Zhe "{University of ChicagoPrice $J.0Q founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year___________ 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe TELnivexeity of Cbica_o tpressVOL. II, NO. 32. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 5, 1897.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The Twentieth Quarterly Statement of the President of the University, October 1, 1897 - - 255-261II. The Free Lecture System in Connection with thePublic Schools - - 261-263III. Official Notices 263IV. University Ruling Bodies, 1897-98 - 264-265V. Eeligious 266VI. The Graduate Club 266VII. The Calendar -------- 266The Twentieth Quarterly Statement of the Presidentof the University, October 1, 1897.Members of the University, Trustees, Colleagues,Students, and Friends :At half -past twelve o'clock today we celebrated thefifth anniversary of the first public exercise held inthe University. The same order was followed; thesame hymns were sung ; the same Scripture was read ;the same individuals performed their part in the service — just as it had been performed five years ago.We remember how solemn and significant seemed thatfirst meeting when, as strangers to the city and to eachother, we met to begin work together. It was difficultfor some of us this morning to believe that only fiveyears had passed.As I stand before you, this afternoon, I remember,that five years ago at this very hour, I was speakingfor the first time to the faculties of the University. At that meeting the President was permitted to dothe greater part of the talking, a privilege which hasnever since been granted him.However long or short the time may seem to havebeen, the fact remains that this afternoon for thetwentieth time during these five years we meet inconvocation.I beg permission to announce that the President'sStatement prepared for the July Convocation is published this afternoon in the University Record. Thisstatement presents in some detail the more importantstatistics of the University for the year closing July 1,including the attendance of students, the matriculationof new students, the instructors on leave of absenceeach quarter, the classification of instructors by rankand by departments, the special appointments for theSummer Quarter, the promotion of instructors fromlower to higher rank, the new appointments in thefaculties, the gifts of the year, and some general statements concerning particular divisions of the University work.In the statement submitted this afternoon I desire.to review briefly three subjects, viz., the work of theSummer Quarter which has just closed, the financialhistory of the year, the legislation enacted during theyear by the various governing bodies of the University, and some of the Questions, which, I think, demand today the consideration of trustees, facultiesand students.256 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE WORK OP THE SUMMER QUARTER.The Attendance.InAttendanceduringboth terms InAttendanceduring FirstTerm only In Attendance duringSecondTerm only TotalNumber ofStudents forQuarterGraduateSchools : si1 1 g* 8 £S g£ g1 1 3Arts and Lit.Science Divinity —Colleges :Junior Senior Unclassified 655985433633 4178211854 1066693645487 158'82121271672 781523218165 236971444824237 91510793 5204518 141710111421 2321561727761108 12424174631237 35618018912392345Totals... 321 149 410 476 310 786 53 34 87 806 479 1285Instructors Present During the Summer Quarter.There were present during the Summer Quarter 110instructors, of whom 87 were regular members of theUniversity staff, 16 special appointees, and 7 assistantsand fellows. Of the 87 regular officers 53 were presentduring the entire quarter, 26 during the first termonly, and 9 during the second term only. The proportion of instructors to students was considerably smallerthan during the other quarters of the University year.Being absent during the greater part of the Summer Quarter, I have asked five or six of those engaged in instruction to express their estimate of thework and of its character. These statements I begthe privilege of presenting to you :New Haven, Sept. 29, 1897.Dear Mr. President :During my stay of six weeks at the University ofChicago nothing impressed me so forcibly as the influence which the University is already exerting on education in the West and Southwest. I was not preparedto find as pupils of the University so many teachersfrom the schools, colleges, and universities of the lessthickly settled parts of our country. Clearly thesemen and women feel a desire to learn better methodsand to attain a higher standard of scholarship, yet canfind no time but the summer for study at a university.At present the University of Chicago alone in manysubjects supplies adequate provision for these needs.I took great pleasure in meeting my classes in yourinstitution.T. D. Seymour.• Tale University*The experience of the Summer Quarter of 1896 developed the fact that a large number of teachers wereanxious to take advantage of the facilities offered in the Department of Physics for completing their preparation in this line of work ; and especial attentionhas been given during the past quarter to their peculiar needs. A feature which met with much favor wasa course devoted to instruction in Lecture Demonstrations. Another which was duly appreciated consistedin laboratory work in Physical Manipulation. Anotherclass of students has been engaged in research work,and a number of important investigations have beenbrought to a successful termination by instructors andby students. It will be the fixed policy of the Department to encourage such work as much as possible,and it is confidently expected that every succeedingsummer will find an increase in the number of earnestinvestigators who are desirous of profiting by thefacilities which will be offered for their work.Albert A. Michelson. Department of PhysicsThe character of the work of the Summer Quarterjust passed, even more than that of the precedingquarters, was such as to assure the University that itspolicy of continuing work through the summer iswise. The large number of students who steadilyavail themselves of the opportunities of the Universityduring the Summer Quarter proves that there is ademand for this work ; the character of the studentsshows that the demand is one which the Universitycannot ignore, and the fact that the same studentsreturn summer after summer is proof that the University is meeting the demand. It is doubtful if a bodyof students more earnest than those in the Universityduring the past Summer Quarter were ever gatheredin any institution of learning. Through them, manyof whom are teachers in colleges, academies, and highschools, the University is reaching a wide constituency,and is doing, it is hoped, a lasting service to educationalinterests throughout the country.Rollin D. Salisbury.Department of Geology.The Summer Quarter is no longer an experiment.The fact that it is not a summer school, but a regularquarter of university work, is its most importantspecial feature. Lake Michigan weather, not alwaysbeyond reproach, makes steady mental application inthe summer entirely practicable. The hundreds ofteachers, both from colleges and secondary schools,who have been here during some portion of the pastquarter, have been able to avail themselves of theadvantages of university life and yet to secure amodicum of rest. The traditional notion that ateacher, if in normal physical health, needs threemonths of idleness every year, is exploded. Anotheradvantage of the Summer Quarter is the fact that itis possible to secure some of the choicest men fromother universities to give instruction. This wasnotably the case with us this summer. In many waysthe summer work is quite unique, and personally Ienjoy it. Harry Pratt Judson.Department of Political Science.There was marked enthusiasm in all the classes ofthe Divinity School throughout the entire Summerquarter. The attendance was large. Many of theUNIVERSITY RECORD 257regular students were with us, pursuing their studies,ana there were pastors and teachers from almostevery part of our republic in our class rooms. Severalof the religious denominations were represented. Inone of my classes Presbyterians, Methodists, Christians, Universalists, and Baptists met for study andbrotherly discussion. Galusha Anderson.Department of Homiletics.THE FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE YEAR.The disbursements of the year have been nearly$1,200,000 :For Administration and General Expense - $ 67,845For the work of the Faculties of Arts, Lit. and Sci., 309.773" " " Divinity Faculty - - 45,756" " " Morgan Park Academy - 39,970" " " University Extension - 39,795For Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums - 61,589" Printing and publishing journals, books,and official documents .... 43,068" Physical Culture - - - - - - 6,821" Affiliated Work ------- 5,081" Buildings and Grounds, including light,heat, care, and management - - - 72,625Total $692,323In connection with the building of the newDormitory and the Athletic Grounds atMorgan Park 40,000In connection with the building of Yerkes Observatory 125,000In connection with the building of the Biological Laboratories 325,000Total $1,182,323It is only the truth to admit that the regularincome of the University needed large additions inorder to meet the heavy obligations which were thuscontinually falling due. But I may add that todaythe University owes no man a dollar, except the moneyfor which it stands indebted to its founder, Mr. Rockefeller.THE LEGISLATION ENACTED DURING THE YEAR.The enactments of the various boards and faculties,and of the trustees of the University during the year,have related to many important problems. I thinkthat it will not be uninteresting at least to many ofthe audience to learn the nature of the more important of these enactments :The Trustees have enacted that from year to year,July 1, shall be known and celebrated as Founder'sDay. The exercises of the day will be conducted bythe University Congregation. It is the hope of allwho are connected with the University that, as oftenas possible, we may have the pleasure of the presenceof Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller.The Faculties of the Colleges have enacted stillmore definite rules with respect to the conditionsunder which students shall be permitted to engage inpublic performances, and intercollegiate athletic con tests. It is believed that it is the first duty of thestudent to perform satisfactorily the work for whichhe has registered in the University. If he is incapableof doing this work properly, he does not deserve theprivilege of representing the University at home orabroad, in public exhibitions of any kind. The newrules take effect today, October 1, 1897.The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics hasenacted that the women students of the Universityshall not engage in contests with teams of other institutions. There are some sides of college life in whichwomen may not participate. The rights of the womenof the University are not abridged by this enactment.Public opinion would justify no other procedure.The Board of Affiliations has granted to the facultyof the Morgan Park Academy the privileges of a coordinate faculty, permission being given to the membersof this faculty to recommend to the University studentswho are prepared for entrance.The Board of Affiliations has made provisions forregular semi-annual meetings of :1. The principals of affiliated institutions,2. The principals of cooperating institutions.3. The teachers of affiliated and cooperating institutions. These meetings will be held in March and October. Many things have combined to separate the teachers of secondary schools from the teachers engaged incollege work. It is for the interest of both classesthat they should study together the problems in whichthey have mutual concern. Much has already beenaccomplished in these meetings. A splendid spirit ofcooperation has prevailed and there seems to be everyreason to suppose that within the near future manyof the problems which now seem most difficult shallreceive solution.The Faculties of the Colleges have enacted thatcourses of instruction in the English Bible may beconducted Sunday mornings, and that the work ofthese courses may be credited towards the work required for the Bachelor's degree. After an experimentof six months, it seems to have been thoroughly established that there is a demand for the work, and thatwork of the highest character can be secured in accordance with this plan. Arrangements have beenmade to continue the experiment throughout the coming year.The Senate of the University has enacted that, assoon as practicable, there shall be established a collegeof Commerce and Politics, side by side with the collegeof Arts, the college of Literature, and the college ofScience. Much attention has been given to the detailsof the proposed plan, and the various faculties of theUniversity have, after a consideration of the question,submitted to the Senate modifications of the originalplan, and suggestions of a most valuable character.During the present year, the curriculum will be finallyarranged, and applicants for membership in this college, will be received in July 1899.The Faculties of the Junior and Senior Collegeshave enacted that before each division of the twelvedivisions of the colleges there shall be given, once a258 UNIVERSITY RECORDweek, a lecture intended to introduce the student to aconsideration of the relations sustained by differentdepartments of work to each other.The following are the regular lecturers before theJunior Colleges :Division VI.— The President." V.— Head Professor E. H. Moore.Head Professor T. C. Chamberlin.Head Professor C. O. Whitman." IV.— Assistant Professor Jas. R. Angell .Head Professor A. W. Small." III. — Head Professor J. Lawrence Laughlin.Head Professor H. P. Judson." II.— Professor Benj. S. TerryHead Professor Paul Shorey.Head Professor John Dewey." I.— Associate Professor W. D. MacClintock.In the Senior Colleges these lectures are given forthe entire quarter by a single lecturer. They were givenduring the Winter Quarter by Professor Terry on "Current Problems in the Light of History;" during theSpring Quarter by Professor Judson upon the subject" Current International Politics." This series of lectures is understood to be a step in the direction ofsecuring a better correlation of the college work forthe consideration of the student. Although a step inthe right direction, it is felt that something still moredefinite is needed. What the next suggestion in thedevelopment may be cannot now be determined. Itis sufficient to note the fact that most excellent results have already been attained through the planthat has been adopted.The Faculties of the Colleges, of the GraduateSchools, and of the Divinity School have enactedthat on one day of the week the students of eachdivision of the University shall meet in assembly, andthat the members of the faculty of the particular college or school concerned shall also be present. Atthese chapel-assemblies a brief religiou * service is conducted. The assembly also furnishes an opportunityfor the presentation of such questions as may be ofimmediate interest to the college or school concerned.Attendance is required of college students, but is optional in the case of graduate and divinity students.After more than six months of trial it seems to begenerally conceded that we have solved with a considerable degree of satisfaction the problem of chapelattendance.At the request of the students of the University theBoard of Physical Culture and Athletics has madeprovision for the appointment of student representatives upon the Board. These representatives areelected annually by the students in accordance withthe regulations suggested by the students themselves.The body of students is thus brought into closer touchwith the administration of the University athletics.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges has prepared alist of institutions from which students are receivedwith full credit to corresponding standing in the University. This action has been taken in view of thefact that the number of students entering the University from other colleges is larger than the numberentering the Freshman class by examination, a con dition of things which does not, perhaps, hold good inany other institution in the country.The Faculty of the Divinity School has enacted thatwork of the Senior Colleges in an amount not to exceed two-thirds of the work of one year, if selected incourses which stand related to theological subjects,shall be credited for the degree of Bachelor of Divinityin the Divinity School. This action, which has beenapproved by the Senate, makes it possible for collegestudents to substitute a part of their professionalcourse for the arts course, a substitution which, although open to some objection, is thought to havedistinct advantage.The Faculty of the Graduate Divinity School hasenacted that, on and after January 1, 1898, of allstudents who enter the Divinity School, a course ofstudy in the elements of Hebrew shall be required.This action relegates to the college a kind of workwhich belongs rather to the college than to theDivinity .School.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges has expressedby vote its opinion that no curriculum of studies shallbe offered by the University for the bachelor's degreewhich does not contain the requirement of Latin.The same action has been taken by the Faculty of theSenior Colleges. The Congregation of the Universityby vote of 67 to 15 has endorsed this position. Uponthe question whether it would be wise to admit students who had not studied Latin, and to provide anopportunity for the beginning work in Latin to bedone in the Junior Colleges, the vote of the Congregation stood 29 to 46. Upon this latter action theUniversity Senate is perhaps almost evenly divided.In this connection it may be noted that a recommendation has been received from the principals of affiliated and coope rating schools that provision shall bemade in the Junior Colleges for the study of beginningGreek and also for the study of beginning Latin.The University Council has enacted and the actionhas been sustained by the Senate that graduates maybe received from state normal schools approved by theUniversity without examination, and at the same timebe given such advanced credit as shall be warrantedupon examination.The Board of Student Organizations with thecooperation of friends of the University has arrangeda system of oratorical and debating contests withprizes aggregating for the year about three thousanddollars. These prizes are distributed to the differentcolleges and schools of the University, and in the contests of the Spring and Summer Quarters the cooperation of the students has been all that could have beendesired. The plan is arranged for three years. It ishoped that within this time a strong spirit will havebeen aroused in favor of the cultivation of the art ofpublic speaking.The Junior College Faculty has enacted that hereafter students who enter the University may presentfor examination work in American and English history and in civics, in addition to subjects which haveheretofore been accepted. It has also been enactedthat a larger credit than heretofore shall be given forthe work presented in English.UNIVERSITY RECORD 259The Faculty of the Divinity School has presented acommunication to the Board of Trustees containingthe suggestion that the most important need of theDivinity School is a special chair in the Departmentof Public Speaking, and that it is the opinion of theFaculty that this should be the next provision madeby the Board of Trustees. The Faculty of the DivinitySchool has adopted a plan for holding theologicalinstitutes in different western states, it being understood that in these, members of the faculty, togetherwith the leading ministers from the state concernedshall join in the preparation of a programme, which,it is hoped, will prove profitable to all who may beinduced to attend.The Board of Trustees has enacted that every student who has held a fellowship may on recommendation of his department, and with the approval of thepresident, continue to hold the rank of fellow withoutstipend during his residence in the University.That after completing three years of graduate work,students engaged in thesis work only may register,without the payment of tuition fees. The paymentof library and laboratory fees is not excused.That each fellowship on the recommendation of thedepartment and the approval of the President shallcarry with it the tuition fee for the Spring Quarterprovided the fellow has already paid the tuition feesfor the three immediately preceding quarters.The University Council has enacted that it is contrary to the spirit of Memorial Day, May 30, for theathletic teams of the University to engage in gameson that day.The Board of Student Organizations has enactedand the University Council has approved the enactment that under the present circumstances the organization of women's fraternities or sororities shall notbe sanctioned ; authorization, however, has been givenfor the further consideration of the question in all itsdetails, with the understanding that the present decision is temporary.These are some of the more important actions ofthe various bodies of the University; and it will beseen from this brief presentation that problems ofwide interest have been under consideration duringthe year.QUESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.I take this opportunity to call attention to certainmatters which seem to demand the consideration ofthe University authorities. In mentioning thesepoints I do not mean to present them with a recommendation for their adoption. No question is presented, however, which does not have in the faculties anumber of supporters. Perhaps I may be permittedto word the questions in the form of propositions.1. It is maintained that many of the courses ofinstruction now offered by various departments in theSenior College curriculum should be transferred tothe curriculum of the Junior Colleges and offered aselectives to Junior College students. Several depart ments have failed to preserve an equitable distribution of courses as between the Junior Colleges, theSenior Colleges, and the Graduate Schools.2. Inasmuch as a large number of the Senior College students petition for permission to take fourcourses in a single quarter instead of three, inasmuch as many of them are able to carry on courses ofprofessional studies in the city in addition to theircollege work, and inasmuch as the work of the SeniorColleges is at present confined to four days of theweek including only twelve hours of recitation a week,it is thought best by some to conduct Senior Collegecourses on ^.Ye days of the week instead of four, andthus to add one hour to each course, bringing thenumber of hours into harmony with the number ofhours now required in the Junior Colleges.3. In view of the great pressure which falls uponinstructors of the University during the last days ofthe quarter on account of the special examinations ofcandidates for degrees, and in view of the insufficiencyof time allowed by our present arrangement for closingup the work of each quarter, the present recessof seven days should be extended to ten or twelvedays, or special days should be appointed for theexaminations given for higher degrees, and on thesedays the regular exercises should be suspended.4. The number of Graduate Scholarships shouldbe increased and the new scholarships assigned to different states, or, perhaps, to particular colleges. Theplan of the JJohns Hopkins University in this particular has been suggested.5. The time has come to make provision for conferring the degree of Doctor of Laws and Doctor ofDivinity. This question has already been taken upby the Senate, but the principles involved deserve, it• is thought, the consideration of the University atlarge, and of the Board of Trustees.6. Better accommodations should be provided forthose students who live in the city, and spend theday at the University — accommodations which willpermit them to do work of a satisfactory characterduring the day, and prevent crowding in the librariesand loitering in the halls.7. The privileges extended to the Morgan ParkAcademy already referred to, in accordance withwhich the faculty is permitted to determine for itselfthose of its students who shall enter the Universityshould be extended to other affiliated schools of theUniversity.8. Provision should be made which would permitthe students of higher rank in the cooperating schoolsto be admitted to the University without examination.9. The schedule of requirements for entrance tothe University should be improved in several important particulars in order that these requirements maybe better adapted to the work of the high schools ofChicago and the WTest.10. The trustees should be requested to make ittheir first duty to provide suitable accommodationsfor students' commons, inasmuch as it is impossibleat the present time for proper food to be secured atreasonable rates, and in close proximity to the University grounds.260 UNIVERSITY RECORD11. The same provision should be made for furnishing the rooms in Graduate Hall and Snell Hall,which is made in the Divinity Halls ; this furnishingto include all the necessary articles.12. An effort should be made to provide buildings forthe various fraternities which should be built in accordance with a common plan. Or, in other words,a fraternity quadrangle should be planned, the architecture of which should be uniform.13. There should be established in various portionsof the city, in cooperation with the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, courses of extension lectures which shall be free to those who desire to attendthem.14. The work of the Extension Division in the cityof Chicago should be reorganized by the establishment on each of the three sides of the city, of Extension Councils, these councils to consist of representative citizens interested in the promulgation of thehigher intellectual work.15. There should be organized in the center of thecity a college for the teachers of Chicago, that is, acollege with practically the same curriculum nowprescribed in the University, but with the hours ofinstruction arranged to meet the needs of the thousands of teachers in the city schools, who desire tomake progress in their intellectual work.16. The University Press, with the obligationswhich now rest upon it, should be given fuller equipment and better quarters in which to carry on itswork ; the equipment to include presses and bindery,17. The Trustees should make provision for a morecareful and more systematic handling of its museummaterial, and provide more systematically for thegrowth of such material.18. The faculties of the Graduate Schools shouldurge the reduction of the number of fellowshipsgranted by the University, in order that the amountof money assigned to each fellowship may be increased,the tendency today being to reduce the stipendyielded by the fellowships in order that the numberof fellowships may be greater.19. The various departments of instruction shouldmake such provision for employing the service ofthe undergraduate scholars of the University as will,at the same time, be of service to the University andof advantage to the scholars themselves.20. The alumni of the University should renderspecific aid to the University in making provision forthat large number of students who desire to receive acollege education, but have not the funds with whichto pay the University fees.21. The under-graduate students of the University,either through their councils or in some other way,should arrange to edit and publish a University daily.22. There should be appointed a day, once a year, onwhich the students in affiliated schools and cooperatingschools, might be received at the University and welcomed. 23. The present curriculum of the Junior Collegesin accordance with which all the work of these colleges is required, should so be modified as to allow alarger element of election.24. The acting heads of all departments of instruction should be permitted to sit in the Senate and takepart in its deliberations.These are some of the questions which the variousbodies of the University will be asked to considerduring the current year.THE FELLOWSHIPS FOR 1897-8.The Fellowships of the University of Chicago forthe year 1897-8, are seventy-one in number, includingsixty-two University, six Special and three Divinity.To provide for these the sum of $20,000 has beengranted by the University and $2600 is given by otherpersons.Of these Fellowships fifteen are filled for the year1897-8 by reappointment, and fifty-six by new appointments. The total number of applicants for Fellowships was 306 (257 men and 49 women).The Fellowship roll shows a wide geographical distribution, and emphasizes again the national characterof the Graduate Schools. Although a large percentage of the appointments go to persons who have donesome work in the University, yet most of the appointees have done their undergraduate work at otherinstitutions. No less than forty-three colleges arerepresented in the list. The University of Michiganappears four times, the University of Toronto fourtimes, and several others twice.APPOINTMENTS SINCE JULY 1, 1897.Mr. Warren Fite, Assistant Professor of Philosophyin Williams College, to a Docentship in Philosophy.Mr. W. L. Runyon, of Millington, N. J., to an instruct-orship in the natural sciences in the Morgan ParkAcademy. Mr. Frederick Eby, graduate student, tobe assistant teacher in the Morgan Park Academy.Mr. Wayland J. Chase, to the Recordership in theMorgan Park Academy. Dr. J. G. Brobeck, to anassistantship in Chemistry in the Morgan ParkAcademy. Mr. A. F. Buck, graduate student, to befirst assistant in the Psychological Laboratory. MissJane Downey, graduate student, to be second assistantin the Psychological Laboratory.The following have been appointed to give instruction in the Class Study Department of the UniversityExtension Division : Mr. Frederick L. Charles ; Mr.Henry C. Cowles; MissLisi C. Cipriani; Mr. CharlesJason Fenner.UNIVERSITY RECORD 261PROMOTIONS SINCE JULY 1, 1897.F. W. Shipley, Fellow in Latin, to an Assistantshipin Latin.W. Lauder Jones, Fellow in Chemistry, to a laboratory assistantship in Chemistry.C. E. Boyd, Fellow in Political Science, to a Docent-ship in Political Science.George F. Hull, Fellow in Physics, to an Assistant-ship in Physics.William B. Owen, Instructor in Greek, to an Assistant Professorship.George E. Hale, Associate Professor in Astronomy,to a full Professorship.RECENT RESIGNATIONS.The following officers of the University have resignedto accept positions in other institutions :Arthur T. Walker, instructor in Latin, to becomeProfessor of Latin in the University of Kansas.R. H. Cornish, Assistant Professor in Science in theAcademy, to become Assistant Principal of the Girls'New High School in New York. .Frederick W. Sanders, Lecturer in Statistics, tobecome Professor of Statistics in the University ofWest Virginia.Richard S. Curtiss, Docent in Chemistry, to becomeProfessor of Chemistry in Hobart College.Adolph Bernhard, Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry, to become Professor of Chemistry in the University of Texas.Mr. A. M. Morrison, Associate in Physics, to becomeProfessor in Pomona College, Col.Mr. E. P. Brown, Assistant in the Academy at Morgan Park, to become Instructor in the Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam.SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS.Since July 1897 the following gifts have been received by the University :Miss Catherine W. Bruce :For Photographic Observatory - $7,000Charles T. Yerkes :For Observatory Dome - - 4,500Mrs. N. B. Linn and others :University Elementary School - 3,500A Friend: For Fellowship - - 300A. G.Spalding & Co.:Athletic Prizes 80Cyrus H. McCormick :For Fellowship 75The University community is already drawn soclosely together that no honor comes to one of us, in which all do not rejoice ; no sorrow comes to one ofus, which all do not share.Some of our number have experienced deep sorrowsince last we met ; some, indeed, are suffering today.We have sorrowed, and we, today, suffer.The University rejoices that during these days, oneof its members, Professor Barnard, has been thoughtworthy of the medal of the Royal AstronomicalSociety of England ; that another, Dr Barrows, hassuccessfully inaugurated the India Lectureship ; thatanother, Professor Laughlin, has been chosen a member of the commission appointed by the IndianapolisMonetary Convention; that another, Professor Nor-thrup, has been permitted by Divine Providence tocelebrate his fortieth year of service as a professor oftheology.To our new friends, the incoming students, whohave come in large numbers, we extend a warm andhearty welcome.To all our friends, old and new, we give our thanksfor the interest and appreciation which are shown bytheir presence with us this afternoon.The Free "Lecture Systemin connection with the public schools.For some years past the*Board of Education of thecity of New York has carried on under its immediateauspices a systematic series of free lectures uponvarious branches of Literature, Science, and Art.These lectures have been given in the public schoolbuildings chiefly, although in one or two instancesprivate halls, which had been placed at the disposalof the Board of Education, have been utilized for thispurpose. During the last season, which was the seventh winter's work, 1065 lectures were delivered atthirty-four different centres in the city of New York,with an attendance of 426,927. This represents anaverage of over thirty lectures at each centre, with anaverage attendance of 400 at each lecture. Of the1065 lectures, 772 were illustrated by stereopticonviews, 52 by scientific experiments, and 241 were notillustrated. The subjects upon which lectures weredelivered were grouped under the following six heads :Physiology and Hygiene ; Natural Science ; Traveland Geography ; American History and Civics ; General History; Art, Literature, and Social Science.Most of the lectures were single lectures, but many ofthe individual lectures were grouped together in sucha way as to constitute a series relating to the samegeneral subject, as, for instance, a series of lecturesupon the Geography of Europe by a number of lee-262 UNIVERSITY RECORDturers, each of whom gave one lecture in the series. Asimilar course was given upon American Geography.Several systematic courses of five or six lectures weregiven and often repeated — one upon Music, anotherupon the History of Civilization ; two courses onAmerican History; also courses of fewer lectures uponvarious branches of science.It is noted that the lectures which were given incourses were exceedingly well received, and that aftersuch lectures, a large part of the audience remainedfrom half an hour to an hour answering questions putby the lecturer. A syllabus was printed and distributed free of charge to each hearer in connection withthese courses. The reports also show that the attendance at the last lecture of such courses was largerthan on the opening night, and the further fact thatthe large majority of those attending were present ateach lecture of the series. This seems to indicate thepossibility of steadily approximating in these free lecture courses, to the thoroughness and systematic workcharacteristic of true University Extension courses.According to the last report, the interest of the publicin the Geography, History, and Government of theUnited States was very marked. The attendance atthe course of lectures on Music was large, averaging600. The lectures themselves were illustrated byvocal and instrumental selections. It is worthy ofnote that the committee in their report suggest thatthe chief subjects should be lectures on Natural Science. They also deplore the fact that the averageschool building in the city of New York is but illadapted to the purposes of this public lecture system.Few of the buildings have satisfactory auditoriumrooms, and in those which have rooms sufficiently large,there is, generally speaking, no adequate provision forventilation, or any adequate equipment in the wayof scientific apparatus, maps, charts, etc., to make thiswork as effective as it should be.The committee call attention to the fact that thedelivery of these lectures has led to an appreciableincrease in the utilization of the best books in thefree public libraries and that in the seven years during which this experiment has been going on, there isa marked tendency toward more careful attention,toward systematic reading and toward continuousinterest in the lectures themselves from year to year.All the lecturers speak with pleasure of the appreciative audiences in these school buildings. They areserious minded and anxious for the best and soundestinformation. The questions put to the lecturers indicate this in a marked degree. The growth of thesystem from 186 lectures with an attendance of about 20,000 seven years ago, to 1065 lectures with an attendance of over 425,000, shows to how large an extent itfills a public want.It would seem that a system of free public lecturesin connection with the school department of our greatcities is almost necessary in a country like this, wherethe problem of assimilating such immense numbersof foreigners is an ever pressing one. The Americanpeople have done, by systematic work, next to nothingin the education of the foreigners who land upon ourshores, and comparatively little, speaking in a broadway, even for the education of their children. Thepolitical boss has been the only school-teacher of thenewly landed foreigner, and the results of this teaching are noticeable in every large American city. OurUniversity Extension work, even where it has beenmost successful, has reached a comparatively smallpart of the total population, and if it is ever to accomplish what its friends anticipate for it, it will only beupon the basis of a more general, possibly some mightcall it a more superficial, education and training ofgreat masses of the people up to the point where thestrenuous work of University Extension courses canbe followed with interest and profit.The success of the New York experiment has beenso marked that school authorities in all parts of thecountry have been raising the question whether it isnot possible to carry out in the territory subject totheir jurisdiction, a somewhat similar plan. No cityneeds this more than Chicago, but the Board of Education has not seen its way as yet to the active financial support of such work which the New York Boardhas afforded.The Extension Division of the University has beenconsidering this matter for nearly a year. Variousplans have been suggested and talked over with schoolmen and others in the city. Last year four courses offree lectures were given in the public school buildingsof the city under the joint auspices of the Board ofEducation, the Trustees of the Ryder Lecture Fund,and the University. The courses given were : one onOur City, by Professor C. R. Henderson, a sociologicalcourse, in the Northwest Division High School ; oneby Professor Sparks on American History, in theFranklin School ; one by Professor Starr upon Anthropology, in the Douglas School ; one by ProfessorTaft on Art, at the Lewis School. These courses werelargely attended. The average attendance was over 600.The success of these courses was so marked that atthe end of the year a proposition was submitted to theBoard of Trustees looking toward the establishmentof a large number of such free courses during the pres-UNIVERSITY RECORD 263ent year. The plan was approved in its outlines, andthe decision made to inaugurate the plan and carry itout on as large a scale as possible.Other parties have become interested in the work,and it looks as if a broad scheme embracing manydifferent lectures and lecture courses could now becarried through, with the cooperation of the variouseducational institutions in and about the city of Chicago. Many lecturers connected with the Universityand other Institutions, have signified their willingnessto give single lectures or courses of lectures free ofcharge, in order to assist in the establishment of thissystem in the city of Chicago.Edmund J. James.Official Notices.Official copies of the University Record for theuse of students may be found in the corridors andhalls of the various buildings in the University quadrangles. Students are requested to make themselvesacquainted with the official actions and notices of theUniversity, as published from week to week in theUniversity Record.Senior Division Lectures. — The Division Lectures before Senior Divisions II-VI will be given byAssociate Professor James H. Tufts. Subject, " TheSignificance of the Chief Factors in Human Progress," Wednesdays, at 10:30 a.m., Lecture Room, CobbLecture Hall.Senior College Council. — The Senior CollegeCouncil for the Autumn Quarter is as follows :Franklin H. Geselbracht, Chairman.F. R. White, Secretary.Division I. — H. F. At wood." II. — Inez Rice." III.— Mary Sherman." IV.— Charlotte Teller.V.— F. R. White." VI. — Charles Lindsay Burroughs.Councillors at Large.— R. L. Peck, F. B. Thomas,G. H. Garrey, M. E. Coleman, M. D. Mclntyre.Junior College Scholarship in Greek. — A scholarship, covering one year's tuition, is awarded eachyear to the student who receives the nomination ofthe Greek Department for the excellence of his workin Greek during the two years of the Junior Collegecourse. All who receive the Junior College Certificate between July 1, 1897, and April 1, 1898, maybecome candidates for the scholarship. The scholar ship is awarded on the basis, 1) of the class standingand 2) of a special examination, to be given on thefirst Friday in May. The subjects set for the year1897-8 are as follows :1) History of Greek Literature.2) Greek History from 490 to 322.3) Thucydides, books VI and VII.The Divinity School Council. — The members ofthe council for the ensuing six months elected at ameeting of the Divinity School, October 16, are asfollows :O. J. Price, President.E. D. Varney, Vice-President.J. M. P. Smith, Secretary.J. G. Briggs, Jr., Treasurer.H. S. Gait, Chairman of Devotional Committee.D. E. Miller, Chairman of Missionary Committee.Frank Woods, Chairman of Public Speaking Committee.F. D. Elmer, Chairman of Athletics Committee.W. P. Behan, Chairman of Social Committee.The council will meet with President Harper on thesecond Friday of each month, from 1:30-2:00 p.m.XV. English Language and Literature — NewCourse. — Professor Wilkinson substitutes for the lastsix weeks of his course in "History and Fiction" acourse on :American Poetry critically studied in select representative masterpieces (Bryant, Longfellow, Poe,Lowell, Emerson, Whittier, Holmes and others). Thiscourse is open to graduate and undergraduate students.It is especially designed for those who would like tomake their study qualify for production as well as forculture and enjoyment. The members of the classwill be encouraged to submit original verse (whichmay consist of translation) for mutual criticism.Professor Wilkinson may be consulted on the subject of this course at his residence, 5630 Woodlawnave., or in C 5 D, at 11 : 00 a.m., Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday and Friday, next week. The course will bedesignated :91. American Poetry. M. Second Term, AutumnQuarter, 11:00 a.m. G 5 D.The Final Examination of Carl Delos Case forthe degree of D.B. will be held in Room 25, HaskellOriental Museum, Monday, November 22, at 2: 00 p.m.Thesis, " The Christology of the Synoptists." Committee : Head Professors Northrup and Burton, andProfessor Henderson.264 UNIVERSITY RECORDUniversity Ruling Bodies, 1897-98.THE UNIVERSITY SENATE.Head Professor WILLIAM R. HARPER, President.The Recorder, ex officio.Head Professor GALUSHA ANDERSON.Head Professor GEORGE W. NORTHRUP.Head Professor ERI B. HULBERT.Head Professor HERMANN E. von HOLST.Head Professor THOMAS C. CHAMBERLINHead Professor CHARLES O. WHITMAN.Head Professor JOHN MERLE COULTER.Head Professor WILLIAM G. HALE.Head Professor HARRY PRATT JUDSON.Head Professor J. LAURENCE LAUGHLIN.Head Professor ALBERT A. MICHELSON.Head Professor ERNEST D. BURTON.Head Professor ALBION W. SMALL.Head Professor PAUL SHOREY.Head Professor HENRY HERBERT DONALDSON.Head Professor ELIAKIM HASTINGS MOORE.Head Professor JOHN ULRIC NEF.Head Professor JOHN DEWEY.Professor EDMUND J. JAMES.REPRESENTING THE ALUMNI.Professor CHARLES R. HENDERSON.Professor FRANK FROST ABBOTT.Associate Professor ROBERT FRANCIS HARPER.THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.Head Professor WILLIAM R. HARPER, President.The Recorder, ex officio.Professor CHARLES R. HENDERSON,Chaplain.Head Professor ERI B. HULBERT,Dean of the Divinity Faculty.Head Professor THOMAS C. CHAMBERLIN,Director of Walker Museum,Head Professor HARRY PRATT JUDSON,Dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, andScienceHead Professor ALBION W. SMALL,Director of the Affiliated Work.Head Professor HENRY HERBERT DONALDSON,Dean of the Ogden (Graduate) School of Science.Professor FRANKLIN JOHNSON,Dean of the English Theological Seminary.Professor ROLLIN D. SALISBURYUniversity Examiner. Professor BENJAMIN S. TERRY,Dean in the Senior Colleges.Associate Professor CHARLES H. THURBER,Dean of Morgan Park Academy.Associate Professor JULIA E. BULKLEY,Dean of Women in the Colleges.Associate Professor MARION TALBOT,Dean of Women in the Graduate Schools.Associate Professor WILLIAM D. MacCLINTOCKDean in the Junior Colleges.Associate Professor EDWARD CAPPS,Dean in the Junior Colleges.Professor EDMUND J. JAMES,Director of the University Extension Division.Assistant Professor FRANK J. MILLER,Examiner of Affiliations.Dr. HERBERT L. WILLETT,Dean of the Disciples' Divinity House.Principal H. J. VOSBURGH.Wayland Academy.Principal JOHN C. GRANT,Kenwood Institute.Principal LAURA A. JONES,The Maynard School.Principal JOHN J. SCHOBINGER,The Harvard School.Principal EDWARD O. SISSON,Bradley Polytechnic Institute. .Principal WILLIAM B. OWEN,The South Side Academy.President A. G. SLOCUM,Kalamazoo College.President HERBERT L. STETSON,Des Moines College.Principal WILLIAM RIGGS TROWBRIDGE,The Rugby School.Principal HIRAM A. GOOCH,Princeton-Yale School.Principal WILLIAM P. McKEE,The Frances Shimer Academy.HAZLITT ALVA CUPPY,Associate Director of the University Press.REPRESENTING THE ALUMNI.Head Professor GALUSHA ANDERSON,Professor SHAILER MATHEWS,Associate Professor ROBERT FRANCISHARPER.THE BOARD OF LIBRARIES, LABORATORIES,AND MUSEUMS.THE PRESIDENT, Chairman.The Recorder, ex officio.Head Professor THOMAS C. CHAMBERLIN, exofficio.Head Professor CHARLES O. WHITMAN, exofficio.Head Professor ALBERT A. MICHELSON, ex officio.UNIVERSITY RECORD 265Head Professor HENRY HERBERT DONALDSON, ex officio.Head Professor JOHN M. COULTER, ex officio.Head Professor JOHN U. NEF, ex officio.Professor GEORGE E. HALE, ex officio.Associate Librarian ZELLA A. DIXSON, ex officio.Associate Professor FREDERICK STARR, exofficio?Associate Professor JACQUES LOEB, ex officio.Associate Professor GEORGE BAUR, ex officio.Assistant Professor WILLIAM ISAAC THOMAS,ex officio.Head Professor ERNEST DeWITT BURTON.Professor FRANK BIGELOW TARBELL.Professor ADOLPH C. MILLER.Associate Professor STARR W. CUTTING.Assistant Professor MARTHA FOOTE CROW.THE BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS.THE PRESIDENT, Chairman.The Recorder, ex officio.Head Professor ALBION W. SMALL, Director, exofficio.The Examiner, ex officio.Assistant Professor F. J. MILLER, Examiner ofAffiliations, ex officio.Assistant Professor GEORGE E. FELLOWS,Acting Examiner of Affiliations, ex officio.Head Professor THOMAS C. CHAMBERLIN.Professor FRANKLIN JOHNSON.Professor ISAAC B. BURGESS.Professor GEORGE L. HENDRICKSON.Assistant Professor ALEXANDER SMITH.THE BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.THE PRESIDENT, Chairman.The Recorder, ex officio.Associate Director HAZLITT ALVA CUPPY, exofficio.Head Professor J. L. LAUGHLIN, ex officio.Head Professor T. C. CHAMBERLIN, ex officio.Head Professor J. M. COULTER, ex officio.Head Professor A. W. SMALL, ex officio.Professor G. E. HALE, ex officio.Associate Professor C. H. THURBER, ex officio. Head Professor ERI B. HULBERT.Head Professor HENRY HERBERT DONALDSON.Associate Professor FRANCIS A. BLACKBURN.Associate Professor IRA M. PRICE.Assistant Professor ERNST FREUND.THE BOARD OF PHYSICAL CULTURE ANDATHLETICS.THE PRESIDENT, Chairman.The Recorder, ex officio.Director A. ALONZO STAGG, ex officio.MISS KATE ANDERSON, ex officio.Examining Physician CHARLES P. SMALL, exofficio.Professor FRANK F. ABBOTT.Associate Professor ROBERT F. HARPER.Associate Professor OLIVER J. THATCHER.Associate Professor CARL D. BUCK.Assistant Professor MYRA REYNOLDS.REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.HENRY G. GALE.ROBERT B. DAVIDSON.JOHN P. MENTZER.LEROY T. VERNON.THE BOARD OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, IPUBLICA-TIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS.THE PRESIDENT, Chairman.The Recorder, ex officio.Professor B. S. TERRY, ex officio.Professor J. P. IDDINGS.Associate Professor W. D. MacCLINTOCK, exofficio.Associate Professor JULIA E. BULKLEY, exofficio.Associate Professor EDWARD CAPPS, ex officio.Associate Professor MARION TALBOT, ex officioAssociate Professor C. F. CASTLE.Associate Professor J. W. MONCRIEF.Associate Professor J. H. TUFTS.Assistant Professor GEORGE C. HOWLAND.Assistant Professor S. H. CLARK, ex officio.266 UNIVERSI1 Y REG ORDReligious.The Officers of the Christian Union are asfollows :Head Professor John M. Coulter, President.William H. King, Vice President.George Hoyt Sawyer, Secretary.Professor Charles R. Henderson, University Chaplain.Professor A. C. Miller, Chairman of PhilanthropicCommittee.Franklin D. Elmer, President Y. M. C. A.Miss Ethel Miller, President Y. W. C. A.J. E. Briggs, Representative of the Divinity School.Miss Anna M. McLean, Representative of the Graduate Schools.Miss May P. Sherman, Representative of the SeniorColleges.William M. Burns, Representative of the JuniorColleges.The Graduate Club.The Graduate Club has arranged the followingprogramme for the year :General Topic : The Graduate School in its Relation to1) The Social Settlement, November 12.2) The Physician ; the Nurse, December.S\ The Jurist ; the Lawyer ; January.4) The Dramatist ; the Musician, February.5) The Journalist ; the Publicist, April.6) The Primary School ; the High School, May.7) The Ministry, June.8) The annual Banquet will be held in March.On the evening of November 12, the date of thefirst meeting, short speeches will be made by MissMcDowell, of the University Settlement, AssistantProfessor Reynolds, and Associate Professor Zueblin,after which an informal reception will be held. Theother meetings of the club will be addressed by someof the most prominent men and women, in the variousprofessions indicated, in the country. Those membersof the Graduate and Divinity Schools, who wish tobecome members of the club should make application before November 10. A list of the officers andmembers of the executive committee will be foundposted on the bulletin board at Cobb Lecture Hall.The Calendar.november 5-13, 1897.Friday, November 5.Chapel- Assembly : Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Saturday, November 6.Administrative Board of Physical Culture andAthletics, 8:30 a.m.Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10:00 a.m.The University Senate, 11:30 a.m.Sunday, November 7.Vesper Service. 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. Monday, November 8.Chapel-Assembly: Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).New Testament Club meets at 5736 Woodlawn av.,7:30 p.m.Tuesday, November 9.Chapel-Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior CollegeStudents).Informal Talks on Books of Today by Assistant Professor Crow, Lecture Room, Cobb Hall, 3 :00 p.m.Letters of Mrs. Browning.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Wednesday, November 10.Lectures before Senior Divisions II- VI, 10:30 a.m.(see p. 263).The Zoological Club meets in the large Lecture Roomof the Zoological Building, 4: 00 p.m.Mr. Guyer will read a paper on " A New Human Taenia."Dr. Child will give some observations on •' The Origenesisof Sternaspis."The Geological Club meets in the Lecture Room ofWalker Museum, 4: 30 p.m.Prof essor Iddings on ''The International Congress at St.Petersburg."Botanical Club meets in the Botanical Building,5:00 p.m. Review of Life and Work of Dr. JuliusSachs.Head Professor John M. Coulter: A biographic sketchof Sachs prepared by Dr. Fritz Noll of Bonn.Associate Professor Jacques Loeb, a former pupil of Sachs :" Some Personal Reminiscences."Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Lecture Room.Cobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Thursday, November 11.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Meeting of the Y. W. C. A., Assembly Hall, HaskellMuseum, 10:30 a.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.First Term of Autumn Quarter ends. <Friday, November 12.Second Term of Autumn Quarter begins.Chapel- Assembly : Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Bacteriological Club meets in the Lecture Room,third floor of Zoological Building, 4:00 p.m.Assistant Prof essor Jordan on " Sanarelli's Discovery ofthe Yellow Fever Germ."The Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson PhysicalLaboratory, Room 35, 4: 00 p.m." On Certain Modern Attempts to replace Newton's Lawof Gravitation by Other Laws involving the Time,"by Dr. Laves.Notes : Thesis Report, by Mr. Grant ; " Forsyth's TorontoAddress," by Associate Professor Ma schke ; "On Cantor " III, by Head Professor Moore.Saturday, November 13.Administrative Board of the University Press8:30 a.m.Faculties of the Junior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.The University Council, 11: 30 a.m.