price $*.00Per Year £be ^University of CbicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGO£foe HinfverettE of Cbicago ©teesVOL II, NO. 36. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. DECEMBER 3, 1897.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.I.II.III.IV.V.VI.VII. CONTENTS.Five Years of Graduate Work .... 287-290Report of the University Elementary School. II :Record of Work done in Roman History - 290-292Official Notices 292Religious 293Recent Numbers of University Periodicals - - 293Current Events - 293The Calendar 294Five Years of Graduate Work.With the October Convocation the University closedits first period of five years of Graduate work. Thefollowing is a table showing the names of those whohave received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, thetitles of their theses, and their present occupation.Allen, Philip Schuyler, 1897: "Wilhelm Mullerand the German Volkslied," 612 W. 60th Place, Station O, Chicago.Ames, Edward Scribnbr, 1895 : "Agnosticism in itsHistorical Development." Professor of Philosophy,Butler College, University of Indianapolis.Asada, Bui, 1893 : " The Hebrew Text of Zechariah,I-VIII compared with the different Ancient Versions."Professor of Biblical Literature, Tokyo, Japan.Bain, Harry Foster, 1897 : " Relations of the Wisconsin and Kansas Drift Sheets in Central Iowa, andRelated Phenomena." Engaged upon the Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines, Iowa. Baldwin, James Fosdick, 1897 : " Scutage andKnight Service." Instructor in History, VassarCollege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Barrows, David Prescott, 1897 : " The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuila Indians of Southern California." Claremont, California.Bernhard, Adolph, 1894 : " Ueber die Einf iihrungvon Acylen in dem Benzoylessigather." Instructor inMedical Department, University of Texas, Austin,Texas.Berry, George Rioker, 1895 : " The Letters of theRassam II Collection." Associate Professor of theSemitic Languages, Colgate University, Hamilton,N. Y.Bowen, Mary, 1897 : "The Influence of Petrarch onthe Elizabethan Sonnet." Instructor in English,Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.Boyd, Carl Evans, 1897 : " The Development ofGovernment in Illinois." Docent in Political Science,the University of Chicago.Bristol, Charles Lawrence, 1897 : " The Metamerism of Nephelis." Professor of Biology, New YorkUniversity.Brode, Howard Stidham, 1896 : " A Contributionto the Morphology of Dero vaga." Instructor inBeloit Academy, Beloit, Wis.Buckley, Edmund, 1894 : " Japanese Phallacism."Docent in Comparative Religion, the University ofChicago.288 UNIVERSITY RECOBDCarpenter, Frederick Ives, 1895 : •' Metaphor andSimile in the Minor Elizabethan Drama." Instructorin English, the University of Chicago.Case, Ermine Cowles, 1896 : " On the Osteologyand Relationships of Protostaga." Instructor in StateNormal School, Milwaukee, Wis.Chamberlain, Charles Joseph, 1897 : " Contributions to the Life History of Salix." Assistant inBotany, the University of Chicago.Clapp, Cornelia Maria, 1896 : " The Lateral LineSystem of Batrachus Tau." Professor of Zoology,Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.Clark, Hannah Belle, 1897 : "The Public Schoolsof Chicago, a Sociological Study." Instructor inDearborn Seminary, Chicago.Claypole, Agnes Mary, 1897 : " The Embryology ofAnurida Maratima guen." Instructor in Zoology,Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.Cooke, Elizabeth, 1896 : " Investigations in theAsmotic Properties of the Muscle." Instructor inBiology, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 111.Crabb, Wilson Drane, 1897 : " An Inductive Studyof 'Aymeri de Narbonne'" President of GreenvilleSeminary, Greenville, Ky.Cummings, John, 1894 : " The Poor Law System ofthe United States." Instructor in Political Economy,Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Dickson, Leonard Eugene, 1896 : " The AnalyticRepresentation of Substitutions on a Power of a PrimeNumber of Letters, with a Discussion of the LinearGroup." Instructor in Mathematics, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, Cal.Eycleshymer, Albert Chauncey, 1895: "EarlyDevelopment of Amblystoma, with Observations onsome other Vertebrates." Instructor in Anatomy, theUniversity of Chicago.Fowler, Frank Hamilton, 1896 : "The Indo-European Negatives." Professor of English Literature,Lombard University, Galesburg, 111.France, Wilmer Cave, 1895: "The EmperorJulian." Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.Garner, James Burt, 1897 : " Condensation withBenzoin by Means of Sodium Ethylate." Instructorin Chemistry, Bradley Polytechnic Institute.Garrison, Ge©rge P., 1896 : " History of FederalControl of Congressional Elections." Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.Garrison, Winfred Ernest, 1897 : " The Sourcesof Alexander Campbell's Theology." Teaching inDisciples Divinity House, the University of Chicago. Gordon, Charles Henry, 1895 : " Syenite-gneissfrom the Apatch region, Ottawa County, Canada."Studying in Germany.Hatfield, Henry Rand, 1897 : " Municipal Bonding in the United States." Professor of PoliticalEconomy, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.Heidel, William Arthur, 1895 : " Pseudo-Pla-tonica." Professor of Latin and Greek, Iowa College,Grinnell, Iowa.Hesse, Bernard Conrad, 1896 : " On MalonicNitrite and Some of its Derivatives." Research Chemist, Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik, Ludwigshofen,Germany.Holmes, Samuel Jackson, 1897 : " The Early Development of Planorbis trivolvis." Studying at the University of Chicago, 6107 Madison av.Hull, Gordon Ferrie, 1897 : " On the Use of theInterferometer in the Study of Electrical Waves."Assistant in Physics, the University of Chicago, andProfessor-elect in Colby University, Waterville, Maine,Hulley, Lincoln, 1895 : " The Decalog, a Growthin Form and Ideas." Professor of History andHebrew, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.Hutchinson, John Irwin, 1896 : " On the Reduction of Hyperelliptic Functions to Elliptic Functionsby a Transformation of the Second Degree." Instructor in Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca,N. Y.Johnson, Herbert Parlin, 1894 : " A Contribution to the Morphology and Biology of the Stentors."Instructor in Biology, University of California.Jones, Jessie Louise, 1897: "The Phonology ofthe Elis Saga." Instructor in German, Lewis Institute.Jones, Lauder William, 1897 : " On NitroparaflmeSalts and the Acylated Hydroxylamine Derivatives."Laboratory Assistant, the University of Chicago.Kern, Paul Oscar, 1897 : "Das Starke Verbum beiGrimmelshausen ; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte desFruhneuhochdeutschen." Instructor in German, theUniversity of Chicago.Kummel, Henry Barnard, 1895 : " Lake Passaic :An Extinct Glacial Lake." Assistant Professor ofPhysiography, Lewis Institute.Lewis, Edwin Herbert, 1894 : " The Developmentof the English Paragraph." Associate Professor ofEnglish, Lewis Institute, Chicago.Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1894 : " The Embryologyof the Unionidae." Instructor in Zoology, Universityof Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.UNIVERSITY RECORD 289Linscott, Henry Farrar, 1896: " The Latin ThirdDeclension ; a Study in Syncretism and Metaplasm."Professor of Latin, University of North Carolina.Locy, William Albert, 1895 : " Contribution tothe Structure and Development of the VertebrateHead." Professor of Zoology, Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.Lyon, Elias Potter, 1897 : " ^ Contribution toAnimal Geotropism." Instructor in Biology andPhysics, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, 111.Maxwell, Samuel Stein, 1896 : " Contributions tothe Nerve Physiology of Annelids." Professor of Biology, Monmouth College, Monmouth, 111.McLennan, Simon Fraser, 1896: "The Theory ofthe Impersonal Judgment." Assistant Professor ofPhilosophy, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.McLean, Simon James, 1897 : " The Railway Policyof Canada." Instructor in Economics, Arkansas Industrial University, Fayetteville, Ark.Mead, Albert Davis, 1896 : "The Early Development of Marine Annelida." Associate Professor ofEmbryology and Neurology, Brown University, Providence, R. I.Miller, Merton Leland, 1897: "A PreliminaryStudy of the Pueblo of Taos." Studying in the University of Chicago.Monroe, Paul, 1897 : " Profit Sharing : A Study inSocial Economics." Assistant Professor of History,New York Teachers' College.Munson, John P., 1897: "The Ovarian Egg of Li-mulus : A Contribution to the Problem of the Centro-some and Yolk-Nucleus."Neff, Theodore Lee, 1896: " Satire on Women inOld French Lyric Poetry." Instructor in RomanceLanguages, the University of Chicago.Perrin, John William, 1895 : " The History ofCompulsory Education in New England." Professorof History, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.Poyen-Bellisle, Rene de, 1894 : " The Sounds andForms of the French Creole in the West Indies." Instructor in Romance Philology, the University of Chicago.Pratt, Alice Edwards, 1897 : " The Use of Colorin the Verse of the English Romantic Poets." Instructor in English, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,N. Y.Raymond, Jerome Hall, 1895 : " American Municipal Government." President, the University of WestVirginia, Morgantown. Read, Eliphalet Allison, 1896 : "The ChristianIdea of God in its Relation to Theology." Professorof Philosophy, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Mich.Reynolds, Myra, 1895 : " The Treatment of Naturein English Poetry from Pope to Wordsworth." Assistant Professor of English, the University of Chicago.Sanders, Frederick William, 1895 : " An Exposi-tion in Outline of the Relation of Certain EconomicPrinciples to Social Readjustment." Professor ofStatistics, the University of West Virginia, Morgan-town.Seidenadel, Charles William, 1897 : " Quid demusices universes eiusque aliquot partium singularumpotestate HGOS aut IIA90S et exprimendi et efficiendiveterum Grcecorum scriptores, imprimis Plato neenon Aristoteles iudicarint9J Studying at the University of Chicago.Smith, Warren Rufus, 1894 : On the Addition Products of the Aromatic Isocyanides." Instructor inChemistry, Lewis Institute, Chicago.Scares, Theodoro Geraldo, 1894 : " A Contributionto the Criticism of the Book of Chronicles." Pastorof the Baptist Church, Rockford, 111.Stevenson, James Henry, 1897: "Assyrian andBabylonian Contracts, with Phoenician Dockets."Professor of Hebrew and Exegesis, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.Stone, Isabel, 1897 : " On the Electrical Resistanceof Thin Films." Instructor in Sciences, Bryn MawrPreparatory School, Baltimore, Md.Swartz, Samuel Ellis, 1896 : " The Action of SodiumEthylate on the Imide-Bromides." Professor ofChemistry, Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, 111.Thomas, William Isaac, 1896 : " On a Difference inthe Metabolism of the Sexes." Assistant Professor ofSociology, the University of Chicago.Thompson, James Westfall, 1895 : " The Growthof the French Monarchy under Louis VI." Associatein History, the University of Chicago.Triggs, Oscar Lovell, 1895: "Lydgate's TheAssembly of the Gods." Instructor in English, theUniversity of Chicago.Tunell, George Gerard, 1897 : " Transportation onthe Great Lakes of North America." Special AgentUnited States Treasury Department, Graduate Hall,the University of Chicago.Vincent, George Edgar, 1896 : " The Social Mindand Education." Assistant Professor of Sociology,the University of Chicago.296 UNIVERSITY RECORDVotaw, Clyde Weber, 1896 : " The Infinitive inBiblical Greek." Instructor in New Testament Literature, the University of Chicago.Walker, Dean Augustus, 1895 : " The SemiticNegative with Special Reference to the Negative inHebrew." Professor of Biblical Literature and English,Wells College, Aurora, N. Y.Welch, Jeanette Cora, 1897 : " On the Measurement of Mental Activity through Muscular Activity."Instructor in the High School, Duluth, Minn.Willett, Herbert Lockwood, 1896: "The Development of the Doctrine of Immortality among theHebrews." Instructor in Semitic Languages andLiteratures, the University of Chicago.Wood, Francis Asbury, 1895 : "I. Verner's Lawin Gothic. II. The Reduplicative Verbs in Germanic."Professor of German, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon,Iowa.Wyckoff, Charles Truman, 1897: "Feudal Relations between the Crowns of England and Scotlandunder the Early Plantagenets." Instructor in History and Civics, Bradley Polytechnic Institute,Peoria, 111.SUMMARY BY DEPARTMENTS.Zoology 12Chemistry - - -- - 6History ----- 6English 6Sociology - 5Semitic - - - - 5Political Economy - - 4Germanic - - - - 4Greek 3Romance - - - 3Geology 3Physiology - - 3Mathematics - 2Indo-European Comparative Philology 2Physics - 2Anthropology 2Philosophy - - - 1Botany ----- 1Biblical and Patristic Greek - - 1Political Science - 1Palaeontology - 1Comparative Religion - - 1Old Testament Literature - - 1Systematic Theology - - 1Church History - - - 1— 77Departments not represented. — Anatomy, Archaeology, Astronomy, Latin, and Neurology. Report of the University Elementary School.II.RECORD OF WORK DONE IN ROMAN HISTORY.It was thought best, at the outset, to give thechildren a very brief, rough outline of the growth andextension of the Roman state. A map was exhibited,showing Rome as a small city and, also, locating thevarious Italian tribes. The gradual development ofthis small city was then dwelt upon, how tribe aftertribe was conquered, until the whole of Italy wasunder Roman rule. The children were asked whatthey thought the Romans did then ? Two or threevolunteered the opinion that they must have gone outside of Italy to conquer. They were then told of theconquests of Rome, in Spain, France, etc. One of thechildren here remarked, "Rome was just like thedevilfish, getting everything inside of its claws."One of the chief aims in teaching these childrenRoman history being to give them an idea that Rome'sgreatness lay in her laws and her organization theattempt was made just here to give them some ideahow Rome held all these tribes together. The children, however, seemed to get a very vague idea ofthis point. Then, with a few leading questions, thechildren developed the idea that their own language,the French and Spanish, etc., might have been influenced by the Roman, the further tracing of thisrelation being left for future work.Next was taken up the mythical founding of Rome,in the story of Romulus and Remus. The story wasread to the children, and they were then asked toreproduce it. The following is the production of achild of ten :MYTHICAL STORY OF fiOMULUS AND EEMUS.Once there were two brothers named Romulus and Remus.They were princes, but a cruel king living at that time took thethrone from their grandfather, and ordered the children'smother to be locked up in prison for life.When the two children were born he told one of his servantsto throw the children into the river Tiber ; but the river at thattime was flooding a little of the country, so when the servantwent to drown Romulus and Remus, he could not go in onaccount of the swift current, so he laid them under a tree inshallow water.A she-wolf hearing their cries came and took them to hercave, and cared for them as if they were her own.A shepherd coming by, was attracted by the strange sight,took the children home to his wife, and she cared for them as ifthey were her own.The shepherd, however, had his suspicions about them, forhe had heard the king's command, and thought that may bethey were the young princes, but he said nothing about it tohis wife.As the princes grew older, however, they were not satisfiedwith living with the shepherd so much.UNIVERSITY RECORD 291They killed the robbers that came by and killed some gameBut one time, in their attempt to kill the robbers, RemusWas taken and brought to his father (the robbers did not knowit was Remus's father), but his father, seeing in his face that hewas a prince, claimed him as his own, so Remus and Romuluskilled the false king and brought their father to the throne.After that they made up their minds to have a city right nearthe river Tiber, and the tree the wolf found them under was tobe in the middle of the city.So they started to found the city, and they had a greatquarrel, and Romulus built a city and Remus jumped overRomulus' s walls, and Romulus killed him. Then Romulusfounded Rome on a hill.At the next lesson, a rough sketch of Italy wasdrawn on the board ; the city of Rome was pointedout, and the tribes living around Rome, such as theSabines, Etruscans, Latins, etc. A discussion withthe children followed, as to which tribe the Romanswent to war with first.The story of the rape of the Sabines was then toldthem, and as usual the children rewrote the story.The reproduction given here is by a boy of twelve :"There were no women in Rome, so the Romans planned toinvite the Sabines, so they had a great feast in honor of Neptune, and also had a parade in honor of the Sabines. In themiddle of the parade the Romans rushed in and grabbed theSabines' women, and carried them off and married them. TheSabines were going to fight, but the women ran in between thetwo armies and said, that if the Sabines were killed they wouldbe orphans, and if the Romans were killed they would bewidows, so they decided to let Rome rule."In the next lesson we talked of the Roman family,gaining the idea that the father of the family was alittle king, and all these little kings were ruled overby one great king. Expressed by one of the childrenit reads as follows :" The big king was king over the little kings, while the littlekings ruled over their own families."With help in arrangement another child describedthe government at Rome in the following way :(King.Government of Rome \ Senate,( 300. Senatorswere kingsof families.The story of the battle with the city of Alba Longawas told them : how the city was destroyed and theinhabitants brought to Rome. This was made theoccasion of telling them of the various grades ofpeople in Rome. A child's paper on this reads asfollows :(1. Roman citizens (==Patricians).People in Rome i 2. Clients (=Plebeians, strangers.)* (3. Slaves.The overthrow of the monarchy was the next subject, and they were much interested in the banishingof the Roman king Lucius Tarquinius. In connectionwith this, the story of how Horatius kept the bridge was read to them, from Macaulay's Lays of AncientRome. From the stories of Horatius, Brutus, etc.,some idea of Roman character was formed in thechildren's minds. With help they worked out thefollowing :f 1. Brave ) Decius2. Good ) Horatius3. HonorableRoman Man4. Honest )5. Strict J BrutusTheir idea of the Roman character seems to havebeen a positive one. Thinking there was plenty ofchance for them to get the negative side, they wereleft for a while to think of the Roman as embodyinggood only.The change of the government of Rome from themonarchy to the republic was a topic dwelt upon fortwo or three lessons. At the end of that time thechildren condensed their knowledge as follows :Government of Rome afterking was banished 1. Consuls (2).2. Senators (300).3. Public Assembly.The children then drew a map of Rome at the timethe last king was banished, learning to locate theForum, Comitium, the seven hills, the river, etc.When they had finished drawing they labeled the river,hills, Forum, etc., in Latin, which gave them somedefinite use for their Latin words.The map finished, we began on the long strugglebetween the Plebeians and Patricians. To get an ideaof this we read in Plutarch's Lives the biography ofCoriolanus. After this had been read to the children,they were asked to retell the story in their ownwords. The result taken down at their dictation maybe given later.During the dictation of this paper we had quite anumber of interesting discussions. An example ofthese :The secession of the Plebs to the sacred mountinterested them greatly. They argued at great length,whether the Plebeians were in the right or not inwanting to be represented in the government. Thegeneral verdict was that they were in the right.Another question was whether the people had aright to vote as they pleased. They decided that theydid have the right, because Rome was a republic. ^The children's greatest interest seemed to be to seeRome win in her battles with the Volscians, .ZEqui-ans, etc.At the last lesson, a map of Greece was shown tothe children, also a map of Italy. They were led tonotice the differences in the arrangement of the mountain ranges, then told to write on paper what effect292 UNIVERSITY RECORDthese differences had on the people of the two countries. One of the answers was as follows :" I think the Italians would know each other betterbecause there were not so many mountain ranges toseparate them, while the Greeks would not know eachother so well because there were so many mountainsto separate them."This topic will be continued to show the effectwhich the topography of a country has upon thepeople living therein.This work is done by Groups VII and VIII in theschool, children averaging from 11 to 12 years old. Itcomes at this particular time, partly because thesechildren have already had something of Greek life, inconnection specially with the reading of the Iliad andOdyssey, and partly because it was thought probableRoman life would appeal to the children's growinginterest in typical traits of personal character and inform of social organization. Consequent from theprinciple upon which history is studied in the school,namely not as mere record of past events, but as affording insight in the forces and structure of sociallife as such, Roman history is taught from that pointof view.More specifically, the method does not attempt tocover impartially all events, but to select those whichappear representative and typical. Thus up to thepresent, the types considered are, 1) founding of Romeand the character of primitive Rome ; 2) the expansion of Rome in the conquest of Italy ; 3) the government of Rome — change from monarchy to republic;4) the internal reorganization through rise of Plebs.As another point in method, while individual heroesare sketched as central figures about which the storyclusters, the aim is that the general social movementaccompanying shall be clearly brought out, and notsubordinated to the merely biographical and storyelements.These same children have begun the collateralstudy of Latin ; it being thought that one of thechief difficulties in the beginning of Latin isthe lack of any real motive or background. Latinis here taught in connection with Roman life ;the topics thus far used in the JLatin lessons being thestory of the founding of Rome, and the story of Horatius at the bridge. The children have an hour aday, one half hour each for History and for Latin.With another teacher occasional lessons are givenupon the geography of Italy. Maps have been drawn;the climate, typical products (olive, etc.), and the volcanic system studied. As can be seen from the prervious account their compositions, writing and spellinglessons have also been largely connected with thestudy of Roman history. Official Notices.Senior College Preliminary Contests. — Thesuccessful candidates in the preliminary contests inthe Senior Colleges were as follows :Division I. — Miss Gatzert, C. J. Bushnell." II. — No selection." III.— E. M. Baker, M. E. Coleman, Laurencede Graf, E. C. Woolley." IV.— Charles Lederer, George H. Sawyer.Senior College Finals. — The Senior CollegeFinals in Public Speaking for the University Prizewill be held in Kent Theater, Friday evening, December 10, 1897, at 8:00 o'clock. The Division representatives are as follows :Division I. — Charles J. Bushnell." III.— E. C. Woolley." IV. — George H. Sawyer.Junior College Finals.— The Junior CollegeFinals in Public Speaking for the Ferdinand PeekPrize will be held in the Chapel, Cobb Lecture HallWednesday evening, December 8, 1897, at 8:00 o'clock.,The Division representatives are as follows :Division I. — W. F. Anderson." II. — Marjorie Cook." III.— Paul Blackwelder." IV. — Grace Bushnell." V. — No contestant." VI.— J. S. Patek.Miss Cook having previously won the Division prize,this prize in Division II is awarded to C. F. Yoderwho stood second.Junior College Scholarship in Mathematics —A scholarship, covering one year's tuition, is awardedeach year to the student who receives the nomination ofthe Mathematical Department for the excellence ofhis work in Mathematics during the two years of theJunior College course. All who receive the JuniorCollege Certificate between July 1, 1897, and April 1,1898, may become candidates for the scholarship.The scholarship is awarded on the basis, 1) of theclass standing and 2) of a special examination, to begiven on the first Saturday in May. The subjects setfor the year 1897-8 are as follows :1) College Algebra.2) Trigonometry.3) Analytical Geometry.UNIVERSITY RECORD 293Religious.At the regular monthly meeting of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Christian Union, the reports of thePhilanthropic Committee and of the Y. M. C. A. forthe month of November 'brought out the followingfacts in summary.Philanthropic Committee received from clubsand subscriptions $43.00Received from Vesper collections - - 52.21Total - - - - - - $95.21Deficit, November 1 - - - - 47.58Expenditures during November - - 128.54Totalj - - — - - $176.12Deficit November 30 - 80.91Y. M. C. A. — Regular Devotional meetings, 4 ; average attendance, 24.Special meetings, 3 ; average attendence, 10.Gains in membership, 39. Total membership, 150.Recent Numbers of University Periodicals.The November number of the Botanical Gazettehas as its leading article " The Study of the Comparative Anatomy of the Normal and Diseased Organs ofAbies Balsamea affected with Aecidium Elatinum,'by Alexander P. Anderson. A paper on the "PublicGardens and Plantations of Jamaica," by WilliamFawcett, which was prepared for the Botanical Societyof America at the Toronto meeting is the second ofthe principal articles. The shorter papers consist of"Variation in Life Arrangement in a Maple," byGeorge J. Peirce of Stanford University ; " Hygrometer Made with Erodium Awns," by Walter R. Shaw,of Stanford University ; " A Method of PreservingAlgae " by Charles Thorn, of Missouri State University; "Notes on the Woody Plants of the SouthAtlantic States," by W. Willard Ashe, Forester of theGeological Survey, Raleigh, N. C. A few brief notesupon current literature complete the contents of thisnumber.The November number of the Astrophysical Journal will be of great interest to all those who attendedthe dedication of the Yerkes Astronomical Observatory, since the leading articles are speeches andpapers which were given at the meetings connectedwith the dedication. Professor Keeler's dedicationaddress, "The Influence of Astrophysical Research, and the Relation of Astrophysics to other PhysicalSciences," and Professor Newcomb's address deliveredat the University, October 22, on "Aspects of American Astronomy," are both given in full. ProfessorHale's statements about "The Aim of the YerkesObservatory" is also given. Then follow "Spectroscopic Notes," by Sir William and Lady Huggins ;" New Investigations of the Spectrum of Lyrae," byA. Belopolsky; "On the Constitution of the RedSpectrum of Argon," by J. R. Rydberg ; " The Spectraof Bright Southern Stars," by Edward C. Pickering.In addition to these important articles are a numberof minor contributions which fill about twenty pages.The December Biblical World has been preparedespecially with reference to boys and girls. With thisend in view the number is profusely illustrated andcontains the following articles, which have beenwritten for the younger members of the family and theSunday School : Children in Palestine, by Anna H.Jessup ; The Boyhood of Joseph, by Professor CharlesFoster Kent ; The Boyhood of Moses, by ProfessorCharles F. Pagnani ; The Boyhood of David, by O. P.Gifford ; The Song of the Boy David ; The Educationof the Young Prophet Daniel, by Hezekiah Butter-worth ; The Boyhood of John the Baptist, by PhilipS. Moxom ; The Vision of St. Elizabeth, a poem byAlice Sawtelle Randall; Christmas in HeathenLands, by Lucy W. Waterbury ; Bethlehem : TheCity of Children, by Shailer Mathews.Current Events.Professor Edmund J. James, Director *of the Extension Division, delivered a lecture Friday, November 27,before the Northwestern Ohio Teachers Associationat Lima, Ohio.3 Dr. John Henry Barrows has just returned from aneastern trip during twelve days of which he gavefourteen lectures at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Princeton,East Orange, Boston and Andover. He has been in-1 vited by President Patton of Princeton to return toPrinceton for the day of prayer for colleges, and wasI also invited to deliver one of the University sermons.1 Dr. Barrows has been appointed to deliver the Dudle-l ian lecture on natural religion at Harvard University,, February 18.294 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe Calendar.december 3-11, 1897.Friday, December 3.Chapel-Assembly : Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Final Examination of David Philips and Frederick William Bateson, Haskell Oriental Museum,Room 26, 2:00 p.m.Final Examination of Edwin Welton Mecum, HaskellOriental Museum, Room 26, 4:00 p.m.Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 35, 4:00 p.m."An Extension of Riccati's Equation," by Dr. Boyd.Notes: "Concerning the Fundamental Theorem of theIntegral Calculus," by Mr. Bliss; "On Cantor" IV, byProfessor Bolza.Philological Society meets in Faculty Room, HaskellOriental Museum, 8:00 p.m.Assistant Professor Clifford H.Moore: "On the Thesaurus Linguse Latinee."Assistant Professor von Klenze : " F. T. Palgrave on Landscape in Poetry."Saturday, December 4.andAdministrative Board of Physical CultureAthletics, 8:30 a.m.Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10:00 a.m.The University Senate, 11:30 a.m.Stereopticon Lecture on the Ober Ammergau play,Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m.Sunday, December 5.Vesper Service. Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Vesper Address by Mr. Jas. Houghteling.Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum, Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, December 6.Chapel-Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Lectures before Senior Divisions II-VI, 10:30 a.m.New Testament Club meets 7:30 p.m. at the home ofMr. E. J. Goodspeed, 5636 Kimbark av.Subject: " Bibliography on New Testament Times."Tuesday, December 7.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.R. D. Blackmore : Dariel. Botanical Club meets in the Botanical Building5:00 p.m.The meeting will be devoted to reviews of importantbotanical literature.Dr. C. J. Chamberlain: " The Development of the Arche-gonia in Bryophytes," by Gayet.Mr. W. R. Mitchell : " The Influence of Environment inthe Origination of Plant Varieties," by Webber.Mr. H. V. Hibbard: "The Distribution of Plants alongShore at Lake of the Woods," by MacMillan.University Chorus^Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Lecture by Congressman Hilborn of the House Committee |m Naval Affairs, Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m.** Do^we need a strong Navy and why ? " About a hundred.fitereopticon views prepared by the lecturer will be. ;;^shown.English Club meets in Lecture Hoom, Cobb LectureHall, 8:00 p.m.Mr. William Vaughn Moody : " The Pastoral Idea in Late-Renaissance Literature."Miss Roberta Hamilton: "The Essay as a LiterarySpecies."Wednesday, December 8.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, Zoological Building,^: 00 p.m.' The following papers will be given :"The Lithodidae, a Family of Asymmetrical Crabs," byDr. S. J. Holmes."Cytoplasmic Phenomena in the Maturation and Fertilization of Arenicola," by Dr. C M. Child.Geological Club meets in the Lecture Room of WalkerMuseum, 4:30 p.m.Professor Kummel: " The Triassic in New Jersey."Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Lecture Room.Cobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Finals in Junior Division Contest in Public Speaking,Kent Theater, 8: 00 p.m. (see p. 292).Thursday, December 9.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Pedagogical Club meets in Faculty Room, HaskellOriental Museum, 8: 00 p.m.Superintendent W. H. Hatch of Oak Park on: "Questionswhich a Superintendent has to meet." All interestedare invited.Friday, December 10.Chapel- Assembly : Graduate Schools.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Senior College Finals in Public Speaking, Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 292).Saturday, December 11.Administrative Board of the University Press, 8:30 a.m.Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.The University Council, 11: 30 a.m.Material for the UHIVERSITY RECORD must be sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder to be published in the issue of the same week.