Sbe ^University of CbicaooPrice $U00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe TUnfversftE ot Cbica^o pressVOL V, NO. 5 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. MAY 4, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. The Death of Mrs. Haskell - 45II. Official Notices 4S~4oIII. The Student Councils ----- 46IV. The International Federation of Students atParis - 46V. Book Notices -" .' . - .' - 46-47VI. Official Reports 47VII. Current Events - 48VIII. Calendar ------- 48THE DEATH OF MRS. HASKELLMrs. Caroline E. Haskell, of Michigan City,Ind., one of the University's most generousfriends, died on April 21 at her home, at the ageof seventy-eight years. Mrs. Haskell's interest inthe University began at the time of the World'sFair in connection with the Parliament of Religions. Feeling the inspiration of that gathering,she sought to make more intelligent, and to extend more widely, the interest excited on all sidesby the knowledge there gained of the other faithsof the world and their relation to Christianity.This desire took form in the establishment of theHaskell Lectures on Comparative Religion by agift of twenty thousand dollars to the University.Not long after another gift of the same amountwas made by her for the purpose of establishinga lectureship on the relation of Christianity to the other faiths of the world, the lectures in connection with which are delivered in various partsof the world where such discussions would bemost helpful. Mrs. Haskell crowned these twogenerous and intelligent contributions to thecause of higher learning by a munificent gift ofone hundred thousand dollars for the building ofa memorial to her husband at the University.The building, in accordance with this gift, iscalled the Haskell Oriental Museum. Scarcely ayear passed that Mrs. Haskell did not show herinterest in the University by gifts, and the spiritof cordial sympathy she has shown, and her profound conviction of the value of higher education,have ennobled and beautified all her benefactions.At her funeral, which took place on Monday,April 23, there were present Dr. John HenryBarrows, Dean Shailer Mathews, Dr. T. W. Good-speed, and Professors R. F. Harper and G. S.Goodspeed as representatives of the University.OFFICIAL NOTICES.The Scholarship in Philosophy. — Any students taking their Junior College certificates fromOctober 1899, to July 1900, inclusive, who wishto become candidates for the Junior Scholarshipshould send in thejr names to Dr. A. W. Moorebefore June 1.46 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe following examinations for the degree ofB. D. are announced :Clarence Mason Gallup, Friday, May 4, at4 : 00 p.m., in room 28, Haskell. Subjects : NewTestament, Systematic Theology. Thesis : " ThePrincipal Social Aspects of the Teaching of Paulin the Galatian, Corinthian, and Roman Letters."Louis Peter Valentine, Wednesday, May16, at 4 : 00 p.m., in room 28, Haskell. Subjects :New Testament, Church History. Thesis, "Artin Relation to the Church."THE STUDENT COUNCILS.The several student councils for the presentquarter are the following :The Junior College Council. — T. B. Smith,Chairman ; G. A. Young, Secretary ; Lees Bal-linger, J. R. Jayne, J. M. Sheldon, J. S. Riley,Albert Miller.The. Senior , College . Council. — R. S. McClure,Chairman ; Mary J. Averett, Secretary; H. B,Kirtley, W. S. Rogers, B. R. Richberg, O. L.McCaskill.The Graduate Council. — G. C. Sellery, Chairman ; H. H. Newman, D. T. Wilson, Mary B.Harris, A. R. Hatton.The Divinity Council. — Fred. Merrifield, President ; J. W. Bailey, Vice President ; H. B. Wool-ston Secretary ; L. T. Foreman, Treasurer ; C. S.Spaulding (Missions), M. A. Martin (Public Speaking), E. C. Kunkle (Social), C. S. Flanagan (Athletics), W. K. Matthews (Devotional), L. T. Foreman (Finance).THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF STUDENTSAT PARIS.The Committee of the General Association ofStudents of Paris has issued a letter calling attention to the fact that on the occasion of the secon'dcongress of the International Federation of Students, held in connection with the Paris Exposition, a series of meetings has been organized, with the cooperation of the government and cityof Paris. They will take place in the first weekof August. An invitation is extended to all University students to accept the hospitality of theParis Association at this time. Students in theUniversity who desire to organize for this purpose are requested to appoint two heads of an official delegation, who are to serve as the mediumof communication with the association. Theaddress of the committee is 43 Rue des Ecoles,Paris.BOOK NOTICES.The University Record has received the firstvolume of the Publications of the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago. It is "A generalcatalogue of 1 2 90 double stars, discovered from 1 8 71to 1899 by S. W. Burnham, arranged in order ofright ascension, with all the micrometrical measures of each pair." The work is beautifullyprinted at the University Press ', and contains 296pages of astronomical tables and several full-pagehalf-tones of the various telescopes employed bythe eminent and indefatigable astronomer in hiswonderful series of discoveries. The tables arepreceded by an Introduction of twenty- sevenpages, in which Professor Burnham gives a mostinteresting narrative of his work on double starsfrom its beginnings to the present time. Thevolume owes its appearance to the liberality ofMiss Catherine W. Bruce, of New York City.An attractive volume bound in red cloth hasjust been issued from the University Press, entitled "The Ballad of Manila Bay and OtherVerses," by Horace Spencer Fiske. The subjectsof the poems are in many cases of special interest to members of the University, because of theirdealing with University events and personages,and because illustrations of University scenes andpeople are added. In the college section appearsthe Hull gateway and half-tones of ProfessorStagg and others. In connection with the son-UNIVERSITY RECORD 47nets entitled "A Trinity of Children," someinteresting portraits will be recognized. Thevolume is dedicated to Edward Dowden "as aslight recognition of his hospitality and help,"and will be read by many with interest and appreciation.OFFICIAL REPORTS.The following books have been recently givenby Mr. Julius Rosenthal to the University Library.Denkschrift zum Entwurf eines Biirgerlichen Gesetzbuch./. Ch. Hasse: Die Culpa des Romischen Rechts. C. F. Milk-lenbuch: Die Lehre von der Cession der Forderungsrechte.C. Matthiae: Controversen-Lexikon des romischen Civil-rechts, 3 vols. L. Nougtiier: Des Lettres de Change et deseffets de Commerce. F. C. von Savigny: Das Rech't desBesitzes. S. H. Wright: A Local Phase of Labor Combination, 2 copies. A. W. Zumpt: Der Criminalprocess derRomischen Republik ; Das Criminalrecht der RomischenRepublik, 2 vols..During; the month of April 19.00, .there hasbeen added to the Library of the Universitya total number of 1038 volumes, from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 156 vols., distributedas follows :General Library, 32 vols.; Philosophy, 8 vols.;Pedagogy, 10 vols.; Political Economy, 6 vols.;Political Science, 8 vols.; History, 8 vols.;Sociology, 4 vols.; Anthropology, 12 vols.; Comparative Religion, 1 vol.; Semitic, 1 vol.; NewTestament, 3 vols.; Comparative Philology, 2vols.; Greek, 3 vols.; Latin, 15 vols.; Romance,1 vol.; English, 11 vols.; Mathematics, 3 vols.;Physics, 4 vols.; Zoology, 3 vols.; Physiology,8 vols.; Botany, 1 vol.; Elocution, 2 vols.; Systematic Theology, 2 vols.; Department XVI.General Library 8 vols.Books added by gift, 841 vols'., distributed asfollows :General Library, 821 vols.; Political Economy,1 vol.; Political Science, 11 vols.; English, 1 vol.;Mathematics, 1 vol.; Geology, 3 vols.; Haskell,3 vols.Books added by exchange for University publications, 41 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 16 vols.; Political Economy,7 vols.; Political Science, 1 vol.; Sociology (Divinity), 2 vols.; Comparative Religion, 5 vols.;New Testament, 2 vols.; Botany, 2 vols.; ChurchHistory, 5 vols.; Haskell, 1 vol.CURRENT EVENTS.A reception in honor of the Upper JuniorWomen will be given by Dean Talbot on Monday, May 14, at 4:00 p.m.The subject of the debate for the present quarter between the Graduate and Divinity Schools isthe following :" Resolved that the United States when at warshould have absolute control of the canal to beconstructed across Central America."Sir Henry Irving addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Universityon Wednesday, April 25, at 12:00 m. He tookas his subject, "Acting as a Fine Art," and defended with admirable- clearness and eloquence^the thesis that though acting was in itself evanescent, leaving no objective and permanent memorials of itself, it was nevertheless as worthy ofbeing classed with the fine arts as were painting,sculpture, or music.Miss Emma Christine Jonas died onSunday, April 8, 1900, at the home of herparents, Rev. and Mrs. Ed. Jonas, at BeaverDam, Wis. She was born April 16, 1878,at Beaver Dam, Wis. After graduating fromthe Beaver Dam High School in 1894, shespent three years at the University of Wisconsin, and thereupon she entered the University of Chicago in the fall of 1898, graduating with the Ph.B. degree in July 1899.After receiving her degree at the Universityof Chicago, she accepted the instructorshipin German at the Beaver Dam High School,which position she held until three weeksbefore her death.48THE CALENDAR.MAY 4-12, 1900.Friday, May 4.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."On Sturmian functions dependent upon a singledeterminant," by Miss A. L. Van Benschoten ; " Concerning the principles of mechanics " I, by Dr. Laves.Saturday, May 5.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, 8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10:00a.m.The University Senate, i i : 30 a.m.Sunday, May 6.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4:00 P.M.Associate Professor Thatcher will speak on "TheCouncil of Trent."Monday, May 7.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." Einige unechte Diphthonge im Germanischen," byF. O. Schub.Material for the CALENDAR must be sent to tin order to be published in the issue of the same week. RECORDTuesday, May 8.Chapel-Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Sociology Club meets in the Assembly Room,Haskell Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Miss Mary E. McDowell will speak on "The Settlement as an Educational Factor in University life."Wednesday, May 9.Pedagogical Club meets in Haskell AssemblyRoom at 8:00 p.m.R. L. Kelly reads on " The Social Element in theCourse of Study." General discussion.Thursday, May 10.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, May 11.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Saturday, May 12.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00A.M.The University Council, 11:30 a.m.Office of Information by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M.,