£be TUnlveretts of ChicagoPrice $1*00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOtlbe tlniveveits of Gbica^o ©teesVOL. Ill, NO. 3. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. APRIL 15, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. A Gift of Valuable and Rare Books - 21II. Official Notices 22-23III. Statistics from the Report of the Committee ofthe Congregation of the Group System - * 23IV. American Mathematical Society .... 23-24V. The Calendar 24A Gift of Rare and Valuable Books.The University has received from Nicholas Senn,M.D., Ph.D., Professor of the Practice of Surgery andClinical Surgery in Rush Medical College, a gift ofsixty-eight volumes, many of which are extremelyrare and valuable. The list includes the following :1. Omnia opera reverendi Domini Martini Lu-theri, Doctoris Theologiae. Witebergae, per Iohan-nem Lufft, 1545-1558. Vols. I-III ; V-VIL Folio.This edition is very important inasmuch as it contains among other valuable material all the documentsrelating to Luther's early and later controversies withthe Roman Catholic Church.The second volume was published shortly after thedeath of Luther, and contains the Epitaphium Reverendi viri Domini Martini Lutheri, inscriptum monu-mento.Vols. II-VII were edited under the supervision ofPhilippus Melanthon who is also the author of theprefaces. Each volume .numbers between 600 and 700pages. 2. Der Prophet Daniel Deudsch. Marti. Luther.Wittemberge. 1530. 12mo. Gedruckt durch HansLufft.Under the same cover is bound up also :Historien von des Ehrwirdigen in Gott Seligenthewren Manns Gottes Doctoris Martini Luthers an-fang, lehr, leben und sterben. Alles ordentlich derJarzal nach wie sich alle sachen zu jeder zeyt habenzugetragen durch den Alten Herrn M. Mathesiumgestelt und alles fur seinem seligen Ende verfertigt.Mit Romischer Keyserlicher Maiestat Freyheytinn zehen Jaren nicht nachzudrucken. Niirnberg,MDLXVII.The work is a collection of sixteen sermons onLuther's teachings, life, and end. It appears to be ofimportance to the historian as well as to the studentof German prose of the sixteenth century.3. Thesaurus Graecae Linguae ab Henrico Ste-phano constructus ediderunt C. B. Hase, G. R. Lud.de Sinner et Th. Fix. 8 vols. Parisiis, 1831 ; FirminDidot. Folio.The edition is out of print, very expensive and offeredonly here and there in secondhand book catalogues.4. Etymologicon Magnum, seu verius Lexicon sae-pissime vocabulorum origines indagans ex pluribuslexico scholiastis et grammaticis anonymi cuiusdamopera concinnatum edidit, Thomas Gaisford. Oxonii,1848. Folio.5. Leopold von Ranke, Sammtliche Werke. 4teAuflage. Leipzig. Duncker und Humblot; 1867.8vo. 48 vols. The Standard Edition.22 UNIVERSITY RECORD6. Philipp Wackernagel, Das deutsche Kirchen-lied von der altesten Zeit bis zu Anfang des XVII.Jahrhunderts. Mit Beriichsichtigung der deutschenkirchlichen Liederdichtung in weiterem Sinne undder lateinischen von Hilarius v. Poitiers bis GeorgFabricius und Wolfgang Ammonius. Leipzig, B. G.Teubner. 1864-77. 5 vols.7. Christian Carl Josias Bunsen, Vollst&ndigesBibelwerk fur die Gemeinde in drei Abtheilungen.Leipzig, Brockhaus. 9 vols. 1858-65.This is one of the best known bible works of whichProfessor Henrich Julius Holtzmann, the famousNew Testament scholar, edited the last four volumes(6-9).8. Julius Mutzell, Geistliche Lieder der evan-gelischen Kirche aus dem sechszehnten Jahrhundert.Nach den altesten Drucken herausgegeben. 3 vols, inone. Berlin, Enslin. 1855.9. Johann An ast as. Freylinghausen, GeistreichesGesang-Buch, den Kern alter und neuer Lieder in sichhaltend, in gegenwartiger bequemer Ordnung undForm nach denen unter diesem Namen alhier schonedirten Gesang-Btlchern eingerichtet. 4te Auflage.Halle, 1757.10. W. Bauer, Geschichte der Philosophic fur ge-bildete Leser. Halle, Schwetsehke. 1863.11. De Dichtwerken van P. A. De Genestet, ver-zameld en uitgegeven onder toezicht van C. P. Tiele.Derde Druk. Amsterdam, Krway. 1873.12. I. C. W. Moehsen, Verzeichnis einer Samlungvon Bildnissen, grostentheils beriimter Aerzte so wohlin Kupferstichen, schwarzer Kunst und Holzschnit-ten als auch, in einigen Handzeichnungen. Diesemsind verschiedene Nachrichten und Anmerkungenvorgesetzt die so wohl zur Geschichte der Arzeney-gelahrtheit, als vornehmlich zur Geschichte derKunste gehoren. Mit Vignetten. Berlin, Himburg.1771.13. Eclogae Physicae historiam et interpretatio-nem corporum et rerum naturalium continentes exscriptoribus praecipue graecis excerptae in usumstudiosae litterarum iuventutis, edidit Joh. GottlobSchneider. Vol. I : Textum exhibens. Vol. II : Anmerkungen und ErlSuterungen. Jena u. Leipzig,Frommann. 1891.14. Nicholas Senn, Surgical Monographs (20 + 11-\- 28) in 3 volumes.All the books are in excellent condition and a most.welcome addition to the Library of the University. Official Notices.the divinity council.The following members of the Divinity School wereelected at the regular semi-annual business meetingof the Divinity Students' Association, April 12, asofficers of the Association and members of the DivinityCouncil :President — E. A. Hanley.Vice President — Wm. Oeschger.Secretary — F. D. Finn.Jreasurer — H. S. Gait.Chairman of Missionary Committee— E. C. Kunkle.Chairman of Athletics Com mit tee—T. W. Mortimer.Chairman of Social Committee — W. R. Shoemaker.Chairman of Public Speaking Committee — C. M.Gallup.Chairman of Devotional Committee — C. E. Tingley.The Final Examination of Robert Van Meigs forthe degree of D.B. will be held Monday, April 18, at2:00 p.m. in Haskell Museum, Room 15. Principalsubject, Church History ; secondary subject, Homi-letics. Thesis : " Whitefield as a Revivalist." Committee : Head Professors Hulbert, Anderson andNorthrup, Professor Johnson, Associate ProfessorMoncrief, and all other instructors in the departmentsimmediately concerned.The Final Examination of William Douwes Zoet-hout for the degree of Ph.D. will be held Tuesday,April 19, at 10: 00 a.m., in Room 25, Physiology Building. Principal subject, Physiology ; secondary subject, Zoology. Thesis : " The Physiological Effects ofHigh Temperatures and Lack of Oxygen upon LowerOrganisms." Committee : Associate Professor Loeb,Head Professor Whitman, Professor Iddings, and allother instructors in the departments immediatelyconcerned.The Final Examination of William Oeschger forthe degree of D.B. will be held Monday, April 25, 1898,at 2: 00 p.m., in Haskell Museum, Room 15. Principalsubject, Church History ; secondary subject, Theology.Thesis: "The Life and Work of Barton W. Stone."Committee : Head Professors Hulbert and Northrup,Professors Johnson and Foster, Associate ProfessorMoncrief, Dr. Willett, and all other instructors in thedepartments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Emil Martin Martinsonfor the degree of D.B. will be held Monday, April 25,at 2: 00 p.m., in Haskell Museum, Room 15. PrincipalUNIVERSITY RECORD 23subject, Church History ; secondary subject, Theology.Thesis : " The Element of Mysticism in New EnglandTheological Thought." Committee : Head ProfessorsHulbert, Northrup and Anderson, Professors Johnsonand Foster, Associate Professor Moncrief, and all otherinstructors in the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Joseph Jenkins for thedegree of D.B. will be held Monday, April 25, at3:00 p.m., in Haskell Museum, Room 15. Principalsubject, Church History ; secondary subject, Homi-letics. Thesis : " The Genuine and the Spurious inthe Great Awakening." Committee : Head ProfessorsHulbert and Anderson, Professor Johnson, AssociateProfessor Moncrief, and all other instructors in thedepartments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of George AlexanderCampbell for the degree of D.B. will be held Monday, April 25, at 4: 00 p.m. in Haskell Museum, Room15. Principal subject, Church History; secondarysubject, Theology. Thesis : " The Modern Aspects ofChurch Union." Committee : Head Professors Hulbert, Northrup and Anderson, Professors Johnson,and Foster, Dr. Willett, and all other instructors in thedepartments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Samuel Rowland Robinson for the degree of D.B. will be held Monday,April 25, at 5:00 p.m., in Haskell Museum, Room 15.Principal subject, Church History ; secondary subject,Theology. Thesis: "The Philosophy of the NewEngland Witchcraft Delusion." Committee : HeadProfessors Hulbert, Northrup and Anderson, Professors Johnson and Foster, Associate ProfessorMoncrief, and all other instructors in the departmentsimmediately concerned.Statistics from the Report of the Committee of theCongregation on the Group System.For the purpose of determining the distribution andcharacter of elective work done by students in theUniversity, the records of many of the students whohave taken their baccalaureate degrees in the University have been examined. From the examination, therecords of students who have done less than two years'work in the University have been excluded. Theresults of this examination are as follows :1) Number of records examined - - 1742) Average number (in Majors) of electives - - 183) Maximum number of departments in which electivework was done - - - - * * 13 4) Minimum number of departments in which electivework was done - - - - - * 35) Average number of departments in which electivework was done - - - - - - 8%6) Average length (in Majors) of elective courses, counting departments as now organized * - - 2&7) 18f per cent, of the work has been done in single Majors ;18 % + in 2 Major courses ; 18 % + in 3 Major courses ;13 % + in 4 Major courses, and 31% % in courses of 5Majors or more.8) 20 per cent, of the students took electives in ten or m6redepartments, but if closely related departments, such asZoology, Anatomy, Neurology, etc., be grouped togetheras one, this percentage would be reduced to about 10.9) About 2 per cent, of the students took electives in less thanfive departments and about 5 per cent, in less than six.Assuming that the normal number of departments fromwhich electives should be taken is 6 to 10, it appears thatbut a small proportion of students elected more narrowlythan they should, and but a small proportion electedmore widely.10) 83 percent, of the students have taken at least one year's"elective work in some one department, and if closely related departments be counted as one, this percentagewould be increased to about 95.11) 36 per cent, of the students took elective courses in someone department for at least two years, and if closely related departments be counted as one, this percentagewould be raised to about 86.It thus appears that about 86 per cent, of the studentsselect their courses in such a manner that there is acentral line of study running through them. In about14 per cent, of the courses this does not seem true. Taking the records of those who have received their degreesduring the last four quarters, these percentages would be97 and 3.12) The range of scattering and concentration does not seemto be notably different in the different colleges.American Mathematical Society.Chicago Section.THIRD MEETING, APRIL 9, 1898.The third regular semi-annual meeting of theChicago Section of the American Mathematical Society was held at the University of Chicago, on Saturday, April 9, 1898.LIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED.1. A triangle related to Nagel's triangle.Professor Robert J. Aley, Indiana University.2. The ellipsograph of Proclus and its inverse (illustrated by models).Dr. E. M. Blake, Purdue University.3. The structure of the hypo-abelian groups.Dr: L. E. Dickson, University of California.4. I. Quaternion notes.II. Introduction to the theory of functions of aquaternion or a vector variable.Dr. Shunkichi Kimura, Sendai, Japan.u UNIVERSITY RECORD5. On the most general form of the inner potentialconsistent with the complete integration of thedifferential equations of motion of a free systemof two bodies.Dr. Kurt Laves, the University of Chicago.6. Concerning the case where a linear substitution -group of finite order in n variables breaks up intogroups in a lower number of variables.Associate Professor H. Maschke, the U. of C.7. On the roots of a determinantal equation.Professor W. H. Metzler, Syracuse University.8. A two-parameter class of solvable quintics inwhich the rational relations amongst the roots bythrees are independent of the parameters (preliminary communication).Head Professor E. H. Moore, the U. of C.9. Dual algebras.Professor James Byrnie Shaw, Illinois College.At the opening of the afternoon session, in responseto the invitation of the programme committee, HeadProfessor Michelson, of the University of Chicago,made a very interesting exhibition of the theory andof the workings of the new "Harmonic Analyser"to the members of the society.Calendar.APRIL 15-23. 7898.Friday, April 15.Graduate Assembly : — Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,10:30 a.m.Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 35, 4: 00 p.m.Head Prof essor Moore : "An arithmetic treatment of thePellian equation."Note : " A problem in the geometry of linear fractionaltransformations of the complex variable," by Mr. Bliss.Saturday, April 16.Administrative Board of University Affiliations,8:30 a.m.Notice. — The meeting is herewith recalled.' Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.Faculty of the Divinity School, 11:30 a.m.Lecture by Dr. E. C. Case before the Geological Club10:00 a.m.Sunday, April 17.Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Head Professor Harry Pratt Judson: "The Influence ofChristianity upon Political Institutions."Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum* Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, April 18.Chapel -Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Final Examination of R. van Meigs, Room 15, Has-, kell Oriental Museum, 2: 00 p.m. (see p. 22). Germanic Club meets in Room B 11, Cobb LectureHall, 3:00 p.m.Assistant Professor C. von Klenze: "The Influence ofPopular Poetry on the Lyrical Literature of Germanyof the last two Centuries."Mr. Jonas : " Germanic Scholars of America."Tuesday, April 19.Chapel-Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior CollegeStudents).Final Examination of W. D. Zoethout, Room 25,Physiology Building, 10:00 a.m. (see p. 22).University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.English Club meets in Room B 8, Cobb LectureHall, 8:00 p.m.Assistant Professor Tolman: "Long Words in EnglishPoetry."Frank L. Tolman : " The Influence of Science on thePoetry of Tennyson."Sociology Clubs meets in Room C 11, Cobb LectureHall, 8:00 p.m.Head Professor A. W. Small on: " Crowell's new bookThe Logical Process of Social Progress.'7Election of Officers.Wednesday, April 20.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, Zoological Building, 4:00 p.m.V. E. McCaskill: " The Metamerism of Hirudo."Bacteriological Club meets in Room 40, ZoologicalBuilding, 5:00 p.m.Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Lecture Room,Cobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Thursday, April 21.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7: 15 p.m.Philosophical Club meets in Faculty Room, HaskellOriental Museum, 8:00 p.m.Dr. Veblen : " Irksomeness of Labor and Instinct of Workmanship."Friday, April 22.Graduate-Assembly: — Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,10:30 a.m.Philological Society meets in Room B 2, Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m.Professor Mathews on: " The Agrapha of Jesus."Saturday, April 23.Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8:30 a.m.Faculties of the Graduate Schools, 10:00 a.m.Lecture by Dr. E. C. Case before the Geological Club,10:00 a.m.