Gbe IHniverstt^ of CbtcaaoPrice $J*00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOXLbc 'dntversttE of Cbicago pressVOL. V, NO. 15 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JULY 13, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. New Members of the University Faculty - 1 49-1 51II. Notice 151III. Calendar - - - - - - 1 51-152NEW MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY.The president of the University in his QuarterlyStatement at the Spring Convocation announceda series of new appointments to the regular teaching staff of the University. The UniversityRecord has the pleasure of presenting statementsrespecting the life and work of these new members of the faculties.Lewellys F. Barker, Professor and Head ofthe Department of Anatomy. Mr. Barker wasborn September 16, 1867, in Ontario, Canada,and was educated in Canadian public schools andcolleges, beginning the study of medicine at theToronto School of Medicine in 1886, and receiving the degree of M.D. from the University ofToronto in 1890. From the time of his graduation, when he received the gold medal for generalproficiency and the Starr gold medal for work inPathology, Chemistry, and Medicine, his career hasbeen one of steady progress in position and usefulness. It is indicated in the following chronological statement : Licentiate, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 1890; Fellow inPathology, University of Toronto, 1890; Resident Physician and Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital, 1 890-1; Resident Medical Officer, GarretSanitarium, Mt. Airy, Md., 1891; Assistant Resident Physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1891-2;Fellow in Pathology, Johns Hopkins University,1892-4; Associate in Anatomy, Johns HopkinsUniversity, 1894-7; Student, University of Leipzig, in Neurology, Embryology, Psychology, andPhysiology, Spring and Summer, 1895: AssociateProfessor of Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University,1897-9: Assistant Resident Pathologist, JohnsHopkins Hospital, 1894-9; Associate Professorof Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, 1899-1900; appointed 1899 along with Dr. SimonFlexner as a Medical Commission, sent from theJohns Hopkins University to the Philippine Islands ; studied disease in Japan, Hong Kong,and Manila,; studied the plague in Poona, India;made trip around the world.Mr. Barker is a member of the following societies : The Association of American Physicians, theAssociation of Americau Anatomists, the AmericanNeurological Association. In the course of hisresearches and scientific activities he has publisheda large number of important monographs. In1899 he issued with D. Appleton & Co. of NewYork the following work : " The Nervous Systemand its Constituents." Articles have been published by him as follows :150 UNIVERSITY RECORD" Recurrent Carcinoma in Post-rectal Tissues with Metastases." Death from Infection with the Streptococcus Pyogenes. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., 1893, P- 71*" Healed Aneurism of the Aorta." Ibid., 1894, p. 73." On the Presence of Iron in the Granules of the Eosinophilic Leucocytes." Ibid., 1894, p. 121." A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis " (with Dr. Simon Flexner)." The American/our. of the Medical Sciences, February and March 1894." A Study of Some Fatal Cases of Malaria." Johns Hopkins Hosp. Reports, Vol. V, 1895."Some Points Regarding the Pathology of Malaria."Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., 1896, p. 74." Ueber einen Fall von einseitiger, umschriebener undelektiver sensibler Lahmung. Deutsche Zeitschrifl f. Ner-venheilk., Bd. VIII, s. 348." A Case of Circumscribed Unilateral and Elective Sensory Paralysis." Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. I,1896" Concerning Neurological Nomenclature." Johns HopkinsHosp. Bull., 1896, p. 200."An Outline of a Course in Normal Histology and Microscopic Anatomy'' (with Dr. Bardeen)." Ibid., May andJune 1896.44 The Phrenology of Gall- and Flechsig's Doctrine of Association Centres in the Cerebrum." Ibid., 1897, p. 7."The Sense Areas and Association Centres in the Brainas Described by Flechsig." The Journal of Nervous andMental Disease, June 1897."The Clinical Symptoms, Bacteriologic Findings andPostmortem Appearances in Cases of infection of HumanBeings with the Bacillus Pyocyaneus." The Journal of theAmerican Medical Association, July 31, 1897."The Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous Systemand its Constituent Neurones as Revealed by Recent Investigation."I. The History of the Development of the NeuroneConcept. New York Medical Journal, May 15, 1897.II. The Neurone as a Morphological Unit. Ibid., June19, 1897.III. The Internal Morphology of Neurones. Ibid., September 18, 1897.IV. The Histogenetic Relations of the Neurone. Ibid.,February 19, 1898." On the Validity of the Neurone Doctrine." AmericanJournal of Insanity . Vol, IV, 1898-9."Progress of Neurology." Philadelphia Medical Journal,1899."A Study of a Peculiar Form of Regeneration (Regenera-lio blicans) met with in a Case of Glioma." Amer. Jour, ofMed. Sci., June 1899." Medical Commission to the Philippines." Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., January 1900." The Prevalent Diseases in the Philippines " (with Dr.Flexner). Science, April 6, 1900."A Visit to the Plague Districts in India" (with Mr.Flint). New York Med. Jour., February 3, 1900."The Anatomico-cytological Relations of the NeuroneDoctrine." Read before the American Neurological Association, Washington, May 1900. Frank R. Lillie. Assistant Professor of Zoology. Mr. Lillie is a Canadian, having been bornin Toronto June 27, 1870. He passed successively through the model school, the collegiateinstitute, and the University of Toronto, andgraduated in the biological section of the naturalscience course in 1891, receiving the degree ofB.A. He spent the summer of 1891 at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Holl, andduring that time was appointed Fellow in Zoologyat Clark University. In 1892 he became a Fellowin the University of Chicago. In 1893 and 1894he was Reader in Embryology, taking the place ofAssistant Professor Wheeler, who was absent inEurope, and received the degree of Ph.D. in July1894. He immediately received an appointmentas Instructor in Zoology at the University ofMichigan. In 1897 he became Senior Instructor.In 1899 Professor of Biology at Vassar College.Since 1893 he has been Head of the Departmentof Embryology at Wood's Holl. Mr. Lillie haspublished many. of his researches in scientificjournals, as follows :u Preliminary Account of the Embryology of Unio com-planata." Jour, of Morph., August 1893, Vol. VIII, pp.569-578, 1 plate." The Embryology of the Unionidae, a Study in Cell-Lineage." Ibid., January 1895, Vol. X, pp. 1-100, 6 plates." On the Smallest Parts of Stentor Capable of Regeneration." A Contribution on the Limit of Divisibility of LivingMatter. Ibid., May 1896, Vol. XII, pp. 239-249." On the Effect of Temperature on the Development ofAnimals (with F. P. Knowlton)." Zoological Bulletin, December 1897, Vol. I, pp. 179-193." On the Origin of the Centres of the First CleavageSpindle in Unio complanata." Science , March 5, 1897, N.S., Vol.V, pp. 389-390." Centrosome and Sphere in the Egg of Unio." ZoologicalBulletin, May 1898, Vol. I, pp. 265-274.Hertwig's " Zelle und Gewebe," Vol. II. Science, October 14, 1898, N. S., Vol. VIII, pp. 517-520."Adaptation in Cleavage." Wood's Holl Biological Lectures, 1898. Ginn & Co., Boston." The Organization of the Egg of limo, Based on a Studyof the Maturation, Fertilization, and Cleavage." Journal ofMorphology, Vol. XVII; in press. Also "Some Notes onRegeneration and Regulation in Plauarians." AmericanNaturalist, Vol. XXXIV, 1900.He is a member of the American Morphologists, the American Naturalists, and the MichiganAcademy of Sciences.UNIVERSITY RECORD 151Leonard E. Dickson, Assistant Professor ofMathematics Mr. Dickson was born January 22,1874, at Independence, Iowa. Entered the Sophomore class at the University of Texas in 1890 andgraduated three years later, being valedictorianof his class. Held a teaching fellowship inMathematics in the University of Texas during1893-4 and in the University of Chicago during1894-6 and was granted the degree M.A. at theformer, and Ph.D. at the latter university. During 1896-7 Dr. Dickson studied at Leipsic and atat Paris. During 1892-3 he was chemist onthe Geological Survey of Texas; during 1897-9he was Instructor in Mathematics in the University of California, where he was advanced to anassistant professorship. Since 1899 he has beenAssociate Professor of Mathematics in the University of Texas, from whence he comes to theUniversity of Chicago.The scientific articles by Professor Dicksonhave been distributed among the journals as follows; England, 12; France, 2; Germany, 2; Italy,1; America, 40.A book on Linear Groups is to appear in thesummer.Mr. Worthington C. Ford, Lecturer on Statistics in the Department of Political Economy.Mr. Ford was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., February16, 1858. Educated in public and private schools,and entered Columbia College in 1875. He didnot complete his course, but went into business in1878, and continued in it until called to the editorial staff of the New York Herald in 1882.After a service of two years he retired, and wasappointed by Secretary Bayard Chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the Department of State,Washington, D. C. He served in that capacitytill March 1889, when he resigned and remainedin Washington for historical work. Returning toNew York, he was again called to Washington in1893 DT Secretary Carlisle, to take charge of theBureau of Statistics in the. Treasury Department,where he remained nearly five years. Upon re tiring, he was appointed Chief of the StatisticalDepartment in the Boston Public Library.He has published many volumes on Americanhistory, the principal of which are: "Writingsof Washington," "Spurious Letters attributed toWashington," "The Washington Family," "Letters of Joseph Jones," " Letters of William Lee,""Defences of Philadelphia, 1777." In connection with his father, Gordon L. Ford, and hisbrother, Paul L. Ford, he conducted the Historical Printing Club, of Brooklyn, which issuedupwards of ninety works on American history.He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, London, a member of the International Statistical Institute, of the American andBritish Economic Associations, and is corresponding secretary of the American Statistical Association.NOTICE.The University of Chicago Dames will meetSaturday, July 14, at 2:00 p.m., in the AssemblyRoom of Haskell. All wives of students are requested to be present. Any who cannot willplease send name and address as soon as possibleto Mrs. C. M. Brodie, 5835 Drexel av.THE CALENDAR.JULY 13-21. 1900.Friday, July 18.Chapel-Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Address by Professor Mathews.Open Lecture by Professor Riggs in the Chapel,Cobb Hall, at 3: 30 p.m.Subject : The Three Great Heresies of the ApostolicAge."Open Lecture by Professor Warren, LectureRoom, Cobb Hall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " Dumas fils. The Stage of Today."Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4:30 p.m.Recital : "The Bacchanal Women of Euripides."Public Reading by Mr. F. M. Blanchard, KentTheater, at 8:00 p.m.Subject : " The Merchant of Venice."152 UNIVERSITY RECORDSaturday, July 14.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8:00 A.M.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10 : 00a.m.The University Council, 11:30 a.m.Associate Professor Zueblin conducts a visit tothe Drainage Canal on Saturday morning.Monday, July 16.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Address by Professor Willett.Open Lecture by Professor Abbott, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3: 30 p.m.Subject: "Political and Religious Celebrations inAncient Rome — the Games in the Circus " (illustrated).Open Air Band Concert on the University Quadrangles at 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, July 17.Chapel-Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 00 a.m.Address by Professor Willett.Open Lecture by Professor Riggs, Chapel, CobbHall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject; "The Questions forced upon us by theEpistle to the Hebrews."Open Lecture by Professor Goebel, Lecture Room,Cobb Hall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject: "Faust" (in German).Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4:30 p.m.Subject : "Tragedy as the Opera of Antiquity."Wednesday, July 18.Open Lecture by Professor Riggs, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " Recent Discussions in the Pauline Chronology."Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4:30 p.m.Recital : "The Electra of Sophocles."Piano Recital by Miss Georgia L. Kober in KentTheater at 8:00 p.m.Thursday, July 19.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Address by Professor Mathews. Open Lecture by Professor McGiffert, Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 3: 30 p.m.Subject: "The Origin and History of the ApostolicCreed."Open Lecture by Professor Goebel, LectureRoom, Cobb Hall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : "Das Deutsche Volkslied" (in German).Open Lecture by Associate Professor Zueblin,Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 4: 30 p.m.Subject : " Municipal Sociology — Public Schools "(illustrated).Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4: 30 p.m.Subject : " Plot in Ancient Tragedy."Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 8:00 p.m.Recital : " The Alcestis of Euripides."Friday, July 20.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Address by Professor Mathews.Open Lecture by Professor Riggs, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " The Purpose and Structure of the Apocalypse."Open Lecture by Professor Starr, Kent Theater,at 8:00 p.m.Subject : "Native Peoples of the Philippines" (illustrated).Saturday, July 21.Open Lecture — Associate Professor Zueblin conducts an excursion to the Vacation SchoolsSaturday morning.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of the UniversityPress, 8: 30 a.m.The Administrative Board for the Recommendation of Teachers, 8:30 a.m.The Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10:00 A.M.The Faculty of the Ogden (Graduate) Schoolof Science, 10:00 a.m.The Faculty of the Divinity School, 11:30A.M.FIRST CLASS TABLE BOARD — 5635 Lexington av.Good location, only one half block from Quadrangles.