Sbe Tttniversits of CbicaaoPrice $h00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single Copies ,Per Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOObe "dniversits ot Cbicaao ©ressVOL. V, NO. 34 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 23, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. The Autumn Quarter at Our Affiliated Institutions - ~. ~ - - - - 301-303II. " La Satire des Femmes "- - - - 303III. New Members of the University Community 303-304IV. Calendar - - - '- - - 3°4THE AUTUMN QUARTER AT OUR AFFILIATEDINSTITUTIONS.CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY.The Academy opened this year with 230 cadets,with every room full in the three Barracks, andmany applications declined for lack of accommodation.An annex is just completed at a cost of .$6000with thirteen new rooms, all of which are alreadyengaged.The class of cadets is older and larger thanever before, and in every way an improvementon that of the four previous years of the Academy's history. A. F, Fleet, Supt.ELGIN ACADEMY.The Elgin Academy opened with an increasedattendance, fifty-eight new students having entered. They are divided among the departmentsof the school as follows : Academic, 32; Prepara tory, 8; Business, 18. There are now enrolled138 students.During the past year the Academy receivedfrom." J. Addison Knight of Rochelle 360 volumesto be known as the J. Addison Knight ClassicalLibrary. These books deal with the Life andClassics of the Ancients.Eighty valuable volumes on History were alsodonated by the Hon. George P. Lord of Elgin.The Academy will receive in a few months $500from a certain estate to be devoted to librarypurposes.By the will of the late Orlando Davidson ofElgin, one of the Trustees of the Academy, theAcademy is to receive $10,060 if such' an amountbe left after the payments of debts against theestate.Many old students have returned to avail themselves of the advantages now offered by theAcademy.The alumni of the Academy are engaged in anattempt to raise $7000 for a hall to be erected onthe campus in memory of A. G. Welch, for several years principal of the Academy.Several minor improvements have been andare being made in the buildings and grounds.The prospects for future growth are encouraging. G. N. Sleight, Dean.302 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE MORGAN PARK ACADEMY.In view of the fact that the Academy of theUniversity at Morgan Park was changed this lastsummer from a co-educational school to a schoolfor boys only, especial interest was felt by manyin its enrollment of students for this, the firstquarter since the change. Last year at this timethere were in attendance 158, of whom no wereboys. The present enrollment is 127. This, again of about 15 per cent., is the largest numberof boys ever in attendance at the Academy. Lastyear the largest number of boys in the halls,i. e.9 boarding pupils, was seventy-two; this yearthere are just 100 boys in the halls, a gain of39 per cent. An added item of interest is thatthe largest number of students rooming in thehalls last year at one time, counting both boysand girls, was ninety-eight, two less than thenumber of boys alone now rooming there.A number of changes in the teaching forcehave been made. Miss Robertson who has hadthe work ; in German for eigh£ years and has fhadduring that time the especial charge of the girls,has taken the headship of Kelly Hall at the University and is dean of the girls at the South SideAcademy, where also she has the work in German.The work in German at the Academy is now takenby Charles S, Fox, A.B., Rochester University,who, after a year's study at the University has justreturned from a year and a half of study at German universities. Alfred R. Wightman returnsto assist in the Latin and French after a year's absence spent in graduate study at Harvard. ArthurW. Leonard, A.B., from Princeton Universitywhere he was instructor for a year, takes chargeof the courses in English. For the past year he hasbeen a graduate student in the English Departmentof the University. John E. Webb, who received hisA.M. from the University at the last Summer Convocation, and was favorably known here for successboth in the class room and on the football gridiron, has a part of the science work. FritzReichmann, for three years instructor of Physicsat the University of Texas from which he ob tained his C.E. and S.M., and for the last twoyears holder of a fellowship in Physics at the University, has charge of the new department ofManual Training and Mechanical Drawing.Besides the Manual Training another new feature of the curriculum is the required Bible Studyto which the first recitation hour Monday morning is given each week. The five courses offeredare : " Outline of Old Testament History," Mr.Burgess; "The Three Great Apostles," Mr. Fox;"The Life of Christ," Mr. Abells; "The Gospels," studied in the Greek, Mr. Bronson; and" Hebrew Poetry," based on representativePsalms, Professor Ira M. Price, of the Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures ofthe University.Good progress is being made upon the newgymnasium and there seems to be every likelihood that it will be ready for use next monthbefore the time set by the architect.JOHN b. stetson university.The John B. Stetson University was formallyopened October 2 for another year's work. Theexercises were conducted by President Forbes.The first day's registration reached the high-watermark of 160, and there is every indication thatthe attendance this year will amount to 400. Thisincrease in numbers has necessitated the fittingup of an additional hall as a dormitory. Throughthe generosity of Mr. Stetson this has been madepossible.One of the most important advances made thisyear is the establishment of a College of Law,which is well equipped as regards instructors andlibrary. The books have been carefully selected,and are well calculated to meet the needs of thestudents. Amongst them are the United States Supreme Court Reports, The American Decisions,The American Reports, and The American StateReports, as well as all the leading text-books andstandard books of reference. The curriculumextends over two years, and offers a thorough andcomprehensive course in every department of law.UNIVERSITY RECORD 303Mr. A. J. Farrah, who is Dean of the College ofLaw, received his education in the University ofMichigan, where he was graduated with the degreeof L.L.B. in 1896. In addition to his training inthe theory of law, Professor Farrah has had theadvantage of considerable experience in the practice of law. Several additions have been made tothe Faculty, which now consists of thirty-fivemembers. The offices of Dean of Women andDean of the College have been established.Dr. Annie Marion MacLean, the new Dean of Women,is an A.M. of Acadia College, Nova Scotia (1894), and Ph.D.of .the University of Chicago in Sociology and PoliticalScience (1900). Dr. MacLean served as Instructor ofEconomics in Mount Carroll Seminary (i894-'96), and inMcGill University, Montreal (1899-00).Mr. J. Archy Smith, head of the Department of Mathematics, is Dean of the College. Professor Smith graduatedfrom Denison University in '89 with the degree of A.B.The following year he was elected principal of Williamsburg Institute, Kentucky, which, under his management,increased from a small school of 40 students to a colJege ofover 400. From 1892 to '95 he did graduate work in theUniversity of Chicago as Fellow in Mathematics, on completion of which he became Professor of Mathematics inShurtleff College. This position he resigned in 1897 to continue his studies in the University of Chicago and to teachin the South Side Academy.The Department of Latin is in charge of Mr. B. J. Bonner, an honor graduate in Classics of the University ofToronto (1890). lie did graduate work from 1890-92 asFellow in Latin in his Alma Mater. In 1899, while incharge of the Classical Department of the Collingwood Collegiate Institute, Ontario, he was awarded Senior Fellowship in Greek in the University of Chicago, where he completed his graduate work. Mr. Bonner is also a graduate ofthe Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, and a member ofthe Canadian Bar. In addition to his work in the LatinDepartment he is Assistant Professor in the College of Law.Mr. E. K. Broadus, a graduate of Columbian University and Valedictorian of the Class of '97, has been appointed Professor of English. He was Instructor in MarionCollege (i897~'98), and had charge of the English Department of Columbian University during the Summer Quarterof 1898. Professor Broadus was engaged in graduate workin Chicago, where he had taken the degree A.M. when hereceived his present appointment.The Practice School is under the direction of Mrs. E. K.Broadus, a graduate of the Girls' Latin School, Boston,and of Radcliffe College, Harvard. For some time Mrs.Broadus did graduate work in Old and Middle English inChicago, and had charge of the Department of Latin andGreek in Ascham Hall.Mr. Edwin Baldwin, Instructor in Latin and German,graduated from Illinois College as Valedictorian of theClass of '94. From i895-'98, he was a member of theGraduate School of Yale, where for two successive years hewas awarded the Graduate "Scholarship in Latin. Mr. Baldwin was Instructor in Indiana University in i898-'99 and inUrbana University, Ohio, in i899~'oo. Miss H. D. Nicholls, Instructor in Greek, received theA.M. degree from Wellesley College in 1896 and studiedfor some time in the Graduate School of Yale. Miss Nicholls has had the advantage of two years' work abroad — inAthens, Leipzig, and Berlin, where she specialized in Greekand Archaeology.Mrs. T. C. Trueblood, in charge of the Departmentof Elocution, is a Graduate of Earlham College, Indiana.For a number of years she was Instructor in Elocution inAnn Arbor High School. For the past eight years Mrs.Trueblood has been before the public, giving recitals of herown dramatization of standard authors.Miss Webb, the Instructor in Vocal Music, received hermusical education in Syracuse where she obtained thedegree of Mus.Bac. She was some time Instructor in Musicin Oswego. jOHN F p0RBES, President"LA SATIRE DES FEMMES."The thesis for the Doctorate of Philosophy, prepared by Dr. T. L. Neff, Instructor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures inthe University, has been issued from the press ofGiard and Briere of Paris. It is written in Frenchand is entitled La Satire des Femmes dans la Poesielyrique francaise du Moyen Age. Dr. Neff hasgathered from this literature and arranged intopical forW^tftevMo^VcJiara^women by these satirical poets and has illustratedhis materials by ample citations. The picture ofthe sex which is presented is a dark one. But inhis summing up the author maintains that thesepoets have been largely influenced, in the majority of cases, by personal feelings of spite. Andwhen this abatement is made, the weak points ofthe sex were not more manifest or offered nomore shining mark for satire at that time thanthey do today. The thesis is a contribution toSociology as well as to the field of Romance Languages and Literature.NEW MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY.The following named persons have becomemembers of the University Community since January 1, 1900 :Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scribner Ames. 6025 Madison av.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Bailey, Jr. The University.Mr. Lewellys F. Barker. 32 North Hall.Mr. and Mrs. Adolph C. Bartlett. 2720 Prairie av.Mr. and Mrs. Storrs B. Barrett. Williams Bay, Wis.Mr. Henry C. Biddle. 581 1 Jackson av.Miss Isabelle Bronk. Beecher Hall.304 UNIVERSITY RECORDMr. Robert Walter Bruere. 5635 Lexington av.Miss Lisi Cecilia Cipriani. The Drexel, Ellis and 57th st.Mr. Howell Emlyn Davies. 5720 Woodlawn av.Mr. Leonard Eugene Dickson. The Harcourt, 57th andMadison av.Mr. Joseph Marshall Flint. 5825 Kimbark av.Mr. Charles Shattuck Fox. East Hall, Morgan Park, 111.Mr. and Mrs. William Gorsuch. 586 East 60th st.Mr. Willis B. Holmes. 5800 Jackson av.Mr. and Mrs. Maxine Ingres. 5334 Ellis av. .Miss Frances Ada Knox. 6036 Ingleside av.Mr. Arthur Willis Leonard. Morgan Park, 111.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rattray Lillie. 5344 Ellis ay.Mr. Charles E. Merriam: 698 East 57th st.Mr, John Jacob Meyer. Frankenmuth, Mich.Mr. Wesley Clair Mitchell. 10 North Hall.Mr, Fritz Reichmann. Morgan Park, 111.Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B.. Smith, 5618 Drexel av.Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Edwards Webb. Morgan Park. 111.Mr. Harry Nichols Whitford. 6128 Lexington av.Mr, Hiram Parker Williamson. 13 North Hall.THE CALENDAR.NOVEMBER 23-DECEMBER 1, 1900.Friday, November 28.Chapel-Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Mathematical Club meets in Room 35, RyersonPhysical Laboratory, at 4 : oop.m,Associate Professor Maschke : " On models illustra^tive of the theory of functions ; " Dr. Moulton :" Onsolutions of the problem of n bodies."; . Saturday, November 24.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, Haskell. Oriental Museum :The Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8: 30 a.m.The Faculties of the Graduate Schools (injoint session), 10:00 a.m.Sunday, November 25.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at 4:00P.M. 4Professor Moulton speaks on " The religious idealsof Shakespeare."Monday, November 26.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required ofJunior College students).Philological Society meets with Professor Cutting, 514, 53d street, at 8:00 p.m.Assistant Professor von Klenze reads on "Goethe'sattitude, towards antiquity in the light of comparativeliterature ; " Professor Manly reads on " The originsof morality plays." Tuesday, November 27.Chapel-Assembly: The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (required ofSenior College students).Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanicalLaboratory, at 5:00 p.m.Mr. Hotzman reviews " The Ecology of ' OcracokeIsland ' off coast of North Carolina ; " Mr. Wrightsondiscusses Wager's paper " The eye-spot and flagellumin Englena viridis"Mr. Alleyne Ireland lectures afternoon andevening.At 4: oop.m.: Subject, "The commercial aspect ofcolonization." (Illustrated.) Haskell AssemblyRoom.At 8:00 p.m.: Subject "The United States andChina." Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall.Wednesday, November 28.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.Ttie Lower Juniors (IV, V, VI) meet with Presidenttlarper in Kent Theater at 10:30 a.m.Thursday, November 29.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 1.0:30 a.m.Friday, November 80.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Professor Louis Dyer, of Oxford, lectures on" The Earliest Greek Civilization." (Illustrated.)Haskell Assembly Room at 4: 00 p.m.Saturday, December 1.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, Haskell-Oriental Museum :The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, 8:30 a.m.The Board of University Affiliations,10: 00 a.m.The University Senate, 11: 30 a.m..