Gbe TUnlversity of CbtcagoPfke $1*00 FOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single CoptdPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOftbe XXniveieity of Cbicago picesVOL. Ill, NO. 19. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AUGUST 5, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Special Meeting of the Members of the University 115-116II. The Cross-Ratio Group of 120 Quadratic Cremona Transformations of the Plane. By Herbert E. Slaught 116-117III. Official Notices 118IV. Special Announcements for the Summer Quarter 118-119V. Official Reports : Library 119VI. Recent Numbers of University Periodicals - - 119VII. The Calendar 120Special Meeting of the Members of the University.By action of the Trustees a special meeting of themembers of the University was held Tuesday,August 1, at 5:00 p.m., in Kent Theater, for the conferring of degrees. The chaplain for the service wasHead Professor Galusha Anderson. The address wasdelivered by Professor Gaston Bonet-Maury, D.D., ofParis, his subject being, ''The University of Paris.*The President made a statement in which he presented the statistics of attendance for the First Termof the Summer Quarter, and announced gifts receivedby the University, as follows :For the University Elementary School, 1898-9:From Mrs. A. C. Bartlett, $500.From members of the Castle family, Honolulu,$1500.From Mrs. William R. Linn, $3000.A total of $5000.*The Address will be printed in next week's issue of theUniversity Record. From Mrs. Emmons Blaine, a gift of $5000 a yearfor the next five years to be used for making provisionsfor college work for teachers in the Chicago schools.This gift was made in accordance with the generalplan announced at the January, 1898, Convocation.The following is an abstract of the statement madeJanuary 2, 1898 :College Work for Teachers.In a somewhat careful study of the public schoolsystem of the city of Chicago, it has seemed to methat an important piece of work needed to be undertaken. Of the five thousand teachers in our publicschools, not more than 10 per cent, have received acollege education. I have no word to utter except inpraise of this great army of conscientious workers.The work they do is the best which they can do. It hasseemed to me, however, that there was somethingwhich could be done and should be done in behalf ofthis body of teachers. Their expressed interest in advanced study and in the University suggests an attemptto meet their needs more adequately. There should beestablished for their benefit courses of study exactlyequivalent to those now conducted at the University,and the satisfactory completion of these courses shouldcount towards a degree. In view of these facts Idesire to make the following suggestions, and I begfor these suggestions the consideration of those whoare interested in the educational work of this greatcity:1) That there be established at a central point thefull curriculum of the freshman and sophomore classesas taught in the University, the work to be organized116 UNIVERSITY RECORDupon the same standard and in accordance with thesame general regulations.2) That as occasion may warrant or demand,courses more advanced and less advanced be offeredin connection with those ordinarily termed freshmanand sophomore.3) That there be selected a separate and independent faculty with its own dean, the work of the facultyto be recognized by the University in the same way assimilar work at the University is recognized. -4) That courses of instruction be given in the afternoons and on Saturdays, each course consisting offour hours a week for twelve weeks, each class meeting twice a week, each session being a session of twohours.5) That a faculty be constituted which shall consistof twenty or more instructors, representing the departments of Pedagogy, Psychology, History, Sociology, Greek, Latin, French, German, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, and Biology.6) That teachers in the Grammar and High Schoolgrades of the city schools be received without examination, and that others be received in accordance withthe usage of the University.7) That the smallest possible fee be charged for theinstruction given.For the sum of six or eight thousand dollars a yeara thousand or more of the teachers of Chicago couldbe enabled to do a work which would not only elevatethemselves, but exert an influence upon the instruction of every child with whom the teacher comes intocontact. (University Record, Vol. II, No. 42, pp.324-5.)The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferredby the University upon the following students of theGraduate Schools :Elizabeth Jeffreys ( Chemistry ), Thesis : " OnUrethanes."Ernest Carroll Moore (Philosophy), Thesis: "TheRelation of Education to Philosophy in Greece andEarly Christianity."The Cross-Ratio Group of 120 Quadratic CremonaTransformations of the Plane.*Groups of linear substitutions have long beenstudied with reference (1) to their geometric representation in the plane or on the sphere, and (2) to therational integral functions left invariant by the opera-* Abstract of a thesis offered in candidacy for the degree ofDoctor of Philosophy by Herbert E. Slaught. tors of the group. These questions are found to be ofinterest also when investigated with reference togroups of transformations of order higher than thefirst. The theory of birational transformations (quadratic and higher) has been given by Cremona, Cayley,Clebsch, and others. Groups of such transformationshave been enumerated by Autonne and S. Kantor.The cross-ratio Cremona transformation groups oforder n! were first given by Professor E. H. Moore inhis lectures at the University of Chicago in the springof 1895. These groups are formed by determiningfor each permutation of n quantities a fundamentalsystem of n — 3 cross-ratios in terms of which thecross-ratios of every four out of the n quantities areexpressible, and then setting up the transformationrelations among these n! fundamental systems.The case n = 5 gives the group of quadratic transformations of the plane which is the subject of thepresent study. This group contains a linear subgroup of order 24 which permutes in all possibleways the four fundamental points of the Cremonagroup. This subgroup is isomorphic with Klein'slinear group of order 4!, for which Professor Moorehas shown a division of the plane to be given by acertain complete quadrangle (including its diagonals)whose vertices are the four points permuted.I. This affords a means of finding a geometric representation for our quadratic group, G120, as follows:(1) A linear fractional transformation is found whichthrows the complete quadrangle for the Klein groupinto another whose vertices are the four fundamentalpoints of the quadratic group, and which, therefore,gives the division of the plane for the linear subgroup.(2) This subgroup is transformed by all the quadraticoperators of G120> giving four quadratic subgroupsconjugate with the linear subgroup. (3) The divisionof the plane for these quadratic subgroups differsfrom that of the linear subgroup only by replacingeach time the three diagonal lines by certain threeconies. (4) The division of the plane for the maingroup is then given by a composite of the Hyo picturesbelonging to these five conjugate subgroups, and consists of the original complete quadrangle togetherwith its diagonals and the twelve conies.A further study of the various subgroups showsthe following conjugate systems of special lines orpoints. (1) A system of ten elements consisting of thesix sides of the original quadrangle, which are fundamental lines, and the four pencils of " directions " atthe four fundamental points. (2) A system of fifteenlines consisting of the three diagonals and the twelveconies. (3) A system of fifteen lines consisting of certain three conies not in the configuxatjoij. and certain.UNIVERSITY RECORD 117twelve "direction" lines through the fundamentalpoints. (4) Twelve real points at each of which fivelines of the figure intersect. (5) Fifteen real points offourfold intersection. (6) Twenty imaginary pointsof threefold intersection. (7) Thirty real points oftwofold intersection. (8) Twenty imaginary pointslying by pairs on the six sides and four pencils. (9)Thirty imaginary points lying by pairs on the threediagonals and twelve conies.II. The Klein linear group or order 4! also affordsthe means of finding the invariants of the quadraticgroup as follows : (1) The complete form-system forthe linear subgroup comes from the known systemfor the Klein group by the same transformation whichthrows the generators of the former group to those ofthe latter. (2) The most general invariant form of anygiven degree under the linear subgroup is then set upwith arbitrary coefficients and operated upon by thequadratic generator which extends this subgroup tothe main group. (3) This doubles the degree of thegiven form and hence the only possibility for theexistence of an invariant under the quadratic groupis to so determine the arbitrary constants that afactor in the variables may divide out, leaving theoriginal form. (4) Hence an invariant under a quadratic group must be a rational fraction, such that acommon factor in the variables will cancel from numerator and denominator leaving the original fraction.(5) It is found that the most general forms suitablefor numerator and denominator of invariant fractionsof the 6th, 12th, and 18th degree, respectively, are :mA, m1 A2 + m2 P2, m1 A* + m2 AP2 + m3 O,where the m's are arbitrary constants and whereA ~2p2 q2—6(p3r + q3)-\-19pqr—9r2C = 100 p4 q* r2 — 1242 r6 + 560 p3 q3 r3— 2150ps q2 r4+ 2826 p q r* -286 (p2 q5 r2 +p5 q2 r3) +p8 q2 r2— 34 {p6 r4 +g6 r2)— 292 (q3 r4 +p3 r5)+jp2 q8+ 530(_p4gr4+_pg4r3) + 50 (p* qr3 +pq7 r)— 4(g9-f-p9 r3) — 12 (_p6 q3 r2 + p3 qQ r)in which p, q, r, in terms of the homogeneous variablesare :p^Z± + Z2-i-Z3Jq — Z^Z2-\-Z1Zz-\- Z2 Zz,r^Zx Z2 Z3.It is to be noted that P itself is not expressible interms of p, g, r, butP = Z±Z2ZB (Z1 — Z2)(Z± — Z3)(Z2 — Zs).As a remarkable coincidence, it was found that thethree invariants of the complete form-system of the binary quintic form, when written in terms of a fundamental system of two cross-ratios of the roots, areprecisely these forms, A, P2 and C, when similarlyexpressed in terms of the cross-ratios. It is shownthat A, P2 and C are the complete form-system ofour quadratic group, G120, by a series of theorems,the most important of which are the following :(1) An invariant under a quadratic operator mustbe a fraction whose numerator and denominator throwoff a common factor in the Z's. (2) The numeratorand denominator of an invariant fraction must beabsolute or relative invariants under the linear subgroup, and hence are rational integral functions of theknown invariants of its complete form-system.(3) There can be no invariant fraction whose numerator and denominator are of odd degree or of unequaldegree. (4) The most general invariant form suitablefor numerator or denominator of an invariant fractionunder G120 is of degree 6n and throws off the factorr2n (r = Z1 Z2 Z3) under the quadratic generator :Z±' : Z2' : Z3' =Z2ZS : Z±ZS : ZXZ2.(5) The most general invariant form under G120(a) is of the form :where p—o or a positive integer and P6(n— 2^) containsno factor of P; and (b) has at each of the four criticalpoints a multiple point of order 2 (w+At). (6) If a and /3are two such ternary forms having the binary formsa and 6, of degree X and ^ respectively, as tangentialquantics at one of the critical points, then a/3 has abas its tangential quantic at the same multiple point,and a-\-p has a, b or a-\-b according as X is less than,greater than or equal to /*. (7) No ternary form canhave a binary tangential quantic at any critical pointof odd degree in either or both of the cubic invariantsbelonging to the dihedron subgroup which leaves thecritical point fixed. (8) Two reduced ternary formsof the same degree which have the same tangentialquantic at any critical point can differ only in suchterms as involve P2 as a factor.By means of these theorems it is then shown by aprocess of successive reduction that the most generalinvariant form under G120 is expressible as a rational integral function of A, P2, O, and thus a systemof fundamental forms is established in terms of whichall invariant fractions under the quadratic group canbe expressed. The above forms are absolute invariants. The only relative invariant fractions are thoseexpressible in terms of A, P and C, which are invariant except for change of sign.118 UNIVERSITY RECORDOfficial Notices.TERM EXAMINATIONS FOR THE FIRST TERM OF THESUMMER QUARTER.The Term Examinations for the First Term of theSummer Quarter will be held on Thursday, August 11,in place of the regular class exercises. Instructorsdesiring a longer time for examination may, at theiroption, take the time of the class exercise on Wednesday, August 10, in addition. Those students only areexamined 1) who desire University credit for the workof the term, and 2) who complete a Minor or DoubleMinor course, and 3) who are doing the First Termwork only, of a Major or a Double Major course. Students taking a Major or Double Major course throughout the entire quarter are examined at the end of thequarter and not at this time.REPORTS FOR THE FIRST TERM OF THE SUMMERQUARTER.All courses which close at the end of the First Termare to be reported to the Examiner on the officialblanks at that time.Courses which are continued through the quarterare to be reported only at the end of the quarter, andinstructors will specify "First Term only", "SecondTerm only ", " 9 weeks only," in the cases of studentspresent less than the full quarter.Blanks will be sent through the Faculty Exchangenot later than August 7. If any instructor fails toreceive the necessary blanks, the blanks may be obtained at the Examiner's office.Rollin D. Salisbury,The University Examiner.REGISTRATION FOR THE SECOND TERM, SUMMERQUARTER, 1898.1. The students now in residence who desire to attendclasses for the whole or part of the Second Term, ifthey have not already registered for that work, maydo so on Wednesday and Thursday, August 10 and 11.Graduate students, with Dean Judson, 11: 00-12:30;2:00-4:00.Divinity students, with Dean Anderson, 12:00-1:00.Senior College students, with Dean Terry, 10:30-12:00.Junior College students, with Deans Capps andMoore — Capps, 8:30-9:30; 12:00-1:00; 2:00-4:00;Moore, 10:30-12:00; 3:00-4:00.Unclassified students, with Dean MacClintock,12:00-1:00; 3:00-5:00. 2. In registering, students are requested merely toadd the courses desired for the Second Term on theregular " Registration Change Card."3. It is understood that those who are not able tobe at the University during the entire term, mayregister for two weeks, three weeks, or four weeks,and in that case will pay pro rata tuition.4. Students who are able to stay long enough mayby special arrangement with instructors complete thework of certain courses and thereby receive University credit. In all such cases, students will registerfor the entire term.5. In case any student is registered for the entirequarter, but for any reason decides not to remain,such student is requested to file .with the Dean aWithdrawal Card.6. New students may register for the Second Termon Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, August 10-12,inclusive.The Final Examination of Theodore Chalon Burgess for the degree of Ph.D. will be held Wednesday,August 10, at 3:00 p.m., in Room 2 B, Cobb Hall.Principal subject, Greek ; secondary subject, Latin.Thesis: "Epideictic Oratory." Committee: "Associate Professor Castle, Professor Abbott, AssociateProfessor Harper; and all other instructors in thedepartments immediately concerned.DIVISION CONTESTS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING.Junior Colleges.The following are the successful candidates in Division Contests in Public Speaking held July 29, 1898.Division I. — Anna McCaleb." II— H. C. P. Thomas." III. — Frances Burling." IV.— Maurice Mandeville." V. — Not represented." VI.— H. W. Jones.Persons interested are invited to join the classes inAmerican History on an excursion to places of localinterest, leaving 57th street station at 8:07 a.m., Saturday, August 6.Special Announcements for the Summer Quarter.GENERAL LECTURES.Throughout the Quarter there is given a series ofgeneral lectures by speakers representing the differentdepartments of University work. These lecturesUNIVERSITY RECORD 119will be given in most cases at 4:00 p.m. The roomsand subjects for each week will be published in theUniversity Record of the preceding week and postedon the bulletin boards.Professor Gaston Bonet-Maury, of the Universityof Paris, is giving a series of twelve lectures duringthe second three weeks of the First Term on the" History of the Struggle for Liberty of Conscience inFrance since the Edict of Nantes and among theSlavs." The following are the remaining lectures:8. Amos Comenius and the Moravians.9. The Edict of Toleration (1787) and the American Assistants.10. J. J. Rousseau and the Triumph of Religious Liberty in 1789.11. Leon Tolstoi and the Martyrs of the Protestant Reformationin Russia.12. The Antisemitic Movement and the Present Struggle forReligious Liberty in France.Professor John Henry Barrows will give a seriesof six lectures during the second term on " The Christian Conquest of Asia." — Observations and studiesof religion in the Orient (The "Haskell Lectures"for 1898) :1. The Cross and the Crescent in Asia. Sunday, August 21.2. Observations of Popular Hinduism. Tuesday, August 23.3. Philosophic Hinduism. Thursday, August 25.4. Some difficulties of the Hindu Mind in acceptingChristianity. Sunday, August 28.5. Christianity and Buddhism in Asia. Tuesday, August 30.6. Confucianism and the Awakening of China.Thursday, September 1.No credit is given for this course.The following course of lectures is being given inthe German language :Mr. Almstedt : " Eine Fusstour in Thiiringen."Dr. Kern: "Der Civis academicus im deutschen Heere."The following lectures will be given in the Departments of Philosophy and Pedagogy :2. PR K. Davis : " The Greek Philosophers."3. Head Professor Dewey : " Social Factors in EducationalRefor ."4. Assistant Professor Angell : " Recent Discussions Concerning Experimental Psychology."5. Associate Professor Bulkley : " An Experiment in Jena."Besides the above, it is expected that lectures willbe given on subjects in Political Economy, by HeadProfessor Laughlin, and Professor Bernard Moses ofthe University of California ; on subjects in PoliticalScience, by Head Professor Judson and ProfessorJames ; on subjects in History, by Professor Turner,of the University of Wisconsin ; on subjects connectedwith Hebrew Language and Literature, by AssociateProfessor Price ; on subjects connected with the Eng lish Language and Literature, by Associate ProfessorMacClintock, Assistant Professor Reynolds, and Dr.Triggs; on subjects connected with Astronomy, byProfessors Hale, Frost, and Barnard, of the YerkesObservatory ; on subjects connected with Geology, byProfessor Salisbury ; on subjects connected withBotany, by Head Professor Coulter ; on subjects connected with Theology, by Professor Caspar ReneGregory.Other lectures will be announced from time to time.Official Reports.During the month ending July 31, 1898, therehas been added to the Library of the University atotal number of 748 volumes from the followingsources :Books added by purchase, 515 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 20 vols.; Philosophy, 17 vols.;Pedagogy, 3 vols.; Political Economy, 32 vols.; Political Science, 3 vols.; History, 139 vols.; ClassicalArchaeology, 4 vols.; Sociology, 21 vols.; Sociology(Divinity), 9 vols.; Anthropology, 18 vols.; ComparativeReligion, 13 vols.; Semitic, 6 vols.; New Testament,3 vols.; Comparative Philology, 11 vols., Greek, 2 vols.;Latin, 11 vols.; Romance, 47 vols.; German, 19 vols.;English, 46 vols ; Mathematics, 16 vols.; Astronomy,22 vols.; Physics, 2 vols.; Geology, 9 vols.; Zoology,4 vols.; Physiology, 1 vol.; Church History, 1 vol.;Systematic Theology, 2 vols.; Homiletics, 17 vols.;Morgan Park Academy, 3 vols.; Dano-Norwegian, 12vols.; Physical Culture, 1 vol.; Latin, Church Historyand New Testament, 1 vol.Books added by gift, 122 vols., distributed as follows:General Library, 48 vols.; Pedagogy, 1 vol.; PoliticalEconomy, 3 vols.; Political Science, 1 vol.; Sociology,2 vols.; English, 62 vols.; Astronomy, 4 vols.; Zoology,lvol.Books added by exchange for University Publications, 111 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 60 vols.; Political Economy, 3 vols.;Sociology, 1 vol.; Comparative Religion, 1 vol.; Semitic, 3 vols.; New Testament, 6 vols.; Botany, 1 vol.;Church History, 10 vols.; Systematic Theology, 3 vols.;Homiletics, 2 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 21 vols.Recent Numbers of University Periodicals.The Journal of Political Economy for June hasas its leading articles, "Report of the IndianapolisMonetary Commission," by F. M. Taylor; "EarlyCanadian Railroad Policy," by S.J. McLean; "Charter120 UNIVERSITY RECORDTax of the Illinois Central Railroad," by W. H. Allen;" Concept of Price-Determining Rent," by Arthur M.Hyde ; and " Rousier's Theory of the Evolution of theLaborer," by Katharine Felton.In the American Journal of Sociology for Julythe leading article is " A Retarded Frontier " in whichAssistant Professor Vincent gives an illustrated studyof certain features of life in the mountain region ofVirginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee.Other topics treated are " The United States SupremeCourt and the Utah Eight Hours' Law," by MissFlorence Kelly ; " The Persistence of Social Groups,III," by Georg Simmel ; "The Relief and Care of Dependents, V," by H. A. Millis; Some Demands ofEducation upon Anthropology," by Nina C. Vande-walker, " Eccentric Official Statistics, IV," by H. L.Bliss.The leading article in the June number of theAstrophysical Journal is by T. N. Thiele, of theCopenhagen Observatory, on "Resolution into Seriesof the Third Band of the Carbon Band-spectrum."This is followed by briefer articles by W. H. S. Monckon " The Spectra and Proper Motion of Stars ; Professor C. Runge, on " The Relative Intensities of theLines in the Spectrum of the Orion Nebula ^'Professor A. A. Michelson, on "The Echelon Spectroscope." Notes on the " Zeeman Effect," by J. S. AmesR. F. Earhart, and H. M. Reese. L. E. Jewell, one ofProfessor Rowland's assistants, discusses " The Structure of the Shading of the H and K and some otherlines in the spectrum of the Sun and the Arc." Minorcontributions are by Margaret L. Huggins, G. E.Hale, and E. C. Pickering.The June number of the Botanical Gazette, contains the following main articles. Roscoe Pound andF. E. Clements on " The Vegetation Regions of thePrairie Province ; " J. T. Schaffner on " Observationson the Nutation of Helianthus Annuus ; " G. J.Peirce, on " The Mode of Dissemination and on theReticulations of Bamalina Reticulata; " Illustrated ;F. May Lyon, " A contribution to the Life History ofEuphorbia Corollata ; " E. B. Copeland, " A BiologicalNote on the Size of Evergreen Needles." B. L. Robinson brings up "Some Reasons why the RochesterNomenclature cannot be regarded as a consistent orstable System." Briefer articles are by C. D. Beadle,"Notes on the Botany of the Southeastern States,III ; " B. L. Robinson, "A New Species of Apios fromKentucky;" and C. A. Davis, "A Contribution tothe Knowledge of the Flora of Tuscola county, Michigan." An open letter on "Aerial Tubers ofSolanum" by W. J. Beal. Current Literature andNews (5 pp.), makeup the balance of this final numberof the XXV volume.Vol. XXVI, No. 1, July 1898, of the same journalopens with an article by Duncan S. Johnson on " TheLife and Sporocarp of Pilularia." F. D. Forest Healddiscusses "Conditions for the Germination of theSpores of Bryophytes and Pteridophytes." These twoarticles form the bulk of the whole number. BrieferContributions are by B. L. Robinson, "Notes on theGenus Bartoniaf F. A. Waugh, "Notes on SundryAmerican Plums," and E.J. Hill, "Two NoteworthyOaks ; " followed by Current Literature, Book Reviews, Minor Notices and Notes for students.The School Review for June, has as its leadingarticles : "Principles underlying the Making of Coursesof Study for Secondary Schools," by G. B. Aiton ;" The Results of the Chicago Experiment in Introducing Latin into the Seventh and Eighth Grades" whichthe writer of the article, Superintendent Nightingale,considers a decided success. Professor W. G. Halehas "Notes on the Roman Pronunciation of Latin ;"and Professor Geo. Hempl writes on "The EnglishPronunciation of Greek and Roman Proper Names."The meetings of " The Michigan Schoolmasters' Club,1897-8," are described by E. C. Goddard and W. H.Sherzer ; Professor Kelsey publishes the " Proceedings of the Classical Conference held at Ann A borMichigan, March 31, and April 1, 1898. A communication by J. E. Barnes on "The Four-Year LatinProgramme of the Committee" closes this ClassicalConference Number.The Biblical World for July opens Vol. XII of thenew series. Its main article is on " The Kingdom ofGod. A Symposium" of short contributions fromeminent writers. The illustrated article by G. E.Merrill describes a visit to the Vatican Library and,in particular, to the famous Vatican Manuscript,Codex B, of the fourth century. Geo. Stibitz describes "The Old Testament Prophets as Social Reformers," and Geo. Matheson pictures the " FeminineIdeal of Christianity " (continued in the August number). H. Hayman discusses " The Book of Enoch inreference to the New Testament and Early Christianantiquity." Then follows : The Council of Seventy;Notes and Opinions, Synopses of Important Articles ;Work and Workers, Book Reviews, and the Supplement : Theological and Semitic Literature, printedUNIVERSITY RECORD 121also in the July issue of the American Journal ofTheology, and the American Journal of SemiticLanguages and Literatures. — These are the mainarticles in the August issue of the same journal : " Damascus the Oldest City in the World" (illustrated),by E. W. S. Masterman ; " The Utterances of Amosarranged Strophically : I. Judgments upon the Nations, 1: 3—2: 5," by William R. Harper ; " Bible studyin Japan," by J. L. Dearing, and " Bringing the Firstbegotten into the World," by Wm. M. Lewis. In theminor Departments we have : Notes and Opinions ;Synopses of Important Articles ; an interesting articleon Exploration and Discovery ; Work and Workers,and a number of book reviews and literary notes.The July number of American Journal of SemiticLanguages and Literatures, continuing Hebraica,closes the fourteenth volume. It has these articles :" Judah Monis, M. A., The First Instructor in Hebrewat Harvard University (1683-1764) " by George Alexander Kohut; "Bab el-Iarab : An Outline of ArabicSyntax," by W. Scott Watson ; " Magic, Divination,and Demonology among the Semites," by T. WittonDavies ; " A Grammar of the Aramaic Idiom containedin the Babylonian Talmud, III" (continued) by C.Levias ; " Eight Oracular Responses to Esarhaddon "(IV. Rawlinson, second edition, plate 61), by Edgar James Banks. Book notices, general index to thevolume and the supplement follow.The July number of the American Journal ofTheology, Vol. II, No. 3, is by no means inferior to itspredecessors. The article of most general interest isthat of Professor Willibald Beyschlag on " The Originand Development of the Old Catholic Movement."The author has been an eyewitness and careful studentof this important movement within the Roman Catholic Church ; Beyschlag's article is supplemented byAndrew Ten Brook in his " Incidents in the Inceptionof the Old Catholic Movement," the author relatinghis personal observations while at Munich, Germany.Benjamin Wisner Bacon, in his " Autobiography ofJesus," gives a new interpretation of Matt. 16:13 — 17:13.Most vigorous and plain language is used by Geo. W.Gilmore in his article on "The equipment of theMod ern Foreign Mission ary ." Professor Gregory publishes a long article on Adolf Harnack's Famous History of Early Christian Literature. Professor Burton's article on "The Politarchs " is of the greatestimportance and merits the closest study. ProfessorC. H. Moore contributes a note on " The Canonicityof the Apocalypse of John." A large number of carefully written book reviews relating to recent theological literature are given followed by the supplement :" Theological and Semitic Literature."122 UNIVERSITY RECORDCalendar.AUGUST 6-12, 7898.Chaplain for the Week: DEAN TERRY.Friday, August 5.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.Final examination of F. B. Dains. Room 20, KentChemical Laboratory, 3:00 p.m. (see p. 112).Public Lecture: "Amos Comenius and the Moravians," by Professor Bonet-Maury. AssemblyRoom, Haskell Museum, 4 : 00 p.m.Public Lecture : " British Municipalities : MunicipalMorality" by Associate Professor Zueblin. Assembly Room, Haskell Museum, 8:00 p.m.Illustrated by the stereopticon.Public Lecture : "The Planets," by Professor Barnard.Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m.Illustrated by the stereopticon.Sunday, August 7.Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Chapel, Cobb Hall, 7 :00 p.m.Monday, August 8.Chapel-Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Public Lecture : " Literature in Education," by Dr.William T. Harris. Kent Theater, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture : " The Jesus of History and the Christof Experience," by Professor Mathews. AssemblyRoom, Haskell Museum, 4:00 p.m.Public Lecture : " Sigurd the Volsung," by AssistantProfessor Tolman. Chapel, Cobb Hall, 4:00 p.m.Public Lecture : " Invisible Stars," by Professor Frost.Kent Theater, 8:00 p.m.Illustrated by the stereopticon.Tuesday, August 9.Chapel-Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior College Students).Public Lecture : " The Edict of Toleration (1787) andthe American Assistants," by Professor Bonet-Maury. Assembly Room, Haskell Museum, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture : " Problems in Education," by Dr.William T. Harris. Kent Theater, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture : " The English Lake District," byAssistant Prof essor Reynolds. Kent Theater, 8:00P.M.The Sociology Club meets in the Assembly Room,Haskell Museum, 8:00 p.m.Mr. O. J. Milliken, superintendent of vacation schools inthe city, wiD speak on "Vacation Schools" (illustrated).Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD mustorder to he published in the issue of the same week. Wednesday, August 10.Registration for Second Term of Summer Quarter(see p. 118).Final Examination of Th. C. Burgess, Room 2 B, CobbHall, 3: 00 p.m. (see p. 118).Public Lecture : "Jean Jacques Rousseau and theTriumph of Religious Liberty in 1789," by ProfessorGaston Bonet-Maury. Assembly Room, HaskellMuseum, 4:00 p.m.Public Lecture : " Pestalozzi and Herbart," by Dr.William T. Harris. Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Prayer Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,east steps, Haskell Museum, 7:00 p.m.Public Lecture : " The Greek Philosophers," by Professor Noah K. Davis. Assembly Room, HaskellMuseum, 8 : 00 p.m.Thursday, August 11.First Term Examinations for the Summer Quarter(see p. 118).Graduate Assembly. — Chapel, Cobb Hall, 10:30 a.m.Registration for Second Term of Summer Quarter(see p. 118).Public Lecture : " Leon Tolstoi and the Martyrs of theProtestant Reformation in Russia," by ProfessorBonet-Maury. Assembly Room, Haskell Museum,4:00 p.m.Public Lecture : " Rousseau and the Return to Nature," by Dr. William T. Harris, Kent Theater,4:00 p.m.Dramatic Recital : " The Merchant of Venice," byBenjamin C. Chapin. Kent Theater, 8: 00 p.m.First Term of Summer Quarter ends.Friday, August 12.Second Term of Summer Quarter begins.Chapel- Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.Public Lecture : " The Anti-Semitic Movement andthe Present Struggle for Religious Liberty inFrance," by Professor Bonet-Maury. AssemblyRoom, Haskell Museum, 4 : 00 p.m.Public Lecture : " Spencer and ' What Knowledge ismost worth ?' " by Dr. William T. Harris. KentTheater, 4:00 p.m.Public Lecture : " An Experiment in Jena," by Associate Professor Bulkley. Chapel, Cobb Hall, 8:00p.m.Mathematical Club meets in Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 36, 8:00 p.m.Assistant Professor Young: "On the first presentationsof the principles of the Calculus.") sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in