Gbe ^University of CbtcaooPrice $J»00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOHbe ,dnfver0it£ of Cbicago pressVOL. IV, NO. 35. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. DECEMBER 1, 1899Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Official Notices . - - 209II. The Autumn Quarter at the Affiliated Institutions (continued) - - - - 209-210III. The Autumn Quarter at Morgan ParkAcademy - - - - - 210IV. Comparative Registration, Autumn Quarters, 1898 and 1899 . - - - 210V. Official Reports : The Library - - 2 1 0-2 11VI. Current Events - - - - - 211VII. Calendar 212OFFICIAL NOTICES.Registration for the Winter and SpringQuarters. — Registration for the Winter andSpring Quarters will begin Friday, December 8,and continue through the following week.The University Council at its meeting of November 25, 1899, took the following action concerning registration :1. . That registration for two quarters in advancebe made optional for Unclassified, Senior College,and Graduate students.2. That registration for elective courses in thesecond quarter may be changed by Junior College students without fee on the approval of theDean. THE AUTUMN QUARTER AT THE AFFILIATEDINSTITUTIONS.(Continued from p. 199.)The Harvard School opened this year withan increase of about 10 per cent, over last year,the increase being specially noticeable in the lowergrades. The graduating class numbers twelve, ofwhom about half will enter the University of Chicago, while the others are preparing for easterncolleges. There has been almost no change inthe teaching corps. John J. Schobinger,Dean.Kalamazoo College. — The attendance atopening of the year was a little larger than atcorresponding time last year. There have beenseveral changes in the faculty. At close of theyear Mr. C. E. Conant and Miss Tanetta Gille-land resigned their positions in our faculty, andthe early part of July, Professor F. C. Ewart resigned to accept a position in the faculty of Colgate University. Miss Carolinne Swartout, A.B.,returned this fall from a year's leave of absence,spent in Germany, and resumed her work in theGerman Department. Professor Wylie C. Mar-geson, A.M., Graduate of Acadia College andalso of Harvard University, was secured as assist-210 UNIVERSITY RECORDant in Science and Mathematics, and Mr. AndreBeziat de Bordes, Ph.D. (University of Chicago,'99) was elected Professor of Romance Languages.A splendid spirit prevails among our students,and I believe this will be the best year in ourrecent history. A. Gaylord Slocum,President.THE AUTUMN QUARTER AT MORGAN PARKACADEMY.The Fall Quarter of the Morgan Park Academy, began September 20, with an attendanceof 160, of whom 45 were girls and 115 boys.This attendance represents a gain of 23 per cent.over that of last year. The distribution of thisnumber with reference to the homes of the students is as follows, and it is worth noting in thisconnection the advantage accruing through theassociation together of so many from such different home environment :Illinois, 100 (Morgan Park, 26; Chicago, 29; elsewherein Illinois, 45) ; Iowa, 23; Wisconsin, 6 ; Indiana, 4 ; Missouri, 3 ; Ohio, 3 ; Minnesota, 2 ; Nebraska, 2 ; Connecticut,2 ; Michigan, 2 ; Pennsylvania, 3 ; New Jersey, Tennessee,Texas, West Virginia, Manitoba, South Dakota, Louisiana,Mississippi, Hawaii — each 1.The exercises of the quarter were formallyopened by the Convocation on the evening ofSeptember 22. The address was most acceptablygiven by Dr. E. E. Chivers on the subject, "TheLine of Beauty." In the absence of PresidentHarper, Dean F. J. Miller presided and conferredthe certificates of graduation and of entrance tothe Higher Academy.In the faculty several changes have occurredthrough the absence of Mr. Wightman for ayear's study at Harvard, where he was awarded afellowship, and through the withdrawal of Dr.Brobeck to enter business. Dr. H. E. Jones hasbeen appointed to take portions of both Mr.Wightman's and Dr. Brobeck's work, the rest being carried by Assistant Professor Bronson, whotakes the Ancient History, Mrs. Simpson, theFrench, and Mr. Abells, the Chemistry. In the curriculum the changes made consist inthe offering of two half-year courses in U. S.History and Civics, omitted last year, and inthe voluntary Bible Study work, the class inwhich, meeting every Monday, is conducted byAssociate Professor Ira M. Price, of the Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures inthe University. Wayland J. Chase,Acting Dean.COMPARATIVE REGISTRATION, AUTUMN QUARTERS,1898 AND 1899.I. THE UNIVERSITY.The Divinity School -The Graduate Schools :Arts and Literature - - - 250Science - - - - 123The Colleges :Senior 212Junior - - - - - 417Unclassified - - - - 157Total 1898182 206263128373786 39i2155031861341 9041501II. OTHER UNIVERSITIES.From the statistics of Yale, Columbia, and Princetongiven in their recent catalogues, the following comparativefigures are obtained. The registrations of P"Yeshmen andSophomores, which two classes are equivalent to the JuniorCollege of the University, are as follows :1898 1899, Percent.Yale - - - - - 606 646 6)4 gainPrinceton - - - - 355 369 4 "Columbia - 200 194 3 lossUniversity of Chicago :Men - - - - 229 268 17 gainWomen - - - - 186 216 16 "OFFICIAL REPORTS.During the month ending November 30, 1899,there has been added to the Library of the University a total number of 978 volumes, from thefollowing sources :Books added by purchase, 572 vols., distributedas follows :UNIVERSITY RECORD 211General Library, 32 vols.; Philosophy, 13 vols.;pedagogy, 38 vols.; Political Economy, 15 vols.;Political Science, 24 vols.; History, 88 vols.;Classical Archeology, 1 vol.; Sociology, 4 vols.;Sociology (Divinity), 10 vols.; Sociology (Folk-Psychology), 1 vol.; Anthropology, 6 vols.; Comparative Religion, 6 vols.; Semitic, 4 vols.; NewTestament, 11 vols.; Comparative Philology,14 vols.; Greek, 1 vol.; Latin, 23 vols.; Romance,37 vols.; German, 20 vols.; English, 119 vols.;Mathematics, 12 vols.; Chemistry, 2 vols.; Physics,5 vols.; Geology, 1 vol.; Zoology, 3 vols.; Anatomy, 15 vols.: Palaeontology, 1 vol.; Botany, 17vols.; Systematic Theology, 8 vols.; Homiletics,2 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 38 vols.; Literature (in English), 1 vol.Books added by gift, 294 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 212 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.;Political Economy, 13 vols.; Sociology, 1 vol.;Anthropology, 2 vols.; Latin, 1 vol.; Latin andGreek, 2 vols.; Romance, 1 vol.; English, 4 vols.;Mathematics, 3 vols..; Palaeontology, 50 vols.;Systematic Theology, 1 vol.; Morgan Park Academy, 2 vols.; Music, 1 vol. Books added by exchange for University publications, 112 vols., distributed as follows:General Library, 68 vols.; Philosophy, 2 vols.;Political Economy,, 4 vols.; Sociology, 6 vols.;Sociology (Divinity), 1 vol.; Semitic, 2 vols.;New Testament, 9 vols.; Comparative Philology,2 vols.; Geology, 1 vol.; Botany, 3 vols.; ChurchHistory, 1 vol.; Systematic Theology, 1 vol.;Homiletics, 1 vol.; Morgan Park Academy,11 vols.CURRENT EVENTS,The Graduate Club held its November meetingat Green Hall, on Thursday evening, November 23. Miss Elizabeth Faulkner was chosen bythe club to represent it at the meeting of theFederation of Graduate Clubs which will take placein New York during the coming holidays. Mr.Judson made the address of the evening. At theDecember meeting, which will be on the eveningof the fifteenth, the club hopes to have Mr.Turner as its guest of honor. At future meetings membership tickets will be presented at thedoor.212 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.DECEMBER 1-9.Friday, December 1.Chapel Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Mathematical Club meets in Room 35, RyersonPhysical Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Mr. Moulton : " A particular class of periodic solutions of the problem of three bodies."Notes : " On Cremona Transformations, V," by Dr.6laught ; " On Unilateral Surfaces, II," by AssociateProfessor Maschke.Saturday, December 2.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.The University Senate, 11: 30 a.m.Sunday, December 8.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4:00 p.m.The Reverend F. E. Dewhurst, of Plymouth Church,Indianapolis, will make the address.Monday, December 4.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Philological Society meets in Faculty Room,Haskell Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Papers : "Roustan : Lenau et son temps," by AssistantProfessor von Klenze; "A Possible Origin of theLatin Dative Depending on Verbs Compounded withPrepositions," by Professor W. G. Hale. History Club will meet at Professor Terry'shouse, 5535 Monroe av., at 8:00 p.m.Tuesday, December 5.Chapel-Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Wednesday, December 6.Division Lectures : The Upper Seniors, Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 10: 30 a.m.; the LowerSeniors, the Lecture Room, Cobb Hall ; theUpper Juniors, Room 16, Kent.Thursday, December 7.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Young Women's Christian Association meetsin Haskell Museum, Association Hall, at 10:30A.M.Friday, December 8.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Registration of Students in Residence for theWinter and Spring Quarters begins.Saturday, December 9.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of the UniversityPress, 8:30 a.m. > ¦The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00A.M.The University Council, 1 1 : 30 a.m.Material for the CALENDAB must be sent to the Office of Information by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M.9in order to be published *in the issue of the same week.