Price $J.OOPer Year Gbe TUnlversits of (tbtcagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe TnntversitE of Cbicago ©teasVOL III, NO. 12. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JUNE 17, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS. convocation week.I. Programme of the Spring Finals and the Twenty- jUNE 30? Thursday.— Alumni Day.Third Convocation, Summer 1898 - - - 69-70 9: oo a.m~3:oo p.m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Stu-II. The Ninth University Congregation 70 dents.III. The University Elementary School : i : oo p.m. University Luncheon to the Associated Alumni.The New Building 70 Haskell Oriental Museum — Assembly Room.Work in Household Art and Science - - - 70-73 2: 30 p.m. Annual Business Meetings of the AssociatedIV. Official Notices 73-74 Alumni :V. OnUrethanes. By Otto Folin 74-75 Divinity Alumni,VI. Official Reports : Library 75 Haskell Oriental Museum- Faculty Room,VII. Religious 75 Graduate Alumni,VIII. Recent Numbers of University Periodicals - - 75 Question for consideration : « Should graduateTxr ^ . _, „ and professional study begin at the end ofIX. Current Events 75 the Junior College course?"X. The Calendar -.. 7g Cobb Lecture Hall — Lecture Room.¦ Collegiate Alumni. Kent Theater.Election of Members of the University Senate,Programme of the Spring Finals and the Twenty- *J?e Universitv Council, and the UniversityCongregation.third Convocation, Summer 1898. 4:3op.m. class Reunions. 5 : 30 p.m. Procession by Classes and Senior Exercises.THE FINALS. 6 : 3° P,M* College Songs. Haskell Steps.June 18, Saturday. 7 : 3° P«M« Alumni Dinner. The Quadrangle Club.8:00 p.m. Senior College Finals for the University prize. July i, Friday. — Founder's Day.Judges, the members of the Senior College 8 . A>M# The Graduate Matutinal.Faculty. Presentation of the^lass gown.^ The Quadrangle Club.9:00-11:00 p.m. Senior College Reception. ' 8:3oa.m.-i2: 30 p.m. Matriculation and Registration of IncomingHaskell Oriental Museum. Students.June 19, Sunday. 10: 30 a.m. Division meetings of the Junior and Senior Col-3:30 P.M. Baccalaureate Prayer Service. leges- Attendance required.tx/t , r 1 ^. 1 • n~. r Cobb Lecture Hall.Members of the Faculties and Candidates for ,, . _ ,. -r^ .11Degrees are invited to attend. 2 : °° P*M« Meeting 01 Candidates for Degrees with theHaskell Oriental Museum— A ssembly Room. Cobb' LectUre Hall— Chanel.4: 00 p.m. Baccalaureate Vesper Service. 2:00 p.m. Military Band Concert.Vesper Address, m, _ , . , TT . . „Rev. John Henry Barrows, D.D. 3 : 3o p.m. The Twenty-third University Convocation.Baccalaureate Address, The Procession.The President of the University. The Founder's Day Address.The Graduate Quadrangle. President William L. Wilson, LL.D., of~ . ~ , 0 Washington and Lee University, Lexington,8:00 p.m. Concert of Sacred bongs. Virginia.The Graduate Quadrangle. _. „ . .' , _.K & The Conferring of Degrees.June 20-21-22, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The president's Quarterly Statement.Quarterly Examinations of the Spring Quarter. The Graduate Quadrangle.70 UNIVERSITY RECORDJuly 2, Saturday.8 : 30 a.m. -3 : 30 p.m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students.8 : 30 a.m. Lectures and Recitations of the Summer Quarter begin. By order of the University Councilall classes will meet morning and afternoon atthe hours assigned in the Quarterly Announcements.4:00 P.M. The Ninth Meeting of the University Congregation.Haskell Oriental Museum — Faculty Room.7 : 00 p.m. The Congregation Dinner.The Quadrangle Club.July 3, Sunday.— Convocation Sunday.8 : 30 a.m. Bible classes. Haskell Oriental Museum.4 : 00 p.m. Convocation Sermon. Rev. A. K. Parker, D.D.Music by the Choir of the Sixth Presbyterian Church.Quarterly Report of the Secretary of the ChristianUnion. The Graduate Quadrangle.7:00 P.M. Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.C.A.Haskell Oriental Museum — Assembly Room.July 4, Monday — A holiday.n :oo a.m. Patriotic Song Service. Address by Hon. J. L.M. Curry, of Richmond, Va. : " John C. Calhoun."The Graduate Quadrangle.5:00-7:00 p.m. Military Band Concert. Reception by theFaculties of the University. All studentsare cordially invited.Women's Quadrangle.The Ninth University Congregation.Notice is hereby given that the ninth meeting ofthe University Congregation of the University of Chicago will be held on Saturday, July 2, 1898, at 4:00p.m., in the Congregation Hall, Haskell OrientalMuseum.The members of the congregation will assemble inHaskell Oriental Museum, second floor, at 3:45 p.m.,for the procession to the Congregation Hall. Thecongregation will consider :1. The abstract of actions of governing bodies forthe Spring Quarter.2. The proposition laid on the table at the Aprilmeeting, that twelve Majors be the maximum requirement in any of the Junior Colleges.3. The following propositions chosen for discussion :a) That but two convocations should be held eachyear.b) That, in the opinion of the congregation, itwould be for the best interests of the Universityif propositions involving a change in the curriculum should not be brought before the Faculties for a period of five years.4. Such other business as may properly come beforethe meeting.Members of the congregation are invited to send tothe Recorder at once questions for consideration atfuture meetings.The Congregation dinner will be held at the Quadrangle Club, Saturday, July 2, at 7:00 p.m.Francis W. Shepardson,Acting Recorder. The University Elementary School.The New Building.The Department of Pedagogy in the University ofChicago takes pleasure in announcing that the largeresidence at 5412 Ellis av. has been secured for the useof the Elementary School conducted by the department, for a period of three years. This insures permanent quarters for the school until it can secure a building of its own. The house is spacious, with largewell-lighted rooms, with plenty of ground about forplay-ground and garden. A covered way will connectthe house with the brick barn, and the shop and gymnasium will be located in the latter. The building isnear the Jackson Park branch of the Cottage Grovecable line, which connects also with the Illinois Central trains at the 57th street station. If there issufficient demand a 'bus will be run either to thehouses of the parents, to collect the children, or to the57th street station of the Illinois Central. The servicewill be rendered at cost.The enlargement of quarters makes it possible toreceive a number of children beyond those alreadyregistered. Applications are accordingly invited.They will be considered in the order of their reception, but as the groups are limited in size, the finalselection will depend also upon the way in which theprevious training of the children enables them to fitinto a particular group. In the case of children entered for the next school year, the parent will be heldresponsible for the first quarter's tuition unless noticeof withdrawal is received on or before September 1.Tentative arrangements are making for the formation of two groups of children between the ages offour and a half and six. If the plan is completed,sixteen children will be received. Conditional applications are invited for this also. Positive informationwill be sent out to all applying, before August 1. Thetuition for the younger children attending forenoonsessions only is $15 per quarter, there being threequarters during the school year, commencing October 1, January 1, and April 1, respectively. Thetuition for older children attending two sessions is $20per quarter. All applications should be addressed toMiss Georgia Bacon,3745 Indiana av.t Chicago, III.Work in Household Art and Science.No one will dispute the statement that children'sinterests lie in carrying on activities where they cansee that something is accomplished, and that theseinterests lie in doing themselves what they see goingUNIVERSITY RECOttD 71on about them every day. The story of the smallgirl of three who wished that the cook and hermamma were both dead so that she could beat eggs*may be an exaggerated instance, but serves to illustrate the strong desire children have to do what theirelders are doing.The interest in " food, clothing, and shelter " is ofnecessity permanent, because of the fundamentalrelations to the environment inevitably involved.Hence, occupations dealing with these mattersfurnish points of contact with the social and physical environment, and give opportunities for theintroduction in an educational way of numericalforms and relations, the study of geography, plantsand animals, physical and chemical facts, and theformulation of simple social and economic relationships. In view of the permanence of this organicinterest in food and clothing, it has been suggestedthat the rather general attitude of dislike on the partof most toward this matter as if it were so muchdrudgery, may have arisen through lack of directionof the interest at the proper period.It seems necessary at all times to insist that this workis made educational, that the object in giving it is notto make cooks and seamstresses, but to lay hold of aresource which connects lines of natural activity withmaterial and principles which are educative. At thesame time the work is given in such a manner as tofurnish careful technical training through the use ofthe most exact methods available.On the social side, cooking and sewing (the secondperhaps less than the first) give a training in habitsof order and service. As under the term cookingis included all the preparations and serving of theclass luncheon, opportunity is given for social organization and also for a display or utilization of their socialinstincts. During the time spent in sewing, weavingand related hand-work, a chance exists for more general and social conversation than is compatible withthe successful carrying on of other school work.During the first three years the cooking and sewingare done as far as the child consciousness ; is concerned for the sake of the immediate product or end.In sewing, e. g., the children are given such work ascan be accomplished in a short time and that willhave some immediate use to the child. (See outline.)In cooking the children prepare some one thing, eachchild contributing his proportion to the whole. Inthis way he feels the responsibility of the result notonly for himself but for the whole class, so that thesocial end reinforces the immediate one. This interestin the immediate result so overshadows the steps inthe processes he is watching that very little use can be made, from a scientific point of view, of the important physical and chemical changes going on. Observation is incidental to securing good results, and thereasons for certain indications receive little attention,until after the first year and a half, when a few generalprinciples are worked out while the actual cooking isgoing on. The children are, however, during thisperiod spending most of their time assigned to " science " work on the materials used in cooking.Somewhere between the ages of eight and ten achange in the interest takes place, and the thing isdone with more conscious reference to the technicalside, and to what might be termed the intellectualside, i. e., the child comes to see that if he understandsthe reasons for what he is doing, he can carry on anumber of other operations of the same generalclass. This makes necessary a change in the way inwhich the work is given. Even the simplest operationin cooking has so many conditions that it is impossible for the child to select those. bringing about a certain result that is important for him. So at this stagesimple experiments are introduced where conditionsare so controlled that he is able to draw a needed inference and get hold of a general principle. Forexample, the effect of heat on albumen is workedout by first finding out the way in which the temperature of the water could be determined fromits appearance — thus ware worked out the "scalding," " simmering," and boiling points. The nextstep was to subject a little white of egg to eachtemperature for varying lengths of time — drawingthence such inferences as the following : " The eggalbumen has a very few threads in it at 140°, at 160°it is jellylike, and at 212° it is tough." " When albumen is boiling it is very hard and at simmering itis very nice and tender." After these underlyingprinciples are grasped, the work becomes more deductive, so to speak. It is treated more as appliedscience.cooking.The following outline is a brief record of the workdone during the past school year. Owing to the factthat the older children have not had the previous training which the younger groups are now receiving ithas been impossible to give to the four older groupswork which absolutely illustrates the principlesstated. A consecutive plan of work covering the firstsix years will be published during next year, meantime a general outline is given.All the work done by the children is individual —the amount needed for the luncheon being dividedamong the children who are cooking. In the fourolder groups the care of the table and serving is72 UNIVERSITY RECORDindividual, strict rotation being observed, as theprivilege of inviting guests is a part of this duty.As it is impossible to give in this outline thereasons for the succession of lessons, manner of givingdirection and of using materials — a general plan ofconducting a lesson is given. A recipe giving materialsand quantities to be used is written on the board.The children are called upon to furnish directions forcombination of materials, method of applying heat,and reasons for the same from their previous experiencewith similar materials. After the discussion thechildren go to their tables, select the necessary utensils,and measure all materials needed to carry out thedirections.Careful oversight is kept of their work and helpgiven when needed. The children in each lesson prepare a luncheon to serve to twelve people, generallymore — and aside from the present lesson, dishes previously cooked are prepared as side dishes.First Year.The general work was the cooking of cereals. Thechildren began with the simplest cooking possible ofthe whole grain such as, parching, boiling, and thepopping of rice and corn. Different preparations ofgrains and cereals were cooked directly over theflame and in double boiler. Serving cereals with fruitsin different ways and preparation of cocoa.Second and Third Year.1. Cereals : breakfast preparations cooked directlyover fire and in double boiler ; use of double boiler inlong cooking of raw grains ; cereal desserts preparedwith fruits.2. Vegetables cooked in boiling water.3. Milk and vegetable soups.4. Creamed vegetables.5. Preparation of toast.6. Cream toast.7. French toast, etc.Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Year.1. Cooking of starchy foods. — Potato : baked,boiled, mashed ; soup. Cereal desserts and puddings.Creamed vegetables, meat, and fish. Milk and vegetable soups.2. Cooking of proteid foods. — Egg : soft cooked,hard cooked ; omelet ; custard. Meat : beef tea ; beefbroth ; beef stock ; beef stew ; broiled steak. Steamedfish. Oyster soup.3. Preparation of batters and dough with differentraising agents, such as air, with and without eggfbaking powder and yeast. SEWING.The children begin their work in sewing with thesimple weaving of coarse materials. The warp andwoof are in different colors to show the way the twoare woven together to make cloth.This work is carried along parallel with the sewingduring the six years, each year finer materials areused, and stripes, borders, and simple patterns areintroduced involving the use of three or four colors.The course is arranged so as to combine fourconsiderations : 1) Adaptation to the children'sinterests and capacities, attention being paid underthe latter to physical traits as regards use of the eye,muscular control, etc., as well as to growth in intellectual complexity ; 2) orderly sequence in the technicalpart, kinds of stitches used, etc.; 3) artistic factors inthe selection and adaptations of colors ; acquaintance,theoretical and practical, with the elements of designas applied to textiles ; and 4) points of contact withgeographic, historic and scientific facts and principles.First Year.1. Simple weaving.2. Sewing bag. — a) Materials : scrim or art denim;Barbary cotton, b) Stitches : basting; coarse backstitching ; overhanding basted hem ; outlining nameor initials ; twisting cords for drawing string.The child has his choice of color in the denim andsewing cotton used, and sometimes the bag is decorated with a blanket stitch around the edge or a stitch-ing-stitch fastens the hem. The name is printed witha pencil on the bag in large letters and outlined inthe same color used in sewing the bag. This bag isused through the course to hold the child's work.Second Year.1. Spinning : a) Study of silkworm and cocoon.b) Cotton, wool and flax spinning with simple spindle.2. Practical sewing. — a) Holder for use in cooking.Materials : felt ; braid ; No. 40 cotton. (A square pieceof felt is cut the size of holder. Strips are cutlengthwise one-half inch from each edge. The braidis woven through and the ends fastened with a running stich. The back is lined with unbleached muslin. This introduces the turning in of raw edges, thebasting the edges even, and the overhanding theedges together.) b) Needle Book. Materials : browncoarse art canvas ; Barbary cotton ; white flannel.Stitches : blanket-stitch on canvas and flannel ; cross-stitch decoration, c) Pin flat. Materials : card board;woolen cloth or silk. Stitches : basting in raw edges ;overhanding. d) Canvas mat with cross-stitch designin colored cotton, e) Pincushion. Materials : artcanvas ; denim ; Barbary cotton. Stitches : overcast-UNIVERSITY RECORD 73ing ; stitches used in design ; basting ; back-stitch incolor ; overhanding of open end.Designs were obtained as followed. Large photographs of snowflake crystals were shown, from whichthe children worked out a simple design first indrawing and then in cross-stitch on canvas.Third Year.Theoretical work is study of fibers of following materials : Cotton, flax, jute, hemp, wool and silk withreference to following points : 1) where grown ; 2)where manufactured ; 3) how transported. Roughmaps are made showing the location of the countrieswhere the fiber is produced, manufacturing centerslines of transportation.Practical sewing. — a) Burlap Pillows. Materials :burlaps ; Barbary cotton ; unbleached muslin forinside of pillow ; moss for filling ; frame to hold work;Stitches : stitches used in design; basting, back-stitch;overhanding; overcasting; filling with moss; fittingthe two pillows, b) Bag for soiled handkerchiefs.Materials : coarse white art canvas ; rope silk ;wooden ring for top of bag; ribbon to cover ring.Stitches : Russian design in cross-stitch for border ;initials in cross-stitch ; hemming ; running-stitch ;back-stitch, c) Shoe bag. Materials : linen ; braid.Stitches : binding with braid ; hemming with braid ;loops.Fourth Year.Theoretical work. Manufactured products. Studyof different kinds of cloth : 1) texture, 2) hydroscopicnature, 3) relation to warmth, 4) inflammability.The difference in texture, etc., depending both onthe preparation of the fiber and its structure ; themicroscopic study of the different fibers is made hereto bring out the differences which necessitate the various threads and therefore different cloths made fromthem.Practical sewing. — 1) Burlap curtains : knottedfringed ends ; darned design in colored cotton. 2)Paper dolls for illustration of historical work. 3)Patterns for doll's clothes. 4) Flannel skirt. Stitches:running and back-stitch ; catch-stitch ; turning hemand basting ; gathering ; putting on band ; sewing onbutton ; loop for button.Fifth Year.Theoretical work. Cultivation of fibers : climate,topography. Kind of soil needed, and mode of cultivation. Preparation of fibers for manufacture. Practical work : 1) darning stockings and mending ; 2)doll's outfit cut from patterns made preceding year. Sixth Year.Theoretical work. History of manufacture ofcloth. Development of spindle and loom. Historyof inventions and their commercial importance, withsocial changes effected. Study of present processes ofmanufacture.Practical work. — 1) baby's dress and skirt; 2)table linen : patching ; darning ; hemming damask ;fringing doily ; hemstitching ; embroidering initials.3) Small sheet, 4) pillow case.Official Notices.QUARTERLY EXAMINATIONS.The Examinations at the close of the Spring Quarter will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 20, 21 and 22. Examinations for morningclasses will be held on three successive mornings ; forafternoon classes on three successive afternoons, asfollows :8:30 Exercises, Mon., June 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m.9:30 Tues. " 21, 8:30-11:30 a.m.11:00 Wed. « 22, 8:30-11:30 a.m.12:00 Mon. " 20, 2:00- 5:00 p.m.2:00 Tues. " 21, 2:00- 5:00 p.m3:00 Wed. " 22, 2:00- 5:00 p.m.Reports for the Spring Quarter. — All instructors are requested to observe that all reports forcourses given during the Spring Quarter are due atthe Examiner's Office (or the Faculty Exchange) notlater than 12:00 m., Saturday, June 25. It is of theutmost importance that every course be recordedfully and promptly. Blanks will be furnished throughthe Faculty Exchange not later than Monday, June 20.The University Examiner.The Final Examination of William Dayton Mer-rell for the Degree of Ph.D. will be held Friday, June17, at 9: 00 a.m., in Botany Building. Principal subject, Botany ; secondary subject, Zoology. Thesis :" Contribution to the Life History of Silphium."Committee : Head Professors Coulter and Donaldson,and Assistant Professor Jordan ; and all other instructors of the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of William A. Bray forthe degree of PhD., will be held Friday, June 17, at2:00 p.m., in Botany Building. Principal subject:Botany ; secondary subject : Zoology ; Thesis : " TheXerophytic Flora of the Texan Plains." Committee:74 UNIVERSITY RECORDHead Professor Coulter, Associate Professor Alex.Smith and Assistant Professor Jordan ; and all otherinstructors of the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Mrs. Annie Lucy Inskeepfor the degree of Ph.D. will be held Friday, June 17,at 3:00 p.m., in Room C 1, Cobb Lecture Hall.Principal subject : Political Science ; secondary subject : Sociology. Thesis: "Local Government inCalifornia to 1879." Committee : Head ProfessorsJudson and Small, Prof essor A. C.Miller; and all otherinstructors of the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Helen McGaffreySearles for the degree of Ph.D. will be held Friday,June 17, at 3:00 p.m., in Room C 12, Cobb LectureHall. Principal subject : Sanskrit and ComparativePhilology ; secondary subject : Greek. Thesis : "Lexicon to the Greek Dialect-Inscriptions." Committee :Head Professor Shorey, Associate Professors Buckand Harper; and all other instructors of the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Florence La Tourettefor the degree of A.M. will be held Friday, June 17, at3: 00 p.m., in Room C 16, Cobb Lecture Hall. Principal subject, French; secondary subject, Italian.Thesis: "Metaphors and Similes in Victor Hugo's' Les Miserables.' " Assistant Professors Howlandand Bruner, and Professor Chandler ; and all other instructors of the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Esther Boise VanDemanfor the degree of Ph.D. will be held Saturday, June 18,at 3:00 p.m., in Room B 5, Cobb Lecture Hall. Principal subject, Latin; secondary subject, Greek.Thesis: "The Cult of Vesta Publica and the VestalVirgins." Committee: Head Professors W. G. Hale andShorey, Assistant Professor Breasted ; and all otherinstructors of the departments immediately concerned.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, Dr. Crandall, and all otherinstructors in the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Fulton Johnson Coffinfor the degree of Ph.D., will be held Tuesday, June 21,at 9: 00 a.m., in Room 26, Haskell Oriental Museum. Principal subject, Semitic ; secondary subject, Comparative Religion. Thesis : " The Third Commandment." Committee : Head Professor Harper, Dr.Buckley, Associate Professor Zueblin ; and all otherinstructors of the departments immediately concerned.On Urethanes.*BY OTTO FOLIN.Certain acid bromamides, R CO N H Br, on warmingwith sodium methylate, suffer a peculiar rearrangement yielding urethanes, R N H CO O C H3, in which wefind the alkyl R detached from the carbon atom originally holding it and attached to the nitrogen atom.On heating such a urethane with phosphorus penta-chloride, it was found in one case studied in this laboratory that a ureachloride R N H CO CI and me-thylchloride were formed.The present investigation was undertaken with aview of ascertaining what influence a change in thenature of the alkyl R would exert on the rearrangement of the acid bromamides, on the one hand, andon the preparation of ureachlorides from urethanes onthe other hand.It was shown that even if R is made stronglynegative in character (R=C6H5, m — C6H4 N02,o — C6H4 N02 and m — C6H4 Br), the rearrangementin question is effected with the greatest of ease, yielding urethanes nearly quantitatively. The variousmethods for preparing acidamides where R is a positive aromatic radicle (C6H4 NR2) were then studied,and being found unsatisfactory, a new and bettermethod was developed ; but it was found impossibleto convert these acidamides into the correspondingbromamides. Still, by making R a positive aliphaticradicle, it was conclusively proved, in one case, thatthe rearrangement of the bromamides can be readilyaccomplished even where R has a basic character.As to the action of phosphorus pentachloride onurethanes, R N H CO O CH3, ureachlorides were obtained without any difficulty in all cases where R wasmade a negative aromatic radicle. The two reactionscombined can be used as a most convenient methodof preparing the aromatic urethanes and the very reactive ureachlorides and isocyanates.The investigation was extended to ascertain whatthe effect would be if R were made = H in the urethanes, i. e., the action of phosphorus pentachlorideon urethane proper was studied. No ureachloridewas formed ; urethane behaves quite differently from* Abstract of a thesis presented to the Department of Chemistry in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.UNIVERSITY RECORD 75its aromatic derivatives. By substituting carbonyl-chloride for phosphorus pentacloride, it was shownthat the amid group in urethane is most susceptibleto reaction, chlorformyl urethane, CI CO N H CO OC2H5, and carbonyl diurethane, C2H5 OOCNHCON H CO O C2H5, forming the main products of thereaction. Only very little allophanic ether, the onlyproduct of the reaction observed by previous investigators, is formed at the same time, and evidence wasbrought to show that its presence is due to the intermediate formation of a little ureachloride which, withurethane, gives allophanic ether.Official Reports.During the month ending May 31, 1898, therehas been added to the Library of the University atotal number of 961 volumes from the followingsources :Books added by purchase, 540 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 94 vols.; Philosophy, 27 vols.;Pedagogy, 13 vols.; Political Economy, 65 vols.; Political Science, 38 vols.; History, 20 vols.; ClassicalArchseology, 2 vols.; Sociology, 34 vols.; Sociology(Divinity), 5 vols.; Sociology (Folk Psychology), 4 vols.;Anthropology, 40 vols.; Comparative Religion, 1 vol.;Semitic, 12 vols.; New Testament, 11 vols.; Comparative Philology, 2 vols.; Greek, 10 vols.; Latin, 13 vols.;Latin and Greek, 11 vols.; Romance, 11 vols.; German,16 vols.; English, 46 vols.; Mathematics, 5 vols.; Physics, 1 vol.; Astronomy, 2 vols.; Chemistry, 13 vol.;Geology, 12 vols.; Palaeontology, 1 vol.; Botany, 12 vols.;Church History, 6 vols.; Systematic Theology, 9 vols.;Homiletics, 2 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 1 vol.;Physical Culture, 1 vol.Books added by gift, 365 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 266 vols.; Philosophy, 3 vols.; Political Economy, 15 vols.; Political Science, 3 vols.; Sociology, 8 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 4 vols.; Anthropology, 3 vols.; Latin, 1 vol.; English, 1 vol.; Geology,8 vols.; Botany, 6 vols.; Systematic Theology, 1 vol.;Music, 46 vols.Books added by exchange for University Publications, 56 vols., distributed as follows:General Library, 7 vols.; Pedagogy, 1 vol.; PoliticalEconomy, 14 vols.; Sociology, 18 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 4 vols.; Semitic, 1 vol.; New Testament, 1 vol.;Geology, 2 vols.; Botany, 4 vols.; Church History,2 vols.; Homiletics, 2 vols. Religious.THE CHRISTIAN UNION.The various organizations composing the ChristianUnion report for the month of May as follows :Philanthropic Committee :Vesper Collections - $59.87Other Sources - - - 77.50Total Receipts - - - $137.37Cash on hand May 1 - - 61.88Total - $199.25Total Disbursements - - - $91.90Cash on hand June 1 107.35A concert was given by the Settlement children inKent Theater, Friday, June 3. Forty of the Mothers'Club of the Settlement were entertained one day bythe residents of Geneva in their homes. Free transportation was furnished by the C. & N. W. R. R.Report of Y. M. C. A.Membership 131. One meeting addressed by HeadProfessor Burton ; one meeting conducted by a delegation from Northwestern University.Report of Y. W. C. A.Membership 71No. of meetings 5Social committee organizing for visiting the sick.Geo. H. Sawyer,Sec. Chr. Union.Recent Numbers of University Periodicals.The May number of the Botanical Gazette isfilled with interesting matter for botanists. Theprincipal articles are "The Orientation of the PlantEgg and its Ecological Significance," by Conway Mac-Millan ; " A Contribution to the Life History of thePontederiaceae," by Wilson R. Smith, and "TheGroups of Angiosperms," by A. Engler. There arebriefer articles on "The Wild Flowers of Cushing'sIsland, Maine," and on "The Botany of the Southeastern States," and an open letter on "A MexicanTropical Botanic Station." The " Notes for Students "are as usual very helpful."Current Events.The Final Examination of Amy Eliza Tanner forthe degree of Ph.D. was held Monday, June 13, at9:00 a.m. in Room 34, Anatomy Building. Principalsubject, Philosophy ; secondary subject, Sociology.Thesis : " Imagery." Committee : Head ProfessorsDewey and Small, and Professor Mathews.The Final Examination of Cecil V. Bachelle* for thedegree of M.S. was held Wednesday, June 15, inRoom 40, Zoology Building. Principal subject : Bacteriology. Thesis : " The Action of Light upon Bacteria." Committee: Assistant Professor Jordan andDr. Bradley Davis.76 UNIVERSITY RECORDCalendar.JUNE 17-23, 1898.Friday, June 17.Junior College Day : a holiday for the Junior andSenior Colleges.(For Programme of Exercises, see p. 69.)Graduate-Assembly: — Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall,10:30 a.m.Assistant Professor Angell : " Psychology."Summer Examination for Admission, continued.Final Examination of :W. D Merrell, Botany Building, 9: 00 a.m. (see p 73).W. A. Bray, Botany Building, 2:00 p.m. (see p. 73).A. L. Inskeep, C 1, Cobb Lecture Hall, 3: 00 p.m. (seep. 74).H. M. Searles, B 12, Cobb Lecture Hall, 3:00 p.m.see p. 74).F. LaTourette, C 16, Cobb Lecture Hall, 3:00 p.m.(see p. 74).Saturday, June 18.Special meeting of Faculty of the (Ogden) GraduateSchool of Science, 8:30 a.m.Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.Faculty of the Divinity School, 11:30 a.m.Summer examinations for admission, concluded.Lecture by Dr. E. C. Case before the Geological Club,Lecture Room, Walker Museum, 10:00 a.m.Final Examination of E. B. Van Deman, B 5, CobbLecture Hall, 3: 00 p.m. (see p. 74).Graduate Club : Election of Officers, Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 8:00 p.m.Senior College Finals, Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m. (seep. 69).Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD mustorder to be published in the issue of the same week. Sunday, June 19.Baccalaureate Prayer Service, Haskell AssemblyRoom, 3:30.Baccalaureate Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Professorial Lecturer John H. Barrows on "The RightAttitude of Christianity toward Buddhism."Baccalaureate Address by the President.Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Assembly Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, June 20.Quarterly Examinations, 8:30 a.m.-5: 00 p.m. (see p. 73).Final Examination of E. Schmidt, Haskell 15,2:00p.m. (see p. 74).Special meeting of the Faculty of the GraduateSchools 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, June 21.Quarterly Examinations (continued) 8:30 a.m-5: 00 p.m.(see p. 73).Final Examination of F. J. Coffin, Haskell 26, 9:00a.m. (see p. 74).Special meeting of the University Senate, 12:00 m.Prayer Meeting of the Y. W. C. A., Haskell AssemblyRoom, 5:00 p.m.University Chorus, Kent Theater, 7:15 p.m.Wednesday, June 22.Quarterly Examinations (concluded), 8:30 a.m-5: 00p.m. (see p. 73).Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A., Lecture RoomCobb Lecture Hall, 7:00 p.m.Thursday, June 23,to Friday, July 1, /Quarterly Recess.sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in