Price $1.00Per Year £be THnlversit$ of CbtcagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOUbe ^ntpcrstts of Cbtcaao pressVOL. Ill, NO. 13. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JUNE 24, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.II.III.IV.V.VI. CONTENTS.Programme of the Twenty-third Convocation,Summer 1898 77Official Notices 78The Ninth University Congregation 78Recent Numbers of University Periodicals 78University of Chicago Base Ball Scores, 1898 - - 78Current Events 79Programme of the Twenty-third Convocation,Summer 1898.CONVOCATION WEEK.June 30, Thursday. — Alumni Day.9 : 00 A.M-3 : 00 p.m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students.1 : 00 p.m. University Luncheon to the Associated Alumni.Haskell Oriental Museum— Assembly Room.2:30 P.M. Annual Business Meetings oi the AssociatedAlumni :Divinity Alumni,Haskell Oriental Museum— Faculty Room,Graduate Alumni,Question for consideration : " Should graduateand professional study begin at the end ofthe Junior College course ?"Cobb Lecture Hall — Lecture Room.Collegiate Alumni. Kent Theater,Election of Members of the University Senate,the University Council, and the UniversityCongregation.4:30 P.M. Class Reunions.5: 30 p.m. Procession by Classes and Senior Exercises.6 : 30 p.m. College Songs. Haskell Steps.7:30 p.m. Alumni Dinner. The Quadrangle Club.July i, Friday.— Founder's Day.8 : 30 a.m. The Graduate Matutinal.The Quadrangle Club.8:3oA.M.-i2.*3o p.m. Matriculation and Registration of IncomingStudents. 2:00 P.M.3:30 P.M.July 2, Saturday.8: 30 a.m. -3: 30 p.m.8:30 A.M. Division meetings of the Junior and Senior Colleges. Attendance required.Cobb Lecture Hall.Meeting of Candidates for Degrees with theExecutive officers.Cobb Lecture Hall— Chapel.Military Band Concert.The Twenty -third University Convocation.The Procession.The Founder's Day Address.President William L. Wilson, LL.D., ofWashington and Lee University, Lexington,Virginia.The Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.The Graduate Quadrangle.Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students.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.The Ninth Meeting of the University Congregation.Haskell Oriental Museum — Faculty Room.July 3, Sunday.— Convocation Sunday.8 : 30 a.m. Bible classes.4: 00 P.M. Haskell Oriental Museum.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.11 :oo a.m. Patriotic Song Service. Address by Hon. J. L.M. Curry, of Richmond, Va.: " John C. Calhoun."The Gradttate Quadrangle.5:00-7:00 p.m. Military Band Concert. Reception by theFaculties of the University. All studentsare cordially invited.Women* s Quadrangle .78 UNIVERSITY RECORDOfficial 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.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 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.6) 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 Quad^rangle Club, Saturday, July 2, at 7:00 p.m.Francis W. Shepardson,Acting Recorder. Recent Numbers of University Periodicals.The Biblical World for June completes theeleventh volume. The number is devoted to a studyof Israel and Judah from Josiah to Ezra, the severalarticles making an attractive survey of this period ofHebrew history. Professor J. F. McCurdy, of University College, Toronto, contributes " ContemporaneousHistory : Josiah to Ezra," and Professor E. T. Harper,of the Chicago Theological Seminary, "HistoricalMovements in Israel from the Reform of Josiah to theCompletion of the Second Temple." Professor L. W.Batten, of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School,Philadelphia, describes " The Social Life of the Hebrews of the Period ; " Professor Lewis B. Paton, ofHartford Theological Seminary, "The Religion ofJudah ; " and Professor John D. Davis, of PrincetonTheological Seminary, and Professor Edward L.Curtis, of Yale University, " The Literary Productionsof Israel." Considering the prominence of the writersand the number of theological institutions represented by them, this issue of the Biblical Worldwill be preserved as one of very great value.University of Chicago Base Ball Scores, 1898.{OFFICIAL.)April 12.. . . Chicago 10 ; Northwest Div. High Sch . 6a 14., << 28 ; Morgan Park Academy 1a 15.. a 5 , North Division High Sch. 1t< 16.. a 4 ; Beloit - 3" 18.. a 9 ; Hyde Park High School 1u 19.. a 18 ; North Division High Sch. 6a 20.. a 10 ; Northwestern University 3ii 23.. n 1 ; Whitings - 2ft 25.. a 22 ; Rush Medical - 4a 26.. a 29 , North Division High Sch. 6Ma) r 3.. a 4; Michigan - 5a 7.. a 6 Northwestern - 1ii 11.. a 4 Michigan - 2ii 14.. " 12 ; Illinois - 9ii 18.. «« 8 Northwestern - 1it 19.. tt 2 ; Michigan - 4a 21.. a 1 ; Beloit - 4u 24.. a 6 ; Illinois - 5tt 25.. u 13 Illinois - 4a 28.. u 1 ; Michigan - 4u 31.. u 9 Notre Dame - - 12June 4... " 2; Illinois - 1a 8.. it 7 Lake Forest - - 1tt 9.. a 5 • Graduates - 12tt 17.. tt 15 ; Graduates - 13UNIVERSITY RECORD 79Current Events.The Final Examination of Edwin Sheldon Johonnotfor the degree of Ph.D. was held Monday, June 20,at 9:00 a.m., in Room R 32, Ryerson Physical Laboratory. Principal subject, Physics ; secondary subject,Mathematics, Thesis : " Thickness of the ' BlackSpot ' in Liquid Films." Committee : Head ProfessorsMichelson and Moore, and Dr. Laves ; and all othermembers of the departments immediately concerned.The Final Examination of Hayden Evan Jones forthe degree of Ph.D. was held Monday, June 20, at9:00 a.m., in Room H 21, Haskell Oriental Museum.Principal subject, Assyriology; secondary subject,Hebrew. Thesis : " Selected Assyrian and BabylonianLetters." Committee : Head Professor W. R. Harper,Associate Professor R. F. Harper, and ProfessorTarbell ; and all other members of the departmentsimmediately concerned.The Final Examination of Dora Wells for the degreeof A.M. was held Tuesday, June 21, at 4:00 p.m., inRoom C 1, Cobb Lecture Hall. Principal subject,Political Science; secondary subject, Sociology.Thesis: "The Republic of Guildhall." Committee:Head Professors Judson and Small, and Professor A.C. Miller ; and all other members of the departmentsimmediately concerned.The Final Examination of Lorenzo Dow Inskeepfor the degree of Ph.D. was held Wednesday, June 22,at 9:00 a.m., in Room C 1, Cobb Lecture Hall. Principal subject, Political Science ; secondary subject,Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD mustorder to be published in the issue of the same week. Sociology. Thesis : " Local Government in California,1879-98." Committee: Head Professors Judson andSmall, and Professor Terry; and all other members ofthe departments immediately concerned.The United States Congress has just passed aspecial resolution providing for the printing of tenthousand additional copies of the report on LakeCommerce, prepared by Dr. George G. Tunell. Thedemand for the report has been very great.Tuesday, June 21, the Senior Class of '98 presentedto the University as a class memorial a stone drinkingfountain. The presentation address was by EdwardMax Baker, and the acceptance by President Harper.The Senior Finals in Public Speaking were held inKent Theater, Saturday evening, June 18. Six orations were delivered, the University prize of fifty dollars being awarded to Edwin Campbell Woolley.The exercises of Baccalaureate Sunday were held inthe Graduate Quadrangle June 19. After ProfessorialLecturer Barrows had given the sixth and last lectureof the Fourth Course in the Haskell series, PresidentHarper delivered the Baccalaureate address, his themebeing " Loyalty to Self."James Walter Fertig has been elected Professor ofHistory in the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,Ark.sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inUniversity RecordEDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY RECORDERTHE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF£be TUnivereity of CbtcaQOIt contains articles on literary and educational topics.The Quarterly Convocation Addresses and the President'sQuarterly Statements are published in the Record inauthorized form. A weekly calendar of University exercises, meetings of clubs, public lectures, musical recitals, etc.,the text of official actions and notices important to students, afford to members of the University and its friendsfull information concerning official life and progress at theUniversity. 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