Price $J.OOPer Year Zbe Tflniversits of CbicaooFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Single Copies5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe TllniversitB ot Gbfcago pressVOL V, NO. 27 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. OCTOBER 5, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS. 3:30 P.M. in Congregation Hall for the Congre-I. The Autumn Convocation Week, September gation prayer service conducted by the President10-18, 1900 265-266 with the cooperation of Messrs. Hirsch and Hen-II. Official Reports: The Library - - - 266-267 ders()n f fa University, and the Rev. Gerald B.III. Current Events . . - - 267 0 . , ,_, ^ J \ XT „ .IV. Calendar - - ... v 268 Smith. From Congregation Hall the procession,. ¦ ¦ ¦, headed by the University band, passed to KentTheater, where the Congregation sermon wasTHE AUTUMN CONVOCATION WEEK, , .. 'n , * &, '. ^ Adelivered by Professor Hirsch from the textSEPTEMBER 10-18, 1900. J I Thessalonians, 5:4-6. His topic was "TheThe exercises of Convocation week began with Open Mind." Miss Bertha Kaderly gave thethe Finals in Public Speaking for the Junior Col- musical programme very acceptably, singing "Saveleges, which were held in the Chapel, Cobb Hall, me, O God" and "Softly Evening Shades areon September 10 at 10 :oo a.m. The Ferdinand Falling."Peck prize at this contest was gained by Karle On Monday evening, September 17, the Con-Wilson, vocation reception to all candidates for degreesThe Senior Colleges Finals in Public Speaking and friends of the University was held in Greentook place on Friday, September 14, at 800 p.m., Hall.in Kent Theater. The contest was in debating, It was hoped to hold the Thirty-fifth Con-upon the subject, " Resolved, That immigration vocation in the Graduate Quadrangle on Tuesdayof persons over sixteen years of age who cannot afternoon, September 18, but inclement weatherread and write should be prohibited." The Uni~ made it necessary to change the place of meetingversity prize in this debate was awarded to Messrs. to Studebaker Hall. Here at 3:3o„p.m. the exer-Russell Young (special mention), Leroy Horn- cises of the Convocation took place. The Chaplainbeck, and Curtis R. Manning, representing the of the occasion was Professor Hirsch, of the Uni-negative. versity. The Convocation address was deliveredSunday, September 16 was Convocation Sun- by the Rev. George C. Lorimer, D.D., of Boston,day. A large representation of the members of Mass., formerly of Chicago, and at one time Presi-faculties and the candidates for degrees met at dent of the old University of Chicago. His sub-266 UNIVERSITY RECORDject was, "Race Problems in the Light ofEducation." The address has been printed inthe University Record for September 21.The President's quarterly statement deliveredon this occasion was printed in the same numberof the Record. In connection with his statement the President, announced, the .followinghonors :Ho7torable Mention for excellence in the work of the JuniorColleges to Walter George Sackett.Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of the SeniorColleges to Mary Elizabeth Apthorp, Walter Herman Buhlig,Helen Loretta Carmody, George Henry Garrey, Lewis Gus-tafson, Russell Lowry, Herbert Samuel Walker, PhilipGraeme Wrightson.Honors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges to Helen Loretta Carmody, Latin and Greek;Philip Graeme Wrightson, Botany; Lewis Gustafson, English.Degrees were conferred upon the following students :The Degree of Associate upon :Anna Bodler, Beatrice Irene Davies, Wynne Norton Gar-lick, Ward Magoon Mills, Lewis Alexander Pringle, EdwardPrickett Rich, Walter George Sackett, Myra Louise Spauld-ing, Alexander P. Thorns, Herbert Mantor Weston.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon:Lindley Willett Allen, William Hiddleson; Andrews, MaryElizabeth Apthorp, Helen Loretta Carmody, Frank CoburnDickey, Joseph Chalmers Ewing, Lewis Gustafson, LeroyHornbeck, Carl Raymond Loop, Benjamin Bennett Melton,Adolph Charles von Nod, Grace Arabella Sealey, HerbertSamuel Walker.The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy upon:Frank Clayton Cleveland, Cora Maria Emrich, May Griggs,Penelope Virginia Kern, Russell Lowry, Clara Alice Over-hiser, Wilber E. Post, Rowland Henry Ritchie, Henrietta J.Tromanhauser, Frank Russell White.The Degree of Bachelor of Science upon ':Walter Herman Buhlig, Samuel C. Clark, Enos Anson DeWaters, George Henry Garrey, Arah Hamilton Hubbard.Charles ' Henry Hurd, Francis Le Jau Parker, Jr., PhilipGraeme Wrightson.The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity upon :Henry Coe Culbertson. Thesis: The Sect of the Pharisees.Louis Thomas Foreman. Thesis: The Poverty of Luther.WTilliam Harvey Fuller. Thesis : The New TestamentUsage of KaraWayifj, 'A7ro\i5Tp«<ns and'IKaa-T^ptov: a studyof the doctrine of the atonement. The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity (Theological Union)reenacted in the cases of Edward Knowles Cressey, and Herbert Lee Stetson.The Degree of Master of Arts upon :Nellie Mason Auten. Thesis : Some Phases of the Sweating System in Chicago.Ernst Rudolph Breslich. Thesis : A Discussion of thecurves described by a particle moving under the influence ofa central power varying as the inverse third power of thedistance.Josef Fredrik Nelson (Divinity School). Thesis: TheHistory of Hebrew Sacrifice from the Exodus to the Exile.The Degree of Master of Philosophy upon :James Wilford Garner. Thesis : The Administration ofGovernor Ames in Mississippi.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon :Isabelle Bronk, Romance, Ger?nan. Thesis : Antoine Fure-tiere, a Study of His Life and Works.Frank George Franklin, History, Political Science. Thesis :Naturalization in the United Stales, with especial referenceto its Legislative History, from the Declaration of Lndepend-ence to the Civil War.Mary Belle Harris, Sanskrit", Latin. Thesis : The Lyricof Kalidasa; its Form and Subject Matter.William Franklin Moncreiff, Philosophy, Pedagogy. Thesis :An Examination of MilVs Indtictive Canons.Ernest Brown Skinner, Mathematics, Astronomy. Thesis :On Ternary Monomial Substitution — Grctips of Finite Orderwith Detertninant ±1.Edwin Erie Sparks, History. Thesis: The CumberlandNational Road as a UnionrMaking Factor.Helen Bradford Thompson, Philosophy, Neurology. Thesis :Psychological Norms.After the conferring of degrees the benedictionwas pronounced by Professor Hirsch, and theConvocation was adjourned with the RecessionalMarch.OFFICIAL REPORTS.WE LIBRARY.During the month of September 1900 there hasbeen added to the library of the University atotal number of 331 volumes, from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 252 volumes, distributed as follows :UNIVERSITY RECORD 267General Library, i vol.; Philosophy, 2 vols.;Political Economy, 2 vols.; Political Science, 83vols.; History, 36 vols.; Classical Archaeology, 2vols.; Sociology, 8 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 1vol.; Anthropology, 4 vols.; Comparative Religion, 3 vols.; New Testament, 2 vols.; Comparative Philology, 5 vols.; Greek, 6 vols.; Latin, 1vol.; Latin and Greek, 1 vol.; Romance, 19 vols.;German, 10 vols.; English, 3 vols.; Mathematics,n vols.; Physics, 4 vols.; Zoology, 10 vols.;Anatomy, 8 vols.; Neurology, 14 vols.; Physiology, 7 vols.; Botany, 7 vols.; Public Speaking, 1vol.; Systematic Theology, 1 vol.Books added by gift, 49 volumes, distributedas follows :General Library, 45 vols.; Sociology (Divinity),2 vols.; New Testament, 1 vol.; English, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University publications, 30 volumes, distributed as follows :General Library, 2 vols.; Political Economy, 7 vols.; Sociology, 1 vol.; Comparative Religion,12 vols.; Astronomy (Ryerson), 1 vol.; Botany, 5vols.; Church History, 2 vols.CURRENT EVENTS.An interesting University Extension meeting.was held at Aurora on Friday evening, September28. The University extension centre in that cityhas carried on work for several years past in association with the University, and it was felt to bedesirable that a popular meeting should be heldto arouse further interest. The report of the workdone by the Aurora centre since the beginningwas read by the Secretary, showing a very interesting and fruitful activity on the part of thefriends of- the University Extension in Aurora.The report will be printed later in the report ofthe work of the Extension Division for the year.President Harper, Professor James, and Mr.Payne represented the University at this meeting.268 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.OCTOBER 6-13, 1900.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 Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, 8:30 A.M.The Board of University Affiliations,10: 00 A.M.The University Senate, 1 1 : 30 a.m,Sunday, October 7,The Congregation Vesper Service is held inKent Theater at 4:00 p.m.The Reverend F. E. Dewhurst, of the University Congregational Church, delivers the sermon. The Choirof St. James' Church sings.Monday, October 8. ; .Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m, (required ofJunior College students.)Tuesday, October 9.Chapel -Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (required ofSenior College students).Bacteriological Club meets in Room 34, Zoological Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Associate Professor Jordan will speak. Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanicalLaboratory at 5:00 p.m.Dr. B. M. Davis speaks on " Segmentation of protoplasm in plants."Wednesday, October 10.Division Meetings are held as follows :The Upper Seniors (Divisions I, II, III) meet with DeanJudson in Haskell Assembly Room at 10:30 a.m.The Lower Seniors (Divisions IV, V, VI) meet with Professor Small in the Lecture Room, Cobb Hall, at10:30 A.M.The Upper Juniors (Divisions I, II, III) meet with DeanTalbot in the Chapel, Cobb Hall, at 10:30 A.M.The Lower Juniors (IV, V, VI) meet with PresidentHarper in Kent Theater at 10:30 A.M.Thursday, October 11,Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. ChapehCobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, October 12.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Mathematical Club meets in Room 35, RyersonPhysical Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.^ ^ ^ , ^Professor Moore reads on " The necessary and sufficient condition for the interchange of order in adouble limit."Note : " On an alleged proof of Fermat's theoremconcerning the equation xn-\-yn = sn," by AssistantProfessor Young.Saturday, October 13.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 8:30 A.M.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, io:oo~a.m.The University Council, 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 inthe issue of the same week.