Gbe IHntpersit^ of ChicagoPrice $1.00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOZbc TUnfversitE of Gbicaao pressVOL. V, NO. 26 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. SEPTEMBER 28, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. Briefs on Propositions to be considered bythe University Congregation at its Twenty-second Meeting, October 2, 1900 - - 261-263II. Official Notices 263-264III. Calendar 264BRIEFS ON PROPOSITIONSTO BE CONSIDERED BY THE UNIVERSITY CONGREGATION AT ITS TWENTY-SECOND MEETING, OCTOBER 2, 1900.Proposition: That a limit should be put in the nearfuture to the development of the departmental library-system.Committee : Messrs. Burton and Judson,Mr. Burton :AFFIRMATIVE.i. It is for the advantage of those departmentswhose interests and relationships are wide-spread,notably of Philosophy, History, Political Economy, Political Science, and Sociology, that all thelibrary resources of the University should begathered in one building and brought under oneadministration and catalogue system, making itpossible for an investigator to consult at onepoint any book on any subject.2. The convenience of scholars coming to theUniversity from a distance to consult its librariesis served by such concentration and unificationof the library resources of the University. Under a departmental system such investigators consumea large part of their time in finding where thebooks are and in going from place to place touse them. The University ought to welcome andattract such scholars, and to this end to consultand consider their needs.3. The practical administration of the libraries,on which their usefulness is largely dependent, isgreatly facilitated by concentration.NEGATIVE.1. It is to the advantage of all departmentsthat the departmental libraries should be in closeconnection with ' the class rooms, especially theSeminar rooms. It being impracticable to putany considerable number of lecture rooms into alibrary building, this end can be secured onlythrough the continuance of the departmentallibrary system.2. For those departments which have laboratories, such as Chemistry, Geology, and the Biological Sciences, the retention of the libraries inconnection with the laboratories is simply indispensable.3. Important as it is that the University servethe convenience of visiting investigators, theirconvenience must always be subordinate to thatof the much larger number of our own studentsand professors.262 UNIVERSITY RECORD4. Practically all the valuable results of concentration can be secured by a catalogue of alldepartments in the General Library and a systemof underground book-railways, by which anybook in any library can be delivered to the General Library on call and in a space of time scarcelylonger than is necessary to bring it from thestack-room.5. By such a system, combined with a transferof a limited number of departmental libraries tothe General Library Building, without, however,destroying their character as departmental libraries, the interests of such departments as Philosophy, History, and Sociology can be fully conserved.6. Only by some such system can the size ofthe General Library Building be kept within practical limits.Mr. Judson:The question of the departmental libraries andthe future policy' of the IJni versity. with: referencethereto involves certain considerations on eachside.1. As departments grow and the number ofbooks increases, the department library systemgrows unwieldy. Investigators find the bookswhich they wish to use scattered in many places,and it becomes exceedingly inconvenient to followout a given investigation. When, as the number of books increases, the quarters which can beassigned to a departmental library become entirely inadequate, either there must be then asteady expansion in the amount of room whichcan be assigned to departments, or the systemitself must speedily be curtailed.2. On the other hand, such curtailment would bedecidedly objectionable. Students who are pursuing studies in special lines find it exceedinglyconvenient for the books on those lines to begathered and at hand. To stop the developmentof the libraries would mean also in the end tofall entirely behind the times with the currentmaterial for investigation. 3. Finally, an adequate solution of the problemwould seem to me to lie in combining departmental libraries so far as possible with the GeneralLibrary. The department library might consistin a collection of books gathered in a single roomadjacent to the main stacks. In that case booksnot found in the library, but which the studentdesires to use, can easily be obtained and transfers in both directions would be exceedingly easyto make.Proposition : That greater inducements to the cultiva-tion of scholarship among the undergraduates shouldbe offered by the University, e. g.9 by honors, prizes,etc.Committee: Messrs. Coulter and Shepardson,Mr. Coulter :affirmative.1. Undergraduate scholastic work needs stimulation. The majority of undergraduates are diverted from serious study by the various non-scholastic interests connected with Universitylife. The work which should seem • of primaryimportance becomes secondary to social life, tofraternity interests, or to athletics.2. Undergraduates should be impressed withthe fact that the University puts emphasis uponscholarship. For example, the fictitious notorietyof athletes has distorted the perspective of theaverage student, a result which is often furtherintensified by the attitude of the faculty and ofuniversity officials.3. Scholarships given for scholastic attainmentwould attract to the University strong studentswho might otherwise be unable to attend on account of the heavy expense.NEGATIVE.1. Scholarship is its own reward, and its highideals should not be debased by a stimulus whichis relatively sordid.2. The evils of competition are numerous, andare especially unfortunate in university life, suchas disappointment, bitter feeling, a sense of injustice, etc.3. To devise any method by which awards mayUNIVERSITY RECORD 263be perfectly fair seems impossible. Such factorsas the nature of subjects, the methods of instruction, the inequalities of grading, the personalequation of the student cannot be manipulatedlike statistics.4. In any competition for honors in a university the struggle narrows down to a very few, andthe great mass of students is left unaffected bythe stimulus.Mr. Shepardson :affirmative.There is a remarkable lack of scholarship prizesoffered by the University to undergraduate students for. undergraduate work. Junior Collegestudents have no scholarship prizes offered themwhich they can enjoy in the Junior Colleges, andof twenty-two such rewards for faithful studyoffered to Senior* College students, twenty can beenjoyed only in the Graduate School. As amatter of fact the twelve scholarships awarded forexcellence in the work of the Junior Colleges andtwo special scholarships, fourteen in all, compriseall the prizes of the kind, which undergraduatestudents may enjoy. This lack tends to strengthenthe idea that undergraduate work is not esteemedby the University, but rather is slighted in favorof graduate study. In other* institutions undergraduate prizes for high scholarship, even whenof small financial value, are much sought andhighly esteemed. An increase in the number ofsuch prizes in the University of Chicago wouldmuch increase the interest of undergraduatestudents.NEGATIVE.The offering of prizes for high standing in college work leads to an unhealthy competition andcreates false ideals. The purpose of the University in its college course should be to develop allthe good qualities of the individual rather thanthe intellectual only. Students who work to winprizes for scholarship too often neglect otherequally important elements of college life, andfail to secure the symmetrical development essential for genuine culture. ' By its generous system of "student service" the University provides assistance for those who really need financial help,and there is not sufficient demand for competitivescholarships to warrant the appropriation ofmoney for such purpose. This is indicated bythe lack of interest in the tuition prizes offeredeach quarter for excellence in public speaking.OFFICIAL NOTICES.REGISTRATION AND MATRICULATION FOR THE AUTUMN QUARTER.The hours for registration for the AutumnQuarter are as follows :Monday, October 1, 8: 30 A.M.-i2:oo m. and2: 00-4:00 P.M.Students will register with the deans as follows :Graduate students of Arts and Literature, DeanJudson, Room 14 h. Graduate students of Science, Dean Salisbury, Room 14 h.Senior College students ; Dean Tufts, Chapel,Cobb Hall.Junior College students: Deans Vincent? andSmith, Chapel, Cobb Hall.Unclassified students, men: Dean Smith,Chapel, Cobb Hall.Unclassified students, women : Dean Talbot,Chapel, Cobb Hall.Divinity students : Deafes Hulbert and Mathews,Room 15 h.New students matriculate at the above hours asfollows : Graduates with the Deans of the Graduate Schools; students from other colleges withDean Barnes, Room 13 h; students entering theJunior Colleges from secondary schools with theJunior College Deans; students entering theDivinity School with Deans Hulbert and Mathews,Room 15 h.All women students will register with DeanTalbot for Physical Culture on the day and hoursabove mentioned.Students entering the University from HighSchools and Academies should obtain certificatesadmitting to matriculation from Dean Miller,Room 9 a Cobb Hall, 8:30-12:00 and 2:00-4:00.264 UNIVERSITY RECORDUniversity College. — Matriculation and Registration of incoming students at University College will take place on Saturday, September 29,and Monday to Saturday, October 1-6, at 9:00a.m., at the Fine Arts Building. Classes beginon Monday, October 1, at 4:00 p.m., at the sameplace.The twenty-second meeting of the UniversityCongregation of the University of Chicago willbe held on Tuesday, October 2, 1900, at 4: 00 p.m.,in the Congregation Hall, Haskell Oriental Museum. The members of the Congregation willassemble in Haskell Oriental Museum, secondfloor, at 3:45 p.m., for the procession to the Congregation Hall.The Congregation will consider :I. The following propositions :a) That a limit should be put in the near future to thedevelopment of the Departmental library system. Committee, Messrs. Burton and Judson.b) That greater inducements to the cultivation of scholarship among the undergraduates should be offered bythe University ', e. g.y by honors, prizes, etc. Committee,Messrs. Coulter and Shepardson.2. Such other business as may properly come before themeeting.The Congregation Dinner will be held at theQuadrangle Club, Tuesday evening, October 2,at 7:00; tickets $1.00. Places maybe reservedby addressing Dr. J. H. Boyd, Treasurer, at theUniversity of Chicago, to whom cheques shouldbe made payable.THE CALENDAR.OCTOBER 1-7. 1900.Monday, October 1.Matriculation and Registration of IncomingStudents,. 8:30 a.m.-i2:oo m. All UniversityInstructors offering courses in the AutumnQuarter may be met at the consultation hoursannounced. Opening of the University Elementary School;5412 Ellis av., at 9:00 a.m. The Dean may beconsulted at the school.Division Meetings of the Junior and SeniorColleges are held in Cobb Hall at 11:30 a.m.Attendance required.The Ninth Anniversary Chapel Assembly is heldin the Chapel, Cobb Hall, at 12:30 p.m.Opening of University College in Fine ArtsBuilding at 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, October 2.Lectures and Recitations of the AutumnQuarter begin at 8: 30 a.m.Chapel-Assembly: The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (required ofSenior College students).The University Congregation meets in Congregation Hall, Haskell Museum, at 4:00 p.m.The Congregation Dinner is held at the Quadrangle Club at 7:00 p.m.Wednesday, October 3.The Theological Union holds its annual meeting in Haskell Assembly Room at 3:30 p.m.The address is given by Rev. Professor George W.Northrup, D.D., on "The Place of the Incarnationin the Plan of the Universe."Thursday, October 4.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, October 5.Chapel-Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Saturday, October 6.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, Faculty 8:30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10: 00 a.m.The University Senate, i i : 30 a.m.Sunday, October 7.con gr ega t/on sunda y.The Congregation Vesper Service is held inKent Theater at 4:00 p.m.Material for the CALENDAR must be sentvto the Office of Information by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in order to be published inthe issue of the same week.