Price $1.00Per Year £be TIlmversit$ of CbtcagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe i&niveteity of Gbtcago pressVOL V, NO. 3 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. APRIL 20, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. The University Congregation. The Twentieth Meeting - - - - - - 37-39II. Changes in the University Faculties andBoards for the Year 1900-1901 - 39III. Calendar ------- 40THE UNIVERSITY CONGREGATION.THE TWENTIETH MEETING.The interesting character of the topics announced for discussion at the twentieth meetingof the Congregation called together a rather morethan ordinarily large number of members whogathered in Congregation Hall, April 3, 1900,at 4 : 00 p. m. There were fifty-seven memberspresent. The Scripture was read and prayer offered by the chaplain of the University. VicePresident Chandler welcomed those who tookupon themselves the responsibility of full membership by signing the roll. Their names are asfollows : Howell E. Davies, J. D. Forrest, T. C.Hopkins, H. B. Almstedt, Eleanor P. Hammond,Henry G. Gale, representing the Doctors of Philosophy, the Rev. S. E. Price, of the DivinityAlumni, and Newman Miller, the director of theUniversity Press.The executive committee of the Congregationpresented the following recommendation :That the President be authorized to appoint at the closeof each regular meeting a nominating committee of threepersons to present nominations for officers to be filled at thenext regular meeting.An motion the resolution was adopted. A new proposition for discussion was communicated through the Recorder as follows :Resolved that the University should furnish a systematiccourse of instruction in the literature of Greece for thosestudents who are unable to read the original Greek ; thatthis course should take up at least the four subjects — epic,lyric and dramatic poetry and philosophy ; and that at leastfour majors of work should be offered. It is assumed thatuse will be made of English, French and German translationsof the Greek classics so far as these are found to be available.It was referred to the executive committee.The committee which had in charge the question of the advisability of requiring service fromFellows made the following report through Mr.Abbott :The committee appointed at the last meeting of the Congregation to consider the advisability of requiring servicefrom Fellows would recommend that the requirement becontinued, but that the service expected of Fellows be ofsuch a sort as not to interfere seriously with their study, andthat no more than five hours per week be required of Fellowsengaged on thesis work. They would further recommendthat under Section 5) d) on p. 63 of the Annual Register for1898-9 the words " as an assistant in one of the departmentallibraries " be amended so as to read "as an assistant in oneof the departmental libraries, laboratories or museums."The committee recommends, however, that Fellows shall notbe employed in cataloguing books.The report was adopted without discussion,and the Recorder was directed to forward it tothe proper officers.The committee appointed to consider the question of practice courses, etc., to collect informa-38 UNIVERSITY RECORDtion and to make recommendations to the Congregation reported through Mr. Mead as follows :The two subjects of the practice of music and drawingas possible credit courses in the University cannot be considered to advantage without reference to the broader question of the educational value of techniques. It is the opinionof the committee that any technique has a legitimate positionin the University which in the first place enables the studentto gain control over subject-matter belonging legitimatelywithin its curriculum, or to give trained and orderly expression to his ideas or feelings, provided in the second Tplace thestudent in mastering the technique recognizes its relation andvalue to the subject-matter or the ultimate product. Thuscredit is given in collegiate courses for technical laboratorywork in chemistry or biology, because through them the student not only gains control over the subject-matter of thesesciences, but also is enabled to recognize in the techniquethe principles and laws of the chemical organization ofmatter or the development of life. And we give credit fortraining in Rhetoric because the student through this trainingnot only acquires the power of adequate expression butlearns the relation of the method of expression to its product. In a word when it is possible to teach a subject throughits technique or to acquire an art through the conscious relation of the technique to the product, the technique becomesan essential part of education!There is no question that the art of expressing ideas andfeeling through music or drawing and painting is as important and legitimate as that of literature and that where thestudent puts the meaning of his technical training in hisresult, the training of the artist is as really education as thatgained in the university. It is as equally evident that theaverage study of the piano or violin and the average drawinglesson do not appeal to and train the intelligence of thestudent in the manner indicated above.It is the opinion of the committee that the universitywould not be justified in accepting for credit work of thistype, unless it itself had control over it and were to judge ofits educational value through this intimate connection.The recognized educational value of both music, drawingand painting in primary and secondary school work impliesthat the university could most profitably avail itself of thesemeans of development if proper methods were found andemployed and men were secured who recognized the university ideal and could apply it. It seems, moreover, to be theproper task of a university to organize schools of art in connection with its other work that these educational problemsmay be attacked and the advantages which would flow fromthese disciplines may be secured. This is perhaps peculiarly important in an Anglo-Saxon civilization, whichoffers almost no training in the expression of emotion. It isonly in artistic work and the appreciation and study of it that we can pedagogically pass beyond the attitude of repression, and attain that controlled yet free emotional expressionwhich is so essential a part of a full education. If such artschools were within the university it is the opinion of the committee that the practice of music and of drawing and painting,which carried the recognized value of the technique for thefinished artistic product, should be accepted as worthy ofcredit, but until the university has such control as can befound only in its own schools, it seems unwise to grant suchcredit.The Congregation decided to postpone theconsideration of the report until the next meeting.Mr. Freund, as chairman of a committee representing the Administrative Board of the University Press, offered the following resolution :That the University Congregation disapprove the action ofthe University Senate, taken February 3, igoo, disapprovingthe action- of the Administrative Board of the University Presswith regard to the adoption of certain changes of spelling inUniversity publications.In moving the adoption of the resolution, Mr.Freund recalled the history of the movement forthe introduction of reformed spelling. The original resolution of the University Press had beenunanimously adopted by them ; it had been approved by the University Congregation by a voteof 20 to 16 ; the University Senate, in a meeting inwhich but 13 out of 25 members were present, haddisapproved of the action of the Press and Congregation by a vote of 7 to 6. He claimed thatthe action contemplated was conservative, beingthe least that could be done in this direction, andurged the expediency of agitation in the University in favor of this reform until the Senate shouldbe induced to favor it.Mr. Small remarked that while this was not theideal reform which some might desire, it wasgoing as far as was probably advisable in all thecircumstances ; the history of the movement hasshown that the university bodies concerned actedwith great caution and deliberation.Mr. Blackburn stated that these changes, withthe possible exception of one, are already recognized as correct usage.UNIVERSITY RECORD 39Mr. Chandler declared that in changes in theEnglish language he was unwilling to recognizeany American authority, and insisted that only theusage of English dictionaries was of value in suchmatters.The Recorder read a communication from Pro-fessor George E. Hale opposing the change inspelling in the name of the editors of the Astro-physical Journal.After some further discussion the resolutionwas rejected by a vote of 29 to 27.[ To be continued.'] THE BOARD OF LIBRARIES, LABORATORIES, AND MUSEUMS.CHANGES IN THE UNIVERSITY FACULTIES AND BOARDSFOR THE YEAR 1900-1901The following list of Faculties and Boards contains the changes which were authorized by theBoard of Trustees April i, 1900. Of the Faculties only that of the Senior Colleges is affected,as it is an appointed body, members of which arerecommended by the several departments concerned :THE FACULTY OF THE SENIOR COLLEGES.The President,ex officio,The Recorder,ex officio,Dean Tufts,ex officio,Dean ludson,ex officio,Dean Talbot,ex officio,Dean Tolman,ex officio,Mr. Abbott, Mr. Barnes,Mr. Boyd,Mr. Davenport,Mr. Donaldson,Mr. Freund,Mr. R. F. Harper,Mr. Herrick,Mr. Howland,Mr. Iddings,Mr. Jordan,Mr. von Klenze,Mr. Laves,Mr. Loeb, Mr. Maschke,Mr. Mead,Mr. A. C. Miller,Mr. Shepardson,Mr. Stagg,Mr. StieglitzMr. S. W. Stratton,Mr. Tarbell,Mr. Thomas,Mr. Torrey,Mr. Votaw.Standing Committees:On Admission — Mr. Barnes, Chairman; Messrs. vonKlenze, Maschke, R. F. Harper, and Laves.On Scholarships — Mr. Herrick, Chairman ; Messrs. Iddings,Mead, S. W. Stratton, and Votaw.On Curriculum — Mr. Abbott, Chairman ; Messrs. Tarbell,Jordan, Shepardson, and Stieglitz.On Pre-Medical Work — Mr. Donaldson, Chairman ; Messrs.Jordan, Loeb, Stieglitz, and Davenport.On College of Commerce and Politics — Mr. A. C. Miller,Chairman; Messrs. Freund, Hatfield, Shepardson, andZueblin.On Students'' Fund — Messrs. Donaldson and Howland. The President, ex officio,The Recorder, ex officio,Dean Judson, ex officio,Mr. Angell, ex officio.Mr. Chamberlin, ex officio,Mr. Coulter, ex officio,Mrs. Dixson, ex officio,Mr. Donaldson, ex officio,Mr. G. E. Hale, ex officio,Mr. Loeb, ex officio, Mr. Michelson, ex officio,Mr. Nef, ex officio,Mr. Starr, ex officio,Mr. Thomas, ex officio,Mr. Whitman, ex officio,Mr. Burton,Mr. Carpenter,Mr. Manly.Mr. Pietsch,Mr. Tarbell,THE BOARD OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND ATHLETICS.The President, ex officio, Mr. Abbott,The Recorder, ex officio, Mr. Buck,Mr. Stagg, ex officio, Mr. Coulter,Mr. C. P. Small, ex officio, Mr. Cutting,Dean Hulbert, ex officio, Mr. Thatcher.Miss Dudley, ex officio, ~The Student Members:Mr. Burns, Mr. Vernon, ) HoldingMr. Merrifield, Mr. Speed. ) over.THE BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION OF TEACHERS.The President, ex officio, Mr. MacClintock,The Recorder, ex officio, Mr. Lovett,Mr. Chamberlin, Mr. Stratton.Mr. Locke,And one representative from each of the departmentsconcerned.THE BOARD OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, ANDEXHIBITIONS.The President, ex officio,The Recorder, ex officio,Dean Castle, ex officio,Dean Talbot, ex officio,Mr. Clark, ex officio,Mr. Williams, ex officio, Mr. Lovett, ex officio,Mr. Capps,Mr. Hill,Mr. Iddings,Mr. Moncrief,Miss Wallace.THE BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS.The President, ex officio,The Recorder, ex officio,Mr. A. W. Small, ex officio,The DepartmentalMr. Blanchard,Mr. Capps,Mr. Catterall,Mr. Chamberlain,Mr. Cutting,Mr. Davenport,Miss Foster,Mr. Hatfield,Mr. Judson,Mr. Burgess,Mr. Dewey,Mr. Donaldson, Dean Miller, ex officio,Dean Salisbury, ex officio,.Mr. Fellows, ex officio.Examiners, ex officio:Mr. Lingle,Mr. F. J. Miller,Mr. F. R. Moulton,Mr. Salisbury,Mr; Slaught,Mr. Smith,Mr. S. W. Stratton,Mr. Votaw,Miss Wallace.Mr. Johnson,Mr. Stieglitz.THE-BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.The President, ex officio,The Recorder, ex officio,Mr. N. Miller, ex officio,Mr. Chamberlin, ex officio,Mr. Coulter, ex officio,Mr. G. E. Hale, ex officio,Mr. Laughlin, ex officio, Mr. A. W. Small, ex officio,Mr. Angell,Mr. Freund,Mr. Mathews,Mr. Shepardson,Mr. Vincent.40 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.APRIL 20-28, 1900.Friday, April 20.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, io: 30 a.m.Mathematical Club meets in Room 35, RyersonPhysical Laboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.Mr. A. C. Lunn reads, " On central orbits with twoApsodal distances" (Thesis report). Note : " On thedetermination of maxima and mimima of functions ofseveral variables" (second note), by Dr. Boyd.Saturday, April 21.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8: 30 a.m.The Faculty of the Divinity School, 10:00A.M.The Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 11: 30 A.M.Southern Club meets in Green Hall at 8: 00 p.m.Topic for discussion, " The Educational Problem : "1) The present status of education in the South, byDr. Hardesty. 2) The urgent need for improvement,by Messrs. Park and MacClintock. 3) Obstacles tobe overcome, by Mr. Lloyd. All members of theUniversity from Southern States invited.Sunday, April 22.Vesper Service will be held in Kent Theaterat 4:00 p.m.Professor Terry of Northwestern University willspeak on "The Apostles' and the AthanasianCreeds."Monday, April 23.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Germanic Club meets in Room 10 D, CobbHall, at 4:00 p.m.Paper by A. C. von Noe. Subject, " Wie behandeltLessing das dramatische Motiv in Theorie undPraxis." Tuesday, April 24.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. Bradley M. Davis will review Kofoid's recent"Plankton Studies," and Mr. John E. Webb willreview Campbell's paper on "The development ofthe embryo sac in Peperomia."Sociology Club meets in Assembly Room,Haskell Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Address by E. P. Bicknell, Superintendent of theCentral Bureau of Associated Charities, Chicago.Subject, "Charity Work as a profession for personswith a College training."Wednesday, April 25.Pedagogical Club meets in Haskell AssemblyRoom at 7:30 p.m.Miss Pearl Hunter will read on *' Expression andEducation."Thursday, April 26.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, April 27.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Graduate Club meets in Green Hall at 8:00 p.m.Professor J. Loeb will speak.Saturday, April 28.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums, 10: 00 a.m.The Faculty of the Graduate School of Artsand Literature in joint meeting with theFaculty of the Ogden (Graduate) School,11: 30 A.M.Material for the CALENDAR must be sent to the Office of Information by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M.,in order to be published in the issue of the same week.