(Tbe Tttniveraits of CtbicagoPrice $K00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOttbe IHntversttE ot Cblcago t>xe$$VOL !Y§ NO. 31. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 3, 1899Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The Autumn Quarter at the Affiliated Institutions - - - - - - 179-180II. Official Notices - 1 80-1 81III. The November Meteoric Shower - - 181IV. The Christian Associations - - - 181V. Calendar - - 182THE AUTUMN QUARTER AT THE AFFILIATEDINSTITUTIONS.The Frances Shimer Academy. — The newbuilding, South Hall, with three new recitationrooms, a chapel, seating 400, a gymnasium, 70 x 50,and thirteen dormitories, was dedicated September 28. Thirty new pupils have been received thepresent quarter. Miss Carrie S. Moore and MissClara D. Hulbert are new teachers in the scholastic department. Miss Mabel Camp has thework in Art, and Mrs. Isabel D. Hazzen, for manyyears head of the Conservatory of Music of Mt.Carroll Seminary, began her work as instructor inVocal Music at the Academy on September 12.The outlook indicates that this will be the bestyear the Academy has had. W. P. McKee,Dean.The South Side Academy. — The points thatsuggest themselves as being worthy of mentionare the new building, the large increase in attend ance and the introduction of manual training.The new building, erected during the pastsummer for the use of the school, is designed toaccommodate from two hundred to two hundredand twenty-five students. It has three storiesbesides a large basement. In addition to classrooms there are offices, an assembly-room thatwill accommodate the whole school, laboratories,a library, a supply-room and, in the basement,space for lockers and bicycles, baths, and the shop.The attendance for the Autumn Quarter 1898was one hundred and thirty ; the registration forthe present quarter is two hundred and fifteen, again of* eighty-five. This great increase washardly to be expected and raises the question ofthe advisability of adding to the building, or oflimiting the. number of pupils who will be received.The introduction of manual training into thecurriculum marks the beginning of a movementwhich has for its end the placing of music, art,and constructive work in their proper position inthe school. William B. Owen,Dean.Kenwood Institute. — The year 1 899-1 900opens with an attendance somewhat larger thanthat of any previous year. The senior class atpresent numbers twenty-three, of whom fifteen are180 UNIVERSITY RECORDin course of preparation for college. A majoritywill enter the University of Chicago — thoughthere will also be candidates for Bryn Mawr,Wellesley, Smith and Vassar.John C. Grant, LL.D.,Dean.Wayland Academy opened September 21 withabout sixty new students and nearly all the oldstudents who had not been graduated in June.Fully one half the new students enter the higherclasses, being graduates or advanced students ofhigh schools who are drawn here because of thesuperior facilities for preparation for college.The new Roundy Hall is nearing completion.H. J. Vosburgh,Dean.The Maynard School. — The Maynard Schoolopened for its fifth year on September 13, withbut few changes in the faculty. Miss Childs, ofAnn Arbor, is this year in charge of Mathematicsand Science, and Miss Mitchell, of the PosseSchool, is directing the work in Physical Culture.Miss Robertson, of the University of Chicago, isarousing much interest in the basket ball teamrecently organized. Laura A. Jones,Dean.Rugby School. — The school has opened thisyear with an attendance 20 per cent, larger thanthat of last year, and a total enrollment greaterthan any since the school was established. Thematerial at hand promises unusually well for goodscholarship and a healthy spirit in the school.The interest in football and athletics is as keenas ever, and the new field will do much to develop strong candidates for the college teams.The faculty has this year been increased to sixand is the strongest the school has ever had.The graduates, who during the past two yearshave entered Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan,and Amherst, passed their examinations withouta condition and some had the advantage ofhonors or advanced credit.W. R. Trowbridge,Dean. Culver Military Academy opened this yearwith an enrollment of 220 against 144 last year,an increase of over 50 per cent. The barrackshave been enlarged by the addition of a three-story fire-proof building with a capacity of seventy-five cadets, and containing section rooms,laboratories, library, hospital, etc.Four new instructors have been added, makingthe present faculty of government and instructionfifteen in number.The school is now full to its utmost capacity,and many applications for admittance have to bedeclined. A. F. Fleet, LL.D.,Dean.The Dearborn Seminary opened on September 20 and has now an attendance of fifty-two.The school has not as yet a boarding department.Of the new teachers who have not before beenmentioned in the Record Miss Mary D. Spaldingand Miss Clara L. Mooney are now connectedwith the University. Miss Sarah E. Wallace wasformerly a student here. M. L. Miller, Ph.D.Dean.Elgin Academy was affiliated with the University July 1, 1899. New students enrolled AutumnQuarter 1898, 40; Autumn Quarter 1899, 61.The Faculty was increased by the addition ofElizabeth Avery (U. of C, '99), History andFrench; Allen Eaton (Beloit, '99), Physics andChemistry. Athletics are also in his charge. Newlaboratories have been provided for Physics andChemistry as well as new equipment for the same.The prospects for the current year are very satisfactory. George N. Sleight,Dean.OFFICIAL NOTICES.The Final Examination of Henry ChalmersBiddle for the degree of Ph.D. will be heldWednesday, November 15, at 3:00 p.m., in Room22, Kent Chemical Laboratory. Principal subject, Chemistry ; secondary subject, Physics.Thesis: "Ueber Derivate des Isuretius, derUNIVERSITY RECORD 181Formhydroxamsaiire und ihre Beziehungen zuKnallsaiire." Committee : Professors Nef, Mich-elson, Associate Professor Loeb, and all otherinstructors in the departments immediately concerned.By the action of the State Board of Educationof California at a meeting held October 21, 1899,the University of Chicago was placed upon theaccredited list of the State of California, in accordance with which action graduates of the University, otherwise conforming to section 1775 ofthe Political Code of the state, will be entitled toreceive high-school certificates, which embracecertification in the lower grades of any of thepublic schools of California.THE NOVEMBER METEORIC SHOWER.Students who are willing to assist in observations of the November meteor shower are requested to send their names at once to Mr. H. D.Hubbard. Those having cameras, opera glasses,stop watches, or who have a knowledge of shorthand may render especially valuable service.Other students, however may do important workin counting the rate of fall, observing color,course of fall, angular distance of fall, exact timeof appearance and disappearance. The objectwill be to determine the variation of the radiantpoint and from this the determination of theparallax of the meteor stream. Valuable assistance can be rendered by volunteer amateur observers under the direction of the astronomicalstaff. The results secured by amateurs in thepreface shower of last November proved unexpectedly valuable, and it is hoped that all who areable to aid in this work will do so. Star maps ofthe vicinity of the radiant point and other equipment for making proper records will be providedby the department. Unusual interest attaches tothis shower as it is a repetition of the historic 33-year display previously observed in 1799, I^33?and 1866, radiating from the constellation of Leo. In addition to the really valuable scientificresults of these observations, it is expected thatdespite the full moonlight, the display will bebrilliant enough amply to repay those who aid inthe observations.THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS.The Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. have bothentered upon the present year of their work withunusual enthusiasm and promise.The Y. W. C. A. has a room pleasantly fittedup for study and rest on the fourth floor of CobbHall. They plan to promote social life among allwomen of the University. An attempt is beingmade to organize the students for definite and systematic settlement work. They are seeking tosolve the problem of closer association and sympathy among the women, and to prevent thesad cases of loneliness and real need which awider acquaintance might obviate. A pleasantprecedent has been established in the openingmeeting at the home of Assistant Professor Vincent, which afforded a more pleasant social background than the Halls. It is hoped by the promoters of the work that all the women in the University will unite in helping on this social side,whether in sympathy with the devotional interestor not.The Y. M. C. A., besides the Bible studycourses noted in a previous number of the Record,is about to offer a course in the history, religions,and social conditions of Japan. Mr. Isao Hata,a graduate student and native of Japan, will conduct the class. The regular time of meeting willbe on Sunday, at 7:45 p.m. All students of theUniversity are eligible.The Y. M. C. A., by agreement with sometwenty-five other associations in all parts of thecountry, is taking hektograph plats of the football games played on home grounds. These areexchanged after each game. The plats of home-games and those received in exchange can befound in the football training quarters.182 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.NOVEMBER 3-11.Friday, November 3.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Mathematical Club meets in Room 36, RyersonPhysical Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Papers : " The Goursat-Cauchy definition of the analytic function of a complex variable," II, by ProfessorMoore.Notes : " On Cremona transformations," III, by Dr.Slaught ; " On unilateral surfaces," by Associate Professor Maschke.Saturday, November 4.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, 8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00a.m.Sunday, November 5.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4:00 P.M.Monday, November 6.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, November 7.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. W. B. McCallum will review Lang's work on theprothallus of Lycopodium clavatum and also Bruch-mann's studies on the prothalli and embryos of several European species of Lycopodium.Mr. I. B. Overton will present Campbell's investigation on the flower and embryo of Sparganium.English Club meets in the English Library,5 d, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 8:00 p.m.Mr. William Morton Payne will speak on "AmericanCriticism and the Doctrine of Evolution." All areinvited.Material for the CALENDAR must be sent to tin order to be published in the issue of the same week. Wednesday, November 8.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 Stieglitz.Thursday, November 9.Semitic Club meets at President Harper's houseat 7:30 p.m.Papers : Mr. Alois Barta : " Historical Reminiscencesin Hosea 12 ; " Mr. C D. Gray : " A Study of Hosea8: 12 ; " Mr. ]. O. Ward : " A Study of Hosea 14: 2-10." Election of officers.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, November 10.Chapel Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Thirteenth Educational Conference of Institutions affiliated or cooperating with the University.Executive Session of Deans and Principals with theBoard of University Affiliations, Congregation PI all,Haskell Museum, 3:00-5:00 p.m.Reception, President's House, 5:00-6: 30 p.m.Second Annual Contest in Declamation, KentTheater, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, November 11.Educational Conference (continued), Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Addresses by A. C. Miller, H. W. Thurston, A. C.Bartlett and Franklin MacVeigh, on the topic " TheRelation of Higher Education to Success in BusinessLife."Reception and Lunch, Haskell Museum, 12:00 M.Departmental Conferences will be held in the variousdepartmental rooms, 2:00 p.m.Office of Information by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M.,