Gbe Tttniversits of CbicagoPrice $J.OO founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year__________ 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe VXniveteity of Cbfcaso pressVOL V, NO. 36 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. DECEMBER 7, 1900Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. Regulations relative to Reports from Uni-sity Museums 3 1 7-318II. A New Course in Political Science - - 318III. Official Notices 318-319IV. Programme of the Autumn Finals and theThirty-sixth Convocation, Winter 1900 - 319V. Calendar .-.*-- 320REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO REPORTS FROMUNIVERSITY MUSEUMS.At a meeting of the Board of Libraries, Laboratories and Museums held November 24, 1900, thefollowing regulations governing reports fromMuseums were approved :1. Annual reports covering the period from October I toSeptember 30 inclusive shall be made in October by thecurators of the several museums to the Director of Museumsand shall be by him laid before the Board of Libraries, Laboratories, and Museums.2. Special reports shall be made whenever any notableaccessions are secured, and shall be dealt with in the sameway.3. The methods of record recommended by the Directorof Museums shall be adopted, so far as practicable.The Board also took the following action rIn order to preserve the illustrative material belonging tocertain departments, and to prepare and acquire additionalmaterial, it is desirable that some member of each department having or requiring such illustrative material beappointed curator. The methods of record recommended by theDirector of Museums are herewith given for theguidance of curators of museums.The specific methods to be employed in the respectivemuseums, and even in the several divisions of the individualmuseums, should obviously be determined in a large degreeby the nature of the material involved. A rigorous uniformmethod would involve many inadaptabilities which wouldsubvert the proper function of a record. Certain generaldevices, however, may be employed to advantage in allmuseums and all departments of the museums alike. Ofthe following suggestions, some are generally applicable andsome are more limited in their suitabilities.1. Wholesale Record. — It seems desirable that there shouldbe an omnibus record of whatever comes into or goes out ofthe museum buildings. Whenever practicable this shouldbe kept by the janitor in a simple convenient book providedfor the purpose. In this should be entered in bulk allmaterial received into the museum buildings or sent out fromthem, with the nature of the box, case, package, or otherwise, the external designations, and any other notes thatmay be helpful in identifying the material. The janitor orother party receiving this material should be regarded asresponsible for it until it is turned over to the curator orother specific officer of the museum.2. General Accession Record — Memoranda should be keptby the curators as to accessions to the museum designatedin bulk or in general feature, preliminarily to the moredetailed cataloguing. In this book may also be kept memoranda of material selected for the working collections andfor exhibit museums respectively. Memoranda may also bemade relative to material set aside for exchange, and othergeneral records of similar nature.318 UNIVERSITY RECORD3. Specific Accession Catalo gue.—TYie function of this is topreserve a complete and permanent record of the materialof the museums in full and explicit form. In some cases itwill be found advisable to use a series of small books convenient for the preliminary entry which must often be madeunder conditions unfavorable for elegance of form andunsuited to the use of large and elaborate books of record.A set of large books of more sumptuous character shouldbe used for the reception of the finally perfected entrieswhich may be transferred from the small working books bya skilled copyist.4. In many cases, though not all, a card catalogue closelyanalogous to the card catalogues of libraries, may be usedto great advantage. The material embraced upon the cardsis essentially the '"same as that recorded in the final accessioncatalogue, but it is put in a much more available form forconstant use.5, In most divisions of the museums, an envelope file maybe kept to advantage. Upon the exterior of the envelope anumber corresponding to the number of the accession catalogue may be placed and the file arranged on the basis ofthese numbers. Within the envelope may be preserved oldfield or purchase labels and similar memoranda that pertainto the history of the specimen. This preservation of allthe old data bearing upon the material of the museum isoften of great value in case critical questions arise respecting the authenticity of the material or the character of itsoriginal designation.6. A system of labeling for the material itself is anobvious necessity, but this must be varied almost indefinitelyto suit the character of the particular material to be labeled.A NEW COURSE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.Political Science 17. — History of Political Theory.This course will trace the development of thetheory of politics from the classical period downto the French Revolution. Part I covers thepolitical theory of Greece and Rome withparticular attention to Aristotle; Part II dealswith mediaeval political theory especially asinvolved in the conflict between empire andpapacy; Part III, the Renascence and theReformation reflected in Machiavelli, Bodin,Luther, Calvin, and others ; Part IV, thedevelopment of the theory of absolutism byHobbes, Filmer, Bossuet, and of the theoriesof revolution by Locke and Rousseau.This will be a lecture course with one hour ofdiscussions and reports. It is to be followed in the Spring Quarter by a course on nineteenth centurypolitical theory (First Term) and on Americanpolitical theory (Second Term).The course will be given by Dr. C. E. Merriam,formerly lecturer on Political Theory, ColumbiaUniversity, New York. Dr. Merriam's thesis wasa treatise on the History of Political Theory.OFFICIAL NOTICES.The hours for registration for the Winter Quarter are as follows :Divinity students : Dean Hulbert, Room 15,Haskell, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 11and 12, 8: 30-9: 30 and 1 1 : 00-12: 00.Dean Mathews, Room 15, Haskell, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, December 11, 12,13, 14, 11: 00-12: 30.Graduate students : Arts and Literature, DeanJudson : Science, Dean Salisbury, Room 14,Flaskell, Tuesday, Wednesday, December 11 and12,9:30— 12: 00, and 2:00-4:00. ..;Graduate students will find, their cards at theInformation Office, and may at their discretionfill them out and leave them for the Deans of theGraduate Schools, at the Faculty Exchange.Senior College students : Dean Tufts, Room 13,Haskell, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, December 11, 12, 13, 8: 00-1 1: 00, and 2: 00-5: 00.Junior College Students : Dean Vincent, RoomC 8 a, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, December12, 13, 14, 9:30-12:00 and 3:00-5:00.Dean Smith, Room C 8 a, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, December 12, 13, 14, 9:30-12:00and 2:00-4: 00.Unclassified students (men): Dean SmithRoom C 8 a, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,December 12, 13, 14, 9: 30-12:00 and 2:00-4:00.Unclassified Students (women): Dean Talbot,Room C 9 a, Wednesday, December 12, 12:00-1 :oo and 2:00-4: 00.All women students will register with DeanTalbot for Physical Culture.Entrance Examinations. — The Winter Examinations for admission to the Junior Collegeswill be held in Cobb Hall, Friday, Saturday,UNIVERSITY RECORD 319Monday, and Tuesday, December 14, 15, 17, 18.The Dean of Affiliations will furnish particularinformation on application.Quarterly Examinations. — The Examinations at the close of the Autumn Quarter will beheld on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,December 19, 20, and 21. Examinations formorning classes will be held on the three successive mornings ; for afternoon classes on the threesuccessive afternoons, as follows:8:30 Exercises, Wedn., Dec. 19, 8: 30-11:30 a.m.9:30 " Thurs. " 20, 8: 30-11:30 a.m.11:00 " Fri. " 21, 8:30-11: 30 a.m.12:00 " Wedn. " 19,2:00- 5:00 P.M.2:00 " Thurs. " 20,2:00- 5:00 P.M.3:00 " Fri. " 21, 2:00- 5:00 p.m.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 Departnent of Political Science, three of whichmust be taken from the group entitled "Jurisprudence."PROGRAMME.'THE AUTUMN FINALS AND THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONVOCATION,WINTER, woo.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.x Judges, the members of the Junior College Faculty.Kent Theater December 13, Thursday.8 ioop.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.Kent TheaterDecember 14, Friday.8:00 p.m. Graduate-Divinity Finals in Public Speaking forthe Joseph Letter prize. Debate: Resolved, ThatChristian Missionaries in China should not expect orreceive the protection of their respective governments.For the Graduate Schools: H. J. Pierce, IrvingKing, and R. T. Rogers. For the Divinity Schools:H. I. Atkinson, Peter Cook, and R. R. Wright.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. v Kent TheaterDecember 17, Monday.8 : 00-11 : 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, .Patron, 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 i, Tuesday, New Year's Day. — A holiday.January 2, Wednesday.8: 30 a.m.-i2:6o m. Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students.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 .with'the President of the University.2 : 30 p.m. Meeting of the Councilors of the Senior Colleges withthe President of the University.The President's Office ¦4 : 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 Congregation Vesper Service.. The CongregationSermon: Reverend Frank Wakely Gunsaulusi D.D.Kent Theater7: 30 p.m. Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.Association Hall320 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.DECEMBER 7-/6, WOO.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 ; tobe 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 Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 9: 30 a.m.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges, 10: 00 a.m.The University Senate, 11: 30 a.m.Sunday, December 9.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at 4:00p.m.Professor Manly speaks oh " The religious conceptions of Tennyson."Monday, December 10.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required ofJunior College students).Tuesday, December 11.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. J. B. Overton reviews Johnson's papers "Sauru-rus" and "Peperomia." Professor Coulter reviewsBailey's Text-Book of Botany.Semitic Club meets at President Harper's houseat 7:30 p.m.Professor Goodspeed reads on "Jonah the Prophetand his times." Discussion by Messrs. McKibbenand Williams. Mr. Alleyne Ireland lectures afternoon andevening in Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall.At 4:00 p.m. : Subject, "The present labor problemin the tropics."At 8:00 p.m. : Subject, "France and Germany intheir relations to China."English Club meets in the English Library,Cobb 4 D, at 8:oo p.m.Professor Manly reads a paper upon " Two Abrahamand Isaac Plays." Dr. Triggs reviews Stedman's "AnAmerican Anthology."Wednesday, December 12.Division Meetings are held as follows:The Upper Seniors (Divisions I, II, III) meet with DeanJudsori 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, at,10:30 A.M.Junior College Finals are held in Kent Theater at 10:30 a.m.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, ZoologicalLaboratory, at 4:00 p.m." The Geographical Distribution of Variations in Io,"Mr. C. C. Adams,Thursday, December 13.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Senior College Finals are held in Kent Theater at 8:00 p.m.John P. Lenox lectures on " The Passion Play atOberammergau " in Haskell Assembly Room at8:00 p.m. (Illustrated.)Friday, December 14.Chapel- Assembly: The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Graduate-Divinity Debate is held in KentTheater at 8:00 p.m.Saturday, December 15.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum : *The Board of University Affiliations,8: 30 a.m.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00 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.