£be inniversit^ of CbicaQoPrice $J.OO founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOttbe TRniversttE ot Cbicago preseVOL. V, NO. 16 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JULY 20, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. Special Instructors on the University Faculty, Summer Quarter, 1900 - - - 153—154Hi Correspondence-study Conference - 154III. Alumni Edition of the Record - - 154-155IV. Official Notices 155V. Students' Councils, Summer Quarter, 1900 155VI. Excursion to the Observatory - - - 155,yil, .Qale-ndar ,; ..**, , .» ~ 155-156SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS ON THE UNIVERSITYFACULTY.SUMMER QUARTER, 1900.In continuation of the biographical statementsconcerning new members of the teaching staff,the University Record this week presents a briefstatement concerning some of our special SummerInstructors :Professor James Stevenson Riggs was bornin New York City July 16, 1853. His early education was received in the city schools of Troy,.New York. Upon his graduation from the Troyhigh school he entered Princeton in 1870. Hegraduated from Princeton in 1874, spent a yearabroad studying Greek and Philosophy at Leipzig. Upon his return to this country he became an instructor in Greek and Latin. He resigned in order to enter Auburn TheologicalSeminary. After graduation he became pastor inFulton, N. Y. ; from Fulton he was called to Auburn as Assistant Professor. In 1887 he was made full professor, and received the degree of D.D.from Princeton.Professor Riggs has written numerous articlesfor religious magazines and has published TheHistory of the Jewish People during the Macca-bean and Roman Periods.Professor Arthur Cushman McGiffert wasborn in Sanquoit, N.. Y., March 4, 1861. Hisfather moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1866 and became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,which charge he filled until his death. ProfessorMcGiffert studied in the public schools of Ashtabula, entered the Sophomore class of WesternReserve College in 1879, graduating with firsthonors, in 1882. From 1882 until 1885 hestudied at Union Theological Seminary, during1885 at the University of Berlin, during 1886-7at the University of Warburg, and at Paris andRome in 1887-8. In the year 1888 he took thedegree of Doctor of Philosophy at Warburg.Upon his return to this country he occupied successively the positions of instructor in ChurchHistory in Lane Theological Seminary, 1888, professor in 1890, and Professor of Church Historyin Union Theological Seminary in 1893.In 1892 Professor McGiffert received the degreeof D.B. from Western Reserve University. Amongthe published articles written by Dr. McGiffertare : A Dialogue between a Christian and a Jew154 UNIVERSITY RECORD(New York, 1899); Translation olEusebius* ChurchHistory, with Prolegomena and Notes (New York,1890), being Vol. I of the Nicene and Post-NiceneFathers, edited by Dr. Schaff ; History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age (New York, 1897);"Primitive and Catholic Christianity," inauguraladdress, New York, 1893; History and Theology,(New York, 1898); The Gospel of Peter, with Bibliography (New York, 1894).President Nathaniel Butler was born inEastport, Maine, May 22, 1853. His early education was received in the Camden (Maine) HighSchool, the Waterville Classical Institute, ColbyUniversity, 1873, at which institution he receivedthe degree of A.B. His subsequent work was asfollows. In 1873 he became Associate Principalof Ferry Hall Female College at Lake Forest,Illinois. He received the degree of D.D. at ColbyUniversity in 1876. He successively held thefollowing positions : Associate Principal, Highland Hall College for Women, Highland Park,Illinois, 1876-9; Master, Yale School for Boys,Chicago, 1879-80; Principal, Highland HallCollege for Women. Dr. Butler was ordained inthe year 1884. In the same year he became Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in theold University of Chicago. After two years ofservice at this institution he became Professor ofLatin in the University of Illinois, where he remained for three years, being transferred to theDepartment of English. In 1893 he was appointed Acting Director of the University Extension Division, of the University of Chicago, andwas made full Director in 1894. In 1895 he wascalled to the Presidency of Colby University. In1894 Professor Butler represented the Universityof Chicago in the London Congress on University Extension.Among President Butler's published works arethe following :Bellum Helveticum, a preparatory Latin text-book. Editions 1889, 1892, 1895, 1899, 1900.Monograph on the Study of Latin (1888). Article in Johnson 's Encyclopedia (1895) on "UniversityExtension."Syllabi of Lecture-studies in American and English Literature (1892-5).On the Psychology of Conversion," a paper published inthe Proceedings of the Baptist Congress in Chicago (1897).Contributed Reviews and Educational Articles to variousperiodicals.Professor Frederick Morris Warren wasborn in Durham, Me., June 9, 1859. He wastrained in the district schools of Maine, at Phillips Andover Academy (class of 1875), at the Institution Cuillier at Paris, France, and in Hanover,Germany, in 1875. He received his Bachelor'sdegree from Amherst College in 1880, attendedJohns Hopkins University 1883-4, the Sorbonneand College de France (1884-6), and returningreceived the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkinsin 1887.Professor Warren was appointed instructor inWestern Reserve and Adelbert College in 1881,instructor in Johns Hopkins University, 1886,Professor in Adelbert College of Western ReserveUniversity in 1891, Lecturer in Johns HopkinsUniversity in 1896. He is the author of A Primerof French Literature (Boston, 1889), and A History of the Novel Previous to the Seventeenth Century (New York, 1895), Editor of the text-books,Mile, de la Seigliere, Le Cid, Le Bourgeois, Gentil-homme, and French Prose of the Seventeenth Century (Boston, 1890-9), and Selections from VictorHugo and Balzac's Le Cure de Tours and otherStories (New York, 1893).CORRESPONDENCE-STUDY CONFERENCE.The Annual Conference of Correspondencestudy instructors and students will be held in theChapel, Monday, July 30, at 4:30 p.m.ALUMNI EDITION OF THE RECORD.Owing to the time involved in securing returnsfrom the Alumni, the Alumni number of theRecord which was to have been issued in JulyUNIVERSITY RECORD 155will not be published until August. This specialnumber is in charge of Mr. Mayo Fesler and willcontain a directory of the Alumni, a report ofAlumni Day, and various articles and items ofinterest to the Graduates. Those who have notreturned the blanks filled out are requested to doso at once, so that the directory may be as complete and correct as possible.OFFICIAL NOTICES.The Final Examination of Elizabeth JuniaPark for the degree of Ph.M. will be held Monday, July 30, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 4 d, CobbHall. Principal Subject, English. Committee :Professors J. M. Manly and R. G. Moulton, andall other members of the department of English.STUDENTS' COUNCILS.SUMMER QUARTER, 1900.THE SENIOR COLLEGES.Div. I. — Alexander William Gordon, Snell Hall.Div. II. — Elizabeth Mary King, Green Hall.Div. III.— Curtiss Ralph Manning, 8 North Hall.Div. IV. — Roy Batchelder Nelson, 15 North Hall.Div. V. — Russell Wiles, 5737 Washington av.Div. VI. — George Alexander Young, 51 18 Madison avenue.Chairman — Oliver Leroy McCaskill, 525 East64th street.Secretary — Curtiss Ralph Manning, 8 North Hall.THE JUNIOR COLLEGES.Div. I. — Katherine Woodruff Paltzer, 20 DrexelSquare.Div. II. — Eugene Harvey Balderston Watson,3403 Indiana avenue.Div. III. — Harriett Shirk, 6541 Monroe avenue.Div. IV. — Leon Patterson Lewis, 601 1 Ellis av.Div. V. — Charles William Collins, 370 East 40thstreet.Chairman — Albert Grant Miller, 4933 Champlainavenue.Secretary — Katherine Woodruff Paltzer, 20 DrexelSquare. EXCURSION TO THE OBSERVATORY.The annual summer excursion to the YerkesObservatory, Lake Geneva and Williams Bay, willbe made Saturday, July 28. The arrangementsare in the hands of Dr. F. R. Moulton. Roundtrip tickets to Williams Bay will be sold for $1.55.Lake steamers will meet the party at Williams Baylanding, and the party will be taken by water tothe Observatory landing. Arrangements havebeen made to permit the party to observe the sunthrough the great telescope. Full details will beposted on the bulletin boards.THE CALENDAR.JULY 20-28. 1900.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.Sunday, July 22.Vesper Service in Kent Theater at 4:00 p.m.Professor Riggs will speak.Union Meeting of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation and the Young Women's ChristianAssociation in Haskell Museum at 7:00 p.m.Mr. Chas. J. Bushnell will lead. Subject: "WhatMakes Life Worth Living ? "Monday, July 23.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Open Lecture by Professor Abbott, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " The Arena and the Theater, and the Lightwhich they throw on the Roman Character." (Illustrated.)156 UNIVERSITY RECORDOpen Air Band Concert on the University Quadrangles at 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, July 24.Chapel -Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Address by Professor H. Morse Stephens on "ThePresent Conditions in India in their Light upon theAsiatic Situation." I.Open Lecture by Professor Swing, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3: 30 p.m.Subject : " General Introduction, Ritschl's Aim andMethod."Open Lecture by Professor Manly, Lecture Room,Cobb Hall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject: "Certain Expressions of Religious Unrestand Aspiration in the Poetry of Tennyson."Botanical Club meets in Lecture Room, Botany Building, at 4: 30 p.m.Professor Barnes will speak on " The Role of Waterin Plants."Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4:30 p.m.Subject : " Browning's Misreading of Euripides inhis Balaustion."Wednesday, July 25.Address by President W. R. Harper, Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, at 10:00 a.m.Subject: "Elements which guarantee the Future ofthe Small College."Open Lecture by Professor Swing, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " Presuppositions for an Understanding ofRitschl as found in Bernard, Luther, Calvin, andSchleiermacher."Open Lecture by Professor George E. Hale, Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 4: 30 p.m.Subject : " Modern Methods of Astronomical Research." (Illustrated.)Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4: 30 p.m.Recital: "The Electra of Euripides."Violin Recital by Professor Bernhard Listemannin Kent Theater at 8:00 p.m.Thursday, July 26.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, io:ooa.m.Address by Professor H. Morse Stephens on u ThePresent Conditions in India m their Light upon theAsiatic Situation." II.Material for the CALENDAR must be sent to tiin order to be published in the issue of the same week. Open Lecture by Professor Swing, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " Hermann Lotze, Ritschl's Attitude toPhilosophy. His Theory of Knowledge."Open Lecture by Professor Manly, Lecture Room,Cobb Hall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject: "Certain Expressions of Religious Unrestand Aspiration in the Poetry of Browning."Physics Club meets in Ryerson Lecture Roomat 4: 00 p.m.Professor S. W. Stratton will speak on "The National Standardizing Bureau."Open Lecture by Associate Professor Zueblin,Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 4: 30 p.m.Subject: "Municipal Sociology — Libraries and Museums." (Illustrated.)Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4:30 p.m.Subject : " Euripides the Great Mediator betweenAncient and Modern."Open Conference of Botany Teachers willmeet in the Lecture Room, Botany Building,at 4: 30 p.m.Friday, July 27.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. "Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:00 a.m.Address by Dean Mathews.Open Lecture by Professor Swing, CongregationHall, Haskell, at 3:30 p.m.Subject: "Ritschl and the Bible. The Person ofChrist and the Holy Spirit. The Work of Christ."Open Lecture by Professor Manly, Lecture Room,Cobb Hall, at 3:30 p.m.Subject : " Certain Expressions of Religious Unrestand Aspiration in the Poetry of Clough and Arnold."Open Lecture by Professor Moulton, Kent Theater, at 4:30 p.m.Recital : " The Daughters of Troy, of Euripides."Open Lecture by Professor E. E. Barnard, Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 8:00 p.m.Subject : " The Stars and the Nebuke." (Illustrated.)Saturday, July 28.orOpen Lecture — Associate Professor Zueblin conducts an excursion to the Public Library andits Substations, Saturday morning.FIRST CLASS TABLE BOARD — 5635 Lexington av.Good location, only one half block from Quadrangles,Office of Information by THUESDAY, 8:30 A.M.,