VOLUME IV NUMBER 49University RecordFRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1900THE GURLEY COLLECTION OF FOSSILS.BY MR. STUART WELLER.The University of Chicago has recently comeinto the possession of a notable collection of Paleozoic fossils, through the generosity of its former owner. This collection has been more orless familiar to all investigators of the Paleozoicfossils of the interior states for twenty-five years.Its originator, Mr. W. F. E. Gurley, of Danville,111., has been an indefatigable collector for morethan thirty years. During the course of theseyears he has succeeded in gathering together amost valuable aggregation of the remains ofancient invertebrate life, a collection which isprobably more valuable than any other privatecollection in the country, and which is exceededin value by but few collections in the possessionof public institutions.The most important and the most conspicuousportion of the collection is that which has beengathered from the Paleozoic rocks of Indiana,Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and for this area it is the peer of all othercollections. It includes, as well, a large amountof valuable material from other portions of ourown country, from Europe and other foreignlands. In order to give some idea of the widegeographic distribution of the material whichhas been gathered together in this collection, there may be mentioned a small series of Carboniferous brachiopods from the arctic islands ofSpitzbergen, a collection of Devonian and Carboniferous fossils from Brazil, and some choiceCretaceous fossils from Asia Minor.The collection has been spoken of as a collection of Paleozoic invertebrates, but it also contains a large number of Mesozoic and Tertiaryfossils, and some exceedingly valuable vertebratematerial. Among the latter may be mentionedan almost unique collection from the Permianbone bed hear Danville, 111., being the originalcollection of this material which was studied byProfessor E. D. Cope, and containing all the,types of the species described by that author. TheCarboniferous fish remains^also constitute not theleast valuable element in the collection. Of theinvertebrate portion of the collection but a fewof the many notable features can be mentioned,but these will serve to show something of itscontents and range : an exceptional series of Devonian fossils from the falls of the Ohio, containing corals, crinoids, brachiopods and trilobites ;a choice collection of Kinderhook crinoids fromLe Grand, Iowa ; many excellent Coal Measurecrinoids from Kansas city, Mo. ; a remarkableseries of crustaceans and insects from the famousMazon Creek beds; many choice Mastoids andcystoids; and a large collection of the brachio-337338 UNIVERSITY RECORDpoda of the Mississippi valley. Among thematerial from foreign lands, a remarkably fine series of Carboniferous crinoids from Moscow, Russia, and a large number of Solenhofen slatefossils are particularly worthy of special mention.Mr. Gurley has been a collector of fossils fromboyhood. Before he was seventeen years of age hewas negotiating exchanges with foreign societiesand individuals, and a collection sent by him tothe Imperial Geological Society of Austria at thattime was so highly appreciated that he was electedan honorary member of the society; the onlyother American members at that time beingJames Hall, A. H. Worthen, F. V. Hayden andLouis Agassiz. The society did not know thatthey were honoring a mere boy. Mr. Gurley attended college at Cornell University in the earlydays of that institution, where he studied geologyunder Professor C. F. Hart. Among his studentassociates were J. C. Branner, now of StanfordUniversity, O. A. Derby of the Brazilian Geological Survey, H. L. Fairchild of the University ofRochester, and others. His collection containsmany specimens which date from his student daysat Ithaca, where Mr. Gurley always had the reputation of being the most lucky collector.Since his college days Mr. Gurley has followedthe profession of engineer and mining expert, buthis chief interest has always been in his collection, and no trouble or expense has been permitted to stand in the way of his securing covetedspecimens ; his purpose has always been to securemore perfect specimens than those possessed byanyone else, and in a large number of instanceshe has accomplished this end. From the years1893 to 1897 Mr. Gurley was state geologist ofIllinois, and he had charge of the geological exhibit in the Illinois building at the World's Columbian Exposition.During its growth from a modest beginning toits present proportions, Mr. Gurley has been ableto hold in his mind the details of the collectionin a most remarkable degree, so that it has beenpossible for him to recognize at a glance whether or not specimens which came in his way wouldadd to his collection, and if in his judgment theywould form valuable additions, no pains were neglected until they had been secured. There aremany specimens in the collections that have beenobtained from other collectors only after repeated trials, and sometimes after years of waiting.In order to illustrate his remarkable mental graspof the details of the collection, it may be of interest to mention a single instance. In 1876 Mr.Gurley found an incomplete fish tooth in the Permian bone bed near Danville, which was sent for description to the late Professor Cope of Philadelphia, by whom the specimen was described as anew species, and an illustration made in whichthe lost portion was restored in outline. Morethan ten years later the collector with his wife wasagain at the same locality, and Mrs. Gurleypicked up a fragment of a tooth and handed it toher husband. It crossed his mind that this frao--ment was the remaining part of the tooth he hadfound so many years before, and on reachinghome the two fragments were placed togetherand were found to join perfectly, together makinga nearly a complete specimen, which is less thanan inch in length, and about one fourth of an inchin width. During the period intervening betweenthe finding of the two parts of this little tooththe locality had been visted many times, but theminute this little fragment was observed by Mr.Gurley it was recognized as the missing portionof the specimen already in his possession.There are many specimens in the collectionwhich have most interesting individual histories.One remarkably perfect specimen of a Carboniferrous echinoid was first recognized in mid air as itwas being thrown at a cow by a boy in southernIndiana. One collection of exceptionally finecrinoids from the Coal Measures of Kansas Citycould only be secured in exchange for a certainIndian pipe which was known to be in the possession of a resident of Indiana. After repeatedtrials this pipe was secured and in turn exchangedfor the coveted crinoids.UNIVERSITY RECORD 339All these incidents connected with the gathering together of the collection, add interest tocertain individual specimens, but to the University it is the scientific value of the collectionwhich is of prime importance. The possession ofthis collection gives to the University exceptionally perfect representatives of a large number ofspecies of paleozoic fossils, which, when they areproperly installed and arranged in Walker Museum, will furnish a reference and study collectionof unique value. Many specimens in the collection have been studied by such eminent specialists as C. A. White, E. D. Cope, S. H. Scudder,J. S. Newberry, Leo Lesquereaux, Chas. Wachs-muth, and others, and many types of speciesdescribed by these men are now the property ofthe University. During the years 1893 to 1897Mr. Gurley himself, in association with the lateS. A. Miller, of Cincinnati, described many species from this collection, and these types also arenow the property of the University. Aside fromthese types, Mr. Gurley has been fortunate insecuring many other types of species described byOwen and Shumard, Hall, Wetherby, and Miller,so that in all the collection contains about sixhundred types of species.To the paleontologic geologist a large collection of fossils systematically and convenientlyarranged, stands in much the same relation asdoes a complete and well-arranged lexicon to thestudent of language. Without his lexicon thelanguage student could make but little progressin his studies, and so with the student of fossilsa large collection is a necessity if substantial progress is to be made. In order to estimate thescientific value of a large collection of fossils, itis necessary to remember that but a single absolutely perfect collection is conceivable, but it isnot possible for this ideal collection to exist. Noone person or institution could possibly gathertogether typical representatives of every knownspecies of fossils. In language-study it is different, all the words of a language can be broughttpgether in the printed pages of a lexicon, and as many copies of the complete work may be hadas the demand requires. The fossil collection isas if but a single lexicon of a given language were.possible, and that the separate pages of this onewere scattered among many individuals and institutions, each individual or institution possessingbut a portion of the whole. That institution whichwas able to secure the larger number of pages ofthe single lexicon would be situated most advantageously as regards investigations in the languageto which it belonged.It is the province of the paleontologic geologist to study and investigate the composition, thedistribution, the relationships, and the history ofthe past organic societies of the world, whose remains are preserved for us in the fossil faunas.These faunas constitute a historical literature inan unknown tongue, which it is his task to interpret. The separate faunas are the paragraphs andchapters in this treatise, the genera and speciesare the words, and the paleontologic collection,along with the published descriptions and illustrations of genera and species, constitutes thelexicon which is the investigator's chief book ofreference.When the Gurley collection shall have beenproperly installed in Walker Museum, it will formthe nucleus of a reference collection of fossilswhich will be of inestimable value, and with itsfuture growth the University will be able to buildup one of the most valuable collections of thekind in America. Not only will the Gurley collection be most valuable for reference, but it is arich storehouse of materials for the investigationof specialists interested in the biological side ofpaleontology. The collection contains a largeamount of choice, unstudied material in most ofthe classes of fossil organisms, which will addmuch to our knowledge of these classes when ithas been properly investigated.The collection is estimated to contain 15,000species represented by several hundred thousandspecimens, and its installation will be pushed asrapidly as possible. It is planned to have one340 UNIVERSITY RECORDseries of specimens placed on exhibition in suitable cases, illustrating the geologic life development from Cambrian time to the present. Thelarger number of specimens will be systematicallyarranged in drawers to be easily accessible forreference to qualified students.REGENERATION AND EXPERIMENTAL EMBRYOLOGY*BY DR. C. M. CHILD.It has long been known that many animals arecapable of reproducing a part which has been lostor removed. The regeneration of the leg of thenewt affords a good illustration of this process.If one of the legs of the newt be cut off, a newleg exactly like the original member will beformed in a short time. Within recent yearsobservations and experiments dealing with thisproblem have multiplied with great rapidity. Wenow include under the head of regeneration notonly the restoration of lost parts, but the formationof a whole individual from a part.In entering upon the consideration of this subject it is necessary first to review some of themore important facts of regeneration as known atpresent. If the head or tail of an earthworm becut off, the body will regenerate new tissue forming a head or tail ; when, however, a large portionis removed, only a few segments, terminating inhead or tail according to position, are regenerated.Moreover, it is found that a short portion removedfrom the anterior end of a worm and kept underconditions that render the continuation of its lifepossible will produce at its posterior end, not atail or body, but a new head, so that a short individual with a head at each end is formed. If, onthe other hand, a small portion removed from theposterior end be allowed to regenerate, it willform at its anterior end, not a new head or body,but a tail. In both of these cases continuedexistence is impossible. It is evident then thatall parts of the earthworm are not alike capable of* Abstract of the Four Lectures delivered by Professor T.H. Morgan, of Bryn Mawr College, February 19-23, 1900. regeneration, nor do they always reproduce thepart lost.If the head or a portion of the body of the flat-worm Planaria be removed, a certain amount ofnew tissue is formed, but the old tissue remainingis, as it were, remodeled, and the result is a newindividual of the same proportions as the original,but of smaller size. Even if the regenerating portion be only a small part from the middle of thebody, a perfect animal is formed, but of reducedsize. In this case also the tip of the head willform at its posterior end another head, resemblingthe earthworm in this respect.If a portion be cut out from the middle of thebody of a fresh water hydra, this part closes atthe ends and gradually assumes the form of ahydra presenting the same proportions as theoriginal, but smaller in size in the same degree asthe part from which it is formed is smaller thanthe whole body. In this case the whole is formedfrom the part by the remolding of the old without the addition of new tissue.In unicellular forms such as Stentor, divisioninto two, three, or more pieces will result in theformation of a new individual from each piece,unless the pieces are below a certain limit of size.Not only adults, but embryos and even undivided eggs are capable in many cases of forming a whole individual from a part. If theembryo of the sea urchin be cut into pieces, eachpiece, unless very small, forms a normal sea-urchin larva of less than the usual size. If thetwo cells of the egg at the two-celled stage beseparated, each forms a larva of half the normal size. If the undivided egg be cut into twopieces, one containing the nucleus, the other without it, each, if fertilized by a spermatozoon, iscapable of forming a normal larva.In these cases of regeneration during development we find that the part passes through stagescorresponding to all those which remain for theegg or embryo to pass through at the time thepart was separated, and that in some cases, if theseparation occurs near the beginning of develop-UNIVERSITY RECORD 341ment, the separated portion appears to return tothe beginning and to pass through those stageswhich it has once passed through as a part of thewhole.Physiological regeneration, the continuousformation of new substance in place of that whichis worn out in the exercise of the normal functionsof the animal body, and pathological regeneration,the restoration of lost portions, etc., are alike orrelated in that both depend upon the same fundamental characteristics of animal organization.Neither is derived from the other, but both existside by side.It has been generally supposed that a distinctrelation exists between the capacity for regeneration and the liability to injury, i. e., that thoseparts which are the more liable to injury possess thegreater power of regeneration, and that this relationhas been brought about by natural selection. Thefollowing experiments made by the speaker showthat no such relation exists. If certain of the legsof the hermit crab are injured in any way, theybreak off at a certain point, and a new leg regenerates from the stump. If now the stump beremoved proximal to the region at which theseparation after injury occurs — an injury whichcan occur very rarely if at all in nature — a newleg regenerates from this cut surface. By the useof anesthetics during the operation a part of theleg distal to the plane of separation can be cutoff, and the animal upon recovery from theanesthesia does not drop the remaining part. Inthis case regeneration proceeds from the cut surface, where it could not occur normally. Theabdominal appendages of the hermit crab areprotected by the shell which it occupies and soare very rarely exposed to injury, but these alsoregenerate when removed.The cells of a dividing egg are so firmly attached to each other in most cases that separationunder natural conditions must be regarded asimpossible, yet, when separated artificially, eachforms a whole embryo. In one case, however, —the ctenophore egg — the cells are so loosely connected that separation under natural conditions is possible, but in this case parts of the eggdo not form a whole embryo.In the higher forms of animal life regenerativeprocesses seem to be influenced chiefly by internal conditions, but in lower forms external conditions play an important role. The stalk of thehydroid Tubularia, after both ends have been cutoff, will develop a new zooid from the originalbasal end and root-like structures from the original distal end if the distal end be placed in thesand and the basal end left free in the water.Similar results have been obtained with otherforms. In some cases contact is the determiningfactor, in some cases, gravity, etc. We find thatthe external factors which influence normalgrowth influence regeneration in some degree.Regeneration in higher forms is not greatlyaffected by external factors so far as is knownat present : the internal factors are not clearlyunderstood.Regeneration does not necessarily occur morereadily in simple than in complex organizations.The eye of the newt is an extremely complexstructure, but regenerates readily.The term "polarity " may be applied to animalorganisms, as signifying that the parts possess ingeneral the same orientation as the whole, evenwhen separated. The organism thus shows a certain analogy with a magnet. Polarity is wellillustrated by some of the results of graftingexperiments. In the process of grafting the cutsurfaces of parts of two individuals are broughttogether. In lower forms union occurs veryquickly, and in many cases the plane of divisionbetween the two parts becomes indistinguishable.If the distal ends, the ends bearing mouth andtentacles, be removed from two hydras, the twobasal portions can easily be grafted together, andthe union is complete, but after some time a setof tentacles appears on each side of the regionwhere the union occurred, and finally divisionoccurs, two hydras being formed, each of whichpossesses mouth and tentacles at that end of the342 UNIVERSITY RECORDbody which originally bore them. The sameresult, mutatis mutandis, is obtained when twohydras are grafted together by their basal ends.Each portion even when united in reversed position with an other, tends to preserve its originalpolarity.Reversion of polarity is possible when one ofthe grafted pieces is much smaller than the other.Under these conditions a small piece grafted inreversed position upon another may developtentacles and mouth at the end which was originally the basal end.In regenerative processes where new tissue isformed like usually gives rise to like, as is clearlyillustrated by the regenerating head of the earthworm, where we find that the new tissues arise inlarge part from old tissues of the same kind. Thisis not, however, universally true. The limitation inpower, in consequence of which a tissue can reproduce only tissues like itself, is known as the specification of the tissues. The germ cells are without specification, but all the somatic cells appearto possess it in some degree, and the questionarises : ".How have the somatic cells acquiredtheir specification ? "Roux found that the first plane of cleavage inthe frog's egg coincides with the median plane ofthe adult, so that the first two cells representthe"right and left halves of the body. If one ofthese two cells be killed, but left in position, theother develops only the right or left half of anembryo. On the basis of these and other observations he proposed what is known as the mosaictheory of development, which appeared to him tobe confirmed by the very exact process of divisionof the nucleus in mitosis. According to thistheory the cleavage of the egg is essentially thesplitting up of the nucleus of the germ-cell intoits component parts, each of which correspondsto some structure in the adult body. He wasforced, however, by the phenomena of regeneration to admit that there must be a portion ofthe original germ substance, the subsidiary germplasm, within each nucleus. Regeneration he believed to be due to the awakening of this subsidiary germ plasm.A little later Driesch found that a whole embryocould be formed from one half or one fourth ofthe egg of the sea urchin, and in 1891 Hertwigadvanced the view that the part of the embryo oradult formed by any given cell depended uponits position with respect to the whole, each cellbeing capable in itself of forming any part.The next year Driesch, in a paper which bids fairto become a classic, showed that if an egg beallowed to divide under pressure the nuclei occupyvery different positions from those which theywould normally occupy, but that, nevertheless, anormal larva, not a monster is produced. Hisconclusions are summed up in the sentence "theprospective value of a cell is a function of its position." According to this theory differentiationis due to the existence of slight differences amongthe cells, in relation to each other or to theexternal world. The theories of Driesch andHertwig are epigenetic, whereas Roux's is pre-formistic.In 1893 Wilson expressed the belief that cellsgradually lose during development a part of thepotentialities which they possessed at first. Laterexperiments of Driesch upon the eggs of seaurchins support this view, which is to be regardedas a more exact expression of the facts than anyof the others. Changes in the powers of the cellsdo occur at each stage, and a part of the developing egg separated at a certain stage will not, inmost cases, pass through the preceding stagesagain, even though apparently unconnected withtheir appearance in the whole egg.Moreover, experiments made by the speakerand others on eggs of ctenophores show that thisgradual specification occurs in the cytoplasm, notin the nucleus.This fact possesses a very important generalbearing upon the study of development for itforces us to the view that the cytoplasm, and not,as Roux believed, the nucleus, is the importantelement in these processes of differentiation,UNIVERSITY RECORD 343which are a universal characteristic of development.At the time of Bonnet, Spallanzani and Trem-bley the theory of preformation was widelyaccepted. According to this view the germ waslike or nearly like the adult and contained withinitself the germ for the succeeding generation, thisthe germ for the next, etc. Bonnet attempted toapply this theory to the explanation of regeneration.He assumed that organized partial germs exist atall parts of the body, that formative substancesare present, which possess the power to awakenthese germs, and that different formative substances migrate in different directions, e. g., thehead-forming toward the head, etc.Herbert Spencer compared the regeneration oforganisms to the regeneration of a crystal.Superficial comparison shows a number of pointsof resemblance, but with closer analysis Spencer'stheory breaks down at all points. Regenerationin organisms and regeneration of a crystal differin the following points : in the case of theorganism the new material comes from within,in the case of the crystal from without; ananimal can regenerate lost parts when starving,but a crystal only in a supersaturated solution ofthe substance of which it is composed; in thelower animal forms regeneration consists in thechange in form of old tissue, while all additionsto the crystal are new.According to Pfluger the forces concerned inregeneration act only at the cut surface, forminga new layer, which in time gives rise to another,etc. This theory offers no explanation for regeneration without the formation of new tissue.Julius Sachs, the botanist, attempted to explainthe process of regeneration in certain plants bythe assumption of formative substances, which aredistributed to different parts of the organism bygravity or by some other means. This recallsBonnet's hypothesis of formative substances.Sachs denies the existence of polarity in organisms. Many facts of regeneration are explicableby this view, but others, such as the regeneration of a whole hydra from the middle portion of thebody without the formation of new tissue, or thelateral regeneration of Planaria, remain as mysterious as ever.Weismann in his theory of regeneration "hasresuscitated the essential parts of Bonnet's theoryand has grafted them upon certain cell doctrines,principally his own, forming a sphinx-like monster, which marks the high tide of preformisticspeculation." According to Weismann the partial germs are undifferentiated cells. The theoryis still further complicated by the assumptionthat all regeneration occurs under the guidanceof natural selection. Weismann holds that thepower of regeneration is not a fundamental property of organisms, but has been acquired in thecourse of evolution.Our task at present is not to explain regeneration, but to analyze it into its component factors.Certainly the process is an extremely complex one :we are able at present to point out some of themore general factors, but there are doubtlessothers which have not yet been recognized. Forinstance in the regeneration of the anterior endof the earthworm the final result is dependentupon the form of the piece, the specification ofthe cells, the relation of the new part to the oldat the cut surface, and the amount of new materialnecessary to form a new segment, but these factors are not sufficient to explain it.With wider knowledge complete explanationmay become possible but for the present we mustbe content with observation and analysis.REPORTS OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESFOR FEBRUARY 1900.1. The Board of University Affiliations :Meeting of February 10. — i) The followingreport of a committee appointed to consider thevalue in majors for advanced standing of unitsof admission work offered by students fromMorgan Park Academy in excess of the fifteenunits required for admission was adopted :344 UNIVERSITY BECOBDI. Preliminary statement of system already authorized :a) Credit for advanced standing is given to students fromschools outside of the affiliated list who have units inexcess of fifteen, only upon examinations for advancedstanding at the fate of two Majors per unit.b) Credit for advanced standing is given for excess unitsto students from affiliated schools without examinationat the rate of two Majors per unit.c) Credit for advanced standing is given for excess unitsto students from Morgan Park Academy withoutexamination at the rate of three Majors per unit ; alsocollege work proper done at Morgan Park is creditedMajor for Major.2. The Committee recommends that the system of creditingthe excess units from Morgan Park be brought intoharmony with that in vogue with the affiliated schoolsfor the following reasons :a) While the work, e. g.9 in beginning German or Frenchmay be the same in the Academy as in the University, l) it is done by students one, two, or threeyears younger than the students pursuing the samework here, and 2) it is done under academic not college conditions and surroundings. The same can besaid only in part of the college work proper which isbeing done, e. g., college Latin and Mathematics.The students taking those subjects are all in the samegrade, and have all finished the preparatory coursesin those departments.b) Morgan Park is placed by the present distinction preeminently above all affiliated academies to the disparagement of the latter.c) The interest of a harmonious system of admissioncredits for excess units of admission would suggest thepropriety of the chang e.2) La Salle High School accepted as a cooperating school.2. The Board of Student Organizations, Publications,and Exhibitions:Meeting of February iy. — 1) The followingrecommendations of a committee adopted : Provisions relating to the public appearances ofstudents :1. That contests in Public Speaking shall beunder the charge of the Department of PublicSpeaking.2. That musical exhibitions shall be under thecharge of the Director of Music.3. That social affairs shall be under the chargeof the Dean of Women. 4. That student publications shall be underthe charge of the Department of English.5. That a representative of each of thesedepartments shall be ex officio a member of theBoard.2) Kenwood Institute Club recognized as aStudent organization.3. The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics :Meeting of February j. — 1) James Scott Brownappointed the representative of the University onthe committee of the W. I. A. A. A.Meeting of February 16. — 1) The University'srepresentative authorized to vote for the admissionof Illinois College into the W. I. A. A. A. 2)Dates for baseball games are arranged with theUniversity of Michigan approved. 3) Dates forbaseball and dual meet as arranged with the University of Wisconsin approved.4. The Board of Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums :Meeting of February 24. — 1) A committee appointed to report upon the request of a department that its members be permitted to buy privately, and then transfer, at the same price, to theUniversity, any books about which the Libraryitself reports that they cannot be found, reportedas follows :1. The committee does not recommend the granting ofthis request.2. The committee recommends that the Board of theUniversity Press be requested to devise a) a plan for securing better attention to orders for rare books, and more promptdelivery of ordinary books to the library, b) sl plan for securing more prompt delivery of books in general, and c) a planby which heads of departments may bid, through the Press,at auction sales of books, and pick up out-of-the-way books.3. That the Librarian be requested to bring to the attention of heads of departments the fact that a book desired inhaste should be ordered by mail.The report was adopted.2) A committee appointed to report means forfacilitating the passage of certain classes of booksthrough the custom house at Chicago reported asfollows :UNIVERSITY RECORD 345The committee recommends that the President be requestedto secure from the Board of Trustees authority for the President after consultation with the Heads of Departments tomake for the University such affidavits in regard to thescientific purpose and use of books imported as may berequired by the customs or postal officials.The report was adopted.5. The Faculty of the Junior Colleges :Meeting of February j. — i) The following persons accepted with advanced standing : John M.Henderson, E. O. Neubauer. 2) On recommendation of the Curriculum Committee coursesaccepted for the Junior College requirements inScience are confined to Departments XVIII toXXVII inclusive.6. The Faculty of the Senior Colleges :Meeting of February 10. — 1) The followingpersons accepted with advanced standing : ElliottR. Goldsmith, Ira R. Bullock.7. The Faculty of the Ogden (Graduate) School ofScience :Meeting of February 17. — 1) The followingpersons accepted as candidates for higher degrees,a) for S.M., Franz La Motte, b) for Ph.D., GilbertAmes Bliss, Thomas C. Hopkins, William N.Logan, Eugen Schoch, Ernest B. Skinner.8. The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts andLiterature :Meeting of February 24. — 1) The followingpersons accepted as candidates for higher degreesa) for Ph.M., Charles E. Cosand, Helen Harris,b) for A.M., Frances H. Abbot, Nellie M. Auten,Emma K. Clark, Mattie B. Matheny ; c) for Ph.D.,Carl J. Appel, Regina R. Crandall, Norman D.Harris, Walter F. McCaleb. 2) Eva C. Durbinrecommended to the University Senate for thedegree of Ph.M., 3) [in joint session with OgdenFaculty] a) the following regulations concerningSeminars :1. Undergraduates „shall not be registered for Seminars,except on the recommendation of the instructor concerned,and only by students in the last year of their undergraduatecourse, no credit being given them for the course. 2. Seminar courses shall be counted toward the Master'sDegree only by special consent and approval of the Department.b) The following regulation concerning therecording of the work of graduate students :"In recording the work of Graduate Students the same terminology shall be used as inthe case of Undergraduate Students, it beingunderstood that all grades below C are equivalentto not passed.119. The Faculty of the Divinity School :Meeting of February 17. — 1) The followingpersons were accepted as candidates for degrees,a) for D.B., C. G. Brelos, C. R. Zahnisser, C. D.Gray, b) for A.M., R. M. Rabb, c) for Ph.D.,Wallace St. John, C. D. Gray, A. Barta. 2) Thefollowing visiting committee recommended to theBoard of Trustees : Rev. J. W. Conley, Mr. J.H. Chapman, Rev. E. A. Reed, Rev. J. W. Ford,Rev. D. T. Denmon, Rev. W. M. Walker, President W. T. Stott, Rev. W. R. Wood, Rev. ThomasAnderson.10. The University Council :Meeting of February ij. — 1) The followingregulations adopted concerning changes in connection with Convocation :1. That the Convocation be held regularly onthe Tuesday before the Friday preceding thetwenty-fifth day of September, December, March,and June.2. That the quarterly examinations be held onthe Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next following the Convocation.3. That the quarterly Finals be held on thesuccessive days of the week preceding the Convocation.4. That the Convocation Sermon heretoforecalled the " Baccalaureate Sermon " be given onthe Sunday preceding the Convocation.5. That the Convocation Reception, heretoforecalled, "The Senior College Reception" be heldon the Monday evening preceding Convocation.6. That the Alumni exercises be held on Convocation Day or the day preceding.346 UNIVERSI1Y RECORD7. That the Monday preceding Convocationbe devoted to Class Day Exercises, and in theSpring Quarter the annual exercises of the PhiBeta Kappa Society.8. That no lectures or recitations be held onConvocation Day, or the day preceding.9. That degrees or certificates be given only tocandidates present in person at the Convocations,unless by a special vote of the University Council.10. That the first Sunday of the quarter bedesignated " Congregation Sunday " instead of"Convocation Sunday."n. That whenever it seems necessary a Midsummer Convocation be held on the last day ofthe first term of the Summer Quarter.12. That in case a student about to take abaccalaureate degree or a Junior College certificate be not excused from the quarterly examinations, a special examination be held not laterthan the Wednesday preceding the day of Convocation.Note. — In all cases, the above mentioned students areexpected to attend all the exercises of the course throughthe week preceding Convocation.2) The following report respecting reports frominstructors adopted :1. That no change be made in the scheme of markingstudents by the use of letters of the alphabet.2. That in case the quarterly reports are not in theRecorder's hands when they are due, i. e., three days afterexaminations, all students for whose work no report has beenmade shall be marked as passed, with the understandingthat, if reports of their work are subsequently rendered, themarks shall be raised to correspond with the grades given bythe instructor but no grades shall be lowered.11. The University Senate :Meeting of February 3. — 1) The recommendation of the Administrative Board of the UniversityPress that the list of words with changed spellingaccepted by the National Educational Associationbe adopted for use in the official publications andjournals of the University was disapproved.12. The Board of Trustees :Meetings of January and February. — 1) DeanMacClintock was transferred from The Univer sity proper, and made Dean of the College forTeachers. 2) The Budget for the year beginningJuly 1, 1900, was enacted, providing for an expenditure aggregating $759>365- 3) Upon recommendation of the University Council it wasvoted to change the regular day of Convocationfrom the first week of the quarter to the last weekof the preceding quarter. 4) The reenacted degree of A.B. was conferred on Henry C. VanSchaack in his absence, ill health not permittinghim to be present at the Convocation.THE FACULTIES.Professor Sparks has just issued a new editionof his "Topical Reference Lists in American History."Associate Professor Ira M. Price gave a lectureon " Oriental Discovery and the Old Testament,"illustrated by stereopticon, at Morgan Park Academy, on February 2.Professor G. E. Hale, of the Yerkes Observatory, is one of the contributors to the new volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica, his partbeing an article on "Spectroscopy."Professor Fellows has delivered in eight citiesrecently a special illustrated lecture upon theDreyfus Case, in which he became much interested while in Paris a few months ago.Dr. I. W. Howerth has delivered the followinglectures : " A Phase of the Social Problem," Millard Avenue Woman's Literary Society, February12 ; "The Philippine Question," La Salle, Illinois,February 14.Assistant Professor Albert H. Tolman has published as Liberty Tract, No. 5 of the AmericanAnti-Imperialist League, his address delivered atthe conference of Anti-Imperialists, October 17,1899, the title being "Mr. McKinley's Declaration of War."UNIVERSITY RECORD 347Dr. James H. Ransom, of the Department ofChemistry, has a paper on "The Molecular Rearrangement of o-Aminophenylethylcarbonate too-Oxyphenylurethane " in a recent number of theAmerican Chemical Journal.Professor O. C. Farrington, of the Field Columbian Museum, has been appointed on the staff ofthe Commissioner General of the United Statesto the Paris Exposition, and will spend twomonths in Paris supervising the installation ofthe United States mineralogical exhibit.Dr. C. W. Votaw read a paper on " Dates andDuration of the Public Ministry of Jesus" at therecent annual meeting in New York of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. Dr.Votaw has just completed a course of twelvestudies in the life of Christ with a parlor studyclass which has been meeting during the entirewinter at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. W.Norton in Kenwood.At the recent annual meeting of the AmericanMathematical Society, Professor Eliakim H.Moore was reelected to the first vice presidency,and Professor Oscar Bolza was elected to membership in the Council of the Society. The holiday meeting of the Chicago section of the Societywas held at the University on December 28 and29, 1899; on the programme were papers byProfessors Bolza and Maschke and Dr. F. R.Moulton, of the University, and by ProfessorL. E. Dickson, of the University of Texas, adoctor of the university.Recent articles by members of the Facultiesinclude the following :" Preparation for Baseball and Track Athletics at theUniversity of Chicago," by Horace Butterworth, Rover forFebruary." Adventures of Sir Kus Me-Det," by Horace Butterworth,Rover for March. " On a Class of Particular Solutions of the Problem ofFour Bodies," by F. R. Moulton, Transactions of the AmericanMathematical Society, No. I." On Certain Crinkly Curves, " by E. H. Moore, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, No. I." The Elliptic <r-functions considered as a special case ofHyperelliptic <r-functions," by O. Bolza, Transactions of theAmerican Mathematical Society, No. I."Note on the Unilateral Surface of Moebius," by H.Maschke, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society tNo. I." Kinderhook Faunal Studies : II. The Fauna of theChonopectus Sandstone at Burlington, la." (with plates),by S. Weller, Transactions of the St. Louis Academy ofScience, Vol. X." Classical History : Legends and Festivals " (a group ofreviews), by Shailer Mathews, The Dial (February 15)." Government and Law in America " (translation by editorof Review of an article published in Deutsche Juristen-zeitung, September 1899, by Ernst Freund, American LawReview (January-February 1900)." Observations on the Weight and Length of the CentralNervous System and of the Legs in Frogs of different sizes(Rana virescens brachycephala — Cope), by H. H. Donaldson and D. M. Shoemaker, The Journal of ComparativeNeurology (February 1900)." Professor William Henry Green," by Ira M. Price,Standard (February 24)." The Husband's Message and the Accompanying Riddlesof the Exeter Book," by F. A. Blackburn, The Journal ofGermanic Philology (Vol. Ill, No. 1)." War," by I. W. Howerth, Chicago Inter Ocean for February 18." A Few Words about the University of Chicago," by I. W.Howerth, American Journal of Education for February.Recent reviews by members of the Facultiesinclude the following :Cheyne's Encyclopcedia Biblica, by Ira M. Price, in TheDial (March 1).Noble's The Redemption of Africa, by Ira M. Price, inThe Dial (March 1).Roberts' Northland Lyrics, by O. L. Triggs, in Unity.Dewey's The School and Society, by O. L. Triggs, in Unity.Fisher's A Survey of American Literature, by O. L. Triggs,in Unity.Fruit's Poe^s Poetry, by O. L. Triggs, in Unity.Salter's Walt Whitman's Addresses, by O. L. Triggs, inUnity.348 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE ALUMNI.NOTES AND COMMUNICATIONS.THE ALUMNAE CLUB.The quarterly meeting of the Chicago AlumnaeClub was held February 10, at Miss Anna Morgan's studio in the Fine Arts Building. A reportwas made by the chairman of the committee incharge of the Loan Library, which is located inthe Young Men's Christian Association rooms atthe University, for the benefit of the students,and which has been under the management of theAlumnse Club for the past year. The reportshowed that there was a distinct need for such alibrary, judging from the demands for booksduring the year. After some discussion it wasdecided to strike out the phrase, "self-supportingstudent " in the regulations governing the lendingof books, as the restriction had been found tolead to annoying hindrances and inconveniencesin the practical workings of the scheme, andmight prevent the library from helping the veryclass of students which it aimed to reach.The club then listened to a paper by Mrs.Porter Lander MacClintock on " The Dream ofEscape in Recent Literature." After the paperthe members spent a social hour talking of oldand new interests.NOTES.Frank Kurtz, D.B., '93, is a missionary at Vin-ukonda, India.Charles D. Dibell, '96, is practicing law in Jol-iet, Illinois.J. E. Yates, D.B., '00, is pastor of the Baptistchurch at Olathe, Kansas.Henry Tefft Clarke, '96, has moved to Omaha,Nebraska, in order to take part in his father's business.Eiji Asada, Ph.D., '93, is professor of Hebrewin the missionary college at Aoyama, Tokyo,Japan.David P. Barrows, Ph.D., '97, holds the professorship of History in the State Normal Schoolof San Diego, California. Russel B. Opitz, '98, has been appointed assistant in the Physiological Department of BreslauUniversity, Breslau, Germany.Franklin D. Elmer, D.B. '98, furnished somearticles for the Standard (Chicago), of 1899, entitled "Awheel in Deutschland."Mrs. Charlotte C. Gray, A.B., '97; D.B., '98;A.M., '00, is now in the library at Albany, NewYork working on her doctor's thesis.Hon. William Thompson, '67, has been forsome years judge of the District Court in thethirty-fifth judicial district of Kansas. He islocated at Burlingame.Albert E. McKinley, '96, Professor of Historyand Economics in Temple College, Philadelphia,will take his doctor's degree from the Universityof Pennsylvania this year.Volume I of Pollock and Maitland's Historyof English Law, quotes as an authority, a doctor's thesis, published at the University of ChicagoPress by James F. Baldwin, Ph.D., '97, on Scutageand Knight Service.Ernest A. Balch, Ph.D., '98, who has been instructor in the College for Teachers, has acceptedthe chair of History and Economics at the University of Cincinnati. He has already assumedthe duties of his new position.Joseph Leiser, '95, the first student registeringin the University who took a degree and the second to be officially recorded, is now Rabbi inLafayette, Ind. Mr. Leiser is the author of a bookof poems entitled, Before the Dawn,Gilbert E. Bailey, '74, who was United Statesjudge in mines and minerals at the ColumbianExposition, is now a mining engineer, located atLewiston, California. He is also a lecturer onthe subject, "Through the Spanish Republics."George G. Tunell, Ph.D., '97, is secretary tothe commission appointed by Mayor Harrison toconsider ways and means for improving the navigation of Chicago River. Their report, submittedDecember 11, 1899, *s now i*1 pamphlet form.UNIVERSITY RECORD 349The first volume of J. H. Ramsay's treatise onThe Foundations of England, published in 1898,cites C. T. Wyckoff's doctor's thesis Feudal Relations of England and Scotland, to substantiatehis discovery of the long-lost " Brunnanburh."Mr. Wyckoff took his Ph.D. in '97, and is nowProfessor of History in Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois.Ernest W. Clement, A.B., '80; A.M., '83, Principal of the Tokyo Baptist Academy, Librarian ofthe Asiatic Society of Japan, is located at Tokyo.Mr. Clement is the author of numerous magazine articles on Japanese life, published in bothAmerican and foreign magazines. He is also theauthor of " Elementary Lessons in English," abook adapted to the Japanese student.Charles H. Gordon, Ph.D., '95, was recentlyelected to the position of superintendent of cityschools of Lincoln, Nebraska. A school journalof that state says :"Dr. Gordon entered the department of geology in The University of Chicago, where he hadbeen granted a fellowship in 1893. Two yearslater the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was bestowed upon him in recognition of the ability fororiginal investigation which he displayed. Histhesis received very favorable notice from theleaders in that branch of science. . . . His ability as an organizer is already evident from themanner in which he has taken charge of his newwork."The April number of the University Recordwill contain a sketch of the life of Henry C. VanSchaack, '81, a prominent lawyer of Denver, Col.,who died only a few days ago . at Palm Beach,Florida. Mr. Van Schaack was closely connectedwith the interests of the old University during hisresidence in Chicago after his graduation. Buthis removal to Denver on account of ill healthsevered this close connection with the University'slife. His degree was renewed July 1897.THE ANNUAL ALUMNI CLUB DINNER.The second annual dinner of the ChicagoAlumni Club was held at the Victoria Hotel on Wednesday, March 7, at 7 : 00 p.m. William ScottBond, '97, President of the club, was toastmaster.Charles I. Sturgis, President of Harvard Club,and E. C. Lind ley, Treasurer of the MichiganClub, brought greeting from their respective associations, and assured the University of Chicagomen of the cordial feeling for Chicago existingin their institutions. Mr. Lindley's earnest hopethat in the future Michigan and Chicago mightmaintain the most friendly relations in athleticswas received with much applause. PresidentHarper assured the club of the growing powerand influence of the University and of its highposition among the leading institutions in thiscountry. He spoke of the new buildings soon tobe erected, and of some yet unrealized dreams.L. Brent Vaughn, '97, responded to the toast,"The Alumni Club," and James Weber Linn, '97,read an original poem entitled, " The Days ofAuld Lang Syne."The election of officers followed the dinner,and resulted as follows:L. Brent Vaughn, '97, President.R. W. Webster, '95, First Vice President.M. P. Frutchey, '98, Second Vice President.W. O. Wilson, '97, Recording Secretary.Stacy C. Mosser, '97, Corresponding Secretary.Mayo Fesler, '97, Treasurer.F. W. Steigmeyer, '97, Historian.The meeting closed with the singing of " AlmaMater" and the usual college yells.PROGRAMMEOF THE WINTER FINALS AND THE THIRTY-SECOND CONVOCATIONSPRING 1900.THE FINALS.March 15, Thursday.4:00 P.M. The Junior College Finals for the Ferdinand Peckprize. Kent TheaterMarch 16, Friday.8 : 00 p.m. The Senior College Finals for the University prize.Kent TheaterMarch 17, Saturday.8 : 00 p.m. The Graduate-Divinity Finals for the Joseph Leiterprize. Kent Theater350 UNIVERSITY RECORDMarch 18, Sunday. Convocation Sunday.3 : 30 p.m. The Convocation Prayer Service. Members of theFaculties and Candidates for Degrees are invited toattend.Haskell Oriental Museum — Congregation Hall4 : 00 p.m. The Convocation Vesper Service.Kent TheaterMarch 19, Monday.8 : 00-11 :oo p.m. The Convocation Reception.The Presidents HouseMarch 21, 22, 23. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.Quarterly Examinations of the Winter Quarter.April i, Sunday.— Congregation Sunday.4:00 p.m. The Congregation Vesper Service. The CongregationSermon: Rev. O. P. Gifford, D.D.Kent Theater8 :oop.m. Union Meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association.Haskell Oriental Museum. — Association HallApril 2, Monday. 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 maybe consulted at the consultation hours announced.)12:0011. 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- second University Convocation.The Procession.The Convocation Address: The Honorable David J.Hill, Washington.The Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.Central Music Hall7 : 00 p.m. The Congregation Dinner.The Quadrangle ClubApril 3, Tuesday.4:00 P.M. The Twentieth 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 HallOFFICIAL NOTICES.Final Examinations for higher degrees will beheld as follow :For the Degree of A.M.:Arthur C. Lunn, Astronomy, R. 38, March 15,11:00 A.M.For the Degree of D.B.:Carl George Brelos, New and Old Testaments, Haskell 28, March 13, 5:00 p.m. For the Degree of Ph.D.:Howell Evelyn Davis, Bacteriology andNeurology. Thesis: "The Occurrence of theTyphoid Bacillus in Typhoid Fever Patients."Z 40, March 13, 9:00 a.m.Thomas Cramer Hopkins, Geology, Mineralogy and Petrography. Thesis : "The Genesis ofCertain Limonite Ores of Pennsylvania." W 2,March 15, 11:00 a.m.QUARTERLY EXAM/NATIONS.The examinations at the close of the WinterQuarter will be held on Wednesday, Thursday,and Friday, March 21, 22, and 23. Examinations for morning classes will be held on thethree successive mornings ; for afternoon classeson the three successive afternoons, as follows :8:30 Exercises, Wedn., Mar. 21, 8:30-11:30 a.m*9:30 tt Thurs. ' 22, 8:30-11:30 A.M.11:00 tt Fri. 23, 8:30-11:30 a.m.12:00 it Wedn. ' 21, 2:00- 5:00 P.M.2:00 tt Thurs. ' 22, 2:00- 5:00 P.M.3:00 tt Fri. 23> 2:00- 5:00 P.M.The Graduate-Divinity Debate for theJoseph Leiter prize of $75, will take place inKent Theater on Saturday, March 17 at 8: 00 p.m.The question for debate is as follows : Resolved :That national regulation of corporations, tending tocapitalistic monopoly, is unwise and inexpedient.Affirmative.Divinity School : Messrs. W. H, Head, J. G.Meadows and E. A. E. Palmquist.Negative.Graduate School: Messrs. H. N. Gottlieb,Benj. Samuels and S. R. McClure.The Final Examination of Wallace St. Johnfor the degree of Ph.D. was held on Monday,March 5, at 2: 00 p.m., in Room 36, Haskell Museum. Principal subject, Church History; secondary subject, New Testament. Thesis: "TheContest for Liberty of Conscience in England."UNIVERSITY RECORD 351Committee : Professors Hulbert, Johnson, Burton,and Mathews, Associate Professor Moncrief, Dr?Votaw, and all other members of the departmentsimmediately concerned.OFFICIAL REPORTS.During the month of February 1900, therehas been added to the Library of the Universitya total number of 14 17 volumes, from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 177 vols., distributedas follows :General Library, 17 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.;Pedagogy, n vols.; Political Economy, 3 vols.;Political Science, 7 vols.; History, 27 vols.;Sociology, 4 vols.; Anthropology, 2 vols.; Semitic,2 vols.; New Testament, 7 vols.; ComparativePhilology, 5 vols.; Greek, 3 vols.; Latin, 2 vols.;Latin and Greek, 2 vols.; Romance, 2 vols.;English, 3 vols.; Mathematics, 3 vols.; Chemistry,1 vol.; Physics, n vols.; Zoology, 6 vols.; Anatomy, 8 vols.; Neurology, 2 vols.; Physiology, 2vols.; Botany, n vols.; Church History, 6 vols.;Systematic Theology, 2 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 2 vols.; Swedish Theological Seminary,25 vols.Books added by gift, 1137 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 1098 vols.; Pedagogy, 2 vols.;Political Economy, 2 vols.; Political Science, nvols.; Sociology, 4 vols.; Latin, 1 vol.; Mathematics, 5 vols.; Astronomy (Ryerson), 1 vol.;Geology, 8 vols.; Zoology, 2 vols.; Physiology,1 vol.; Systematic Theology, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University publications, 103 vols., distributed as follows:General Library, 49 vols.; Pedagogy, 1 vol.;Political Science, 1 vol.; Sociology, 1 vol.,Comparative Religion, 4 vols.; Semitic, 12 vols.;New Testament, 10 vols.; Physics, 3 vols.; Geology, 3 vols.; Botany, 7 vols.; Church History,7 vols.; Systematic Theology, 3 vols., Homiletics,1 vol.; Divinity, 1 vol. CURRENT EVENTS.Mr. L. ArHigley, of the Department of Chemistry, has jusrbeen appointed instructor in Chemistry in Purdue University.Professor Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University, made an informal address before theGraduate students in Chemistry on Tuesday, February 27. ¦.Mr. R. H. Brownlee, of fhe Department ofChemistry, has been appointed Professor of Science in the Occidental College, Los Angeles,California.President Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard University, was the speaker at Vesper Service onSunday, February 25. He gave an interestingaccount of some of the experiences connectedwith religious services provided for the studentsof Harvard.Professor Charles F. Millspaugh, Curator inBotany for the Field Columbian Museum, willgive a public lecture before the Botanical ClubTuesday, March 20, at 5:00 p.m., in Haskell Museum. The lecture is entitled " A Cruise of theAntilles," and will be fully illustrated by lanternslides, many of which are in colors. This meeting of the Botanical Club will be open to allmembers and friends of the University.The first number of the new quarterly journalof mathematics, the Transactions of the AmericanMathematical Society ', has recently appeared. Thisjournal is published by the Society with the cooperation of the University and nine other institutions: Harvard University, Yale University,Princeton University, Columbia University, Hav-erford College, Northwestern University, CornellUniversity, The University of California, andBryn Mawr College. The editors elected by theCouncil of the Society are Professor E. H. Moore,of the University, Professor E. W. Brown, ofHaverford College, and Professor T. S. Fiske, ofColumbia University.352 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.MARCH 9-17, 1900.Friday, March 9.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Division Meeting, 10:30 a.m. : Lower Juniors inKent Theater.Physics Club meets in Room 32, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.Mr. Jewett will read on " The Magnetic Induction inLong Iron Bars ; " Mr. Chamberlain will read on"Thorium Radiations."Graduate Club holds its monthly' meeting atKelly Hall, 8:00 p.m.Dr. Veblen will speak on " Pecuniary Standards andHigher Education."Saturday, March 10.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8 : 30 a.m.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00a.m.The University Council, 11:30** .m.Sunday, March 11.Vesper Service will be held in Kent Theaterat 4:00 p.m.The address will be given by Professor Shorey on" St. Francis of Assisi.Monday, March 12.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, March 18.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.Dr. B. M. Davis will present Rosenberg's " Physid-logical and Cytological researches onDrosera rotundi-folia;" Mr. B. E. Livingston will continue the reviewof Kohl's on " Paratonic Curvatures in Jointed Plants."Sociology Club meets in the Assembly Room,Haskell, at 8:00 p.m.Mr. Charles F. Weller, District Superintendent of theChicago Bureau of Charities, will give a stereopticonexhibit and address. Subject : " Social Conditionsand Social Service in the West Chicago River Wards."Wednesday, March 14.Division Meetings, 10: 30 a.m. :Upper Seniors in Haskell ; Lower Seniors in CoboLecture Hall ; Upper Juniors in the Chapel.Lecture by Professor John Graham Brooks,Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, 4:00 p.m. (SeeP. 327.)Zoological Club meets in Room 24, ZoologicalLaboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Mr. R. S. Lillie will give an address on: "TheDerivation of Annelid Nephridia."Thursday, March 15.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.History Club meets in Cobb Hall, 7 c, at 7: 30p.m.Quarterly Election of Officers.Friday, March 16.Chapel-Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Saturday, March 17.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of the UniversityPress, 8: 30 a.m.The Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10: 00 A.M.The Faculty of the Divinity School, 11:30A.M.Material for the OALENDAB must be sent to the Office of Information by THXJBSDAY, 8:80 A.M.,in order to be published in the issue of the same week.