Price $IM Cf5e . "University oi CbicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Saagle5PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOWhc Vnfversftg oi Gbfcago piemVOL IB, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3s00 P.M. IULY3O0 1897,Eiate?ed in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS,I. Master and Man, By Professor William EdwardII.III.IV. Simonds, Ph.D.Official Notices -Current EventsThe Calendar - 159-160161161162Master and Man*BY PROFESSOR WILLIAM EDWARD SIMONDS, PH.D.Knox College,I.The dream of youth is a vision of power. The youngman's ideal is to possess and wield authority. He isinterested and allured by various types of the man ofpower. This is legitimate and good; no harm cancome from such ambition, if only the ideal be perfect.It is not unnatural that when the mind of youthimages the man of power it should recall almost unconsciously the military leaders of history ; for afterall the test of man's might is the degree of his influence with men, and to inexperience there is no morestriking expression of mastership than in military discipline which gives to a commander powers of life anddeath over those whom he leads. So we look to thefamous general, the invincible field marshal, to findour example. Just as properly might we turn to theworld of civil life and business activity. The employer who controls an army of workmen, the directors of great corporations with their thousands ofemploye's, the managers of our syndicates and trusts,*An Address delivered at the Convocation of Morgan ParkAcademy, July 2, 1897, the presidents of our numberless institutions, financialand educational, where genius is required for organization and administration: here, too, may be foundthe leaders of men, and in their ranks, as also amongthose who represent the professions and the arts, aremany who may well lay claim to the title, men ofpower.It is necessary here to correct a misconception common among young people concerning the relation between the man and the office. While in a moral sensethe office is usually larger than the man, and althoughrightly enough we connect certain honors and rankswith the positions to which men are raised, it is nevertheless true that in so far as the element of power isconcerned the place is subordinate to the man ; heis the power ; his position is only his opportunity.Let the man be a failure, his office is an empty name ;on the other hand, let the occupant of some minorposition develop this ability of mastership, and hewill make the place honorable and himself indispen*sable to the place. An employer who is hated bj hisworkmen, a teacher whom his pupils love, a commander, distrusted by his troops : if we imagine characters thus conditioned we shall give due prominenceto what is significant and magnify less the accidental,,Let us now consider briefly a remarkable type ofthe man of power ; and do not be surprised that it istaken from the Bible. You are familiar with thedescription, given by St. Luke in the seventh chapterof his gospel, of the Roman centurion who sent messages to our Lord entreating him to heal the sickservant in his home. Have you ever realized the pro-160 UNIVERSITY RECORDfound significance of that message, brought by thecenturion's friends ? Thus runs the passage whichseems especially notable : " For I also am a man setunder authority, having under me soldiers, and Isay unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to anotherCome, and he cometh; and to my servant, Dothis, and he doeth it" Think of it for a moment ; isit not ideal in its simplicity and its scope ? Andremember, this is not a parable, this is a record of afact. How direct and bold it is, yet there is no unwarranted assumption of authority ; there is only aplain expression of conscious, legitimate power. Allhonor to this nameless Roman officer, for when werightly weigh his words we find that he has expressedwith wonderful clearness and singular force the realessentials of mastership; indeed, in the centurionhimself you will find, if you study him, a perfect typeof $he man of power.Now, quite simply and without affectation, will younot place yourself by the side of this Roman captain,and ask yourself whether you can repeat his words ;with sincerity and truthfulness reassert his claim ofsovereign authority over the powers entrusted to yourcommand. Why not? Of course, our degrees ofsovereignty will differ according to our gifts, buteveryone in greater or less degree may also be a manof power. This man was captain of a hundred, andwas instantly obeyed by each individual soldier. Nowlet us find our parallel. To each one of his creaturesGod has given wonderful gifts of authority and power.They are ours and subject to us if we exercise command. Servants are they and soldiers, and they areabsolute in obedience if only their lawful master isabsolute in mastery. How numerous they are, howvaried in their service : servants of the sight andtouch and taste and hearing ; powers of hand andtongue, of brain and limb and muscle, servants ofthe imagination and the mind, of sympathy and love.Think of it all for a moment, and with the knowledgethat these suggestions represent facts, see if you canstand up with the centurion and say: "I also am aman set under authority, having under me soldiers,and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another,Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this,and he doeth it." Here is truly a test of power. Anyone can give commands, not all can see their commands obeyed. You, or I, or any man can call spiritsfrom the vasty deep ; but will they come when we docall ? Here lies the difference between master andman, and the principle finds its noblest application inthe mastery; of self .Sow wonderful* for example, are these familiar serv ants, the fingers : they can carte and paint and mold,they can sweep the keys and cords of instruments,they can handle the tools of manufacture and of trade,they can help to make or build, can sew and stitchand weave. There is infinite usefulness in their movement, there may be comfort and healing in their touch.Are you master of your hand, can you bid it make, orfashion, or serve, and will it do any one of these hundredthings — do it quickly and well ? Your athlete knowswhat it is to be master of the body ; no small thing isit to have those soldiers of limb and muscle, of breathand nerve, perfectly in training, to be able to commandthem when the body is at the strain with every vitalpower at the limit of endurance, but it is the manwho can thus command and feel the obedient responseto his final exacting orders that passes his competitorand knows the joy of victory. This mastery of merephysical power is much, and such attainment is by nomeans to be disprized. But then there are the keenservants of the mind ; to be master of these will makeyou master of men. Clear-headed statesmen, brilliant leaders of debate, eloquent orators who speakfrom platform or from pulpit, clever thinkers whoteach the world through the press and from the page:all of them men of self-control who can summon theservants of language and of logic to mold and gracetheir thought, who can put their passion into wordsand move men to think as they think and to actas they will them. These men are masters ofothers because they are first masters of themselves.And here are the more subtle ministers of the heart ;best servants of all because most unselfish. Neverhas there been a time when there was more persistentdemand for their gentle service ; never a time whenthe man or the woman with splendid control of affections, and instincts well developed, might find largeropportunity for wise philanthropy than today. Andthese ministrations of beneficence, of intelligent andheart-felt charity, these manifestations of wise sympathy and genuine interest in fellow-man are eloquentsigns of the possession of power. Do not for a momentcherish the fallacy that your great man is an austereman, self-absorbed, feeling and emotion carefully suppressed; rash, impulsive he is not, but calmly andnormally he enters with serious purpose into thetrouble or the need, summons these servants of comfort and love ; instinctively and skillfully they do hisbidding. Those who have had experience know thatsuch things do not come to pass except as the masterwho directs has achieved the power. Let such amastery of heart and will hold a commanding place inyour ideal. ( To be concluded.)UNIVERSITY RECORD 161OmcMt Notices.President Charles DeGarmo, Ph.D., of SwarthmoreCollege, will take the work in Pedagogy offered bySuperintendent Hall the remainder of the First Term,At the annual meeting of the Collegiate AlumniAssociation of the University held in connection withthe July Convocation, 1897, the following officers wereelected:President, John Edwin Rhodes, '76; First Vice-President, Edith B. Foster, '96 ; Second Vice-President, Fred W. C. Hayes, '80; Secretary, Edgar A.Buzzell, '86 ; Treasurer, Frederick D. Nichols, '97.The officers constitute the executive committee ofthe Association.A committee was also appointed to perfect a plan ofestablishing a Fellowship in the University, the sameto be endowed, maintained, and controlled by theCollegiate Alumni Association. Dr. Lingle, Dr. LucyWaite, and J. E. Ray croft were appointed the committee.Attention is called to two changes in the GreekProgramme for the Second Term of the current quarter.Professor Castle's course in Herodotus is withdrawn,and in its place a course in the Greek Orators offered,continuing the course of Prof essor Seymour. Anewcourse on Greek Music is added, under the charge ofMr. Seidenadel, at 12:00 m. in B 2. The first andthird exercises of each week will consist of lectureson the literature, history, and theory of Greek music ;the second and fourth will be given to the translationand interpretation of Plutarch's De Musica. Admission to the lectures may be had, without registration,on consultation with the instructor.The following changes in published announcementsare made for the Second Term :XXVII. Botany. 2 will be given as a % DM forthe Second Term (i. e., double work for three weeks).Lectures, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,11:00-12:00. Laboratory, Monday to Friday,8 : 30-10 : 30.XXIV. Physiology. 5A Physiological Optics(Loeb), M Second Term, 11 :00 p.m., will be offered inplace of XXIV-5 (withdrawn). Prerequisites : XIX-1,2; XX-1,2.VI. Sociology. 102 Bibliography of Sociology(Hastings) will be given as a M Second Term.Students who are interested in various lines of pedagogical work do well to visit the vacation schoolswhich are being conducted at the University of Chicago Settlement, 4638 Ashland avenue. Miss Mary McDowell, the head of the Settlement, will be glad to explainthe work to any students who care to visit the schooland will be at home Saturdays for the purpose of explaining the general work of the Settlement to visitors,A report of the work of the Settlement for the lastyear will appear in a forthcoming number of the University Recoed.A lawn party and concert in the University Quadrangles are planned for Monday, August 9.Current Events.A series of Round Table discussions were held atthe University under the direction of the Departmentof Pedagogy, July 14-23, with the following leadersand topics: Samuel T. Dutton, "The Scope of Education;" H. W. Thurston, " Sociological Teaching inSecondary Schools;" Luther D. Hatch, "Principlesthat Underlie the Selection of Nature Topics;" FrankA. McMurry, "Practice Schools;" Head ProfessorDewey, "Pedagogical Training for English;" C. A.McMurry, "Class-Room Method;" Frank H, Hall," The Order of Procedure in Number Work."At the twenty-ninth annual session of the AmericanPhilological Association at Bryn Mawr College, beginning Tuesday, July 6, 1897, the following papers frommembers of the University of Chicago were announced:Head^Prof essor W. G. Hale : " The New Roman MS. ofCatullus ; " Assistant Professor H. Schmidt-Warten-berg : "Theoretical Investigations in Lettic Accentuation."Dr. Henry F. Linscott, a Doctor of Philosophy ofthe University of Chicago, now of the University ofNorth Carolina, presented a paper on "The Syncretismof the Locative and Instrumental in Latin."A pamphlet entitled *' Ten Noble Poems," publishedby the Unity Publishing Co., of Chicago, and edited byRev. Jenkyn Lloyd Jones, contains the opinions of alarge number of scholars and literary people as to theten best poems in English. Among the contributorsto the symposium from the University are : Dr. JamesHenry Breasted, Associate Professor Bulkley, Dr.. F. I.Carpenter, Professor C. R. Henderson, Head Prof essorJudson, Associate Professor Lewis, Professor F. B.Tarbell, Associate Professor Thatcher, and Dr. OscarLovell Triggs.162 UNIVERSIl'Y RECORDTHE CALENDAR.JULY 80— AUGUST 6. 1897.Friday, July 30.Chapel-Assembly ; Graduate Schools.— -Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10 : 30 a.m.Professor Poulton's sixth illustrated Public Lecture,The Use op Color for Warning and Signaling,Haskell Assembly Room, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture: Danish Literature, II, by Wm.Morton Payne, Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, 5:00p.m. [Open to all members of the University.]The Mathematical Club meets at 7: 30 p.m. in LectureHall, Ryerson Physical Laboratory.Dr. L. EJ. Dickson reads on *• The Influence of Galois inEecent Mathematics."Saturday, July 31.Meetings of University Faculties are held in theFaculty Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, as follows:Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 9:30 a.m.Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.Faculties of the Graduate Schools, 10: 30 a.m.Sunday, August 1.Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m. ProfessorThomas D. Seymour, Ph.D., of Yale University, willspeak on " The Religion and Morality of the Homeric Greeks."Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum, Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, August 2.Chapel- Assembly ; Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).The Greek Reading Club meets in B 2, Cobb LectureHall, at 11:00 a.m.Public Lecture: The Indian Mutiny, by ProfessorH. Morse Stephens, Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,4:00 p.m. [Open to all members of the University.]Public Lecture (in the German language): EinigeResultate der indogermanischen Philologie, byAssistant Professor Schmidt- Wartenberg, Cobb Lecture Room, 4 :00 p.m. [Open to all members of theUniversity.]Public Lecture: An Account and Estimate of theRecently Discovered Fragment containing Sayings of Jesus, by Head Professor E. D. Burton,Haskell Assembly Room, 8:00 p.m. [Open to allmembers of the University.]Tuesday, August 3.Chapel- Assembly ; Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (required of Senior CollegeStudents).Public Lecture: 1) The Impartation of SpiritualPower, 2) The Production of Spiritual Works,by Rev. J. M. Campbell, Faculty Room, Haskell,4:00 p.m.Professor Poulton's seventh illustrated Public Lecture : The Use of Color for Warning and Signaling (continued), Haskell Assembly Room, 4:00P.M. .Public Lecture (in the French language): La RomanContemporaine, by Dr. de Poyen-Bellisle, Cobb Lecture Room, 4:00 p.m, [Open to all members of theUniversity.]Public Lecture : The Poetry of George Meredith,by Associate Professor W. D. MacClintock, Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m. [Open to all members of the University.]The Sociology Club meets in the Lecture Room, CobbLecture Hall, at 8:00 p.m.Professor John E. Commons of Syracuse University, NewYork, will lecture on "The Referendum and Proportional Representation." All are invited.Wednesday, August 4.Professor Poulton's eighth illustrated Public Lecture:The Use of Color for Warning and Signaling(continued), Haskell Assembly Room, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture: Evolution and Ethics, by HeadProf essor Dewey, Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, 4:00p.m. [Open to all members of the University.]The Vesper Song Service will be held on the steps ofHaskell Oriental Museum at 7:00 p.m.The Club of Political Science and History meets inChapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 8:00 p.m.A paper will be read by Professor E. J. James on, "Havewe a Representative Government?"Thursday, August 5.Chapel-Assembly; Divinity School.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Public Lecture : 1) The Formation of a SpiritualSociety, 2) The Inauguration of Spiritual Movements, 3) The Establishment of a SpiritualKingdom, by Rev. J. M. Campbell, Haskell OrientalMuseum, 4: 00 p.m.Professor Poulton's ninth illustrated Public Lecture,Mimicry, Protective and Aggressive, HaskellAssembly Room, 4:00 p.m.Summer Quarter Correspondence-Study Conference,Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, 4 : 00 p.m.Associate Professor W. D. MacClintock will speak on** The Theory and Practice of Correspondence Instruction." General discussion participated in by instructorsand students. Open to members of the University andothers.Public Lecture (repeated by request) : The EnglishLake Country, by Assistant Professor Reynolds,Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m. [Open to all members ofthe University.]Friday, August 6.Chapel-Assembly; Graduate Schools.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10 : 30 a.m.Professor Poulton's tenth illustrated Public Lecture,Mimicry, Protective and Aggressive (continued),Haskell Assembly Room, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture : Light Waves and Their Uses, byHead Professor Michelson, Kent Theater, 4: 00 p.m.[Open to all members of the University.]The Mathematical Club meets in Lecture Hall, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, 7:30 p.m.Professor Bolza will read "On the Reduction of Hyper-elliptic Integrals to Elliptic Integrals by a Cubic Transformation."