Gbe TUnivereits of dbicagoPrice $J.OO founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity kecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe THnfvetsttB ot Gbica^o ipreesVOL II, NO. 22. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AUGUST 27, 1897.Entered in the post office Chicago. Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Extension Work in the University of Vienna - 179-180II. Official Notices - - - - - - -. . 180III. Recent Numbers of University Periodicals - - 180-181IV. Cook County Teachers' Institute - - -. - 181V. Current Events - - - - '- - - - 181-182VI. The Calendar 182Extension Work in the University of Vienna.The report of the University of Vienna upon theExtension work carried on under its auspices for thesecond year of its work, 1896-7, has just been printed.*It makes a pamphlet of 32 pages, 8vo.The second year of this work which was begun inthe autumn of 1895 is reported to be very satisfactory.Not only has the attendance not fallen off, but it hasdecidedly increased. The subjects of study havebeen also considerably enlarged, while the territorywithin which the work was carried on has been materially extended. The fear that it was mere curiosityon the part of the public which secured such a largeattendance the first year, has been entirely dissipated,and other universities have been led by the success ofthe Vienna experiment to follow in the footsteps ofthat institution. The report states that arrangementshave already been made in one or two other Austrianand German cities to carry out a similar plan, andthat in many other cities an earnest agitation hasbeen begun to introduce it.* Bericht uber die Volksthtimlichen Universitatsvortr&ge imStudienjahre 1896-7. Wien. Im Selbstverlage der K. K.Universitat, Wien. Druck von Adolf Holzhausen in Wien.1897. The management is under the charge of a committeeof eleven members, consisting of professors, docents,and assistants, chosen by the Academic Senate, andby the various faculties. Professor Dr. Anton Mengeris the chairman. The administrative work is done bythe secretary of the university. The lectures are delivered in three series, the first set in November andDecember, the second in January and February, thethird in February and March. Fifty-eight courses.were given in the year 1895-6, and sixty in 1896-7,The total number of hours of instruction amounted inthe first year to 529, in the second to 620. This includesthe hour of the lecture as well as the hour of the classexercise which follows it. The unit course consists ofsix lectures in general. Of the 58 courses giventhe first year, 15 bore some organic relation toeach other, so that one could be considered a continuation of the other. Of the 60 courses this year,28 courses had such a relation.It is interesting to note that to the natural historysubjects, for which there seems to be comparativelylittle interest in the United States, 15 courses weredevoted in each year. To medical subjects, 17 the firstyear, and 13 the second ; to historic subjects, 13 thefirst year, and 12 the second ; to literary subjects, 8the first year, and 12 the second ; to legal subjects, 5the first year, and 8 the second ; i. e. the group ofnatural history courses had the largest attendance,the law being the smallest, and the historic nextsmallest. The lectures were given exclusively bymembers of the staff of the University of Vienna. Allfaculties are represented in the courses given_or offeredas well as in the management.180 UNIVERSITY RECORDA circular of instruction to lecturers was issued bythe University, in which the following points wereinsisted upon : first, clearness in the lecture ; second,extempore delivery ; third, a satisfactory syllabus ;fourth, a carefully conducted class exercise.It will be seen that the methods of work are verysimilar to those which we are following in the University of Chicago. The average attendance at the courseswas over 100, being 106 the first year, in the presentyear, 124 ; the total attendance was for the first year,1895-6, 6172, for the second year, 1896-7, 7465. TheVienna authorities seem to have the same trouble infinding satisfactory audience rooms for the lecturesas we have found in this and other institutions in theUnited States,The price of tickets was one crown per course.Special arrangements were made for workingmen,cheap tickets being offered through their associations.To the 58 courses of the first year, 1907 suchtickets were sold, so that it is estimated about one-third of the attendance belonged to the working class.A demand grew in the second year for courses at adistance from Vienna, but the committee insist thatit will not be possible to give them unless the statemakes a liberal appropriation. The state appropriateddirectly to the University the sum of 6000 florins.This was supplemented by private subscriptions tothe extent of 1430 florins. The income from the saleof tickets amounted to 4114 florins, from the sale ofsyllabi, 198 florins, making with other incidentals, thesum of 14,259 florins, of which 6341 were paid out toinstructors for lectures.It is interesting to note how successful the Extension plan of instruction is in countries so widely different as England, the United States, and Austria.Official Notices.The Final Examination of Edgar Ezekiel DeCoufor the degree of S.M. will be held Saturday, August28, at 9:00 a.m. in Boom 36, Ryerson Laboratory.Department : Mathematics. Thesis : " The ConformRepresentation by the function w—az2 — 2 bz X c, andthe inverse function." Committee : Head ProfessorMoore, Dr. Laves, and all other instructors in thedepartment immediately concerned. Division I. — No candidate." II. — Charles J. Bushnell." III.— H. F. Atwood.« IV.-— M. P. Frutchie.V.— F. C. Hack." VI. — No candidate.Senior College Contest. — No contestants wererecommended for Divisions I and VI. In the otherdivisions the successful ones were as follows :Division II. — C. J. Bushnell.III.— H. F. Atwood.IV.— M. P. Frutchey.V.— F. C. Hack.Junior College Contest. — In the contest of members of the Junior College Divisions held Tuesday,August 24, 1897, the following were successful :Division I.— Nott W. Flint." II.— Marilla Parker." III.— J. J. Walsh." IV. — Benjamin Samuels." V.— Miriam Faddis.« VI.— A. W. Clark.The Germanic Department offers the followingadditional course to members of the Senior Collegesand Graduate Schools for the Autumn Quarter 1897 :XIV, 23. — HenriJc Wergeland and Henrik Ibsen,the two Poles of Norwegian Literature.I. The awakening of a nation. The romantic age and therevival of an heroic past in literature. Henrik Wergeland, the genius of youth, of strength, will, and hope.The lyrical and satirical vein. The champion of thepeople, the herald of independence. " Only a poet andnothing but a poet." His early death.II. The Period of Doubt and Inquiry. The Scandinavianunion. The Dano-German war. Political dissension.The ultra-Norwegian element. The Bureaucratic Party.The Peasants' Party. The religious upheaval. HenrikIbsen.Mj. Autumn Quarter.Dr. Wergeland.At a meeting of Division VI of the Junior Colleges,held August 17, 1897, C. S. Reed was elected Councillorfor the second term of the Summer Quarter.Senior College Debates.— At the preliminary contests of the Senior College Divisions held Tuesday,August 17, the following were chosen : Recent Numbers of University Periodicals.The Biblical World for July has as its leadingarticle an illustrated study of "Milestones in ReligiousHistory : or Tent, Temple, Tabernacle, Synagogue, andUNIVERSITY RECORD 181Church," by Rev. Principal T. Witton Davies, of Midland Baptist College, Nottingham, England. ProfessorLewis B. Paton, of Hartford Theological Seminarydiscusses the " Social, Industrial, and Political Life ofIsrael between 950 B. C. and 625 B. C." " The ReligiousLife in Israel from the Division of the Kingdom to theReforms of Josiah " is treated by Professor E. T. Harper,of the Chicago Theological Seminary. PresidentHarper of the University of Chicago, has an attractive" Study of Isaiah as a Writer, a Speaker, a Statesman,a Teacher of Morality, and a Preacher of DivineTruth." "The Hebrew Ecclesiasticus " is treated byW. Taylor Smith, of Exeter, England.The August number of the same journal has aninteresting table of contents. Professor Walter Rau-schenbusch, of Rochester Theological Seminary, has aleading article on " Revelation : an Exposition." " TheGospel and the Greek Mysteries " is the title of anillustrated paper by Rev. Augustus S. Carman, ofSpringfield, Ohio. Dr. Willis J. Beecher, of AuburnTheological Seminary, discusses "The Most UrgentNeed of Old Testament Study." There are the usual"Aids to Bible Readers," "Inductive Studies in theActs," short notes, comments, and book reviews.The American Journal op Semitic Languages andLiteratures for July completes Vol. 13. The leadingarticle, by Dr. Charles C. Torrey, describes the " Beginnings of Oriental Study at Andover." There is anarticle in German by Professor Jakob Barth, of theBerlin University, discussing "Die nabataeischeGrabinschrift von Petra." Professor Kent, of BrownUniversity has an article on "The Origin and Signification of the gunu Signs." Dr. Henry L. Gilbert makesa comparison of the forms of the names in 1 Chron.1-7 and those in parallel passages of the Old Testament. Contributed note by C. Levias; and bookreviews by Professor Duncan B. Macdonald, of Hartford Theological Seminary ; Charles Ruf us Brown, ofNewton Theological Institute, and W. Scott Watson.In the last number of the Journal op Geology forJuly- August the leading article is by Frank BursleyTaylor, entitled "Moraines of Recession and their Significance in Glacial Theory," an abstract of which wasread before the Geological Society of America atWashington, December 31, 1896. Professor Oliver C.Farrington, of the Field Columbian Museum, considers"The Eruptive Rocks of Mexico." Mr. WilliamBullock Clark and Mr. Arthur Bibbins are jointauthors of an interesting paper on " The Stratigraphyof the Potomac Group in Maryland." James Perren Smith contributes to the department of " Studies forStudents " a paper on " Comparative Study of Palaeon-togeny and Phylogeny." The editorials discuss thevalue of the possible discoveries of the Andre* balloonvoyage to the North Pole.The Astrophysical Journal for August containsthe following articles :"On the Law of Spectral Series," by T. M. Thiele ;" On the Relative Behavior of the H and K Lines ofthe Spectrum of Calcium," by Sir William Hugginsand Lady Huggins; "The New Photographic Correcting Lens of the Emerson McMillin Observatory," byH. C. Lord; "On the Level of Sun-Spotsand the Cause of their Darkness," by A. Riccd ;"Investigation of the Violet Part of some MetallicSpectra, which contain many Lines," by O. Lohse.Professor Wadsworth contributes the first partof a paper, "On the Conditions of Maximum Efficiency in Astrophotographic Work." In the wayof minor contributions there is a touching referenceto the life and work of Mr. Alvan G. Clark, the celebrated optician, who made the lens for the YerkesObservatory. The programme for the dedication ofthe Yerkes Observatory on October 21-22 is also published, presenting the titles of a very attractive seriesof papers, which are to be read at the conferencesattending the formal opening of the Observatory.Cook County Teachers' Institute.The Cook County Teachers' Institute will hold itssessions at the University, August 30, to September 3,inclusive.Among the instructors and lecturers will be NicholasMurray Butler, John M. Coulter, William D. Mac-Clintock and Charles McMurry of the University ofChicago, Colin A. Scott and William M. Giffen of theChicago Normal School, Clara M. Newbecker, of theForestville School, Frank E. Sanford and William P.Beeching of the La Grange School, Elizabeth Nash ofthe Evanston School, and Charles W. Farr. A veryinteresting programme of lectures has been arranged.Current Events.Professor Petrie in a letter from London datedJuly 29, 1897, writes Dr. Breasted concerning his discoveries of last winter in Egypt at Deshasha, and statesthat he will ship for Haskell Museum about August15 the following list of important monuments discovered there :1) A group of two statues, being a nobleman andhis wife, standing upon an inscribed base ; they are182 UNIVERSITY RECORDabout one-fourth life size, of limestone, showing theoriginal colors. Date, Fifth Dynasty (nearly 3000B. C). 2) The only complete inscription of this samepeople on a statue base, of which the statue is missing.3) Wooden coffin of Mery, priestess of Hathor, withlong line of inscriptions all around and down the lid.Skeleton within. Fifth Dynasty. 4) Head rest offinely grained wood with inscription. 5) Two pairs ofsandals in wood. 6) A unique painted board withfigures of servants cooking, boats, etc. " Altogether afine group." 7) Head rest and scribe's palette. FifthDynasty. " The only early palette known."Owing to their early date the above are very important.Mr. Petrie also writes : " You will also have creditedto you a section of papyri to make up this year'sallotment." These papyri from Behneseh, are thosewith which the sayings of Jesus were discovered.Petrie adds : "I also hope in a few days to allot someof the El Kab beads and stone vases of the Fourth toTwelfth Dynasties (about 3000 to 200Q B. C.) to you."These accessions owing to the Greek papyri are notonly of interest to the orientalist, but also of the greatest importance to the classical department of theUniversity. Further notice of the material will appearon its arrival.THE CALENDAR.AUGUST 27— SEPTEMBER S, 1897.Friday, August 27.Chapel-Assembly ; Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10 : 30 a.m.Public Lecture ; The Literary Life op ElizabethanEngland, by Assistant Professor Crow. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8 : 00 p.m.II. How Sidney ran in the great tournament, knowing thatStella was looking on, and of the sonnets that he wrotethereafter. (The renaissance, its outward splendor.)Saturday, August 28.Final Examination of Edgar Ezekiel DeCou, 36,Ryerson Physical Laboratory, 9:00 a.m. (see p. 180).Visit to the Clark Street Mission, leaving Cobb Hall6:45 p.m. All are invited.Sunday, August 29.Vesper Service. Address by Assistant ProfessorMartha Foote Crow on " Shakespeare's answer tothe question : 'Is Life worth living ? ' " Kent Theater, 4:00 P.M.Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum, Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Miss Bancroft, Leader.Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD must beorder to be published in the issue of the same week. Monday, August 30.Chapel- Assembly ; Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Meeting of the Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lecture : The Literary Life of ElizabethanEngland, by Assistant Professor Crow. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8: 00 p.m.III. How the young Shakespeare came to London and perambulated the city, looking at all the main buildings,and how he visited the book-stalls, what books he found,and what great people he saw there. (London, itsexternal appearance.)Tuesday, August 31.Chapel-Assembly ; Senior Colleges.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior CollegeStudents).Meeting of the Cook County Teachers' Institute.Readings from recent books, by Assistant ProfessorCrow, D 8, Cobb, 3: 00 p.m.Lathrop, Memories of Hawthorne.Public Lecture : The Essential Nature of Religion(a new view), by Professor Lester M. Ward, ofWashington, D. C. Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,8:00 p.m. [Open to all members of the University.]Wednesday, September 1.Meeting of the Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lecture : Nature and Nurture, by ProfessorLester M. Ward, of Washington, D. C. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m. [Open to all members of the University.JVesper Song Service on the steps of Haskell OrientalMuseum, 7: 00 p.m. All are invited.Thursday, September 2.Chapel- Assembly ; Divinity School.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Meeting of the Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lecture : The Increase and Diffusion ofKnowledge, by Professor Lester M. Ward, of Washington, D. C. Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m.[Open to all members of the University.]Friday, September 3.Chapel-Assembly; Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10 : 30 a.m.Meeting of the Cook County Teachers' Institute.Public Lectures : The Problems of Organic Chemistry, by Head Professor Nef. Kent Theater,4:00 p.m.Public Lecture : The Literary Life of ElizabethanEngland, by Assistant Professor Crow. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8 : 00 p.m.IV. How Raleigh and his friends met at the MermaidTavern and talked of adventures and poetry, new booksand new play si ; and how Shakespeare defended his play-making "fellows" of the Globe Company, and theirway of making and setting a play. (Trade and art ofthe playwright.)sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in