£be TUntverstts of ChicagoPrice $U00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOZbc TUnlvereit^ of Cblcaao ipressVOL III, NO. 8. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. MAY 20, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Le Doctorate de PUniversite de Paris - 49-50II. Professor of Astrophysics 50III. Official Notices - 50IV. The Dano-Norwegian Theological Seminary Commencement - -- 50-51V. Report from the Botanical Club - 51VI. Recent Numbers of University Periodicals 51VII. Haskell Lectures - - 51VIII. The Settlement League - 51IX. Current Events 51X. The Calendar 52Le Doctorate de L'Universite de Paris*M. Greard, president de conseil de PUniversite, vapublier les reglements relatifs au doctorat de PUniversite de Paris. On sait que, d'apres la nouvelle loi,le conseil est souverain en pareille matiere ; mais sesdecisions doivent §tre, pour avoir force exe"cutoire,valide*es par le ministre de Pinstruction publique, surl'avis de la section permanente du conseil superieur.M. Rambaud ayant approuve les reglements relatifsau nouveau doctorat le ler avril, ces reglements serontmis a execution a partir de presente anne"e scolaire.Voici leurs principales dispositions :Dispositions g6n£rales. — Les aspirants au doctoratde PUniversite de Paris doivent se faire inscrire surun registre special au secretariat de la Faculte ouecole de PUniversite' dont ils veulent suivre les etudes.Us presentent, en vue de Pinscription, leurs diplomes,* Reproduced from Paris Temps. attestations d'eTudes ou titres scientifiques, sonttenus d'accomplir la scolarite deTermin^e par le present reglement et subissent des epreuves publiques.Ils sont soumis au regime scolaire et disciplinaire dePUniversite.Dispositions particuli&res. — A la Faculty des lettres,les aspirants doivent, s'ils sont Francais, presenter ledipl6me de licencie es lettres, la Faculte* se re*servanttoutefois de les en dispenser en consideration d'autrestitres ; s'ils sont strangers, des attestations d'eTudesde la valeur desquelles la Faculte" est juge. La dureede la scolarite est de quatre semestres au moins. Ellepeut etre accomplie, soit a la Faculte", soit dans un desgrands etablissements scientifiques de Paris, soit enpartie dans une university de France ou de P^tr anger.La dure*e peut en etre abre"ge*e par decision de la Faculte. Les epreuves comprennent : 1° la soutenanced'une these, e"crite en frangais ou en latin; 2° desinterrogations sur des questions choisies par le can-didat et agrees par la Faculte".A la Faculte des sciences, les aspirants doivent pro-duire deux des certificats suivant Petudes supe*rieures:calcul differentiel et calcul integral, m£canique ra-tionnelle, astronomie, analyse supeneure, geometriesuperieure, m^canique celeste, physique mathe"ma-tique, m^canique physique et experimental, physiquegenerale, chimie g£ne*rale, min^calogie, chimie biolo-gique, zoologie, botanique, g^ologie, physiologie generate, g^ographie physique.La Faculte se reserve d'admettre des equivalencespour les etudiants etr angers. La duree de la scolariteest d'un an. Les epreuves comprennent la soutenance50 UNIVERSITY RECORDd'une these contenant des recherches personnelles etinterrogations sur des questions proposees par la Faculte.A PEcole superieure de pharmacie, les aspirantsdoivent, s'ils sont Francais, produire le dipldme depharmacien de ler classe, s'ils sont etrangers, deuxcertificats d'etudes : le premier, d'etudes de pharmaciechimique et de toxicologie, le second, d'etudes depharmacie galenique et de matiere medicale. L'Ecolese reserve d'admettre des equivalences. La duree dela scolarite est d'une annee au moins. L'epreuve con-si&te dans la soutenance d'une these contenant desrecherches personelles.Disposition relative aux Uudianis en me'decine. —Le diplome de docteur de PUniversite de Paris est de-livre aux etudiants etrangers qui ont obtenu de faireleurs etudes et de subir leurs examens h la Faculte demedecine de Paris avec dispense du grade de ba-chelier.Professor of Astrophysics.Edwin Brant Frost, whose recent election as Professor of Astrophysics makes him a member of thestaff of the Yerkes Observatory, is well known amongastronomers and astrophysicists. After graduatingfrom Dartmouth in 1886 he took Professor Young'scourse in Practical Astronomy at Princeton, andreturned to Dartmouth as Instructor in Physics andAstronomy. In 1890 he went to Germany and spentone semester at Strassburg, where he intended tocontinue his studies. But the opportunity of becoming voluntary assistant at the Imperial AstrophysicalObservatory in Potsdam, which is but rarely accorded,took him to that celebrated institution, where he assisted Professors Vogel and Scheiner in their important spectroscopic researches on the motion of starsin the line of sight. A year later he was appointedassistant on the regular staff, and undertook his well-known investigations on the thermal radiation of sun-spots and the solar surface. The results of this workhave cast grave doubts on the validity of the longaccepted idea that sun-spots are cavities in the photosphere. In 1892 Mr. Frost was elected Assistant Professor of Astronomy in Dartmouth College and Director of the Shattuck Observatory. Three yearslater he was advanced to a full professorship. Hisbest known work since his return from Germany is histranslation and revision of Schemer's AstronomicalSpectroscopy, which everywhere takes precedence overthe original as the standard treatise on the subject.At the Yerkes Observatory Professor Frost willdevote special attention to a photographic study ofstellar spectra with the large telescope. Official Notices.JUNIOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP IN CHEMISTRY.A scholarship, covering one year's tuition, isawarded each year to the student who receives thenomination of the Chemical Department for the excellence of his work in Chemistry during the Junior College course. All who received the Junior CollegeCertificate between October 1, 1897, and July 1, 1898,may become candidates for the scholarship. Thescholarship is awarded on the basis of1) class standing in Chemistry;2) general Junior College record ;3) a special examination in General Chemistry, tobe given on Saturday, May 28, in Kent 20.CONVOCATION ORATOR.Hon. William L. Wilson, framer of the " Wilson Bill,"Postmaster-general under President Cleveland, andnow President of Washington and Lee University,Lexington, Va., will deliver the Convocation Addressat the Twenty-third Convocation of the University,Friday July 1, 1898 at 3:30 p.m.The Final Examination of Emanuel Schmidt forthe degree of D.B. will be held Monday, June 20, at2:00 p.m. in Room 15, Haskell Oriental Museum.Principal subject, Old Testament ; secondary subject,Egyptology. Thesis : " Exodus XV: 16-18, 21." Committee: Head Professors Harper and Anderson, Assistant Professor Breasted, Mr. Crandall, and all otherinstructors in the departments immediately concerned.The Dano-Norwegian Theological SeminaryCommencement.In the Dano-Norwegian Theological Seminary atMorgan Park the school year closed May 12. Thiswas the fourteenth since the Seminary was organized.Twenty-four students have attended the seminaryduring the year, six of them having matriculated lastfall as new students. The year has passed successfully.Instructors as well as students have done conscientious and energetic work.The closing exercises were held on the evening ofMay 12 in the Scandinavian Pilgrim Church, Chicago.There was a good attendance and the commencementexercises passed off to the evident satisfaction of allpresent. The noteworthy features were the followingaddresses: that of Be v. J. A. Jensen, pastor of theFirst Danish Church, eloquent and instructive on theUNIVERSITY RECORD 51theme, " A Firm Conviction ; " that of Head ProfessorE. D. Burton, of the University, on " A Well BalancedMinistry." In a masterly address he presented instructive and helpful truths. Dr. C. E. Hewitt followedand spoke very impressively on "A Well BalancedMan." Mr. Job, Registrar of the Morgan Park Academy, spoke on the topic, " The Gift that is in You."The address was practical and spiritual. It was apleasant privilege to have these our American friendswith us.At the close of the exercises the certificates of theDano-Norwegian Seminary were presented by Professor H. Gundersen, the Dean of the Seminary, tothe following graduating brethren : H. J. Jacobsen,who is called to work with the Norwegian Church ofRio, Wis.; O. H. Skotheim, who is appointed as districtmissionary in northern Minnesota ; C. G. Christiansen,who finished his studies earlier in the school year andis already at work in Newell, Iowa.Morgan Park, 111. H. GUNDERSEN,Dean.Reports from the Botanical Club.At the May 3 meeting of the club Dr. Bradley M.Davis presented a preliminary report of his researcheson nuclear division in the tetraspores of Corallina,one of the red algse. Dr. Davis collected his materialat Naples and studied it at Bonn, Germany, under thedirection of Professor Strasburger. This is the firstpiece of work on nuclear division in the red algse andthe results will form an important contribution to theliterature on the centrosome and chromosome.Recent Numbers of University Periodicals.The May number of the American Journal ofSociology completes the third volume of this periodical. The leading article is an illustrated study ofcertain features connected with the National CashRegister Factory of Dayton, Ohio. In " Possibilitiesof the Present Industrial System," Dr. Paul Monroe,of the New York Teachers' College, tells an interestingstory about this manufactory. Other leading articlesare " The Relation of Sex to Primitive Social Control,"by W. I. Thomas ; " The Relief and Care of Dependents, IV," by H. A. Millis; "A Plea and a Plan fora Cooperative Church Parish System," by WalterLaidlaw ; " Social Control, XIII," by Edward AlsworthRoss; ''The Persistence of Social Groups, II," byGeorg Simmel, and " A New Plan for the Control ofQuasi-Public Works," by J. D. Forrest. The May number of the Astrophysical Journalcompletes Volume VII, this journal being publishedin ten numbers yearly, July and September issuesbeing omitted. One of the assistant editors is Professor E. B. Frost, of Dartmouth, who has just beenelected to a professorship in the University of Chicago.The contents for May includes " Studies of the Effectof Pressure on Wave-Length," of the " Correspondenceof the Photographic Durchmusterung with theVisual," of the " Caustic of the Right Parabolic Cylinder," of the " Parabolic Mirror," of the " Comparison ofOxygen with the Extra Lines in the Spectra of theHelium Stars /3 Crucis," etc., and of the " Arc-Spectrumof Zirconium and Lanthanum." All of these articlesare strictly technical. A well-arranged index for thevolume is furnished.Haskell Lectures.The fourth series of lectures on "The HaskellFoundation " will be delivered by Rev. John HenryBarrows, D.D., Professorial Lecturer in ComparativeReligion on successive Sunday afternoons at fouro'clock beginning May 15. The subjects are asfollows :Christianity and Buddhism.Sunday, May 15.— The Life of Buddha and the Life of Christ." " 22.— The Death of Buddha and the Death ofChrist." " 29.— Buddhist and Christian Doctrines of theSoul and of the Future Life." June 5.— The Ethics of Buddhism and Christianity." " 12.— Buddhism in China and Japan." " 19.— The Right Attitude of Christianity towardBuddhism.The Settlement League.The Settlement League invites the members of theUniversity to the annual May-Day party given for theWomen's Club and the children of the Settlement,Saturday May 28. The children will sing in KentTheater at 3: 00 p.m. It is hoped that a large audiencewill welcome them there. Later, in the Women'sQuadrangle, there will be a May-pole dance, games,and refreshments.Current Events.On Monday afternoon, May 9, Associate LibrarianZella Allen Dixson delivered a lecture to the teachersof the Charles Kozminski School on the subject :" How to obtain the greatest good from a library."52 UNIVERSITY RECORDCalendar.MAY 20-28, 1898.Friday, May 20.Graduate-Assembly: — Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall.10:30 a.m.Head Professor Shorey : " Greek."May Meeting of the Graduate Club, 8:00 p.m.President Harper on "The Graduate Student and theFaculty Problems."Music by Maude Winklebleck Gaudreaux ani Sarah Elizabeth Wildman."Saturday, May 21.Administrative Board of University Affiliations,8:30 a.m.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 Club,Lecture Room, Walker Museum, 10: 00 a.m.Sunday, May 22.Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Professorial Lecturer John H. Barrows on " The Death ofBuddha and the Death of Christ " (HaskeJl Lectures).Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum, Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, May 23.Chapel-Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Tuesday, May 24.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 will review an article by Wettstein on"Morphologico-geographic-sy sterna tic Relationship asillustrated by Gentians."John G Coulter will review Dr. Oscar Loew's work on44 Protoplasm and Active Albumen."H.N. Whitford will review a work on "The EcologicalPlant Geography of Kansas," by Professor A. S. Hitchcock.Prayer Meeting of the Y. W. C. A., Haskell AssemblyRoom, 5:00 p.m. The "Forum" meets in Assembly Room, HaskellOriental Museum, 7:00 p.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Wednesday, May 25.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, Zoological Building, 4:00 p.m.Bacteriological Club meets in Room 40, ZoologicalBuilding, 5:00 p.m.H. E. Davies : " Production of Diphtheria Toxine."L. V. Bachelle: "Germano's conclusions concerning thetransmission of infectious diseases through the air."Lecture-Recital, Kent Theater, 5:00 p.m.Mr. M. F. Blanchard : Shakespeare's Macbeth.Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Lecture Room,Cobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Thursday, May 26.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Friday, May 27.Graduate Assembly : — Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,10: 30 a.m.Head Professor Coulter: "Botany."Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 35, 4: 00 p.m.Dr. Boyd : " An Extension of Riccati's Equation " (secondpaper).Notes : By Ida M. Schottenfels, Thesis Report ; by Anne S.Young, " The Potential of a Heterogeneous Sphere onitself.'5Junior College Finals, Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m.Saturday, May 28.Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8:30 a.m.Faculties of the Graduate Schools, 10:00 a.m.The Morgan Park Academy Faculty, 11:30 a.m.Special Examination of Candidates for Junior College Scholarship in Chemistry, Room 20, KentTheater (see p. 50).Annual May-Day of University Settlement League,Kent Theater, 3:00 p.m.Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD must be sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder to be published in the issue of the same week.