Sbe THntversits of CbieagoPrice $1.00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe IHntversitE of Cbfcaao jpressVOL. V, NO. 46 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. FEBRUARY 15, 1901Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matterCONTENTS.I. The Association* of American Universities.Second Annual Meeting - 405II. The Middle Low German Legend of MaryMagdalene. Brief of Thesis by Carl EdgarEggert - ? -.... - - - .- 405-406III. Official Notices - - - - *; * 406-407IV. Programme of the Winter Finals and theThirty-seventh Convocation, Spring, 190 1 - 407V. Official Reports -..--- 407VI. Calendar ------- 408THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES.SECOND ANNUAL MEETING.This association holds its second meeting inChicago from February 26-28 inclusive. Theprogramme is arranged as follows :On Tuesday, February 26, at 1 : 00 P. M. the membersof the association are invited to take luncheon with President Harper at the Quadrangle Club. The first session begins at 2 : 30 p. M. in Haskell Assembly Room. The subjectfor discussion is "Migration Among Graduate Students,"and the discussion is to be opened with a paper preparedfor Johns Hopkins University by Professor Ira W. Remsen.On Wednesday, February 27, the second session opensat 10:00 A.M. in the rooms of University College, FineArts Building. The subject for discussion is " The Type ofExaminations for the Doctor's Degree," and the discussion isto be opened with a paper prepared for Princeton University by Professor W. F. Magie. The third session to be heldin the same place begins at 2 : 30 P. M., and will discuss the subject of " Fellowships." Professor Judson of the University opens the discussion. A dinner at the University Clubon Wednesday evening is given by the club in honor of thedelegates to the association.The fourth session held on Thursday at 10:00 A.M. inthe rooms of University College considers the topic "Towhat extent should a candidate for the doctor's degree berequired to show a knowledge of subjects not immediatelyconnected with his major subject ?" The discussion is to beopened with a paper prepared for the University of Pennsylvania by Professor W. R. Newbold.THE MIDDLE LOW GERMAN LEGEND OF MARYMAGDALEN.{Brief of a thesis submitted by Carl Edgar Eggert to the Universityof Chicago for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.)The work of the thesis is the preparation forpublication of the hitherto unprinted versionof a portion of the life of S. Maria Magdalena,contained on pages 60b to 730 of HelmstedtCodex 894, found in the ducal library at Wolfen-biittel, Germany. The aim of the candidate inthe introduction is to trace the origin and thegrowth of the legend in general; to show theliterary antecedents of the Low German version ;to determine the dialect of the poem ; and, lastly,to indicate necessary changes in the order andwording of the MS.The introduction is divided into six parts.Part I describes the MS. Part II traces the406 UNIVERSITY RECORDgrowth of the legend from the fourth to the thirteenth century, when the final form became fixedin the Speculum Historiale of Vincent de Beauvais,and, with some differences of wording and subject-matter, in the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus aVoragine. The two Latin versions just mentioned are compared, and the points of divergencenoted in full, in order to demonstrate that theM. G. L. version goes back to Vincent de Beauvais. By the same process of comparison attemptis made to show the absence of literary indebtedness to the Alemannic version of the thirteenthcentury, contained in the Vienna Codex 2841,and the Passional composed in the same century.An effort is made to show that the Low Germanauthor knew not only the account from the Speculum Historiale, but also the Norman- French version of .Guillaume le Clerc and the Middle German version contained in the Berlin Codex 245.Attention is called to the fact that both Guillaumele Clerc and the Low German unknown treat thesame episode, the conversion of the prince ofMarseilles, to the exclusion of all the other episodes found in other versions of the legend. Thepreponderance of evidence favors the conclusionthat the work of Guillaume le Clerc was the mainsource of the Low German author, supplementedby very apparent indebtedness to the versions ofVincent de Beauvais and the Berlin Codex 245.Although aware of the futility of hypothesesthe candidate advances his theory of the origin ofthe legend, at the same time giving due consideration to the Leucothea theory advanced by AdolphSchmidt in Romanische Studien, IV, 540.Part III analyzes the vowels and consonants,and Part IV the accidence of the poem, in orderto the final conclusion that the author was a LowGerman, possibly from the city of Brunswick,whose style was much influenced by his familiaritywith the High German written language. It isadmitted that strong arguments could be drawnto prove the poem, an adaptation of a High German lost original, br the work of a High Germanwriting in a dialect with which he was but imper fectly familiar. The weight of evidence inclinesto the conclusion made by the candidate.The strange displacement of material found inlines 480 to 511, as well as certain scribal peculiarities, seem to indicate without a shadow of adoubt that the MS. of the poem is not the original autograph, but the work of a copyist, perhapsof a High German.Part V includes a study of the versification,including the enumeration of lines deviatingfrom the typical line containing four arses, especially of those containing but three arses.Part VI contains a resume of the results obtained.The normalized text of the poem follows theintroduction, succeeded in turn by the notes andbibliography.OFFICIAL NOTICES.On Tuesday next Assistant Professor Howlandwill begin a series of stereopticon lectures onSpain, France, and Italy. These lectures will begiven on successive Tuesdays during the remainder of this quarter and are open to all.The following is the plan of Division Lecturesfor the Junior Colleges during the Winter Quarter1 00 1 :* UPPER JUNIORS.January 2. — Introductory Lecture, Associate ProfessorAlexander Smith.January 16 and 23. — "Greek Education," Professor F. B.Tarbell.January 30 and February 13. — "Roman Education," Dr.Gordon J. Laing.February 6. — Address by Mr. Barrett.February 20 and 27. — "Mediaeval Universities," ProfessorStarr W. Cutting.March 1 and 8. — "German Universities," Assistant Professor Schmidt-Wartenberg.March 15. — "English Universities," Dr. George H. Locke.LOWER JUNIORS.January 9 to February 13. — Five Lectures on the InorganicSciences, Assistant Professor Julius Stieglitz.February 20 to March 8. — Five Lectures on the BiologicalSciences, Assistant Professor Charles B. Davenport.A piano and song recital is to be given by Mr.W. C. E. Seeboeck and Mr. E. A. Rowdon in KentTheater on Wednesday, February 20, at 8:00 p.m.UNIVERSITY RECORD 407Mr. Seeboeck is interested in collecting minerals,and has loaned his private collection for exhibition in Walker Museum, where it will be installedin cases in the near future. He has volunteeredto give a recital to aid in enlarging the mineralcollection of the University, and Mr. Rowdon haskindly offered to assist him. The proceeds of theconcert will be spent in the purchase of specimens recently sent from Europe on approval.PROGRAMMEOF THE WINTER FINALS AND THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONVOCATION,SPRING, 1901.March 13, Wednesday.10 : 30 a.m. The Junior College Finals in Public Speaking for theFerdinand Peck prize. Declamations. Judges, themembers of the Junior College Faculty.Kent TheaterMarch 15, Friday.8 : 00 p.m. Graduate-Divinity Finals in Public Speaking forthe Joseph Letter prize. Kent TheaterMarch ^7, Sunday. — Convocation Sunday.3 : 30 p.m. The Convocation Prayer Service. Members of theFaculties and Candidates for Degrees are invited toattend.Haskell Oriental Mttseum— Congregation Hall4:00 p.m. The Convocation Vesper .Service., The ConvocationSermon. Kent TheaterMarch 18, Monday.8 : 00-11 : 00 p.m. The Convocation Reception.Haskell Oriental MuseumMarch 19, Tuesday. — Convocation Day.3 : 00 p.m. The Thirty -seventh University Convocation.The Procession.The Convocation Address. Mr. Wu Ting-Fang,Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryof China.The Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.Studebaker Hall. — 203 Michigan avenue.7:00 p.m. The Congregation Dinner. The Quadrangle ClubMarch 20, Wednesday.4:90 P.M. The Twenty-third Meeting of the University Congre-tion.Congregatioti Hall — Haskell Oriental MuseumApiil 1, Monday.8 : 30 a.m. Lectures and Recitations of the Spring Quarter begin.8:30 a.m.-i2:oo 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 :oo p.m. Meeting of the Councilors of the Junior Colleges withthe President of the University.2:30 P.M. Meeting of the Councilors of the Senior Colleges withthe President of the University.The President 's OfficeApril 7, Sunday. Congregation Sunday.4: 00 p.m. The Congregation Vesper Service. The CongregationSermon : Reverend Charles A. Eaton, Toronto.Kent Theater7 : 30 p.m. Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.Association Hall OFFICIAL REPORTS.James Milton Sheldon has been elected the representative of the Junior Colleges on the Boardof Physical Culture and Athletics.THE LIBRARY.During the month of January 1901 there hasbeen added to the library of the University atotal number of 1638 volumes, from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 864 volumes, distributed as follows :General Library, 184 vols.; Philosophy, 27vols,; Pedagogy, 19 vols.; Political Economy,12 vols.; Political Science^ 177 vols.; History,59 vols.; Classical Archaeology, 3 vols.; Sociology,16 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 6 vols.; Anthropology, 6 vols.; Comparative Religion, 2 vols.;Semitic, 4 vols.; New Testament, 12 vols.; Comparative Philology, 6 vols.; Greek, 31 vols.;Latin, 18 vols.; Latin and Greek, 2 vols.; Romance, 6 vols.; German, 49 vols.; English, 85vols.; Mathematics, 10 vols.; Astronomy (Ryer-son)j 1 vol.; Chemistry, 9 vols;; Physics, 5 vols.;Geology, 5 vols.; Zoology, 9 vols.; Botany, 5. vols.;Church History, 10 vols.; Systematic Theology,18 vols.; Homiletics, 7 vols.; Morgan ParkAcademy, 20 vols.; Dano-Norw. Seminary, 41vols.Books added by gift, 568 volumes, distributedas follows :General Library, 419 vols.; Pedagogy, 18 vols.;Political Economy, 2 vols.; Political Science, 1vol.; History, 1 vol.; Sociology (Divinity), 1 vol.,Anthropology, 1 vol.; Comparative Religion,2 vols.; Semitic, 2 vols., New Testament, 40 vols,;Latin, 1 vol.; Romance, 14 vols.; English, 19vols.; Mathematics, 1 vol.; Geology, 2 vols.; Botany, 1 vol.; Church History, 20 vols.; SystematicTheology, 1 vol.; Homiletics, 2 vols.; Divinity,1 vol.; Haskell, 19 vols.Books added by exchange for University publications, 206 volumes, distributed as follows :General Library, 157 vols.; Pedagogy, 4 vols.;Political Economy, 7 vols.; Political Science, 3vols.; Sociology, 20 vols.; Anthropology, 1 vol.;Semitic, 3 vols.; New Testament, 4 vols.; German,1 vol.; English, 1 vol.; Botany, 4 vols.; Haskell,1 vol.408 TJNIVERSITHE CALENDAR.february 15-23, 1901.Friday, February 15.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Saturday, February 16.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.The Divinity Faculty, 1 1 : 30 a.m.Mr. R. C. H. Catterall lectures on the subject,"The Relation of History to Politics," in theLecture Hall of University College, Fine ArtsBuilding, at 12:30 p.m.Sunday, February 17.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4:00 P.M.The address is given by the Reverend Willard B.Thorp, of the South Congregational Church.Monday, February 18.Chapel- Assembly : The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required ofJunior College students).New Testament Club meets at 5630 Kimbarkav. at 8:00 p.m.Mr. Hanley reads on " Psalms of the Pharisees, 9."Mr. Burns opens the discussion.Tuesday, February 19.Chapel-Assembly: The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (Attendancerequired.) Y RECORDAssistant Professor FIowland gives an illustrated lecture on " Spain " in Haskell AssemblyRoom at 4:00 p.m.Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanicalLaboratory, at 5:00 p.m.Dr. Davis : "An account of modern work bearing onthe evolution of Algae."Wednesday, February 20.Division Meetings are held at 10:30 a.m.Bacteriological Journal Club meets in Room34, Zoological Laboratory, at 4:00 p.m.Miss Mary Hefferan: "A Comparative Study of RedPigmented Germs."Miss M. C. Lincoln: "The Widal Serum Reaction."Piano and Song Recital in Kent Theater at 8 : 00p.m. (see pp. 406-7).Thursday, February 21.Chapel- Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.German Conversational Club meets at Professor Cutting's house, 514, 53d St., at 4: 45 p.m.Friday, February 22.Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Saturday, February 28.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.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.