Zbe TUniversits of ChicagoPrice $J.OO founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year______^_ 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOXLbc TUnivetsitE ot Gbicago ipressVOL. IV, NO. 30. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. OCTOBER 27, 1899.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The Social Crusade - - - - - 175II. The Southern Club ------ 175III. The Student Councils for the AutumnQuarter - - - - 176IV. Forging as an Art - - -. - 176V. Calendar ------- 177THE SOCIAL CRUSADE.The Sociology Club met Monday evening,October 16, in Haskell Oriental Museum, Professor A. W. Small presiding.The speaker of the evening was Mr. W. H.Wise who discussed the plans and work of "TheSocial Crusade." This work was commenced bythe Rev. J. Stitt Wilson, a graduate of Northwestern University, after several years of churchwork among the laboring classes of the West Side.Mr. Wise, who is a colleague of Mr. Wilson inthis work, stated that the aim of the organizationis to arouse the social conscience of the people tothe wrongs and injustice of the present socialsystem and to create a new social ideal that willmake the new Christian conscience and the teach -in-gs of Jesus operative. This social ideal for thishour was declared to be the collectivist ideal, orthe common ownership of the sources of produc tion and distribution by the people. The dynamic of the forwarders of this movement is theappeal to the individual to forsake all to followChrist in the regeneration of the world. They seekto give religion an objective social task turning allthat constitutes religious passion into channels ofsocial service. The method is to gather a company of men with Christ's whole ideal of life ;men who shall be absolutely free to speak thetruth ; men who shall go forth as evangels of theprimitive or simple gospel of Jesus, to call mento repentance and conversion, to service and sacrifice for the kingdom of God on earth.THE SOUTHERN CLUB.The Southern Club held its opening meetingfor the year on Friday evening, October 20, in theparlors of Green Hall.The attendance was large and much enthusiasmwas manifested.Officers were elected for the ensuing year asfollows : President, Mr. Lloyd ; Vice President,Mr. Cunningham ; Secretary, Miss Cheatham, andTreasurer, Miss Snow.This club is intended to promote the interestsand facilitate the acquaintance ,of all Southernstudents at the University.176 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE STUDENT COUNCILSFOR THE AUTUMN QUARTER.The following are the members of the severalStudent Councils for the Autumn Quarter :THE DIVINITY COUNCIL.Wm. R. Schoemaker, President, 68 MiddleDivinity. J. W. Bailey, Vice President. H. B.Woolston, Secretary. L. E. Viets, Treasurer.Chairmen of the following committees :Missions, C. S. Spaulding; Public Speaking, M.A. Martin; Athletics, W. W. White; Social Life,E. C. Kunkle; Devotional, T. A. Hoben.THE GRADUATE COUNCIL.H. E. Davies, Chairman; Mary B. Harris,George C. Sellery, D. T. Wilson, George L.Marsh.THE SENIOR COLLEGE COUNCIL.E. E. Irons, Chairman ; Clark S. Reed, Secretary ; Fanny Bates, Davis C. Bradon, H. N. Gottlieb, Benj. Samuels, M. B. Parker, J. A. Tolman,Mary C. Lincoln, G. G. Davis.THE JUNIOR COLLEGE COUNCIL.C. S. Hayes, Chair?nan; Agnes Chambers, Secretary ; W. A. Gordon, Jean Odell, CharlotteSmith, William DeSombre, C. J. Webb, John M.Redpath, B. J. Cassels, A. F. Beineld, J. M.Sheldon.FORGING AS AN ART.Mr. H. F. J. Porter, of the Bethlehem SteelWorks, gave an illustrated lecture on the subject :" The Position of Forging in the Arts," before thePolitical Economy Club, on Thursday evening,October 19, 1899.Mr. Hatfield introducing the speaker said thatthe real "men behind the guns" in the late warwere the great iron and steel manufacturers whomade the structural iron, the shafts, the gun castings, and the armor plate which formed the equipment of our new navy — and that the men represented by Mr. Porter were entitled to the samehonor as that bestowed upon our naval heroes whowon the great victories in that war.Mr. Porter read the story from the Talmud, ofthe iron worker in the seat of honor at the feast of the dedication of the Temple, and emphasizedby this story the fact, not always recognized, thatiron is the foundation of arts and crafts, industryand commerce — in fact the indispensable materialfor the manufacture of the tools for every trade,for our steam engines, railroads, printing presses,steamships, and machinery for all the arts of peaceand war. Tracing the history of the forging artthe lecturer pointed out that its beginnings lay inthe prehistoric age, that it was already well developed three thousand years ago, although the process of making large objects such as columns wasthe slow one of welding together small piecesweighing less than one pound. During the Middle Ages the iron -workers' guilds, with their extremely minute division of labor, carried the art toits climax producing during this period workwhich has not been surpassed even in moderntimes. The modern period of forging beginswith the demand for large castings and the subsequent development of the giant steam trip hammers. The first of these was successfully operatedin France, the hammer being constructed fromunused plans pirated from an English concern.The introduction of the Bessemer process of steelmaking, the development of the steam hammer togigantic proportions, and the still later perfectionof the hydraulic press, the use of oil tempering,and core boring are matters of general knowledge,though their effect upon the forging art has beenrevolutionary. The great power hammers produce convex ends instead of the concave endsproduced by the lighter hammers. The centralcore of the shaft is then cut out, relieving the shaftof its greatest weakness, reducing the weight of theshaft about 25 per cent, and the strength only 6per cent. The use of the new methods of end-compression, shoulder boring, and oil tempering,and the use of nickel-steel as material have increased the possible strength of castings sevenfold, without increase of weight.The numerous views illustrating the lecturewere direct photographs showing the actual process of forging at the great Bethlehem Steel Works.UNIVERSITY RECORD 177THE CALENDAR.OCTOBER 27— NOVEMBER 4.Friday, October 27.Chapel Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Division Lecture : The Lower Juniors (DivisionsIV, V, VI) meet President Harper in KentTheater at 10:30 a.m.Physics Club meets in Room 32, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.Papers : " On the Contact Theory," by Mr. C. H.Treadwell ; " On the Pressure due to the ElectricSpark," by Mr. B. O.. Hutchison ; "On the FlickerPhotometer," by Mr. G. M. Hobbs.Saturday, October 28.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Faculty of the Divinity School at 8:30A.M.The Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums, 10:00 a.m.The Faculty of the Graduate School of Artsand Literature, 11:30 a.m.Sunday, October 29.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4: 00 P.M.Monday, October 80.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.t> New Testament Club meets in the parlor ofSouth Divinity House at 7: 30 p.m.Papers by Messrs Heuver and Atkinson, subject:" What constitutes a Living Faith ?"Tuesday, October 81.Chapel-Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanicalLaboratory, at 5:00 p.m.Mr. B. E. Livingston will present the results of hisinvestigations upon environmental factors in the production of polymorphism in Stigeoclonium. Sociology Club meets in Congregation Hall,Llaskell Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Mr. A. M. Simons, of the Socialist Labor Party andEditor of The Workman's Call will speak on " TheTrust Problem."Wednesday, November 1.Division Lectures : The Upper Seniors (Divisions I, II, III) meet President Harper inCongregation Hall, Haskell, at 10:30 a.m.The Lower Seniors (Divisions IV, V, VI) meet inthe Lecture Room, Cobb Hall, at 10:30 a.m.The Division Lecture is delivered by Professor Small.The Upper Juniors (Divisions I, II, III) meetin Kent Hall at 10:30 a.m.The Division Lecture is delivered by Assistant Professor Stiegiitz.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, ZoologicalLaboratory at 4:00 p.m.Papers : " Recent Literature on Variation," by Mr.R. P. Johnson ; " Experimental Production of Astersand Cell-Division" (Morgan), by Mr. E. R. Dowrning.Thursday, November 2.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Flail, 10:30 a.m.Friday, November 8.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. 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