Gbe Tilnlverefts of GbicaooPrice $J.0O founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe THniversttE of Cbicaao pies*VOL ill, NO. 20. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AUGUST 12, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Conference of the Correspondence-Study Instructors and Students 123-125II. Official Notices 125III. Special Announcements for the Summer Quarter 125IV. The Calendar - 126Conference of the Correspondence-Study Instructorsand Students.The summer conference of instructors, studentsand others interested in correspondence study washeld in the Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, Monday,August 1, at 4: 00 p.m. About 400 persons were present.The purpose in arranging the conference was topresent in a practical way the possibilities and theefficiency of this method of instruction. After anaddress of welcome by President Harper, ProfessorJames, the Director of the University Extension Division, spoke on "The Place of Correspondence-Studyin Modern Education." Addresses were also made byvarious instructors in the correspondence courses.A brief abstract of their remarks is here given :Dr. McMurry : Is the study of Pedagogy and History of Education suited to Correspondence Icstruc-tion?1. The materials of study which make up the bodyof educational literature are rich in variety and content. It involves the best thought of such thinkersas Aristotle, Plato, Bacon, Comenius, Milton, Pesta-lozzi, Goethe, Spencer, Locke, Rousseau, Richter, Herbart, Horace Mann, Froebel, and others. It isdeep and stimulating in its influence.2. Our students who have engaged in this work donot object to a full quantity and high quality of rigorous study. They are almost always earnest, strongand mature people, who are willing to work hard forthe best results.3. In outlining these courses the purpose has beento select works of enduring educative value. Thestrong and fruitful ideas of eminent thinkers havebeen found stimulating and broadening.4. A close logical analysis of each author has beenrequired. This has led some of the students to a morerigorous and comprehensive method of study thanthey have been accustomed to.5. The leading theories of great writers have beenset up for comparison. This serves to clarify anddeepen the significance of principles.6. In the choice of questions those have been preferred which lead to an original interpretation andapplication of ideas.7. Such studies have been found broadly liberalizing, counteracting those tendencies toward narrowroutine work into which teachers easily fall.Associate Professor MacClintock : Certain qualifications are demanded both in the student and onthe part of the instructor. To accomplish the bestresult, the student should have maturity of judgment,and must of course be earnest. The possibilities of ,cheap reproduction of literature by means of the type-124 UNIVERSITY RECORDwriter, mimeograph and various other contrivanceshave made successful correspondence instruction possible only within the last few years. There is noreason why the guidance which an instructor giveshis resident students may not be committed to thewritten page and furnished entire to the correspondence student. Of course, there must be conscientiousness on the part of the instructor. This is a primerequirement in the selection of men for the work.Experience is proving that correspondence-work canhave tone, character, and permanency only when ithas the backing of a well endowed and well equippedinstitution of learning. I admit that there are disadvantages. Absence from the living teacher, fromfellow students, from selected libraries, all militateagainst the best results. This, perhaps, applies moreparticularly to the Department of English than toother departments. On the other hand, there aremany distinct advantages : 1) It enables many to getan education or to continue study who would beotherwise marooned in a fixed and narrowing environment 2) It gives the same direction and point ofview as that which is given the resident student.3) It compels independence and self-reliance. 4) Itcompels thoroughness of preparation. 5) It compelsincreasing accuracy in thinking and expression,through constant writing.Associate Professor Cutting : Within certainranges, defined by the previous preparation and thelibrary facilities within reach of my pupils, I haveconducted courses in German by correspondence witha success at least equal to that attainable in the classroom. This I attribute chiefly to these facts :1) The necessity of committing one's questions towriting leads to careful reflection and independenteffort at solving difficulties, as a preface to callingupon the instructor for help. At the same time, theabsence of the formal lecture stimulates the pupil toask questions that gauge an amount of personalinterest and activity, not always aroused in the classroom. More sane questions are asked by the studentin a correspondence course than by the same studentin a class-room course.2) Work by correspondence is strictly individualwork. The instructor is adjusting himself all thetime, not to that statistical abstraction, the averagestudent, but to one of his fellow-men, whose definiteneeds are reflected by the questions he asks.Dr. Chamberlain : Laboratory work in botany bycorrespondence is, I believe, a new feature in University Extension. Two years ago a lady asked for such work, and I planned a course. The pupil was capable,persevering and so successful that I was encouragedto offer two courses last autumn. During the pastyear sixteen pupils have registered for these courses,and their work compares favorably with the workdone in our laboratory on the Quadrangles.The courses are full equivalents for the autumnand winter courses in general morphology offered atthe University. Some who have taken these coursesby correspondence are now with us at the University,and we find them well prepared to go on.Pupils furnish their own microscope, while theinstructor furnishes material and directions for laboratory work and reading. The papers are correctedand suggestions made just as in any other subject.I am convinced that successful laboratory work inbotany can be done by correspondence, and I amfurther convinced that the instructor who undertakessuch work will find himself better prepared to conducthis courses in his laboratory at the University.After the instructors had spoken, an opportunitywas given to hear from the other side, and severalstudents, representing various departments, spoke oftheir experience in the work. Their remarks werereceived with interest and caused considerable enthusiasm. Extracts follow :Mr. G. H. Gardiner, Head Master of the DonaldEraser Academy for Boys, Decatur, Ga. (Pedagogy) :My mental regeneration dates from the time that Ibegan correspondence work under Dr. McMurry.Mr. W. E. Miller, Principal of the High School,Portland, Ind. (History) : One has to work a gooddeal harder, and a good deal longer, for a Major bycorrespondence than by resident work, but he has alarger Major. When one continues work by correspondence under instructors with whom he has takenresident work the disadvantages of non-resident workis reduced to a minimum. One advantage is thatyou can teach the instructors some things. My instructor frankly admitted that he never knew some ofthe facts in American history which I recited.Mr. Nels J. Lennes : Graduate Student of theUniversity of Chicago (Political Economy): I took myfirst Major of work in the University of Chicago bycorrespondence in the " Elements of Political Economy." Since then I have taken forty Majors, and Ican truthfully say that I derived more good from thatfirst Major's work than from any other that I havesince taken.Professor T. W. Palmer, University of Alabama(Mathematics) : I know that I have accomplished twoUNIVERSITY RECORD 125or three times as much in the last year, under theadmirable direction of Dr. Hoover, and his expertcorrection of my work, than I have previously accomplished in two or three years of work by myself. Dr.Hoover has always been regular in returning mypapers immediately.Mr. M. L. Brittain, Head of the Classical Department, in the Boys High School of Atlantic, Ga. (Greek):Although Greek is a subject which many may thinkdoes not lend itself readily to the correspondencemethod of study, my experience has been such as torender me an enthusiastic admirer of the system.Circumstances are such as to probably postponefurther resident work for some time but I shall tryto keep in constant touch with the University life andmethods of study through the Correspondence-studyDepartment.Miss Tarrant : During the past year, five of uscombined and in a home laboratory in Louisville,pursued the courses in botany under the guidance ofDr. Chamberlain with the greatest enthusiam andwith most satisfactory results. It was hard but moetinteresting work. One of us spent fifty hours on alesson but secured a proportionate amount of satisfaction from it. It was frequently a matter of surprise how explicit Dr. Chamberlain's instructionswere found to be. In the matter of returning ourexercises carefully corrected, he was exceedinglyprompt ; as a rule they came back to us in the returnmail.Mr. H. F. Mallory, Secretary of the Correspondence-study Department, called attention to the opportunity afforded through the Correspondence studyDepartment of, completing Major courses which hadbeen begun and which the student could not remainto finish. He also emphasized the special adaptabilityof certain courses to the requirements of SchoolSuperintendents in conducting their regular Teachers'meetings.Official Notices.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.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 lectureswill 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 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 Thuringen."Dr. Kern : " Der Civis academicus im deutschen Heere."The following lectures will be given in the Departments of Philosophy and Pedagogy :Head Professor Dewey: " Social .Factors in EducationalReform."Assistant Professor Angell : " Recent Discussions Concerning Experimental Psychology."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 ; on subjects in Political Science,by Head Professor Judson and Professor James ;on subjects in History, by Professor Turner, of theUniversity of Wisconsin; on subjects connectedwith Hebrew Language and Literature, by AssociateProfessor Price ; on subjects connected with the Eng-126 UNIVERSITY RECORDlish Language and Literature, by Associate ProfessorMacClintock and Assistant Professor Reynolds; onsubjects connected with Astronomy, by ProfessorsHale, Frost, and Barnard, of the Yerkes Observatory ;on subjects connected with Botany, by Head Professor Coulter ; on subjects connected with Theology,by Professor Caspar Rene" Gregory.Other lectures will be announced from time to time.Calendar.AUGUST 12-19, 1898.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."Sunday, August 14.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 15.Chapel-Assembly: Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Lecture Reading : " The Kalevala, the Epic Poem ofFinland," by Assistant Professor Tolman. Chapel,Cobb Hall, 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, August 16.Chapel-Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior College Students).Public Lecture : " The Origin and Decay of the SolarSystem," by Dr. Kurt Laves. Lecture Room, CobbHall, 8:00 p.m.Wednesday, August 17.Public Lecture : " The Prophetic Element in the OldTestament as related to Christianity," by PresidentHarper. Assembly Room, Haskell Museum, 4: 00 p.m.Public Lecture (in German) : "Der Civis Academicusim deutschen Heere," by Dr. Kern. Lecture Room,Cobb Hall, 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.Thursday, August 18.Graduate Assembly. — Chapel, Cobb Hall, 10:30 a.m.Public Lecture: "The Priestly Element in the OldTestament as related to Christianity," by President Harper. Assembly Room, Haskell Museum,4:00 p.m.Friday, August 19.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. —( Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.Public Lecture: "The Wisdom Element in the OldTestament as related to Christianity," by PresidentHarper. Assembly Room, Haskell Museum, 4 : 00p.m.Material for the UNIVERSITY EEOOED must be sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder jto be published in the issue of the same week.