£be TUnivefsity of CbtcagoPrice $J*Q0 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOXLbc THntversttE ot Gbtcago ©ressVOL V, NO. 2 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. APRIL 13, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS. .I. The Thirty- second Convocation - - - 33— 35II. American Students at Oxford - - - 35III. Calendar 36THE THIRTY-SECOND CONVOCATION.The Convocation exercises of the Spring Quarterwere opened with the Convocation Vesper Serviceheld in Kent Theater, April 1, 1900 at 4:00 p.m.The Convocation Sermon was preached by theChaplain of the occasion, the Reverend O. P.Gifford, D.D., of Buffalo, N. Y. His subject was"The Christ Type " and his text Acts 4:13. Thepreacher most strikingly emphasized the powerof will in the formation of character, assertingthat "a man is known by the company he keeps —not by the company that keeps him. Characteris not determined by circumstance, but by consent, and is more than circumstances. We keepcompany to which we consent, to which we givethe right of way. The raw material of which theworld is made is uniform. God has made of oneblood all the nations of the universe, and differenttypes come because men surrender themselves todifferent persons and pressures.' 'From this point of view he described the Christtype, characterized by free thought, free speech,sympathy for humanity, helpfulness, and prayer,closing with the following words : " Christianity is to be perpetuated only by the perpetuating ofthe Christ type in human lives. Think freely;speak freely ; love tenderly ; serve manfully ;commune perpetually and the type is safe."The University Convocation held on April 2,1900, was looked forward to with something of theinterest attaching to that of January (see University Record, Vol. IV, No. 40) because the timefor the raising of the two-million-dollar fund hadbeen extended by Mr. Rockefeller to April 1.But it possessed attractions of its own as well.For the first time in the history of the University,a high official of the Government came directlyfrom the sphere of his official duties to deliverthe Convocation Address, and it was expectedthat what he would say would have at least novery remote connection with the ideas and purposes entertained by the Administration. It wasat this Convocation, also, that the promotionsand new appointments in the University staff andthe announcements of the holders of UniversityFellowships were made public. It was quite inorder, therefore, that a large and thoroughlyrepresentative University audience should fill theCentral Music Hall on that occasion.A After the usual procession to the platform theprayer was offered by the Convocation Chaplain,the Rev. O. P. Gifford, D.D. The President ofthe University then introduced the Assistant Sec-34 UNIVERSITY REOORDretary of State, David J. Hill, LL.D., as the Convocation Orator. Dr. Hill announced as his subject" The Place of America in World Politics." Heread his eloquent and finished address in a quiettone and conversational manner. Certain passages bearing on recent events or presaging futuremovements were received with applause. Theoration will be quoted from and remembered asone of the most thoughtful of those thus far delivered before the University.After music, the " Pilgrim's Chorus," theAward of Honors for the past quarter was announced as follows :The Ferdinand Peck prize for excellence in public speaking in the Junior Colleges to Oliver Leroy McCaskill.The University prize for excellence in debate in theSenior Colleges to Arthur Eugene Bestor, Rowland HenryRichie, Edwin DeWitt Solenberger, Robert Samuel McClure(special mention).The Joseph Leiter prize for excellence in debate in theGraduate and Divinity Schools to the representatives of theGraduate School : Harry Norman Gottlieb (special mention), Robert Samuel McClure, Benjamin Samuels.Honorable mention for excellence in the work of theJunior Colleges to the following students : Alice Beardsley,Henrietta Katherine Becker, Roy Batchelder Nelson, MaryElla Robinson, Kellogg Speed.Honorable mention for excellence in the work of theSenior Colleges to the following students : Bertha Barnet,Edith Maud Bullis, Harry Bauland Newman, Julia LillianPeirce, Alice Evelyn Radford, Katherine Hoyt Reynolds,Charles Byron Williams.The Award of Fellowships followed. It wasprinted in the University Record, Vol. V, No. i.The following degrees were conferred :1, The Degree of Associate upon :Rae Casena Baldwin, Frank Perkins Barker, Alice Beards-ley, Henrietta Katherine Becker, Joseph Walter Bingham,Leona Susan Canterbury, Agnes Eleanor Chambers, ElmerHarvey Ellsworth, Thomas Venard Graves, Virginia WynneLackersteen, Grace Bartlett Lincoln, Maud McBurney, OliverLeroy McCaskill, Elizabeth Watson McClure, Emily Mila-dofsky, Daniel Jacob Nunemacher, Laura Edith O'Brien,Thusnelda Peemoller, Pierre Rhoades, Mary Ella Robinson,Louise Hooper Shailer, Kellogg Speed, Henrietta J. Tro-manhauser, Florence Turney, Charles Maekay VanPatten,Leroy Tudor Vernon. 2. The Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon :Bertha Barnet, George Amos Beers, Edith Maud Bullis,Ira Rudolphus Bullock, Charles Braden Davis, MargaretDoolittle, Lewis Lee Losey, Jr.; Ernest Whitney Martin,Julia Lillian Peirce, Alvena Dorothea Reichmann, BenjaminSamuels, Leo Schoenbrun, Jr., John Alexander Shannon,Charles Byron Williams.3. The Degree of Bachelor of Science upon :Alice Dynes Feuling, Tillman Ephraim McMurtry, JamesFred Miller, James Wolke Ross, Anthony Lispenard Underbill, Jr.4. The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy upon: 'Sarah Field Barrow, Elinor Byrns, Helen Van EttenChase, Aaron Cohn, Earl Crayton Hales, Elizabeth Hathaway Lingle, Edith Leavitt Neal, Harry Bauland Newman,Edwin Lee Poulson, Alice Evelyn Radford, Katherine HoytReynolds, Ellen Yale Stevens, Charles Ben Van Wie.5. The Degree of Bachelor of Arts Re-enacted in the Case ofHenry Cruger Van Schaack.6. The Degree of Bachelor of Diuinity upon :Clifton Daggett Gray. Thesis : " Translations fromBabylonian Religious Texts."Charles Reed Zahniser. Thesis : " The TranscendentalElement in the Kingdom of God."7. The Degree of Master of Arts upon :Walter Sydney Adams. Thesis : " On the Variation ofLatitude."James William Kyle. . Thesis : " Vases in the Museum atAthens, with scenes from the Palaestra and Stadium."Arthur Constant Lunn. Thesis : " Perturbative Functions Expressible as Power Series in Terms of the RadiusVector."8. The Degree of Master of Philosophy upon :James Dowse Bradwell. Thesis : " Local Government inGeorgia."Eva Comstock Durbin. " Thesis : " The Alsatian Question in the French Revolution.9. The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon :Howell Emlyn Davies (Bacteriology, Neurology). Thesis:" The occurrence of the Typhoid Bacillus in Typhoid FeverPatients."Jacob Dorsey Forrest (Sociology, Philosophy). Thesis :" The Development of Industrial Organizations."Thomas Cramer Hopkins (Geology, Mineralogy). Thesis :" The Genesis of Certain Limonite Ores of Pennsylvania."Walter Flavius McCaleb (History, Political Science).Thesis : " The Aaron Burr Conspiracy.""UNIVERSITY RECORD 35Thomas Kay Sidey (Latin, Greek). Thesis : " The Participle in Plautus, Petronius, and Apuleius."Wallace St. John (Church History, New Testament).Thesis : " The Contest for Liberty of Conscience in England."An important novelty in the conferring ofdegrees was that for the first time the new degreeof Associate was conferred upon those studentswho had completed the first two years of theircourse, /. e., had graduated from the Junior Colleges. At a later point in the exercises, in theQuarterly Statement, the President of the University discussed the meaning and character of thisdegree. Another item of melancholy interest inthe same connection was the announcement ofthe reenacting of the Bachelor's degree of HenryVan Schaack. Mr. Van Schaack died on March3. Reference was made to these facts in thePresident's Statement. A brief account of Mr.Van Schaack's life, together with a portrait of him,was published in the University Record, Vol.V, No. 1.When the President of the University arose tomake his Quarterly Statement he was greeted withhearty and long - continued applause. It wasknown that the conditions of the gift of Mr.Rockefeller had been complied with and thatthereby the University's resources were enlargedby some millions of dollars. A full account wasgiven by the President of the gifts, their destination, and the donors, where they permitted theirnames to be announced. Many subjects ofimportance presented in the Statement were read,though many topics had to be passed over forlack of time. It is printed in full in the University Record, Vol. V, No. 1.A striking feature connected with this Convocation was the annual ceremony of initiating thenew marshals into their duties and the retirementof those of the past year. The new marshals areas follows :Leroy Tudor Vernon, Walter Lawrence Hudson, William Franklin Eldridge, Arthur Eugene Bestor, Marian Harmon Calhoun, Mary EthelFreeman.An innovation is seen in the appointment oftwo women to positions on this body.After the President had finished his Statement,the benediction was pronounced by Chaplain Gifford, and the Thirty-second Convocation was over.AMERICAN STUDENTS AT OXFORD.The American students of the University (abouttwenty- five) have organized the American Clubof Oxford, with the primary purpose of puttingdefinite and pertinent information with regard toOxford at the service of the intending student.To accomplish this object, the Club intends toprint a circular in which it will try to anticipatethe questions likely to be asked about the Oxforduniversity system in general, the opportunitiesand conditions of study in the University, andthe advisability of connecting one's self with oneof the colleges. The difficulty of obtaining precise information about graduate study from auniversity which concerns itself primarily withundergraduate work, will make the compilationof facts for the circular a matter of some time ;yet it is expected that the circular will be readysoon. If possible, it will be made to includeCambridge as well as Oxford. The Club has theapproval and support of prominent Universityofficers. The officers of the Club are as follows:H.A. Overstreet, President, A.B. University ofCalifornia, Balliol College ; S. S. Seward, Jr.,Vice President, A.M., Columbia University,Exeter College ; R. S. Huidekoper,, Secretaryand Treasurer, A.B., Harvard University, TrinityCollege.Information may be obtained from the officersor from the Club's Honorary Advisers : LouisDyer, of Balliol College, A.B., Harvard, M.A.,Oxon ; and F. C. S. Schiller, of Corpus ChristiCollege, M.A., Oxon, formerly instructor inCornell University.36 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.APRIL 13-21, 1900.Friday, April 13.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Physics Club meets in Room 32, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.( Mr. C. R. Mann will read on "Anomalous Dispersion."Saturday, April 14.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, 8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00A.M.The University Council, 11:30 a.m.Sunday, April 15.Vesper Service will be held in Kent Theaterat 4:00 p.m.Associate Professor Moncrief will speak on "TheNicene Creed."Monday, April 16.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.English Club holds a public meeting in theChapel at 4:00 p.m.Professor Richard Burton, Ph.D., of the Universityof Minnesota, will lecture upon " Robert Louis Stevenson." Philological Society meets in Faculty Room,Haskell Oriental Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Professor Tarbell will read a paper upon " A SignedCyclix of Duris ; " Associate Professor Cutting willread a paper upon '* Das and Was'm Relative ClausesDependent upon Adjectives used Substantively."Tuesday, April 17.Chapel- Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanicalLaboratory, at 5:00 p.m.Dr. Henry C. Cowles will review a recent work byGerhardt and others on " The Structure and Vegetation of the Sand Dunes of Germany."Thursday, April 19.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, April 20.Chapel-Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10 : 30 a.m.Saturday, April 21.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8: 30 a.m.The Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10: 00 a.m.The Faculty of the Divinity School, i i : 30A.M.Material for the CALENDAB must be sent to the Office of Information by THUESDAY, 8:30 A.M.in order to be published in the issue of the same week.