VOLUME V NUMBER 42University RecordFRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1901THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONVOCATION.The Thirty-sixth Convocation of the Universitywas held in Studebaker Hall on December 18,1900. An interesting and attractive featureintroduced for the first time was the music furnished by the University Military Band under theleadership of Thomas W. Thomson, and by theUniversity Glee Club under the leadership ofFred. G. Moloney. The Convocation processionfiled into the hall at half past three, passing upto the stage in two columns up the right and leftaisles. Among the invited guests present on thisoccasion were Principal Whitley of Melbourne,Australia, President McClelland of Knox College,and the members of the Faculty of the McCormickTheological Seminary. Among others the following persons with their families occupied boxes :George C. Walker, H. G. Gray, A. K. Parker, H.F. McCormick, A. C. Bartlett, Helen Culver, Mrs.E. G. Kelly, C. H. McCormick, Mrs. EmmonsBlaine, Joseph Bond, President J. G. K. McClure,A. A. Sprague, E. B. Felsenthal, F. A. Smith,C. L. Hutchinson, E. M. Barton, A. McLeish,Mrs. W. R. Linn, C. R. Crane, Dr. HerrickJohnson, Stanley McCormick, David Fentress,L. Mandel, F. O. Lowden, H. H. Kohlsaat.After the prayer had been offered by the Convocation Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. W. W. Fenn, President Francis L. Patton, of Princeton Universitydelivered the Convocation address upon the sub ject, "The Idea of God in Intellectual Inquiry."The address was very vigorous both in matter andmanner and was most favorably received by theaudience. It is expected that it will be publishedin the American Journal of Theology for April,1 90 1. At the close of the address, and after theUniversity Glee Club had sung the very appropriatePrinceton song, "Old Nassau" the President ofthe University gave his quarterly statement, whichwas more than ordinarily interesting, and washeard with the closest attention and not infrequentapplause. It is printed in this number of theRecord.The following awards of honors were made :The Ferdinand Peck Prize for excellence in Public Speaking in the Junior Colleges to Mark Reginald Jacobs.The University Prize for excellence in Orations in theSenior Colleges was divided between Peter Cornelius De Jongand Owen Elwood Hotle.The Joseph Leiter Prize for excellence in Debate in theGraduate and Divinity Schools to the representatives of theGraduate Schools: Haywood Jefferson Pearce (Special Mention), Irving King, Rowland Thumm Rogers.Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of the JuniorColleges to Margaret Bacon, Winifred Gardner Crowell,Carrie Putnam Herndon, James Fleming Hosic, WilliamReynolds Jayne, Anna Halcombe Marshall, Jennie Rattray,Samuel Noel Straus, Horace Blake Williams.Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of the SeniorColleges to Anna Poole Beardsley, Lillian Snow Greenleaf,Eunice Bertha Peter, Frances May Roberts, Myra HartshornStrawn.369370 UNIVERSITY RECORDHonors for excellence in particular departments of theSenior Colleges to Lillian Snow Greenleaf, Latin and Greek;Eunice Bertha Peter, History; Frances May Roberts, Latin.The ceremony of the conferring of the degreesfollowed. The following is the list of degreesconferred and the names of those receiving them :The Title of Associate upon :Emma Fidelia Adams, Orville Elbridge Atwood, WilliamArmitage Averill, Margaret Bacon, Florence Joy Beebe, Willis Lane Blackman, Jr., Brieta Bobo, Margaret Garritt Coulter, Winifred Gardner Crowell, Jerome Leopold Deimel,William Ernest DeSombre, Ethel Laurens Dunne, FrancisHarry Gilchrest, Claribel Goodwin, Susan Cowles Grant,Minnie Ellen Hadley, Luverne Elizabeth Hall, Belle UptonHalsted, Carrie Putnam Herndon, James Fleming Hosic,Charles Eri Hulbert, Mark Reginald Jacobs. William Reynolds Jayne, Grace Johnson, Hannah Loeb, Anna HolcombeMarshall, William John McDowell, George Lane Melton.Justin Louis Muller, Bertram G. Nelson, Eugene Oran Neu-bauer, Lillian Lovina Ramsdell, Jennie Rajttray, John Martin Redpath, Mary Ethel Remick, Frank Stahl Righeimer,Walter Fred Rohmeyer, Omar Hendley Sample, Jessie Evelyn Sherman, Cornelia Simrall Smith, Forest Garfield Smith,Samuel Noel Straus, Benjamin Strauss, Douglas Sutherland.Margaret Wortman Van Wyck, Arthur John Walters, AllanCampbell Williams, Horace Blake Williams.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon:Coe Smith Hayne, Grace Holstead, Myra Louise Spauld-ing, Myra Hartshorn Strawn, Mary Katherine Synon, JudsonAllen Tolman, Jr., Leroy Tudor Vernon, Robin Leslie Welch.The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy upon :Anna Poole Beardsley, Grace Agnes Bushnell, LucyEleanor Chambers, Carlotta Higgins Collins, Charity Dye,Mary Charlotte Graham, Nellie Grant, Ida Theresa Hirschl,Clinton Luman Hoy, Emsley Wright Johnson, ElizabethMary King, Richard Weymouth Paltridge, Mortimer Brain-erd Parker, Eunice Bertha Peter, Lillian Lovina Ramsdell,Frances May Roberts, Rowland Thumm Rogers, Esther FayShover, Edward Allen Sibley.The Degree of Bachelor of Science upon :Carter Van Vleck Brown, Elliott Saltonstall Norton,Thomas Weston Thomson, Frances Wente.The Degree of Bachelor of Diuinity upon ;Prescott Silas Heald. Thesis : The Social Progress of theKarens under Christianity.The Degree of Master of Science upon -.Arthur Whipple Smith. Thesis : The Geodesic Lines onthe Catenoid and the Helicoid. The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon :John Gaylord Coulter (Botany, Geology). Thesis : AContribution to the Life History ofSium.. John Jacob Schlicher (Latin, Greek). Thesis : The Originof Rhythmical Verse in Late Latin.The audience was then dismissed with the benediction.THE THIRTY -SIXTH QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THEPRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.*Members of the University and Friends:I present to you this afternoon my Thirty-sixthQuarterly Statement concerning the condition ofthe University.PROFESSORS NORTHRUP AND VON HOLST.It is my sad duty to announce that two of ournumber, men whose names are well known athome and abroad, have been compelled to relinquish their work for a season, in order to regain,if possible, a portion of the strength which theyhave too freely used through many years in theinterests of science and humanity. ProfessorGeorge W. Northrup, the head of the Departmentof Systematic Theology, has enjoyed a career inthe field of theological education unsurpassed inscope and influence by that of any other man whohas done work in the states of the middle West.For a third of a century he has devoted himselfwithout stint to the work of theological instruction and administration. More than a thousandmen today are doing pulpit work here and therethroughout the. country under an inspirationsecured in large measure by contact with his personality. The freshness of his thought and thebreadth of his view have combined to make himan instructor and leader of peculiar power. Hehas accomplished important permanent results.His relationship in former years with the founderof the University, and his association with itsfirst beginnings form an important chapter in theUniversity's history.* Made at the Quarterly Convocation of the University,Studebaker Hall, Tuesday afternoon, December 18, 1900.UNIVERSITY RECORD 371Professor Hermann Eduard von Hoist has beenan officer of the University of Chicago from theday of its opening. He left an important professorial and political position in Germany, andcast in his fortune with a new institution. Hisconscientious work and his irrepressible spirithave contributed greatly toward the attainment ofthe position which the University is occupyingtoday. His example of patient and continuouswork in spite of disease and suffering have beena source of constant admiration on the part ofthose who have enjoyed the privilege of beinghis colleagues. His fearless presentation of thatwhich he believed to be right, and the strengthand fervor with' which he maintained these opinions, notwithstanding the reproach heaped uponhim from many sides, has furnished a conspicuousexample of the liberty enjoyed by a professor inan American university, and at the same time ofthe force and power of sincere utterance.To these two veterans today the Universitydesires to send its greetings and to express thehope that in the providence of God it may bepermitted them to render still many years of valuable service to the University and to humanity.*NEW APPOINTMENTS.Within three months the Trustees have made thefollowing new appointments :Mr. John D. Wolcott to an Assistantship in the ClassicalLibrary.Miss Amy Hewes to an Assistantship in the DepartmentalLibraries.Miss Frances Knox: to an Assistantship in History.Mr. Frank W. Dignan to an Assistantship in Greek.Mr. Joseph C. Van Noe to give instruction in German inthe University Extension Division.Miss Isabelle Bronk to an Assistantship in French.Dr. Edward S. Ames to an Associateship in Philosophy. .Miss Pearl M. Pearson to do Lecture-study work in theUniversity Extension Division.Mr. Maxwell Adams to do Lecture-study work in Chemistry in the University Extension Division.Professor Lewellys F. Barker to the Directorship of theAnatomical Laboratory.* Professor Northrup died on December 30, 1900, afterthis Quarterly Statement was made. Mr. Alleyne Ireland to a University Lectureship in theExtension Division.Professor Francis Newton Thorpe to a University Lectureship in American History in the Extension Division.Dr. Thomas P. Bailey, Jr., to an Assistant Professorshipin Pedagogy in the University Extension Division.Professor A. C. McLaughlin, of the University of Michigan, to conduct a Seminar in American History.Professor Nicholas Senn, of Rush Medical College, to aProfessorial Lectureship in Military Surgery. The lecturesof Professor Senn will deal also with Emergency Surgeryand certain fundamental questions relating to the health andvigor of men.Professor Maxime Maximovitch Kovalevsky, formerly ofthe University of Moscow, an eminent Russian historianand sociologist, author of Modern Custom and Ancient Lawin Russia, The Law and the Customs of the Caucasus, Contemporaneous Custom and Ancient Law, etc., to a ProfessorialLectureship on Russian Institutions. This is the Lectureship established by Mr. Charles R. Crane. During eachsucceeding year for five years a specialist in one or more ofthe departments relating to Russian civilization, history,and art will be appointed to lecture at the University. Professor Kovalevsky will give his course of lectures duringthe first term of the Summer Quarter, 1901.Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus to a Professorial Lectureshipin English Literature, with special reference to the work ofthe students of the Divinity School. Professor Gunsaulus itis hoped will henceforth lecture regularly at the University,and his work will be definitely conducted in connection withthe Divinity School.Professor J. Franklin Jameson, Professor of History inBrown University, and Managing Editor of the AmericanHistorical Review^ to a Professorship in History and theheadship of the Department of History. The continuedillness of Mr. von Hoist has made it necessary to strengthenthe Department of History. It is believed that no appointment could have been made which would command a morehearty approval, either on the part of educators in general,or on the part of specialists in the department of History.Professor Jameson will be present at the University duringthe first weeks of the Winter Quarter and will take up hisregular service at the University, April 1, 1 90 1.INSTRUCTION IN STATISTICS./It is with great satisfaction that the Universityreceives as a member of its staff ProfessorWorthington C. Ford, of Washington, D. C,who will give instruction during a portion of theWinter Quarter in the subject of Statistics. It isrecognized that in many departments of modernindustry the methods of statistical work must be372 UNIVERSITY RECORDunderstood and used. It is generally concededthat sufficient attention has not been given tothis important branch of instruction. It is hopedthat the work of Mr. Ford may furnish a basisfor a radical departure in this matter in our owninstitution and that in the future a more liberalprovision for such work may be made.THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.The work of no department of the Universityduring the closing quarter has been more markedly successful than that of the University College. It is this work which by the liberality ofMrs. Emmons Blaine has been established principally for teachers upon the fourth floor of theStudebaker Building. Three remarkable factsdeserve to be noticed in connection with it:(i) the fact that so large a number of students, in all about 500, should be registered inregular college or university work; (2) that asis shown by the registration of the students in theUniversity College, each student is doing thefull half-work of an ordinary college student;(the enrollment and registration therefore, calculated upon the basis of ordinary college work,would be the full time of 250 college students.It will be remembered that of the 480 collegesand universities in the United States only §2have an enrollment of 250 or more college students) ; (3) that a college with so full an attendance should be conducted at so small an expense.When it is remembered that this work is madepossible by the gift of $5000 a year togetherwith, in a certain contingency, an additionalamount of $1200 for rent, it will be apparent thatin no college in the country is the same amountand character of work being done with so smallan expenditure. The University is peculiarlyindebted to Mrs. Blaine for the continuance ofher interest in this work, especially in view ofthe fact that she has undertaken obligations of soimportant a character in another educational field.It is only proper that in this connection dueacknowledgment be made of the valuable services of Deans MacClintock and Almstedt in connection with the reorganization of the workand its establishment upon a higher plane.THE AUTUMN CONFERENCE WITH AFFILIATED AND CO-OPERATINGSCHOOLS.I venture to make the statement that no educational conference held in Chicago within manyyears has proved to be more helpful or morestimulating than the Autumn Conference of theUniversity with its affiliated and cooperatingschools. This conference was attended by morethan 500 superintendents, principals and teachersof secondary schools, together with members ofthe University staff. The schools thus representedare located in seven states. In three sessions,each occupying three hours or more, questions ofcommon interest to college and secondaryschools were discussed by men occupying themost prominent positions in our western country.This was the twelfth conference of a similar character. With each recurring season, the meetingseems to gain new strength. In view of thesuccess which has attended these conferences withthe representatives of secondary schools, the University proposes to inaugurate an annual conference in which the colleges and universities withina reasonable distance of Chicago shall be invitedto attend and in which problems relating to college and university work shall be discussed. It isproposed still further to inaugurate a similarannual conference in which representatives of theUniversity and representatives of the secondaryschools will join with the principals and teachersof elementary schools in the consideration of theproblems which are of concern alike to elementaryand secondary schools. In this way, an important function of the University will be performedand its contribution, however large or small, willbe made to these closely allied fields of educationwith whose growth and progress the interests ofthe University itself are inseparably connected.MEDICAL EDUCATION.Our interest in medical education has beengreatly increased by contact with the work ofRush Medical College. Within three months anUNIVERSITY RECORD 373opportunity has been afforded us to note whetherthe Faculty of Rush Medical College wouldreally apply rigidly the new rules relating to therequirements for admission. It was understoodbeforehand that if the rules were applied, a largenumber of those seeking admission must berejected. It will prove to be a significant fact inthe history of medical education in Chicago thatwhen the time came to apply the test the officerswere ready to move forward even at the risk ofserious loss in numbers and in financial income.The fact that nearly 50 per cent, of those whomade application and who in years before wouldhave been given admission were rejected, and theadditional fact that notwithstanding the rejectionof so large a percentage of candidates- the number of the Freshmen class, including those whoentered July 1, is today 127, and that the totalnumber of students is today 800, as over against840 of last year, goes to show that the Faculty ofRush Medical College have exhibited courage andhave exercised great wisdom.It has been proposed to transfer to the Chemical and Biological laboratories of the Universitythe work of the first two years of the MedicalCollege. This includes the purely scientific workof the medical curriculum. It is still furtherproposed to increase the number of years of themedical course from four, as at present, to five ;in other words to require three years of technicalclinical work upon the basis of two years of purelyscientific work. How soon these changes can beinaugurated it is not possible at this time tostate. In this connection it is a source of satisfaction to be able to remind you of the magnificent gift already announced of $50,000 by aprofessor of the college, Dr. Senn, toward theerection of a medical building which, with theother buildings planned for in connection with it,will make a splendid provision for the futuregrowth of the college.I am inclined to think that no field of study orinvestigation offers larger promise to the accurateand intelligent student than the great field of medicine in its various departments. It is also tobe noted that no field of education requires forits proper administration a larger endowment. Isit possible, however, to conceive a cause moreclosely connected with the interests of humanity— a cause more deserving of liberal support- — acause more helpful to a greater number of individuals than the cause of medical education?The time has come when the city of Chicagoshould move forward in this particular to anextent at least approximating the stage of progress reached in other lines of movement.THE DECENNIAL CELEBRATION.With the close of the present fiscal and scholastic year, next June, the University will have completed ten years of work. The date of the actualbeginning of the work of the University was established five years ago in connection with theQuinquennial Celebration. This was the time atwhich the first officers on the staff of instructionand administration began their work, July 1, 1891.It has seemed proper to the Trustees to arrange for the suitable celebration of this event.The character of the celebration has receivedcareful consideration at the hands of the Senateand the Council. In addition to the usual eventswhich are associated with such a celebration asrepresenting the different interests of the University, it has been thought wise to undertake thepublication of three volumes. One of these willpresent a report of the administration of the University during these ten years, including an external history of the institution during this period;a second volume will contain a history of the workof individual officers and of departments. Thishistory will include the titles of articles, pamphlets, and books, which are believed to be realcontributions to Philosophy, Literature, and Science. In connection with these titles, in the moreimportant cases there will be given an abstract ordigest of the treatment of the contributions thuspresented. A third volume will contain contributions from representatives of the various departments, prepared in honor of this occasion and374 UNIVERSI1Y RECORDpublished for the first time in this volume. Thethird volume will be published in parts, each partrepresenting the work of a group of allied departments, and each part thus constituting a volumein itself. It has seemed to those most interestedin this matter that in no way could the Universityshow the purpose of its existence, or justify thefact of its foundation, more tangibly than by thepublication of material which in itself would constitute a real contribution to the sum of humanknowledge in these departments of research. Thestudents, the Alumni, the Faculties, the"Trustees,and the friends of the University, it is hoped, willunite in an effort to show the patrons of the University and its founder, that their work in behalfof education and of scientific research has beenappreciated, and that the hopes of these patronshave not altogether failed of realization. Theoccasion will be one which we believe will markan important stage in the history of the institutionand in the history of education. It is earnestlyhoped that all will join with hearty cooperationin this effort, and that the results may at least inpart fulfill the expectations of all concerned.ATTENDANCE DURING THE AUTUMN QUARTER, 1900.6 "«s 0ONCOThe Graduate Schools:Arts and LiteratureOgden School of Science 127112 12129 248141 265126Total -The Colleges:The Senior Colleges .The Junior CollegesThe University College -Unclassified Students 239132303.6049 J5013226246091 389264565520140 391220509277186Total (deducting repeated names)The Divinity School;The Graduate Divinity -The Unclassified DivinityDano-Norwegian SeminarySwedish Theological Seminary 544no142626 945371 1489113212726 1148124292331Total ....Grand totals -Deducting repetitions - 1769593i n110678 I872065109 2071746928 1028 1956 1746, The total attendance shows a gain of 12 percent, over the Autumn Quarter of 1899.COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS AUTUMN QUARTERS.Matriculation Attendance GraduationAutumn 1892 - 6l2 594" 1893 - - 384 750 101894 - 389 996 29" 1895 - - 350 1,116 72" 1896 - 319 1,131 65" 1897 - - 393 1,170 751898 - 481 1,609 731899 - 521 1,746 74" 1900 - 759 1,956 82REGISTRATION AND INSTRUCT/ON, AUTUMN 1900,Departments Instructors CoursesPHILOSOPHICAL-SOCIOLOGICAL GROUP.IA. Philosophy ...IB. Pedagogy -II. Political EconomyIII. Political ScienceIV. History ....V. Archaeology -VI. Sociology -VII. Comparative Religion 64548i6 1248715i15 22253H390346n160Totals for Group 33* 62 995LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE GROUP.Ancient Languages:VIII. Semitic Languages -IX. Biblical Greek -X. Sanskrit -XI. Greek ....XII. Latin .... 4*3148 n72717 143I5i5116291Totals for Group - 20* 44 706Modern Languages :XIII. Romance -XIV. Germanics -XV. English -XVI. Literature in English 66132 1214242 237273669f53Totals for Group -Totals for Languages 2745* 5294* 12321885*UNIVERSITY RECORD 375physical and biological sciences.Instructors Courses RegistrationsPhysical:XVII. Mathematics - - -XVIII. Astronomy ...XIX. Physics - - -XX. ChemistryXXI. Geology - 72544 1557169 264II7021498Totals for Group - 22 52 657Biological:XXII. Zoology -XXIII. Anatomy and Histology -XXIV. PhysiologyXXV. NeurologyXXVII. Botany - 632I7 n5537 III71791158Totals for Group -Totals for Sciences 1941 3i83 330987general required group.XXVIII. Public Speaking -XXIX. Physical Culture 28 817 H5682Totals for Group - 10 25 797THE DIVINITY GROUP.VI. Sociology -XLI. Old TestamentXLII. New TestamentXLIII. Biblical Theology -XLIV. Systematic TheologyXLV. Church HistoryXL VI. Homiletics 1432231 31172452 2914315118776419Totals for Group - 16 34 5oisummary.Philosophical-Sociological 33 62 995Lansruaee \ Ancient 20 44 7o6 )language ^ Modern 27 $2 I232 J 45 94 1885Science i Physical 22 52 657 )bcience | Kloiog[c>i IQ 3I 330 \ 41 83 987Required Group - 10 25 797Divinity Group - 16 34 501*Grand totals (deducting repetitions) 145* 296* 5 1 12*INSTRUCTORS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE.The following members of the University faculties have been absent during the Autumn Quarteron leave of absence : Mr. Moody, Mr. Hobbs,Doctors Cipriani, Fite, Wergeland, Merton Miller,Crandall, Ransom, Eycleshymer, Assistant Pro fessors Schwill, Breasted, Votaw, Owen, Pietsch,Associate Professors Castle, Blackburn, ProfessorsA. C. Miller, von Hoist, Tarbell, G. S. Good-speed, R. F. Harper, Bolza, Burnham.THE DATE OF OPENING OF THE SUMMER QUARTER.The Senate of the University and the Councilhave voted unanimously to recommend the Trustees to change the date of the opening of theSummer Quarter from July 1 to June 19. According to the schedule proposed, the examinations now held on the three days followingConvocation Day would be placed in the preceding week. The first day of the Summer Quarter would be the day immediately followingConvocation Day. By this arrangement the Summer Quarter would close on or about September 1,and thus many teachers, professors in colleges, andministers, would be enabled to secure an entireSummer Quarter instead of only a portion. TheSummer Quarter is peculiarly fortunate in havingonly a single interruption in the way of a holiday — July 4. It has been calculated that inview of this fact, and with an arrangement bywhich recitations and lectures should be conducted five days a week instead of four, a term ofinstruction as full and as satisfactory can be secured within the dates specified as during anyother single quarter. Certain other advantages,it is thought, will accompany this arrangement.Among these may be mentioned (1) the avoidance of work-in the month of September, whichis likely to be the most unpleasant month of theseason ; (2) the securing of this month for therenovation of halls and laboratories ; (3) theavoidance of the demoralization of the worktoward the end of the Summer Quarter arisingout of the necessity compelling many to leave inorder to take up their autumn work ; and (4) thepossibility of students who work throughout theentire year obtaining a vacation of four weeks.FREEDOM i)F SPEECH.I am moved to make a statement of fact andopinion concerning two related subjects whichquite recently have attracted some attention in376 UNIVERSITY RECORDthe public mind. The first of these is the freedom of opinion enjoyed in these days by members of the University. The second is the use andabuse of this right by professors of the UniversityFaculty. Concerning the first, I may be permittedto present a statement adopted unanimously bythe members of the Congregation of the University on June 30, 1899 :Resolved, 1. That the principle of complete freedom ofspeech on all subjects has from the beginning been regardedas fundamental in the University of Chicago, as has beenshown both by the attitude of the President and the Boardof Trustees and by the actual practice of the President and theprofessors.2. That this principle can neither now nor at any futuretime be called in question.3. That it is desirable to have it clearly understood thatthe University, as such, does not appear as a disputant oneither side upon any public question ; and that the utterances which any professor may make in public are to be regarded as representing his own opinions only.To this statement of the Congregation I wishto add, first, that whatever may or may not havehappened in other universities, in the Universityof Chicago neither the Trustees, nor the President,nor anyone in official position has at any timecalled an instructor to account for any publicutterances which he may have made. Still further, in no single case has a donor of the University called the attention of the Trustees to theteaching of any officer of the University as beingdistasteful or objectionable. Still further, it ismy opinion that no donor of money to a University, whether that donor be an individual or thestate, has any right, before God or man, to interfere with the teaching of officers appointed togive instruction in a university. When for anyreason, in a university on private foundation orin a university supported by public money, theadministration of the institution or the instruction in any one of its departments is changed byan influence from without; when an effort is madeto dislodge an officer or a professor because thepolitical sentiment or the religious sentiment ofthe majority has undergone a change, at that moment the institution has ceased to be a university, and it cannot again take its place in the rank ofuniversities so long as there continues to exist toany appreciable extent the factor of coercion.Neither an individual, nor the state, nor thechurch has the right to interfere with the searchfor truth, or with its promulgation when found.Individuals or the state or the church may foundschools for propagating certain special kinds ofinstruction, but such schools are not universities,and may not be so denominated. A donor hasthe privilege of ceasing to make his gifts to aninstitution if, in his opinion, for any reason, thework of the institution is not satisfactory ; but asdonor he has no right to interfere with the administration of the instruction of the university.The trustees in an institution in which such interference has taken place may not maintain theirself-respect and remain trustees. They owe it tothemselves and to the cause of liberty of thoughtto resign their places rather than to yield a principle the significance of which rises above all elsein comparison. In order to be specific, and inorder not to be misunderstood, I wish to sayagain that no donor of funds to the University,and I include in the number of donors thefounder of the University, Mr. Rockefeller, hasever by a single word or act indicated his dissatisfaction with the instruction given to students inthe University, or with the public expression ofopinion made by an officer of the University. Ivouch for the truth of this statement, and I trustthat it may have the largest possible publicity.Concerning the second subject, the use andabuse of the right of free expression by officers ofthe University staff. As I have said, an instructorin the University has an absolute right to expresshis opinion. If such an instructor is on anappointment for two or three or four years, and ifduring these years he exercises this right in sucha way as to do himself and the institution seriousinjury, it is of course the privilege of the University to allow his appointment to lapse at the endof the term for which it was originally made. Ifan officer on permanent appointment abuses hisUNIVERSITY RECORD 377privilege as a professor, the University must sufferand it is proper that it should suffer. This isonly the direct and inevitable consequence of thelack of foresight and wisdom involved in theoriginal appointment. The injury thus accruingto the University is moreover far less serious thanwould follow, if, for an expression of opiniondiffering from that of the majority of the Facultyor from that of the Board of Trustees or fromthat of the President of the University, a permanent officer might be asked to present his resignation. The greatest single element necessary forthe cultivation of the academic spirit is the feelingof security from interference. It is only thosewho have this feeling that are able to do workwhich in the highest sense will be beneficial tohumanity. Freedom of expression must be giventhe members of a university faculty even thoughit be abused, for, as has been said, the abuse of itis not so great an evil as the restriction of suchliberty. But it may be asked, in what way maythe professor abuse his privilege of freedom ofexpression ? or to put the question more largely,in what way does a professor bring reproach andinjury to himself and to his institution ? I answer,a professor is guilty of an abuse of his privilege whopromulgates as truth ideas or opinions which havenot been tested scientifically by his colleagues inthe same department of research or investigation.A professor has no right to proclaim to the public as truth discovered that which is yet unsettled/and uncertain. A professor abuses his privilegewho takes advantage of a class room exercise topropagate the partisan views of one or another ofthe political parties. The university is no placefor partisanship. From the teacher's desk shouldemanate the discussion of principles, the judicialstatements of arguments from various points ofview, and not the one-sided representations of apartisan character. A professor abuses his privilege who in any way seeks to influence his pupilsor the public by sensational methods. A professor abuses his privilege of expression of opinionwhen although a student and perhaps an authority in one department or group of departments heundertakes to speak authoritatively on subjectswhich have no relationship to the department inwhich he was appointed to give instruction. Aprofessor abuses his privilege in many cases when,although shut off in large measure from the world,and engaged within a narrow field of investigation, he undertakes to instruct his colleagues orthe public concerning matters in the world atlarge in connection with which he has^had littleor no experience. A professor abuses his privilegeof freedom of expression of opinion when he failsto exercise that quality, which it must be confessedin some cases the professor lacks, ordinarilycalled common sense. A professor ought not tomake such an exhibition of his weakness or tomake an exhibition of his weakness so many timesthat the attention of the public at large is calledto the fact. In this respect he has no largerliberty than other men.But may a professor do all of these things andyet remain an officer in the University ? Yes. Theprofessor in most cases is only an ordinary man.Perfection is not to be expected of him. Like menin other professions, professors have their weaknesses. But will a professor under any circumstances be asked to withdraw from the University?Yes. His resignation will be demanded and will beaccepted, when, in the opinion of those in authority, he has been guilty of immorality, or when forany reason he has proved himself to be incompetentto perform the service called for. The public shouldbe on its guard in two particulars : the utteranceof a professor, however wise or foolish, is not theutterance of the University. No individual, nogroup of individuals can speak for the University.A statement, by whomsoever made, is the statement of an individual.And further, in passing judgment, care shouldbe taken that the facts ltq known. It is a habitof modern journalists, and especially of theaverage student reporter for the newspapers, so tosupply facts, so to dress up the real facts, so tomagnify and exaggerate, so to belittle and ridicule378 UNIVERSITY RECORDuniversities and university men, that serious injury is wrought, where perhaps no such injurywas intended. It is the fashion to do this sort ofthing, and it is done regardless of the consequences. Real regard for the interests of highereducation would lead to the adoption of a different policy; but, as matters stand, the professor isoften charged with an imbecility which is not characteristic of him, and to him there are frequentlyascribed startling and revolutionary sentimentsand statements of which he is wholly innocent.I may sum up the point in three sentences : (i)college and university professors do make mistakes and sometimes serious ones; but (2) these areto be attributed to the professor, not to the university; and (3) in a large majority of instances themistake, as published to the world, is misrepresented, exaggerated, or, at least, presented insuch a form as to do the professor, the university,and the cause of truth itself, gross injustice.' GIFTS.The following gifts have been received duringthe quarter just closing: From Mrs. Zella AllenDixson, 10 volumes miscellaneous books; fromMr. F. I. Carpenter, 12 volumes, works on English literature ; from the President of the University, 17 volumes miscellaneous books; from theCanadian government, 19 volumes of government reports; from Mr. H. H. Donaldson, 23volumes of biological works ; from the Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, 25 volumes; fromthe Minister of Commerce, Industries, and theColonies of the French Republic, 29 volumes ofreports; from the Chicago Manual TrainingSchool, 63 volumes of Patent Office Reports;from Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, 58 volumes, comprising the works of Buffon, travels and miscellaneous; from the United States government, 192volumes of government reports; from Mr. E. B.McCagg, 245 volumes of law books, including aperfect set of bound volumes of the Jurist (55volumes) and 190 volumes of the Law Journal;other gifts of books, including 60 volumes fromvarious parties. A very choice collection of several thousandminerals, selected for the perfection of their crystalline forms, is being installed in the WalkerMuseum by the generosity of its donor, Mr. W.C. E. Seeboeck. This collection will occupy sixcases and will constitute a very important supplement to the University collection.Gifts of material for the Geological Museumhave been received from R. D. George, J. W.French, D. Doty, E. Percy Warner, H. S. Washington, S. Z. Penfield, John K. Prather.From Mr. Charles T. Yerkes the sum of $2400has been received, to be used for the payment ofsalaries of men appointed as computers in connection with the Astronomical Observatory. Thework of observation at the Observatory has goneon without interruption, and the results have beenfar beyond our highest expectations. Much ofthis work, however, has not been published, because of the lack of assistance to do the work ofmathematical computation. This lack is now insome measure supplied.A year ago, when effort was being made to secure the last half million dollars needed to meetthe conditions of Mr. Rockefeller's two milliondollar gift, Mr. Leon Mandel contributed thesum of $50,000, to be used in connection withthe erection of an Assembly Hall, a buildinggreatly needed at the University. I am permitted to announce this afternoon that in addition tothe amount just named Mr. Mandel will contributethe sum of $25,000, thus making a total gift of$75,000 toward the proposed building. Thisnew gift, coming just at this season of the year, isgreatly appreciated. It is another example of afact already noted in the case of many of theUniversity's friends, viz., the formation of a habit,the habit of giving. When a man once begins tomake contributions there seems to be a tendencyto continue the good work. This habit, from theUniversity's point of view, must be regardedas a good habit. We are prepared to say toour friends, one and all, " persevere withoutceasing."UNIVERSITY RECORD 379I am, still further, permitted to announce theoutcome of the recent visit made by a committeeof the Trustees to our friends in New York City.The committee consisted of Mr. Ryerson, the President of the Board of Trustees ; Mr. McLeish, theVice President ; Mr. Rust, the Comptroller; andthe President. The business hours of two dayswere occupied in an examination of the University's affairs, including its investments, its relative income from investments of various kinds,and from other sources, the work of each of itsdepartments of instruction, the details of theUniversity Extension Division, the UniversityPress Division, the University Academy at Morgan Park; *.the buildings and grounds, theexpenditures in these various departments for theyear closing July i, 1900, as compared with theexpenditures of former years, and the needs ofthe year which begins July 1, 1901. After acareful and somewhat prolonged study of thefacts thus presented, and without any request onthe part of the University, the committee wasthen and there informed that Mr. Rockefellerdesired to present to the University the sum of$1,000,000. The gift was offered either in cashor in securities to be approved by the Trustees.It was further suggested that no conditions ofany kind would be connected with the gift, exceptone, viz., that the income only of this sum beused, or, in other words, that the million dollarsshould forever be set aside as an endowmentfund. In a letter received the following week itwas stated that in addition to this million dollarsfor endowment Mr. Rockefeller would give theUniversity for its general needs the sum of$500,000, making a total gift of $1,500,000. Itwas suggested that the approximate sum of$100,000 of the $500,000 be set aside for theUniversity Press Building, to be built on thecorner of Fifty-eighth street and Ellis avenue,with the understanding that the larger portion ofthis building should be used temporarily for theLibrary. This will make temporary provision for the large collection of books now stacked in abuilding of precarious character. It was suggested further that a second hundred thousanddollars approximately be set apart for the installation of a central heating and lighting plant whichshould provide for all the buildings of the University. This will make it possible to do awaywith the temporary structures which at the presenttime can only be regarded as excrescences uponthe quadrangles. It was still further suggestedthat from this sum provision should be made forthe paving of Fifty-ninth street, the work of landscape gardening, the planting of trees, and thelaying of asphalt sidewalks. All of these thingshave come to be not simply needs, but necessities. The remainder of the sum is set apart forthe general current expenses of the fiscal yearbeginning July 1, 1901.The Trustees have already taken action expressing to Mr. Rockefeller their thanks for thismagnificent gift, and their appreciation of thecontinued confidence reposed by Mr. Rockefellerin the management of the University which isimplied in the making of the gift. It is particularly to be noted that the gift was made withoutrequest of any kind on the part of the University.It gives me great satisfaction on behalf of theUniversity and its friends to make acknowledgment to the orator of the day, President Patton,for his courtesy in favoring us with his presence, and for the strong and able presentationof a mighty theme, one which touches all lifeand in which all life consists. We remember thatour orator was at one time himself a citizen ofChicago, and that in pulpit and professorial chairhe aided in building up great and strong interests. We welcome him from the high positionwhich he now occupies at the head of an easternuniversity, and as citizens of Chicago, alumni ofPrinceton, and friends of university education,we express our best wishes and hopes for the continuance of his most prosperous career.380 UNIVERSITY RECORDREPORT OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESFOR DECEMBER 1900.1. The Board of University Affiliations :Meeting of December ij. — i) A report on Kenwood Institute received and placed on file. 2)The following report on accrediting teachers fromunaccredited schools approved :I. That the plan of the University should be understoodto contemplate the accrediting of individual teachers ofascertained competence, although it may not be wise to placethe schools in which they teach upon the accredited list.2. That the cases calling for application of this part ofthe plan must necessarily be rare, and that the strictestcaution should be observed in dealing with applications forindividual appointment as deputy examiners.3. That no cases are at present known to the committeein which it would be wise to apply the principle in question.2. The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics :Meeting of December 8. — 1) It was voted that unclassified students accepted as candidates for athletic teams be subjected to the rules requiringattendance which govern candidates for a degree,this action to go into effect January 1, 1901. 2)Members of the Glee Club refused excuse fromPhysical Culture.3. The Faculty of the Junior Colleges :Meeting of December 8. — 1) The following persons accepted with advanced standing : Mina E.Blanchard, J. H. Brace, G. W. Henry, HarrietM. Kinney, W. R. Meadows, Mary E. Moore,Sarah L. Patterson, Wm. A. Sibley.Meeting of December 12. — 1) Voted to approvethe following recommendation of the CurriculumCommittee: "As to the proposal to confer onedegree, the A.B., in place of the three bachelordegrees now granted by the University, the committee deems such a change in policy unnecessaryand inexpedient."4. The Faculty of the Senior Colleges :Meeting of December 8. — 1) The following persons accepted with advanced standing : J. W.Bailey, Mary H. Bowen, Mary Graham, GraceHolstead, Lucy E. Keith, Jennie M. Kuyper,Grace R. Lewis, R. L. Welch. Meeting of December 13. — 1) Voted not to approve of the substitution of a single bachelor'sdegree [in place of the three now given] either(1) with required curricula, or (2) with free elect -ives.Meeting of December 13.-1) On request of thePre-medical Committee the name of that committee was changed to "The Committee onCourses Preparatory to Medicine and in Medicine."5. The Faculties of the Graduate Schools :Meeting of December 15. — 1) The following persons admitted to candidacy for the degree ofPh.D.: F. M. Shipley (Latin and Greek); SusanV. Peabody (Political Science and History).6. The University Council :Meeting of December 15. — 1) The following planfor the Summer Quarter was received from theUniversity Senate and recommended to the Boardof Trustees, with changes and additions incorporated :I. In the Spring Quarter 190 1 the quarterly examinations;shall be set back to the last three days of the week preceding Convocation.2. The First Term of the Summer Quarter 1901 shallbegin on Wednesday, June 19, class exercises to be held 011Saturday of that week, and the term end on Saturday,.July 26.3. The Second Term of the Summer Quarter shall beginon Sunday, July 28, and end on Saturday, August 31.4. In the Summer Quarter all classes shall meet rivetimes a week.5. The Summer Quarter examinations shall be held byterms, the last exercise of each term being devoted to saidexamination.7. The University Senate :Meeting of December 8. — 1) A plan for a changein the dates of opening and closing the SummerQuarter was approved and sent to the UniversityCouncil for the consideration of administrativedetails. 2) The following detailed plan for theseries of volumes to commemorate the Decennialof the University was adopted :1. That the suggestion of a series of volumes to commemorate the Decennial of the University be approved.UNIVERSITY RECORD 3812. That these volumes be three in number; the firstvolume to contain the President's Administrative Report forthe period ; the second volume which should be regarded asa part of the President's Report, to embrace among otherthings a list of the titles of articles and books, produced bymembers of the Departments of Instruction, containing contributions to science, philosophy, and literature, this list tobe as complete as may be desired by the persons contributing, in connection therewith brief abstracts to be made, atdiscretion, of the more important contributions above referred to, the material thus furnishedto be subject to departmental and editorial supervision ; the third volume to consistof original investigations of a scientific character hithertounpublished, to be furnished by the several departments.3. That the following committees be appointed by thePresident of the University to have charge of these volumes :a) A General Editorial Committee consisting of a chairman and two members representing the two general divisions of the University, the chairman being editor-in-chiefand having final editorial responsibility.b) Subcommittees representing each of the several groupsof departments, each group committee to consist of representatives from the departments in the group, one personbeing selected from each department.3) A letter of sympathy and appreciation toProfessor Northrup voted.Meeting of December 14. — 1) The followingresolution concerning the substitution of a singlebachelor's degree for the three degrees now givenby the University voted :Resolved \ That in the opinion of the Senate, action uponthis question is not desirable at present.THE ALUMNI.NOTES AND COMMUNICATIONS.Otto E. Wieland, '96, is principal of the highschool at La Crosse, Wis.Clarence M. Gallup, '00, has accepted a call tothe pastorate of the Baptist Church at Southing-ton, Conn.Sarah E. Capps, '98, who has been travelingin Europe for some months, has returned to herhome in Jacksonville, 111.Simon J. McLean, Ph.D., '97, is professor ofEconomics and Sociology in the University ofArkansas at Fayetteville, Ark. Mabel Earle, A.B., '96; A.M., '97, published abeautiful poem in the Outlook of December 22,,entitled "A Christmas Chord."Frederick D. Nichols, '97, formerly teacher inthe South Side Academy, has accepted a positionwith Ginn and Co., in Boston.James P. Whyte, '96, in connection with his.teaching in Lake Forest Academy, is pastor ofHighland Park Baptist Church.Effie A. Gardner '97, of Clinton, 111., sent, as a.Christmas greeting to her friends, an originalpoem entitled "The Star of Bethlehem."Ward A. Cutler, '99, formerly a bank clerk inChicago has been forced by ill health to give uphis work. He is now at his home near Carthage,,111.M. Gordon Clarke, '99, coach of the WesternReserve University at Cleveland, O., spent a dayrecently at the University on his way to his homein Omaha.Willard C. MacNaul, '93, has been called to occupy the pulpit of Calvary Baptist Church inDenver, Colo., during the temporary absence dfits pastor.Professor S. H. Clark, '97, gave a reading ofStephen Phillips's Paolo and Francesca beforethe Graduate Club of the University on Fridayevening, January 4.Rev. Hector C. Leland, A.B., '84; B.D., '79,.who has been pastor at Orion, 111., for a numberof years, has accepted the pastorate of the BaptistChurch at Vinton, la.Frank L. Anderson, '00, who has been preaching at Maywood while doing graduate work itithe University, has accepted a call from the Baptist Church at Austin, Minn.The Hyde Park Baptist Church, of which Dr.John L. Jackson, A.B., '72; B.D., '76, is pastor, i&planning to erect the main auditorium to its-present building at an additional cost of $60,066.The membership of the church has more than.doubled under Dr. Jackson's ministry.382 UNIVERSITY RECORDRev. Robert E. Neighbor, '67, of Indianapolis,has become the state editor for the Journal andMessenger of Cincinnati. At one time Mr. Neighbor was editor of the Baptist Outlook.Russell Lowry, '00, has returned to the University to continue his reportorial work for the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Lowry spent the last threemonths in travel through the West.Edwin Erie Sparks, Ph.D., '00, assistant professor in the University, has very recently published a volume entitled The Expansion of theAmerican People, Social and Territorial.Rev. Nathan E.Wood, A.B., '72; B.D., '75,president of Newton Theological Seminary, recently addressed the Y. M. C. A. of Brown University on "The Ministry as a Life Calling."Mary B. Harris, Ph.D., '00, was the delegatefrom the Graduate Club of the University to theFederation of Graduate Clubs, which met duringthe vacation at the University of Pennsylvania.Edward M. Baker, '98, a graduate student inthe University, occupied Rabbi Hirsch's pulpit atSinai Temple on December 9. The subject ofhis discourse was "Americanism and the JewishSpirit."Faith B. Clark, Ph.B., '95; Ph.M., '97, diedin Chicago November 7. Miss Clark was at onetime a fellow in the Department of Philosophy,and was recognized as a student of unusualability.Rowland T. Rogers, '01, was one of the successful debaters in the last graduate-divinity debate on the question, "Resolved, That Christianmissionaries in China should not expect or receivethe protection of their respective governments."The following are some of the recent published articles by the alumni :"Atonement in Non-Christian Religions," ProfessorGeorge S. Goodspeed, B.D., '83, Biblical World, Jan. 1901."Foreign Trade of the United States from 1820 to 1840,"Worthy P. Sterns, Ph.D., '00, Journal of Political Economy,Sept. 1900. " Defeat of the Binding Twine Trust," J. Edw. Tuthill,'97> Journal of Political Economy, Sept. 1 900."History of Football," Horace Butterworth, '97, Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 22, 1900."From Haifa to Nazareth," Edgar J. Goodspeed, Ph.D.,'98, Biblical World, Dec. 1 900."A Peep at American Letters of the 19th Century, HenryJ. Smith, '98, The Standard, Dec. 29." The Japan General Missionary Conference," Ernest W.Clement, '80, The Standard, Dec. 22.The Alumni list has been increased by theaddition of the graduates at the December Convocation. The following contains the name, futureposition (if given), and address of each :Beardsley, Anna Poole, Ph.B., Gibsland, La.Brown, Carter Van Vleck, S.B., graduate student, 4729Langley av., Chicago.Bushnell, Grace Agnes, Ph.B., 544 W 59th st., Chicago.Chambers, Lucy Eleanor, Ph.B., graduate student, 5622Ellis av., Chicago.Collins, Carlotta Higgins, Ph.B., professor, Montana Wes-leyan University, Helena, Mont.Dye, Charity, Ph.B., teacher of English, high school,Indianapolis, Ind.Graham, Mary Charlotte, Ph.B., graduate student, 9 KellyHall, University.Grant, Nellie, Ph.B., 2900 Groveland av., Chicago.Hayne, Coe Smith, A.B., divinity student, 135 So. D.,University.Hirschl, Ida Theresa, Ph.B., 6054 Kimbark av., Chicago.Holstead, Grace, A. B., Toledo, la.Hoy, Clinton Luman, Ph.B., clerk Treasury Department,and medical student, Washington, D. C.Johnson, Emsley Wright, Ph.B., lawyer, care of Elliot &Littleton, Indianapolis, Ind.King, Elizabeth Mary, Ph.B., Omro, Wis.Norton, Elliott Saltonstall, S.B., 4815 Lake av., Chicago.Paltridge, Richard Weymouth, Ph.B., draughtsman, StateLand Commission office, 809 W. Walnut st., Kalamazoo,Mich.Parker, Mortimer Brainerd, Ph.B., real estate, 247 57thst., Chicago.Peter, Eunice Bertha, Ph.B., 5527 Jackson av., Chicago.Ramsdell, Lillian Lovina, Ph.B., Milo, Me.Roberts, Frances May, Ph.B., 162 North av., Aurora, 111.UNIVERSITY RECORD 383Rogers, Rowland Thumm, Ph.B., law student, 31 Madison Park, Chicago.Shover, Esther Fay, Ph.B., 2033 Broadway, Indianapolis,Ind.Sibley, Edward Allen, Ph.B., railroad office, 2928 Grove-land av., Chicago.Spaulding, Myra Louise, A.B., teacher, Mary BaldwinSeminary, Staunton, Va.Strawn, Myra Hartshorn, A.B., LaSalle, 111.Synon, Mary Katherine, A.B., teacher, 649 W. HarrisonSt., Chicago.Thomson, Thomas Weston, S.B., medical student, 5553Drexel av., Chicago.Tolman, Judson Allen, Jr., A.B., graduate student, 4638Prairie av., Chicago.Vernon, Leroy Tudor, A.B., 'staff of Chicago Inter Ocean4569 Lake av., Chicago.Welch, Robin Leslie, A.B., graduate student, 6235 Lexington av., Chicago.Wente, Frances, S.B., teacher, 212 Oak St., Manistee,Mich.Heald, Prescott Silas, D.B., clergyman, 2101 Cass St.,Joliet, 111.Smith, Arthur Whipple, S.M., graduate student, 5039Lake av., Chicago.Coulter, John Gaylord, Ph.D., professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.Schlicher, John Jacob, Ph.D., professsor, Indiana StateNormal, Terre Haute, Ind.INDIANAPOLIS UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CLUB.From Wm. F. Harding, Ph.M, '95, secretary,we learn that the Indianapolis University of Chicago Club held its annual business meeting onNov. 2, 1900. A banquet had been planned but onaccount of the political excitement of the time thebanquet was postponed.The following officers were elected : President,Henry Palmer; vice president, Alice Cullen ; secretary, William F. Harding : treasurer, E. W.Abbott; executive committee (in addition to officers), J. D. Forrest, Violet Demree ; membershipcommittee (in addition to officers), Laura Donnan,Josephine Bauer.The club endorsed the plan to provide fundssufficient for a scholarship in the University, anda committee is now at work to secure the amount. 1Tn dftemoriam*Joseph Rowley.Rev. Joseph Rowley, '65, died at his residence,593 LaSalle ave., Chicago, Friday, November 30,1900. He was born in England and came to thiscountry when a mere lad. He graduated fromthe Morgan Park Seminary in '65. He heldpastorates at Racine, Wis., North Star, 111., Chicago,Vermillion, So. Dakota, and Sioux City, Iowa.His longest pastorate was the First Baptist Churchat Racine, Wis., where he served for thirteenyears. The funeral services were held at theresidence on Saturday, December 1. The interment was at Indianapolis.Welcome Leander Farnum.Welcome Leander Farnum, '73, died at Te-cumseh, Mich., November 19, 1900. He was bornin North Providence, R. I., March 27, 1837,where he spent his early life. He served as asoldier in the Civil War ; first as a scout in Virginia,and afterwards as First Lieutenant of CompanyK. Seventeenth West Virginia Volunteers. Afterthe war was over Mr. Farnum engaged in businessin the State of Georgia and it was while here thathe decided upon the ministry, as a life work. Heat once entered the old University and continuedhis work in the University and seminary for sevenyears. He supplied various pulpits during hisstudent life and in March 1874, he accepted acall to the church at Owosso, Mich. He wasordained March 27, 1874. He spent eight successful years as pastor at Owosso. In 1882 heaccepted a call to the church at Flint, Mich., butafter four years pastorate he was asked to takecharge of the work of Wyoming, O.,* a suburb ofCincinnati. He remained here but two years,then returned to his old field of labor at Flint,Mich., to lead in the erection of a new house ofworship. This second pastorate continued for aperiod of ten years when in 1898 he accepted acall to Tecumseh, Mich.For a number of years he was active in theSunday school and mission work of the state and384 UNIVERSITY RECORDin 1894 he was elected president of the State Convention.On account of failing health, he spent a partof last summer in Colorado. The vacation andchange of climate benefited him so much that hehad returned to Tecumseh expecting to continuehis active service as pastor but on November 19,after a brief illness due to heart trouble he passedaway.THE FACULTIES.Mr. Daniel Graisberry Revell, of the Universityof Toronto, has recently been appointed fellowin the Department of Anatomy.Assistant Professor Edwin E. Sparks addressedthe Southern Indiana Teachers' Institute atPrinceton, Ind,, Nov. 30, 1900.Professor Albion W. Small is making anextended trip among the colleges and leadingsecondary schools of the western states.Associate Professor Frederick Starr delivered anaddress on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Davenport Academy of NaturalScience, December 14, 1900.Professor J. Franklin Jameson, the newlyelected head of the department of History, spentthe first week of the Winter Quarter at the University arranging the work for the year 190 1-2.Dr. James. Westfall Thompson, of the Department of History, has received a letter from Professor Franz Funck Brentano, librarian of theBibliotheque de l'Arsenal in Paris, and secretaryof the Societe des Etudes Historiques, thankinghim for his recent address before the Bibliographical Society of Chicago on " Some Suggestions Concerning the Needs and Methods ofHistorical Bibliography." Professsor George B. Foster is spending theWinter Quarter in DeLand, Florida.Professor Ira M. Price is president of the PineLake (Indiana) Christian Culture Assembly for1900-1, and also chairman of the InternationalExecutive Committee of the Baptist Young Peoples Union of America for 1900-1.George Washington Northrup, D.D.,LL.D., Professor of Systematic Theology andhead of the Department, died Sunday, De-cember 30, 1900.The Neurological laboratory has recently published :Thompson, Helen Bradford : " A Brief Summary ofthe Researches of Th. Kaes on the Medullation of the Intra-Cortical Fibers of Man at Different Ages ," Journal of Comparative Neurology, Vol. X, No. 3, October 1900.Hardesty, Irving : " Further Observations on the Conditions Determining the Number and Arrangement of theFibers Forming the Spinal Nerves of the Frog (Rana.Virescens," Journal of Comparative Neurology, Vol. X, No-3, October 1900.Recent addresses by members of the faculties r" The Byron Revival," by O. L. Triggs, before the Contemporary Club, Chicago, October 22, 1900." The Arts and Crafts Movement," by O. L. Triggs, Pittsburg, Pa., December 1, 1900." Plant Societies," by John M. Coulter, before the West.End Women's Club, Chicago, November 16, 1900." Some Problems in Education," by John M. Coulter, before the Northern Ohio Teachers' Association, MansfieldNovember 30, 1900."A Study in Plant Sociology," by John M. Coulter, beforethe Indianapolis Literary Club, December 3, 1900." On the Study of Anatomy," by Lewellys F. Barker, atopening of Rush Medical College, October 1900." Why the Gambler is not a Business Man," by W. LThomas, University College, November 24, 1900." The Uncovering of Susa," by I. M. Price, Pine Lake,.Indiana, July 30, 1 900.u Our Latest Light from the East," by I. M. Price, PineLake, Indiana, July 31, 1900." The Social Awakening," by Elizabeth Wallace, StateFederation of Women's Clubs, Rockford, Illinois, October19, 1900.UNIVERSITY RECORD 385f( Balzac " and " Zola," by Elizabeth Wallace, before theFortnightly Club of Englewood, October 23, 1900, andNovember 6, 1900." What is the Social Question ? " by Ira W. Howerth, before the Englewood Men's Club, November 17, 1900." The Bible in the Light of Modern Research," by E. G,Hirsch, before the Liberal League, Sinai Temple, Chicago,November 19, 1900." The Ethics of Judaism and Islam," by E. G. Hirsch, before the Chicago Women's Club, November 26, 1900." The Indians of Southern Mexico," by Frederick Starr,opening public lecture of the season before the AmericanEthnological Society, New York, November 10, 1900." Progress and Method of Experimental Psychology," byWarner Fite, before the Lafayette, Indiana, Ethical Club,NTovember 12, 1900."The Electron Theory of Matter," by R. A. Millikan,at Lewis Institute, November 9, 1900." Atoms and Molecules," by R. A. Millikan, before theSearch-Light Club of Chicago, December 3, 1900." Prison Laboratories," by C. R. Henderson, before theNational Prison Association, September 1900."Social Duties of the Church," three lectures by C. R.Henderson, before the Baptist Ministers' State Conference,Columbus, Ohio, October 1900." Prison Sunday," by C. R. Henderson, before the ChicagoBaptist Social Union." Peter Ferdinand Heidenberg," by C. G. Lagergren, before Swedish General Conference in St. Paul, September 19,1900."The Church Discipline," by C. G. Lagergren, beforeSwedish Baptist Preachers' Conference, Chicago, November26, 1900.Recent articles by members of the Faculties :" A Preliminary Report on the Stratigraphic Paleontologyof Walpack Ridge, in Sussex County, New Jersey," byStuart Weller, Geological Survey of New Jersey, Annual Report of State Geologist for i8gg,]mxe 1900, pp. 1-46."Descriptions of Cambrian Trilobites from New Jersey,with notes on the age of the Magnesian Limestone Series,"by Stuart Weller, Ibid., June 1900, pp. 47-53, plate 1." The Paleontology of the Niagaran Limestone in theChicago Area, The Crinoidea." By Stuart Weller, BulletinNo. 4, Natural History Survey of Chicago Academy of Sciences, June 1900, pp. 1-53, plates 1-15."The Succession of Fossil Faunas in the KinderhookBeds at Burlington, Iowa," by Stuart Weller, Annual Reportof Iowa Geological Survey, September 1900, Vol. X, pp.63-79-Papers on "Shakespeare," by Oscar L. Triggs, ChicagoRecord, November 1900. " Industrial and Literary Genius," by Oscar L. Triggs,Conservator, Oct. 1900."On the Adjustment of the Equatorial Instrument," PartI, by Kurt Laves, Popular Astronomy, October 1900." On the Habitat of the Early Vertebrates." by T. C.Chamberlin, Journal of Geology, Vol. VIII, No. 5, July-August, 1900."Proposed International Geologic Institute," by T. C.Chamberlin, Journal of Geology, Vol. VIII, No. 7, October-November, 1900."Du Developpement de L'Oeuvre des Congres Geolo-giques. Memoires Presente"s au Congres Ge*ologique Internationale," by T. C. Chamberlin, Paris, 1900." The Anatomico-Cytological Relationship of the Neuroneto Disease of the Nervous System," by Lewellys F. Barker,Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Vol. XXVII, No. 7,1900, pp. 469-486." On the Present Status of Therapy and its Future," byLewellys F. Barker, Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, Vol. XI,1900, pp. 149-56."Some Stages of Logical Thinking," by John DeweyPhilosophical Review, September 1900."Development of the Social Aim in Education (secondpaper), by Ira W. Howerth, Journal of Pedagogy, October1900."An Ethnic View of Higher Education," by Ira W.Howerth, Educational Review, November 1900."Agnosticism," "Altruism," "Joseph Albo," "Articles ofFaith," "Atheism," by E. G. Hirsch, articles in the JewishEncyclopedia, Vol. I." The Assumptions of Sociology," by A. W. Small, American Journal of Sociology, September 1900." Some Incidents of Association," by A. W. Small, American Journal of Sociology, November 1900."The Urim and Thummim," a suggestion as to theiroriginal meaning and significance, by W. Muss-Arnolt,The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures,July 1900."Amos 5:26 (21-27)," by W. Muss-Arnolt, The Expositor, December 1900, pp. 414-428."A Signed Cylix by Davis, in Boston," by F. B. Tarbell,American Journal of Archeology, Vol. Vol. IV. No. 2."Abnormalities in the Cestode Moniezia Expansa, II,"by C. M. Child, Biological Bulletin, October 1900."Das Newberry Manuscript von James Thompson's Ju-gend-gedichten," by H. Schmidt- Wartenberg, Anglia, Vol.XXIII, pp. 129-152." Contiguity and Similarity," by Warner Fite, PhilosophicalReview, November 1900." The Physiographic Ecology of Northern Michigan," byH. C. Cowles, Science, November 9, 1900.386 UNIVERSITY RECORD"A Simple Proof of the Fundamental Couchy-GoursatTheorem," by E. H. Moore, Transactions of AmericanMathematical Society, October 1900." Concerning Klein's Group of (n -f- 1) ! n — ary Collinea-tions," by E. H. Moore, American Journal of Mathematics,October, 1900." The Use of a Doctrinal Cathechism in Sunday-SchoolInstruction," by C. R. Henderson, Biblical World, September 1900." Social Ethics for Church Leaders," by C. R. Henderson,Biblical World, December 1900." Prison Laboratories," by C. R. Henderson, AmericanJournal of Sociology, November 1900. (Also printed separately for Wardens' Association.)" Manual Training as a Factor in Social Progress," by C.R. Henderson, Manual Training Magazine, October 1900." Progress in Philanthropy," by C. R. Henderson, Syndicate Article, November 1900." The Ayer Papyrus, A Mathematical Fragment," by E. J.Goodspeed, American Journal of Philology, Vol. XIX, No. I,January-March 1898." The Newberry Gospels," by E. J. Goodspeed, AmericanJournal of Theology, Vol. Ill, No. 1, January 1899."The Washim Papyrus of Iliad 8," by E. J. Goodspeed,American Journal of Archeology, Vol. II, No. 5, September-October 1898." Papyri, Nos. 810, 811," by E. J. Goodspeed in GriechischeUrkunden aus den Koniglichen Museen zu Berlin, Vol. Ill,No. 3, 1899." Pappiscus and Philo," by E. J. Goodspeed, AmericanJournal of Theology, Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1900." From Haifa to Nazareth," by E. J. Goodspeed, BiblicalWorld, December 1900." Papyri from Karanis," by E. J. Goodspeed, Universityof Chicago Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. Ill, 1900."A Papyrus Fragment of Iliad &" by E. J. Goodspeed,American Journal of Philology, Vol. XXI, No. 3, July-September 1900." The Structure of a Shakespearean Play," by A. H. Tol-man, Chicago Record, October 22, 1900."The Influence of the Elizabethan Stage upon Shakespeare's Plays," by A. H. Tolman, Chicago Record, November 12, 1900." Shakespeare and Democracy," by A. H. Tolman, Chicago Record, November 19, 1900." Roman Indifference to Provincial Affairs," by Frank F.Abbott, Classical Review, Vol. XIV (1900), 355 pp."Notes on the Pantheon of the Gudean Cylinders," by I.M. Price, American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, October 1900. " The Discovery of the Pharaoh of the Exodus," by I. M.Price, The Standard, November 17, 1900." New Inscriptions from Babylonia," by I. M. Price, Baptist Union, November 17, 1900." New Tools for Bible Students," by I. M. Price, TheDial, November 16, 1900."Merodach," " Mesha," "Ophir," "Osnappar," "Par-vaim," and " Pekod," articles by I. M. Price, in Hastings,Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. III." The Functional Significance of the Size and Shape ofthe Neurone," by H. H. Donaldson, Journal of Nervousand Mental Diseases, October 1900.Recent reviews by members of the faculties :"Hypnotism," by O. L. Triggs, Unity, November i„1900." Some Printed Things," by O. L. Triggs, Unity, November 8, 1900.Davis : " Glacial Erosion in France, Switzerland and Norway;" reviewed by T. C. Chamberlin in Journal of 'Geology \Vol. VIII, No. 6, September-October 1900.Haworth: "Mineral Resources of Kansas, 1899," by T.C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology, September-October1900."Results of the Branner-Agassiz Exposition: (1) TheDecopod and Stomatopod Crustacea, Mary J. Rathbur;(2) The Isopod Crustacea, Harriett Richardson ; (3) TheFishes, Charles H. Gilbert ; (4) Two Characteristic GeologicSections on the Northeast Coast of Brazil, J. C. Branner.'7By T. C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology, September-October 1900.Ami : " Progress of Geological Work in Canada During1899," hy T. C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology, September-October 1900.Ingall : " Geological Survey of Canada," Annual Report ofMineral Statistics for 1898, by T. C. Chamberlin, Journal ofGeology, Vol. VIII, No. 7, October-November 1900.Ami : " On the Subdivisions of the Carboniferous Systemin Eastern Canada, with Special Reference to the Union andRiversdale Formations of Nova Scotia, Referred to theDevonian System by Some Canadian Geologists," by T.C. Chamberlin, Journal of Geology, October-November,1900.Scott : " Studies in Fossil Botany," by J. M. Coulter, Botanical Gazette, November 1900.Warburg : " Monsunia," by J. M. Coulter, Botanical Gazette, September 1900.Sauvageau : " Les cutleriaceae et leur alternance de generations," a translation reviewed by Bradley M. DavisBotanical Gazette, Vol. 29, 1900.UNIVERSITY RECORD 387Costantin: "La Nature Tropicale," by H. C. Cowles,Botanical Gazette, November 1900.Coulter: "Plant Structures," by H. C. Cowles, SchoolReview, June 1900.Starbuck : " Psychology of Religion," by C. R. Henderson, Biblical World, November 1900.Naraschin : " Beobachtungen tiber den feineren Bau undUmwandlung von Plasmodiophora Brassicae Woron. imLaufe ihres intracellular Lebens," by C. J. Chamberlain,Botanical Gazette, October 1900.Jager : " Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Endospermbildungund zur Embryologie von Taxus baccata L.," by C.J. Chamberlain, Botanical Gazette, November 1900.C. R. Thompson's " The Reports of the Magicians andAstrologers of Babylon and Nineveh," by W. Muss-Arnolt,American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures,October 1900.Berger, " Me*moire sur la grande inscription dedicatoire ; "Helm, "Fabii Planciadis Fulgentii Opera;" Koetschau," Die griech. christl. Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhun-derte : Origenes," I and II ; Landgraf and Weyman, " No-vatiani Epistula de cibis iudaicis ;" Loofs, " Eustathius vonSebaste und die Chronologie der Basilius-Briefe," by W.Muss-Arnolt, Am. Jour, of Theology, July and October. "Assyrian and Babylonian Literature. Selections inEnglish Translation," edited by Robert Francis Harper.Pp. 500. D. Appleton & Co., 1901."The Life of Christ." Constructive Studies, by E. D.. Burton and Shailer Mathews.Books published by members of the faculties :"Ovid" : Selections, with notes, by Frank J. Miller.Spalteholz, Professor Wern.: "Hand-atlas of humananatomy." With the advice of Professor Willi. His. Translated from the third German edition by Professor LewellysF. Barker. With a preface by Professor Franklin P. Mall.Vol. I. Bones, joints, ligaments, gr. 8°. (VI, 235 S. m. z.Tl. farb. Abbildgn.) Leipzig, S. Hirzel."Selections from Byron, with Introduction and Notes,"by Frederic I. Carpenter." The Teaching of Mathematics in the Higher Schools ofPrussia," by J. W. A. Young." The Expansion of the American People," by Edwin E.Sparks." The Men Who Made the Nation," by Edwin E. Sparks." College Algebra," by James H. Boyd."Elements of Latin" (Harper & Burgess series), by William R. Harper and Isaac B. Burgess." The Drift of Biblical Research, Past and Present," byIra M. Price."Assyrian and Babylonian Letters belonging to theKouyunjik Collections of the British Museum," by RobertFrancis Harper. Part V, pp. xvi-j- 120. Luzac & Co., andThe University of Chicago Press, 1901. PROGRAMME OF STUDENT CONFERENCES.JANUARY 25 AND 26, 1901.Subject: THE COLLEGE STUDENT'S DIFFICULTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BIBLEThe conferences will be held in Cobb Hall (chapel) , and willbe open to all persons interested. The students from the University and neighr/oring institutions are especially urged to attend.Friday, January 25.4 : 00 P.M. Tbe Scientific Difficulties.Points of Contact between the Bible and Science.Professor George S. Goodspeed.The Point of View of Science.Professor Charles R. Barnes.The Point of View of the Bible.President William R. Harper. -""•'"Question Conference.7 : 30 P.M. The Ethical Difficulties.Progressive Revelation.Mr. Gerald B. Smith.The Ethics of Christ.Professor Ernest D. Burton.The Point of View of Modern Ethics.Professor James H. Tufts.Question1 Conference.Saturday, January 26.4 : 00 P.M. Miracles.The Old Testament Miracles.Professor George S. Goodspeed.The New Testament Miracles.Professor Shailer Mathews.The Possibility of Miracles.Professor John M. Coulter.Question Conference.7 : 30 p.m. The Inspiration of the Bible.The Methods employed by Biblical Writers.Professor Shailer Mathews.The Inspiration of the Record.Professor Ernest D. Burton.The Results of the Higher Criticism.President William R. Harper. SQuestion Conference.388 UNIVERSITY RECORDOFFICIAL NOTICES.Professor Samuel Ball Platner, of the WesternReserve University, will deliver an illustratedlecture on " The Recent Excavations in the RomanForum," under the auspices of the Chicago Society of the Archaeological Institute, in Congregation Hall, Haskell Museum, on Friday, January25, at 4:00 p.m. Members of the University areinvited to attend.UNIVERSITY EXTENSION FOR THE PEOPLE.Every student of popular education is impressedwith the difficulties attendant on educational ef-.forts in industrial communities. The stress ofmodern industry, the commercial and other demands on time and money, the exaggerated importance of material advantages, all conspire tomake obstacles even to elementary education, tosay nothing of adult education, in industrialtowns. If one considers, also, the decline oftrade unionism in these last few years, and theapathy regarding municipal improvement prevalent nearly everywhere, it is worthy of attentionthat the Trades and Labor Assembly of an industrial town should provide for the public, withoutcost, a course of University Extension lectures onmunicipal questions, and should achieve suchsuccess as not only to receive the indorsement ofall the influential elements in the community, butalso to feel warranted in continuing to offer lectures on the same subject.The Trades and Labor Assembly of Springfield,Ohio, may not be unusual in its constituency andin its economic success, but it has had the goodfortune to have able leaders, and it has had thewisdom to engage in admirable public activities.It has occupied the position in regard to municipal and educational questions which a board oftrade or a commercial club is supposed to holdtoward commercial interests. Organized laborin Springfield has secured for the people betterschool facilities, has fought the extortions of agas company, has played an important part in amunicipal election where the people's popular interests were threatened ; has, in fact, in manyways, been active in securing, not only for itsmembers, but for the community at large, otherthan purely industrial gains. In addition tosupporting progressive education in the publicschools, it has from time to time provided thepeople with free lectures. The regular funds ofthe labor organizations are, of course, not taxedto accomplish these ends, but they draw on theLabor Day fund, which is secured by the paidadmissions of many thousands of people at theLabor Day demonstration.Last winter the Trades and Labor Assemblychose to furnish for the public entertainment andeducation a consecutive course of six lectures on"British Municipal Life," illustrated by the stere-opticon. As indicative of the popular characterof this movement, it is notable that the coursehad been given the previous winter in the samecity to an audience of several hundred people,comprising the leading members of the community interested in education ; yet this did not inthe least prevent the success of the course lastwinter, as an entirely different and much largeraudience attended it. Not the least significantcause of the success of the course was judiciousand generous advertising. The members of theTypographical Union contributed placards whichwere both striking and tasteful ; the meetings ofthe unions were also utilized for purposes of advertisement. But the most notable contributioncame from the newspapers which showed theirfriendliness to popular education by insertingconspicuous advertisements without charge ; onenewspaper on the eve of each lecture devotinghalf a page to its announcement. The Tradesand Labor Assembly was fortunate in havingavailable for these lectures the large auditoriumof the City Hall. Unlike many other cities,larger and smaller, Springfield has a public meeting place, a huge hall holding twelve or fifteenhundred people, with an adequate stage and facilities for almost every kind of entertainment. Thishall is at the free disposition of citizens forUNIVERSITY RECORD 389strictly public purposes. One of the forms, bothof advertisement and entertainment, provided inthe hall, was a band concert for half an hour before the lecture. It is needless to assert that theband concert drew the people, but fortunately forpopular education the people remained withoutthe necessity of locking the doors. In additionto the course delivered by the University Extension lecturer, local speakers followed each evening, discussing from the immediate and localpoint of view the municipal issues raised in thelectures and illustrated by means of British experience. The attendance, which constantly grew,ranged from eight hundred the first night to thepoint of taxing the capacity of the hall on thelast. Every kind of resident of Springfield wasprobably represented, young and old of bothsexes, manual and intellectual workers, clergy andlaity, white and black. The interest manifestedwas evidenced not only by the growth of theaudience from night to night, but by the vastmajority remaining in their seats from the timethe band concert began at 7 : 30, until the lastspeaker had finished after 10 o'clock. A stillgreater test of the interest of the people is inprospect, and a trial of the devotion of the Tradesand Labor Assembly to public interests, in theirendeavor to continue these lectures during thecoming season, a course of six lectures on" American Municipal Progress " being arranged.If it is not possible everywhere to have the admirable system of public adult instruction exemplified in the free lectures of New York City, nobetter essay toward popular education could beattempted than this remarkably successful experiment at Springfield.UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN VIENNA.The report of University Extension carried onunder the auspices of the University of Viennaduring the year 1 899-1 900 has just appeared.An examination of the report shows that the enterprise has not only maintained itself, but that ithas extended rapidly in various directions* The work was begun in the year 1895, and has,therefore, been carried on for five years. Thereport of the university body entrusted with itssupervision, and management declares that in itsopinion experience has fully demonstrated thevalue of this work, both to the university and thecommunity. The table given on page 390 showsthe growth fronr the beginning. It will be seenthat the number of courses given rose from 58 inthe year 1895-6 to 98 in the year 1899-1900;the attendance rose from 6198 to ,15, 876; theaverage number attending a course rose from 107to 162.The funds for carrying on the undertaking arederived from a government grant and from contributions by private parties and from tuitionfees. During the past year about $3000 werecontributed by the government, about $2000 byprivate parties, and about $2500 were derivedfrom the sale of tickets. The total expenditureduring the year was somewhat over $5000, andthe balance in the treasury, consisting chiefly ofthe government grant, to be used for next year,was $4000.It is interesting to note that out of the 54instructors employed, 5 belonged to the LawFaculty, 14 to the Medical Faculty, 31 to thePhilosophical Faculty, and 4 to the School ofTechnology. Of these instructors 6 had takenpart in the work from the beginning and consecutively ; 29 had assisted in one or moreof the preceding years, and 19 were newlyadded.The courses were given in four series, runningfrom October to November, November to December, January to February, and February to March,respectively.An interesting feature of Extension in Viennais the large number of courses in natural scienceand in medical subjects.The success of this enterprise has led to ageneral demand on the part of the outside publicin Austria that the other Austrian universitiesshall also take up the work.390 UNIVERSITY RECORD1895-6 1896-7 1897-8 1898-9 1899-1900Course Attendants Average Course Attendants Average Course Attend -ants Average Course Attendants Average Course Attendants AverageThe Series I The Series £11 The Series III The Series IV 242410 25572232I409 I06.I93.OI4O.9 221818 310722531802 141. 2125.2100. 1 262123 30012303I996 H5-3IO9.686.8 19221713 191220711751I414 100.594.O103.0108.6 17202020 2519212822432614 I48.2IO6.4112. 1130.7Total 58 6198 IO6.9 58 7162 - 1234 70 7300 104.3 71 7I48 100.5 77 9504 1234Outside of Vienna . . I 152 152.0 5 1249 249.8 7 2664 380.5 21 6372 303.4Total 58 6198 IO6.9 59 73H 123.9 75 8549 114.0 78 9812 125.8 98 15,876 162.0UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND THE NEW TEACHINGUNIVERSITY OF LONDON.The most substantial recognition which haslately come to the University Extension movement has been given in connection with the organization of the New Teaching University in thecity of London.It is a well-known fact that for nearly two generations an earnest effort has been made to organize in the city of London a great Teaching University. In answer to the first series of attemptsmade in this direction the University of Londonwas organized many years ago as an examiningbody. It was reserved, however, for the close ofthe century to see this examining body developalso into a teaching body.An act of Parliament passed in 1898 providedfor the appointment of a number of commissioners who should draft a set of statutes and by-lawsfor the government of the University. Thesestatutes were prepared and submitted to the Parliament in February 1900. According to thesestatutes the senate, which is the governing bodyof the institution, is organized into three standing committees, "The Academic Council," "TheCouncil for External Students," and " The Board to promote the Extension of University Teaching," respectively. It will be seen that two ofthe committees have to do especially with thenon-resident students, and with the organizationand control of Extension teaching in the widestsense of that term.The London Society for Extension of University teaching, organized 25 years ago, has beenso successful in the prosecution of this work thatwhen the New Teaching University was organized there was a general demand from everyquarter that it should incorporate the work ofUniversity Extension as an integral, an essentialpart of the University. This has been done to an extent far surpassing the expectations of the friendsand supporters of University Extension itself,and forms a most striking testimony to the valueset upon this work by the general public on onehand, and the small but expert body authorized to draft the statutes of the new university onthe other hand..CURRENT EVENTS.A Pianoforte Recital was given by Mr. OttoPfefferkorn in Kent Theater, Thursday, January17, at 7:45 p.m.UNIVERSITY RECORD 391THE CALENDAR.JANUARY 18-26, 1001.Friday, January 18.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Romance Club meets in 13 c, Cobb Lecture Hall,at 4:00 p.m.Assistant Professor Howland reads on "RecentFrench dictionaries."Saturday, January 19.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Board of the University Press, 8: 30 a.m.The Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10:00 a.m.Sunday, January 20.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4:00 P.M.The address is given by President Tucker, of Dartmouth College.Monday, January 21.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required ofJunior College students).Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus gives the first of a series ofLectures before the Divinity School on " Modern English Poets," in Congregation Hall,Haskell Museum, at 4:00 p.m.Assistant Professor Ingres reads from Rostand's DAiglon in the Lecture room, CobbHall, at 4:00 p.m.Philological Society meets at the house of Professor Manly at 8:00 p.m.Dr. Kern reads upon "The Development of theGerman Ablaut from Middle High German to Modern High German."Dr. Laing reads upon " The Figurative Negative inLatin."New Testament Club meets at the residenceof Professor Mathews, 5736 Woodlawn av., at7: 30 P.M."The Psalms of the Pharisees," Pss. 6 and 7. Papersby Messrs. Davidson and Morton ; discussion by Mr.Hazen. Tuesday, January 22.Chapel-Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required ofSenior College students).Dr. Triggs lectures in Kent Theater at 4:00 P.M.on "Classicism in Painting." (Illustrated.)Botanical Club meets in Room 24, BotanicalLaboratory, at 5:00 p.m.Mr. Burton E. Livingston will review a paper, " Contributions to our knowledge of the physiology of thespermatozoa of ferns," by A. H. Reginald Buller.Wednesday, January 23.Division Meetings are held at 10:30 a.m.Bacteriological Journal Club meets in Room34, Zoological Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Messrs. Magers, Lawson, and Speed: Review ofrecent papers on Anthrox.Zoological Club meets in Room 24, ZoologicalLaboratory, at 5:00 p.m.Paper : " Variation in the mandibles of the Stag-beetle," by Miss Elizabeth B. Meek.Thursday, January 24.Chaeel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, January 25.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.Dr. I. H. McDonald reads : " On integral functionswhich have not a finite genus."Note : " Elementary proofs of three theorems in thetheory of symmetric functions," by Professor Moore.Professor Platner, of the Western ReserveUniversity, lectures in Congregation Hall, Haskell, at 4:00 p.m., on. "The Recent Excavations in the Roman Forum."Saturday, January 26.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies, HaskellOriental Museum :The Board of Libraries, Laboratories, andMuseums, 8: 30 a.m.The Faculties of the Graduate Schools, 10: 00A.M.The University Council, 11:30 a.m.AS BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT, SIMPLICITY IS THE SOUL OF INVENTIONSTANDING PEERLESS AS SUCHTHE BULLARDFolding Magazine CamerasCOMMAND THE ADMIRATION OF ALL WHO SEE THEMPERFECT IN ACTION u FAULTLESS IN FINISHNONE BUT HIGH GRADE LENSEScapable of the finest results in picture-making are fitted to these cameras, whilethe Shutters and all other parts are correspondingly first-class and up-to-dateCAMERAS FROM $10.00 TO $40.00. 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