Gbe Tllnlverstts of (tbtcaaoPrice $K00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe "ClniversitE of Gbtcaflo pressVOL III, NO. 21. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AUGUST 19, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The University of Paris in 1898. By ProfessorGaston Bonet-Maury 127-128II. Report on University Extension Work in Vienna 128-129III. Special Announcements for the Summer Quarter 129IV. The Calendar 129The University of Paris in 1898*BY PROFESSOR GASTON BONET-MAURY.The present University of Paris is younger thanthe University of Chicago, since it was established bythe law of July 10, 1896, together with fifteen otheruniversities in order to replace the University ofFrance, which was a strongly centralized institutionfor national education, in its three branches, foundedby Napoleon Bonaparte I, in 1808. The present organization, on the contrary, is an attempt to decentralizepublic education and to revive some of the twentytwo universities which existed in France before 1789.Each of the fifteen present universities is an " incorporated body" having a government and a budgetof its own ; the only connection with the centralgovernment being the distribution of a part of thestate budget, the appointment of the professorsby the president of the republic (out of a list of candi-* An address delivered before the members of the Universityat the special meeting, held on Tuesday, August 1, 1898,Kent Theater, 5 :00 p.m. See University Record, Vol. Ill,No. 19, August 5, 1898. dates proposed by the senate of each university) andthe general supervision by the "Higher Council ofEducation" (Conseil supe'rieur de PInstructionpublique), or by the Inspecteur general.The University of Paris consists of six schools orfaculties : 1) Letters, 2) sciences, 3) law, 4) medicine5) school of pharmacy, 6) protestant school of divinity.There are besides, in Paris, a dozen auxiliary schoolswhich are as it were the vanguard and wings of thearmy of scholars, for instance, the "College de France,"which is the vanguard ; PlScole des Chartes ; l'ficolepratique des Hautes eTudes; l'feole polytechnique ;museum of natural history ; school of modern orientallanguages ; school of political sciences ; the Pasteurinstitute of bacteriology, etc. Except in the last twothere is no fee for admission in all these schools ; onlyfor the work done in the laboratories is a fee required.Each of the six faculties or schools which composethe University of Paris is a self-governing body, electing its own dean, who is assisted by the body of professors and lecturers (Conseil de faculty) and distributing independently the budget assigned to it.Each faculty elects three deputies (of which thexieanis necessarily one) to the general assembly of the University (Conseil general des faculte"s) which meetsonce a month at the Sorbonne and is presided over bythe Rector (or President of the University). Thissenate or general assembly discusses matters ofgeneral interest, the creation of new lectureships orthe permission to auxiliary lecturers to deliver courses(cours libres), the distribution of the budget or other128 UNIVERSITY RECORDfinancial affairs ; passes judgment on cases of disciplineelects the delegates and votes the addresses sent toforeign universities.There are, at Paris, three committees, which attendto the moral and financial condition of the students :1) The committee for the protection of foreign students (Comity de patronage des eTudiants strangers),which has its office at the Sorbonne and is under thechairmanship of M. Casimir P£rier, a former presidentof the French Republic. Its agent is M. Paul Melon.It has under its control the home (125, boulevard St.Michel), which is managed by Miss Chalamet, a distinguished Protestant lady. 2) The Club of the Protestant Students (24, rue de Vaugirard) under thecontrol of its founder, Rev. Jean Monnier. * 3) TheGeneral Association of the Students of the Universityof Paris (79, rue des ficoles).There are three regular degrees, the degrees ofBachelor, Licentiate, and Doctor in each faculty ;the Law School, however, has only two, the Licentiateand the Doctor ; and the Medical School only one, theDoctor. The highest degree can be obtained onlyafter from five to six years' of work, which for strangers would involve too large an expenditure of timeand money. Therefore, at the initiative of Dr. HarryFurber, of Chicago, and through the activity of aFranco- American Committee under the chairmanship of Professor Michel Breal, a new degree wascreated July 21, 1897, which allows foreign students,after a shorter time of residence and under certainconditions, to obtain the Doctorate of the Universityof Paris or of the other universities of France, fThe fees for examinations and the time required forresidence will be as follows :EXPENSES. RESIDENCE.For the Doctorate of Letters $26 2 years" " of Sciences 60 1 year" " of Law 64" " of Divinity 62 1 year" " of Medicine 135" " of Pharmacy 186 1 yearWhat now will be the spiritual tendencies of thenew University of Paris ? Leaving to the past allthat is dead, it will keep up all that was true and*See " Religious Work in French Universities" in UniversityRecord, Vol. I, No. 21, pp. 321-323.t Extract from the regulations instituting the doctorate forforeigners : " Article premier. — II est institue" un doctoratde FUniversitS de Paris. Art. 2. Les aspirants & ce titredoivent ce faire inscrire sur un registre special au Secretariat de la Faculty ou IScole de FUniversite" dont ilsveulent suivre les Studes. Ils pr6sentent, en vue de l'in-scription, leurs dipl6m.es, attestations d'§tudes ou titresscientiflques. Ils sont tenus d'accomplir la scolarite quisera dSterminee plus loin. Ils subissent des epreuvespubliques. beneficial for mankind in the traditions of the ancientuniversity. Of the old Sorbonne it will drop thatnarrowness of mind and intolerance which led thatinstitution to condemn Luther, Melancthon and Jansenism ; but it will preserve that sense of catholicitywhich made her the alma mater of all universities ofEurope in the Middle Ages, so that she welcomed thestudents of every nation, who had at Paris their owncolleges. To the former university will be left theantiquated ceremonies and expensive fees for conferring degrees, which rendered them inaccessible topoor students, and will be imbued by a democraticand liberal spirit. But, above all. our new universitywill pursue this aim, namely, not only to educatescholars or engineers, chemists, or physicians, butto make of its students good men arid good women(for women are admitted as candidates for degrees inevery faculty, except that of Divinity), conscious oftheir responsibilities as citizens and Christian menand women. There is not much difference between theFrench and the American ideal of a university ; bothaim at the recognition of the independence of science,the search for truth in itself, and endeavor torender the achievements of science useful to theirfellow citizens. Therefore I hope that the intercoursebetween the University of Paris and the Universityof Chicago may become more frequent and continueas cordial as in the past. In the name of your trans-Atlantic brethren at Paris I wish all prosperity toyou, the president and the members of the Universityof Chicago, since you are coworkers in the noble taskof aiding humanity in its onward march toward truthand righteousness, peace and good will among allnations, who are one and all children of God.*Report on University Extension Work in Vienna.^The report of the University Extension work inVienna during the year 1897-8 has just been sent tothe University. It makes a pamphlet of some sixtypages. It appears that the work is steadily increasing.Lecturers from all the four faculties of the Universitytook part in the work. The government contributedfl. 6941.34 ; private individuals added fl. 2745 to thissum ; fl. 4462.06 were taken in for the sale of tickets;fl. 212.10 from the sale of syllabi, making a total, withsmaller miscellaneous items, of fl. 12,929.66. The bal-* See also " Le doctorate de PUniversit6 de Paris " in University Record, Vol. Ill, No. 8, pp. 49-50.f Bericht liber die volksthumlichen Universitatsvortrage imStudienjahre 1897-8 und Statistik fur die Jahre 1895-1898.Wien. Im Selbstverlage der k. k. Universitat Wien. Druckvon Adolf Holzhausen in Wien. 1898. Pp. 60.UNIVERSITY RECORD 129ance from the preceding year was fl. 7159.13, makinga total income of fl. 20,088.79 of whkh fl. 13,216.86 wereexpended.The number of courses grew from 58 in the year1895-6 to 70 in the year 1897-8 ; the attendance, from6198 to 7300.It is interesting to note that over 23 per cent, of thecourses were devoted to Natural Science, a recordquite beyond anything which has been achieved inthis country at any centre. Only 14 per cent, belongedunder the head of Literature, Language, and Art ;12 per cent, to History, while no less than 20 per cent.were upon medical subjects. It is of especial interestalso that the women, who constitute such a very largepercentage of our extension audiences in the UnitedStates, formed only 28 per cent, of the Vienna audiences in 1895-6, and 32 per cent, in 1897-8. Anattempt was made to secure accurate informationas to the school training of the persons attendingthese lectures. This was an unsuccessful attempt,however, the figures being untrustworthy as returnswere made only in the case of a comparatively few ofthe attendants.The extension work is under the care of a committee appointed by the Academic Senate. ProfessorAnton Menger is chairman of this committee. In theclosing paragraphs of the report he calls attention tothe fact that it is a matter for honest pride on thepart of the university of Vienna that it was the firstof the great universities on the continent to take upuniversity extension work in earnest.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. Calendar.AUGUST 19-26. 1898.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.Sunday, August 21.Vesper Service, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Professor Barrows: "The Cross and the Crescent inAsia."Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Chapel, Cobb Hall, 7 : 00 p.m.Monday, August 22.Chapel-Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Tuesday, August 23.Chapel-Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior College Students).Public Lecture: "Observations of Popular Hinduism,"by Professor Barrows, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Sociology Club meets in Faculty Room, Haskell Museum, 8:00 p.m.Professor C. R. Henderson : " Recent Methods of PrisonReform."Wednesday, August 24.Public Lecture (in German) : " Eine Fusstour in Thfl-ringen," bv Mr. Hermann B. Almstedt. LectureRoom, 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 25.Graduate Assembly. — Chapel, Cobb Hall, 10:30 a.m.Public Lecture : "Philosophic Hinduism," by Professor Barrows, Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Semitic Club meets at the House of President Harper,cor. Lexington av. and 59th street, 8:00 p.m.Associate Professor Price: "Observations on SemiticWork and Scholars in Paris."Friday, August 26.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.Public Lecture : " Social Movements in Germany,"by Professor Caspar Rene' Gregory. 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