VOLUME IV NUMBER 32ERSITYFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1899THE "AUTUMN FESTIVAL" GUESTS AT THEUNIVERSITY.On Tuesday morning, October tenth, the University was honored by a visit of the officialrepresentatives from the Republic of Mexico andthe Dominion of Canada who were in Chicago toattend the exercises of the Autumn Festival.The party was in charge of the President of theUniversity. After a tour of inspection of thebuildings and grounds, they were welcomed atHaskell Oriental Museum by the Senate andCouncil of the University. George E. Vincent,Marshal of the University Congregation being incharge, and the members of the Faculties beingin cap and gown.A procession led by the University of ChicagoMilitary Band was then formed under the direction of Head Marshal Walter J. Schmahl, marching as an escort to the distinguished guests toKent Theater.The auditorium was crowded to overflowingwith enthusiastic students, very many of whomwere unable to obtain seats. The national flagof Mexico, the Union Jack of the British Empire,and the Stars and Stripes were draped over theplatform, and as the representatives of the threecountries were introduced the band played theirnational airs. President Harper opened the exercises byspeaking as follows :" Members of the University : It is our verygreat privilege from time to time to greet at theUniversity many and distinguished guests. Wehave the pleasure this morning of having as ourguests representatives from Mexico, His Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Mexico, Seiior Ignacio Mariscal,Sehor Manuel de Azpiroz, Senors Bonito Juarezand Tom as Moran, Mexican Congressmen, Cap-tian Samuel Garcia Cueller, Dr. Raphael Lavistaand Dr. Julio A. de Gogorza, -Senor BalbinoDavolas, Captain Barron and Sehor AlonzoMariscal. We have also as guests, representativesof Canada Sir James Grant, of Ottawa, and Mr.Cameron, the Solicitor-General, of Ottawa. Wegreet also with pleasure General Thomas Anderson of the United States Army, and distinguishedcitizens of our own city, Postmaster Charles U.Gordon, Mr. Thomas B. Bryan, Mr. Martin A.Ryerson, president of the Board of Trustees ofthe University of Chicago, Mr. Henry Ives Cobb,architect of the University, Mr. Thomas McLean,Mr. George D. Cook, Mr. William B. Roberts,Mr. Robert C. Cook, Mr. I. S. Hurst, Mr. AugustusC. Babize, Mr. George D. Inglebe, and Mr.Robert L. Hay."184 UNIVERSITY RECORD" I take pleasure in welcoming these our gueststo the University. In order that we might havefitting expression for such welcome, I have askedthat the Dean of the University, Mr. Judson,should address to them a few words on behalf ofthe University."Dean Judson spoke as follows :" Gentlemen, in behalf of the University, it givesme great pleasure to extend to you a most cordialwelcome to our University."" Sehor Mariscal and gentlemen of the Republicof Mexico. In the last few days you have heardon all sides, I am sure, many expressions ofcordial sympathy and profound respect for yourselves, for your President, and for the Republicwhich you represent. These expressions, sir, arenot perfunctory. They are by no means merelyexpressions of courtesy dictated by hospitalityto guests. They are more than that. I assertwhat I am sure I know to be true when Isay that they express the matured conviction andsincere feelings of our whole American people.If these feelings in this country have ever beenotherwise, it is because we have not perfectlyknown and understood our neighboring Republic.We have at times in the past seen that Republicstirred by civil dissensions, but a time came whenwe ourselves had our civil dissensions, and thenwe knew that it is not always possible for politicalwisdom to steer a country peacefully throughevery storm. We have also come to understandour neighbors of Mexico as never before. Aknowledge of one another does away with causeless national prejudices; and that leads, I amsure, to cordial respect. Look at Mexico todayand what do we see ? We see that for a generationpast, there have been social order and the rule oflaw. We see that justice has been enforced andmaterial prosperity advanced. Railroads andmines are being developed, hospitals are beingbuilt, educational institutions are being created.In all the orderly progress of mature civilizationMexico is taking a large place in the world. Agreat part of this progress, sir, I attribute to your honored President. We have known and followedhis career as a soldier fighting for his country,,and as a statesman, with great interest. Werespect him and admire him, sir, and rank himamong the great statesmen of the century — werank him with Bismarck, Gladstone, and Lincoln^.as one of the great constructive statesmen of thenineteenth century. We revere and honor thename of the Liberator-President, Bonito Juarez;and we honor and revere the name of the constructive statesman, President Porfirio Diaz, and youmay be very sure that if ever the time comes whenagain the institutions of your Republic shall bethreatened by despotism, if ever the time shouldcome when your institutions should be in dangerfrom a despotic authority, I am sure that again,,as in '65, you will find the armed force of thisRepublic standing behind you for your protection.And so in this greeting may I simply express thehope that the two republics, as the years pass by,may know each other better, and if they do, I amsure that this friendship of the two nations willnot end, but that they will stand together forrepublican institutions on this continent."" Gentlemen from the Dominion of Canada: Wehave especial cause to give you cordial greeting.Many of our students come from the Dominionof Canada. Of those whom the University hashonored with fellowships, nine are now Canadians,and many others in our advanced classes are fromCanada ; and let me say that they have, withoutexception, made with us an honorable record forcharacter and scholarship. The same virile nation that founded Canada founded Illinois. Itwas the French who settled on the banks of theIllinois River. Predominant numbers of British,too, alike in each country have given shape topublic institutions. But while blood may bethicker than water, what unites us after all is thecommunity of political and social ideas. TheDominion of Canada, which you have created,stands for essentially the same thought in,, theworld, founded on the whole by the same kind ofmen; and whether they are French or British,UNIVERSITY RECORD 185German or Scandinavian, they are united for thesame advancement, for the same civilization, forthe same ideas of law, of justice, and of liberty.So, gentlemen, may- I say, we three countries,Canada, Mexico, and the United States, oughtalways to stand together for the advancement ofcivilization on this North American continent;and while we do stand together, peace, liberty,and justice v/ill ever prevail. Gentlemen, I cordially welcome you."President Harper in introducing the representatives of Mexico, said :" I am sure that it will please his excellency ifI say to you that the fiberator, Juarez, to whomreference has been made, is represented here thismorning in his son, who bears his name. Andnow you will be glad to hear a few words fromhis excellency, the minister of foreign affairs ofthe Republic of Mexico."Senor Don Ignacio Mariscal responded :" Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : I amvery sorry that I am no English speaker, and thatI am a little fatigued, yet I cannot help thankingyou very cordially for your warm welcome, andespecially for the kind words uttered by the distinguished speaker in regard to Mexico, its president, and our hero, Bonito Juarez. I rejoice ingreeting you, and I greet you most cordially inthe name of all my countrymen, for you are themost interesting, the most promising class in anycommunity, as you devote the best years of yourlife to the study of science, and science is everything nowadays. All trades and all professionsare founded on scientific principles. Even waritself, which is the curse of nations, although sometimes conducive to their grandeur, even war itselfis founded on strictly scientific principles. Agreat philosopher has said that ' knowledge ispower.' It is, indeed ; especially when it is applied ,to useful purposes, as it is in this country.So that I am sure that you are improving all thefacilities given you by your fatherland for theacquisition of knowledge given here more lavishly than in any other country in the world. I amsure that you are proud of your great University,so recently created, yet now comparing favorablywith the best in the whole civilized world. I amsure that you are improving all these facilities foreducation, which is the characteristic feature ofthe United States. I am sure that you will neverslacken in your efforts to attain the goal you propose to reach ; that is, the acquisition of a usefulknowledge, the acquisition of science. I hope so,and I think that by constant persistence in yourefforts you will acquire that power alluded to bythe great philosopher I quoted before, and thatyou will be happy and powerful, and that as successful students you may some day be the mightand glory of this prosperous country. Allowme to close my remarks with this wish, whichcomes from the bottom of my heart, and wishyou prosperity and success in your importantstudies."President Harper introduced the Canadianrepresentative as follows :" It gives me great pleasure to introduce to youthe distinguished physician who represents ourneighboring country, the Dominion of Canada,Sir James Grant."Sir James Grant responded :" Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : Irise with no ordinary degree of pleasure and gratification to respond to the worthy call of yourpresident to me, to make a very few observationson this extremely interesting and instructiveoccasion. I thank you, sir, for the invitation tobe here today in order to have an opportunityto judge of the magnificent work and great responsibility that has fallen to your charge. In the progress of intellectual development, we know very wellthat there is nothing that tends to stamp the progress and growth of a country more than the education of its people. This country, it is true, is democratic in its character, but we Canadians are proudto reflect on the fact that in the midst of thatdemocracy there is a magnificent aristocracy.186 UNIVERSITY RECORDI think of the illustrious individuals, Bancroft and Prescott, Holmes and Lowell, Whittierand Longfellow, men who by their intellectualactivity, by their lofty genius, by their transcendent ability, have handed down to posterity thename and reputation of an imperishable character.For the furtherance of the grand and magnificentdevelopment of this great republic, you today arepreparing a body of young people. I am surethat, judging by their physiognomy and physicalstructure as well, I can predict for them a greatfuture, and I trust the evidences of politicalpower and ability which have passed away, whichnow rest entombed amid the great of this country,will teach to you all lessons with reference towhat you have to accomplish in order to maintainand exalt that noble reputation which has givensuch prestige to your republic. This University is merely of short duration, I am told, and stillit is marvelous how much you have accomplished.But in the great march of yesterday through thecity of Chicago, when I looked around me inevery direction and saw those evidences of prosperity, of peace, of progress, and the developmentin trade and commerce, I am not at all surprisedthat this institution has grown up with suchremarkable progress and given evidence of suchtangible advancement. I trust, sir, that you willbe spared many years of practical usefulness inguarding the best interests of that noble classnow under your supervision, and I trust that thegreat republic will produce many a Rockefeller tohelp you on. I was pleased beyond measure tohear you state that in your classes this year therewere a number of Canadians. In this city aloneI believe the number is about one hundred thousand. Why is it that the Canadians wend theirway to the great pastures of this republic?Because they are received with open arms. Inthe country they came from there are collegiateinstitutions and universities. They get thereinstruction which enables them to equip themselves so as to gain the confidence of those whoare their employers, and advance their own interests, the honor of their country, and at thesame time the prosperity of the people with whomthey are associated. Our young men have beenhonored by you in the quiet paths of life. It is astrange fact but nevertheless true that when thisrepublic was shaken from one end to the other bythe great Civil War over a quarter of a centuryago, a great portion of which I saw personally,having gone through the ranks of that great army,I tell you that our young Canadians were proudof the opportunity extended to them to join inthe ranks with the best blood of the United States,fighting on the same battlefields, spilling theirblood with the same object in view, the retention,maintenance, and keeping together the elementswhich constitute this great union, and at the sametime the abolition of slavery and the advancementof civilization. United as you are today andenjoying the glorious privileges that are aroundyou, rely upon it that we Canadians are pleasedbeyond measure to note your prosperity. We areone people; we enjoy the same pastures; webreathe the same atmosphere ; we read the sameliterature; and we almost landed in the sameway, with this distinction that your progenitorslanded on Plymouth Rock, while ours paddledtheir way up the majestic St. Lawrence, and laidthe foundations of civil and religious libertywhich we, as a people, are proud to enjoy. Onevery occasion where I have been lately, it hasbeen to me a source of pride and of gratificationto observe the Union Jack and the Stars andStripes planted together as emblems of peace,and I trust that these fabrics emblematic ofnationality will be strengthened in a greatmeasure by opening more widely the portalsof trade and commerce which now existbetween the United States and Canada. We areonly five millions of people, whereas you are overseventy-five millions ; rely upon it, that themutual interchange of commodities and friendship will do much to cement us together, and tomake us feel that on this great North Americancontinent these tiny, homely, homeopathic differ-UNIVERSITY RECORD 187ences should be abolished, and that we should berecognized as members of the great Anglo-Saxonfamily, who are determined to live together onthat basis of friendship and prosperity which advances all nations in every portion of the civilizedworld."" Now, Mr. President, forty years ago when Ifirst visited Chicago, it was merely in the incipient stage of development, but today I look aroundand see these magnificent structures in every direction, indicative in the midst of this great cityof the advancement in science, literature and artand in religious influence. These are factorswhich cannot be doubted. And the people whohave accomplished so much, and are now movingupwards and onwards and progressive, cannotfail in the century that is to come to achieve areputation and a standing and a degree of prosperity even far ahead of what has transpired inthe past century. I thank you, Mr. President,for the opportunity extended to me to offer thesefew observations. I wish Chicago Universityevery possible degree of prosperity. You have aclass of young people growing up in this countrywho only need to have a proper balance of intellectual development, backed up by physicalstructure and figure, to become individuals practically equipped to grapple with the problems oflife here. I thank you most heartily for this opportunity, and I trust that this is not the lastprivilege that I shall have of visiting the University of Chicago."President Harper then introduced the representatives of our own citizens :"We have with us this morning visitors fromour own land whose names have been presentedto you, and some which I fear I have not read.These visitors represent the United States government, they represent the United States Army,and'they represent the United States citizenship.Without having informed him beforehand I amgoing to ask Mr. Thomas B. Bryan to say a fewwords to us this morning. It gives me great pleasure to present to you a representative citizenof the United States, of the State of Illinois, andof the city of Chicago."Mr. Bryan replied :" Mr. President and Gentlemen : If Dr. Harper had merely said he would give me a littlemore time before catching my breath to allowthe pulsations of my heart to cease, it would havebeen a little better, for when he mentioned myname it started those pulsations and I was almostanxious to hear the shouts from those boys thereon the top row of seats."" If I could condense in a word what I feel, itwould be to say 'God bless you all.' When Ilook at these young faces, men and women juststarting in the career of life, then I think — well,of Methusaleh, and think what a long reach it isfrom your present life to my age. It is a careerfull of intense interest upon which you are entering and the noble words that fell from the lipsof the Mexican vice president, and were followedby those of the .Canadian representative, musthave struck into your ears and hearts so as toleave an enduring impression. The great republic that is so dearly beloved by us all rests uponyour shoulders. We who are passing away feelproud that those who follow us are so worthy ofthe high calling that awaits them, and under thebenign influences of American institutions, ofwhich this is the brightest type, this magnificentUniversity, with that honored president, for whoseprolonged longevity your shouts went up a fewminutes ago, joined with mine to the bottom ofmy heart, there is no question whatever but thatthe American republic will be enduring and willbe glorious in all time. We are here today withthe representatives of two governments on eitherside of us — the great Canadian government, apart and parcel of that magnificent empire whichhas as its head the greatest of all earthly sovereigns,the longest lived and the most beautiful type ofwomanhood. We have to the south of us thatyoung republic, that sister republic which has188 UNIVERSITY RECORDpassed through ordeals and trials that have shakenall the pillars of the state, and yet, in the noblelanguage of our magnificent president, stands asa pyramid yet unmoved and destined to remainlike our own, perpetual. The president of thatrepublic, President Diaz, aided by such glorious,such well-trained and accomplished statesmen asthe vice president, is now the pride of the trio —one of the trio of governments on the NorthAmerican continent, of which we are all proud.And I am not at all sure, gentlemen, but that aswe are sandwiched between the two, I do not saythat the sandwiched part is the best of the sandwich, but I am not at all sure but that we aregoing to be benefited by watching these two, and atany rate will profit by their merits when they comeinto contrast with our own, for each governmenthas its distinctive advantages and we ought toprofit by them."" I listened with a good deal of attention to theremark that science was the foundation of allknowledge, and that knowledge is the basis ofall power, but I remember that when I was a boy,if I can think back so far, nature despised avacuum, and I begin to feel that same naturestirring within me."" I am only going to say to you, boys, girls,young men, and young women, that when I leftHarvard University, I left it with tears in my eyes,because I loved that old institution and I loved thepeople that were with me there, and I know thatwhen you leave this university that you will feelsomewhat in the same pathetic humor. Learn tolove it, let the love of it sink deeply into yourhearts. Preserve the memory of this young timewarmly, and all through your lives you will beproud of a university built up with such marvelous speed, quicker than any other university inthe history of the world. Be, as I know you willbe, worthy of it."At the conclusion of the exercises, the procession formed again, and, led by the Universityband, proceeded to the President's house, whereluncheon was served REPORTS OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIES,FOR OCTOBER 1899.1. The Board of Student Organizations, Publicationsand Exhibitions:Meeting of October 21. — Partial report on Oratorical Association presented.2. The Board of University Affiliations :Meeting of October 14. — 1) Committee onacceptance of certificates of the regents of thestate of New York reported progress. 2) Directormade a preliminary and informal report of workfor the ensuing year looking in the direction ofmore intensive work with affiliated and cooperating schools. 3) The following resolution wasreferred to the director for consideration andreport: u Resolved, That it is the sense of thisboard that hereafter no school should be admittedto affiliation that does not offer four years of continuous work under competent teachers and withsuitable appointments, and that schools nowaffiliated should be liable to the withdrawal of•affiliation if they do not offer such work with suchappointments within the next three years."3. The Board of Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums :Meeting of October 28. — 1) Progress was reported on the grouping of Departmental Librariesand committees were appointed on systems ofcataloguing and on rearrangement of the roomsof groups 2 and 3. 2) Committees were appointed : (a) to collect and make recommendations to the board on the subject of the bindingof University books : (b) on difficulties in passingcertain classes of books through the customs, and(c) on the purchase of books of value to severaldepartments.4. The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics :Meeting of October 7. — 1) Playing in the University band was made equivalent to requiredphysical culture, during the year 1 899-1 900. 2)Committee was appointed on problems connectedwith the Women's Gymnasium.UNIVERSITY RECORD 189Meeting of October 14.— Charles L. Burroughswas appointed to represent the University asPresident of the Western Intercollegiate AmateurAthletic Association.5. The Faculty of the Junior Colleges :Meeting of October J. — 1) The following students were admitted with advanced standing : R.C. Brown, Elvira D. Cabell, Rebecca L. Day,Annie L. Dodge, Marie L. Drake, A. H. Fowler,J. O. Hamilton E. R. Haynes, M. R. Jacobs,Clara J. Kretzinger, G. W. Kretzinger, Meta B.Lachmund, Laura B. Lamberson, Roxane E.Langellier, Anna H. Marshall, R. E. McKay, F.S. Righeimer, Mrs. Addie C. Stevens, G. Q.Whitfield. 2) Mr. Laing was appointed a member of the curriculum committee.6. The Faculty of the Senior Colleges :Meeting of October 14. — 1) The following students were admitted with advanced standing: F.C. Cole, Edith E. Edwards, Gwen Griffiths, A.H. Hadley, Grace L. Lee, R. A. McBroom, DorcasMerriman, Lucy J. Osgood, Mabel L. Parker, F.D. Squires, Marcia P. Waples, R. H. Johnson,Carolyn B. Sennitt. 2) Mr. Raycroft was appointed a member of the committee on pre-medical work.7. The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts andLiterature :Meeting of October 28. — 1) The following persons were accepted as candidates for the degreeof Doctor of Philosophy : H. W. Stuart, Philosophy and Political Economy; C. E. Eggert, Germanics and English Language ; Clara E. Millerd,Greek, Comparative Philology and Latin ; H. H.Bawden, Philosophy and Psychology ; Mary B.Harris, Sanskrit and Latin ; K. B. Davis, PoliticalEconomy and Sociology. 2) Ruthella B. Morywas recommended to the University Senate forthe degree of Master of Philosophy. 3) A committee was appointed to consider the advisabilityof applying in the graduate school the system ofmarking employed in undergraduate work. 8. The University Council :Meeting of October 14. — 1) After discussion ofthe subject of College Advisors the heads ofhouses were requested to take up this subject andreport to the Council at its next meeting. 2)Dean Judson was requested to invite the Facultyof the Graduate Schools to consider the extensionof the system of marking in vogue in the Collegesto the Graduate School.9. The University Congregation :For the report of the meeting of October 3, seethe University Record of October 20.10. The Board of Trustees :Meeting of September 30. — 1) Professor F. J.Turner of the University of Wisconsin was engaged to conduct the Seminar of Professor vonHoist. 2) Dr. C. B. Davenport of Harvard University was appointed Assistant Professor in thedepartment' of Zoology. 3) The President received permission to undertake to raise $3000 forthe purpose of sending an astronomical expedition into the southern states to observe the totaleclipse of the Sun on May 28, 1900. 4) The recommendation of the Senate and Congregation thatthe new title or degree of " associate " be conferredon those finishing the work of the Junior Collegewas approved, but before fixing a date for beginning the conferring of such title or degree thePresident of the University was requested to communicate with the Presidents of other leading universities, notifying them of this action and askingtheir consideration of its desirability.THE ALUMNI.NOTES AND COMMUNICATIONS.NOTICES.For the next monthly issue of the RecordFrank A. Helmer, '78, president of the association, has consented to furnish an article on "TheStudent Paper in the Old University."The secretary of the Alumni Association willbe glad to furnish any information at his com-190 UNIVERSITY RECORDmand, concerning the alumni of the old or newUniversity, and will be pleased to receive any itemsof interest to the alumni.The secretary of the Alumni Association writesas follows : " The alumni have every reason tofeel hopeful regarding the work of the association.Letters are coming in every day from alumni allover this country and even from Europe, with aword of interest and encouragement. The enthusiasm which has been shown in the organization of local clubs goes to prove that the graduates have deeply at heart the welfare of the University. These words of encouragement, and thehearty cooperation of the alumni in carrying outthe plans of the association ; the earnest and warmsupport of the University authorities and especially the enthusiastic support of President Harper; the unified character of our organization,which has none of the class arrangement of theolder universities ; all these facts, considering ourextreme youthfulness, give us promise of a verystrong, united, and influential association. Andsince President Harper said in his toast at thealumni banquet in June, ' The future of the University rests with its alumni,' we may congratulate ourselves that we have taken such definite andtangible steps toward accepting that responsibility."The alumni of the old University have beenvery loyal in their support of the association andits aims ; and, considering their numbers, theyhave been proportionately more enthusiastic thanthe new alumni.ALUMNI IN THE FACULTIES.Among the one hundred and seventy- five officers of instruction in the University there aretwenty-seven alumni. The list includes onlythose instructing in the University proper. Thosewho received only the Doctor's degree are so indicated ; the others are Bachelors of the University :Charles R, Henderson, '70 ; Robert F. Harper, '83 ; MyraReynolds, Ph.D., '95 ; William I. Thomas, Ph.D., '96 ;George E. Vincent, Ph.D., '96 ; Solomon H. Clark, '97 ;Rene* de Poyen-Bellisle, Ph.D., 94 ; Paul Oscar Kern, Ph.D.,'97 ; Herbert E. Slaught, Ph.D., '98; Frederic I. Carpenter, Ph.D., '95 ; David J. Lingle, '85 ; Ira W. Howerth, Ph.D.,'98 ; Herbert L. Willett, Ph.D., '96 ; Oscar L. Triggs, Ph.D.,'95 ; Addison W. Moore, Ph.D., '98 ; Albert C. Eycleshymer,Ph.D., '94 ; Henry R. Hatfield, Ph.D., '97 ; James W.Thompson, Ph.D., '95 ; Joseph E. Raycroft, '96 ; Charles J.Chamberlain, Ph.D., '97; Edith B. Foster, '97; Horace Butter-worth, '98; Philip S. Allen, Ph.D., '97; Henry G. Gale,Ph.D., '99; Susan H. Ballou, '97; James W. Linn, '97;Edmund Buckley, Ph.D., '94.PERSONAL ITEMS.The only alumnus with degree of LL.D. grantedby the University is William McKinley, '98.John Lamay, '95, teacher in the IndianapolisHigh School, has recently published a text-bookon physics.At the July convocation Alonzo Abernethy, '66,Principal of Cedar Valley Seminary and at onetime president of the old University, had his A.B.degree reenacted by the new University at thesame time that his son Herbert Alonzo Abernethyreceived his A.B. degree.Howard S. Gait, '96, was ordained at Hartford,Conn., October 1, and has gone to Tung-cho,China, as a teacher in the college thereunderthe control of the American Board of ForeignMissions.Frederic W. Sanders, Ph.D., '95, formerlyProfessor in the University of West Virginia, hasbeen elected President and Director of the NewMexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Artsand Agricultural Experiment Station at MasillaPark, New Mexico.In the State Bar Examinations, held at Springfield October 1, the following alumni were successful : Leon Al*schuler, '96 ; Henry T. Clarke,'96; Harry W. Stone, '96; W. W. Bassett, '97;W. O. Wilson, '97.Paul Monroe, Ph.D., '97, Professor of Historyin the College for Teachers in New York City,delivered a course of lectures on American History this summer at Chatauqua.Bernard C. Hesse, Ph.D., '96, has returned fromGermany and has assumed the position of patentexpert for the American branch of the "BadischeAnilin und Soda Fabrik" in New York.UNIVERSITY RECORD 191Ralph Jannsen, '97, is now a student of AncientLanguages in the University of Strassburg, Germany.Henry F. Fuller, '83, has accepted a positionwith J. B. Colt & Co., manufacturers of acetylenegas generators, New York.Ralph Dougherty, '97, is in the New Yorkoffice of the United States Commission to theParis Exposition of 1900.Knight F. Flanders, '97, and Henry H. Hewitt,'96, are in Paris, preparing for l'ficole de BeauxArts examination.O. E. Wells, '98, was recently elected to theprincipalship of the Marathon Co. TrainingSchool, Wausau, Wis.Mr. Fred. Steigmeyer, '97, was recently chosenattorney for the Telluride Mining Company atTelluride, Colorado, and will make that his futurehome.Helen B. Thompson, '97, holds the ChicagoWoman's Club Scholarship in Philosophy for theyear '99-1900."The Campus Book" edited by Fred. Steigmeyer, to which the alumni have been asked tocontribute, will soon be ready for publication.ALUMNI CLUB DINNER.The Chicago Alumni Club of the Universitygave its first informal dinner of the year at thePullman Cafe, Friday evening November 3, inhonor of the team. Fifty men were presentincluding the team and Associate ProfessorThatcher who were guests of the Club. AssociateProfessor Stagg, being in the East, was unable toattend.Mr. Thatcher gave a very interesting talk on"Duelling in German Universities;" Philip S.Allen, '97, related some incidents of his studentlife in Paris; Henry G. Gale, '97, discussed" Football, past and present, at the University ofChicago ; George C. Sikes, '94, related his experience with the team of '93 ; Edgar L. Jayne, '73, spoke of the interest which the old alumni had inthe new University and its graduates ; CaptainKennedy told of the strong qualities in the"Team of '99," and Horace Butterworth, '97,discussed "Our relation with western Collegesand Universities."Old college songs were sung and yells givenwith the usual enthusiasm. A committee was appointed to arrange for the attendance of theAlumni Club at the Thanksgiving game withBrown University. President Bond, '97, announced that at the next dinner some speaker ofprominence would be asked to discuss some interesting question of the day. The meetingclosed with the "Alma Mater" and the Chicagoyell in honor of the team.ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER UNIVERSITIES.The University of Virginia has granted to eachof its active local alumni clubs with twenty members a scholarship in the University ; and clubswith as many as fifty members will be entitled totwo scholarships. The intention is to give theclubs something definite to work for and will bringto the university strong young men, who otherwise might not be able to come.In the educational number of the Outlook ofAugust 5, 1899, was an article on " Yale as a University." The writer, speaking of Yale's incomeand expenses, says :"But for what is known as the Yale AlumniUniversity Fund, a deficit in the current expensescould hardly have been avoided. This is a fundcontributed by graduates in such yearly amounts,large or small, as they feel disposed to give, muchas they pay their club fees The aggregate isapplied as income wherever the University mostneeds it ; while a small part is added each year tothe principal. In the nine years since the fundwas started, the total contributed is $85,698.25.The last year, '98-9, there were 2344 differentsubscribers, and the principal of the fund nowamounts (in June 1899) to $7,664.28, the amountcontributed last year being $11,632.75."192 UNIVERSITY RECORDOFFICIAL NOTICES.Professor Thurber's course in Pedagogy for theWinter Quarter entitled Comparative Study ofSecondary School Systems has been withdrawn,and a course in German Pedagogy substitutedfor it. The latter course will involve the readingby the class of Willman's Didaktik in the originalGerman. The course is intended in part to assiststudents in getting ability to read German pedagogical literature.Mr. Clarke will give, in the Spring Quarter, acourse in Educational Psychology. His coursepresupposes that the student already has had acourse in Elementary Psychology (or is takingsuch a course at the same time) and is designedto show the application of psychological principles to methods and materials of instruction,and also to assist students in getting an insightinto the character and mental workings of pupils.Notice is hereby given that the seventeenthmeeting (a special meeting) of the UniversityCongregation of the University of Chicago willbe held on Friday, November 17, 1899, at 4:00p.m., in the Congregation Hall, Haskell OrientalMuseum. The members of the Congregationwill assemble in Haskell Oriental Museum, secondfloor, at 3:45 p.m., for the procession to the Congregation Hall.The Congregation will consider :1. The following proposition discussed at thesixteenth meeting and postponed for furtherconsideration at a special meeting :That the Administrative Advantages securedby requiring students to register for two quarters in advance are insufficient to counterbalance the Educational Disadvantages of therequirement.2. Such other business as may properly comebefore the meeting.George S. Goodspeed,University Recorder. The Final Examination of Charlotte Com-stock Gray for the degree of A.M. was heldWednesday, November 8, at 4:00 p.m., in Room36, Haskell Museum. Subject, Church History.Thesis: "The Visions of Santa Teresa." Committee : Professors Hulbert, Johnson, Moncrief,Foster, and all other instructors in the departments, immediately concerned.PRELIMINARY PROGRAMMEOF THE AUTUMN FINALS AND THE THIRTY-FIRST CONVOCATION,WINTER 1900.THE FINALS.November 17, Friday.8: 00 p.m. The Junior College Finals in Public Speaking for theFerdinand Peck Prize. Judges, the members ofthe Junior College Faculty. Kent TheaterDecember 8, Friday.8 :oo p.m. The Graduate and Divinity Finals in Public Speakingfor the Joseph Leiter Prize. Debate: Resolved^"That the Granting of the Degree of Master beabolished by the University of Chicago."Kent Theater.December 15, Friday.8 : 00 p.m. The Senior College Finals in Public Speaking for theUniversity Prize. Orations. Kent Theater9 : 00-11 :oo p.m. The Senior College Reception.The President's HouseDecember 17, Sunday. Baccalaureate Sunday.3 : 30 P.M. The Baccalaureate Prayer Service. Members of theFaculties and Candidates for Degrees are invited toattend.Haskell Oriental Museum — Congregation Hall4:00 P.M. The Baccalaureate Vesper Service. BaccalaureateAddress, the President of the University.Kent TheaterDecember 20, 21, 22, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.Quarterly Examinations of the Autumn Quarter.CONVOCATION WEEK.January i, Monday. New Year's Day. A holiday.January 2, Tuesday. Convocation Day.8: 30 A.M.-i2:oo m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students. (The Offices of the President, the Deans, andthe Registrar will be open. Officers of Instruction maynot ordinarily be consulted on this day.)i2:oom. Division Meetings of the Senior and Junior Colleges,Attendance required. Cobb Lecture Hall12 : 00 m. Meeting of Candidates for Degrees with the ExecutiveOfficers. Cobb Lecture Hall— Chapel3 : 00 p.m. The Thirty-first University Convocation.The Procession.The Convocation Address : President Arthur TwinningHadley, LL.D., Yale University.The Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.Studebaker Hall7 : 00 p.m. The Congregation Dinner.The Quadrangle ClulUNIVERSITY RECORD 193January 3. Wednesday.8:30 A.M. The Lectures and Recitations of the Winter Quarterbegin.4:00 P.M. The Eighteenth 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 — Congregation HallJanuary 7, Sunday. Convocation Sunday.4 : 00 p.m. The Convocation Vesper Service.The Convocation Sermon.The Quarterly Report of the Christian Union.Kent Theater8 :00 P.M. Union Meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association.Haskell Oriental Museum — Association HallTHE FACULTIES.Associate Professor Samuel W. Stratton hasbeen appointed Director of the Bureau of Weightsand Measures, a department of the work of theUnited States Coast and Geodetic Survey.Associate Professor Ira M. Price has contributed to Assyriology, as a result of his trip to Parisin the Spring Quarter of 1898, The Great CylinderInscriptions A and B of Gudea (now preserved inthe Telloh collection of the Louvre) of whichPart I has just been published by the house ofJ. C. Hinrichs, Leipzig, Germany. This partconsists of one hundred and eleven lithographplates, quarto form, and carries the super-title ofAssyriologische Bibliothek, herausgegeben vonFriedrich Delitzsch und Paul Haupt, Band XV.The Illinois State Historical Library has justissued the second part of its publication containing information relating to the Territorial Lawsof Illinois, passed from 1809-181 2. The pamphletcontains all that is known concerning these laws,which have never been printed in any state collection of the statutes. The matter was prepared byProfessor Edmund J. James. Mr. Horace Butterworth of the Department ofPhysical Culture has published a little book of ahundred and fifty-five pages about tumbling,tricks, pyramids, and games. The title How Toreadily draws attention 'to the numerous picturesand descriptions of interesting sports.The required reading for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for 1 899-1 900 includesThe Expansion of the American People by Assistant Professor Edwin E. Sparks. The first installment appeared in The Chautauquan for October.Among the papers read before the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science at itsrecent meeting in Columbus, Ohio, ' was one byProfessor Charles R. Barnes on The Progress andProblems of Plant Physiology. This paper waspublished in full in Science for September 8, 1899.The American Journal of Archceology combined,numbers 2 and 3 for 1899, contains a sixteen-page article by Dr. Gordon J. Laing on PrincipalManuscripts of the Fasti of Ovid. There is also anine-page study of The Pupus TorquatianusInscription by Dr. F. B. R. Hellems. ProfessorWilliam G. Hale is a member of the editorialboard of this publication.Miss Sophonisba P. Breckinridge was chosenone of the vice presidents of the Association ofCollegiate Alumnae meeting in Chicago recently.Associate Professor Frederick Starr has justpublished The Indians of Southern Mexico, anethnographic album containing thirty-two pagesof descriptive text, and one hundred and forty-one plates. The edition is limited to %Nt hundred and sixty numbered and signed copies, sixtyof these being printed on Japan paper. The volume presents some of the results of nine journeysto Mexico undertaken by Mr. Starr for purposesof anthropological study. Three of the journeyswere into southern Mexico. While the special194 UNIVERSITY RECORDpurpose of the expeditions was the study of thephysical types of the Indian tribes, considerableattention was paid to the life and customs of thepeople. In his direct study of the physical types,Mr. Starr took measurements of many hundredIndians, and made photographs and plaster bustsof especially good cases. More than seven hundred photographic negatives were secured. Fromthese a selection of about two hundred and fiftynegatives was made for reproduction in thisalbum. Four classes of pictures are included inthe series — ¦ portraits, groups, life scenes, views.The portraits usually present front and profile ofeach subject; they are made from 5X7~inch negatives. The groups represent full-length figuresand native dress, and are usually from 8xio-inchnegatives. The life scenes represent a considerable range of native arts and daily activities, andas a rule are from 5x8-inch negatives. The viewsrepresent architecture, villages, and surroundingscenery, and are mostly from 8xio-inch negatives.The country represented lies in the five states ofMexico, Michoacan, Tlaxcala, Pueblo and Oax-aca. Thirteen tribes are illustrated — Tarascans,Otomis, Aztecs, Tlaxcalans, Mixtecs, Triquis,Zapotecs, Mixes, Tchuantepecanos (Zapotecs),Juaves, Chontals, Cuicatecs, and Chinantecs.This book is certainly a valuable addition to theliterature of anthropology and cannot fail toattract widespread attention and most favorablecomment.Professor Albion W. Small has an article in theOctober Arena on Academic Freedom: LimitsImposed by Responsibilities.The School and Society is a very attractive littlebook just published by the University of ChicagoPress. It contains three lectures, delivered inApril 1899, by Professor John Dewey before anaudience of parents and others interested in thework of the University Elementary School, andhas as a fourth part a review of the history of theElementary School for three years past. As a graceful tribute to a warm friend of education thevolume is dedicated "to Mrs. Emmons Blaine towhose interest in educational reform the appearance of this book is due."Recent publications by Associate ProfessorJacques Loeb include "Warum ist die Regenerationkernloser Protoplasmastiicke unmoglich oder er-schwert?" "Ueber die angebliche gegenseitigeBeeinflussung der Furchungszellen und die Ent-stehung der Blastula;" "Ueber Ionen, welcherythmische Zuckungen der Skelettmuskeln her-vorrufen;" "Ueber die Aehnlichkeit der Fliissig-keitresorption in Muskeln und in Seifen." Thesearticles appeared in recent numbers of Germanperiodicals.A " Besonderer Abdruck " iromliebig's Annalender Chemie, Vol. 309, pp. 127-189, contains a"Mittheilung" by Professor J. U. Nef, entitled" Dissociationsvorgange bei den Alkylathern derSalpetersaure, der Schwefelsaure und der Holo-genwasserstoffsauren.Associate Professor Price has just published withthe Christian Culture Press, Chicago, The Monuments and the Old Testament, a volume of 3 2 1 pageswith numerous illustrations. Its purpose as statedin the preface is to supply the answer to the question, "Where shall I be able to find, in conciseform, the best reliable information furnished bythe monuments, illustrative of the Old Testament?"CURRENT EVENTS.The outlook for the Graduate-Divinity debateis more encouraging than ever before. In thepreliminaries eight briefs were handed in by theGraduate School, a larger number than in anyprevious contest. Out of these, six candidateswill be chosen for the preliminary debate fromwhom three will be selected for the finals. Onlyfour briefs were handed in by the Divinity School.UNIVERSITY RECORD 195The latest journal to be added to the list of theUniversity Press is the Manual Training Maga-gazine, edited by Charles A. Bennett, of theBradley Polytechnic Institute of Peoria. Thefirst number appeared October i, a handsomelyprinted octavo of 58 pages, with articles by FrankA. Hill, of the Massachusetts Board of Education,E. W. Scripture, of Yale University, and W. J.Kenyon, of the State Normal School, Lowell,Mass.Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 26-28,the Association of Collegiate Alumnae held itsannual meeting in Chicago. On Thursday DeanTalbot, of the University, President of the Chicago branch, made the address of welcome. OnFriday the members of the association lunchedwith Mrs. Professor W. G. Hale, and during themorning visited the University. The afternoonsession was held in the chapel. President Harpergave an address welcoming the members to theUniversity. At 4:30 tea was served by DeanTalbot at Green Hall. Among the members ofthe association announced for an address was Mrs.Alice Freeman Palmer, formerly Dean in the University. On Saturday afternoon Miss KatherineB. Davis, Fellow in the University, gave anaddress.Professor Frost, of the Yerkes Observatory hassecured four photographic spectrograms of thestar Polaris (a Ursae Minoris), confirming Professor Campbell's results on the short period variation in the velocity of that star in the line ofsight. The range of velocity variation at presentseems to be between six and seven kilometers.In view of the peculiar nature of the variation in velocity, it is thought to be certain that the starPolaris is at least a triple system. The details ofthis investigation will be given in the forthcomingnumber of the Astrophysical Journal.FREE LECTURESAT THE COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS.f Beginning Saturday, October 7, at 12:30 inthe Lecture Room of the College for Teachers,Fine Arts Building, 203 Michigan Boulevard, theCollege for Teachers instituted a course of lectures which are open to the public without thepayment of an admission fee. The lectures aregiven on consecutive Saturdays at 12:30. Thespeakers and their subjects are as follows :Oct. 7.— Dr. H. E. Slaught, "The Interrelation of Subjects in Elementary Mathematics."" 14. — Mr. Chas. Edward Dixon, " Pompeii."" 21. — Mr. A. W. Dunn. "Anthropology and its Valuein General Education."" 26.— Miss Ida C. Heffron, " Art as related to theEducator."Nov. 4. — Miss Margaret Baker, " Browning."" 11. — Assistant Professor George C. Howland, "TheItalian Novel."" 18. — Miss Maud L. Radford, "How to read a Novel."" 25. — Miss Edith Cameron, " The Spanish Novel."Dec. 2.— Mr. Arthur W. Leonard, " Kipling."" 9. — Assistant Professor F. W. Shepardson, " AStudy in American Colonial Life."" 16. — Dr. I. W. Howerth, "The Origin and Functionof Religion."This course of lectures is not designed chieflyfor the students attending the classes of the College for Teachers. They are of a popular natureand of interest to people of all classes and professions.The School and SocietyA NEW AND IMPORTANT BOOK BY JOHN DEWEY,PROFESSOR OF PEDAGOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOJUST PUBLISHEDTHE educational situation has nowhere been so clearly statednor so graphically illustrated as in the odd hundred pagesof Professor JOHN DEWEY'S new book. The problem ofelementary education is one that forces itself not only onteachers and school boards, but is felt with continuously growinganxiety by the parents. The "fads and frills" of the PublicSchool — Nature Study, Manual Training, Cooking, and Sewing —remain despite their critics, but they cannot be assimilated. 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