Hbe lUniverstre of GbicagoPrice $K00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single Copies*Per Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOZbc 'CUniversit^ of Gbtcaao PxcsbVOL. IV, NO. 17. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JULY 28, 1899.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Reports from the Zoological Club : Ovarian Structure in an Abnormal Pigeon. By Michael F.Guyer - 97II. Executive Bulletins :No. XII. Registration for the Second Term - 98No. XIII. Announcement to the UndergraduateStudents - 98-99III. Official Notices -------- 99IV. The Haskell Lectures for 1899 ----- 99V. The Calendar 99-100Reports from the Zoological Club*OVARIAN STRUCTURE IN AN ABNORMAL PIGEON.The bird in question was the offspring of a Viennawhite (Columba alba) and a common ring dove (Tur-tur risorius). She was remarkable for her unusualappearance and manner, and upon dissection theovary was found to be abnormal. The first thing inthe structure of the ovary to strike the attention wasthe large number of double eggs, that is, two or moreeggs lay within a common follicle; they might ormight not be separated by a distinct membrane.Most of the larger eggs were vacuolated, the vacuoles always appearing in connection with the substance of the sphere or yolk-nucleus. This spheresubstance seemed to be also closely related to themembrane separating double eggs.The nuclei in many cases were shrunken andseemed to be degenerating. Nucleoli were frequentlypresent, but in many cases were indistinct and irregular in outline. Mitotic division of the nucleus wasnever observed, although one or two centrosomes were* Meetings of Winter and Spring Quarters, 1899. often present. Many of the eggs, especially the largerones, were undergoing resorption by means of phagocytes which were the transformed follicle cells. Instances were found where the follicle cells haddisappeared along part of the periphery of the egg,leaving behind a deposit of pigment. The doubling ofthe eggs seemed to be due in most of the smaller onesto a division of the primordial egg cell, and in thelarger ones to fusion of contiguous cells. The cause ofsuch abnormalities is not known. Some connectionwith hybridization may be shown later.Michael F. Guyer.Titles of papers given during the two quarters :" Life-history of Dicyema," by Assistant Professor W.M.Wheeler; "Abnormalities in Ovigenesis," by Dr.M. F. Guyer; "Recent Literature on Annelid Morphology," by R. S. Lillie ; " Experimental Productionof Meroblastic Cleavage in the Frog's Egg " (O. Hert-wig), Dr. C. M. Child ; " Recent Experimental Workon the Ctenophore Egg " (Fischel and H. E. Ziegler),Dr. C. M. Child : " Some Native Americans " (illustrated) A. L. Melander and C. T. Brues ; " The Formation of Giant Embryos in Ascaris" (Zur Strassen), H.H. Newman ; " Blind Fishes," Professor C. H. Eigen-mann of the University of Indiana ; " Instincts andHabits of Solitary Wasps (Peckham) Miss M. M. Ente-man; "The Evolution of the Color-Pattern in thePigeon's Wing," Professor C. O. Whitman; "TheExcretory Organs of Petromyzon," Assistant ProfessorW. M. Wheeler ; " The Excretory System of Turtles,"Miss E. R. Gregory ; " A Review of the Phosphorescent Organs of Animals" (illustrated), AssistantProfessor S. Watase* ; " Hybridism in Pigeons," M. F.Guyer.98 UNIVERSITY RECORDExecutive Bulletins.NUMBER XII.REGISTRATION FOR THE SECOND TERM.To Officers and Students of the University of Chicago :Attention is called to the following action of the University Council, taken July 15, 1899, in reference toregistration of summer students in the Second Term of the Summer Quarter. This action is understood to gointo effect at once. Officers of administration, officers of instruction, and students of the University arerequested to cooperate in conducting the registration for the Second Term of the Summer Quarter in accordancewith these regulations :1. Students in residence throughout the First Term of the Summer Quarter may register for two weeksthree weeks, or four weeks of the Second Term, paying University bills pro rata for such period.2. Credit on the University records for the work of the Second Term will be given as follows :1) Those who remain in residence throughout the term and complete the work receive full credit.2) Those who remain in residence not less than four weeks, who register and pay tuition bills for thewhole term, and who are able to complete the entire work of the term to the satisfaction ofInstructors, receive full credit. It is understood in such case that Instructors are authorized togive special examinations or other suitable tests.3) Those who register for not less than three weeks, paying tuition bills pro rata, may receive for thework of the entire nine weeks in any course continued from the First Term three fourths {%) ofthe full quarter's credit. It is understood that in such case Instructors are authorized to givespecial examinations or other suitable tests.4) In many cases courses left incomplete by partial registration for the Second Term may becompleted by Correspondence under the usual conditions. Information on this head may beobtained from the Secretary of the Correspondence-study Department of the University Extension,Room 5A, Cobb Hall.3. Registration for the Second Term, either in part or as a whole, may be effected at the office hours ofthe respective deans on any day. On days to be announced later the deans will give special hours of registration.GEORGE S. GOODSPEED, WILLIAM R. HARPER,Recorder. President.The University of Chicago,July 24, 1899.NUMBER XIII.ANNOUNCEMENT TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.To Undergraduate Students:The attention of undergraduate students in absentia during the Summer Quarter is called to thecourses of instruction offered in various departments during the Second Term of the Summer Quarter. Attention is specially invited to those courses which are entirely completed within the period of six weeks, beginning August 12. It will be observed that a large number of double minor courses and minor courses areso arranged that by entering August 12 important progress may be made toward the completion of thecollege course. Credit may thus be obtained to the amount of at least one and one half majors.For those whose work has been irregular, or for those who desire to make up deficiencies, this arrangement makes especial provision. During the Second Term of the Summer Quarter, 1899, there are offeredUNIVERSITY RECORD 99* twenty four courses, completed within the term, as over against twelve for the Second Term of the SummerQuarter, 1898 :Introductory Ethics ; Advanced Ethics ; Civil Government in the United States ; Homer, Iliad, Elementary Course ; Thucydides, Selections ; Sophocles, Selected Plays ; Virgil, JBneid ; Roman GeneralAdministration ; Roman Law ; Elementary French ; Italian Historical Prose ; Milton's Poetry ; The Gospelof Mark; Primitive Christian Institutions; Solid Geometry ; Field Class in Geology ; The Pathogenic Bacteria ; Water and Water Supplies ; Advanced Bacteriology ; Elements of Histology ; Introductory Physiology ;Elementary Botany ; Field Botany.GEORGE S. GOODSPEED, WILLIAM R. HARPER,Recorder. President.The University of Chicago, July 24, 1899.Official Notices.The Final Examination of Luther Parker Russellfor the degree of D.B., will be held Friday, August 4,at 4:00 p.m., in Room 15, Haskell. Principal subject,Church History ; secondary subject, Systematic Theology. Thesis: " Auricular Confession : Its Development and Significance." Committee : ProfessorsHulbert, Johnson, Northrup, Foster, Associate Pro-4 fessor Moncrief, and all other members of the departments immediately concerned. Calendar.july 28— augusts, 1899.The Final Examination of William Wallace Reedfor the degree of D.B. will be held Thursday, August 10,at 4:00 p.m., in Room 26, Haskell. Principal subject,Systematic Theology ; secondary subject, New Testament. Thesis: "A Critical Estimate of Augustine'sDe Trinitate." Committee : Professors Northrup,Foster, Burton, Associate Professor Moncrief, Dr.Votaw, and all other members of the departments immediately concerned.The Haskell Lectures for 1899.The " Haskell Lectures " for 1899 will be deliveredby President John Henry Barrows, of Oberlin College,on "Christianity and Buddhism." The titles anddates of the different lectures of the course follow :1. The Life of Buddha and the Life of Christ.Sunday, August 6.2. The Death of Buddha and the Death of Christ.Wednesday, August 9.3. Buddhist and Christian Doctrines of the Soul and of theFuture Life. Friday, August 11.4. The Ethics of Buddhism and of Christianity.Sunday, August 13.5. Buddhism in China and Japan. Wednesday, August 16.6. The Right Attitude of Christianity toward Buddhism.Friday, August 18.4:00 p.m. 1R Theater. Friday, July 28.Chapel-Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.University Open Lectures :8 : 30 a.m. " Hebrew Wisdom Literature." President Harper,Congregation Hall, Haskell.11:00 a.m. "Hebrew Religion as compared with other Semitic Religions." Professor Smith, CongregationHall, Haskell.11:00 a.m. "Dante in English." Assistant Professor Howland,C 17, Cobb Hall.4:00p.m. "Contemporary Social Ethics as affecting Charitable Efforts." Miss Addams, Chapel, Cobb Hall.4 : 00 p.m. " The First Failure." Assistant Professor Sparks,Kent Theater.5:00p.m. "The Literature of the Babylonians and Assyrians." Associate Professor R. F. Harper, Haskell,Room 26.8 : 00 p.m. " An * Interpretative Recital ' of the Book of Job."Professor Moulton, Kent Theater.Mathematical Club meets in Room 36, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, 7:30 p.m.Paper: "Concerning Linearoid Differential Equations,"by Dr. Wilczinski.Notes : " Concerning the Concept of Limit," by AssistantProfessor Young. " Concerning Higher Complex numbers, III," by Professor Bolza.Saturday, July 29.Meetings of Faculties and Boards :The Administrative Board of the University Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums, 10:00 a.m.The Faculties of the Graduate School of Arts andLiterature, 11: 30 a.m.Sunday, July 30.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater,. 4: 00 p.m.Sermon by Professor Geo. B.Foster on "The Toleranceof Jesus."Union meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Association Room, Haskell, 7:00 p.m.100 UNIVERSITY RECORDMonday, July 31.Chapel -Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior College Students).Germanic Club meets in German Library, Cobb Hall,2: 00 p.m.Professor Otto Heller, of Washington University (St.Louis), will read on: " Griindeutschland." A discussion (in German) of the basis and the leading motifs ofGerman Letters, 1880-1899.University Open Lectures :4 : 00 p.m. " The War in Heaven : Classical Epic applied to Biblical Matter." Professor Moulton, Kent Theater.8: 00 p.m. "A Stroll in and about Florence" (illustrated).Associate Professor Moncrief, Congregation Hall,Haskell.Tuesday, August 1.Chapel Assembly : Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior College Students).' University Open Lectures :" Hebrew Wisdom Literature." President Harper,Congregation Hall, Haskell."Hebrew Religion as compared with other Semitic Religions." Professor Smith, CongregationHaU, Haskell." Dante in English." Assistant Professor Howland,C 17, Cobb Hall."Puritan Theology, systematized by Milton as aWorld Philosophy. Professor Moulton, KentTheater."Ethical Gains through Legislation regardingOrganization." Mrs. Kelley, Chapel, Cobb Hall.Problems in Chemistry: 3. "Solution Tension."Assistant Professor Lengfeld, Kent Chemical Laboratory, Room 20."The Nebular Hypothesis in the Light of ModernSpectroscopic Research " (illustrated). ProfessorFrost, Congregation Hall, Haskell.Wednesday, August 2.8:30 a.m.11 : 00 a.m.11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.University Open Lectures :8:30 a.m.11 : 00 a.m.11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.5:00 p.m. " Hebrew Wisdom Literature." President Harper,Congregation Hall, Haskell." Hebrew Religion as compared with other Semitic Religions." Professor Smith, CongregationHall, Haskell." Dante in English." Assistant Professor Howland,C 17, Cobb Hall."Count Tolstoy."Cobb Hall. Miss Jane Addams, Chapel,Professor"Constitution Making." AssistantSparks, Congregation Hall, Haskell."The Literature of the Babylonians and Assyrians." Associate Professor R. F. Harper, Haskell,Room 26.Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. in Association Room, Haskell, 7:00 p.m. ' President Harper,Thursday, August 3.Chapel-Assembly : Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.Address by Professor Moulton on : " The True Meaning ofUniversity Extension. "University Open Lectures :8:30 a.m. "Hebrew Wisdom Literature,'Congregation Hall, Haskell.11:00 a.m. "Hebrew Religion as compared with other Semitic Religions," Professor Smith, CongregationHail, Haskell.11 : 00 a.m. " Dante in English." Assistant Prof essor Howland,C 17, Cobb Hall.4: 00 p.m. "Puritan Theology systematized by Milton as aWorld Philosophy" (concluded). ProfessorMoulton, Kent Theater.4: 00 p.m. "Ethical Gains through Legislation regardingthe Right of Work." Mrs. Kelley, Chapel, CobbHall.4:00p.m. Problems in Chemistry: 4. "The Gases of theAtmosphere." Assistant Prof essor Lengfeld, KentChemical Laboratory, Room 20.3 : 00 p.m. " Comets and Meteors " (illustrated) .Barnard, Congregation Hall, Haskell. ProfessorFriday, August 4.Chapel- Assembly : Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbHall, 10:30 a.m.University Open Lectures :8: 30 a.m. " Hebrew Wisdom Literature." President Harper,Congregation Hall, Haskell.11:00 a.m. "Hebrew Religion as compared with other Semitic Religions. ;' Professor Smith, CongregationHall, Haskell.11 : 00 A.m. " Dante in English." Assistant Professor Howland,C 17, Cobb Hall.4: 00 p.m. "Cooperative Colonies." Miss Jane AddamsChapel, Cobb Hall.5: 00 p.m. "The Literature of the Babylonians and Assyrians." Associate Professor Harper, Haskell,Room 26.8:00p.m. "The First President" (illustrated). AssistantProfessor Sparks, Kent Theater.8 :00 p.m. " Machiavelli and the Ethics of the Renaissance."Associate Professor Moncrief, Congregation Hall,Haskell.Final Examination of Luther Parker Russell, for thedegree of D.B., 4:00 p.m., Haskell, 15 (see p. 99).Mathematical . Club meets in Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 36, 7:30 p.m.Paper: "Fundamental theorems in the theory of realfunctions of a real variable," "by Professor E. H. Moore.Notes: " Concerning quadratic transformations," by Dr.H. E. Slaught. "Concerning Higher Complex numbers," by Professor A. S. Hathaway.Saturday, August 5.Meetings of Faculties and Boards :The Administrative Board of Physical Culture andAthletics, 8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00 a.m.The University Senate, 11:30 a.m.Material for the UNIVSKSITY BECOED must be sent to the Beeorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., inorder to be published in the issue of the same week.