Price $J,00Per Year Gbe ^University of ChicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOtlbe IHniverettE ct Cbfcaao DressVOL. Ill, NO. 26. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 PJ SEPTEMBER 23, 1898.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.IT.III.IV.V.VI.VII. Programme of the Twenty-fifth Convocation,Autumn 1898 151-152Official Notices 152-153The Seventh Anniversary Chapel Service, - 153The University Elementary School, - 153The American Lectures on Historical Religion, - 153Field Columbian Museum, Tenth Lecture Course,1898, 153List of Consultation Hours, October 1, 1898 - 154Programme of the Twenty-fifth Convocation.September 30, Friday,9 : 00 A.M.-3 : 00 p.m. AUTUMN 1898.Matriculation and Registration of IncomingStudents. (The offices of the President,the Examiner, the Deans, and the Registrarwill be open. Officers of Instruction maynot ordinarily be consulted on this day.)8: 00 p.m. University Extension Class-Study Day.Opening of the University of Chicago Collegefor Teachers. Addresses, followed by a Reception.Fine Arts Building(203 Michigan av.).October i, Saturday.8 : 30 a.m. The Graduate Matutinal.The President's House.8: 30 A.M-12: 00 m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students. (All University instructors offeringcourses in the Autumn Quarter may be metat the consultation hours announced.)12 : 00 m. Division meetings of the Junior and Senior Colleges. Attendance required.Cobb Lecture Hall.12: 30 p.m. The Seventh Anniversary Chapel Assembly.Cobb Lecture Hall — Chapel,2 : 00 p.m. Meeting of Candidates for Degrees with theExecutive Officers.Cobb Lecttire Hall — Chapel.Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students.The Twenty -fifth University Convocation.The Procession.The Convocation Address: "Some EssentialElements of the True Academic Spirit."2 : 00-4 : 00 p.m. The Reverend Charles Cuthbert Hall, President of Union Theological Seminary, NewYork City.The Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.Fine Arts Building(203 Michigan av.).October 2, Sunday.— Convocation Sunday.8 : 30 a.m. Bible Classes. Haskell Oriental Museum.11 : 00 a.m. Annual Sermon before the Baptist TheologicalUnion. The Reverend Thomas JeffersonVillers, Pastor of the First Baptist Church,Indianapolis, Ind.The First Baptist Church.4 : 00 p.m. The Convocation Vesper Service.The Convocation Sermon. The Reverend CharlesCuthbert Hall.The Quarterly Report of the Christian Union.Music by the Choir of the Sixth PresbyterianChurch. Kent Theater.8 : 00 p.m. Opening of the Headquarters of the YoungMen's Christian Association.Haskell Oriental Museum.October 3, Monday.8:30 a.m. Lectures and Recitations of the Autumn Quarterbegin.10 : 30 a.m. Junior College Assembly. Attendance of members of the Junior Colleges required.Cobb Lecture Hall— Chapel.10:30 A.M. Ministers^ Conference; Dean E. B. Hulbertpresiding. Subject, " Christianity andWar."t. "Can there be a Christian War?"The Reverend F. A. Noble, Pastor ofthe Union Park Congregational Church,Chicago.2. " Christianity and Arbitration." TheReverend W. O. Shepard, Pastor of theOakland Methodist Episcopal Church,Chicago.3. "The Christian Ideal of Patriotism."The Reverend Charles Cuthbert Hall.4. Discussion. Speeches limited to tenminutes each. Opened by the ReverendP. S. Henson, Pastor of the FirstBaptist Church, Chicago.Kent Theater.12:30 P.M. Luncheon tendered by the Divinity Faculty tovisiting clergymen.Haskell Oriental Museum — Assembly Hall152 UNIVERSI1Y RECORD2:30 P.M. Theological Students' Conference. PresidentWilliam R. Harper presiding. Subject," The Ministry of Today."1. " Its New Demands." The ReverendCharles Cuthbert Hall.2. " Its New Equipment." The ReverendProfessor Charles R. Henderson, theUniversity of Chicago.3. " Its New Dangers." The ReverendProfessor D. A. Hayes, Garrett BiblicalInstitute, Evanston.4. " Its New Opportunities." The Reverend Professor Graham Taylor, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago.5. Discussion.Kent Theater.4:00 P.M. The Tenth Meeting of the University Congregation.The Procession.The Admission of New Members.The Review of Actions of Governing Bodies.The Discussion of Special Topics.The Election of Vice President.Haskell Oriental Museum— Faculty Room.7 : 00 p.m. The Congregation Dinner.The Quadrangle Club.October 4, Tuesday.10: 30 a.m. Senior College Assembly. Attendance of members of the Senior Colleges required.Cobb Lecture Hall — Chapel.10:30 A.M. Theological Conference. The Reverend Professor Galusha Anderson presiding. Subject," Christianity and the Educated Classes."1. " Is Culture Necessarily Agnostic ?"2. " The Mission of Culture to PopularTheology."3. " The Responsibilities of the Churchtoward those who are neither poor,ignorant, nor depraved." The ReverendAlonzo K. Parker, Pastor of the Centennial Baptist Church, Chicago.4. Discussion.Kent Theater.12:30 P.M. Luncheon of the Divinity Alumni of the University. Walker Museum.2 : 30 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Divinity Alumni Association. Addresses by the Reverend JohnQuincy Adams Henry, the Reverend CarlDelos Case and the Reverend TheodoreGeraldo So ares.Election of Officers.Haskell Oriental Museum — Assembly Hall.2 : 30 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees of theBaptist Theological Union.The Presidents Office.3 : 30 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Northwestern BaptistEducation Society. Reports and Election ofOfficers.Haskell Oriental Museum— Faculty Room.4 : 00 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Baptist TheologicalUnion.Reports and Election of Officers.Conference on " Assistance to Ministerial Students."1. Its Justification. The Reverend J. W.Conley, Pastor of the Oak Park BaptistChurch.2. Its Administration. The ReverendCharles E. Hewitt, Secretary of theDivinity School. Presentation and Acceptance of the Bust of theReverend Professor George WashingtonNorthrup.The Presentation.The Acceptance. The President of the University.Haskell Oriental Museum - ¦Assembly Hall.Official 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 Summer Quarter. — All instructors are requested to observe that all reports forcourses given during the Summer Quarter not already fully reported are due at the Examiner's Office(or the Faculty Exchange) not later than 12:00 m.,Monday, September 26. It is of the utmost importance that every course be recorded fully andpromptly. Blanks will be furnished through theFaculty Exchange not .later than Tuesday, September 20. The University Examiner.The exercises connected with the opening of theAutumn Quarter of Rush Medical College will beheld in the main college building at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 27. The introductory lecture will beby Dr. Frank Billings, who will speak on the " Limitations of Medicine."Head Professor John Matthews Manly, of the English Department, will read on Friday evening, September 30, 8:00 p.m., a paper on "CompositionWork in Public Schools," at the next semiannualmeeting of the Schoolmasters' Club of Illinois to beheld in the County Superintendent's Office, Blooming-ton, Illinois.The opening exercises -of the College for Teacherswill be held on Friday Evening, September 30, at8:00 p.m., in the Studebaker Concert Hall, Fine ArtsBuildings, 203 to 207 Michigan boulevard, betweenCongress and Van Buren streets. The President andthe Trustees of the University extend to all a cordialinvitation to be present.Two reserved seats may be obtained free of chargeupon presentation of the circular announcement atthe box office of the Fine Arts Building on Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, September26-30, between the hours of 4: 00 and 6: 00 p.m. Ticketswill be issued to the limit of the capacity of the hall,but the reservation will not hold good later thanquarter before 8 o'clock on the evening of September 30.The rooms of the College for Teachers on the fourthfloor of the Fine Arts Buildings will be open for inspection after the exercises.programme of exercises.Invocation - - - Rev. Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus.Song .... The Principals' Quartette.Address - - - The President of the University.Address - - - Graham H. Harris, Esq.,President of the Board of Education,City of Chicago.Song ..--.. The Ladies' Trio.Address - - - Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews,Superintendent of Schools,City of Chicago.Address W. J. Onahan, Esq.Song - The Principals' Quartette.Address - - - Professor Edmund J. James,Dean of the College for Teachers.Song ------ The Ladies' Trio.Announcements.Benediction.The Seventh Anniversary Chapel Service.The first chapel service of the University of Chicagowas held in the Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, October 1,1892, at 12:30 p.m. On the platform were PresidentHarper, Deans Judson, Hulbert, and Alice FreemanPalmer, and Head Professor Anderson. With the exception of Mrs. Palmer, these persons took part in theservice. With each recurring year there has beenheld an anniversary chapel service in which the programme has been an exact reproduction of that ofOctober 1, 1892. The seventh of these services will beheld on Saturday, October 1, 1898, at 12:30 p.m. Theprogramme will be as follows :Organ Prelude, Andante con moto - - - Calkin.Doxology.Lord's Prayer in Concert.Led by President Harper.Hymn, " Nearer, my God, to Thee."Responsive Reading of Psalm 95.Led by President Harper.Hymn, " Oh ! could I speak the matchless worth," etc.Scripture Reading. — Genesis, Chap. 1 ;John, Chap. 1 ; Philippians, Chap. 4, vs. 8, 9.Dean Harry Pratt Judson.Prayer - - - Professor Galusha Anderson.Hymn, " Hail to the Lord's Anointed."Benediction - Dean Eri B. Hulbert.Organ Postlude, Communion E minor - - Batiste. RECORD 153The University Elementary School.The University Elementary School will open October 3 at 5412 Ellis av. Miss Bacon will be at thebuilding every morning from 9:00-12:00 after September 21.The American Lectures on Historical Religion.Karl Budde, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and OldTestament Exegesis in the University of Strassburg,will deliver the fourth series of American Lectureson the History of Religion. The lectures will begiven at 5 : 00 p. m., in the Assembly Room, HaskellOriental Museum. The General Topic is The Pre-exilic Religion of Israel. The titles of the lecturesare as follows :Monday, October 3. — Origin of the Religion ofYahweh.Tuesday, October 4. — Yahweh and his Rivals.Wednesday, October 5. — Priests, Prophets, and Kingsthe Champions of Yahweh.Thursday, October 6. — Foreign Powers and theWritten Prophecy of the Northern Kingdom.Monday, October 10.— The Similar Conflict of theSouthern Kingdom.Tuesday, October 11. — Judah's Collapse, and theBases of its Re-establishment.Field Columbian Museum Tenth Lecture Course, 1898.A course of nine lectures upon "Science andTravel " has been arranged by the Museum for Saturday afternoons in October and November at the usualhour, 3:00 p.m. Most of these lectures will be illustrated by stereopticon views. The lectures are givenin the Museum Lecture Hall. Entrance doors will beclosed at ten minutes past 3:00 p.m. Admission free.Subjects, dates, and lectures :Oct. 1. "The Pyramids of Egypt" (illustrated), by ProfessorJames H. Breasted, University of Chicago.Oct. 8. "Cuba, Its Products and Possibilities" (illustrated),by Dr. R. S. Martin, Chicago.Oct. 15. " Snake Dancers of the United States" (illustrated),by Mr. G. Wharton James, Pasadena, Cal.Oct. 22. " Plants and their Environment " (illustrated), by Professor H. D. Densmore, Beloit College, Wis.Oct. 29. " The Moon " (illustrated), by Professor E. E. Barnard,Yerkes Observatory.Nov. 5. "Japan and the Japanese" (illustrated), by Mr.Walter C. Nelson, Chicago.Nov. 12. "Biology of the Great Lakes " (illustrated), by Professor Jacob Reighard, University of Michigan.Nov. 19. "The Magic Earth," by Edward Kemeys, Sculptor,Bryn Mawr, 111.Nov. 26. "From Columbus to Cervera" (illustrated), by Professor Edwin E. Sparks, University of Chicago.154 UNIVERSITY RECORDList of Consultation Hours,OCTOBER 1, 1898,of all University Instructors offering Courses in the Autumn 1898.The University Council has directed the publication of the office hours of instructors for October 1.AbbottAlmstedtAngellBallouBarnesBechtelBlackburnBlanchardBolzaBoydBrunerBuckBuckleyBulkleyButterworthCaldwellCappsCarpenterCastleCatterallChandlerChamberlainChamberlinChildClarkCoulterCowlesCrandallCuttingDamonDavisDeweyDonaldsonDudleyEycleshymerFosterFreundGoodspeedHaleHammondHancockHarper, R. F.Harper, W. 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