V NUMBER 1University RecordFRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1900THE PLACE OF AMERICA IN WORLD POLITICS*BY DAVID JAYNE HILL, LL.D.ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, WASHINGTON. D. C.The ultimate moral unity of the world is basedon the oneness of nature and the oneness of man.For long ages men lived apart, separated bymountains and oceans, isolated, unknown, andhostile among themselves. Locality placed itsbirthmark of race, prejudice, and superstitionupon every man, and nations were impossible.War, conquest, subjugation, slavery, despotism,these were the cruel instruments by which ancientstates were founded ; and it is only in moderntimes that nationality, the child of mutual devotion to common purposes shared by great massesof men, has carried human organization beyondthe confines established by arbitrary power.All the progress of the world has tended tounify mankind; for the clearing of forests, thesearch for subterranean treasures, the redemptionof arid wastes, the tunneling of mountains, andthe flight of ships over the sea, have broughtmen closer together. Navigation has carried adventurers into broader seas ; commerce has unitedthe sympathies of far-distant peoples ; inventionhas abridged distance, abbreviated time, and ren-* The Convocation Address delivered on the occasion ofthe Thirty-second Convocation of the University, held April2, 1900, at Central Music Hall. dered world-wide publicity almost instantaneous ;international credit has interlaced the interests ofwidely separated countries ; destructive agentshave rendered war almost equivalent /to-" mutualannihilation and general impoverishment; andand even philanthrophy has become international,the floating hospitals of Russia turning theirkindly prows toward South Africa, and the redcrescent of the Turk claiming its rights in theministry of mercy beside the red cross of theChristian in the great Parliament of Peace recently assembled at The Hague.It is at 'last one world, and not a mere juxtaposition of worlds, in which we live ; and ourscience, our literature, our commerce, and ourpolitics, have all become cosmopolitan.Three times in human history the world haschanged its front, each time bringing into oneanother's presence larger and more powerfulgroups of nations. First, upon the Nile and theEuphrates rested the termini of civilization, halting as if uncertain of its future, glancing alternately at the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf,through centuries of suspense and indecision,while the long white caravans of early commerce,solemnly winding across the plains of Mesopotamia and the Arabian desert, opened the firstrude highways of trade between the East and theWest. Then turning seaward to begin its west-UNIVERSITY RECORDward journey round the globe, Tyre, Sidon, Carthage, and the isles of the iEgean became theforefront of the world. Asia Minor, the Greekmainland, Sicily, and Italy, enter into life at thetouch of trade, and pass out of barbarism intocivilization. For centuries the Mediterraneancontinues to be the center of the world ; and Asia,Africa, and Europe contend for supremacy inthat land-locked sea. The Hansa towns rise topower and prosperity by extending their commerce to the north, but their source of wealth isstill the eastern trade. Venice, risen from thesea and become the queen of the Adriatic, is longthe most prosperous maritime power of the world ;and Britain, a lone island in the northern seas,has still no dream of empire. Europe, inspired bythe migrations on land and sea which awoke hersleeping energies through contact with the ancientEast, when her knights poured into Asia to rescuethe birth-spot of Christianity from the desecration of the infidel, is building her great monarchies on the ruins of the Middle Ages, when aGenoese sailor, trusting a larger vision, under thepatronage of Spain, turns the prows of his littlefleet into the darkness of the western seas, to findanother continent. Returning, Columbus haschanged the front of the world once more, theAtlantic becomes the highway of nations, theillimitable West rises everywhere to bar the searchfor a shorter path to India, and a New World isadded to the trophies of mankind.The whole force and energy of Europe arenow directed toward the sea, and all the maritimepowers are eager to plow the ocean with theirnavies and sow their colonies over the globe. Anew Spain, a new France, and a new England,come into being, to repeat the struggles of theOld World in seeking the primacy of the New.A slender line of rude settlements springs upalong the Atlantic seaboard of America, takingpossession of the broad middle zone. The Spanish cannot destroy it on the south, the Frenchcannot drive it into the sea from the north andnorthwest, for it carries in its blood domestic and civic virtues bred in the forests of Germany, andliberties wrested from powerful kings throughcenturies of freedom and self-rule. Sturdy, industrious, self-reliant, the increasing stream ofpopulation presses westward, building camps andcabins in the wilderness. The thrilling historyof westward expansion across the American continent is the most brilliant chapter in the historyof civilization, the greatest exhibition of humanenergy in the long battle of man with nature.Independence gained, the great Northwest Territory ceded to the United States by Great Britain,the self-governing colonies federated into a nation,the Constitution framed, the vast national domainthrough a supreme act of sovereignty ruled inthe name of the people, an irrepressible racecrosses the Rocky Mountains, or reaches thegolden shores of California by the slow shipswhich circumnavigate South America. The natural wealth of the Pacific slope attracts adventurous men, fearless, enterprising, indomitable, who,in their country's name, without etiquette or formality of any kind, take possession of the continent's western rim. We need not pause to speakof military occupation conquest, or cession, as wefollow these swift and sure movements of destiny ;for all are unimportant in the light of the controlling fact that strong men have at lengtharrived, capable of redeeming nature, ready andable to plant justice, law, and political institutions, where but yesterday only wild vegetationand rude races grew and perished in the rankluxuriance of a primeval age.The foremost in this race across the continent,voluntary exiles from civilization, fond of adventure and courting danger, yet feel themselvesisolated and alone, and look back with a kind ofterror at the awful spaces of plain and mountainthat separate them from their eastern homes. Butthe whole vast area is soon bound together andmade one, held by the inseparable bonds of afederated statehood, sealed by the blood of thewhole land, the terrible price of national union ;and the great transcontinental railroads whichRECORD 3presently thread the prairies and pierce themountains, prove that the nation has at last mastered its domain and clasped it together withbands of steel from ocean to ocean.Each citizen becomes intent upon his privatetask, and no one is conscious of the change whichtime and toil have wrought, while still fartherwestward, along the track of the sinking sun, farout into the Pacific, Americans continue to wander, building their homes where eternal summersmiles on the islands that float between the oceanand the stars. The nation is startled by the voiceof kindred beyond the sea demanding the protection of the United States for the fragile republicof Hawaii, brought into being in a night, andasking to share the flag and the destinies of theAmerican people.It is an impressive moment, and the government hesitates with indecision at the thought ofextending national responsibility over a spot ofearth so remote from its continental heritage,thereby advancing the frontiers of the nation twothousand miles into the western ocean. It hasnot dreamed of overleaping its continental boundaries, and has no thought concerning far distantislands, except that they would be a burden anda care. But a series of grievances becomes intolerable, a strong impulse of chivalrous feelinglong repressed, an inexplicable incident interpreted as an insult and a challenge, drive theUnited States into a war with Spain ; and thenew, untried navy is bidden to do its work. TheAtlantic coast towns shudder at the thought ofthe sudden appearance of some destructivearmada, looming out of the mysterious mists ofthe sea to lay them waste, and peaceful cottagersdream of exposure on the unprotected shore of NewEngland ; when suddenly, in the early hours of aMay morning, a squadron of American shipsquietly steams into Manila Bay, and before thesun has set the world understands that the frontof civilization has changed once more, and thePacific Ocean has become the center of theworld. I have said the center of the world, for that isalways the center where the new work calls, wherethe unsolved problems rise, and where the energies of civilization gather to complete their unfinished task. And this vast ocean, around whoseborders nearly one half of the earth's inhabitantsare distributed, and toward which their converging lines of interest are directed, the outlet oftheir commerce and the common medium of theirintercourse, is destined to be the most magnificentmeeting place of nations which history has known.More than a hundred lines of railroad, bearingthe products of every zone, now run toward thePacific ; and when the trans-Siberian line is completed, the journey from Paris to Japan, includingthe sea passage, can be made in fifteen days.Across this great ocean, whose waters for centuries were traversed by only one small sailing shipeach year between Manila and Acapulco, a dozenlines of steamships, some of them operatingnearly a hundred vessels, now connect the portsof America, Asia, and Australia. Several systemsof trans-Pacific cables are already in contemplation,destined to complete the telegraphic unity of theworld, which already has 170,000 miles of submarine communication — an aggregate lengthseven times the girdle of the globe. The futurecommerce of this great ocean is beyond humancalculation ; its total annual trade already amounting to $5, 000,000, 000 ; while that of Japan alone,which has doubled within ten years, has reached$200,000,000.As if awakened from a marvelous dream to finditself in the presence of a more wonderful reality,the United States emerges from its war with Spainto discover that it has suddenly become one ofthe greatest oceanic powers of the world, holding,on the west, Tutuila, the finest port in the southern Pacific, the Hawaiian islands, Guam, and thePhilippine archipelago, while its continental coastline of more khan five thousand miles, occupiesnearly one fourth of the entire Pacific waterfront. In Alaska alone, the area of Great Britain,Ireland, the twenty six states of the GermanUNIVERSITY RECORDEmpire, and the whole of France, could be delimited without overlapping its borders. On one ofits great rivers forty lines of steam vessels are nowsaid to be in operation, and its mineral wealth isbelieved to surpass all that has been extractedfrom the territory west of the Mississippi, whichwould twice pay the cost of the Civil War. Inrebuke of our indifference to the value of a greatpossession, a responsible man of science affirmsafter personal inspection, that Alaska is " a farbetter country than much of Great Britain andNorway, or even parts of Prussia." In the lightof the principle laid down by Montesquieu, that" countries are not cultivated by reason of theirfertility, but by reason of their liberty," Alaska,so long treated with contempt, may become inthe distant future the home of happy millions,and even the seat of great and powerful states.No longer a struggling federation of smallcommonwealths scattered along the Atlantic seaboard, but a great and powerful nation commanding the breadth of the continent and ruling distant islands, what is to be the part of the UnitedStates in those great movements which are changing the political and moral geography of theworld ? Will it endeavor to undo the work ofthose unseen forces that have thrust it into theforefront of advancing civilization, which is nowreturning to its cradle in the East after completing the circuit of the globe ? Will it followthe counsel of those who oppose the extension ofAmerican sovereignty beyond the confines of thecontinent, and who demand that our flag belowered before the standards of self-constitutedchieftains, imagined to embody the sovereignty ofa people because they have inflamed with insurrection a single one of eighty-four native tribes,never recognized as a state, nor even constitutinga nation, and wholly devoid of public responsibility ? When the public archives have told theirwhole story, it will appear that the Treaty of Pariswas not a bargain in the interest of trade, but thecharter of liberty for twelve millions of humanbeings gathered under the protecting folds of a flag able to defend them from foreign aggressionand domestic anarchy. The one conceivable opportunity for the free development of self-government in the Philippine archipelago, so far as thatmay be possible, was secured when the sovereigntyover those islands passed from Spain to the UnitedStates. In the name of just administration, inthe name of international tranquillity, and in thename of self-government itself, the United Statescannot lower its flag wherever it has been raised,until anarchy has been suppressed, public orderestablished, and the world convinced that ourPresident expressed the real purpose of the American people when he sent forth his Philippinecommissioners "as bearers of the good will, theprotection, and the richest blessings of a liberating rather than a conquering nation."The advocates of Little America as opposed toGreater America have sought to inspire the conviction that our recent development is the fruit ofpolitical materialism — a repudiation of thosegreat ideas which animated the founders of thisnation. Deriving their standard of nationalmorality from the cloister, they find the path ofduty in perpetual isolation, and proclaim the doctrine that the material and moral expansion of thecountry are contradictory and incompatible. Butall experience teaches that the improvement ofnational character is not to be sought by piouscontemplation of one's virtues in a monastic cell,but wrung from the stern issues of life by conscientious effort in the great field of activity ; fornations, like men, become strong and great onlyby manfully mastering their divinely appointedtasks. It is impossible that the Hindoo conception of duty should find acceptance in occidentalminds. The American people, in spite of calumniators, have grown in soul as rapidly as theyhave grown in wealth and comfort ; and organizedcharity, public education, and general culture arethe irrefutable proofs that material prosperity doesnot of necessity impoverish the soul of a nation.It is a sad perversion of truth for men to say thatthere is nothing colossal in America but its geog-RECORD 5raphy and its private fortunes, nothing great ornoble in its gentleness and magnanimity; for allthat is really notable in our civilization has sprungfrom considerations which lie beyond the needsof particular persons or even of the present time.We plant trees, build cities, enact laws, and foundcolleges; but how small would all our enterprisesseem, if the only benefit to be derived from themwere the little good that may fall to us ! Thefuture! that is the hope and the inspiration ofhumanity, the power that moves man's nature by" secret and inviolable springs." The guaranteeof human progress lies in the constructive instincts of mankind, and the dignity of a race ismeasured by the unselfish enthusiasm with whichits members think and toil for the good that willlive after them.Any form of expansion which does not includethe extension and diffusion of that which characterizes our deeper and purer national life, thatwhich we are proud to call our "Americanism," isnot worthy of the energies and the ambition ofthe American people. What, then, is that Americanism which we cannot abandon or disregardwithout casting into the sea the precious pearl ofour national inheritance ? It is thevprinciple thatno form of civil polity is tolerable which does notpermit and encourage the most free and unrestrained development and exercise of all thosemental and moral faculties and energies whichgive force and value to the individual man ; theidea of a free, generous, and harmonious cooperation of man with man, of institution with institution, of party with party, and of commonwealthwith commonwealth in the promotion of generalprosperity, without regard to class, creed, section,or racial origin ; a reverence for ideals of justiceand equity incorporated into the law of the land,made operative by the combined force of society,and sustained by the glad and willing obedienceof all its members. Liberty is sweet, but it is notthe whole secret of our national development.Fraternity is noble, but it is not the only bond ofour civic coherence. Deeper than both liberty and fraternity lies the sublime conception of animperative moral order, which is not merely thefertile source of personal rights, but the compelling force of individual and national duties.Without this fundamental bond, men are but self-conscious atoms, and societies mere driftingvapors which skirt the hills in the morning andvanish before the noon.The greatness of America lies in the deep-seatedconviction of the American people that they meanto do what is right. The way is not always easy,but, if any axiom can be stated of this nation, itis, that it will not suffer any wrong which humanpower can repress to enjoy a permanent existencewithin its jurisdiction. Slavery was a dark spoton the American conscience, but the hand ofLincoln swept it away. Polygamy reproachedthe honor of the nation ; and, behold, it is goneand its apostles are silent. Rapine and butcherydesolated the fair island of Cuba, and the greatguns of our squadron thundered, "Let us havepeace!" "If you do not trust the people," saida great orator, "you march into night." If youcannot trust the people, whom can you trust ?Presidents and cabinets and councils are never sowise as when they open their ears to the voice ofthe nation — not, indeed, to the strident vociferations of mere partisans, but to the calm expression of the national intelligence voiced by themeasured, deliberate conclusions of an enlightened people.We sometimes speak of commerce as if it wereessentially sordid and selfish, but we must notoverlook its beneficent influence. "Trade," saysa great moralist, "is a plant which grows whereverthere is peace, as soon as there is peace, and as longas there is peace." It is the great peacemaker,the friend of liberty and of law, and wherever itleads the way there the gifts of civilization soonfollow. Already the hand of this great nationhas been stretched out over the broad Pacific toinvite the world to a peaceful compact in theinterest of universal commerce. The transformation of China will be the work of the comingUNIVERSITY RECORDcentury, and four great European powers havesought to procure for themselves advantages inthe commercial rivalry that has already begun.Appealing to solemn treaties which have opened"to the American people the trade of that vastempire — apparently on the point of being imperiled by exclusive policies — in order to maintain equal rights for the traders and manufacturersof the United States, the President has invitedthe nations, through his distinguished Secretaryof State, to give assurances that that "open door"shall not be closed against us. Recognizing therights of the American people as a great Pacificpower, England, Russia, Germany, France, Italy,and Japan have responded in that just and friendlyspirit which we had reason to expect from them,and in a body of diplomatic correspondence recently offered to the public these powers havecollectively guaranteed to the United States thatfair and equal treatment which equity demands.And this new era of world-wide commercewhich is now about to dawn is only the naturalsequence of our continental development, thefulfillment of early tendencies and prophecies.In 1830 de Tocqueville wrote : "The Americansthemselves now transport to their own shoresnine tenths of the European produce which theyconsume ; and they also bring three quarters ofthe exports of the New World to the Europeanconsumer." "Nations, as well as men," he continues, "almost always betray the prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.When I contemplate the ardor with which theAmericans prosecute commerce, the advantageswhich aid them, and the success of their undertakings, I cannot help believing that they willone day become the first maritime power of theglobe. They are born to rule the seas, as theRomans were to conquer the world."With ample territory, and coveting the land ofno other nation, with inexhaustible treasures ofcoal, iron, and timber, with industries capable ofsupplying the markets of the world, midway between the Atlantic and the Pacific, in the zone of maximum efficiency, the American people, cosmopolitan in origin and sympathies, are, withoutquestion, destined to become a great power onthe sea.The extension and enlargement of politicalobligations and commercial interests can havebut one effect upon our national life and publiccharacter; for a nation great enough to bear it isalways elevated and strengthened by responsibility.The increasingly delicate poise and growing magnitude of private business have always demandedmore capable and honorable administration, andit cannot be otherwise in our public life. Incommonplace circumstances any man will do, butin great emergencies none but real men arewanted. Cabinet ministers, governors-general,and diplomatic and consular ofiicers must henceforth be men of the highest ability and character;for the country can supply them, and the peoplewill demand them. The exuberant prodigality ofAmerican character may consent to entrust domestic affairs to unknown and untried men ; for,if we are robbed, it is only by our friends andneighbors ! But when complications with foreignpowers arise, when the rights of the defenselessare in question, when the whole world is watchingour conduct and sitting in judgment upon ourmotives, the pride of the nation will demand thatthe representatives of its honor be loyal to theirsacred trust.More than any other human institutions, thoseof education connect the present with the pastand the past with the future. More than anyothers, they represent the highest and most general interests of humanity, and the degree inwhich their influence is felt is the best measureof the height to which civilization has attained.Never before in the development of our country,never before in the history of the world, havemen of liberal training and high discipline beenso much in demand for public service as at thepresent time.As the mariner, when beyond the sight of land,looks up for guidance to the sun and stars, aRECORD 1nation, in great emergencies, instinctively returnsto cardinal principles, and puts its faith in itsmost tried and trusted citizens. Aiming at peace,as the one essential condition for the enjoymentof liberty ; at order, as the one indispensablenecessity of social existence ; at justice, as thefundamental right of human nature ; the countryknows that in contending for these, in opposingeverything that would prevent or delay them, itis acting in the spirit of all the great and goodwho have gone before, or who will follow after.If any form of government can rise to the level ofgreat human interests and secure the rights ofhumanity, it is that of a sovereign people, able tosit in judgment upon its public servants andhold, them responsible for their official acts.Wherever the flag of our country flies, on land orsea, there the American conscience is present touphold it, as the symbol and pledge of libertyand law. In the divine charter of humanitythere are no prescriptions of latitude and longitude ; the boundaries of nations do not limit thejurisdiction of ethical principles ; and the vastoceanic spaces present no barriers to humanrights ; for there, as everywhere, the eternal lawswhich Infinite Power has interfused with naturepress forward to their fulfillment in the unfinishedwork of man's development.THE PRESIDENT'S QUARTERLY STATEMENT.*Members of the University and Friends,Ladies and Gentlemen :It gives us great pleasure this afternoon to greetour distinguished guest who comes to us fromthe seat of government with a message of largeand significant interest. We recall the importantservice which he has performed in the educationalfield ; and now that he has entered the sphere ofdiplomatic work we wish him an unlimited success. For the strong and inspiring worpls of his* Presented on the occasion of the Thirty-second Convocation of the University, April 2, 1900. address we wish to tender him our thanks. Wetrust that he will carry back with him to hischief, the distinguished Secretary of State, Mr.Hay, an expression of our appreciation for themagnificent diplomatic results which have beenachieved under his administration. It is theopinion of many American citizens, perhaps ofthe great majority of them, that no more importantdiplomatic service has been rendered in the history of the last twenty-five years than that whichstands connected with the Hay-PaunceforteTreaty, and the " open door " secured in China.We desire also that an expression of our esteemand highest wishes may be conveyed to that wiseand cautious, but at the same time strong andfearless man, the President of the United States,Mr. McKinley — a man in whom heart and intellect unite to bring him into closest touch andsympathy with the people.DEATHS.On three occasions during the past quarter theflag of the University has hung at half-mast, outof respect to the members and the friends of theUniversity who have been called away by death.Mrs. Henrietta Snell was one of those whoresponded to the appeal of the University madeduring 1892 for the sum of one million dollars,for the purpose of erecting buildings on thequadrangles. Her gift was used in the buildingof Snell Hall, which has since been the distinctivehome of the undergraduates. In behalf of themany young men who have shared the privilegesfurnished through her generous gift, I wish toexpress the sorrow which has been felt because ofher decease.The death of a member of the student bodyhas been a rare occurrence in our history. Whereso large a number of young men and women aregathered together as students, ranging in yearsfrom graduate students of maturity, to youngermen and women just entering college life, itmight be expected that the vicissitudes of lifewould be marked. On the contrary, losses byUNIVERSITY RECORDdeath have been so rare that when the sad newsis announced it comes as a shock to the membersof the University body. Mr. Charles Van Deursenentered the University on the first of January,.and was just beginning to become acquaintedwith the members of the particular department inwhich he wTorked when the fatal illness came.The sympathy of students and faculty is expressedto his friends.I am compelled to make record of the death ofHenry Cruger Van Schaack, '81, a member of thebar and a citizen of Denver, Colorado, whosename appears upon the programme, as one of theold alumni whose diploma was to have beenreenacted at this convocation.In the recent death of Mr. William B. Braytonthe University has lost one of its most faithfulTrustees. Mr. Brayton had been a member of theBoard of Trustees nearly nine years. He hadbeen a Trustee of the Divinity School for morethan twenty-four years. He thus sustained adouble relation to the University. No mancould well be more faithful to the duties of atrustee than was Mr. Brayton. Every matterentrusted to his care was given conscientious andintelligent attention. He was a man of perfectuprightness and of spotless reputation. He wasmost highly esteemed as a citizen and a businessman. xThe flag hangs again at half-mast today, inhonor of one of the University's greatest benefactors. Mr. Sidney Kent was the first man tocome forward and propose to build a laboratoryfor the University. The spirit shown in thisproposition and the scale upon which the workwas carried out established the truth of an editorial head-line in one of the Chicago daily paperspublished upon the announcement of his gift :" Sidney Kent Sets The Pace" It was literallytrue. The eight great laboratories of Sciencebuilt for the University are what they are, in considerable measure, because the first one built hadfor its founder Mr. Kent, a man of broad andliberal and forceful character. MARSHALS.To the retiring Marshals, Mr. Walter JosephSchmahl, Mr. Curtis Rockwell Manning, Mr.Walter Scott Kennedy, Mr. Leroy Tudor Vernonand Mr. Walter Lawrence Hudson, I take pleasurein acknowledging the obligations of the University for the skill and courtesy with which theyhave performed their duties during the year whichcloses today. To Head Marshal Schmahl I desire,on the part of the University, to present thisbaton, which he has used throughout the year asthe token of his office, and which henceforth maybe preserved as a token of the esteem in which heand his fellow-marshals have been held.To the new Head Marshal, Mr. Leroy TudorVernon, I present this baton, and, with this presentation, I charge upon him the duties and responsibilities of the office for the year which nowbegins ; as his assistants in office I appoint Mr.Arthur Eugene Bestor, Mr. William FranklinEldridge, Mr. Walter Lawrence Hudson, MissMarion Calhoun and Miss Ethel Freeman.ATTENDANCE, WINTER QUARTER, 1900.Men Women TotalThe Graduate School of Arts andLiterature The Graduate School of Science 13298 10624 238122Total -The Colleges:The Senior College1 -The Junior CollegeThe College for TeachersThe Unclassified Students - 2301182666.846 130118I98225109 360236464293155Total -----The Divinity School:The Graduate Divinity SchoolThe Unclassified Divinity -The Dano-Norwegian Seminary -The Swedish Seminary 498116172230 65069 1 148122262230Total Deducting repeated names -The grand total is - 1854909 .153792 20071701The total registration of the Winter Quarter,1701, has been larger than that of any other Win-RECORD 9ter Quarter in the history of the University, asshown by the following statement : PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES {continued).GraduateSchools Colleges DivinitySchools Total1896 - 347 579 177 II03*1897 - 285 606 185 1076*1898 - 329 662 183 1 1 74*1899 - 358 932 172 1462*1900 - 360 •1 148 200 1701*REGISTRATION AND INSTRUCTION, WINTER, 1900.Departments Instructors CoursesPHILOSOPHICAL-SOCIOLOGICAL GROUP.LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE GROUP.PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. RegistrationsIA. PhilosophyIB. Pedagogy -II. Political EconomyIII. Political ScienceIV. History - - -V. Archaeology ...VI. Sociology -VII. Comparative Religion 64628151 117115161111 21234126ill35431232Total for Group 32 63 965AncientVIII. Semitic -IX. Biblical Greek -X. Sanskrit -XI. Greek -XII. Latin .... 43158 863915 18416616128289Total for Group 21 42 783ModernXIII. Romance -XIV. German -XV. English - 6510 171220 250181510Total for GroupTotal for Languages 2142 4991 9411724PhysicalXVII. Mathematics -XVIII. AstronomyXIX. Physics -XX. ChemistryXXI. Geology - 72556 17591810 !27317105166H3Total for Group 25 59 704 Departments Instructors Courses RegistrationsBiologicalXXII. Zoology -XXIII. Anatomy -XXIV. PhysiologyXXV. NeurologyXXVII. Botany - 51215 133649 11333871058Total for GroupTotal for Sciences - 1439 3594 3011005THE DIVINITY GROUP.XLI. Old Testament -XLII. New TestamentXLV. Church History -XLVI. Homiletics 4331 8651 184166905Total (Divinity) Group -(Deducting 1 repetition)Grand total for all departments of the University -(Omitting repetitions) 10116 21254 4453789*A11 duplicates are omitted from totals. VISITORS.During the past quarter the University has beenfavored with visits from a number of representativesof other universities of the country. Among thesemay be mentioned especially President CharlesW. Eliot, of Harvard University ; Professor IraRemsen, of Johns Hopkins University; Professor T. H. Morgan, of Bryn Mawr College. Muchinterest also was aroused by the visit of ProfessorPatrick Geddes, of Edinburgh. Lectures have beengiven at the University, as well as in the city andvicinity, by Mr. John Graham Brooks, who hasdevoted so much attention to the practical sides ofthe current economic and sociological problems.An event of special interest was the visit to theUniversity made by the Imperial German Ambassador to the United States, Dr. von Holleben.On January 24 the Ambassador was received inKent Theater by the University faculty and bythe students.An address of welcome was presented on behalfof the University by Professor Laughlin. Inresponding his excellency compared the educational methods of Germany with those of America and presented for consideration many inter-UNIVERSITY RECORDesting suggestions along the line of Universitywork. This visit, like that of President McKinley in October 1898, and of the Vice Presidentof the Mexican Republic in October 1899, maybe regarded as an important historical event inthe progress of the University life.FELLOWSHIPS.The annual award of fellowships will be foundon another page. As will be seen by referenceto the list, the successful candidates have comefrom various states of the United States and fromforeign countries. Three hundred and fifteendifferent applications for fellowships were received,and it is to be regretted that the funds at the disposition of the University did not permit thegranting of the privileges of fellowships to alarger number of deserving students.Of the successful candidates, nine are graduates of the University of Chicago ; this numberrepresenting 9.4 per cent, of the total number ofappointments.THE ALUMNI.The members of the University are greatlyinterested in the enthusiastic work of the alumniand alumnae residents in the city. Our cityalumni are for the most part young men andyoung women, who are just beginning their lifework. The second annual banquet of the men'sclub was held on March 7. It is the purpose ofthe club to revive the pleasant custom of thealumni of the old University of holding an annualdinner at the time of Washington's birthday, forthe perpetuation of the memories of college life.The women's club has undertaken certain practical work in renting text-books, which has alreadybeen productive of excellent results.The entire body of alumni has been broughtinto closer touch with the University by theefforts of the secretary, Mr. Mayo Fesler, whosework has been most successful. Already alumniassociations have been formed in several cities inthe East and West, and steps are being takentoward the formation of additional organizations. When it is remembered that to the alumni morethan to all other agencies combined, the University will be indebted for its real progress, noeffort, we are persuaded, will be spared by thosewho have gone out from the University to bringabout such cooperation as is, at the same time,feasible and desirable.LECTURES ON COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.In connection with the increasing interest inthe question of the adaptation of college education to the needs of individuals who are planninga commercial or business career, during themonth of April a number of addresses will be delivered before the high schools of Chicago andvicinity upon this theme by Professor Harry P.Judson, Professor A. C. Miller, Assistant Professor George E. Vincent, and Dr. Henry RandHatfield. Important steps in the more completeorganization of the College of Commerce andAdministration have been taken. The followingnew courses are announced in the several programmes of the University in connection with thisparticular division of the University work :Spanish Prose Composition, Spanish ProseReading, French Prose Composition, English —Practice in Analysis and Precis, Economic Geography, Industrial Chemistry, Comparative Colonial Administration, Technique of Trade andCommerce, Commercial Accounting CommercialForms and Processes, Customs Regulations, Markets, Exchange and Price Quotations, IndustrialCombinations, Industrial History of the UnitedStates, Commercial Law, Contracts, Bills andNotes, Corporations, Partnerships, CommercialGeography, Commercial History, CommercialTreaties, Commercial Products, and MerchantShipping.Professor A. C. Miller, of the Department ofPolitical Economy, has undertaken to administerthe work of those who desire to pursue studiesbelonging to this group- and a steady progress inthe development of the plans of the new collegemay be expected.RECORD 11SPECIAL LECTURES IN THE SPRING QUARTER.The University is able to announce two specialcourses of lectures in literature, to be deliveredduring the Spring Quarter by men of eminencefrom across the water. The first will be a courseof four lectures by the French poet and critic, M.Henri de Regnier, and the second a course ofthree lectures by Professor Herford, of UniversityCollege, Aberystwith, Wales.ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES.There has been an increasing need of, anopportunity for the consideration of questionsrelating to university work, as distinguished fromthe work of the college. The number of studentspursuing graduate studies in the larger universities has increased during the last ten years at arapid rate. With this increase there has grownup a large number of important problems. Eachof the larger institutions has been experimentingto a greater or less degree along the line of theseproblems. Each institution, however, has felt theneed of having the experience of other institutions, as well as its own experience, on the basisof which to formulate more definite statements ofpolicy. It was to gain opportunity for the consideration of such questions that fourteen institutions were invited by five of their number to meetat the University of Chicago during the last weekof February. The five institutions issuing thecall were Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins,Chicago, and the University of California. Representatives were present from these institutionsand also from Leland Stanford Jr., Michigan,Wisconsin, Clark, the Catholic (Washington City),and Yale.The opinion was unanimous that the interestsof higher education would be conserved by theformation of an association which at annual meetings might consider questions of a universitycharacter. The organization was soon effected.In accordance with the action taken after theseuniversities were constituted members of theassociation, it was understood that the member ship would be increased only upon an invitationfrom the association, which should be made upona recommendation of the executive committee andwith the assent of three fourths of the institutionsalready in the association.It was voted to hold the next meeting duringthe last week of February 1901, in the city ofChicago. Each institution will propose topicsfor discussion, and the preparation of the programme is placed in the hands of the executivecommittee, which consists of representatives ofHarvard University, the University of California,the University of Chicago, Columbia, and JohnsHopkins University.Certain topics already suggested for discussionwill indicate the nature of the deliberations.Among these are : " The Migration of GraduateStudents from one University to Another inAccordance with the German System;" "TheSubordinate Requirements to Be Made of Candidates for the Degree of Ph.D.;" "The Questionof Printing and Publishing the Doctors' Dissertations;" "The Requirements to be Made of Students in Professional Schools of Law, Medicine,and Theology ; " " The Place and Significance ofthe Master's Degree." It will be seen from thesetopics that the work proposed is distinct fromthat which is connected with the college field.The organization is the first step in drawingthe line between institutions doing work only ofa college grade and institutions doing work ofthe university grade. An important purpose is tobring the representatives of the various institutions into such relationship with each other thatthey may learn from each others' experience. Itwas felt by all who took part in the meetings heldthat many suggestions had been made from whichprofit might be gained. It is also hoped that as aresult of this organization the standards whichaffect the higher degrees may be more nearlyequalized.. Thirty years ago work of the advanced characternow done in the institutions above named waspractically unknown in American institutions.UNIVER SII Y RECORDWithin this period a field of educational work hasdeveloped which has already assumed large proportions. The necessity which once existed formen to go to Europe does not now exist. Thenew association will have abundant opportunityto prove its usefulness in the work which liesbefore it.THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE.From the President's Annual Report for theyear closing July i, 1899, I desire to present thefollowing statements concerning the degree ofAssociate in Arts, Philosophy, and Science whichis conferred for the first time this afternoon :Upon the recommendation of the Faculty of the JuniorColleges and of the Senate, and upon the approval of theUniversity Congregation, the Trustees have voted to conferthe title or degree of Associate upon those students whofinish the work of the Junior Colleges. The questionsinvolved in this action have been under consideration forseveral years. The action in the Faculty of the Junior Colleges and in the Senate was practically unanimous — theaction in the Board of Trustees was entirely unanimous.From the point of view of the student, the following considerations have had influence in determining this action :(1) The fact, very generally recognized, that no importantstep is taken at the end of the preparatory course. Thework of the Freshman and Sophomore years in most colleges differs little in content and in method from that of thelast year of the academy or high school — except that it issomewhat more advanced; but, on^the other hand, (2) atthe end of the Sophomore year a most important changeoccurs, according to the organization of the larger numberof institutions — for it is at this point that the student isgiven larger liberty of choice, and at the same time highermethods of instruction are employed. During the last twoyears of college work the university spirit and the universitymethod prevail. A new era in the work of the student hasbegun. (3) It is evident that many students continue workin the Junior and Senior years of college life whose bestinterests would have been served by withdrawal from college. Many continue to the end, not from choice, but ratherfrom compulsion, because of the disgrace which may attendan unfinished course. If it were regarded as respectable tostop at the close of the Sophomore year, many would availthemselves of the opportunity. (4) Many students whomight be courageous enough to undertake a two years' college course are not able, for lack of funds or for other reasons, to see their way clear to enter upon a four years'course. Many, still further, feel that if a professional courseis to be taken, there is not time for a four years' college course. It is for this reason that, in part, our professionalschools are made up so largely of non-college students. Ifa student who had in view ultimately the medical, or legal,or pedagogical profession could make provisions to finish acourse of study at the end of two years, he would be muchmore likely to undertake such a course than the longer fouryears' course. {$) On the other hand, many students whoare thus led to take a two years' course would be induced atthe end of that time to continue to the end of the fourthyear, and in this way many students of the very highestcharacter, at all events, would be enabled to take the entirecollege course, by whom, under the present arrangements,such a course would be regarded as impracticable.From the point of view of the schools, the following pointshave been considered: (1) Many academies are able to do,at least in part, the work of the Freshman and Sophomoreyears. The high schools in some states are ready to do suchwork, and in at least one state the university of the staterecognizes the work of the Freshman year when performedin approved high schools. (2) It cannot be denied thatuntil young men or young women have shown some maturityof character, it is wise that they should not be sent very faraway from home. If, now, the academies and high schoolscould so perfect their work that Freshman and Sophomorecourses might be offered, many young people would beenabled to pursue their education at least to this higherpoint. (3) A large number of so-called colleges, whichhave not sufficient endowment to enable them properly todo the work of the Junior and Senior years, should limittheir work to that of the Freshman and Sophomore years.In many cases the officers of these colleges recognize mostkeenly that they are not doing justice to the students in thehigher classes. In reality they are defrauding the studentswTho pay their fees in lower classes in order to obtain ameager sum of money with which to provide an entirelyinadequate course of instruction for the higher class of men.These institutions in many cases would be disposed to limittheir work to the lower field if it were made possible forthem to do so. They find it necessary, however, to give adegree. If they could follow the example of a large institution and give an appropriate recognition of the work ofthe lower years, they would be ready to adopt such anarrangement. (4) It is a general law of educational workthat in seeking a college, students rarely go farther awayfrom home than a hundred miles. Ninety per cent, of allthe students in American colleges are to be found in colleges which are within a hundred miles of home. If a fairproportion of these institutions were to limit themselves tothe work of the Freshman and Sophomore years, at the endof this time the students who had finished this work anddesired to continue would be compelled to go away fromhome to some distant institution, perhaps a large universityin which library and laboratory facilities might be foundRECORD 13which would make possible the doing of good work. If, onthe one hand, the academies and high schools were elevated,and if, on the other hand, the scope of work done by manycolleges were limited, and as a result institutions developedwhich would do that work thoroughly, there would come to be arecognized distinction between college and university whichdoes not now exist.In order, therefore to encourage a movement in the direction thus mentioned, the proposed degree has been established. It is believed that the results will be fivefold : (i)Many students will find it convenient to give up collegework at the end of the Sophomore year; (2) many studentswho would not otherwise do so, will undertake at least twoyears of college work ; (3) the professional schools will beable to raise their standards for admission, and in any casemany who desire a professional education will take the firsttwo years of the college work; (4) many academies andhigh schools will be encouraged to develop higher work ;(5) many colleges which have not the means to do the workof the Junior and Senior years will be satisfied under thisarrangement to do the lower work.THE GURLEY COLLECTION.At the January Convocation, a brief referencewas made to the Gurley Collection of Fossils, anda hope was expressed at that time that this collection might become the property of the University.Since that time the collection has come into thepossession of the University, has been transferredfrom Danville, Illinois ; it is now in Walker Museum ready to be installed as soon as suitableprovision has been made for this purpose.The following description is taken from a somewhat full statement published concerning thecollection by Dr. Stuart Weller :This collection has been more or less familiar to all investigators of the Palaeozoic fossils of the interior states fortwenty-five years. Its originator, Mr. W. F. E. Gurley, ofDanville, 111., has been an indefatigable collector for morethan thirty years. During the course of these years he hassucceeded in gathering together a most valuable aggregation of the remains of ancient invertebrate life, a collectionwhich is probably more valuable than any other private collection in the country, and which is exceeded in value bybut few collections in the possession of public institutions.The most important and the most conspicuous portionof the collection is that which has been gathered from thePalaeozoic rocks of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and for this area it is the peer of allother collections. The collection has been spoken of as a collection of Palaeozoic invertebrates, but it also contains a large number ofMesozoic and Tertiary fossils, and some exceedingly valuablevertebrate material. Among the latter may be mentionedan almost unique collection from the Permian bone bed nearDanville, 111., being the original collection of this materialwhich was studied by Professor E. D. Cope, and containingall the types of the species described by that author. TheCarboniferous fish remains also constitute not the leastvaluable element in this collection Of the invertebrateportion of the collection but a few of the many notablefeatures can be mentioned, but these will serve to showsomething of its contents and range : an exceptional seriesof Devonian fossils from the falls of the Ohio, containingcorals, crinoids, brachiopods, and trilobites ; a choice collection of Kinderhook crinoids from Le Grand, Iowa ; manyexcellent Coal Measure crinoids from Kansas City, Mo. ; aremarkable series of crustaceans and insects from the famousMazon Creek beds ; many choice blastoids and cystoids ; anda large collection of the brachiopoda of the Mississippi valley.Among the material from foreign lands, a remarkably fineseries of Carboniferous crinoids from Moscow, Russia, and alarge number of Solenhofen slate fossils are particularlyworthy of special mention.The possession of this collection gives to the Universityexceptionally perfect representatives of a large number ofspecies of palaeozoic fossils, which, when they are properlyinstalled and arranged in Walker Museum, will furnish areference and study collection of unique value. Manyspecimens 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, Charles Wachsmuth, andothers, and many types of species described by these menare now the property of the University. During the years1893 to 1897 Mr. Gurley himself, in association with the lateS. A. Miller, of Cincinnati, described many species fromthis collection, and these types also are now the property ofthe University. Aside from these types, Mr. Gurley hasbeen fortunate in securing many other types of species described by Owen and Shumard, Hall, Wetherby,- and Miller,so that in all the collection contains about six hundredtypes of species.When the Gurley collection shall have been properlyinstalled in Walker Museum, it will form the nucleus of areference collection of fossils which will be of inestimablevalue, and with its future growth the University will be ableto build up one of the most valuable collections of the kindin America. Not only will the Gurley collection be mostvaluable for reference, but it is a rich storehouse of materialsfor the investigation of specialists interested in the biologicalside of palaeontology. The collection contains a largeamount of choice, unstudied material in most of the classesUNIVER SITY BEOOBDof fossil organisms, which will add much to our knowledgeof these classes when it has been properly investigated.The collection is estimated to contain 15,000 species represented by several hundred thousand specimens, and itsinstallation will be, pushed as rapidly as possible. It isplanned to have one series of specimens placed on exhibitionin suitable cases, illustrating the geologic life developmentfrom Cambrian time to the present. The larger number ofspecimens will be sytematically arranged in drawers to beeasily accessible for reference to qualified students.The University is especially indebted for assistance in procuring this collection to Mr. GeorgeC. Walker, and also to Messrs. William PennNixon, William Borden, Charles L. Raymond,Clarence Buckingham, William B. Walker, JohnH. Wrenn, John J. Mitchell, and Byron L. Smith.MORGAN PARK ACADEMY.After a consideration of the subject continuingthrough three years, the Trustees of the University, by a practically unanimous vote, have decidedthat after July 1 the University Academy at Morgan Park shall be conducted for boys only. Thisdecision was reached after a full discussion of themerits of the case and of the legal questionsinvolved. The position now taken by the Trustees is based entirely upon the facts which havebeen observed in connection with the history ofthe Academy during eight years. These factsrelate to the statistics of attendance, the opinionsof parents consulted, and the practice of otherschools. (1) At the opening of the Academy,October 1, there were nearly four times as manyboys as girls in the boarding halls. Theaccommodations set apart for boys were almostfully occupied while not more than one half ofthe rooms were occupied in the hall devoted tothe use of girls. In view of the fact that ineducational colleges the proportion of men andwomen is almost equal, the proportion of four toone in the Academy justifies the conclusion thatthe educational plan in the Academy did notmeet the general desire ; and (2) actual consultation with parents disclosed the fact that while inmost cases parents do not wish to send theirdaughters away from home to a coeducational boarding school, in many cases they prefer thattheir sons should attend a school for boys only.A third consideration presented itself in connection with the conspicuous absence of flourishingcoeducational boarding schools in the West andNorthwest, and in the presence of so many military schools which are intended for boys. Asindicative of the same sentiment, may be citedthe fact that the Roman Catholic schools in everycase are unisexual. The one reason, therefore,,for the change is that in the opinion of the Trustees the constituency of the University of Chicagodoes not desire a boarding school of the preparatory grade conducted upon the coeducationalpolicy, while there is strong and definite evidence that the constituency of the University doesdesire a school for boys only. It is important toemphasize two points, first, that nothing hasoccurred in the experience of eight years atMorgan Park to lead those who have been connected with the work to doubt for a singlemoment the practicability arid the desirability ofapplying the principle of coeducation to work ofthe preparatory grade, it being the fact that inmaking this change the Trustees are simplyadjusting the policy of the school to meet whatis believed to be the public sentiment ; and, further, in taking this step, the University does notlose sight for a moment of its fundamental policyto furnish educational opportunities on equalterms to both sexes. It is not an essential part ofthis educational policy that boys and girls of thehigh-school age should be educated together inthe same boarding school. The question after allis an economic question, and must be settled froman economic point of view. Eight years of history have shown what the public does and what itdoes not desire. The University could not affordto devote one of its halls to a use for which thereseemed to be no call, when that particular hallwas needed for another use. This is the sum andsubstance of the whole matter, and may beaccepted as a fair and frank statement of thesituation. The question was one which it wasRECORD 15necessary to settle with special reference to theboarding students rather than to the day studentsof the Academy. It is now proposed to developthe school as a boy's school. A new gymnasiumwill be built, and when this is finished theAcademy will have an equipment valued at$350,000 to $400,000. It is believed that at anearly date the institution will rank with the bestinstitutions of its class in the country.SPECIAL APPOINTEES FOR THE SUMMER QUARTER.The following persons have been appointed togive instruction in the Summer Quarter : JamesStevenson Riggs, D.D., Professor of Biblical Criticism, Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N.Y.; Maurice Bloomfield, Ph.D., Professor of Sanskrit and Indo-European Comparative Philology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.;Arthur Cushman McGiffert, Ph.D., D.D., Washburn Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, New York, N. Y.; FrederickMorris Warren, Ph.D., Professor of RomanceLanguages, Adelbert College of Western ReserveUniversity, Cleveland, Ohio; Henry Morse Stephens, M.A., Professor of Modern European History, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. ; NathanielButler, A.M., D.D., President of Colby University, Waterville, Me.; Thomas A. Jenkins, Ph.D.,Professor of Romance Languages, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, Tenn.; Julius Goebel, Ph.D.,Professor of Germanic Languages, Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto., Cal.; FrederickWilliam Shipley, A.B., Assistant Professor ofLatin, Lewis Institute ; Albert Lincoln Smith,Ph.D., Lecturer on Bacteriology ; Edward Scrib-ner Ames, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy andPedagogy, Butler College, Irving ton, Ind.; JohnPaul Goode, S.B., Professor of Physical Scienceand Geography, Eastern Illinois State NormalSchool, Charleston, 111.; Elias Potter Lyon, Ph.D.,Instructor in Biology, Bradley PolytechnicInstitute, Peoria, 111.; Henry M. Schoolcraft,of the University of Illinois ; John G. Coulter,of Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.; T. C. Burgess, Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin,Bradley Polytechnic Institute; W. E. Moffatt,Associate in Latin and Greek, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, 111.THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.During the Winter Quarter, January 1 to April1, 1900, there has been added to the library ofthe University a total number of 3882 volumes,from all sources. Books added by purchase, 904volumes ; distributed as follows :General Library, 87 vols.; Philosophy, 22 vols.;Pedagogy, 25 vols.; Political Economy, 25 vols.;.Political Science, 42 vols.; History, 97 vols.; Classical Archaeology, n vols.; Sociology, 29 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 6 vols.; Anthropology, 33 vols.;Comparative Religion, 9 vols.; Semitic, 2$ vols.;New Testament, 14 vols.; Comparative Philology,16 vols.; Greek, 19 vols.; Latin, 10 vols.; Latinand Greek, 5 vols.; Romance, 8 vols.; German, 17vols.; English, 30 vols.; Mathematics, 17 vols.;Astronomy (Ryerson), 1 vol.; Chemistry, 4 vols.;Physics, 34 vols.; Biology, 4 vols.; Zoology, 122vols.; Anatomy, 8 vols.; Neurology, 22 vols.;Physiology, 5 vols.; Botany, 13 vols.; Elocution,4 vols.; Church History, 1 1 vols.; Systematic Theology, 42 vols.; Homiletics, 4 vols.; Morgan ParkAcademy, 32 vols.; Swedish Theological Seminary, 52 vols.; Latin, New Testament and ChurchHistory, 1 vol.Books added by gift, 2723 vols,; distributed asfollows :General Library, 2556 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.;Pedagogy, 13 vols.; Political Economy, 9 vols.;Political Science, n vols.; Sociology, 17 vols.;Sociology (Divinity), 2 vols.; Semitic, 12 vols.;Comparative Philology, 1 vol.; Latin, 3 vols.;German, 1 vol.; English, 37 vols.; Mathematics,5 vols.; Astronomy (Ryerson), 2 vols.; Chemistry,3 vols.; Physics, 2 vols.; Geology, 16 vols.; Zoology, 2 vols.; Neurology, 3 vols.; Physiology, 1vol.; Botany, 2 vols.; Church History, 1 vol.; Systematic Theology, 1 vol.; Music, 1 vol.; Haskell,21 vols.UNIVERSITY RECORDBooks added by exchange for University publications, 255 vols.; distributed as follows :General Library, 117 vols.; Pedagogy, 2 vols.;Political Economy, 14 vols.; Political Science', 2vols.; Sociology, 17 vols.; Comparative Religion,10 vols.; Semitic, 14 vols.; New Testament, 18vols.; Physics, 4 vols.; Geology, 6 vols.; Botany,25 vols.; Church History, 13 vols.; Systematic Theology, 6 vols.; Homiletics, 3 vols.; Divinity, 1 vol.;Haskell, 3 vols.The special gifts are as follows : U. S. Government, 85 vols., documents ; Mr. Martinus Nyhoff ,2 vols., Catalogue of Holland and its Colonies ;Mr. R. D. Salisbury, 7 vols., Reports of Geological Survey ; State of California/- 3 vols., documents ; State of Maryland, 4 vols., documents ;Mr. H. A. Osborn, 32 vols., periodicals ; Mr. C.B. Burr, 2 vols., Proceedings of American Medico-Psychological Association ; President W. R. Harper, 22 vols.,*mainly theological ; Mr. S. A. Green,4 vols., miscellaneous; "A friend," 4 vols., miscellaneous ; Mr. G. H. Locke, 5 vols., pedagogical ; American Unitarian Association, 3 vols.,theological ; Mr. F. I. Carpenter, 35 vols., English literature ; Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland,catalogue of the library from 1864 to 1887 ; Mrs.Zella Allen Dixson, 3 vols, miscellaneous ; American Book Company, 500 vols., text-books ; Pro*fessor H. E. von Hoist, 1250 vols., mainly historical.RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE.The Trustees of Rush Medical College announce, with the approval of the University, thefollowing promotions and new appointments inthe administrative work of the College and in itsseveral departments :The office of Vice President is established, and Henry M.Lyman, M.D., Dean of the Faculty, in view of his long connection with the College and the valuable services renderedis appointed to this office.Frank Billings, M.D., Dean of the Senior Class, is promoted to the Deanship of the Faculty.John M. Dodson, M.D., and Frederic S. Coolidge, M.D.,are reappointed Deans in charge of the students of theCollege. Henry M. Lyman, M.D., is relieved of the responsibilityof the Headship of the Department of Medicine, and FrankBillings, M.D., is appointed Head of the Department.The resignation of Norman Bridge, M.D., as Professor ofMedicine,, is accepted, and he is appointed Emeritus Professor of Medicine.John M. Dodson, M.D.j is transferred from the Department of Physiology to the Department of Medicine, and appointed to the Professorship of Children's Diseases.D. R. Brower, M.D., is transferred to the Department ofMedicine and is appointed to the Professorship of Mentaland Nervous Diseases.Llewellys F. Barker, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University,is appointed to a Professorship of Anatomy, and to theHeadship of the Department of Anatomy, with the understanding that he will occupy the Headship of the Department of Anatomy in the University of Chicago.Jacques Loeb, M.D., of the University of Chicago, is appointed Professor of Physiology and Head of the Department of Physiology, with the understanding that he shallcontinue to occupy his position at the University of Chicago.Provision is made for General Lectures, to be given before the College during the coming year ; lectures on Medical Jurisprudence will be given by Judge Henry V. Freeman.PROMOTIONS.The following promotions have been made inthe staff of officers for the coming year :H. D. Abells, Academy Assistant, to an Academy Associateship in Physics and Chemistry.W. J. Chase, Acting Dean, to the Deanship of the Academy at Morgan Park.L. W. Jones, Assistant, to an Associateship in Chemistry.H. G. Gale, Assistant, to an Associateship in Physics.Phil. S. Allen, Assistant, to an Associateship in GermanicLanguages.H. B. Almstedt, Assistant, to an Associateship in GermanicLanguages.Susan H. Ballou, Assistant, to an Associateship in Latin.E. A. Bechtel, Assistant, to an Associateship in Latin.H. F- Mallory, Assistant, to an Associateship.Stuart Weller, Associate, to an Instructorship in Geology.F. R. Moulton, Associate, to an Instructorship in Astronomy.T. V. Veblen, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship inPolitical Economy.H. L. Willett, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship inSemitic Languages and Literatures.Carl Pietsch, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship inRomance Languages.C. W. Votaw, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship inBiblical Greek.H. E. Slaught, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship inCollegiate Mathematics.Ella F. Young, Associate Professorial Lecturer, to an Associate Professorship in Pedagogy.RECORD 17E. O. Jordan, Assistant Professor, to an Associate Professorship in Bacteriology.W. I. Thomas, Assistant Professor, to an Associate Professorship in Sociology.George E. Vincent, Assistant Professor, to an AssociateProfessorship in Sociology.Ernst Freund, Assistant Professor, to an Associate Professorship in Political Science.James H. Tufts, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inPhilosophy.Ira M. Price, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inSemitic Languages and Literatures.Robert F. Harper, Associate Professor, to a Professorship in Semitic Languages and Literatures.C. D. Buck, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inComparative Philology.S. W. Cutting, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inGermanic Languages.W. D. MacClintock, Associate Professor, to a Professorship in English.Jacques Loeb, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inPhysiology.S. W. Stratton, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inPhysics.Edward Capps, Associate Professor, to a Professorship inGreek.Amos Alonzo Stagg, Associate Professor, to a Professorship in Physical Culture and Athletics.NEW APPOINTMENTS.The following new appointments have beenmade during the Winter Quarter :H. Parker Williamson, to an Assistantship in the Department of Romance Languages.John E. Webb, Graduate Student, to an Academy Assistantship in Physiography and Biology.Robert W. Bruere, Fellow, to an Assistantship in Rhetoric.Howard Emlyn Davies, Fellow, to an Assistantship inBacteriology.George W. Ritchie, to the Superintendency of InstrumentConstruction at the Yerkes Observatory.Katharine Davis, to the Headship of Foster Hall, duringthe Spring and Summer Quarters.W. F. E. Gurley, to an Associate Curatorship in Palaeontology.Frank R. Lillie, Professor of Zoology in Vassar College,to an Assistant Professorship in Zoology.Leonard E. Dickson, Associate Professor of Mathematicsin the University of Texas, to an Assistant Professorship inMathematics.Alexander Smith, Associate Professor of Chemistry, to aDeanship in the Junior Colleges.C. R. Barnes, Professor of Botany, to a Deanship in theColleges.Llewellys F. Barker, M.D., Professor of Anatomy in theJohns Hopkins University, to a Professorship in Anatomyand the Headship of the Department. Honorable Worthington C. Ford, of Washington, D. C,to a Lectureship on Statistics in the Department of Political Economy.THE TWO MILLION DOLLAR GIFT.As has already been announced, the two millions of dollars needed to meet the requirements ofMr. Rockefeller's proposition made in October1895, have been secured. The details of thiswork have in large measure been made known tothe public. A study of the facts connected withthe effort to secure these gifts and of the giftsthemselves leads me to make the following statements :1 ) The gifts have come from more than fourhundred different persons and have varied inamount from one dollar to more than a million ;2) The total amount if calculated upon anordinary basis would be nearly two and one halfmillions instead of two millions, for in manycases in order to fix an actual cash value upon agift the amount was estimated at much less thanthe real value. As an example of this I may citethe Gurley Palseontological Collection, the value ofwhich is at least $125,000, although it is estimated in the Two Million Dollar Fund as $50,000.3) Incredible though it may seem to be, 90 percent, of the subscriptions in amount, as well as 90per cent, in number have come unsolicited. Innine cases out of ten the contributor has himselftaken the initiative in making the gift.4) There is a profound interest felt in the University on the part of men and women fromwhom such interest might not be expected. Thedesire to render assistance in an enterprise, thesuccess of which seems assured, has been expressedby many, and strangely enough the fact that Mr.Rockefeller has given so much money to the University has not in these cases led to the feelingthat their assistance was not needed.5) The desire has become strong on the part ofthose who give sums of any considerable size thattheir names shall not be made public, and thereason given in each case is the same — the fearUNIVERSITY RECORDthat those giving will be overwhelmed withrequests from the world at large. In its earlierhistory, we did not meet this feeling, but theexperience of some of our earlier patrons haveled them to ask for the withholding of theirnames at the present time.6) In submitting the gifts that have been madefor the consideration of Mr. Rockefeller, in orderthat after such consideration they might be duplicated in accordance with the terms of the arrangement, we have found Mr. Rockefeller and hisrepresentatives at all times willing to meet theUniversity in the most liberal way, and while inevery case the arrangement has been made upona cash valuation, in many cases there have beenspecial adjustments of terms, to meet the demandsof the case.The facts concerning the more recent contributions are the following:On January i, 1900, there remained to besecured the sum of $405,000. The gifts receivedfrom various sources during the past ninety daysaggregate this sum. Instead of submitting adetailed list of the gifts which would require thereading of more than two hundred differentnames, I may summarize as follows :A friend gives $60,000 for the erection of aCommons upon Fifty-seventh street, near thecorner of Lexington avenue.A friend gives $50,000 toward the erection ofa Students' Club House on the corner of Fifty-seventh street and Lexington avenue. Anotherfriend gives $25,000, on certain conditions, forthe same purpose.A friend gives $20,000 to be used in connectionwith a Woman's Hall.A friend gives $30,000, the specific use to bedesignated at a later time.Several scholarships have been established upon.the basis of a fund of $3000, which will yield anincome of $120 a year. In each case the nameof the donor will ultimately be ^connected withthe scholarship. The Women of Foster House have given $175to the furnishing and decorating of Foster Hall ;The women of Kelly Hall the sum of $47 forthe furnishing and decorating of Kelly Hall;the women of Beecher House, the sum of $31 forthe furnishing and decorating of Beecher Hall.Two important collections of books have beengiven to the University, one a historical collection and the other a collection in the Departments of Ethics and Theology. These collections have come from men whom the Universityholds in high honor and esteem, Professors vonHoist and Northrup. These collections, togetherwith other contributions are calculated at severalthousand dollars.The Colonial Dames of America in the Stateof Illinois have contributed scholarships continuing for two years each, and yielding each year$150 to be awarded to students who, havingfinished the work of Junior Colleges, shall havepassed the best examination in American History.Mrs. Charles Hitchcock has presented to theUniversity books and pictures for the new Hitchcock Hall, valued at $6000.Mrs. Delia Gallup has presented to the University for establishing a memorial of her husband,the sum of $30,000.Mr. Isodor Strauss has given the sum of $600for the publication fund of the Department ofPolitical Economy.In several cases gifts have been made to beused for the general purposes of the University.It is proposed to engrave a suitable plate andto make proper acknowledgment to every donorof the sum contributed. It is sufficient at thistime to say that the entire sum has been raised,with perhaps something to spare, that it has beenaccepted by Mr. Rockefeller, and that he hasdeclared his willingness to duplicate every dollar.I need not assure these friends of the Universitywho have given such tangible evidence of theirfriendship and interest, that the University appreciates this interest, and tenders to them its moshearty thanks.RECORD 19The total assets of the University today arenot far from $11,000,000.The University still needs a Gymnasium and aLibrary, a Law School, and a School of Engineering.CHANGE IN CONVOCATION.Today for the last time the University Convocation is held at the beginning of the quarter.The Thirty-third Convocation will be held onTuesday, June 19. Under the new arrangement,the Convocation exercises will be held during thelast week of the quarter, and all candidates fordegrees will be expected to be present in personto receive their diplomas.We have mourned together this afternoon theloss of officers and friends ; we have rejoiced together because of progress, individual and institutional, which has been made in these lastmonths; let us go forth to work together, inthe months that are coming, if possible, moreclosely and more zealously than heretofore, andin our mourning and our rejoicing and in all ourwork, let us recognize and thank Him who isover all and in all.REPORTS OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESFOR MARCH 1900.1. The Board of the University Press :Meeting of March tg. — i) Miss E. L. Moonpermitted to publish her doctor's thesis in Frenchin the Revue de VHistoire des Religions, on theusual conditions. 2) The following communication from the University Senate was received andplaced on file: " The University Senate, at itsmeeting of February 3, 1900, took an action disapproving the action of your Board with respectto changes in spelling in University publications."It was on motion voted that a committee beappointed to represent the position of the Boardin this matter at the next meeting of the University Congregation. Committee : Messrs. Freund,Small, and Blackburn. 2. The Board of University Affiliations :Meeting of March 10. — 1) Princeton and Riverside High Schools accepted as cooperatingschools. 2) A petition of the examination committee of Rush Medical College was granted, tothe effect that the work of students may be credited without examination for admission to RushMedical College, from the four-year high schoolswhich are upon the accredited lists of Illinois,Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, and Nebraska, itbeing understood that the arrangement is in forcefor the^ensuing year only.3. The Board of Student Organizations, Publications,and Exhibitions:Meeting of March iy. — 1) A committee on thesection in the Register dealing with the work of theBoard reported, recommending certain changes,which were approved. 2) Certain members of theGlee Club suspended. 3) Glee Club directed tocancel all its engagements up to October 1.4) Student Debating Team granted additionalexcuses for absences occasioned by the Columbiadebate. 5) The Faculties of the Junior Colleges,Senior Colleges, Graduate School, and DivinitySchool requested to consider the advisability ofassuming the full responsibility in each case fororatorical and debating contests which pertain toeach faculty. 6) The Phi Beta Delta Society andthe Nu Alpha Society recognized as Student organizations.4. The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics :Meeting of March 3. — 1) Approval for publicappearances in athletics given to the following :Z. R. Pettit, W. A. Moloney, F. G. Moloney,Slack, H. C. Smith, F. Merrifield, Bent, F. O.Horton, Schmahl, Richberg, Manning, Green,Davis, Wellington, Sutherland, C. F. Smith, Hulbert, Lister, Street, F. M. Horton, Place, Hammond. 2) Track meets at Milwaukee and NotreDame authorized. 3) Following recommenda^tions for work in military science and tactics approved :TJNIVEB SITY BEOOBDa) That the work in Military Science and Tactics beorganized as a separate and independent department underthe direction of this Board.b) That the existing requirement of two quarters ofPhysical Culture as a prerequisite for enlistment be dropped.c) That if military work is not required it should eachquarter be a free elective as an alternative for PhysicalCulture.d) That there should be at least three sessions a week inmilitary work.5. The Faculty of the Junior Colleges :Meeting of March 3. — 1) Suggestions for a system for dealing with absence excuses wereadopted. 2) The following persons accepted withadvanced standing: Olga Bowman, O. E. Att-wood. 3) The following recommendations of theCommittee on Curriculum approved :1 ) That students in the College of Science who wish to takethe pre-medical course be allowed to substitute Physics orChemistry for the second Major of required Geology.2) That students in the College of Science who wish totake the pre-medical course be allowed to substitute Physicsor Chemistry for the third Major of required Mathematics.3) That it be clearly understood that in case studentschange their plans and abandon the pre-medical course theircurricula will revert at once to the original requirements.6. The Faculty of the Senior Colleges :Meeting of March 10. — 1) The following persons accepted with advanced standing : StellaE. Myers, Grace H. Sproull. 2) System for dealing with absence excuses adopted for the JuniorColleges (see 5 above), and recommended by theFaculty of the Junior Colleges to this Faculty,adopted.7. The University Senate:Meeting of March 3 . — 1) The invitation of theUniversity of New Brunswick to send a delegateto its centennial celebration was accepted, andthe choice of a delegate left to the President ofthe University. 2) On recommendation of thePresident, membership in the newly organizedAssociation of American Universities was accepted for the University. 3) The followingalternative for the required Latin of the S. B.Course was adopted : In place of Latin hitherto required :I. Latin, 3 Majors, orII. Three Majors, selected from the following :I. Roman Life and Institutions, 1, 2, or 3 Majors.2. Greek Life and Institutions, 1, 2, or 3 Majors.3. Hebrew Life and Institutions, 1, 2, or 3 Majors.4. Egyptian Life and Institutions, 1, 2, or 3 Majors.5. Assyrian and Babylonian Life and Institutions, 1, 2,or 3 Majors.4) Report of a committee on highest degreespresenting a final form of procedure was approvedand recommended to the Board of Trustees.OFFICIAL NOTICES.Notice is hereby given that an adjourned meeting, being the twenty-first meeting, of the University Congregation of the University of Chicagowill be held on Friday, April 6, 1900, at 5:00 p*m., in the Congregation Hall, Haskell OrientalMuseum. The members of the Congregation willassemble in Haskell Oriental Museum, secondfloor, at 4:45 p.m., for the procession to the Congregation Hall.The Congregation will consider :1. Matters whose consideration was postponed from thetwentieth meeting.2. Such other business as may properly come before themeeting.George S. Goodspeed,University Recorder.Professor Nathaniel Schmidt, of Cornell University, will deliver a lecture under the auspicesof the Semitic Club on " Carthage," Friday, April13, at 4:00 p.m., in Haskell Assembly Room.All members of the University are invited.The Final Examination of Edward AmbroseBechtel for the Degree of Ph.D., was held April5 and 6, at 3:00 p.m., in C 5 b. Subjects : Latinand Greek. Thesis: " Syntax and Style of theso-called Peregrinatio of Sancta Silvia." Com*mittee : Professors Hale, Shorey, Tarbell, Buck,and Freund and all other members of the departments immediately concerned.RECORD 21M. de Regnier will deliver the following lectures under the auspices of the University of Chicago :April 9, 4: 30 p.m., Fullerton Memorial Hall, Art Institute, " Parnassians and Symbolists : Origins of Contemporary Poetry."April 10, 4:30 p.m., Kent Theater, "Paul Verlaine, TheSentiment in Art."April 11, 4: 30 p.m., Fullerton Hall, "St£phane Mallarme*,Poetry and Music."April 11,4:30 p.m., Kent Theater, "Symbolism in Belgium."Admission to the lectures will be free, buttickets will be required for the first lecture, andmay be obtained on application to Assistant Professor Howland.The following reports are presented from theCouncils of the Graduate and Divinity Schoolswith respect to the Graduate-Divinity Debate ofthe Winter Quarter, 1900 :GRADUATE SCHOOL.Winners of Prizes : Messrs. Samuels, McClure,Gottlieb (special mention).Winners of Scholarships: Messrs. Bushnell,Marsh, Newman, Gottlieb, McClure, Samuels.DIVINITY SCHOOL.Winners of Scholarships : Messrs. Head, Hob-son, Holt, Meadows, Palmquist, Souders.Representatives in Debate: Messrs. Head, Meadows, Palmquist.THE JUSTIN WINSOR PRIZE.The Justin Winsor prize of $100, offered by theAmerican Historical Association for the encouragement of less well-known writers, will beawarded for the year 1900 to the best unpublishedmonographic work based upon original investigation in American History that shall be submitted to the Committee of Award on or beforeOctober 1, 1900. If not typewritten, the workmust be written legibly upon only one side of thesheet, and must be in form ready for publication.In making the award, the Committee will takeinto consideration, not only research and originality, but also clearness of expression, logicalarrangement, and literary form. The prize willnot be awarded unless the work submitted shallbe of a high degree of excellence. The success ful essay will be published by the American Historical Association. All correspondence shouldbe addressed to the Chairman of the Committee,Professor Charles M. Andrews, Bryn Mawr, Pa.The Committee consists of the following :Charles M. Andrews (Chairman), Bryn MawrCollege ; Edward P. Cheyney, University of Pennsylvania; Herbert L. Osgood, Columbia University ; Ferdinand Schwill, University of Chicago ;Theodore C. Smith, Vassar College.OFFICIAL REPORTS.THE LIBRARYDuring the month of March 1900, there hasbeen added to the Library of the Universitya total number of 1803 volumes, from all sources :Books added by purchase, 287 vols., distributedas follows :General Library, 62 vols.; Philosophy, 2 vols.;Pedagogy, 13 vols.; Political Economy, 13 vols.;Political Science, 19 vols.; History, 16 vols.;Classical Archaeology, 4 vols.; Sociology, 13 vols.;Sociology (Divinity), 1 vol.; Anthropology, 3vols.; Comparative Religion, 5 vols.; Semitic, 1vol.; New Testament, 2 vols.; ComparativePhilology, 4 vols.; Greek, 9 vols.; Latin, 5 vols.;Latin and Greek, 2 vols.; Romance, 2 vols.;German, 4 vols.; English, 10 vols.; Mathematics,1 vol.; Chemistry, 1 vol.; Physics, 13 vols.; Biology, 1 vol.; Zoology, 3 vols.; Physiology, 1 vol.;Church History, 1 vol.; Systematic Theology, 21vols.; Homiletics, 2 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 26 vols.; Swedish Theological Seminary,27 vols.Books added by gift, 142 1 vols., distributed asfollows :General Library, 1324 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.;Pedagogy, 8 vols.; Political Economy, 4 vols.;Sociology, n vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 2 vols.;Semitic, 11 vols.; Latin, 1 vol.; English, 34 vols.;Astronomy (Ryerson), 1 vol.; Botany, 1 vol.;Church History, 1 vol.; Music, 1 vol.; Haskell,21 vols.Books added by exchange for University publications, 95 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 47 vols.; Political Economy,2 vols.; Sociology, 16 vols.; Comparative Religion,5 vols.; Semitic, 2 vols.; New Testament, 6 vols.;Physics, 1 vol.; Geology, 3 vols.; Botany, 9vols.; Church History, 1 vol.; Systematic Theology, 2 vols.; Homiletics, 1 vol.UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE AWARD OF FELLOWSHIPS FOR 1900-1901.MURFEE, HOPSON OWEN, Physics, University of Virginia, Alabama.JEWETT, FRANK BALDWIN, Physics, Throop Polytechnic Institute, California.LAWSON, ANSTRUTHERABERCROMBIE, , Botany, University of California, California.PUTNAM, THOMAS MILTON, Mathematics, University of California, California.FENNEMAN, NEV1N MELANCTHON, , Geology, Heidelberg College, Colorado.BRADWELL, JAMES DOWSE, Political Science, University of Georgia, Georgia.Adams, Charles Christopher, Zoology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois.ALLEN, HAMILTON FORD, New Testament, Williams College, Illinois.FESLER, MAYO, History, University of Chicago, Illinois.HUNTER, PEARL LOUISE, Philosophy, University of Chicago, Illinois.LIVINGSTON, BURTON EDWARD, Botany, University of Michigan, Illinois.McNEAL, EDGAR HOLMES, History, University of Chicago, Illinois.ROBINSON, DAVID MOORE, Greek, University of Chicago, Illinois.STACEY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Sociology, Lombard University, Illinois.STECKER, HENRY FREEMAN, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Illinois.STURTEVANT, EDGAR HOWARD, Compar. Philology, University of Indiana, Illinois.VAN HOOK, LA RUE, Greek, University of Michigan, Illinois.WEBSTER, RALPH WALDO, Physiology, University of Chicago, Illinois.BEAL, WILLIAM OTIS, Astronomy, Earlham College, Indiana.BRADLEY, MORTON CLARK, Mathematics, Indiana University, Indiana.COULTER, SAMUEL MONDS, Botany, Hanover College, Indiana.HANLEY, ELIJAH ABRAHAM, Systematic Theology, Franklin College, Indiana.HATTON, AUGUSTUS RAYMOND, Political Science, Franklin College, Indiana.KELLY, ROBERT LINCOLN, Philosophy, Earlham College, Indiana.MOENKHAUS, WILLIAM J., Zoology, Indiana University, Indiana.SHEPHERD, JOHN WILKES, Chemistry, Indiana University, Indiana.THORMEYER, BERTHA, Germanics, Butler College, Indiana.BRUCE, PRESTON PISHON, Semitic, Connell College, Iowa.BURROUGHS, CHARLES LINDSAY, History, University of Chicago, Iowa.GUTHRIE, WILLIAM BUCK, Political Economy, University of Iowa, Iowa.MARSH, GEORGE LINNAEUS, English, Iowa College, Iowa.PECK, PAUL FREDERICK, History, Iowa College, Iowa.HATAI, SHINKISHI, Neurology, Imperial University, Japan.BUSHONG, FRANCIS WILLIAM, Chemistry, Franklin & Marshall College, Kansas.FRANK, TENNY, Latin, University of Kansas, Kansas.BRECKINRIDGE, SOPHONISBAPRESTON, , Political Science, Wellesley College, Kentucky.BURLINGAME, GEORGE -ELSTON, Church History, Clinton College, Kentucky.HEWES, AMY, Sociology, Women's Coll. of Baltimore, Maryland.FINDLAY, WILLIAM, Mathematics, McMaster University, Manitoba.FISH, ALFRED LAWRENCE, Political Economy, Harvard University, Massachusetts.GRAY, CLIFTON DAGGETT, Semitic, Harvard University, Massachusetts.HARPER, EUGENE HOWARD,^ Zoology, Harvard University, Massachusetts.KIMBLE, RALPH GRIERSON, "■„ Sociology, Lombard University, Massachusetts.DOWNING, ELLIOTT R., Zoology, Albion College, Michigan.RECORD 2HLINDHOLM, SVANT GODFREY,BRUCE, WILLIAM McAFEE,VIOLETTE, EUGENE MORROW,HOBEN, THOMAS ALLEN,BOUTWELL, JOHN MASON,CALHOUN, FRED HARVEY HALL,GRAY, MASON DeWITT,MILLER, IRVING EDGAR,SCHWEGLER, RAYMOND ALFRED,SCOTT, GEORGE WINFIELD,MOORE, ANNE,WILSON, DELONZO TATE,BRAITHWAITE, EDWARD ERNEST,BREYFOGLE, CAROLINE MAY,COMPARETTE, THOMAS LOUIS,CORWIN, LUTIE REBECCA,MILLER, WILLIAM EDWIN,MUMFORD EBEN,PADAN, ROBERT SAMUEL,PEABODY, SUSAN WADE,PENFIELD, HARRIET EVA,SCHUB, FREDERICK OTTO,GEORGE, RUSSELL D.,LEACOCK, STEPHEN BUTLER,LILLIE, RALPH STAYNER,MISENER, GENEVA,NEWMAN, HORATIO HACKETT,SELLERY,* GEORGE CLARK,SINCLAIR, SAMUEL BOWER,THOMSON, DAVID,GRIFFITH, JOHN WILLIAMS,HUTSON, FREDERICK LEROY,PHILLIPS, LLEWELLYN,WOOLSTON, HOWARD BROWN,ACREE, SOLOMON FARLEY,REICHMANN, FRITZ,HUTCHISON, BENJAMIN OSCAR,CRANDALL, HARRIET EMELINE,ENTEMANN, MINNIE MARIE,LUNN, ARTHUR CONSTANT,TAYLOR, CLIFTON OSCAR, Political Economy,Chemistry,History,New Testament,Geology,Geology,Latin,Philosophy,Semitic,Political Science,Physiology,Astronomy,Semitic,Compar. Religion,Archaeology,Semitic,Political Science^Sociology,Political Economy,Political Science,Philosophy,Germanics,Geology,Political Economy,Zoology,Greek,Zoology,History,Pedagogy,Latin,Pedagogy,Greek,Divinity,Sociology,Chemistry,Physics,Physics,English,Zoology,Astronomy,Philosophy, Carleton College,Central College,Central College,University of New Brunswick,Harvard University,University of Chicago,University of Rochester,University of Rochester,Brown University,Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.Vassar College,University of North Carolina,McGill University,Wellesley College,University of Michigan,Hartford Theol. Seminary,University of Chicago, _Buchtel College,Marietta College,Wellesley College,Oberlin College,Bucknell University,McMaster University,University of Toronto,University of Toronto,Queen's University,McMaster University,University of Toronto,Victoria University,University of Toronto,Colby University,Denison University,Bucknell University,Yale University,University of Texas,University of Texas,Richmond College,University of Wisconsin,University of Wisconsin,Lawrence University,University of Chicago, Minnesota.Missouri.Missouri.New Brunswick.New Hampshire.New York.New York.New York.New York.New York.North Carolina.North Carolina.Nova Scotia.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ohio.Ontario.Ontario.Ontario.Ontario.Ontario.Ontario.Ontario.Ontario.Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania..Texas.Texas.Virginia.Wisconsin.Wisconsin.Wisconsin.Wisconsin.UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE FACULTIES.Dr. Oscar L. Triggs gave a lecture on "William Morris" in Dayton, O., March 26.Dr. James H. Boyd will soon publish from thepress of Scott, Foresman & Co. a "CollegeAlgebra."Professor C. R. B.arnes, of the Department ofBotany, has just published "Outlines of PlantLife," from the Press of Henry Holt & Co.Associate Professor I. M. Price is associateeditor of the "Red Letter New Testament" justpublished by the Christian Herald of New York.At a meeting of the Chicago Society of BiblicalResearch, held March 17, Dr. W. Muss-Arnoltread a paper on "Amos 5 : 26," and Dr. C. W.Votaw on " The Beatitudes of Jesus."Professor G. B. Foster, who spent the Winter Quarter in DeLand, Florida, where he gave aseries of lectures in connection with the John B.Stetson University, is again in residence.Professor John M. Coulter, head of the Department of Botany, has returned from Washington,where he has been spending his vacation of threequarters, and is again in residence at the University. Associate Professor Marion Talbot has receivedan invitation from the United States Commissionerto the Paris Exposition to be present as a delegateand read a paper at one of the congresses to beheld in connection with the Exposition.Assistant Professor J. W. A. Young is jointauthor with Mr. C. E. Lineburger of the Lake ViewHigh School of "The Element of Differentialand Integral Calculus," published in the lastweek of February by D. Appleton & Co. Professor Emil G. Hirsch delivered a sermonbefore Harvard University, on Sunday, March25, as one of the University preachers for thecurrent year, and on the following Wednesday headdressed the Congregational Club of Boston." Israel's Messianic Hope in the Old Testamentand Beyond : a study of the Foreshadowings ofthe Christ to the Time of Jesus " is the full titleof a book just published by Professor G. S. Good-speed from the press of the Macmillan Company.Professor Oskar Bolza sailed from New Yorkon Saturday on the steamer Aller for Naples.After a short time spent in travel, he expects .tosettle in some university town and study in hisspecial field of mathematics. He will be absentfrom the University for three quarters.M. Maxime Ingres, who has been connectedwith the department of French in McGill University, will give instruction in the RomanceDepartment of the University during the SpringQuarter. He is a Frenchman by birth and training, and a graduate of the University of Paris.On Friday evening, March 9, Associate Librarian Zella Allen Dixson gave an illustrated lectureon "Charles Kingsley" before the members ofthe three divisions of her class in library science ;the object of the lecture being to show the reproduction and influence of environment upon anauthor's work.Dr. Warner Fite gave a lecture before thePhilosophical Club of Bryn Mawr College onMarch 8, his theme being "Industry and Artfrom the Standpoint of Psychology." On Sunday, March 25, he addressed the Ethical Societyof St. Louis on " The Foundation of the Senseof Duty," and the following day addressed theYoung Men's Philosophical Club of the samecity on "Experimental Psychology, its Resultsand its Aims."RECORD 25Director George E. Hale is secretary and Professor E. E. Barnard is a member of the EclipseCommittee of the Astronomical and AstrophysicalSociety of America, having in charge mattersconnected with the total eclipse of the sun onMay 28, 1900. The committee has just issued acircular letter of instruction and information forastronomers.Professor John Dewey, Associate ProfessorTufts, and Assistant Professor Angell are editorsof departments in the preparation of the Philosophical Dictionary, to be issued by the MacmillanCompany, under the general editorship of Professor J. M. Baldwin ; Mr. Dewey having supervision of the Department of Metaphysics, Mr.Tufts and Mr. Angell being joint editors of theDepartment of ^Esthetics.Recent articles by members of the faculties :"An Attempt to Test the Nebular Hypothesis by theRelations of Masses and Momenta," by T. C. Chamberlin,Journal of Geology.I. " The Scope of Sociology," II. " The Development ofSociological Method," by A. W. Small, American Journalof Sociology." Einige Prinzipien des Sprachunterrichts," by S. W.Cutting, Padagogische Monatshefte, March."President Edward C. Mitchell," by I. M. Price, TheStandard, March 10." In Central Asia " (reviews), by I. M. Price, The Dial,April 1." The Constitution and the Territories," by Harry Pratt,Judson, Review of Reviews, April."Was Poe Mathematically Accurate," by A. H. TolmanThe Dial, March 16, 1899." The Endless Epic Question,'' by A. H. Tolman, TheDial, August 16, 1899.Recent reviews by members of the faculties :Giddings' " Elements of Sociology," by J. H. Tufts,American Journal of Sociology.Patton's " Development of English Thought," by J. H.Tufts, Philosophical Review.Richard Hovey's " Taliesin," by Oscar L. Triggs, Unity.W. N. Andrews' "Diuturnal Theory of the Earth," by T.C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology. Hobart Bennett's " Genesis of Worlds," by T. C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology.King's "Irrigation and Drainage," by T. C. Chamberlin,Journal of Geology.King's " Principles and Conditions of the Movements ofGround Waters," by T. C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology.Ganong's "The Teaching Botanist," by C. R. Barnes,School Review.Harshberger's " Botanists of Philadelphia," by C. R.Barnes, Botanical Gazette.Evans' " Botany for Beginners," by C. R. Barnes, Botanical Gazette.MacDougal's "Nature Work of Plants," by C. R. Barnes,Botanical Gazette.Thomas' "Melanges d'Histoire et de Litterature reli-gieuse," by I. M. Price, American Journal of Theology.Weir, "A Short History of the Hebrew Text of the OldTestament," by I. M. Price, American Journal of Theology.Brown's " The Tabernacle and its Priests and Services,"by I. M. Price, American Jottrnal of Theology.Thureau-Dangin's " Recherches sur l'ecriture cuneiform " {supplement), by I. M. Price, American Journal ofSemitic Languages.Niebuhr's " Die Amarna Zeit," by I. M. Price, AmericanJournal of Semitic Languages.Woodbridge's " The Drama, its Law and its Technique,"by A. H. Tolman, Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare Gesellschaft. Bd. xxxv, 1899.Manly's " Macbeth," by A. H. Tolman, Jahrbuch derdeutschen Shakespeare Gesellschaft.THE ALUMNI.NOTES AND COMMUNICATIONS.Henry Cruger Van Schaack.Henry Cruger Van Schaack, A.B., '8i, was bornin Chicago in i860. He was the son of one ofChicago's esteemed citizens and leading businessmen, Peter Van Schaack, of the wholesale drugfirm of Van Schaack & Sons. His youth wasspent in Chicago where he received his early education in the public schools. In 1877 at the ageof seventeen he entered the old University ofChicago from which he graduated with honors in1 88 1. He then took up the study of law andgraduated from the Chicago Law School in 1884.He began the practice of his profession in Chicago, but in 1 89 1, he was advised by his physiciansto change his residence to Colorado on accountUNIVERSITY RECORDof lung trouble. He moved to Denver and soonattained a high position at the bar ; where he became a trustee and secretary of the Denver BarAssociation, also counsel for Bradstreets andother large interests.The mountain air did not entirely restore hisformer health and early in 1899 he spent somemonths in England, France, and Holland in thevain hope of regaining strength. Upon his returnhe went, with his family to Florida^ believingthat the southern climate would afford him reliefbut there he found none and on March 3, 1900,he died at Palm Beach, Florida, as a result of hislong continued illness.Mr. Van Schaack came from an old Knickerbocker family of the period of the Revolution.His great-grandfather Peter Van Schaack, LL.D.,an eminent lawyer for many years in the earlydays of New York City, was a graduate of KingsCollege, now Columbia University, and a classmate and intimate friend of John Jay, EgbertBenson, and Chancellor Kent. He was appointedby Governor Jay as the sole revisor of the laws ofNew York, covering a period of over thirty years.Hon. Henry Cruger Van Schaack, the grandfather of this sketch and for whom he was named,was also an eminent lawyer in New York andjheauthor of a book valuable for its original material,entitled " Memoirs of Major Henry Van Schaack "a prominent loyalist of the Revolutionarydays.Mr. Van Schaack was the author of severalwell written and carefully compiled law treatises,among them being the " Manual for Corporations "and "The Law of Bank Checks," both of whichare considered authority. The latter is a comprehensive statement of the law relating to bankchecks as determined by the leading Americanand English courts. When it is remembered thatnot less than 95 per cent, of the banking business•of the present time is carried on by means ofchecks the value of such a reliable and comprehensive work of reference to bank officials andemploye's will be appreciated. Last year, while visiting in Europe he was particularly interestedin Holland and wrote an able and instructivepaper on " Holland's Influence in Moulding theInstitutions and Jurisprudence of America."Aside from his profession and professionalwritings, he devoted much time to literary pursuits.He was an extraordinary linguist, having masteredthe Dutch language in his short stay of a fewmonths in that country. He spoke also French,German, and Spanish. He took great interest inathletics ; was at one time president of the Far-ragut Boat Club and captain of the crew.Mr. Van Schaack was always a loyal supporterof his Alma Mater. For several years he was onthe board of trustees, and after he moved toDenver he used his influence in bringing to theuniversity the best young men among his acquaintances. With his death the Alumni Associationloses one of its most prominent members and theUniversity one of its staunch friends and supporters.THE CHICAGO ALUMNA ASSOCIATION.The membership of the University of ChicagoAlumnae Association consists entirely of alumnaewhose residence is in Chicago, Early in June1898, some members of that year's class decidedto call a meeting of all city alumnae whoseaddresses were obtainable. June 30, twenty ormore met and organized the club. On this occasion Dean Talbot and President Harper addressedthe members, welcoming the new organization asone connected with the University, and makingsuggestions for its future.The purpose of the association has been twofold : to keep the alumnae in touch with oneanother ; and to foster mutually helpful relationswith the University. In accordance with the firstaim, the alumnae, on the first or second Saturdayof each quarter have met in an informal way tosee one another and to enjoy together some briefentertainment. Last year the regular meetingplace was the Victoria Hotel and on each occasion luncheon was served.RECORD 27At the first annual meeting in October 1898,there were present several members of the otheralumnae associations in this city: Mrs. Dixson,of Mt. Holyoke, Miss McMahon, of Smith,Miss Tunnicliff, of Vassar, Miss Pike, of Wellesley,and Miss Talbot, of the Association of CollegiateAlumnae. These guests gave brief accounts ofthe work and aims of their associations and welcomed the Chicago Alumnae into the sisterhood.At the January luncheon, Mrs. Kate Heinz Watson read a paper on William Morris, a talk mostthoroughly enjoyed by all present. April 8, thealumnae met again at the Victoria and afterluncheon several members of the ColumbiaSchool of Oratory presented John KendrickBangs' farce, "The Fatal Message." June 30, areception in Green Hall was given by the alumnaeand to this the city members of the class of '99were especially invited.Last October at the Victoria luncheon anelection was the order of the day. The followingofficers for the ensuing year were chosen :Charlotte H. Foye, '95, President.Zelma E. Clark, '97, Vice President.Eva B. Graves, '98, Secretary-Treasurer, 4526Woodlawn avenue.Maude L. Radford, '94, Alice Winston, '98,Angeline Loesch, '98, were elected as additionalmembers of the Executive Committee. The lastmeeting was held in February at Miss Morgan'sstudio. The members listened to a most interesting paper by Mrs. McClintock on "Discontentin Modern Fiction," and afterward made gooduse of a number of chafing dishes.But besides the pleasure of seeing one anotherand keeping alive college associations whichotherwise might be in danger of being crowdedout by other things, the alumnae have anotherobject, the keeping in close relationship with theUniversity of Chicago. Early in its first year,after careful deliberation, the association foundedthe Alumnae Loan Library at the University ofChicago. This was begun very quietly and in asmall way by collecting from the alumnae and others what text-books were available and rentingthem quarterly at twenty-five cents apiece to thestudents. This work has been from the beginning in the hands of a committee with Miss GraceDarling, '97, at its head. The first time bookswere given out there was such a demand for themthat the committee was most thoroughly convinced of the usefulness of the work. Thatdemand has been steadily increasing. The supply of books has at no time been equal to the callfor them. It is hoped now, however, that morebooks and money will soon be given and thework enlarged in scope. The Loan Library hasits office open daily in the Y. M. C. A. room inHaskell Oriental Museum.The interest manifested in both the work and theplay of the Alumnae Association has given assurance that such a club has a definite place to fill ;and with its membership increased now to threetimes the original number and each meeting wellattended the association looks forward to morepleasure and greater helpfulness each year.Angeline Loesch, '98.ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.The Executive Committee of the Alumni Association held its annual business meeting in theparlor of Graduate Hall, Tuesday evening, March20. The annual statement, which will be sent toeach alumnus this week, was outlined, and all thearrangements were made for Alumni Day, whichit will be noted, has been changed from June 30to June 18, the day preceding the spring convocation. One of the new features of the programmeand one which the committee felt would be animportant part of every programme in the future, isthe formal reception of the graduates of 1900into the association. The President, Mr. Helmer,will welcome the new members, and a speaker,selected by the class will respond. The alumniwill have the opportunity of witnessing the SeniorClass- Day exercises on the campus, and also aninteresting game of ball between the UniversityUNIVERSITY RECORDof Pennsylvania and the University of Chicagoteams on Marshall Field. Arrangements forattendance at the game are in the hands of JamesScott Brown, '97. Special efforts will be made tomake the day one of pleasure to every alumnus.The following chairmen of committees were appointed who are to select the other members oftheir respective committees.Annual Banquet — Henry G. Gale, '96.Reception Committee — John F. Hagey, '98.Committee on Ball Game— J. Scott Brown, '97.The programme for the day is as follows ;Monday, June 18 — Alumni Day.I2:oom. — The President's Luncheon — Woman's Quadrangle.1:30 p.m. — Annual Business Meeting. Reception of theGraduates of 1900 into the Association.3: 00 p.m. — Senior Class Exercises (on the Campus).4:00 p.m. — Ball Game, University of Pennsylvania vs.University of Chicago, and Band Concert — Marshall Field.7: 30 p.m. — Annual Banquet (Informal) — Quadrangle Club*NOTES.Cora M. Gettys, '96, is examiner for the Chicago Civil Service Commission.Frederick H. Minard, '96, is a mining engineer,with headquarters at Denver, Col.Evangeline M. Pollard, '98, is instructor inLatin in the Friends' University, Wichita, Kan.Jennie G. Hutchinson, '00, is instructor inLatin at the State Normal School, Montreal,Canada.H. L. Schoolcraft, Ph.D., '99, is instructor inthe Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois.Esther D. Hunt, '95, is teacher of compositionand literature in the Ashland High School, NorthDenver, Col.Stacy C. Mosser, '97, has been appointed asassistant sporting editor on the Chicago Record.He takes the position formerly occupied by Harold L. Ickes, '97, who is writing political news forthe same paper. Genio M. Lambertson '72, is general counselfor the Union Pacific railroad, and is located atOmaha, Neb.Horace G. Lozier, '94, teacher of history in thePrinceton-Yale School, Chicago, will spend thesummer in Europe, traveling.Caroline L. Ransome, A.M., '00, of Toledo,O., starts April 10, for Hanover, Germany, whereshe will continue her studies.Charles H. Murray, D.B., '97, formerly of theBaptist church, Palmyra, Mo., has accepted a callto the Emmanuel Baptist church in St. Louis.John C. Hammond, S.M., '97, is assistant in theNautical Almanac office, connected with the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.Fred Day Nichols, '97, associate in Englishat the University academy at Morgan Park, 111.,sailed last week for England, where he will spendsix months at Oxford University.Harry F. Atwood, '98, now a lawyer in Chicago,is a candidate for city attorney of Blue Island,111. Mr. Atwood took a prominent part in alloratorical contests while in the University.Winfred H. Garrison, Ph.D., '97, resigned hisposition, as professor of church history in theUniversity of Indianapolis to take the assistanteditorship of the Christian Evangelist, publishedat St. Louis. Mr. Garrison will sail for Europesoon for an extended tour of the continent in theinterests of the paper.On the faculty of the Chicago Institute Summer School, founded by Mrs. Emmons Blaine,are the names of Nott W. Flint, '97, EnglishComposition and Wallace W. Atwood, '97, Physiography. Edith B. Foster, '97, now associate inEnglish in the University, will be an instructorin English in the Institute next year.The Alumni list was increased April first bythe addition of thirty-four Bachelors, five Masters,and six Doctors. Special mention may be madeof those who have definitely indicated their plansfor the immediate future :RECORD 29George Amos Beers, Teacher in ChicagoSchools.Charles Braden Davis, Rush Medical College.Margaret Doolittle, Chicago, Teacher.Lewis Lee Losey, Jr., Chicago, Student of Law.Ernest Whitney Martin, University, Graduatework.Benjamin Samuels, Chicago, Student of Law.Leo Schoenbrun, Jr., Chicago, Student of Law.John Alexander Shannon, Chicago, Teacher.Charles Byron Williams, University, Graduatework.Helen VanEtten Chase, Chicago, Teacher.Earl Crayton Hales, Chicago, Student of Law.Edwin Lee Poulson, Chicago, Life Insurance.Katherine Hoyt Reynolds, Aurora, 111., Principal of West Aurora High School.Ellen Yale Stevens, New York, Instructor ofEnglish, Horace Mann School, Teachers' College.Charles Ben VanWie, Chicago, Instructor inSummer School, Geneva, Ohio.Tillman Ephraim McMurtry, Chicago, Studentof Medicine.Anthony Lispenard Underhill, Jr., University,Graduate work.Charles Reed Zahniser, North Mills, Pa., Pastor.Arthur Constant Lunn, University, Graduatework.Eva Comstock Durbin, Chicago, Teacher ofHistory in Englewood High School.Howell Emlyn Davies, Assistant in Zoology,University of Chicago.Jacob Dorsey Forrest, Irvington, Ind., Professorof Sociology and Economics, Butler College,University of Indianapolis.Thomas Kay Sidey, Instructor in Latin, CornellCollege, Mt. Vernon, Iowa.Wallace St. John, Franklin, Indv Pastor FirstBaptist Church. A COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY.During the first term of the Spring Quarterthere will be given a course in practical photography, which is designed to meet the requirements of the amateur who has a camera andwishes to learn to make photographs in the bestand cheapest way, and for those who are contemplating purchasing a camera or care to learnsomething of the elements and processes of photography. The course will consist of twelve lectures and demonstrations. Each period willoccupy two hours. The theory of photographywill not only be talked about, but all the processes will be demonstrated before the class. Thesubjects discussed will be as follows :i. Light and lenses : the principles of lightused by the photographer will be briefly presentedand the various kinds of lenses and their uses andlimitations and methods of testing.2. The camera : the various types, their construction, the kinds of work each is intended for,their care, uses, and abuses.3. Plates and films : their manufacture, sensitiveness and various uses, the best kinds for thedifferent kinds of work.4. Exposure : factors which determine time ofexposure, whether instantaneous or time, use ofthe diaphram and shutter.5. Development: the chemicals used and themethod of their operation, time.6. Development: the various methods of control of over- and underexposed plates or films.7. Intensification: chemicals used and processwhereby many otherwise worthless negatives canbe saved.8. Reduction : another very valuable process,but little used by the amateur, fully described.9. Diapositives, printing on bromide, velox,etc. ; transparencies, lantern slides, etc. *10. Papers and their printing, sun printing,vignetting, etc.UNIVERSITY RECORDii. Toning and finishing.12. Art in photography, and criticism of pupil's work.The lectures will be given Wednesday eveningsat 7 : oo o'clock and Saturday mornings at 9 : 00o'clock in the Lecture Room, Cobb Hall.The course is given under the management ofthe Class-study Department of the University, by W. G. Tight, an amateur photographer and photomechanical engraver of fifteen years' experiencein every department of photography.The first lecture will be given Saturday, April 7.No registration or matriculation is required. Thefee is the same as for other term courses ofthe department: $8 for twelve meetings of twohours each.RECORD 31THE CALENDAR.APRIL 6-14, 1900.Friday, April 6.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, io: 30 a.m.Adjourned Meeting of the University Congregation is held in Congregation Hall, Haskell,at 5: 00 p.m.Mathematical Club meets in Room 35, RyersonPhysical Laboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.Dr. Laves will read on "Maupertuis' principle ofleast action for effective potential forces."Note: "On primitive roots," by Mr. A. W. Smith.Saturday, April 7.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of the UniversityPress, 8: 30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00A.M.The University Senate, i i : 30 a.m.Sunday, April 8.settlement sun da y.Mr. Franklin MacVeigh will make the address inKent Theater, at 4: 00 p.m. upon the subject" The Responsibility of Wealth."Monday, April 9.Chapel- Assembly: The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, April 10.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.Professor John M. Coulter, who has recently returnedfrom a prolonged visit in Washington, will addressthe Club on " The Present Work of the WashingtonBotanists."Wednesday, April 11.Pedagogical Club meets in Haskell AssemblyRoom at 7:30 p.m.Question : "Is a Science of Pedagogy possible ?Discussion led by S. B. St. Clair.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, ZoologicalLaboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Assistant Professor Davenport reads on "Variationin Pectinatella."Thursday, April 12.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, April 13.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. 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