ft be "University of CbtcagoPrice $KO0 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOXLbc TUniversitE of Cbicago t>xceeVOL IV, NO. 40 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JANUARY 5, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. The Thirty-first Convocation - - - 265-267II. List of Consultation Hours, Winter Quarter,1900 . - - - - - - - 267III. Official Notices - - - - - 267IV. Official Reports : The Libraries - - 268V. 'Fellowship offered by the Association ofCollegiate Alumnae - - -. - 268VI. Calendar - - - <• - - 268THE THIRTY-FIRST CONVOCA TION.Few Convocations of the University havearoused larger interest in anticipation or havebeen fuller of matters of significance to thefriends of the University than that held onJanuary 2, 1900, the thirty-first, or Winter Convocation of the scholastic year 1 899-1900. Thepresence of the presidents of neighboring colleges and universities as guests, and of PresidentHadley, of Yale University, as convocation orator,joined with the hope that President Harper mighthave some announcements to make concerningthe financial prospects of the University, served toarouse pleasurable anticipations in the minds ofall the University's friends.A very large audience therefore was assembledin Studebaker Hall at 3: 00 p.m. filling the houseto the upper galleries. The Convocation pro cession started from University Hall and enteredthe audience room to the strains of the Tann-haiiser march played by Mr. Wilhelm Middel-schulte. The President of the University andPresident Hadley, of Yale, led the way followedby Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, President of theBoard of Trustees, and President J. G. K. Mc-Clure, of Lake Forest University, who acted asChaplain. The official guests of the Universityfollowed : Presidents Draper, of Illinois, MacLean,of Iowa, Rogers, of Northwestern, Barrows, ofOberlin, Morrissey, of Notre Dame, Slocum, ofKalamazoo, Beardshear, of Iowa State College,Mosher, of Hillsdale, Blanchard, of Wheaton, Professors W. P. Reeves, of Iowa, Daniel Bonbright,of Northwestern, and members of the faculties ofKnox and Wheaton colleges.When the procession reached the stage thePresident removed his cap and the exercises began. The prayer was offered by President Mc-Clure. President Hadley was then introduced asthe Convocation Orator and amid applause announced his subject as "Our Standards ofPolitical Morality." After reading his carefullyprepared and most stimulating address he closedwith a few graceful words of impromptu congratulation to the University upon its positionand prospects. He was heartily applauded. The266 UNIVERSITY RECORDaudience contained an unusual number of representatives of Yale University alumni.After music the customary award of honorswas made as follows :The Ferdinand Peck prize for excellence in public speaking in the Junior Colleges to Rowland Henry Ritchie.The University prize for excellence in orations in theSenior Colleges to Barend Kuiper.The Joseph Leiter prize for excellence in debate in theGraduate and Divinity Schools to the representatives of theGraduate School :Edward Max Baker (Special Mention), Henry RichmondCorbett, and Russell Lowry.Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of theJunior Colleges toMinnie Barnard, Harold Bennett Challiss, JosephineDoniat, Frances Marie Donovan, Lillian Snow Greenleaf,Elizabeth Mary King, Benjamin Franklin McCord, JeanIngelow Odell, Laura Amelia Thompson.Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of theSenior Colleges toFrances Barton Bates, Elizabeth Earnist Buchanan, EllaLonn, Anna Sophia Morse, Nannie Gourley Oglevee, JeanRowan Priest, Kate Clarentine Rising, Frances LouiseWalshe.Honors for excellence in particular departments of theSenior Colleges toElizabeth Earnist Buchanan, History; Ella Lonn, PoliticalScience ¦¦ and --History-; Nannie Gourley Oglevee, German;Jean Rowan Priest, History.The following certificates and degrees were conferred :1. The Junior College Certificate upon :James Hallock Anderson, Francis Baldwin, Minnie Barnard, Guy Reed Bell, Charles Walter Britton, LafayetteWallace Case, Jr. ; Harold Bennett Challiss, Frank ClaytonCleveland, Josephine Doniat, Frances Marie Donovan,Edith Mabel Dunning, William Franklin Eldridge, JosephChalmers Ewing, May Louise Graves, Lillian Snow Green-leaf, Julius Theodore Haller, Ruth Hardy, Samuel NorthrupHarper, Eldon Roy Flaynes, Walter Lawrence Hudson,Jay Stanley Jackson, Elizabeth Mary King, George WrilsonKretzinger, Grace Emma Manning, Benjamin FranklinMcCord, Hugh Lafayette McWilliams, Augustine FrancisNaylor, Jean Ingelow Odell, Albert Eugene Patch, AlexanderWebster Pierce, Clarence Whitaker Richards, Donald Randall Richberg, Rowland Henry Ritchie, Rowland ThummRogers, Fred Sass, Althea Somerville, Charlotte LouiseStinson, Mary Katherine Synon, Laura Amelia Thompson,Mary Lee Van Hook, Mary Weber.2. The Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon :Frances Barton Bates, Elizabeth Earnist Buchanan, EmmaLauretta Butler, Alice Joanna Harrigan, Elim ArthurEugene Palmquist, Kate Clarentine Rising, RaJph ElliottRugh.3. The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy upon :Ella Lonn, Lura May Love, Anna Sophia Morse, NannieGourlee Oglevee, Jean Rowan Priest, Frances Louise Walshe. 4. The Degree of Bachelor of Science upon :Alden Hervey Hadley.5. The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity upon :Frank Leonard Anderson. Thesis : " The Fatherhood ofGod."Friend Taylor Dye. Thesis : " Religious Liberty in theNetherlands."Errett Gates. Thesis : " The Contest for Religious Libertyin Massachusetts."Richard Beauchamp Marshall. Thesis : " The Philosophyof History as Developed by Augustine."Julian Emmet Yates. Thesis : " The Inductive Methodof Leonardo da Vinci."6. The Degree of Master of Arts upon :Charlotte Comstock Gray. Thesis : " The Visions ofSanta Teresa."Harold Lucius Axtell. Thesis: "Authenticity of theFifteenth Heroid of Ovid."Nevin Melancthon Fenneman. Thesis: "The LaramieCretaceous Series."Caroline Louise Ransom. Thesis : " A Partial Catalogueof the Collection of Greek Vases in the Art Institute ofChicago."Ernily Churchill Thompson. Thesis: " Unreal Conditionsin Present Time from Flomer to Herodotus."7. The Degree of Master of Philosophy upon :Ruthella Bernard Mory. Thesis : " The Growth of Toleration as Developed in the Foundation of Maryland."8, The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon:Hermann Benjamin Almstedt (Germanic English), cumlaude. Thesis: " Das rnittelniederdeutsche Laiendoctrinal."Frederick Ernest Beckmann (Romance Germanic), cumlaude. Thesis : " Spanish Influences in Eichendorff."Henry Chalmers Biddle (Chemistry, Physics), magna cumlaude. Thesis : " Ueber Derivate des Isuretins und der Form-hydroxamsaure und ihre Beziehungen zur Knallsaure."Herbert Morse Burchard (Greek, Latin), Thesis : " Homeric Influence on the Palatine Anthology."William Gillespie (Mathematics, Physics), magna cumlaude. Thesis : " Determination of all Hyperelliptic Integrals of the first kind of Genus 3 Reducible to Elliptic Integrals by Transformations of the Second and Third Degrees."Otto Heller (Germanic, English), magna cum laude.Thesis : " Die Ahaswerussage in der Litteratur."Annie Marion MacLean (wSociology, Political Science),cum laude. Thesis : " The Acadian Element in the Population of Nova Scotia."Forest Ray Moulton (Astronomy, Mathematics), sum?nacum laude. Thesis : " A Particular Class of Periodic Solutions of the Problem of Three Bodies."The long expected Quarterly Statement by thePresident upon the condition of the Universitywas then made. Several topics of much importance were touched upon, such as the attendanceof students during the quarter, which reached theunprecedented number of 1501, omitting the students in the College for Teachers ; the conditionand prospects of the College for Teachers, andUNIVERSITY RECORD 267the statistics of graduate students suggested by arecent statement of Professor Carpenter, of Columbia University. Then the President announcedthe results of the effort to raise $2,000,000 on thebasis of Mr. Rockefeller's conditional offer ; whilesuccess had not been complete, some $300,000remaining to be raised, yet an extension of threemonths was obtained from Mr. Rockefeller andin that time it is expected that friends who havenot yet made up their minds as to the amount oftheir contributions may be persuaded to subscribethe necessary sum which remains to be secured.The benediction pronounced by PresidentMcClure brought to a close the Convocationexercises.*AbbottBallouBarnes .BechtelBlackburn .BlanchardBolzaBoydBuckBurtonButterworthCappsCarnahanCastleChamberlainChandlerChildCowlesCutting,DavenportDavisDonaldsonEycleshymerFlintFosterGoodspeedHale, W. G.HammondHendricksonHobbsHowlandHulbert LIST OF CONSULTATION HOURS,WINTER QUARTER, 1900.Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30Tuesdays, 10 : 30- J 1 : 3.0 .Tues. & Thurs., 9:30-10:30•^ Mondays; " 2:36-3:60Mon.& Thurs.Tues.-Fri.,Mon.-Wed.,Tuesdays,Tues.-Fri.,Daily,Daily,Mon., Wed., Fri.,Daily,Daily,Thursdays,Daily,Daily,Tues.-Fri.,Daily,Daily,Daily,Daily,Mondays, »' 9:30-12:00-8:154:00-4:00-4:15-10:30-? 10:30-10:30-3:00-10:30-I I : 00-9:30-10:30-10:30-1 1 : 00-11:20- 10:3012:45- 4:iS- 5:00¦ 6:00-11:00II: 00¦12:00¦ 4:00•11:3012:00-10:30-11:00¦11:30-12:00-12:303:00- 4:0012:00- 1:00Mon.-Wed., 4: 00-5: 00Mondays, 9:30-12:00Tues.-Fri., 10: 30-12: 00Tues.-Fri., 10:00-10:30 &11; 00-11:30 C5BC 13 BB22C 7 BK 14R 40R39C 6 BH 16GGreekLibraryC 17 cC 8 aB 24C 7 BzB33C 10 DZB30A 23H 11C 5 BC 5BR28C 15 cHis Mondays,Wed. & Fri.,Wednesdays,Mondays,Daily,Mon. -Thurs.,Wed. (First T.)io: 30-11: 009:30-10:304:00- 5:0010:30-11:003:00- 4:009:30-10:301:00JohnsonJordan Daily, 11:30-12:00ludsonKernvon KlenzeLaingHarper, W. R.LaughlinLengfeldLinnLovettManlyMannMaschkeMathewsMichelsonMiller, F. J.MoncriefMoodyMoore, E. H.Moulton, F. R.NefOwenPaynePietschde Poyen-BellisleRaycroftReynoldsSalisbury Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., 11:45-12:30Mondays,Tues.-Fri.,Tues.-Fri.,Tuesdays,Mon.-Fri.Tues.-Fri.,Mon.-Fri.,Daily,Daily,Tues. & Fri.Tues.-Fri.Daily, 9:30-10:3010:30-11:0011:00-12:0012:00- 1:0010:30-11:0011:00-12:001:00- 1:308:45-10:1510:30-11:004:00- 5:0011:15-12:45SchwillShepardsonShoreySlaughtSmallSmith, A.StaggStieglitzStrattonTalbotTarbellTerryThatcherThomasThompsonVeblenVincentWallaceWergelandYoung Tues. & Wed., 9: 30-10: 00Tues. & Fri., 10: 30-12: 00Mondays, 12:00- l:00Mon.-Fri., 1:50- 2:00or at 4:00 P.M.Mon.-Fri.,Daily,Mon.-Fri.,Mon.-Fri.,Mon.-Fri.,Fridays,Wednesdays,Fridays,Fridays,Tues. & Fri.,Wednesdays,Tues.-Fri., 11:00-12:001:30- 6:0010:30-12:0010:30-11:0012:00-1:0012:00-12:3010:30-11:0010:30-11:3010:30-11:0010:30-11:0010:30-11:0010:30 C 10 DC 10 DGermanLibraryC 5 BH 10C 4 cK30R7R 40H15R26C 9 A10:45-11:00 R 40K25C 15 BGC 16 cC 17 cH 14C6cH 10C 4BC II DK43GK32R29C 9 AC 2.BC 6cNorth.HallC8CC 14 cC6cC 11 dAbbreviations. — C = Cobb Lecture Hall, a, b, c, and d denoting the1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th floors, respectively ; A = Anatomy Building ; B .=Botany Building ; G = Gymnasium ; H = Haskell Museum ; K = KentChemical Laboratory ; P = Physiological Building ; R = Ryerson Physical Laboratory ; W = Walker Museum ; Z = Zoological Building.*The next number of the University Record, theMonthly Number, will contain the text of the Convocation Address and the President's Quarterly Statement. OFFICIAL NOTICES.The courses in Sociology offered by Dr. Henderson for the Winter Quarter, being Nos. 56., 59,and 61, have been withdrawn.268 UNIVERSITY RECORDOFFICIAL REPORTS.During the month ending December 31, 1899,there has been added to the Library of the University a total number of 853 volumes, from thefollowing sources :Books added bypurchase, ^88 vols., distributedas follows :General Library, 73 vols.; Philosophy, 6 vols.Pedagogy, 5 vols.; Political Economy, 3 vols.Political Science, 15 vols.; History, 40 vols.Classical Archaeology, 2 vols.; Sociology, 3 vols.Sociology (Divinity), 6 vols.; Anthropology, 6vols.; Comparative Religion, 2 vols.; Semitic, 2vols.; New Testament, 4 vols.; Comparative Philology, 48 vols.; Greek, 2 vols.; Latin, 2 vols.;Latin and Greek, 8 vols.; Romance, 6 vols.;English, 24 vols.; Mathematics, 8 vols.; Chemistry,5 vols.; Physics, 25 vols.; Biology, 1 vol.; Zoology,2 vols.; Anatomy, 3 vols.; Neurology 2 vols.;Physiology, 15 vols.; Botany, 17 vols.; ChurchHistory, 7 vols.; Systematic Theology, 11 vols.;Homiletics, 1 vol.; Morgan Park Academy, 33vols.; Dano-Norw.-Swed., 1 vol.Books added by gift, 351 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 250 vols.; Pedagogy, 6 vols.;History, 2 vols,; Classical Archaeology, 1 vol.;Sociology, 29 vols.; Semitic, 5 vols.; English,4 vols.; Chemistry, 1 vol.; Physics, 1 vol.; Geology,1 vol.; Palaeontology, 31 vols.; Physiology, 1 vol.;Botany, 14 vols.; Divinity, 3 vols.; Haskell 2 vols.Books added by exchange for University publications, 114 vols., distributed as follows:General Library, 46 vols.; Pedagogy, 1 vol.;Sociology, 2 vols.; Comparative Religion, 10vols.; Semitic, 14 vols.; New Testament, 9 vols.;Botany, 13 vols.; Church History, 11 vols.; Systematic Theology, 2 vols.; Homiletics, 1 vol.;Haskell, 3 vols.; Semitic and New Testament, 2 vols.FELLOWSHIP OFFERED BY THE ASSOCIATION OFCOLLEGIATE ALUMNAE.The Association of Collegiate Alumnae in orderto encourage advanced study among collegewomen, offers a fellowship of $500, to be employedin foreign study. To this fellowship all graduatesof institutions belonging to the association areeligible* though it is preferred that the periodsince graduation should not be longer than fiveyears. The basis of award is promise of distinctionin the line of study chosen.Application for the year 1900-1 may be madeto Mrs. Helmer, 1428 Michigan avenue, Chicago, a member of the committee, before February 1 <.and should be accompanied by such evidences ofability as the college diploma, testimonials fromprofessors, and examples of scientific or literarywork already done.THE CALENDAR.JANUARY 5-13, 1900Friday, January 5.Chapel Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m.Young Men's Christian Association, informalreception and social, Association Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, January 6.There will be no meetings of University Rulino*Bodies.Sunday, January 7.Convocation Vesper Service : in Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.The Reverend T. D. Anderson, D.D., of ProvidenceR. I., will preach the Convocation Sermon.Union meeting of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation and the Young Women's ChristianAssociation, Association Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, 8:00 p.m.Monday, January 8.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, January 9.Chapel- Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanyBuilding, at 5:00 p.m.Dr. Chas. j. Chamberlain will review Strasburger'sbook on " The Reduction Division, Spindle formation,Centrosomes and Blepharopiasts in Plants."Dr. Henry C. Cowles will review Massart's paper,"A Botanical Journey in the Sahara."Thursday, January 11,Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, January 12.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Saturday, January 13.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of the UniversityPress, 8: 2>o a.m.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00a.m.The University Senate, 11: 30 a.m.