vote of the representatives of the schools alreadyaffiliated, in connection with the vote of the Board ofAffiliations ; that the class of the Extension Divisionorganized especially for teachers has increased itswork by more than half during the past quarter ascompared with the corresponding quarter of last year,and that steps are being taken for the opening of thelibraries and laboratories of The University, with suitable limitations, to the University Extension students.I am greatly mistaken if the majority of thosehere tonight do not feel a special interest in thedevelopment of the religious life and work at TheUniversity. To these I may be permitted to say (1)that there has been organized in connection with theChristian Union, and in addition to the Young Men'sChristian Association already in existence, the FreeReligious Association ; (2) that, in accordance with thesuggestion made at the last Convocation, courses ofinstruction in Biblical Literature have been arrangedfor Sunday morning, at hours which will not interfere with church services, the students to receive creditfor the work in the same proportion as for other workdone in The University ; (3) that a provisional solution of the chapel problem has been reached, in accordance with which the various divisions of TheUniversity, faculty and students, meet each oncea week in morning assembly, at which a brief religiousservice is conducted and in connection with whichopportunity is afforded the President and membersof the faculty to present matters of special interestin the particular body of students assembled. Thesuccess attending the inauguration of the assemblyduring the month of December was marked, and thesatisfaction of both students and faculty was apparent ; (4) that the Sunday afternoon Vesper Service hasbeen more largely attended than ever before, the addresses being upon distinctively religious subjects,and being given by eminent ministers of Chicago andother cities, namely, Rev. L. A. Crandall, Rev. A. J.Canfield, Rev. W. W. Fenn, Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus,Rev. W. M. Lawrence, Rev. Willard Scott, Rev.H. W. Thomas and President A. H. Strong ofRochester, Professor R. G. Moulton of The University, and Rev. John Watson of Liverpool, England ; (5) that the work of the University Settlementin the Stock Yards district has developed so rapidlyand so encouragingly that more vigorous effort isrequired of all concerned for its proper management ;'* (6) that beyond any question the religious side of theUniversity life is stronger, more healthy and moredefinitely organized than ever before.Whatever may be our special interest, the men andwomen here tonight are Chicagoans, and surely it isa fact of importance in the history of Chicago that tothe educational work which it offers in a single one ofits many institutions there have come students fromevery state in the Union, that these students comefrom over 200 different colleges and universities to doadvanced university work ; that the Yerkes Observatory which will be the pride of the entire West isso far completed that the work of the astronomicaldepartment has been transferred to Lake Geneva andis now conducted there ; that of the number of distinguished men selected by our sister university,Princeton, at the celebration of its 150th anniversary,one, Head Professor William G. Hale, was a representative of The University of Chicago. I have presented only details, but I am sure they are of interestto every friend of culture and of education.III. The members of The University are engagedeach in his special work. The world of each is verynarrow. Sometimes the mistake is made by a student,much more often by a professor, of supposing that hisUNIVERSITY RECORD 527world is all the world. The traditions of the pastpoint towards isolation and exclusion of all that iswithout. Is it not well for these men and women,students and instructors, separated so fully from theirfellows and from each other, to come, for the moment,at least, into closer contact with those who sustainthe relationship of parents, patrons, colleagues, fellowworkers in the various callings of life, and fellow citizens? And may we not include with them the trustees of The University? It is surely of importancethat we, the recipients of countless favors, makeproper acknowledgment of the same; that we, theinheritors of a great trust, give satisfactory accountof the heritage ; that we, appointed to do a particularwork and held responsible for the performance of thework, make no uncertain or ambiguous call upon thosein whose behalf we work, for the facilities of everykind of which we stand in need in order to performaright the service assigned to us. It gives me pleasure, therefore, to announce to the members of TheUniversity (1) that gifts have been received duringthe quarter as fellow's: From William A. Talcott of Rock-ford, Illinois, $12,000 for the endowment of scholarships;from E. S. Pike $100, E. L. Ryerson $50, JosephLeiter $400 for fellowships; Hibbard, Spencer & Bart-lett, $56.37 for the Practice School ; William E. Hale,$350 for defraying the expenses of the removal of theKenwood Observatory to Lake Geneva. (2) That anadditional sum has been received from the executorsof the Ogden estate of $10,000, making the entire sumthus far received $306,105. (3) That the officers of theStudent Fund Society have put forth special effortduring the quarter to increase the membership of thesociety and thereby to increase the funds which maybe used in the form of loans to worthy students ofThe University needing assistance. The time andeffort expended by the women of this society are moreconsiderable than many of us have supposed. Fortheir assistance, through which the greatest possiblegood has already been accomplished, we are profoundly grateful. (4) That the philosophy and science department of the Chicago Woman's Club hasundertaken an enterprise for the purpose of filling the.halls of Haskell Oriental Museum and equipping theoriental student with original materials. Subscriptions are being secured for the support of ProfessorPetrie's excavations in Egypt, and several hundreddollars have been sent to him. Already sixteen boxesof antiquities, which nine months ago were beneaththe soil of Egypt, have been sent by Professor Petrie,and are now on exhibition at Haskell Museum. Acourse of lectures on Egypt beginning next Tuesdayhas been arranged by the ladies of this club, and the proceeds will supplement the subscription fund.(5) That the friends of pedagogic science have againexhibited their special interest in the work of the exper-imental school conducted by the Pedagogical Department, and at an expense of nearly $1000 made provision for the accommodation of the school in new andenlarged quarters. The total benefactions for thiswork during the year will amount to nearly $4000.(6) That the friends of the University Settlementhave contributed within the last few months thesum of $2475.48 for current expenses, the list ofdonors including the names of W. B. Walker,Marshall Field, A. A. Sprague, D. G. Hamilton,S. B. Cobb, A. A. Atkins, M. A. Ryerson, TheCentral Church, The Chautauqua Assembly, TheWomen's Settlement League, The Look-Out Club, TheWoman's Glee Club, and that by the courtesy of Rev.N. D. Hillis and the trustees of the Central Church,the Vesper addresses to be given on successive Sunday afternoons of the months of January, Februaryand March, will be reputed Sunday evenings duringthe same months in Central Music Hall, a collectionto be taken each evening and the proceeds to bedevoted to the work of the University Settlement; (7)that during the quarter the number of books receivedby gifts from various sources have amounted to 1156volumes ; (8) that the money received by The University from its journals for the quarter closing December 31 has been 66% per cent, in advance of theamount received during the same months of last year.In this connection I may be allowed to congratulatethe members and the friends of The University alikeupon the fact (1) that the health of the members ofThe University during the past quarter has been mostexcellent, there being no case of death, and amongthe students no case of serious illness, (2) thatMessrs. von Hoist, Donaldson, and Wheeler, who forsome months have been seriously ill, are all in betterhealth, and within a short time will be on duty.It may be mentioned that:(1) The enrollment of students during the AutumnQuarter has been as follows:Graduate School of Arts and Literature 199Ogden Graduate School of Science 102 301The Senior Colleges 123The Junior Colleges 314The Unclassified Students 166 603The Gradu ate Divinity School 129The Unclassified Divinity Students 17The Dano-Norwegian Theol. Seminary 20The Swedish Theol. Seminary 34 200Total 1104528 UNIVERSITY RECORD(2) That within the calendar year, January toDecember, 969 new students have matriculated inThe University.Summary :Total No. of grad. students matriculating cal. year 1896 356" " of undergrad. students matriculating cal. year 1896 475" " of undergraduate students from other collegesmatriculating calendar year 1896 190" " of undergraduate students entering college forfirst time calendar year 1896 285" " of Divinity students matriculating in 1896 138Many unclassified students really enter withadvanced standing, but intend to stay but a shorttime.Students matriculating Winter Quarter, 1896.Graduate 19Divinity 11Unclassified 29College 21 80Students matriculating Spring Quarter, 1896.Graduate 19Divinity 13Unclassified 18College 19 69Students matriculating Summer Quarter, 1896.Graduate 235Divinity 62Unclassified t 183College 26 506Students matriculating Autumn Quarter, 1896.Graduate 83Divinity 52Unclassified 77College 102 314Total number for year 969(3) That in the work of The University ExtensionDivision during the quarter, the Lecture-StudyDepartment has given 61 courses with an estimatedattendance of 10,000.In the Class-Study Department 87 classes have beenin progress in and about Chicago, with an enrollmentof 1300.In the Correspondence-Study Department therehave been registered 474 individual students in 101different courses, the department in many instancesextending its work into foreign countries.(4) That during the Autumn Quarter the followingimportant publications have appeared :Associate Professor Robert Francis Harper has published Vols. Ill and IV of his "Assyrian and Babylonian Letters belonging to the K Collections of theBritish Museum," containing 212 letters; comprising some of the finest letter tablets in the Kouyunjik collection.Associate Professor O. J. Thatcher and Dr. Ferdinand Schwill: "Europe in the Middle Ages,"(5) That during the quarter the following officersand instructors have not been in residence :Professors Bolza, Burton, Chandler, HendricksonHolmes, Penrose, and Van Hise, making a total of 7.Professorial Lecturers Barrows, Elliott, and Far-rington, a total of 3.Associate Professors Cutting, Loeb, Starr, Tufts,and Zueblin, a total of 5.Instructors See, Sparks, Triggs, and Young, a totalof 4.Associates Page and Slaught, a total of 2.Assistants Hobbs and Willett, a total of 2.Docents Carpenter, Curtiss, Hussey, and Wyld, atotal of 4.In addition to these the following University andUniversity Extension instructors, though resident,offered no courses in The University :Professors Barnard, Burnham, Hirsch, James ; Assistant Professor Fellows; Assistant E. C. Case;Docent F. Bentley — making a total of 40.(6) That during the Autumn Quarter the followingchanges and additions in the staff of instructors andofficers of administration took place.Dr. H. A. Cuppy to an Associate Directorship in TheUniversity Press Division, Mr. R. F. Milliken to anAssistantship in Physics, Dr. Frederick Ives Carpenterreappointed to a Docentship in English, Mr. W. R.Peterson reappointed to an Instructorship in theSwedish Theological Seminary, Dr. J. G. Brobeck appointed to an Assistantship in Physical Culture inthe Morgan Park Academy. In the Practice Schoolof Pedagogy the following have been appointed : Mr.F. W. Shipley and Miss Gertrude Sutherland to giveinstruction in music. In the University ExtensionDivision the following appointments have been made:Professor Henry Rolfe to a Lectureship in Literature,Dr. E. H. Lewis to an Associate Professorship in English, Dr. Henry M. Kiimmel to give instruction in Geology in connection with the Class-Study Department,Miss Ida C. Heffron to give instruction in Pedagogyin connection with the Class-Study Department.(7) That during the Autumn Quarter the followingnew appointments in the list of fellowships and scholarships were made :Fellowships. — Daniel I. Coon, Alice Bache Gould,Henry R. Hatfield, M. C. Jensen, Thomas C. McKinney,Edward S. Meade, Wesley C. Mitchell, Alice E.PrattCharles W. Seidenadel, Amelia L. Wells, Ambrose P.Winston.UNIVERSITY RECORD 529Divinity^ Scholars.Clough, Clarence E.Finn, Fred D.Gessler, Theodore A. Patrick, Bowen R.Snow, Ralph R.Vaughn, Richard M.Graduate Scholars.Clark, Faith B.Earle, MabelHammond, J. C. Holmes, Mary E.Hunter, G. W.Jones, Eleanor L.Special Scholars.Abells, Harry D.Burns, A. T.Herschberger, C. H.Pattengill, Bertha A. Schottenf els, Ida M.Stearns, John B.Trimble, Henry L.Williams, C. B.Atwood, Wallace W.Dicker son, Mary Senior Scholars.Geselbracht, F. H.Junior Scholars.Adler, Sarah E.Anderson, Swen B.Bray ton, George A.Buchanan, Bessie E.Buhlig, Walter H.Duffy, Almira M.Harper, Samuel N.Kirtley, Howard P. Lindsay, Sarah F.Manning, Ralph C.McCaleb, AnnaMichael, RoseNorden, Adolph C.Pettitt, Lewis C.Webb, Jonathan.I desire also to express the appreciation of the administrative officers of The University of the work ofthe Student Councilors during the Autumn Quarter.The evidence is clear that the influence of the Councilors has been more marked, both among the studentsand on the part of the faculties.It is necessary for me to announce, although it isdone with profound regret, that the uncertainty ofthe financial outlook makes impossible any thoughtof enlargement in the departments of The Univer-.sity's work already organized, or any addition of newdepartments : that in several cases where merit wouldwarrant promotion of University officers, such promotion must be denied ; that the statement of The University's most pressing needs, made at the July Convocation, is still fresh in our minds and does not needrepetition. There are men in the City of Chicagowho are today contemplating large and magnificentgifts to The University. May I plead with them notto postpone the time of giving? The University isestablished. No ordinary event can stay its onw^ardmovement, and we may well ask the question, Whywait ten or twenty years to do that which might bedone as well within five ?To the gentleman who has been the guest of honorin this evening's programme, on behalf of all whohave listened to his eloquent words, I wish to tender our thanks, and to express our sincere appreciationof the service which he has rendered us.Does each quarter have a history worthy of a summary ? I answer, yes. Is this summary, even in itstechnical form, of interest to those outside of TheUniversity ? I answer, yes. Is this summary, in sofar as it relates to the outside world and what thatworld has done and will do for The University, of interest to the members of The University? Again Ianswer, yes ; and I am bold enough to believe that inthis answer all the members and all the friends ofThe University will agree.Recent Numbers of University Journals.The December number of The Biblical Would is speciallyillustrated, and its articles are devoted to subjects connectedwith the birth and childhood of Jesus Christ. President Harperwrites upon *' The Child Prophecies of Isaiah," in which, afterdiscussing the various passages, he concludes by stating thatIsaiah " expected this child in his own day," but that "it wasnot God's will" that it should then appear. "In time thechild came, and in coming fulfilled the prayers and propheciesof all the saints and all the prophets, — the child of David'sfamily, the Messiah, the Christ."Professor George T. Purves of Princeton writes on "TheStory of the Birth." He holds that the Matthew story was givento prove Jesus to be the Christ, the Luke narrative to show thefulfillment of the promise of salvation. He maintains that theobjections to the infancy narrative are not strong enough towarrant disbelief.Professor George Adam Smith of Glasgow discusses "TheHome of our Lord's Childhood," in which he pictures the situation of Nazareth in its sheltered valley, yet near the great roadsleading from east to west."Jewish Family Life" is presented by Prof essor Burton ofThe University. He says that "it was into a Jewish home of thehumbler sort that Jesus was born." "The glimpses we areafforded of the life in that home, elevated by love and permeated with religion, leads us to think of it as a noble exampleof the noblest type of family life the ancient world knew."" The Child Jesus in Painting" is the subject of an article byProfessor Wilkinson of The University, in which, after statingthat pictures of Jesus are wholly imaginary and artists' attemptsto represent the ideal Christ, he analyzes the works of thevarious great painters in this field. He concludes by presentingthe question, "Has religion been on the whole a gainer fromthese pictures?" and says that " there has always been dangerthat the aesthetic and sentimental interest will usurp whatbelongs properly to the authentic religious interest alone."Professor Henderson of The University takes up " Christieanity and Children." He holds that religion sanctifies naturalaffection ; that the teaching of Jesus as to the holiness of childhood has borne fruit in the history of the church. The churchowes a debt and a duty to children, and this debt must be paidand this duty fulfilled.The remainder of the number contains the second of a seriesof articles on Messianic Prophecy and the usual notes, synopsesof articles, book reviews, and bibliography.The December number of The School Keview is also aholiday number, and contains a full report of the New EnglandAssociation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, at which were530 UNIVERSITY RECORDgiven addresses by President T. C. Mendenhall, on "Requirements for Admission to Scientific Schools," and by Dr. AliceFreeman Palmer on " Recent Tendencies of Education in Franceand England." A special subject of discussion was the enlargement of options in admission requirements with special reference to a closer connection between the college and the non-classical high school. Dr. John Tetlow introduced the discussion, and was followed by President Eliot of Harvard, PresidentCapen of Tufts, and others.The Jouenal of Political Economy for December containsthe following articles :I. The Shipping Trade Between the United States and theUnited Kingdom, by Anders Nicolai Kiaer. II. Lake Transportation and the Iron-ore Industry, by George G. Tunell. III.The Tariff and the Constitution, by A. P. Winston. IV. TheSt. Paul Method of Assessing Real Estate, by Frederick R.Clow. Among the " Notes " there is an interesting letter fromProfessor Hadley of Yale with respect to a correction made inhis Economics by a reviewer in a former number of the journal,Mr. George G. Tunell, who also replies to the statements ofProfessor Hadley.Elementary /Esthetics.Miss Josephine Locke gave a very helpful and suggestiveaddress before the Pedagogical Club, Thursday, December 17,on Elementary ^Esthetics. The address was illustrated andexplained by a collection of excellent drawings from the differentgrades of the public schools.Miss Locke began by stating the function of aesthetics in lifeand education. The need of the age is not so much light forthe intellect as warmth for the heart and this art only cansupply. The music of the spheres is but a form of expressingthe harmony that underlies life. There must be harmony ineducation if it be true to life. Some studies are in their natureconstructive and synthetic while others are dispersive andanalytic in character. To the former belong music and drawing,— the aesthetic branches. Since these have so small a place ineducation, harmonious development is accomplished at greatcost, and in spite of the resistance of other studies. ^Estheticsexpresses the harmony at the center of life, and it should havea place at the center of the educational system.The race has never been without the aesthetic instinct, but ithas been conceived of as something abstract instead of a working principle. The beautiful exists, and the arts are the vehicleof its expression. Every nation has had a climax of art, butthe art eras of the world seem to be a matter of haphazardevolution, with the exception of the art era of Greece, whichbecause of the blending of thought and feeling, rules the worldstill. But the last shall be first, and the art consciousness isthat for which evolution has been waiting, and to which theintellectual has been only preparatory. In the rise of a cell ororganism the lower forms are not lost but absorbed, the story ofthe tadpole being universalized, and all development thus far isbut a preparation for the completeness of which beauty is theexpression.The art instinct exists in every individual, but though we allhave felt its power, we have not known what to do with it. Itslumbers in the love of sunshine, of sea and mountain, and inthe enjoyment of rhyme and jingle that characterizes the healthychild. The hero, the poet, the saint, the artist are those whohave kept their childhood or found it again, and in whom thelove of beauty has never been lost. But the art instinct mustfind expression if it is to perform its service to the world. Inchildhood expression is instinctive and spontaneous. The moreorganic the life, the less can it be expressed with geometric accuracy. Hence expression must be free. A democratic education must center around a democratic art. The West is not inthe trammels of tradition. Why should it not be independentin art standards and art methods ? The best thing in theindividual is his susceptibility. Children should be allowed toget impressions directly and to express them directly. Throughart the tadpole becomes the frog, and creation completes itself.The hunger for romance and sentiment is only satisfied in art.A new romanticism is needed, — an expansion of life on the artside.Art thus claims a place for itself. It is a ready servant toother ends, and to other studies in the school curriculum, but notthus can its message be realized. Art is the culmination of life,and as such it is not accessory but central and constructive.Until this is recognized, it will not yield its highest value.Miss Gere of Lake followed Miss Locke with some explanations concerning the beginning work with children. Color isthe first art medium, and the brush and chalk the means of leastresistance. Natural color expression Miss Gere consideredbetter than any system of colored papers. The largest possiblewhole should be chosen to begin with, functions, not things,being studied, and things being expressed only in their relations.In telling stories for drawing, those which emphasize landscapefeatures should be chosen. In cutting, dramatic action shouldbe emphasized. In getting from the crude early efforts to moreartistic work it was suggested that the group be always given,first, drill on a single figure or block following. Drills shouldalways come at the close of a lesson and relate to some phase ofthe work done. Many additional suggestions of practical valuewere made, and many questions asked relating to the exhibit bythose present.Satire on Women in Old French Lyric Poetry*The purpose of the thesis was at first to discuss a few specialpoems, such as VEvangile des Fames, Le Blastange des Fames,Des Corneites, La Contenance des Fames, Chicheface, etc., andtrace their influence on Middle English literature ; but this purpose was soon abandoned on account of serious difficulties inthe way at that time. The scope of the study was finallyreduced to that indicated in the title above, in which lyric isnot to be interpreted too strictly, but made to include allshorter poetry. All poems of considerable length are excluded— epics, romans, the drama, etc.Texts read and utilized are :Jubinal: Nouveau recueil de Contes, Dits et Fabliaux2 vols.Jubinal : Jongleurs et Trouveres, 1 vol.Jubinal : Oeuvres completes de Butebeuf, 3 vols.Montaiglon et Raynaud: Becueil general des Fabliaux, 6 vols.L. de Lincy : Becueil de Chants historiques francais depuis leXllejusqu'au XVIII^ (only part of vols.).Roquefort: Poesies de Marie de France, 2 vols. (2d vol.).Warnke : Die Lais der Marie de France, 1 vol.Anciennes Po6sies francaises des XV^ et XVIe siecles, vol.11.Other works were read, but the material was afterwardsrejected, because of the restrictions placed upon the subject.There are other poems to be read and included before the thesisis published.The following list may give some idea of the crimes andoffenses laid to the charge of the fair sex: fickleness, quarrel-* Outline of a paper read before the Romance Club, July 31,1896, by Dr. Theo. L. Neff , setting forth the method, purposeand scope of a thesis on the subject.UNIVERSITY RECORD 531someness, garrulity, folly, vanity* perverseness, imperiousness,revengefulness, murder, covetousness, theft, untruthfulness,deceit, treachery, origin "of sin, disobedience to husband,unchastity, and very many others could be given.Some pieces contain only an occasional satirical reference,others .are wholly given up to satire. As to character, the satirevaries from the most playful and innocent to the most vindictive and malicious kind. Passion, deceit and covetousness arethe great motives that underlie most of the wickedness andfailings attributed to womankind.In much of this satire is breathed a spirit of hostility towoman, a general belief in her inferiority to man, mentally andmorally, and herunfitness to be his associate except for baserpurposes; while an unfailing remedy for her evil nature isgiven in the motto: Beat her furiously and often; give herlittle to eat and to wear.Official Actions.At a meeting of the Faculty of the Junior Collegesheld January 9, 1897, the following elections wereconfirmed :Robert Law, Jr., as chairman of the Junior CollegeCouncil.Charles Vernon Drew, Councilor for Division I,Unclassified Students.Alice Keep Clark, Councilor for Division II, Unclassified Students.The University Council at its meeting of January 9,1897, voted to grant the request of the Christian Unionthat the exercises of The University be suspended onJanuary 28, 1897, the Day of Prayer for Colleges, after10:30 a.m.Official Notices.The regular meetings of Boards and Faculties, to beheld Saturday, January 16, 1897, in the Faculty Room,Haskell Oriental Museum, are the following :8:30 a.m. — The Administrative Board of UniversityAffiliations.10:00 a.m.— The Faculty of the Senior Colleges.11:30 a.m.— The Faculty of the Divinity School.An address before The University on the twenty-second of February will be given by Robert M. La-Follette, of Madison, Wisconsin.The Division Lectures before Senior Divisions II-VI are given by Dean Terry on Mondays at 10:30 a.m.in the Lecture Room, Cobb Hall. The subject is" Current Topics in the Light of History."The Junior Division Lectures for the coming weekare as follows :Junior I. Dean McClintock, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.,B 6, Cobb, " Election of Studies." Junior II. Dean Terry, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Lecture Hall, Cobb, " Scope of the Study of History."Junior III-IV. Head Professor Moore, Tuesday,10: 30 a.m., Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum,"Mathematics."Junior V. Head Professor Chamberlin, Tuesday,10:30 a.m., C 9, Cobb, "The Inorganic Sciences; — Relations and Educational Functions of Chemistry."Junior VI. President Harper, Wednesday, 10:30a.m., Faculty Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, "Introductory Talks."The Divinity School will meet in Haskell AssemblyRoom, Tuesday, January 19, at 7:15 p.m., to review thefirst number of The American Journal of Theology.The leading articles, critical notes, book reviews, etc.,will be discussed by professors and students to whomparts have been assigned.The Semitic Club will meet Tuesday, January 19,at 7:30 p.m., in the Egyptian Room, Haskell. Dr.Breasted will read on "Egyptian Antiquities."The Botanical Club will meet Wednesday, January 20, at 4: 00 p.m., in Walker Museum. Mr. WilsonR. Smith, in the light of recent papers, will discuss" The Formation of Auxospores and the Problem ofSexuality among Diatoms."The Romance Club will meet in B 12, Cobb Hall,Wednesday, January 20, at 4:00 p.m. Paper by Mr.Wilson D. Crabb: VAimeri de Narbonne dans le P4le-rinage de Charlemagne. Assistant Professor Brunerwill present the reports of the Traveling Fellows whoare now studying in Paris.The Philosophical Club will meet Wednesday, January 20, at 7:30 p.m., in 13 C, Cobb Hall. AssociateProfessor Tufts will read a paper on " The Universaland the Individual in Mediaeval Thought."Club of Political Science and History — Programmefor the Winter Quarter:January 20 — "The History of Legislation . for theCity of Chicago," Assistant Professor Ernst Freund.Magazine Report, Miss Skeffington.February 3 — "The City Council in Chicago," Mr.Inskeep. Magazine Report, Mr. Redmond.February 17 — "Finance in the City of Chicago,"Mr. Whitten and Mr. Hatfield. Magazine Report, Mr.Meade.March 3 — "Valuable Franchises in Chicago,"Professor James. Magazine Report, Mr. Inskeep.532 UNIVERSITY RECORDA meeting of the Club of Political Science and History will be held in the Faculty Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, Wednesday, January 20, at 8:00 p.m.Programme : " The History of Legislation for the Citydi Chicago" by Assistant Professor Freund; MagazineReport by Miss Skeffington.The Pedagogical Club will meet Thursday, January21, at 8:00 p.m., in the Lecture Room, Cobb Hall.Superintendent F. H. Hall of Waukegan will speakupon "Imagination in Arithmetic."The Political Economy Club meets in the FacultyRoom, Haskell Oriental Museum, alternate Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. The Programme for the WinterQuarter is as follows :January 14 — " Tenement-House Manufactures,"Mrs. Florence Kelly.January 28 — "Watered Stock in Chicago," Mr.Frank A. Vanderlip.February 11 — "The Iron and Steel Industry in theUnited States," Mr. George G. Tunell.February 25 — "Deep Waterways," Mr. Lyman E.Cooley.March 11 — To be announced later.The next informal meeting of the Graduate Clubwill be held at Haskell Oriental Museum, on MondayJanuary 18, at 8:00 p.m. Reports will be given fromthe recent National Convention of Graduate Clubs atBaltimore.The Chemical Journal Meeting will be held on Friday, January 15, in Kent 20, at 5 : 00 p.m. Paper byAssistant Professor A. Smith, " On the Oxygen Hydrogen Ratio."The Mathematical Club will meet in Room 36, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, on Friday, January 15, at7:30 p.m. Head Professor Moore will read "On theReduction of Positive Binary and Ternary QuadraticForms."Official Reports.During the week ending January 12, 1897, therehas been added to the Library of The University atotal number of 163 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 119 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 5 vols.; Philosophy, 18 vols.; Pedagogy, 4 vols.; Political Economy, 3 vols.; Classical Archaeology, 1 vol.; History, 6 vols.; Sociology, 2 vols.;Sociology (Divinity), 2 vols.; Comparative Religion, 2vols.; Semitic, 3 vols.; New Testament, 1 vol.; Comparative Philology, 3 vols.; Greek, 13 vols.; Latin, 23vols.; Latin and Greek, 1 vol.; Romance, 1 vol.; English, 15 vols.; Mathematics, 4 vols.; Zoology, 2 vols.;Anatomy, 1 vol.; Physiology, 3 vols.; Botany, 1 vol.;Morgan Park Academy, 5 vols.Books added by gift, 43 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 18 vols.; Pedagogy, 8 vols.; Political Economy, 7 vols.; Sociology, 1 vol.; English, 5vols.; Physics, 1 vol.; Geology, 2 vols.; Homiletics, 1vol.Books added by exchange for University publications, 1 vol., assigned to Political Economy.The report of Kelly House for the Autumn Quarter,1896, is as follows:Organization. — Head of House, Associate ProfessorMarion Talbot; Counselor, Head Professor J. LaurenceLaughlin ; House Committee, Miss Glover, Mrs. Hers-man, Misses Hull, Rice, Rumsey, Wells ; Secretary,Miss Gary.Members (resident). — Misses Addams, Avery, Baxter, Brotherton, D. Butler, E. Butler, Calhoun, E.Capps, S. Capps, Cary, Chandler, Darling, Glover,Goldsmith, Mrs. Hersman, Misses Hefti, Hull, Kane,Keen, Lonn, McLean, Marine, Mills, Moxley, E. Pardee, Rice, Rumsey, Searles, Stanton, Stone, Talbot,Tanner, Wells, Winter.Members (non-resident). — Misses Allin, Barnard,Breckinridge, Carpenter, Mrs. Chafee, Misses Divver,Ely, Farrington, Fitzgerald, E. Harris, J. Harris, Hubbard, Johann, Langley, Lathe, McClintock, Mac-Dougall, A. Mc Williams, E. Mc Williams, Mrs. Mallory,Misses Messick, M. Pardee, Payne, Peirce, Pellett,Perkins, Pettigrew, Mrs. Prescott, Misses Reichmann,Robertson, Spray, Mrs. Stagg, Misses Start, Tunneil,Woodward.Guests.— Misses Cobb, Coburn, Lovell, Skilton.Chief Events. — Reception to members of Women'sHouses, October 9 ; talk by Mr. W. G. Hale, November5 ; House reception, November 9 ; reading by Mr. Alexander Smith, November 12 ; paper by Mrs. C. B. Pope,November 19 ; Halloween Party ; talk by Judge D. L.Shorey, December 3 ; talk by Miss Myra Reynolds,December 10 ; House reception, December 14.The Report of the Maynard School, Duluth, Minn.(Laura A. Jones, A.M., Dean), for the Autumn Quarteris as follows :UNIVERSITY RECORD 533List of Instructors and Character of Courses :Laura A. Jones, A.M. (Instructor in Bible) .Mary Louise Marot, S.B. (Literature and History).Grace L. Darling (Science and Mathematics).Edith E. Wright (Latin and Greek).Aline Ceytte (French).Anna M. Masch (German).Departments :COURSES. NO. OF STUDENTS.History: 2 (2DM) - - - - - 9Literature: 2 (2DM) - - - - 5Algebra : 2 (2DM) - - - - - 8Geometry: 2 (2DM) - 4Latin : 3 (3DM) ----- 16French : 4 (4DM) .... 19German: 3 (DM) 16Home Address of Students :Duluth, 40; Minnesota, outside Duluth, 3; Wisconsin 2;Missouri, 1.Number of Students— Enrolled during Autumn Quarter, 46.Religious.The University Chaplain, Associate Professor C. R.Henderson, can be found during his office hour, from1:00 to 1:30 p.m. in C 2, Cobb Lecture Hall, Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday.At the Vesper Service, Sunday, January 17, at4:00 p.m., in Kent Theater, Dr. James HenryBreasted will give the address on " Life after Deathamong the Ancient Egyptians." Admission by ticketonly until 4 o'clock.Rev. Winchester Donald, D.D., Rector of TrinityChurch, Boston, Mass., will give the address beforeThe University on the afternoon of January 28, at3 o'clock in Kent Theater.The next regular meeting of the Free ReligiousAssociation will be held in B 7, Cobb Hall, Tuesday,January 19, at 7:30 p.m. Subject: Helps to theReligious Life. All are invited.Current Events.On December 29-30 was held in Cobb Hall of TheUniversity the second annual meeting of the UnitedPresbyterian Educational Conference. Representatives from a number of the leading United Presbyterian colleges and seminaries were present. PresidentF. M. Spencer of Cooper Memorial College was electedChairman, and Professor J. N. Swan was made secretary of the Conference. Among the topics discussedwere the following :1. Requirements for admission to the freshman classof the colleges. This was left to a committee consist ing of one from each of the faculties represented,together with the professors of Greek in the seminaries as advisory members.2. The granting of honorary degrees. It was votedthat no degree be given except that of D.D. andLL.D., and that these should be granted sparingly.3. The time requirements for the bachelor's degree.Four years of resident study, based upon a uniformpreparatory course was the time decided upon as necessary for this degree.Other resolutions were adopted as follows : Thatpresbyteries should not certify men to the theologicalseminaries who have not a sufficient preparation tocarry on creditably the work of the seminaries. Thatthe seminaries be directed by the Assembly to declineto receive students to recitations who are apparentlynot qualified for work, and to dismiss students whoare discovered to have insufficient qualifications forthe ministry. That a permanent committee be appointed by the Assembly on the establishment andlocation of new denominational colleges.After the discussion of more general topics, theconference adjourned to meet December 28, 1897, atMonmouth, Illinois.The Seventeenth Convocation of The Morgan ParkAcademy was held in Blake Hall, January 4, 1897, at8:00 p.m. The musical numbers were rendered byMiss Carry L. Emery and Mr. F. M. Bronson, accompanist. The following addresses were delivered :"The Value of Latin in Preparatory Study," IsaacBronson Burgess ; "The Value of Science in Preparatory Study," Robert H. Cornish ; "The Value of History in Preparatory Study," Wayland J. Chase. TheDean made a statement of the recent progress of theAcademy, after which the following certificates andscholarships were awarded :I. Academy certificates for the completion of the full Academy course to Mary A. Reid, Clara Gilmer.II. Certificates of admission to the higher Academy : HelenLouise Darby, Benjamin Griffin McCord, Charles Eri Hulbert,Albert Langworthy Jones, Kellogg Speed, Sidney Straus, Rosemary Jones, Edward TerMaat, Arthur John Walters.III. Scholarship list, Academy full scholarships : StephenAbbot, Oscar O. Hamilton, Fred E. Dauner, William S. Harman,Fred L. Davis, Barend Kuiper, Elmer H. Ellsworth, Eva R.Price, Leila B. Golsan, Clarence W. Richards, Edna L. Goss,Jessie F. Wheeler.In addition the following are entitled to scholarship rank :Benjamin G. McCord, Charles G. Sands, Sidney Straus.Walker full scholarships : Helen L. Darby, Sigrid A. Lager-gren, Hugh B. Johnston, Fannie Moore, Blanche L. True.At the close of the exercises in Blake Hall an informal reception was held in Morgan Hall. Theattendance both at the Convocation exercises and atthe reception was larger than usual.A number of new students have entered this quarter, making the total attendance larger than last year.At the recent meeting of the Illinois State Teachers' Association at Springfield, during the holidays,Professor Edmund J. James delivered the annualevening address before the Association on "The Public High School." He also took part in the discussionrelating to the Free Text-Book Law.534 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.JANUARY 15-23, 1897.Friday, January 15.Chapel-Assembly : Graduate Schools.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Chemical Journal meeting, K 20, 5: 00 p.m. (see p. 532).Mathematical Club, R 36, 7:30 p.m. (see p. 532).Saturday, January 16.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.Sunday, January 17.Vesper Service, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 533).Union Meeting of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., 7:00 p.m.Monday, January 18.Chapel- Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Lecture, Senior Divisions II-VL Dean Terry, Lecture Room, Cobb, 10: 30 a.m.Graduate Club, Haskell, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 532).Tuesday, January 19.Chapel-Assembly : Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Lecture, Junior Division I. Dean McClintock, B 6,Cobb, 10:30 a.m.Lecture, Junior Division II. Dean Terry, LectureRoom, Cobb, 10:30 a.m.Lecture, Junior Division III-IV. Head ProfessorMoore, Assembly Room, Haskell, 10:30 a.m. Lecture, Junior Division V. Head Professor Cham-berlin, C 9, Cobb, 10: 30 a.m.Semitic Club, Egyptian Room, Haskell, 7:30 p.m. (seep. 531).Divinity School Meeting, Haskell Assembly Room,7:15 p.m. (see p. 531).Free Religious Association, B 7, Cobb, 7:30 p.m. (seep. 533).Wednesday, January 20.Lecture, Junior Division VI. The President, FacultyRoom, Haskell, 10:30 a.m.Botanical Club, Walker, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 531).Romance Club, B 12, Cobb, 7:30 p.m. (see p. 531).Philosophical Club, C 13, Cobb, 7:30 p.m. (see p. 531).Club of Political Science and History, Faculty Room,Haskell, 8: 00 p.m. (see p. 532).Thursday, January 21.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Lecture, Senior Division I. The President, FacultyRoom, Haskell, 5:30 p.m.Pedagogical Club, Lecture Room, Cobb, 8:00 p.m. (seep. 532).Friday, January 22.Chapel- Assembly : Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Saturday, January 23.Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8:30 a.m.Faculty of the Graduate Schools, 10:00 a.m.Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 11:30 a.m.Material for the inSTIVERSITX RECORD must be sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder to be published in the issue of the same week.