VOLUME V NUMBER 3SUniversity RecordFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900THE FACULTIES.Shinkishi Hatai, Fellow in Neurology 1899-1900, is Assistant in histology and neurology inthe University of Cincinnati.Assistant Professor C. W. Votaw, who left theUniversity October 1 for a vacation of ninemonths, is spending it in travel and study inEngland, Germany and Palestine.A new series of text-books, called The American Teachers' Series, will include Mathematicsby Assistant Professor J. W. A. Young, andChemistry and Physics by Associate ProfessorAlexander Smith.Assistant Professor James H. Breasted was appointed some months ago, by a joint commissionof the four royal academies of Germany, to conduct a scientific mission to the museums ofEurope, for the collection and preparation of theEgyptian inscriptions, for the Egyptian Lexiconendowed by the Emperor in 1897.Associate Professor Frederick Starr has recentlybeen honored with the presentation of a silvermedal from Queen Wilhelmina, of The Netherlands. The medal was delivered on October 15,through the Honorable J. R. Planten, the Consul-General of The Netherlands in New York. Themedal is described as follows : On the obverse, a border of oak leaves surrounding portrait of the Queen, and the inscription " Wilhelmina Konin-gin der Nederlanden."On the reverse, a border of oak leaves surrounding theinscription " Voor Verdiensten Jegens, 'S Ryks Musea aanFrederick Starr, 1900."Surmounted by the royal crown and suspended from aband of watered silk vertically striped, central red, sidesorange.Recent articles by members of the faculty:" The Spirit of Tuskegee," by George E. Fellows, American Journal of Sociology, September."Determination of an Abstract Simple Group of Order27 * 36 ' 57 ' Holoedrically Isomorphic, with a Certain Orthog-anal Group and with a Certain Hyperobelian Group," byL. E. Dickson, Transactions of the American MathematicalSociety, July 1900." The Cross Ratio Group of n! Cremona Transformationsof Order n-3 in Flat Space of n-3 Dimensions," E. H.Moore, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. XXII, No. 3"A Fundamental Remark concerning DeterminantalNotations with an Evaluation of an Important Determinantof Special Form," by E. H. Moore, Annals of Mathematics,Series 2, Vol. I, No. 4."The Mission of Science in Education," by John M.Coulter, Science, August 24, 1900." Truancy ; Causes and Remedies," Elliott Rr Downing,Charity Review, June 1900." Some Recent Attempts to Test the Nebular Hypothesis,"T. C. Chamberlin and F. R. Moulton, Science, August 10,1900."The Art of Benin City," Frederick Starr, American Antiquarian, January-February 1900." Shrines from Cochiti, N. M.," Frederick Starr, AmericanAntiquarian, July- August 1900.305306 UNIVERSITY RECORD" Mexican Paper," Frederick Starr, American Antiquarian,September-October 1900."Readings from Modern Mexican Authors; No. I,"Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, Frederick Starr, Unity, June 14,1900.No. 2, Jose* Lopez Portilla y Rojas, Frederick Starr, Unity,August 30, 1900." Catechisms in the Sunday School, C. R. HendersonBiblical World, September 1900."A Day with the New Education," Laura L. Runyon,The Chautauquan, March 1900."An Abstract Simple Group of Order 25920," L. E.Dickson, Proc. of the London Math. Soc, Vol. XXXII, pp.3-io."Austrian Anti-Semitism, L. T. Damon, The Nation,June 11, 1900." Over-work in Austrian Schools," L. T. Damon, The Nation, June 19, 1900."Abnormalities in the Cestode Monizia Expansa; I,"C. M. Child, Biological Bulletins, August 1900." The Monuments in the Inscriptions," James H. Breasted,Proc. of the Soc. of Biblical Archceology, London, Vol. XXII,1900."Annals of Thutmose III." and "The Location of Me-giddo," James H. Breasted, Proc. of the Soc. of Biblical Archceology, London, Vol. XXII, 1900." The Length and Season of Thutmose III.'s First Campaign," James H. BresLSted,ZeitschriflfurAegyptischeSprache,Berlin, Vol. XXXVII."Ramses II. and the Princes in the Karnak Relief ofSeti I." James H. Breasted, Zeitschrift fur AegyptischeSprache, Berlin, Vol. XXXVII.Recent addresses by members of the faculties :" On Ideals of University Extension," by R. G. Moulton,before the Summer School of Cambridge University, England, August 27.Four Addresses on Biblical Subjects, by R. G. Moulton,in Leeds, England, September 30 to October 2." Shakespeare's Lear," by R. G. Moulton, at the Openingof the Association Centre, Philadelphia, November 5." The Known Systems of Simple Groups and their Inter-Isomorphisms," by L. E. Dickson. Congres Internationaldes Mathematiciens, Paris, August 9." The Methods and Results of the Higher Criticism," byHerbert L. Willett, Wisconsin Congregational Convention,Green Bay, September 19 " The Ideals of Education," by Herbert L. Willett, EurekaCollege, Eureka, 111., September 25." Democratic Education," by Oscar L. Triggs, the Octa-vius Club, Chicago, September 15.Books published by members of the faculties :" Select Mediseval Documents," by Shailer Mathews."The French Revolution : A Sketch," by Shailer Mathews."A General History of Europe, 350-1900," by Oliver J.Thatcher and Ferdinand Schwill." Plant Studies," by John M. Coulter." Notes on the Ethnography of Southern Mexico," byFrederick Starr."Recent Mexican Study of the Native Languages ofMexico," by Frederick Starr." Dido : An Epic Tragedy," by Frank J. Miller." La Satire des Femmes dans la Poe"sie lyrique Francaisedu Moyen Age," by Theodore L. Neff."Composition and Rhetoric for Schools," by RobertHerrick and L. T. Damon.Recent reviews by members of the faculties :Jackson: "James Martineau," by Shailer Mathews, theStandard, November 20.Rhees : " Life of Jesus of Nazareth," by Shailer Mathews,the Biblical World, December.Allen : "Treatment of Nature in the poetry of the RomanRepublic," by G. J. Laing, American Journal of Philology,Vol. XXI, 1.Griggs: "The New Humanism," by George E. Fellows,the American Journal of Sociology, September.Blanchan: "Nature's Garden," by John M. Coulter, theBotanical Gazette, August.Lounsberry : " Guide to Trees," by John M. Coulter, theBotanical Gazette, August.Keeler: "Our Native Trees," by John M. Coulter, theBotanical Gazette, August.Spaulding : " Opportunity," by Oscar L. Triggs, Unity,May 17.Lloyd : "A Country Without Strikes," by Oscar L. Triggs,Unity, August 16.Crashaw : "Literary Interpretation of Life," by Oscar L.Triggs, Unity, August 16.Burroughs : " The Light of Day," by Oscar L. Triggs,Unity, August 16.Spielmann : " John Ruskin," by Oscar L. Triggs, Unity,June 21.Arnoldi : " Beitrage zur Morphologie der Gymnosper-men," by C. J. Chamberlain, the Botanical Gazette, September.UNIVERSITY REC ORD 307THE ALUMNI.NOTES AND COMMUNICATIONS.Nettie Spencer, '99, is an instructor in Davenport College, Lenoir, South Carolina.Arthur T. Jones, '99, is teacher of physics inthe high school at West Pullman, Chicago.Arthur T. Pienkowsky, '98, is a teacher ofphysics in the Manual Training School at Indianapolis, Ind.Roger T. Vaughan, '99, has entered the medicaldepartment in Johns Hopkins University for afull course in medicine.Albert E. McKinley, '96, has an article in thelast number of the American Historical Review on"The English and Dutch Towns of New Netherlands."Harry F. Atwood, '98, who was campaigningin Washington and Illinois for the republicanticket has entered again upon his law practice inChicago.Nevin M. Fenneman, A.M., '99, has returnedfrom his field work in Wisconsin and will continuestudying at the University in preparation for hisdoctor's degree.Arthur E. Bestor, recently elected president ofthe class of ,1901, is the son of Rev. Orson P.Bestor, '77, pastor of Bay View Baptist Church,Milwaukee, Wis.A campaign book entitled The Farmer inPolitics and Prosperity prepared by Roy C.Garver, '96, had a circulation of more than twohundred thousand copies.Rev. W. E. Schliemann, D.B., '89, formerlypastor of Green Bay, Wis., Baptist Church,accepted a call to the church at Mason City, Iowa.His new work began November 18.Elizabeth Harrington Greene, '99, instructorin Modern Languages at Bradley PolytechnicInstitute, was one of the judges in the primarydeclamation contest of the students of the affiliatedand cooperating schools held at the UniversityNovember 16.. The University of Wisconsin Alumni Association publishes a 48-page magazine, containingnews from all departments of the university anditems of interest concerning the alumni.Joseph Leiser, '95, formerly rabbi in Lafayette,Indiana, is now located in Sioux City, Iowa. Anabstract of one of Mr. Leiser's poems is to befound in Sted man's American Anthology.Rev. C. B. Allen, A.B., '78, D.B., '83, who wasrecently called to the Pasadena, California, BaptistChurch, has decided to remain in Omaha wherehe already has a strong church and a devotedcongregation.In the September number of the Teachers] College Record is a syllabus on the " History of Education " by Paul Monroe, Ph.D., '97. Mr. Monroe has been a professor in the Teachers' Collegesince he received his doctorate in '97.Marcus S. Farr, A.M., '94, formerly assistantzoologist in the State Museum of New York, hasbeen elected to the department of Ornithologyin Princeton University. Mr. Farr has publishedA Check List of New York Birds which is onlypreliminary to a much more extensive work.Princeton alumni are making an effort to raisemoney enough to cover the expense of enlargingthe working force of the University Library. Thegreat increase in the number of books to be caredfor in the last three years has not been accompanied by any increase in the funds to cover thecost of cataloguing and reclassification.University of Michigan alumni, chiefly throughthe efforts of their general secretary, James H.Prentiss, '96, have raised an endowment fund forthe association of more than forty-two thousanddollars. This has been done by $35 subscriptions,to be paid in five or seven annual payments.The income from this endowment is to be usedin extending the usefulness of the association.Michigan has over 14,000 alumni. Last year theincome for general expenses amounted to$8,844.48. The association pays the secretary asalary of $1800.303 UNIVERSITY RECORDUniversity of Chicago students and alumni areinterested in the outcome of the football contestsbetween the three Colorado Colleges whereChicago alumni are coaching. Thus far theColorado College team at Colorado Springs seemsto be the leader, with Joseph C. Ewing '01 ascoach. The game played at Denver on Thanksgiving Day between the State University withTheron W. Mortimer, 'oo, as coach and the Colorado College team is to be attended by the Denver University of Chicago alumni in a body.Louis B. Joralmon, '93, has the affair in charge.There are eighteen alumni in and near Denver.Lawrence M. Jacobs, '99, has been appointedstatistician on the Philippine commission atManila. Mr. Jacobs will be remembered as oneof the University's debaters during his undergraduate days. He represented the Universityagainst both Michigan and Minnesota. Sincegraduating he has been in the bank departmentof the United States Treasury at Washington,D. C, compiling statistics. In a recent numberof the Bankers' Monthly, Mr. Jacobs furnished anarticle entitled " Banking in the New Colonies."He will soon leave for Manila to take up his newwork.REPORTS OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESOCTOBER 1900.1. The Board of the University Press :Meeting of October 20. — 1) Permission wasgranted Mr. Lehmer to print his thesis in theAmerican Journal of Mathematics on the usualconditions. 2) Three standing committees wereappointed as follows : (1) On Official Publications,Messrs. Freund and the Recorder ; (2) On Purchase and Retail, Messrs. Shepardson andMathews ; (3) On Manufacturing, Professors Vincent and Angell. 3) A committee of five wasappointed on the Publishing Department. Thefollowing constitute the committee : Messrs.Angell, Freund, Mathews, Shepardson, andVincent. Meeting of October 27. — 1) The University Presswas requested to observe strictly the limit oftime and price placed by departments on rare andout of print books under penalty of being heldresponsible for exceeding the price fixed bydepartments, and heads of departments werenotified of this action. 2) The following recommendation was adopted : That the Board ofTrustees be requested to appoint a committee oftwo to visit the principal libraries of the countryand to report accurate information regardingplans in use and the advantages and disadvantagesin these plans.2. The Board of University Affiliations :Meeting of October 6. — 1) In the matter ofaccepting the New York Regent's certificates,the following was substituted for all previouslegislation : That the Dean of Affiliations beauthorized to accept application for admission onRegents' certificates of the State of New Yorkwith the intention of testing the matter by therecords of these students, and to report to thisBoard. 2) As to the Chicago Physiological Schoolthe following recommendations of the committeewere adopted : (a) That the University permitthe school formerly called the Chicago Physiological School to announce itself as under thesupervision of the University of Chicago ; (b) thatthis be on the condition (1) that the departmentsof Philosophy and Neurology assume the responsibility of supervision ; (2) and that a more suitablename, viz., " The Chicago Hospital School forNervous Children" be adopted.3. The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics :Meeting of October 6. — 1) A committee wasappointed to consider the arrangements for thenew gymnasium building. Messrs/ Stagg andThatcher were appointed. 2) The followingaction was taken that the athletic management bepermitted to sell season tickets for the footballgames at $4.00 to members of the Faculty, itbeing understood that each married man couldobtain two tickets.UNIVERSITY RECORD 3094. The Faculty of the Junior Colleges :Meeting of October ij. — i) A committee's reporton representation of the Faculty at the oratoricalcontests was approved as follow:i) Contestants shall register with the Dean, according tothe usual form, on or before Monday noon of the sixth weekof the quarter 2) Preliminary contests shall be held onThursday and Friday of the sixth week of the quarter;Upper Juniors meeting on Thursday, and Lower Juniors onFriday. Lower Juniors shall be chosen to appear in theSemi-Finals. The Faculty of the Department of PublicSpeaking shall act as judges. 3) The Semi-Finals shall beheld on Thursday and Friday of the eighth week of thequarter; Upper Juniors meeting on Thursday and LowerJuniors on Friday. Each speaker shall present his entireselection. Three Upper Juniors and three Lower Juniorsshall be chosen to receive scholarships and to appear in theFinals. For each committee of judges in the Semi-Finalsthe Department of Public Speaking shall furnish onemember, and secure the services of one other member ofthe University Faculty and one member of the GraduateSchools or Senior Colleges. 4) The Finals shall be heldbefore the Junior Colleges at the last Division Meeting ofthe quarter. The Junior College Faculty shall act as judges.5. The Faculty of the Senior Colleges : %Meeting of October 13. — 1) The committee onadvanced standing recommended through Mr.Barnes the following persons for advanced standing : Lillie F. Abbott, Lucia C. Bradley, H. J. Bruere,Pearl G. Bryning, Carlotta H. Collins, MargueriteCrofoot, John Dexter, Adelheid Doepke, H. L. Gar-rott, Coe Hayne, Florence P. Hood, Euphran W.Macrae, J. R. McKirahan, Annie M. Mead, R. W.Paltridge, Marguerite V. Parker, Esther F. Shover,Mary E. Sinclair, R. H. Smith, Effie Warvelle, E.S. Wilcox. 2) The recommendation of the Department of Chemistry that, in place of Miss Pardee,resigned, Mr. H. B. Kirtley be given the graduatescholarship with A. O. Shaklee as alternate wasapproved, and it was voted that the considerationof the principle involved, viz., presenting analternate, be referred to the committee on scholarships.6. The Faculty of the Divinity School :Meeting of October 20. — 1) Mr. Mathews wasappointed a committee to formulate rules as to applications for rooms in the Divinity dormitories.2) The councilors of the Divinity houses wereempowered to attend to the sanitation of theirhouses and to report. 3) The Faculty approved ofthe abolishing of keeping of 'reserved books inthe Divinity library in special cases.7. The Faculties of the Graduate Schools :Meeting of October 2J. — i)The following person was admitted to candidacy for the degreenamed : For the degree of Ph.M.: G. F. Reynolds,English and History. 2) The following resolution was adopted :That the candidate for the Ph.D. and Master's degrees berequired to prepare a type-written or printed brief of hiswork, including an analysis of the thesis and to file the samewith the Recorder one week before the time set for theexamination ; that, in case of an examination in the secondary department that the statement include the work in thisdepartment and that the statement for the final examinationinclude the work of both departments.8. The University Council :Meeting of October zj. — 1) The Board ofTrustees was requested to modify the statute concerning the council so as to add to the membership of the Council the name of the Director ofPhysical Culture and Athletics. 2) A committeeof five was appointed from the Faculty of theUniversity, the chairman to be a member of theCouncil to be known as the "Buildings andGrounds Construction Committee," to report tothe Council from time to time with regard to thebuildings about to be erected. 3) The followingplan for obtaining reports of scholarship ofstudents on athletic teams was adopted :1. The quarter shall be divided into four periods of threeweeks each.2. At the end of each period instructors will report onthe names of members of teams.3. The report shall be the students' class record up todate in the usual form ; that is, A, B, C, D, or E. Marksare in no case to be changed after they have been officiallyreported.4. Students who maintain a grade of C or above in eachcourse up to the date of report are entitled to appear duringthe next succeeding period.5. A student who falls below C in any course up to thedate of report is disqualified from appearing during thenext succeeding period.310 UNIVERSITY RECORD9. The University Senate :Meeting of October 6. — i) Messrs. Barnard, W.G. Hale, and Hulbert appointed as the University's representatives at the twenty-fifth anniversaryexercises of Vanderbilt University. 2) The reportof Mr. Lengfeid, representative of the Universityat the recent celebration of the University ofCracow was accepted and a vote of thanks wasextended to Mr. Lengfeid. 3) The Presidentwas authorized to send a letter of congratulationto the University of Cracow, including therein therecognition of the courtesy shown to the representative of the University. 4) The followingaction was taken : That the regulation requiringone full quarter's registration in the Senior College as a condition precedent to candidacy forthe bachelor's degree be amended by adding thefollowing : "except in cases which may be recommended by the Faculties of the Graduate Schools."OFFICIAL NOTICES.Entrance Examinations. — The Winter Examinations for admission to the Junior Collegeswill be held in Cobb Hall, Friday, Saturday,Monday, and Tuesday, December 14, 15, 17, 18.The Dean of Affiliations will furnish particularinformation on application.The attention of Senior College students whointend to study law is called to the fact that thelaw schools of the city make proper allowancefor work done in the University in private, constitutional, and international law, which corresponds to similar work done at a law school.The State Board of Law Examiners recognizeswork in the study of law certified to by AssociateProfessor Freund as work done under the tuitionof a licensed lawyer. Associate Professor Freundwill certify to a year's study if at least six majorsof work are done in the legal courses offered bythe Department of Political Science, three of whichmust be taken from the group entitled "Jurisprudence." Lecture by Professor Dyer. — Louis Dyer,Esq., of Oxford, England, will give the second oftwo illustrated lectures on "The Earliest GreekCivilization," in the Haskell Oriental Museum at4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4. Mr. Dyer isin possession of the important discoveries recentlymade in Crete by Mr. A. J. Evans, and his secondlecture will be mainly devoted to these. Thelecture is open to members of the University andtheir friends.The following persons have been accepted ascandidates for the degrees named :FOR THE DEGREE OF S.M.Arthur Whipple Smith : Mathematics.FOR THE DEGREE OF A.M.Dora Wilbur Whitcomb : English.FOR THE DEGREE OF PH.D.Willard C. Gore: Philosophy and Psychology.Harriet Eva Penfield : Philosophy andPedagogy.«¦ Final Examinations for Higher Degrees areheld as follows :FOR THE DEGREE OF S,M.Arthur Whipple Smith : Mathematics.Thesis: "The Geodesic Lines on the Catenoidand the Helicoid." Friday, December 7, 2:00p.m. R. 36.The following names of candidates for activemembership in the Graduate Club have beenhanded to the recording secretary of the club.Miss Katherine E. Dopp, 5613 Drexel av.Miss Emma Wells, 5756 Madison av.Miss Mabel Dobson, Green Hall.Miss Anna Pratt, Green Hall.Miss Harriet Vincent, Green Hall.Miss Nellie Swift, Green Hall.Miss Evelyn Lacey, Green Hall.Miss Kate Gordon, Green Hall.Miss Grace Stitt, Green Hall.Miss Florence Parker, Green Hall.Miss Mary W. Rockwell, Foster Hall.Miss Sarah F. Barrows, Foster Hall.Miss Clara L. Myers, Foster Hall.Miss Gwendolen Willis, Kelly Hall.UNIVERSITY RECORD 311Miss Mary G. Morton, Kelly Hall.Miss Martha McGavoch, Kelly Hall.Miss Stella Robinson Fox, Kelly Hall.Mr. J. S. Young, 5815 Drexel av.Mr. Romanzo C. Adams, 5815 Drexel av.Mr. G. H. Brunson, 5749 Drexel av.Mr. W. A. Beatty, 5815 Drexel av.Mr. A. A. Cocke, 5628 Ellis av.Mr. N. C. Gore, 5329 Greenwood av.Mr. G. M. Latham, Graduate Hall.Mr. D. C. Croissant, Graduate Hall.Mr. W. R. Smith, 5736 Jackson av.Mr. B. E. Powell, 5759 Drexel av.Mr. S. F. Acree, Kent Laboratory.Mr. H. C. Henderson, 118 Divinity Hall.Mr. H. G. Paul, 5749 Drexel av.Objections to any of these candidates shouldbe lodged with some member of the executivecommittee within one week.PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME.THE AUTUMN FINALS AND THE WINTER CONVOCATION, 1900.December 12, Wednesday.10 : 30 a.m. The Junior College Finals in Public Speaking for theFerdinand Peck prize. Declamations by M. R.Jacobs, L. P. Lewis, A. L. Jones, Florence Fry-singer, C. A. Quackenbush, and H. J. Lurie.Judges, the members of the Junior College Faculty.N Kent TheaterDecember 13, Thursday.8 : 00 p.m. The Senior College Finals in Public Speaking for theUniversity prize. Orations by Mary Lincoln, LillieA. Pfeiffer, Donald R. Richberg, Owen Hotle,S. G. Levy, and Peter C. DeJong. Judges, themembers of the Senior College Faculty.K}nt TheaterDecember 14, Friday.8:00 p.m. Graduate-Divinity Finals in Public Speaking forthe Joseph Leiter prize. Debate: Resolved, ThatChristian Missionaries in China should not expect orreceive the protection of their respective governments.Kent TheaterDecember 16, Sunday.— Convocation Sunday.3 : 30 p.m. The Convocation Prayer Service. Members of theFaculties and Candidates for Degrees are invited toattend.Haskell Oriental Museum — Congregation Hall4:00 P.M. The Convocation Vesper Service. The ConvocationSermon. Kent TheaterDecember 17, Monday.8 : 00-n : 00 p.m. The Convocation Reception. Beecher HallDecember 18, Tuesday. — Convocation Day.3 : 00 p.m. The Thirty- sixth University Convocation.The Procession.The Convocation Address. President Francis L.' Patton, LL.D., of Princeton University.The Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.Studebaker Hall. — 203 Michigan avenue. December 19, 20, 21, Wednesday to Friday.Quarterly Examinations of the Autumn Quarter.January x, Tuesday, New Year's Day. — A holiday.January 2, Wednesday.8:30 a.m.-i2:oo m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Sturdents.12 : 00 m. Division Meetings of the Students of the Junior andSenior Colleges. Attendance required.Cobb Lecture Hall2 : 00 p.m. Meeting of the Councilors of the Junior Colleges withthe President of the University.2:30 P.M. Meeting of the Councilors of the Senior Colleges withthe President of the University.The President's Office4 : 00 p.m. The Twenty-second Meeting of the University Congre-tion.Congregation Hall — Haskell Oriental Museum7 : 00 p.m. The Congregation Dinner. The Quadrangle ClubJanuary 3, Thursday.8 : 30 a.m. Lectures and Recitations of the Winter Quarter begin.January 6, Sunday. Congregation Sunday.4 : 00 P;M. The Convocation Vesper Service. Kent Theater7 : 30 p.m. Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.Association HallA PRIZE IN SCIENCE FOR WOMEN.The Association for Promoting ScientificResearch by Women announces the offer of aprize of one thousand dollars for the best thesispresented by a woman, on a scientific subject,embodying the results of her independent laboratory research in any part of the field coveredby the biological, chemical and physical sciences.The theses presented will be judged by aregularly appointed Board of Examiners, consisting of twelve specialists, representing the department above-named. .The association reservesthe right to withhold the award of the prize, ifthe theses presented are not, in the judgment ofthis board, of adequate merit to deserve the award.The theses offered in competition are to bepresented to the executive committee of theassociation and must be in the hands of itssecretary before December 31, 1902. The prizewill be awarded at the annual meeting in April,1903. Each thesis must be accompanied by asealed envelope, enclosing the author's name andaddress and superscribed with a title corresponding to one borne by the manuscript. FlorenceM. Gushing, 8 Walnut street, Boston, Mass., isthe secretary pro tern. t312 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 8, 1900.Friday, November 30.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.Sunday, December 2.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at 4:00p.m.The Reverend Jenkin Lloyd Jones speaks on " Thereligious conceptions of Browning."Monday, December 8.Chapel-Assembly: The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required ofJunior College students).Tuesday, December 4.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. Whitford discusses "Ecological Relations ofForest and Prairie in Kansas."Professor Louis Dyer lectures in Haskell Assembly Room at 4:00 p.m.Mr. Alleyne Ireland lectures afternoon andevening.At 4:00 p.m. : Subject, "The development of tropical colonies." (Illustrated.) Haskell AssemblyRoom.At 8:00 p.m. : Subject "Russia and Japan in theirrelations to China." Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall. Wednesday, December 5.Division Meetings are held as follows :The Upper Seniors (Divisions I, II, III) meet with DearoJudson 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.Bacteriological Journal Club meets in Room34, Zoological Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Professor Barker makes the address.Zoological Club holds a special meeting inGreen Hall at 8:00 p.m.Mr. E. R. Downing and Miss Wilcox will readextracts from the " Life of Huxley."Thursday, December 6.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, December 7.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.Conference on the teaching of College Algebra ; to-be opened by Assistant Professor J* W. A. Young.Note : " The second mean value theorem of the integral calculus," by Mr. A. C. Lunn.Saturday, December 8.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.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.UNIVERSITY RECORD 313{RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.Report of the Educational Commission of the City ofChicago. Second Edition. Pp. xviii, 248. 1900.The great demand for the first edition of this pamphletexhausted the copies within a few weeks of its publication.The incessant inquiry for it has .led the commission tosecure the authorization of Mayor Harrison to issue a seconddition. No changes have been made. book, author, title, place, and publisher, date, number ofpages, and price, are given. Every other page is left blankto give opportunity to add other titles. The lists are modelsof accuracy and convenience.Books for New Testament Study, popular and professional. Recommended by the Council of Seventy.Prepared by C W. Votaw, Ph.D., and C F. Bradley, D.D. Pp. 79. 1900.Two lists of books useful in New Testament Study arehere printed, one, a shorter list, for popular use, one, alonger list, for professional students. In the case of each The Use of Repetition in Latin to Secure Emphasis,Intensity and Distinctness of Impression. By FrankFrost Abbott. [Preprint from Vol. Ill, Studiesin Classical Philology, pp. 67-87.] 1900.Professor Abbott states that it is the main purpose of hispaper to bring together material on the subject of repetitionin Latin already treated by other scholars and other material collected by himself, to trace the development of theseveral forms of repetition which this material illustrates,and to show that they had a common origin in the speechof everyday life.COLLEGE STUDENTS, FACULTYand FRIENDSwill find it to their interest to get our prices onDesks — 500 StylesAmerican Desk Company18-20 EAST VAN BUREN ST*Phone Harrison 2055 CHICAGO FINESTATIONERY3 Embossing. Die Sinking. Illuminating, Wedding Invitations,/ Announcements, Calling Cards, etc.CHICAGO.The Faculty and Alumni ofTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOYOU REQUIRE WRITING MACHINES. 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