Price $J.OOPer Year Gbe THniverefty of CbtcagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOEbe 'dinfveteitE of Gbtcago pxceeVOL III, NO. 4. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. APRIL 22, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.II.III.IV.V.VI. CONTENTS.Reports from the Zoological Club: The Pronephros in Testudinata 25-26Official Notices 26-27Official Reports : Library 27Religious .---. 27Notes from Morgan Park Academy - 27The Calendar 28Reports from the Zoological Club*THE PRONEPHROS IN TESTUDINATA.Wiedersheim, in his paper " Ueber die Entwicklungdes Urogenitalapparates bei Crocodilen und Schild-kroten," 1890, states that he has been entirely unableto distinguish between pronephros and mesonephros.A study of the earlier development explains hisposition.From some very young embryos of aromochelys andplatypeltis it has been possible to determine theorigin and extent of the pronephros. It arises assegmental outgrowths from the posterior somaticregion of the somites, and is very marked bridgingover the fissure from one somite to the next. Thetips overlap and fuse with the following outgrowth.In a very young series the fusion is so completethat a prominent and quite even ridge or welt isformed extending from the sixth to the tenth somite.Stretching from the end of the pronephros we find the* Meetings of February and March ] pronephric duct at first close to the somites, furtherback free and at its J tip at least in some cases fusedwith the ectoderm. Mitsukuri says he has provedthis fusion beyond the possibility of a doubt.As we proceed to the later stages, however, a newfactor comes in which greatly modifies these conditions. Before there is more than a hint of the lumenin the pronephric tubules we see in some of the samesomites (from the second pronephric tubule on) aswell as further back, at the point where they pass intothe middle plate, a thickening and occasionally a smallbubble-like lumen. These are the " Anlagen " of themesonephric tubules. They become more and moredistinct. In some series we find the funnel of thepronephric tubule and that of this rudiment openingside by side into the body cavity, but further posteriorand in older embryos we find the pronephric funnelsopening into these rudiments of the mesonephros andthrough them into the body cavity. There is no breakbetween the pronephros and mesonephros. The firstpurely mesonephric tubule is in the next somite tothe last one which shows the fusion of pronephic andmesonephric elements.Thus it becomes clear that although the pronephrosis distinct its origin arises as segmental outgrowthsfrom the somites and extends over but few segments ;the mesonephros arising from the middle plate, extendsalmost as far anteriorly as the pronephros and thetwo are so fused in the later stages that the partscannot be distinguished without a study of theirdevelopment.26 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe glomus is not seen in any of the stages described except as a cluster of cells resembling bloodcorpuscles may be very rarely found alongside of theaorta. Its origin and development will be discussedlater with the further development of the excretorysystem. E. R. Gregory.Titles of other papers read during the two months :" The Maturation, Fertilization and Early Cleavageof Myzostoma," Assistant Professsor W. M. Wheeler ;"The Germinal vesicle in Amphibia" (Carnoy), T.L. Charles; "Dr. Mead on Annelid Cytogeny," A.L. Tread well ; "The Stage of Synapsis in the SquidEgg," M. M. St urges; "The Photospheria of Nycti-phanes with Remarks on the Origin of LuminousOrgans," Assistant Professor S. Watase ; "A Comparative Study of Cell Lineage," S. J. Holmes ; " Noteson a new Peripatus from Mexico," Assistant ProfessorW.M. Wheeler ; " A New Pigeon Hybrid," Head Professor Whitman ; " Carnoy on the Fertilization ofAscaris," W. H. Packard.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.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 — Win. Oeschger.Secretary — F. D. Finn.Treasurer — H. S. Gait.Chairman of Missionary Committee— E. C. Kunkle.Chairman of Athletics Committee — 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 William Oeschger forthe degree of D.B. will be held Monday, April 25, 1898,at 2: 00 p.m., in Haskell Museum, Room 15. Principal subject, 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. Principalsubject, 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.The Final Examination of Jesse Cassander Rhodesfor the degree of D.B. will be held Monday, May 2, at2: 00 p.m., in H 15. Principal subject, Church History;secondary subject, Theology. Thesis: 'The TrendUNIVERSITY RECORD 27of the Church on the subject of the Regenerate Life."Committee : Head Professors Hulbert and Northrup,Professors Johnson and Foster, Associate ProfessorMoncrief, and all other instructors in the departmentsimmediately concerned.The Final Examination of Richard Miner Vaughanfor the degree of D.B. will be held Monday, May 2,at 3: 00 p.m. in Haskell Museum, Room 15. Principalsubject, Church History; secondary subject, Theology.Thesis : " Dante's Conception of Punishment." Committee : Head Professors Hulbert, Northrup andAnderson, Professors Johnson and Foster, AssociateProfessor Moncrief, and all other instructors in thedepartments immediately concerned.The Philolexian Literary Society holds its regularmeetings on the first and third Wednesday eveningsof each month at eight o'clock in room 9 B, CobbLecture Hall.Official Reports.During the month ending March 31, 1898, therehas been added to the Library of the University atotal number of 534 volumes from the followingsources :Books added by purchase, 399 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 41 vols.; Philosophy, 30 vols.; Pedagogy, 11 vols.; Political Economy, 3 vols.; PoliticalScience, 10 vols.; History, 20 vols.; Classical Archaeology, 2 vols.; Sociology, 7 vols.; Sociology (Divinity),4 vols.; Sociology (Folk Psychology), 1 vol.; Anthropology, 3 vols.; Comparative Religion, 6 vols.; Semitic,3 vols.; New Testament, 1 vol.; Comparative Philology, 12 vols.; Greek, 11 vols.; Latin, 17 vols.; Latinand Greek, 5 vols.; Romance, 4 vols.; German, 20 vols.;English, 67 vols.; Mathematics, 19 vols.; Astronomy,12 vols.; Physics, 10 vols.; Chemistry, 1 vol.; Geology,15 vols.; Zoology, 2 vols.; Physiology, 1 vol.; Neurology,1 vol.; Botany, 3 vols.; Systematic Theology, 4 vols.;Morgan Park Academy, 51 vols.; Dano-Norwegian,Swedish, 1 vol.; Latin, New Testament, and ChurchHistory, 1 vol.Books added by gift, 119 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 79 vols.; Pedagogy, 1 vol.; PoliticalEconomy, 7 vols.; Anthropology, 2 vols.; Romance, 21vols.; English, 8 vols.; Physics, 1 vol. Books added by exchange for University Publications, 16 vols., distributed as follows :Political Economy, 6 vols.; Political Science, 2 vols.;Sociology, 7 vols.; Geology, 1 vol.Religious.The annual election of officers of the ChristianUnion and representatives on its Executive Committee will occur regularly the first week in May. Allmembers of the University, instructors and students,are entitled to vote. The Committee appointed forthe purpose place the following named persons innomination. The constitution provides for one nomination in the case of president but a petition of tenor more persons made to the committee may placeanother nominee in the field. All members are tovote for one representative in each department:President— Head Professor John M. Coulter.Vice President — Mr. W. E. Singelbach and MissS. W. Peabody.Bepresentatives.Divinity School— Mr. C. M. Gallup and Mr. H. T.Colestock.Graduate Schools — Miss Grace Darling and MissMable Chase.Senior Colleges — Mr. Chas. L. Burroughs andMr. Amos A. Ebersole.Junior Colleges — Miss Anna M. Caleb and MissFlorence B. Shields.Notes from Morgan Park Academy.At the twenty-second convocation of the MorganPark Academy the music was furnished by Miss Winifred Nightingale, contralto, who has recently returnedafter three years of study in Europe. Miss Nightingale delighted her audience by the purity and sympathetic qualities of her voice, and the finish andsimplicity of her art. Certificates of admission to theHigher Academy were awarded to the following :Louis Frederick Boder, Cecile Belle Bowman, DwightFreeman, Frederick Barrow Jones, Fannie Moore,George Stephan. An academy full scholarship wasawarded to Henry Ernest Smith. The academycertificate for the completion of the full course wasawarded to George Battle Bell, whose recent death athis home in Mississippi was announced at the sametime. The marshals for the evening were, H. E. Smith,Bruce McLeish, M. E. Schryver, Jr., Dwight Freeman.28 UNIVERSITY RECORDCalendar.APRIL 22-30. 1898.Friday, April 22.Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,Graduate -Assembly :10:30 a.m.Philological Society meets in Room B 2, Cobb Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m.Professor Mathews on: "The Agrapha of Jesui."The Graduate Club meets in Haskell Assembly Hall,8:00 p.m.Readings from Riley interspersed with violin solos byMiss Agnes Roberts and songs by Miss Pearl Lancasterconstitute the programme. An informal receptionwill follow.Saturday, April 23.Special Meeting of the Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8:30 a.m.Faculties of the Graduate Schools, 10:00 a.m.Lecture by Dr. E. C. Case before the Geological Club,Lecture Room, Walker Museum, 10: 00 a.m.Sunday, April 24.Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Professor George B. Foster: "The Influence of Christianity upon Philosophic Thought."Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum, Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, April 25.Chapel -Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Final Examination of :William Oeschger and E. M. Martinson, 2:00 p.m.J.Jenkins, 3:00p.m.G. A. Campbell, 4:00 p.m.S. R. Robinson, 5:00 p.m.Room 15, Haskell Oriental Museum (see p. 26).New, Testament Club meets with Dr. Votaw, 437 East61st st., 7:30 p.m.The meeting will be devoted to a discussion of Hastings'new Bible Dictionary, led by Professors Burton,Mathews, Goodspeed, and Dr. Votaw.Tuesday, April 26.Chapel-Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior CollegeStudents). Botanical Club meets in the Botanical Building,Room 23, 5:00 p.m.Dr. E. B. Uline, who has been studying botany at Berlinfor the past three years, will address the club on" Botany and Botanists at Berlin."The "Forum" meets in Assembly Room, HaskellOriental Museum, 7:00 p.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Wednesday, April 27.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, Zoological Building, 4:00 p.m.Head Prof essor Whitman : "Origin and the Variation ofthe Wing-bars of Pigeons."The University Settlement Committee meets in Faculty Room, 4:00 p.m.Bacteriological Club meets in Room W# ZoologicalBuilding, 5:00 p.m.C. V. Bachell§: "Transmission of Cholera through theAir."Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Lecture Room,Cobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Thursday, April 28.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Friday, April 29.Graduate Assembly : — Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,10:30 a.m.Romance Club meets in C 13, Cobb Lecture Hall,4:00 p.m.Dr. Pietsch: "Diderot etles Classiques Allemands."Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 35, 4:00 p.m.Mr. Smith : " On the abstract generation of groups."Note: "A problem in the geometry of linear fractionaltransformations of the complex variable," by Mr. Bliss.Saturday, April 30.Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8:30 a.m.Lecture by Dr. E. C. Case before the Geological Club,Lecture Room, Walker Museum, 10:00 a.m.Material for the UNTVEBSITY REOOBD must be sent to the Kecorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder to be published in the issue of the same week.