THEUniversity RecordOFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERVol. VIII FEBRUARY, 1904 No. 10PHYSICAL CULTURE NUMBERDRAWINGS FOR THE BARTLETT MEMORIALWINDOW (frontispiece) 307ADDRESSES AT THE DEDICATION OF THEFRANK DICKINSON BARTLETT GYMNASIUM:THE PRESENTATION ADDRESS, by Adol-phus C. Bartlett, Esq. 307THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GYMNASIUMON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY, byPresident William R. Harper - - - 307A YOUNG MAN'S MEMORIAL, by FrankWakeley Gunsaulus - 309ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISIONOF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND ATHLETICS, by Amos Alonzo Stagg - - - - 313ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND ATHLETICS, by Eri BakerHulbert - 314ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE ALUMNIAND STUDENTS, by William Scott Bond - 316MURAL DECORATIONS IN THE BARTLETTGYMNASIUM (full-page illustration ) - - 317THE MURAL DECORATIONS IN THE BARTLETT GYMNASIUM, by Frederic Bartlett - 317THE MEMORIAL WINDOW FOR FRANK DICKINSON BARTLETT ------ 317THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE NEW GYMNASIUM - 318THE FOOTBALL DINNER IN THE REYNOLDSCLUB HOUSE - 319THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BARTLETTGYMNASIUM, by Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge 320THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT OF THEBARTLETT GYMNASIUM, by Joseph Edward Raycroft - 321 AN INTERIOR VIEW OF THE FRANK DICKINSON BARTLETT GYMNASIUM (full -pageillustration) -HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE DIVISION OFPHYSICAL CULTURE AND ATHLETICS, byJoseph Edward Raycroft -THE WOMEN'S GYMNASIUM, by GertrudeDudley ... - PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL OFEDUCATION, by Carl Johannes KrohTHE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PROFESSORHERMANN EDUARD VON HOLST :ADDRESS by William Rainey Harper, President of the University ADDRESS by William Gardner Hale, Representative of the University SenateTHE FUNERAL OF PROFESSOR VON HOLSTAT HEIDELBERG, GERMANY - - - -THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SETTLEMENTTHE ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT OFTHE WOMAN'S UNION REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELDOF PALEONTOLOGY ------THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF IM-MANUEL KANT THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONCERTS BYTHE CHICAGO ORCHESTRA -OPENING OF THE NEW BOWLING ALLEYS INTHE REYNOLDS CLUB HOUSE -A COURSE OF LECTURES BY THE PRESIDENT ON "THE ADMINISTRATION OF ACOLLEGE" --------A DIRECTORSHIP OF GENERAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY PRIZES FOR ECONOMIC ESSAYSTHE FACULTIES ------- 328338339: 343343344344345'PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY£be TUnivereiti? of CbicaooANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION SINGLE COPIESONE DOLLAR ENTERED AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER TEN CENTSf>-5SBVOLUME VIII NUMBER 10University RecordFEBRUARY, 1904ADDRESSES AT THE DEDICATION OF THE FRANK DICKINSON BARTLETT GYMNASIUM.*THE PRESENTATION ADDRESS.BY ADOLPHUS C. BARTLETT,Donor of the Gymnasium.Mr. President and Friends:I am not entitled to the praise that has beenbestowed upon me this evening. I am simplythe agency through which the Gymnasium ispresented to the University. I did not build theGymnasium. In the eyes of a fond father, ason gave promise of a life that would be ofservice to his fellow-men and that would dosome good in the world. He did not reach thefull years of complete manhood; and we havehere placed this building, this window, andthese decorations, to symbolize, as best wemight, what we think he would have done in abroad and noble way, had he been spared.I wish I could impress upon the mind ofevery student that is now in this University,every young man and every young woman whoshall come here in the future for education anddevelopment, that this Gymnasium is the fruition of a young life — a life in which good fellowship, truth, high aspirations, and kind deedswere the cardinal principles ; that this Gymnasium was built, not by the death of FrankBartlett, but through his life. And in presenting it to this University, sir, presenting itthrough you as President of the University ofxThe dedication of the Bartlett Gymnasium tookplace on Friday evening, January 29, 1904; the laying ofthe corner-stone occurred on Thanksgiving Day, 1901. Chicago, I want to impress upon the minds ofevery young man and every young woman whatI have said here today — that the Gymnasiumwas built by Frank Bartlett. I present it to theUniversity of Chicago in behalf, and in thename, of those who loved the boy.THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GYMNASIUM ON BEHALFOF THE UNIVERSITY.BY WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER,President of the University.Ladies and Gentlemen:It seems a long time since we first began totalk about the Gymnasium. I remember onemorning in January, or February, 1892, at theMurray Hill Hotel in New York city, when Mr.Stagg and myself discussed the subject veryearnestly, and likewise the question of his com-i? g to the University of Chicago. I assuredhim most positively that, if he would come, therewould be erected for the use of his departmenta well-equipped building. That promise, whatever may be said of other promises made inthose early days, was one of slow realization.I think, however, that in the light of historywe would better call the assurance given atthat time, not a promise, but a prediction. Ipredicted, therefore, that a gymnasium wouldbe built, if he would join forces with us. Prediction, as all students of prophecy well know,sometimes "tarries" in its fulfilment. Thisprediction was one of that kind. It has "tar-307308 UNIVERSITY RECORDried" more than a dozen years. But there isstill another characteristic of prediction whichmay be noticed in connection with this wholeaffair; I have in mind the point that, when atlast the fulfilment of a prediction actually comesto pass, the issue sometimes far exceeds theliteral content of the prediction, far exceedseven the largest hopes of the prophet whouttered the prediction or those of the personsto whom it was addressed. We may, then, goone step farther in the analogy; the longer aprediction is delayed in its fulfilment, the largerand more glorious is the outcome when it isactually realized.These remarks are intended partly in explanation of the situation in which we tonight findourselves taking part; partly, also, for the encouragement of those other heads of departments who still await, though not too patiently,the fulfilment of other predictions made in thedays of old. I may, perhaps, add that now inthese new days of University life, in view ofthe tardiness which has characterized the comingtrue of former predictions, no new predictions,not to speak of promises, are being made.It seems a long time, even, since we firstbegan to plan the details of this building. Iremember one morning in September of 1900,in a room of the Grand Pacific Hotel, whenthe Trustees met to receive the official announcement of Mr. Bartlett's purpose to undertake thework. We had in mind, at that time, some suchbuilding as this ; but it was proposed to makeplans in accordance with which two buildingsshould be provided for the needs of the department ; a first building, more especially for physical culture ; and a second, to be erected later onthe ground just north of this. We therefore cutin two the great building which had before beensketched. The half, however, began to grow ; itcontinued to grow ; and when the time had cometo sign the contract, it was found that the halfwhich had been undertaken was exactly as large,so far as expense was concerned, as the whole that had originally been worked out. The oldt% whole " has now been finished ; but it is onlythe half of what we are ultimately to possess.It was evident to all friends of the Universitythat nothing less than the present buildingwould satisfy present needs, and with a strongappreciation of this, a gift in addition to hisfirst gift was made by Mr. Bartlett, which, withthe help of other friends, has enabled us to complete the building on this much larger scale. Ithas taken many months, yes, even years, for allthese things to come about, but they have come.You will pardon me if I go back again to thepast and recall still other things. I have inmind the patience with which the hundreds, andthousands, of men have waited all these yearsfor this gymnasium : I -say " waited ; " and yetwhat were they waiting for? They knew, asyear after year passed, that in their day thebuilding would not be erected. They knew thatthe University might have put up somethingbetter than the old gymnasium ; but if this hadbeen done, it would have postponed unto a futurestill more remote the acquisition of a buildinglike this. And so they waited — waited andsuffered. That was a truly vicarious suffering ;because they suffered for the good of those whowere to follow them. There were times when itwas almost unbearable; times when patiencealmost became a vice; but still they waited;and tonight many of these men are with us, torejoice with us all the more strongly becauseof the contribution which they themselves havemade through the long years.I have in mind, also, that strong, handsomeboy; his enjoyment of life; his beaming face;his strength of heart. Then came the suddenmessage ; then weeks of waiting for the body ;then the putting forever away of all that remained.I recall when the purpose was indicated that,because of his removal thus early in life, something should be done to help other men's sonsto be stronger physically; to grow stronger inUNIVERSITY RECORD 309body as they grew stronger in mind. This is,indeed, a building for young men ; and not oneof the tens of thousands who in coming yearsshall live stronger and purer lives, becauseFrank Dickinson Bartlett lived and died, willforget his name or his memory.This building is, or ought to be, the best andmost efficiently equipped gymnasium in thecountry. You are most cordially invited to inspect it this evening. There are still somethings to be done before it can technically becalled finished; but it is now ready for use;and within a very short time the remainingapparatus and equipment, already purchased,will be installed.We do not fail to recall this evening thebeautiful contribution to the memory of him inwhose honor the building has been erected, madeby Mr. Hibbard. The memorial window willbe one of the most attractive features of the entire structure. This window reached the city ofChicago only the day before its donor passedfrom this life.In accepting this building tonight, I wish tomake record of the splendid and faithful serviceof the architects, and of Mr. Clark who hasrepresented them. This building is not onlylarge an4 strong and Well arranged; it is alsobeautiful.I should be guilty of a grave oversight, did Inot express the appreciation which all of us —Mr. Stagg, the architects, and the BuildingCommittee of the Trustees — feel for the patient and invaluable service rendered by Dr.Raycroft through the entire history of thisbuilding enterprise. His wise suggestions havebeen adopted in very many cases ; and his supervision of details will be found to have addedmuch to the value of the building and itsequipment.It is unnecessary for me to tell you that itis the tangible representation of Mr. Stagg'shopes and dreams. He has put into it the experience of many years of close and definite study. The plans of the building throughouthave been prepared under his direction. Mayhe live a hundred years to enjoy it, and may eachyear add to the satisfaction of his work !Mr. Bartlett, in formally accepting from yourhands this great structure, and in pledging theUniversity through all future years to preserveit and to maintain it for the uses to which it issacredly set apart, I am unequal to the task ofsaying what is in my heart. This building isthe realization of so many dreams ; it is thefulfilment of so many desires. It means addedstrength of body and of mind to every man ofthe University, whether student or instructor,who, through the future years, will avail himself of the advantages which it offers. Theacceptance of this gift means the rolling offfrom my shoulders, and from the shoulders ofyour colleagues — the other Trustees of thisinstitution — a formidable load of responsibility— responsibility for the life and health, yes, andfor the character, of the young men who, inhundreds and thousands, will continue to comewithin the walls of the University. To you, andthose who are associated with you in this greatgift, we present our words of thanksgiving andappreciation; but although these words comefrom the heart, they fail utterly to inform youof the depth of the feeling of which they arethe expression. The Frank Dickinson BartlettGymnasium will stand for centuries, let us hope,as the memorial of a father's love seeking tostrengthen other fathers' sons, who have livedand not died.A YOUNG MAN'S MEMORIAL.BY FRANK WAKELEY GUNSAULUS,!President of the Armour Institute of Technology.The reins of the future have been caught andheld by young hands. At fifteen Victor Hugopresented a poem to the Academy. At sixteenBossuet dazzled all who heard him by his elo-1 The address at the laying of the corner-stone of theBartlett Gymnasium on Thanksgiving Day, 1901, wasalso delivered by Dr. Gunsaulus.310 UNIVERSITY RECORDquence; and Leigh Hunt was a prolific writerof verses. At seventeen Michael Angelo hadroom in the palace of Lorenzo de' Medici;Mozart had entranced the courts of Germany;Chateaubriand had a commission; AlexanderHamilton commanded the attention of his country; Washington Irving delighted the readersof the Morning Chronicle. At eighteen CharlesSpurgeon was pastor of a congregation;Zwingli had read the New Testament so well asto doubt the authority of the church; Grotiushad published an edition of Marcianus Capella.At nineteen Bach was organist at Armstadt;George Washington was a major ; Webster hadunderstood Espinasse; Bryant had writtenThanatopsis; George Stephenson was carryingin his brain an improved steam engine. Attwenty Robert Hall had an enthusiastic audience; Alexander mounted the throne; Weberwas producing symphonies; Schelling hadgrappled with the philosophy of Kant ; Wallacehad made assault against the arbitrary dominance of Edward I.At twenty-one Beethoven had added a greatname to music; Kirke White had left histremulous lyre; William Wilberforce was inParliament; Mazzini was a prisoner in thecitadel of Savona. At twenty-two Alfred beganone of the most magnificent reigns which England had ever seen; his commander had madeWallenstein captain of the conquered fortressof Grau ; Hampden was in Parliament ; Savonarola was robed with a splendid name; Algernon Sydney had antagonized Cromwell; Rossini had excited an enthusiasm unequaled in theworld of music; Schiller's Robbers had beenwritten; Richelieu was a bishop; Sir PhilipSidney had been sent to complete the alliance ofProtestantism. At twenty-three Servetus hadfound the intolerance of fanaticism; Spinozawas excommunicated; Rubens had "compounded from the splendor of Paul Veroneseand the glory of Tintoretto that florid systemof mannered magnificence which is the element of his art and the principle of his school;"Browning had written Paracelsus; Sir HenryVane had filled Boston with enthusiasm ; Richard Wagner carried with him the music ofLohengrin; Whitefield was preaching in theTower chapel at London; Bailey had writtenFestus; Emmet had thrilled Ireland with pathetic patriotism ; Arthur Hallam had furnishedTennyson with his greatest poem; Hume hadcomposed his treatise on Human Nature. Attwenty-four Bismarck was captain of king'scavalry ; Alexander had taken Thebes and hadcrossed the Hellespont; Ariosto had made hismuse support a family; Dante was a distinguished soldier and poet ; Ruskin had publishedthe first volume of Modem Painters; Santa Anahad expelled the royalist from Vera Cruz ; Rut-ledge was jthe orator for the colonies; Scipiohad commanded the armies of Rome ; Sheridanhad written The Rivals; Rienzi had come forthas the second Brutus; Richter had charmedHerder.At twenty-five Bernard had changed "TheValley of Wormwood " into Clairvaux ; iEschy-lus was the greatest tragic poet of Greece;Xavier lectured on Aristotle; Coleridge hadwritten The Ancient Mariner; Huss had become a flaming herald for truth; Southey hadburned more verses than he published duringlife. At twenty-six Robespierre defended thework of Franklin against ignorance; Franklinhimself wrote the wisdom of Poor Richard;Roger Williams had aroused all the intoleranceof New England ; Turner was a member of theRoyal Academy ; Mark Antony was the hero ofRome. At twenty-seven Oberlin had a parishof 9,000 acres of rocky soil; Daniel O'Connellhad begun his career as an agitator ; Correggiohad the commission to execute the frescoes onthe cupola of San Giovanni in Parma.At twenty-eight Wordsworth was joint authorwith Coleridge; Warwick was a distinguishedsoldier on the Scottish border; Hannibal tookSaguntum while Rome deliberated on its rescue ;UNIVERSITY RECORD 311Bacon was counsel extraordinary for the queen;Napoleon had revolutionized Europe. Attwenty-nine Robert South's eloquence hadmoved British royalty ; Lord John Russell wasa reformer in Parliament; Milton was theauthor of Comus; Arminius had liberated Germany; Cromwell had begun his work. Atthirty Reynolds was the greatest portrait painterin England ; and Da Vinci had said : " I willundertake any work in sculpture, in marble, inbronze, or in terra-cotta ; likewise in painting Ican do as well as any man, be he who he may."All these, with the thousands of others, areonly some of the young men who have ruled theworld. Their life-work had been begun and itsinspiration had been gained. John Keats, Pitt,Summerfield, and Macaulay are only some ofour fair names. These are they who come intoour thought when we dedicate to the uses ofyoung scholars a building which is a memorialof a young man whose ministry must be exercised from both the visible and invisible realms.No one can remember, with anything likespiritual accuracy, the personality of FrankBartlett without gratitude that the sovereigntyof his influence shall be understood largelythrough an institution so characteristic of hisfull-orbed physical and mental promise- Thisis not the memorial of an old man, in whosecareer have been harvested the intimations ofApril, the thrilling processes of growth frommany May days, the fructifying heats of June,and the more fiery processes of July. Therewould be a kind of strangeness in its atmosphere, if the Gymnasium were other than ayoung man's monument and a young man'sinstrumentality for beneficent power. Everything which youth has of ardor and vision willfind its welcome and home in the buoyant andfree spirit which must pervade these stones, andwalk through these halls with the old joy withwhich he grew so athletic in mind that we almostforgot how superb he was in physical resource.These young men whom I have mentioned touched humanity and exalted the definition ofmanhood while they lived with us on the earth.Frank Bartlett's sphere of influence was earlyremoved from this world, and yet so wise andloving has been the benevolence of his fatherand his family that a reach of power is promisedfor him in years to come which it would havetaken a long life, lived with every force ofgenius at work, to surpass, if indeed equal, inits privilege and effectiveness. When DavidGray, the young Scotch poet, was made to confess the imminency of an early death, he wrotethe words :There is life with God,In other kingdom of a sweeter air.In Eden every flower is blown: Amen.Happy, indeed, is this young man that, whilethe flower is blown in Eden, the fragrance ofthe bud which we knew abides with us evermore. It would not be fair to the memory ofthis young man if the members of this University should receive this Gymnasium as otherthan an appeal to them to make the body thefinest possible servant of the mind. In othertimes physical prowess might appear as a sortof extemporaneous item in human life and ahaphazard possession of untrained minds. Today and here we grow physical strength andconsequent effectiveness according to the lawsof our being and after a divinely inwroughtway. The hour has come when the athletic man,having obeyed the law that he might obtainliberty and mastery over himself, shall be theobedient son and guardian of all law and thechampion and defender of all order.The type of manhood most needed today hadfine promise in Frank Bartlett; he was anobedient and law-abiding vouth. No contribution that can be made at this time is quite soevident and, indeed, necessary as the trainedability to obey law. It is strange that the associations of culture are too often allied with lawlessness. If the student and scholar are not toincarnate law and order, what may we expect ofthe untrained minds of a fierce democracy? In312 UNIVERSITY RECORDorder to obtain liberty and mastery, the chemistbows to the slightest intimation of the wayalong which chemic forces travel ; the physicistyields himself, with sympathy absolute and final,to the smallest indication of energy, and heobeys its manner that he may have power. Historical study opens before the youth a solemnperspective, in which the laws of progress disobeyed are magnificent in disasters, and obeyedare sublime in beneficent achievements. Let thisbuilding be a temple in which men shall learnthat each man's body is so far the servant of thesoul and its effort toward realizing its highestdestiny that the body itself must be the " templeof the Holy Ghost."Modern chivalry makes its appeal for youngknights ; and no more lofty tone could stir thesoul of youth to answer these demands in ourtime than that which must be heard in whisperedeloquence from this vanished young soldier ofthe good and the true and the beautiful whosememorial is here dedicated. He once told methat it was the aim of his life to continue andenforce the attachment of his family to thosecauses in our city and commonwealth whichhave already prospered so largely through theinfluence of one to whom this University owesthis memorial.In that war against evil wThich is to demandstrength of body and forces of mind we mustnever omit the authoritative voice of conscience.Perhaps we never had so little need in nationallife of the bully and the braggart ; perhaps wenever had such need of men of stout heart andluminous conscience. We need not onlyMen whom the lust of office does not kill ;Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy ;but we need men who can ask and answer thequestion as did Shakespeare in Henry VI:What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted?Thrice is he armed that has his quarrel just;Whose conscience with injustice is completed.And he but naked, though locked up in steel, The age is weary of vulgar and soul-destroying success. It longs for knightly devotion to what often seem to be lost causes inpolitics, society, church, and state. Sane mindsin strong bodies have less than any significance— they are, indeed, so many personal perils —unless they are baptized in the spirit of theHighest, who said : " He who would be chief,let him be the servant of all." Unless a generous enthusiasm directs itself in every drop of aman's blood toward the destruction of thefortresses of evil, the upbuilding of the institutions of goodness, and the triumph of justiceover mere power, our culture is a failure, andnot a drop of any man's blood ought to be mademore effective by education.A Christian university like this cannot affordto stop with the piety which says :Nothing is worth a thought beneathBut how I may escape the deathThat never, never dies ;Even its effort toward the physical culture ofits students must be in harmony with that chivalry which escapes death, because it lives profoundly and loftily under the influence of thecross of Christ. Physical power, like religion,must not be a perquisite, but a prerequisite.Old-fashioned duty stands before us today inpolitics, in civic life, in the half-dismayed churchof Christ, in a halting faithlessness in the idealsof art and literature ; and chivalrous youth musthere be worthy of this building and of the memory of Frank Bartlett, as every man learns anddoes his work in duty's name, for the duty thatnow is, and the duty that shall be. Then it shallbe proved thatHe that ever following her commands,On, with toil of heart and knees and hands,Thro' the long gorge to the far light has wonHis path upward and prevailed,Shall find the toppling crags of duty scaledAre close upon the shining table-landsTo which our God himself is moon and sun.UNIVERSITY RECORD 313ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF PHYSICALCULTURE AND ATHLETICS.BY AMOS ALONZO STAGQ,Director of the Division of Physical Culture.All hard conditions come to an end some time.All wrongs will be rectified some day. TonightI am an optimist. The wrong in the shape of agymnasium, which this University has been perpetrating on its student body, is no more. Nolonger will the botany professors rage nor thestudents either. Tonight we are in a palace —a perfect dream of a gymnasium, the best in theworld.I shall not dwell upon those old days whichthe alumni present even now shudder at thethought of. It is enough to know that whatwe all longed for, hoped for, and prayed for, isat hand.The contrast between the new and the old isthe contrast between exhilaration and depression. No one can enter this structure withoutfeeling a sense of its exquisiteness. Everythingin and about the building, when completed, willinspire that feeling. The everyday expressionof this and that man, as I hear them — "Isn'tthis beautiful?" — shows that the perfection oftaste and color and utility has appealed to thefiner senses of the students. Wisely conductedexercise under such conditions cannot fail to beat once healthful and exhilarating.The completion of this beautiful structure isone more step toward realizing for our University those fine associations and feelings abouttheir college days upon which men's memorieslike to dwell.This is the indoor playground for the students, with just enough direction planned tomake their play valuable as a health-producerand as a body-builder. It is a place to throwoff care as well as the poisons of the body, fordiverting mental blockades, for storing up newstrength, for recuperating wasted forces.In its organization and in the part which itwill play in the community life of the student body, this building will stand for equality anddemocracy and sociability, and will ably support the Hutchinson Commons and the Reynolds Student Club House across the way.As from the fabled fountain of youth, thousands willingly and unwillingly will drink of itshealth-giving waters, and in after-years willrise up and call the donor blessed.In the athletes' rubbing-room, below, the students have caused to be inscribed on the wall inluminous letters, "For Chicago I Will," astypifying the spirit which they wish to seedominate every man who represents the University on its athletic teams.That motto has its special significance for ourathletes. But, in a larger sense, " For ChicagoI Will " could stand for the spirit of this building. First of all, it is the spirit of the man whohas made this building possible, as shown in hisself-sacrificing life and in his broad philanthropy. Secondly, the beneficences of this Gymnasium inspire that spirit.Men's best efforts do not spring forth whenthey are in a low condition of physical life.Low order of health usually means a lowerquality of work and little of it. Raise the standard of health, and you will raise the quality andwiden the breadth of achievement. Ambitionmounts with larger health; depression comeswith debility.« By the munificence of Mr. Bartlett the healthand physical energy of our great Universitybody are at once raised, and the standard ofpersonal achievement will be increased correspondingly throughout the years to come. Betterhealth means greater happiness, and that initself were worthy of the great expenditureinvolved in the gift of this building.One cannot see how Mr. Bartlett could havemore fittingly done honor to the memory of hisbeloved son than by increasing the measure ofhappiness for the thousands of young men whowill throng this beautiful hall ; than by raisingthe standard of achievement throughout their314 UNIVERSITY RECORDlives; than by stimulating in them the fire ofambition to put forth their best efforts for thestate, for their families, and for the University.ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDOF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND ATHLETICS.BY ERI BAKER HULBERT,Dean of the Divinity School.On behalf of the Board of Physical Culture,1 express to Mr. Bartlett our appreciation ofthis magnificent gift. With us the idea forwhich it stands is neither new nor recent.Among the regulations under which the University opened was one requiring attendance atchapel, class-room, and gymnasium. The Trustees were ruled by the thought that the youngcollegian on the day of his graduation ought topossess a good body, a good mind, and a goodsoul ; and that it was the function of the University to aid him in these three directions.Among the first officers appointed were a fewheads of departments, a chaplain, and a directorof physical culture. Compulsory presence atprayers and lectures is as old as American colleges, but among western institutions it was ourown University which pioneered compulsorywork in physical training — a good example,which nearly every college of note in the MiddleWest has since then had the wisdom to follow.Hitherto, on the side of physical culture, wehave been seriously handicapped by the lack ofsuitable appointments and facilities — a pressingneed now happily supplied.Doubtless before he ventured this large expenditure of funds Mr. Bartlett considered wellthe meaning of his gift; but I doubt whetherhe, or any of us, can adequately measure theworth of this building and its contents to theUniversity and to the world.If you tell me it is a playhouse, I am quickto grant it and to answer back that, in its properplace and order, play is not less necessary thanstudy or worship. Recreation means ^-creation,and its need is not confined to childhood. As the years advance, its character changes, butdown to old age the thing itself is never rightfully abandoned. Men who forget to play violate a law of their being as truly as men whoforget to work. Play as legitimately enters intohuman life as thought or prayer. If you coverthis campus with buildings in which you areeverlastingly clamoring for mental toil, youmight, at least, allow one to be erected in whichman's play-nature and play-need can have achance to assert themselves.If you tell me this is a building dedicatedprimarily to man's bodily development, I am notconcerned to deny that it would be worth all itcosts if it were dedicated exclusively to that end.Man is an animal as well as a sage and a saint.He is, withal, the noblest of animals, and purelyas animal is worth developing. As an end initself it is not ignoble in us to correct physicaldefects and to create physical excellencies. Pureblood and a strong heart, tough muscles andsteady nerves, vital force and elastic vigor, anerect carriage and a graceful mien are goods inthemselves. A body weak, deformed, or diseased is an evil per se. Happy are we if, in onebuilding on this campus, we are taught directlyand pointedly the duty, the privilege, and thegospel of good health. How blessed would it beif our Director of Physical Culture, aided bythese physical appliances, could educate theseundergraduates out of their defects and weaknesses into such a condition of perfect physicalsoundness that down to old age no internalorgan should fall into ugly mood and tormentits possessor with complaining cries !If some of us have lived through the years,thus happily exempt, we owe it to our parentsand not to ourselves, and not to our instructors ;for in our college days physical culture washappy-go-easy, and no man cared for our bodies.Contrast with this the auspicious times uponwhich our students here have fallen, in whichtheir foster-mother is lavishing on physicaltraining alone money more than equal to theUNIVERSITY RECORD 315whole college outlay in the earlier era. Andthis money is not unwisely expended eventhough no higher idea dominates its use thanthe physical well-being of our undergraduates.A disciplined body and bounding health areblessings in themselves, regardless of ulteriorends.But if you tell me that physical culture is ameans as well as an end, and a means to higherends, I shall not quarrel with your dictum.Mr. Bartlett has put stone and mortar, woodand iron, into a stately edifice which ranks withall the rest in architectural beauty and solidity.That is only incidental. Into this building hehas put a gymnastic apparatus designed to subserve the physical necessities ©f our studentbody. That, too, is only incidental. I doubtwhether he would have gone thus far had henot been swayed by higher considerations. Moreand more are men seeing the dependence uponphysical health of all sorts of higher health —intellectual, aesthetical, social, civic, economic,moral, spiritual. If in time past preachers haveunduly exalted the spirit and teachers have unduly magnified the mind, both have undulyignored the body. Today men are seeing thatbody, mind, and soul are interrelated and interdependent. If they still insist that the physicalis lowest, it is in the sense that the foundationis lowest — the lowest, upon which all above itrests, by which all above it is made or marred,in the good or evil of which all above it shares.This Gymnasium is built, not for the bodyalone nor chiefly, but, through the body, for themind and spirit. Its real design is to remove thephysical hindrances to the free play of thehigher faculties ; to create a physical organismthrough which mind and soul can do their largest and highest work ; to equip men bodily fortheir college tasks and for life's endeavor. ThisGymnasium stands vitally related to everylecture-room and every laboratory in this University, It is here that the student re-createshimself for his intellectual employments. If the blood courses through his veins less sluggishly, if he can lengthen the period of mentaltension, if the dust and cobwebs are swept outof his brain, if he stands straighter and thinks,feels, wills, and lives straighter, his professormay attribute this to his conscientious fulfilmentof physical duties. If a body neglected andabused can offer a certain measure and gradeof class-room work, that same body cared for,corrected, disciplined, hardened, and revitalizedcan easily show a larger measure and a highergrade.Then, again, Mr. Bartlett has provided, notonly for the present, but for the future, whencollege days are over. In the battle of life,health and strength are prime essentials. In thesurvival of the fittest, weaklings are crowdedto the wall. In the physical man are the basesof the strenuous life. Courage, push, persistence, are largely physical qualities ; at any rate,the spirit droops and the will falters when thenerves tremble and the muscles weaken.Through all his days this inexorable law holdsthe college graduate in its grip, along whateverline he seeks to work out his destiny. Even asa mere pleasure seeker, a feeble constitution anda low vitality will drive happiness and enjoyment beyond his reach. In the marts of tradenot for long can he endure the strain unless hehas reserves of physical stamina on which tocall. In a professional career, other thingsequal, the man of good physique outranks hisless fortunate competitor; and, other thingsnot exactly equal, the presence of brawn presseshard superior brain whose physical support isweak and tottering. The man of ethical aspirations will find that temperance and morality aremore a matter of buried nerves and good digestion than the preacher and reformer have sometimes taught him. And even in religion itself,to endure hardness as a good soldier of JesusChrist, one will find the physical and the spiritual mysteriously blended.I wonder if Mr. Bartlett was thinking of all316 UNIVERSITY RECORDthis, and much besides, when he laid the cornerstone of this structure. In putting his moneyinto this building he was putting it into play —quite as legitimate and necessary as work itself.He was putting it into bodily improvement, themending of defects, the expanding of shrinkages, the all-around perfecting of man the animal. He was putting it, through the student* simproved physical condition, into his mentalprocesses and his moral promptings, therebyinsuring clearer thinking and worthier living,and enhancing in every way the value of hiscollege training. He was putting it into thegraduate's whole after-career, preparing him tohold higher places and to hold them longer, andin those places to do a higher grade of work —making of that graduate a better craftsman inwhatever line, and a better citizen, and a betterChristian.In putting his money into this structure andits equipment, Mr. Bartlett was really puttingit into play and work, into brawn and brain, intoeducation and character, into citizenship andreligion. He was providing for an increase inthe happiness and the usefulness of generationsof college graduates. He was augmenting thephysical, intellectual, and moral force of theworld. I close, as I began, expressing to Mr.Bartlett our appreciation of this magnificentgift.ADDRESS ON BEHALF OF THE ALUMNI ANDSTUDENTS.BY WILLIAM SCOTT BOND,Class of 1897.Speaking for the students and alumni of theUniversity, I wish to express their sense ofgratitude and satisfaction in this beautiful building. To those of us who have spent a part ofour University course in the old "gym" thisstructure is the realization of a dream. Whilewe have delightful memories of nearly allphases of our University life, the old "gym"has a peculiar place among these. A low brick bungalow, with a " splinterous "floor; an atmosphere saturated with dust and,shall I say, perfume; a place where ventilationwas a joke, and where the struggle for cleanliness was perceptible only in its failure. Youhave heard what Ezra Kendall said of thedoughnuts — that he ate them with suspicionand digested them with regret. That was aboutour attitude toward the old " gym "— suspicionand regret. We disliked it the first time we sawit, and its funeral was a celebration in which wetook a joyful part. How appreciative, then, arewe in whom the recollection of these thingsintensifies the realization of our good fortune.But the old "gym" served its purpose, andserved it well. Twelve years ago there was noUniversity of Chicago. The people of the citywere not aware of the great intellectual forcewhich was to come among them; and the"Badgers," the "Wolverines," and the" Gophers " settled their annual differences withno thought of a rival soon to dispute first placewith them. Then, there were hardly more thanenough students to make up the several teams ;and yet "the old man" took that gallant fewinto that brick hut, and there they wrestledtogether until they came out to compete on eventerms with any of the universities of the West.Our teams were successful because of theirenthusiasm and good training, and because ofthe skill and faithfulness of their leader. Andtoday we may well look with pride upon theposition occupied by the University of Chicagoin western intercollegiate athletics — the youngest university of them all and now in the firstrank.But do you realize that in the advancement ofscientific athletic work, and the requirement ofregular athletic work by the student body, westand at the head of all American universities ?At no other university has this work been sosystematized and so successfully carried on.And it is the great work of our athletic department. Of course, we hope to win annually ouru w¦1< 2y.2 c*eH edh i-iw-1 aH 3M c<(H -3IS55 .,-<o Tl7;*M (wfi <L>•x trV,-*, iKtn '¦itH %a B...ho inJ >J ¦'/,*tj t:aw t:oJ5crH T3K T^W 3-Ma oH J.ST :¦rnH /.H -w-JH £M-¦a poPSH f2M ^ta sd>- >K—71 c^ fclO Cflh fa•tiM •Mo cu IsM ElB T3J X'¦5 71On v.P E3-3cp.aHUNIVERSITY RECORD 317championships on the football field, the baseballfield, and the track oval ; but the prime end ofthis work is the general physical well-being ofthe student body, the cultivation of the physicalas well as the intellectual initiative, the supplying of every man with weapons with which hemay successfully fight disease if it attacks him.These are the real results for which we work;and when we see what has been done with anequipment entirely inadequate, what may wenot hope for now ?Let us then earnestly and seriously considerthe confidence shown by the presentation ofsuch a building as this, and prove ourselvesworthy of the trust. Let us make our name asynonym for all that is best in college athletics.Let us win, if we can ; but, as we have alwaysdone, let us play clean and play fair. Let usdetermine to put to the best use the FrankDickinson Bartlett Gymnasium.Mr. Bartlett, it is my privilege, on behalf ofthe alumni, on behalf of the present studentbody, and on behalf of all the students who areto follow us, to express to you our appreciationof the magnificent equipment which you havegiven us; to express our reverence for yourmotive in so doing; and to pledge to the bestuse of this equipment the service of our heartsand our hands.THE MURAL DECORATIONS IN THE BARTLETTGYMNASIUM.BY FREDERIC BARTLETT.The mural decorations by Frederic Bartlettare placed by him in the entrance hall of theGymnasium in memory of his brother, FrankDickinson Bartlett.The decorations represent an athletic tournament in the Middle Ages, the period being aboutthe same as that represented by the motive of thearchitecture of the building.The crowd looking on at the games are ingorgeous holiday attire — brocades stiff withgold, cut velvets, and rich silks, with jewels of equal splendor. Many of the ornaments andtrappings are raised in "gesso" and gilded inantique gold leaf, after the manner of the earlyEnglish and Italian decorations.The memorial heraldic tablet in relief is supported by two pages over the door of the central corridor. Vires, the lion over the middle,typifies the assistance of Physical Education tothe different branches symbolized by the owls,Scientia and Litterae.The tablet bears the following inscription:" To the Advancement of Physical Educationand the Glory of Manly Sports This Gymnasium is Dedicated to the Memory of FrankDickinson Bartlett, A. D. 1880-1900."The portion of the mural decorations now inplace portrays single-stick and double-edgedsword combats.The north and south walls, when completed,will include themes drawn from other of themediaeval sports, such as tilting, stone-lifting,running, wrestling, etc.Nothing historical has been aimed at, and thecostumes, details, etc., are the result of study ofthe period rather than the costumes and accessories of any one country.It has been the intention to make the workpurely decorative and in harmony with thearchaic standards of mediaeval decoration. Themodern tendency toward making mural decorations pictorial has been carefully avoided.THE MEMORIAL WINDOW FOR FRANK DICKINSONBARTLETT IN THE NEW GYMNASIUM.The subject of the Bartlett Memorial Window, presented to the Gymnasium of the University of Chicago by Mr. William Gold Hib-bard, is taken from Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Thewindow was designed and drawn by Mr. Edward P. Sperry, of New York, who also superintended its entire construction.The scene, which has special appropriateness,represents RowTena crowning Ivanhoe at theclose of the second day's tournament at Ashby318 UNIVERSITY RECORDde la Zouche, Ivanhoe having vanquished all ofhis adversaries in honorable combat. PrinceJohn and his adherents occupy the left of thecomposition; Cedric and his friends are shownon the right.The composition is carried into the uppertier of lancets by the foliage of trees surrounding the lists, and the canopies and standardsunite very effectively the two sets of openings.Above the line of the treetops are the hill andthe town of Ashby; above this is placed a perpendicular Gothic canopy, which unites thetracery openings with the entire picture composition in a way that makes a thoroughly harmonious design, expressed in colors which arerich and glowing in effect.Especial care was taken by Mr. Sperry in thestudy of the costumes and armor of the period.Over 15,000 pieces of glass enter into theconstruction of the window.The window is placed above the main entrance of the Gymnasium, which faces Lexington Avenue on the east; and when lighted bythe morning sun it makes a remarkably rich,luminous, and harmonious composition — onethat is a continual delight to the eye, and notunworthy a place in any university or cathedraltown in Europe.THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE FRANK DICKINSONBARTLETT GYMNASIUM.On Friday evening, January 29, 1904, occurred the formal opening of the Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium, when a thousandfriends of the University, including membersof the Faculties, the alumni, the student body,and a hundred wearers of the " C," listened tothe dedicatory addresses. Through all the exercises of the evening was felt the peculiar solemnity and significance of the event — an event inwhich a young man's memory was beautifullyhonored by the magnificent and abiding gift ofa father's love. Few more impressive ceremonies have taken place in academic life than the presentation, by Mr. Bartlett, of the greatand beautiful building that bears his son's name.The regular academic procession was formedin the Faculty Gymnasium, where it was augmented by a hundred wearers of the University" C," who had come directly from the annualfootball dinner given by President Harper inthe new Reynolds Club House. The processionincluded the Student Councils of the University ;the wearers of the University " C ; " the Faculties ; the Trustees of the University ; the members of the Administrative Board of PhysicalCulture and Athletics; the Director of theDivision of Physical Culture and Athletics andthe Representatives of the Alumni and Students ;the Representative of the Administrative Boardof Physical Culture and Athletics and the Chaplain of the Evening ; the Vice-President of theBoard of Trustees and the Orator of the Evening; the President of the University and theDonor of the Gymnasium.The exercises took place on the second floorof the Gymnasium, where the University ofChicago Military Band was stationed on therunning track above the audience. The prayerwas offered by Rev. Professor Edward Judson,D.D., of the Divinity School. The opening address, entitled "A Young Man's Memorial,"was given by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, President of the Armour Institute of Technology,who was an intimate friend of Frank DickinsonBartlett, in whose memory the building wasgiven. An address, on behalf of the Divisionof Physical Culture and Athletics, was made byProfessor A. A. Stagg, Director of the Divisionof Physical Culture ; on behalf of the Administrative Board of Physical Culture and Athletics,by Professor Eri B. Hulbert, Dean of theDivinity School ; and on behalf of the i^kimniand Students, by Mr. William Scott Bond, ofthe class of 1897. The Presentation Address,by Mr. Adolphus C. Bartlett, donor of the Gymnasium, and the Speech of Acceptance on behalfof the University, by President William R.UNIVERSITY RECORD 319Harper, closed the formal program of the evening. All the addresses appear elsewhere in thisissue of the University Record.Following the addresses, a reception was held,with the President and Mrs. Harper, Mr. A. C.Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Bartlett, andProfessor and Mrs. A. A. Stagg in the receivingline.The general equipment of the building, therunning-track, the swimming-pool, the shower-baths and lockers, attracted much attention;but what especially impressed the audience wasthe spaciousness of the great second floor andthe artistic harmony of the entrance to the building, where the mural decorations by Mr. Frederic Bartlett, son of the donor, have a peculiarappropriateness and beauty. To those who hadhad the privilege earlier of seeing the BartlettMemorial Window illuminated by sunlight, itseemed worthy of any cathedral town in England. Its theme is drawn from Scott's Ivanhoe,and the scene represents Rowena's crowning ofIvanhoe at the close of the second day's tournament at Ashby.THE FOOTBALL DINNER IN THE REYNOLDSCLUB HOUSE.The annual football dinner given by thePresident of the University was this year held inthe new Reynolds Club House on the occasion ofthe dedication of the Frank Dickinson BartlettGymnasium, and enlarged in its scope so as toinclude all past wearers of the University " C "as well as the present winners of the honor inthe various fields of football, baseball, track, andtennis. The full list of wearers of the "C"who were invited to the dinner included thefollowing :H. D. Abells, H. M. Adkinson, H. F. Ahlswede, C. W.Allen, E. G. Allen, P. S. Allen, N. K. Anderson, W. H.Andrews, O. E. Atwood, C. V. Bachelle, L. Ballenger,A. L. Barton, M. M. Beddall, A. E. Beers, W. P. Behan,H> F. Bezdek, H. W. Black, C. A. Blair, C. H. Bliss, G. A.Bliss, H. G. Bodwell, A. C. Bowdish, R. E. Brenneman, C. V. Brown, J. S. Brown, H. M Burchard, O. S. Burnet,C. L. Burroughs, L. Byrne, M. L. Cahill, F. H. Calhoun,H. C. Calhoun, W. M. Carey, B. J. Cassels, M. S. Catltn,W. J. Cavanagh, H. T. Chace, H. V. Church, H. T. Clarke,M. G. Clarke, F. C. Cleveland, M. A. Cleveland, W. B.Conover, P. M. Conrad, E. B. Cooke, H. I. Coy, G. G.Davis, P. B. Davis, H. W. Dickey, S. C. Dickerson, C. V.Drew, W. P. Drew, W. F. Eldridge, A. C. Ellsworth,C. W. Erwin, A. A. Ewing, J. C. Ewing, N. M. Fair,E. W. Farr, F. Feil, C. Firth, C. G. Flanagan, J. Flint,N. Flint, H. Fox, H. M. Friend, H. G. Gale, W. T.Gardner, G. H. Garrey, W. Garrey, J. Goodenow, F.Grant, E. T. Gundlach, J. F. Hagey, R. C. Hamill, F. E.Harper, E. L. Heath, J. R. Henry, R. L. Henry, F. E.Hering, C. B. Herschberger, H. C. Holloway, A. F.Holste, A. L. Hoover, L. A. Hopkins, F. M. Horton, F. O.Horton, C. R. Howe, C. E. Hulbert, G. E. Ivison, C. S.Jacobs, C. S. Jennison, F. Johnson, J. S. Johnson, H. E.Jones, R. B. Kennedy, W. S. Kennedy, T. L. Ketman,G. N. Knapp, R. L. Knapp, J. P. Koehler, J. J. Laird, J.Lamay, B. G. Leake, E. D. K. Leffingwell, H. G. Leighton,T. J. Lister, O. H. Looney, H. H. Lord, H. B. MacElree,J. G. MacNab, G. R. MacClyment, J. P. Magee, E. F.Mandel, C. R. Manning, W. G. Matthews, L. W. Maxwell,R. W. Maxwell, C. B. McGillivray, F. Merrifield, R.Merrifield, F. G. Moloney, W. A. Moloney, T. W. Mortimer, C. B. Neel, F. D. Nichols, M. B. Parker, F. W.Patrick, T. H. Patterson, E. W. Peabody, E. E. Perkins,H. A. Peterson, M. H. Pettit, Z. R. Pettet, C. S. Pike,A. W. Place, W. H. Prescott, E. E. Quantrell, W. Rapp,J. E. Raycroft, E. P. Rich, D. R. Richbw-g, C. F. Rcmy,C. J. Rogers, W. S. Rogers, W. A. Rooney, P. Ross, W.Rullkoetter, L. Sass, G. H. Sawyer, W. J. Schmahl, G. E.Schnur, J. M. Sheldon, F. C. Sherman, G. R. Sikes, V.Sincere, H. B. Slack, F. S. Slaker, H. J. Sloan, B. B.Smith, H. C. Smith, T. B. Smith, W. E. Smith, W. R.Smith, A. B. Snider, D. B. Southard, K. Speed, H. D.Speer, F. A. Speik, F. F. Steigmeyer, B. Strauss, P. A.Sunderland, O. E. Sweet, S. B. Terry, R. N. Tooker,R. C. Tripp, D. A. Trude, C. M. Van Patten, L. B.Vaughn, L. T. Vernon, J. E. Webb, R. W. Webster, G. L.White, S. H. Wightman, E. V. Williamson, C. S. Winston, E. O. Wood, E. A. Wriedt, A. M. Wyant, A. R. E.Wyant, E. R. Yundt, F. R. Baird, F. G. Burrows, W.Eckersall, F. T. Hall, J. C. Harper, M. A. Hill, R. B.Kelly, C. F. Kennedy, G. Nordenholt, E. E. Parry, GeorgeSenn, W. K. Smart, L. A. Startzman, A. M. Sullivan,T. B. Taylor/ J. F. Tobin, H. W. Belfield, W. S. Bond,H. N. Gottlieb, C. D. Halsey, C. B. Neel, H. M. Mac-Quiston, P. D. MacQuiston, P. Rand, H. W. Stone.The members of the Administrative Board ofPhysical Culture and Athletics were also guestsof the evening. Each guest received a copy ofthe Decennial Report of the Division of PhysicalCulture and Athletics.Brief responses were made at the dinner by320 UNIVERSITY RECORDthe following men who once wore the "C" :Rev. Addison A. Ewing, of La Porte, Ind. ;Mr. Charles Sumner Pike, '96, president of theAlumni Club; Dr. Ralph C. Hamill, '99; Mr.William Smith, of the Lewis Institute, Chicago ;Mr. Harry D. Abells, '97, of the Morgan ParkAcademy; Dr. Henry G. Gale, '96, of the Department of Physics; Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft,'96, of the Department of Physical Culture andAthletics; Mr. Frederick A. Speik, who waselected captain of the new football team; Mr.Alfred C. Ellsworth, '04, retiring captain of thefootball team; President William R. Harper;and Professor A. A. Stagg, Director of theDivision of Physical Culture.THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BARTLETT GYMNASIUM.BY SHEPLEY, RUTAN & C00LIDGE.On the north side of Fifty-seventh Street,facing Lexington Avenue, and directly oppositethe "Tower Group" of buildings, is situatedthe Frank Dickinson Bartlett Gymnasium,which was formally dedicated on the evening ofJanuary 29, 1904.The spirit of the perpendicular period ofP^nglish Gothic architecture (the precedent styleof the " Tower Group " of buildings) is carriedout in the Gymnasium, but with a different expression from that seen in the " Tower Group."In that group you see the feminine character,in the Gymnasium the masculine character inits strength and solidity — ideas so fitting in amen's athletic building.The building is two hundred feet long byeighty feet wide ; is built of Bedford stone ; andis of fireproof construction, excepting the mainroof, where the steel trusses and heavy millconstruction are exposed to view.The main entrance is from Lexington Avenue and is strongly marked by a projecting section of the building which provides space for themain staircase and office rooms, without encroaching upon the main portion of the building.The commodious staircase hall, being the most appropriate portion of the interior of thebuilding for monumental treatment, is finishedwith dark oak wainscot, beamed and paneledceilings and trussed roof, red tile floors, andcast-iron and slate staircase, executed in Gothicdetail.The stairs are arranged in wide runs on eitherside of the staircase hall with wide open spacebetween, forming, as it were, a well from theground floor level to the roof, thus affording aclear and complete view of the large memorialwindow from each of the floors and stair landings.On the north, south, and west walls of themain entrance hall there has been provided,above the paneled oak wainscoting, a wide wallsurface or frieze for further decorative workin mural painting, portraying Middle Ageathletics.From this main hall on the first floor leads avaulted passage to the west entrance doors,opening out to the athletic field. At this westentrance the projection from the main rectangular building is again planned to provide foroffice rooms, vestibules, etc., and to give architectural treatment to the elevation on the field,hardly less important than the main street front.The basement, which is reached by wide stairsfrom the main entrance hall, and also by aseparate outside entrance from the athletic field,provides ample space for the athletic team-rooms, with their shower-baths, rubbing-rooms,hot-rooms, and toilets, the ventilating machinery, and storage; and is well lighted andventilated.On the first floor are located the locker-room,with its toilet-, shower-, and drying-rooms ; theSwimming Pool room, with visitors' gallery,shower and bath-rooms ; the Faculty exercising-room, with its private locker-, shower-, andtoilet-rooms ; and the general offices, attendants'and waiting-rooms.The locker-room is fitted up with the mostmodern design of ventilated steel lockers, withUNIVERSITY RECORD 321perforated fronts and individual air ducts connected with a continuous flue under the lockers,which in turn connects with the main exhaustsystem in the basement.The Pool-room, fifty-one feet wide and ninety-two feet long, is finished with high wainscotingof cream-white glazed tile, and the floor is laidwith small white vitrified tile. The swimmingpool is sixty feet long and twenty-eight feetwide, lined with the same light tile and finishedat the top with a heavy white marble coping,which projects slightly above the floor of theroom. A new feature in pool construction ishere introduced in the marble trough, or gutter,extending around the wall two feet below thecoping. This trough marks the low-water line,or general water level, and is for the purpose oftaking off the surface impurities which may bewashed to the side walls by bathers or by thewater spray at one end of the pool. At intervals in this trough are outlets for draining offthe water as it collects. The high-water line inthe pool, used principally at swimming contestsand water polo, is marked by a line of maroon-colored tile twelve inches above the trough.On the east and north sides of the room aresections of raised seats, accommodating twohundred guests.All toilet-, shower-, and hot-rooms are finishedin white marble wainscotings and partitions,and with white encaustic tile floors. The plumbing fixtures are of the most approved style andfinish.The entire second floor is devoted to the mainexercising room, with a floor area of seventy-five by one hundred and ninety-five feet. Therunning track is twelve feet six inches wide onthe sides, and sixteen feet eight inches wide atthe ends, or curved portion, and extends aroundthe sides of the main room twelve feet above themain gymnasium floor, forming, as it were, awide gallery, supported on the outside walls ofthe building, with the inner edge hung by heavysteel rods from the roof trusses. The track has been scientifically designed andconstructed with reference to sloping surfacesaround the curves at the ends, and is of amplewidth to allow the running of two or three menat the same time. The length of the track,measuring eighteen inches from the inner rail,is 131^4 yards, or about 13.41 laps to the mile.At the four corners of the main gymnasiumroom are iron staircases leading from therunning-track level to the basement of the building, connecting with each floor level, thus permitting direct and quick communication betweenthe locker- and shower-rooms and the poolroom on the different floors.The heating of the building is accomplishedlargely through the forced-draft system, directsteam radiators being placed only at the entrance and in a few exposed places. Air isforced through a series of ducts from the airchamber in the basement to the various rooms,and is drawn off by another system of ductsconnected with an exhaust fan, thus providinga constant change of air throughout the building, automatically regulated as to temperatureand quantity by a series of steam coils anddampers operated by a thermostatic control.The lighting fixtures have been designed withreference to the use of the building, being heavyin construction and provided with heavy wirebasket guards in all athletic exercising-rooms.In the main staircase, hall, vestibules, andprincipal rooms, they have been carefully designed in harmony with the architectural treatment — being Gothic in feeling.THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT OF THE BARTLETTGYMNASIUM.BY JOSEPH EDWARD RAYCROFT,Instructor in Physical Culture.The problem which presented itself in connection with the plans for the furnishings andequipment of the new Bartlett Gymnasium wasfor several reasons unusually complex. Themain exercise floor was designed to be used for322 UNIVERSITY RECORDseveral distinct purposes, and therefore apparatus had to be installed which was best adaptedto meet the needs of the various interests, andwhich could be arranged in such a way that theequipment used in one branch of work shouldnot interfere with the fullest use of that designedfor other purposes. That is, provision had tobe made to meet the requirements of the following interests : (a) gymnasium classes, rangingin number from thirty to a hundred or over,engaged in all kinds of gymnastic work; (b)the baseball and track squads, including battingpractice, shot-putting, pole-vaulting, sprinting,etc. ; (c) the various athletic meets and games ;{d) social functions and public meetings.The close time-relationship of these variousinterests made it necessary to plan the equipmentin such a way that it should be:i. Adequate for the accommodation of thelarge gymnasium squads without undue loss oftime to the individual ; therefore the set pieces,such as the horizontal bars, trick-rings, parallelbars, adjustable ladders, Swedish booms, etc.,were constructed so that six squads might workat one time on the same exercise.2. Easily and quickly moved from the floorto provide space for some other line of work;e. g., the horizontal bars and the boom withtheir standards and guys can be drawn up bywinches, having a lifting capacity of over threethousand pounds, to a height of twenty-five feetor more from the floor. The parallel bars areprovided with sockets set in the floor, so thatthey may be taken up, placed in the racks in thewalls, and the sockets covered with floor platesof brass. The traveling and trick-rings,climbing-ropes, etc., can be raised by hoistingropes, which are always in place, to a height oftwenty-five feet from the floor. The stall bars,which accommodate a class of fifty men at onetime, instead of being placed along the walls inthe ordinary fashion, are hinged on the underside of the gallery, and can be swung up and fastened close to the floor of the running-trackwhen not in use.3. In harmony, in construction and appearance, with the artistic character of the roomitself.The problem of indoor batting practice was aserious one from the beginning. The old gymnasium was so low — seventeen feet — that itwas practicable to suspend a batting-cage fromthe ceiling. This arrangement provided foronly one battery at a time, and gave no protection in grounder practice for the wall apparatusand those who were daring enough to exerciseduring the baseball practice period. To meetthe requirement a net curtain, with a mesh sosmall that a batted or thrown ball could not passthrough it, was suspended from the inner edgeof the under side of the running-gallery. Thisnet partitions a space clear around the roomunder the gallery varying in width from thirteento fifteen feet, thus protecting the wall apparatusand those who may wish to use it during baseball practice. This net is arranged by meansof snatch blacks and cleats so that it can bestowed away in a very small roll close to theceiling under the gallery.It was impracticable to suspend a batting-cage from the trusses because of their greatheight from the floor — thirty feet. To meetthis difficulty, a series of adjustable steel cableswere arranged to be stretched between the steelrods suspending the gallery from the trusses,and to these was fastened an immense batting-cage of netting of the same character as thatplaced under the gallery. This cage is eighty-four feet long, thirty-six feet wide, and sixteenfeet high. It is provided with a roof and twolongitudinal net partitions, which divide thecage into three sections, allowing three batteriesto practice pitching and batting without interfering with one another, or with such work as maybe in progress outside the cage.The entire outfit of netting is so arranged thatUNIVERSITY RECORD 323it can be stowed away in fifteen or twenty minutes, in a neat roll under the edge of the gallery,thus leaving the floor clear for gymnasiumclasses or basket-ball games.The chest weights, of which there are fifty,extending around one-half of the wall space ofthe gymnasium, are supported on the wall by adouble line of brass tubing, so that the backboards, which would project above the windowsills, are not needed ; and thus the architecturaleffect of the room is preserved. These chestweights are made from special designs submitted for this gymnasium, and are unusuallyheavy and substantial.To accommodate spectators at the variousmeets, bleachers having a seating capacity ofabout eight hundred persons have been designedand constructed to meet the following essentials: comfort, ease and quickness of erection,and compactness when not in use. Thesebleachers, and such of the movable apparatus —German horses, mats, jumping standards, etc. —as has not been otherwise provided for, can bestored in a room ten feet wide, five feet high,and forty feet long, which is situated betweenthe main floor and the ceiling of the corridorwhich connects the east and west entrances. Atrap door in the floor of the Gymnasium opensinto this room, and the heavier pieces of apparatus can be lowered into it by means of block andtackle fastened to the under side of the gallery.A special gallery which will hold fifteen menhas been erected on the west side of the Gymnasium above the finish line on the running-track, for the accommodation of reporters andtelegraph operators who attend the athleticmeets. This gallery is so constructed that it can be put in place or taken down in abouttwenty-minutes, and it affords a remarkablygood view of such events as may be takingplace.The entire surface of the running-track, whichis thirteen and four-tenths laps to the mile, andfrom twelve and one-half to sixteen and one-half feet in width, is covered with cork carpet,which affords the best indoor running surfaceknown.One of the unique features of the building isa laundry dryer, which is installed in the basement close to the athletic quarters. After apractice or game, the athletic suits are left ateach man's locker, to be collected and driedthoroughly in this dryer before being returnedto the lockers for the next day's work.A definite effort has been made in planningthe equipment to keep it in harmony with thebuilding in general. The metal work on thebooms and horizontal bars is of polished brass,wrought in a design that is very attractive inappearance. The desks, chairs, and office furnishings in general have been constructed onsimple lines, to correspond as nearly as may beto the architectural scheme. All the wood furnishings, as well as wood trim throughout thebuilding, are finished in a rich tone of weatheredoak.The equipment that has been installed is proving in actual use to be most practical, and isadmirably adapted to meet successfully the unusual conditions presented. At the same time,its design and construction are such that itsappearance is in harmony with the dignifiedtreatment of the building as a whole.324 UNIVERSITY RECORDHISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND ATHLETICS.By JOSEPH EDWARD RAYCROFT,Instructor in Physical Culture.The Division of Physical Culture and Athletics was organized October i, 1892, with thefollowing corps of instructors: Amos AlonzoStagg, Associate Professor and Director; Dr.Alice Bertha Foster, Tutor; Joseph EdwardRaycroft, Assistant; Horace Butterworth, Assistant ; Charles W. Allen, Assistant.No change was made in the officers of instruction until the Autumn Quarter of 1894, whenMiss Kate S. Anderson, Instructor, was placedin charge of the women's work, in place of Dr.Poster, who had resigned in June. Miss BerthaSteig was also appointed Assistant. Miss AnnaF. Davies temporarily conducted the women'swork during the Summer Quarter of 1894.The Department began its work on October 1,1892, when the candidates for the football teammet for the first time in Washington Park forpractice. Thirteen men reported.Compulsory work in physical training beganduring the third week in October. The womenmet in three classes in one of the rooms on thefourth floor of Cobb Hall. The men took theirphysical training on an open lot west of theQuadrangles. The work of the former consisted of free-standing exercises, while the latterwere trained in free-standing exercises and infootball formations without scrimmage.A temporary building, 250 by 100 feet, wasbegun in the early part of October, 1892. Thiswas divided so as to afford accommodation for(1) the University Library, 50 by 150 feet; (2)the Women's Gymnasium, 100 by 50 feet, ofwhich a space of 30 by 50 feet was used forlocker-, bath-, and dressing-rooms ; (3) a gymnasium for men, 200 by 50 feet, of which a space60 by 50 feet was used for office, dressing-, andbath-rooms ; (4) an engine-room, 20 by 50 feet ;and (5) a printing office, 30 by 50 feet. This building was constructed of rough brick andcost about $18,000. The men's gymnasium wasopened for use on November 30, 1902, andclasses in squad drill only were held in it until itscompletion and equipment two months later.Besides being fitted up with the finest apparatus, it possessed space and equipment for training in many kinds of outdoor sports, includingground practice, batting, and base-sliding forbaseball; sprinting, pole-vaulting, high andbroad jumping, shot-putting, etc. In additionto these there were handball courts, a tenniscourt, and a running-track of a fraction overtwelve laps to the mile.The men's gymnasium originally containedtwo hundred lockers. Additional lockers werebuilt at different times, which increased thenumber to five hundred. The women's gymnasium also had to enlarge its locker supply, whilethe number of dressing-rooms was doubled.In the summer of 1894 a special room for thephysical examination of students was built overthe locker-room in the gymnasium, This wasused also as the library room, where a smallselected library was kept.Other changes consisted in the laying of alinoleum carpet on the running-track, at a costof $200, and the partitioning off of a room forrubbing purposes.The women's gymnasium, which was torndown in the summer of 1901 to make room forthe University Commons, was fitted up with apparatus of the best quality, which afforded opportunity for a large variety of work. Theincreasing demands made it necessary to increase the number of lockers and to double thenumber of dressing-rooms. During the years1901 and 1902 the women used the chapel of theHassp«HSH4isJScaaja<sNaHHH£H¦XreIscCOy.MM2-103KBHftO¦5HKCM«HMUNIVERSITY RECORD 325Hyde Park Baptist Church as a temporary gymnasium.The old gymnasium was a unique building ingymnasium construction, and has passed out ofexistence still unique. The idea of a combination gymnasium and a diminutive athletic fieldunder one roof was a new feature in physicaltraining at the time of its construction. Theplan of having a dirt floor at one end of theexercising-room furnished special advantagesfor practice in certain kinds of outdoor sports.The newer development of a special building forathletic work during the winter months is alarger consummation of the same idea.In 1902 the northeast corner of the athleticfield, 300 by 150 feet, was fenced off and assigned to the women for use as an athletic field.This was laid out in basket-ball and indoorbaseball fields and practice courts for tennis, andis still used for this purpose.The original regulations of the Universitydemanded ten Quarters' work in Physical Training during the undergraduate course unless thestudent was excused for disability or other sufficient reasons. This rule was changed on April24, 1893, to read : " Six Quarters' work inPhysical Culture is required of Academic College students, and four Quarters of UniversityCollege students." This change was deemedadvisable in order to give the student freedomwhere he would enjoy it most, and had thegreatest need for it, and also because in theenforcement of the requirements it was not tothe advantage of the student to omit his workduring two Quarters at the beginning of hiscourse.As the difficulties of enforcing the requirement presented themselves, additional rules weremade. In the beginning no penalty was attached to non-attendance at classes, but therewas a general statement that students were required to take Physical Culture — the idea ofthe Department at the beginning being to require eleven Quarters of work. No statement in definite form, however, was made to thiseffect; so that one of the first actions of theBoard of Physical Culture, which was organizedMarch 27, 1893, was to announce definitely that" the requirements for graduation shall be thirty-six Majors and ten Quarters' work in PhysicalCulture."It was thought that the change of the ruleso as to require six Quarters' work in theAcademic College would have the effect of preventing delinquency, inasmuch as the studentwould want to get his transfer to the UniversityColleges as quickly as possible. This he couldnot get if he was deficient in Physical Culture.Later it was found that this was not sufficientinducement, and a regulation was passed, stating that " students taking an excessive numberof cuts will not be allowed to continue theirUniversity work until they shall conform to therequirements."This was strengthened afterward by the action of the Board of Physical Culture andAthletics, in passing a rule, December 7, 1895,that, " if a student have ten or more absences inthe course of Physical Culture, no credit will beallowed him for the work ; if he have five to tenabsences, he will receive 50 per cent, credit forthe work."Still later this rule was changed to conformwith the general requirements of other Departments in the University, namely : " Should thenumber of a student's absences reach 25 percent, of the whole number of class exercises, hewill receive credit for one-half of the course.No credit will be given when the number ofabsences is equal to 50 per cent, of the classexercises."In enforcing the requirement of ten Quartersof Physical Culture it has been necessary, inonly three or four cases, to have students remainin residence for the satisfaction of the requirement after their other University work wascompleted.The Administrative Board of Physical Cul-326 UNIVERSITY RECORDture and Athletics met for the first time onMarch 2J, 1893. The members of this pioneerbody for the administration of the Departmentof Physical Culture and Athletics were: thePresident, ex officio; Associate Professor A. A.Stagg, ex officio, Director of Physical Culture;Dr. Alice B. Foster, ex officio. Tutor, PhysicalCulture; Professor H. P. Judson, PoliticalScience ; Associate Professor J. H. Tufts, Philosophy ; Associate Professor Franklin Johnson,Church History; Associate Professor MarionTalbot, Sanitary Science; Mr. William Caldwell.In 1894 the newly appointed Examining Physician, Dr. C. P. Small, and in 1895 the newRecorder, Associate Professor G. S. Goodspeed,became ex officio members of the board.In May, 1896, it was voted to admit one student representative each from the GraduateSchool, the Divinity School, the Senior College,and the Junior College, to membership on theBoard. Messrs. H. T. Clarke, H. E. Jones,H. G. Gale, and John Mentzer were elected bytheir respective schools.In 1898 it was deemed wise to have one of theDeans serve as an ex officio member of theBoard, and Associate Professor James H. Tuftswas appointed. During this year the Department of Military Science and Tactics was organized, in which work might be taken as anequivalent for the requirement in PhysicalTraining. Since then the instructor in thisDepartment and also the instructor in the Department of Physical Culture in the School ofEducation have become members ex officio ofthe Board. The Examining Physician for themen's department has also become a memberex officio.In the spring of 1893, in response to a requestfrom President Harper, Mr. Marshall Fieldgranted the University the use of the vacantblock situated between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Streets and Ellis and Greenwood Avenues for an athletic field. Arrangements were at once made for inclosing this space. A largeproportion of the lumber necessary for the purpose was contributed by the John Spry LumberCompany, and the work of nailing on the boardswas performed gratuitously by the students.The field was graded, sodded, and preparedfor baseball by the latter part of June, and thefirst game on our grounds was played betweenthe 'Varsity team and that of the University ofVirginia, during examination week, 1893. Thediamond faced from the northeast to the southwest.A football field was laid out at the beginningof the Autumn Quarter, but there were no seatsarranged until the Thanksgiving Day game,when some wooden horses and planks that werebeing used in the construction of the new University buildings were utilized as a temporarystand.The same seating arrangement continued during the baseball season of 1894, but the need ofsomething better and of a more permanentcharacter was so evident that subscriptions fora grandstand were solicited early in that year,the total sum received from this source being$818.95. This is the only subscription for athletic purposes which the Department has eversolicited. The covered stand in the northwestcorner of the field, seating about 1,200 people,which was finished at a cost of $1,210.50 in timefor the football games, was a result of theco-operation of students and Faculty. Thechairs for the grandstand were provided, inpart, through the courtesy of Mr. John J.Mitchell.In the spring of 1895 a new diamond, facingfrom the northwest toward the southeast, waslaid out, and a large quantity of black dirt wasput on the outfield. A running-track of a littleless than four laps to the mile was built at anexpense of $465. In the autumn of that yearadditional accommodations for the Thanksgiving Day football game, in the form of bleachersUNIVERSITY RECORD 327seating 3,600 people, were erected at a cost of$900.In the spring of 1896 a large quantity of clayand black dirt was put on the field outside thediamond, and sowed with clover and grass seed.This provided an excellent turf for both football and baseball.In the fall of i8q8 new bleachers capable ofholding 6,000 people were erected, and in thefollowing autumn additional bleachers for 4,000persons were built. During the winter of 1899the University acquired possession of the blockof land adjoining the athletic field on the eastand placed a twelve- foot board fence around it.This purchase added much needed room to thefield and permitted the moving of the eastbleachers back from the running-track and baseball field for the spring athletics.A new quarter-mile running-track, averagingmore than twenty feet in width, was built ofcinders in the spring of 1900.The Conference Intercollegiate Athletic Association which was organized that year acceptedthe free use of the field and track for their firstmeet.The establishment of a Department of Physical Training which was a unit in all thatpertains to athletics and gymnastics, with adefinite undergraduate requirement, with opportunities for a large range of work — corrective, hygienic, and competitive — marked as complete a departure from the traditional ideas andpractices as did the scope and plan of the University itself in the broader field.This plan of organization, which provided foradequate supervision and control, financial andotherwise, of University athletics by the Department of Physical Training, made possible anideal relationship between physical trainingproper and competitive athletics, which is eventoday unique in institutions of university class.From the first the governing idea has been, notalone competitive athletics for the developmentof championship teams, nor on the other handformal gymnastics without reference to otherbranches of work ; but physical training in thebroad sense which includes all that is valuable inphysical development and control.The courses of work in the Department weremade elective from the first, in the sense thateach student was allowed to select work in any one of the various classes for which he might befitted. Registration for work with any of theathletic squads or in one of the classes in advanced gymnastics is dependent upon the consent of the instructor and the approval of theMedical Examiner. The number of coursesoffered daily for four periods per week has increased from four during the first Quarter tothirteen given at the present time.The work of the Department includes closeoversight of the students by a Medical Examiner, whose duty it is to examine all those whotake part in physical training in any form, andto pass upon the candidates for the athleticteams. The methods of physical examination ingeneral have changed from formal anthropo-metrical observations, with more or less cursoryattention to vital function, to a system made upmainly of observations on vital processes, specialsense tests, and functional conditions — allbased on an exhaustive personal history and afew of the more important measurements.This method of work has made it possibleduring the past twelve years practically to eliminate cases of permanent functional damagedue to injury received in competitive athletics,and has given a basis for direction and advicein the attainment of better health and physicaldevelopment.That the requirements in physical trainingand this method of administration have beenfactors for good in their influence on the studentbody is evidenced, in the history of the Univer-sit, by the relatively small number of seriouscases of sickness among the students and breakdowns from overwork.On Thanksgiving Day, 1901, the corner-stoneof the magnificent new Gymnasium was laidwith appropriate ceremonies. This accomplishment was brought about through the splendidmunificence of Mr. Adolphus C. Bartlett, one ofthe Trustees of the University, who wished torear the most useful and fitting memorial tohis son, Frank Dickinson Bartlett, who diedwhile in the midst of his college course atHarvard.Mr. Bartlett's generosity has afforded immensely greater opportunities for carrying onthe work of physical training in the Universityand for the realization by the student body of ahigher standard of physical efficiency*328 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE WOMEN'S GYMNASIUM.BY GERTRUDE DUDLEY,Director.According to the statement on the conditionof Physical Culture and Athletics published inthe President's Decennial Report, the Department was organized in October, 1892, with Dr.Alice Foster, tutor. It is much to be regrettedthat the records of those first years are incomplete. The foundations laid during that time,however, have made possible a constant growthand development of the work.Compulsory work in physical training beganthe third week of the first Quarter. Threeclasses met on three days a week in one of therecitation rooms on the fourth floor of CobbHall. Dr. Foster resigned in 1894, and thefollowing fall Miss Kate Anderson was appointed instructor, with Miss Stieg as studentassistant. From 1894 to 1898 the work consisted mostly of class work. Athletics had itsbeginning in basket-ball, fencing, and tennis,which were introduced some time during thelatter part of this period.Since the beginning the Department has occupied many different temporary buildings, andthe work offered has been limited by frequentchanges and lack of space. Since the fall of1898 the Gymnasium has occupied six differentbuildings. In April, 1903, the new Gymnasiumin Lexington Hall was opened. Though a temporary structure, it offers a good, unobstructedfloor space 70 x 71 feet, and is partially equippedwith new apparatus. Adjoining the Gymnasium is a small turfed field, which is used in thespring and fall for class work and gymnasticgames. In October, 1901, a hockey field waslaid out on Woodlawn Avenue and Fifty-eighthStreet, and in April, 1902, the northeast cornerof Marshall Field was inclosed for the use ofthe women. These give a fine opportunity foroutdoor games.In the Autumn Quarter of 1898 a definiteplan of work was outlined, which has not beenperfectly executed, owing to limitation of spaceand teaching staff. The plan provided that there be four periods of required work a week,consisting of general class work, athletics, andcorrective work ; that the class work be gradedelementary, intermediate, and advanced; andthat a lesson consist of a run, tactic free standing, hand and heavy apparatus work, fancysteps, and gymnastic games, with the intermediate and advanced classes offering workwhich would require a higher degree of coordination and the use of a greater variety ofheavy apparatus ; that athletic work be so carefully graded that there would be a game adaptedto the physical ability of each student; that allathletic work be elective, subject to the approvalof the instructor ; that the educational, sesthetic,and social sides of athletics be emphasized, andthe competitive spirit be developed in harmonywith them; that corrective work based uponthe physical examination be done under careful supervision; that three physical examinations be required of each student — the first atthe time of entrance, the second at the end of thefirst year's work, and the third at the completionof ten Quarters of required work.The plan for class work has been fairly wellcarried out. The development of the plan forathletics has been less satisfactory, owing tothe lack of time and space.In the winter of 1899 the Junior and SeniorCollege basket-ball teams were organized andhave played a series of three games annuallyfor the championship cup. These yearly gamesfor the championship are of great interest to thestudent body. Other games have been offeredas time and place allowed. The Junior andSenior baseball teams played for the championship banner in 1903. There have been, also,match games in hockey and tournaments mgolf and tennis.The plans for corrective work have been unsatisfactorily developed, but this phase of thework is of growing importance.The following tables give a) Staff ; b) Registration of students; c) Work offered; and d)Teams, with dates of games and scores :UNIVERSITY RECORD 329* 2IM ¦3 J?5* tJ o o2 BCO I-ra . s ,esAllor JustHO u W Q £ S.* 2 t? >-,CO£ 3 ara Comstoc .L. Livermo race Kingsbu u a FrancesAKellor Grace KingsbuO V ffi o QCO ^4o£x CO oU CO ^S=3 £ °8> ST3H 3 ^ 2 i o3 S3H2G Q §>4P=4o <*±J ^aFurn orcas Merria u a(A o sn Q ^w>w _8 -sir .2 a <enHaFurn orcas Merria00HCU M v ao SQ Q ^.^co00 ^« cu co^*s00 OS 3PQ HHfl boo u1 «5,S CO. cdOx cu fl ^3 U frH %<W J-lPQ00H P^^• eUON < g u a*fr ^Q QS4I J-C .S'c ao CE <UCO g^ " -sCO COCO a p. §H- < w L ) TABLE B.REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS.Year Winter Spring Summer Autumn1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 19OI 1902. i 1903 150208237231320346443 124180215224219319353412 '46637612487242I46 203237301316360431406486TABLE C.INSTRUCTION.GymnasticsAthletics. .. Autumn, 1898General workSimple apparatusPulleysCorrectiveworkBasket-ball Winter, 1899General workSimple andadv. apparatus workPulley w'ghtsCorrectiveworkFencingBasket-ball Spring, 1899General workApparatusworkCorrectiveworkFencingBasket-ballTennisWalkingWheelingRowing Summer, 1899GeneralworkBasket-ballTennisRowingGolfAutumn, 1899 Winter, 1900 Spring, 1900 Summer, 1900Gymnastics General work General work General work GeneralApparatus Simple and Apparatus workwork adv. appa work"Pulley w'ghtsCorr. work ratus work Corr. workPulley w'ghtsCorr. work Fancy danc'gFencingAthletics. .. Rowing Basket-ball Basket-ball TennisGolf Tennis GolfBasket-ball GolfRowing Rowing^SwimmingAutumn, 1900 Winter, 1901 Spring, igoi Summer, 1901Gymnastics General work General work General workSimple appa Simple andadv. appa Simple andratus work adv. appaPulley w'ghtsCorr. work ratus work ratus workPulley w'ghts Corr. workCorr. work Fancy danc'gFancy danc'gFencingAthletics. .. Basket-ball Basket-ball Basket-ball WheelingIndoor Indoor Walkingbaseball baseballRowingTennisGolf RowingTennisGolfSwimming330 UNIVERSITY RECORDAutumn, 1901 Winter, 1902 Spring, 1902 Summer, 1902Gymnastics General work General work General work GeneralSimple appa Simple and Corr. work workratus work adv. appa FencingPulley w'ghtsCorr. work ratus workCorr. workFancy danc'gFencingAthletics . . . Basket-ball Basket-ball Basket-ball BaseballHockey Indoor Baseball HockeyGolf baseball HockeyRowingGolf RowingSwimmingTennis rasketball. — Continued.GymnasticsAthletics. .. Autumn, 1902Basket-ballHockeyRowingGolfTennis Winter, 1902General workSimple app.Adv. apparat.FencingCorr. workBasket-ballBaseball Spring, 1903General workSimpleapparatusAdvancedapparatusBasket-ballBaseballHockeyRowingGolfTennis Summer, 1903GeneralworkTennisHockeyBaseballSwimming Year Junior College Position Senior College ScoreJr. Sr.1902 Tschirgi, Mattie C. Houghton, Madge 9 — 9McDonnell, K. (Capt.) L.F. Wayman, Agnes (Capt.) 7 — 3Just, M. L. R.F. Bickell, Edith 14 — SGoldstein, Anna L.G. Moore, RuthSuadener, Julia R.G. Cox, A. B.Rohde, A. ; Sedgwick, )G.; McGoorty A.;>Munson, E. ; Subs. S Brandeis, H. ; Con-^lon, M.; Hopps, C.1903 Vaugh, Ethel C. Tschirgi, Mattie 4-6Just, M, L. ; Spen- )cer, M. \ R.F. Wayman, Agnes (Capt.) 4 — 18Montgomery, Annie L.F. Conlon, Meroe 4 — 2Ortmayer, Marie (Capt.) R.G. Goldstein, AnnaMurphy, Mary L.G. Dodge, MildredRoney, Helen ; Mc- \ Subs. S Egbert, L. ; Jaynes, E. ;Elroy, M. ; Cox, E. B. j Arnold, EdithBASEBALL.Autumn, 1903 Winter, 1904GymnasticsElectivesandAthletics . General workApparatusPulley w'ghtsCorrectiveHockeyBasket-ballTennisGolf General workApparatusPulley w'ghtsCorrectiveBasket-ballInd. baseballRing hockeyFencingFancy danc'gAdv. app. Year Reds Position Blues ScoreR. B.1902 Pond, L. P. Gaylord, G. 23 — 32Vaughn, K. C. Porter, L. 16 — 18Schmidt, B. 1 B. Swanson, G.Daszkiewicz, M. 2B. More, B.Golden, K. 3B. Biegler, M.Millis, V. R.F. Comstock, C.Freeman, H. L.F. Jaynes, K.MacFarland, E. S. S. Munger, E.Price, E. C.F. Bradley E.TABLE D.BASKET-BALL.Year Junior College Position Senior College ScoreJr. Sr.1899 Wayman, Agnes (Capt.) C. Paddock, Carol (Capt.) 6-4Crockett, Grace L.F. Bevans, Edna 4 — 8Gilman, Margaret R.F. Reichman, Alvena 2 — 6Buck, Hazel L.G. Brehl, HelenRobinson, Ella R.G. Ohrenstein, Eda1900 Wayman, Agnes (Capt.)Ostergren, Nanna C. Shailer, Louise (Capt.) 6 — 8L.F. Fairman, Marion 13 — 8Steagall, Mary R.F. Freeman, Ethel 10 — 8Buck, Hazel L.G. Merriman, DorcasSweezy, Anne R.G. Bushnell, GraceRidlon, Hester; Hopokins,M. ; Biddlecomb, >M.; Hogan, B. ) Subs.1901 Ashby, Winnifred C. Shailer, Louise a*- 11Wayman, Agnes (Capt.) L.F. Fairman, Marion 0 — 4Ostergren, Nanna R.F. Russell, Eva io — 6Goldstein, Anna L.G. Robey, Ann (Capt.)Wilder, Mabel R.G. Yondorf , AlmaMartin E.; Warren, ) Subs. ( McKinney, I. ; Bow-G. ; McBride M. j \ man, C. ; Freeman, E. Year Junior Position Senior ScoreJr. Sr.1903 Daszkiewicz, M.Ludwig, E. (Capt.) P. Rohde, Alice (Capt.) 19 — 11C. Goldstein, Anna 28 — 27Ortmayer, M. 1 B. Jaynes, EthelVaughn, KatharineWood, C. 2B.Williams, Florence ^B. McCloud, B.Dodge, B. R.F. Tschirgr^M.Golden, Katharine L.F. Berger, SophiaWilder, M. S.S. Hirsch, Z..Bensinger, I. C.F. Griffin, InaGOLF, OCTOBER, I902.Ashley, Frances Just, M. L. Warren, BerthaCox, E. B. Kiedaisch, Marie Wayman, AgnesFriend, Helen Meyers, Stella Wells, A. P.Hooper, Rena Won by E. B. CoxTENNIS TOURNAMENTS.SPRING, I9OO,Dymond, Edith Landers, M. DeCew, L.Ridlon, Hester Baier, J. Darlington, G.Lackner, J. Hayman, G. Coleman, H.Goodwin, C. Sweezy, Anne Patrick, C.Won by L. DeCew and G. DarlingtonCox, E. B.Fay, AgnesFriend, HelenFrench, EdithGoldstein, AnnaHillman, Alice SPRING, I903,Jaynes, EthelJust, M. L.Murray, LouisePrimm, ClaraReiterman, Alice Rice, PrentissRohde*, AliceSpencer, MaryValentine, HazelWilder, MabelWon by M. L. JustUNIVERSI1 Y RECORD 331ac Omitted Omitted LucindaBuckHannah FranksD»— »ao Omitted RenaHooperInaGriffin HelenFreemanClaraPeckInaGriffinP.&OC/3 1 1 JS £s 1 S aB° ° | 'S5w04w5 Martha Allerdice InaGriffin Omitted Marie Ortmayer InaGriffinw(Aw Martha Allerdice Nanna Ostergren AliceRhode* Katherine McDonnell Marie Ortmayer Irene Bensingerft.s§PQ Margaret McBride MildredDodgeRenaHooper Katherine Golden Mattie Tschirgi Katherine GoldenwQ i Martha Allerdice Nanna Ostergren Katherine McDonnell AliceRhode* Frances Taussig InaGriffinMartha Allerdice LilStevens AliceRhode* Frances Taussig Winnifred Mack Hannah FrankM<UX **» fc* bw.o n-s co-0g|M « 8,gM «' ggW ""^ "£ "£ The following table, E, shows the growth ofthe Department :TABLE E.US DO (0<5 '5 toS0A6 (A"od w ° 5C1 "S-S£2l-a 0 *£ fc fc B H £1896 150 .. .. 4 3 .. 2 IS©1899 228 40 10 25 4 5 1 4 2671894 374 221 30 40 5 7 6 4 447PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.BY CARL JOHANNES KROH,Assistant Professor of the Teaching of Physical Training.The Faculty of the School of Education hastaken a pronounced stand in its advocacy ofphysical training as an element of education.It has conceded its proper place in the generalcurriculum. Testimony to this effect is presented in the announcements of the several departments, and also in the emphasis of significant commendations by those who have speciallyinterested themselves in its development thusfar. The helpful co-operation of the teachershas contributed materially toward the progressof the work.The School of Education embraces a kindergarten, a primary, and a grammar departmentdesignated "The Elementary School;" a highschool, including a technological department,known as " The University High School ; " and" The College of Education " for the training ofteachers- — the professional department.The subject of Physical Culture, as presentedin the various departments of the school, embraces the whole scope of physical training —from the first rhythmic attempts and plays ofthe youngest children, through the correctiveand developmental phases of the work in gymnastics of the primary and grammar grades,supplemented by the recreation features, to thephysical training proper of the University High-332 UNIVERSITY RECORDSchool students in forms of applied gymnastics,and athletics, offering in its entirety the bestpossible provision for both the theoretical andpractical studies of the professional students ofthe University College of Education. Incidentally, the subject finds its applied emphasis in allthe modes of expression.Liberally provided for as regards teachingstaff and equipment, this important branch ofthe University Department of Physical Cultureand Athletics is in a position to exploit in themost profitable manner the exceptional opportunities offered in the several school departments with regard to material and scope ofwork.The temporary structure used at present wasdesigned as a Gymnasium and Assembly Hallfor the convenience of the Elementary School.With the accession of the South Side Academyand the Manual Training School, and theirconsolidation into the University High School,added accommodations had to be provided. Thisnecessitated a number of alterations.1The structure was converted into a doublegymnasium, consisting of two rooms, each37 by 60 feet in size, flanked on either side andat one end of the building with offices, dressing-,locker-, toilet-, and shower-rooms. One roomonly, the south gymnasium, has been equippedwith all the apparatus of a modern gymnasium ;the other, the north gymnasium, is providedwith a number of " developing appliances/' andapparatus designed for the use of girls. Thisequipment is being gradually augmented tofacilitate the methods in operation under theschedule, which includes between sixty andseventy periods per week, and entails an aver-xThe structure as it stands has proved quite inadequate to the needs of the school. The present schedulerequires the use of the two gymnasiums for class, group,and individual work during all hours of the day from8 a. m. until 6 p. m., the noon hour alone excepted.Elbow room for the athletes, as well as running and othercourses, is needed to make the winter indoor trainingprofitable. The locker-rooms are poorly adapted to thepurposes they serve. age attendance for the same time varying between 2,000 and 2,400. Four periods per weekare prescribed for each student, three attendance-records in the technological department beingthe minimum. Some of the students avail themselves of a fifth period, thus profiting by dailypractice and advice. (This schedule does notinclude the periods of the Elementary School inthe gymnasium specially provided for and located in the east wing of the main group ofbuildings in proximity to the grade rooms.)Four experienced specialists, experts in theirvarious branches, and competent to advise andinstruct in all phases of the work outlined inthe general plan, comprise the staff of the physical training department.The practical and theoretical instruction inphysical training in the College of Education isdirected by the writer, whose function as Supervisor of Physical Training in the School ofEducation is advisory, the members of the staffdirecting the work of the departments to whichthey have been assigned in accordance with theaims and purposes of effective training. Responsibility for the methods employed is vestedwith each instructor, subject to the approval ofhis respective Faculty branch.Dr. Angus M. Frew, formerly of Colby University, is intrusted with the direction of theathletics and games, and has charge of theteams of the University High School.The department — including Dr. Pitkin, whohas charge of the High-School girls with theco-operation of Dean Robertson, and who, withDr. Frew, superintends the medical examination of the pupils and students of the school —is ably seconded by Dean Owen and the Boardof Control, consisting of Mr. W. R. Davis, ofthe Department of English, Mr. W. R. Wickes,of the Department of Mathematics, and by Dr.Raycroft, University Instructor in Physical Culture, who elaborated the school's anthropometricscheme and also outlined the procedure for themedical examination.UNIVERSITY RECORD 333In the Elementary School, as in the professional department, the work of physical trainingin the past has been based on definitely outlinedplans. With the readjustment of the instructional plans, and owing to the location of thetemporary gymnasium, these departments havefallen somewhat short of their regular quota*of physical training, notwithstanding the especially provided gymnasium in the elementarywing of the main building. Under the effectiveleadership of Miss Caroline Crawford, however,and with the completion of a much-neededoutfit, the present Quarter promises to equal thepast for effective work. Miss Crawford alsoshares in the work of the pedagogical department, offering courses in " rhythm," children's *plays and games, and in child hygiene. The physical training of the High-Schoolstudents and of the upper grades of the Elementary School is shared in by the other members of the staff, Dr. Pitkin having been assigned the instruction in several of the HighSchool girls' classes, including the team playsof the specially organized sections.The regular work of the Winter Quarter isnecessarily limited to indoor training. Butwith the lawns of the Midway Plaisance fronting the magnificent school buildings, convertedinto ice fields and tobogganing stretches, unrivaled opportunities for outdoor recreation inwinter sports are offered to the students, whichare not neglected.334 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PROFESSOR HERMANN EDUARD VON HOLST.*MEMORIAL SERVICE.Processional — " Rise Crowned with Light " LwoffInvocation.Chant < — " Deus Misereatur " BeethovenScripture Reading.Prayer — Lord's Prayer ; Response by Choir.Offertory — " Lead Kindly Light " BuckHymn — " Ein' feste Burg " LutherAddresses.President William R. HarperProfessor William G. HaleSermon.Rev. Philip Moxom, D.D.Solo — " In the West the Sun Declining " AbtPrayer and Benediction.Recessional — " The Son of God Goes Forth to War "CutlerAt the memorial service held in Leon MandelHall in honor of Professor Hermann E. vonHoist, the sermon by Rev. Philip Moxom, D.D.,the University Preacher, contained a high andespecially appropriate tribute to the qualities andachievements of Professor von Hoist; and thefollowing addresses by the President of the University and Professor William G. Hale werealso delivered :ADDRESS AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HERMANNEDUARD VON HOLST.BY WILLI AM RAINEY HARPER,President of the University.It is fitting that as members of the Universitywe should pause a little while, and turn ourthought toward a life which, now finished, wasa part of our own life.1 The memorial service in honor of Professor Hermann E. von Hoist was held in the Leon Mandel Assembly Hall on Sunday, January 31, 1904. On October 14,1903, in the same place, occurred the formal presentationto the University of Professor von Hoist's portrait, whenaddresses were made by Julius Rosenthal, Esq., PresidentWilliam R. Harper, Professor J. Franklin Jameson, Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, and Hon. CharlemagneTower, Ambassador of the United States to Germany.The addresses appeared in full in the University Recordfor October, 1903. When Mr. von Hoist came to the UnitedStates to make Chicago his home, his wholeheart was given to the new work. No manamong those enrolled in the Faculties of theinstitution devoted himself more sacredly tothe task that had been undertaken of establishing an institution of higher learning in this cityof Chicago.This interest was not confined to the workof his own department. It was a broad interest,and was broadly bestowed.There are many of us who are able still tohear his sonorous voice as it sounded forth inthe discussion of some disputed question ofgeneral policy.I recall with great satisfaction the many timeswhen, in my office and at his own home, weconsidered together matters that were of vitalconcern to the University at large.The lessons of his life are worthy of ourconsideration. What are they? To me theyseem to be suggested by the words " fortitude,"" intensity," and " sincerity." It was his character that impressed one, even more than thewrords which he spoke.His life was one long, almost unbroken chapter of suffering, all of which he endured with afortitude truly stoical. His mind took up thevarious problems which demanded attentionwith an intensity which was pathetic, and attimes almost tragic. His heart was as pure andclean as that of any man I have ever known;courageous, beyond prudence; sturdy andstrong, even as his body was feeble and weak.On a former occasion I have spoken at length ;others will speak this morning.These special exercises are held by action ofthe Senate of the University, and have beenarranged by the Senate's committee — Mr.Laughlin, Mr. Jameson, and Mr. Henderson.UNIVERSITY RECORD 335MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THEUNIVERSITY SENATE,WILLIAM GARDNER HALE,Head of the Department of the Latin Language and Literature.As a member of the Senate of the Universityfrom the beginning, and therefore a colleagueof Professor von Hoist throughout the wholeperiod of his life here, I have been asked tospeak briefly in the Senate's name. Accordingly, while addressing all present who werefriends of his, I speak especially to my colleagues in the various Faculties, and to our students. Many of the former knew von Hoist.None of the latter know him. It is a commonplace that the generations of university studentscome and go. In the brief space of four yearsthe best-known face upon the campus may, tothe student-body, become the face of a stranger.Not less surely, nor much more slowly, do thegenerations of university teachers come and go.To the Trustees and Faculty of but a few yearshence the name of von Hoist, like the names ofmany others, would, in the ordinary course ofevents, become a mere tradition.The Senate of the University, with which vonHoist was most closely associated, and his devoted friends in the city of Chicago, have wishedto avert from him this common oblivion. Withan impulse to which no dissenting voice washeard, they have desired that, in some conspicuous place in the University, the figure of the manas he was in the days of his activity shouldstand — a lasting memorial, so far as humanmeans can make it, of a commanding personalityof the earlier years of our history. If it hadbeen possible, the portrait should have beenpainted by someone who had been a pupil ofvon Hoist's in the University of Chicago. Thiscould not be. It is fortunate that his friendswere able to call upon a gifted German painter,who had sat upon the benches under von Hoist'sinstruction before he became an American.Portraiture is one of the most uncertain thingsin human life. An approach to perfection is rarely realized. But, in the portrait which Professor Marr has painted, it is matter for congratulation that the students and professors ofthe future will see the salient points of vonHoist's nature — the openness of mind, the candor of speech, the impetuous energy.Nothing that I can today say, or that belongsto me at any time to say, can add to the memorythus assured. I speak but for the moment, topay the tribute of affection and sorrow, on thepart of the Senate, to a dead comrade, and toendeavor to place before the minds of the students whom the day has brought together somepicture of the qualities of the man.His story is one of struggle, of suffering, ofa high idealism, of an indomitable will. Hisactive life opened in storm and stress. It ischaracteristic of the man that his first writing,after his doctor's dissertation, should have beena political pamphlet upon the meaning and lesson of the attempt of a Russian revolutionist,in the previous year, 1866, upon the life of theCzar. A wise warning made von Hoist leavethe country. His fate turned upon the action ofthat moment. Delay would have meant Siberia.One shudders to think how quickly the fires ofhis frail body would have been quenched in thatstern land. An unknown grave would havebeen the early end of the man who, by a kinderfate, became the historian of American constitutional liberty. It was no accident that madehim turn to this country. For, though by birtha Russian, and by blood a German, he was atheart an American. He belonged in spirit,though born a few years later, to a band ofstrong men who brought the best of Germanphilosophical liberalism to the service of thiscountry, and whose contributions to it in itslater struggles for the perpetuation of freedomcan never be adequately told.Von Hoist was obliged to cross in an immigrant vessel, and was forced for a time to earnhis living as a day-laborer. No bad preparationwas thus made for American citizenship.336 UNIVERSITY RECORDIn this brief time von Hoist had shown thecharacter which we who knew him love to recall.Already he had seen clearly, and had spokenwithout fear. And already he had risen abovebodily weakness and discouragement.It is not my purpose to narrate his life further — his return to Germany, his attainmentof a university professorship, his refusal of callsto two universities in this country, his acceptanceof an invitation to be one of the heads of departments at the opening of the University of Chicago, his years of work here, his heroic strugglewith failing health, his collapse. The main purpose of my speaking is rather to enable you tosee the man as, in the last months of his illness,he, with the same dispassionateness of visionthat had always marked him, saw himself. Icould, of course, do this only in his own words.He has made it possible. In answering the letterin which Professor Laughlin, representing thecolleagues of von Hoist in the University Senateand his friends in the city, asked him to sit forhis portrait, he stated the reasons for his acceptance. His letter is an intimately personal one.But I am speaking in our own circle. Furthermore, in this very letter he sent us personalmessages. I shall therefore read the part thatconcerns the acceptance of the invitation:Your letter was brought to my bed one morning.I read it without anybody being near me to watch me,and when I came to the paragraph concerning the portrait, tears started into my eyes and coursed down mycheeks. Let anybody who likes call that sentimentality —I do not care a whit. If they were in my position, theymight judge differently — at least I hope, for them, thatthey would. No, my dear friend, you need not fear thatmy " modesty " will interfere with the project of thosein whose cause you speak. But I owe it to myself, andto those whom you and Mr. Priissing represent, brieflyto state why I shall, if possible, most willingly lend myself to their wishes.My vanity — though I have had in my days my dueportion of it, and probably a good deal more than that —has nothing whatever to do with it. This is entirely athing of the past, not because I have grown so virtuous,but solely because vanity has with me no longer anyobject whatever, since I am irretrievably and completely thrown out of active, nay of all real, life (excepting onlythrough my family and a few old friends who will persistin remembering me) — merely a withered tree, waitingfor the last blast that will uproot it. I think I shouldalways have been conscious how far the intended honorwas beyond my desert, and now I certainly realize it tothe fullest extent. But my " modesty " is not entitled toany voice in the matter. It is solely for my friends toask themselves and decide the question whether and whymy memory should in this way be connected with theUniversity of Chicago. I have the right "to look at thequestion from an entirely different point of view, and Iavail myself of this right.Nearly a year ago my son induced me to talk to himabout my philosophy of life. I told him : The deeper theshadows grow and the nearer the last hour draws, themore one becomes satisfied that all one has enjoyed,been striving and craving for, has after all, in the main,been but like the prickling froth of champagne — onlytwo things are steadily gaining in reality and convincingone more and more that, in spite of all, life is worthliving : earnest work, honestly done, and directed towardhigh ideal aims and ends ; and love — love given andreceived. Now, this being my view of life, your projectproves to me that I have not lived in vain. For though,owing to the state of my health, I have never given theUniversity of Chicago what I ought to have done, thosebest able to judge have received the impression that Ihave earnestly tried to do the best I could under the circumstances; and even those with whom I have comeinto no, or little, personal contact have a little spark, ifnot of love, at least of personal attachment for me,because they knew and felt that my heart was with themand their work. Now, they could not have conferred agreater boon upon me. Tell them that, all of them ; theyhave ministered to me a more effective medicine thananything any physician could have ordered me, and fromthe depth of my heart I shall be grateful to them for thatto my last hour.And here let me add yet one word. What poor, dullpsychologists have been those who so often, and inunmeasured terms, have accused me of being a bad,supercilious " foreigner," enjoying to run them down andcalumniate them ; nay, a traitor who ought to be huntedwith dogs from the University and out of the country.Ever since I came to the United States in 1867 I havebeen sincerely attached to the country and to the people,and now I have become a better American than I havebeen ever before. I should not hesitate for a moment toreturn to the United States, if I could at all live in thatclimate; nay, probably if there were but a possibility ofmaking the journey. But that is absolutely out of thequestion. It is now even as good as certain that I shallUmVERSIlT RECORD 337never again be able to go anywhere — though it be but afew hours' ride — in search of a better climate. Here Ishall most like^ stay till they carry me " feet foremost "out of the house, though I feel myself to be an exile.Yes, if my friends should hang up my portrait somewhere in the University, it will be the portrait of a trueAmerican, true to the core of his heart, though born inRussia and awaiting his supreme hour in Germany. If Ihave often hit the Americans so hard, I have done itbecause I loved the country and the people so truly andso deeply. Yes, that tell in my name, to the friendsproposing to act with you: if they propose to put myportrait as a sample for the students to look upon and todraw some inspiration from, do not let them do it as thatof " a great scholar "— I never was that, but only a painstaking worker of the common size — but as that of anearnest man working with enthusiasm for high ideals, anda true, ardent American, never shunning the most venomous denunciations by the passions of the hour, if his conscience bade him raise his warning voice against what hedeemed of detriment to the country.In these last words von Hoist refers to thebitterness of a discussion in which he, withmany others, deplored the departure of the country from what they believed to be its truest andhighest and most distinctive traditions. Timealone will show whether, out of what these menlamented as evil, good will ultimately come.But, even today, there is no man that knew vonHoist, no matter how strongly disagreeing withhim, who would see in what he then said anything but the inevitable expression of a passionately sincere, and wholly brave, nature. Therewas in his case no division between the entertaining of a conviction and the performance ofany duty which that conviction might enjoin.Even in matters of comparatively small importance this was true. To his quick perceptionnothing was trifling; everything in life wasfraught with hope or with danger. Thoseof us who shared in the discussions in theSenate and Faculty in the early years of theUniversity remember well this trait of his. Hisintensity of nature made him almost terrible indebate. When he arose to speak against a projected measure, one had before one's eyes a vividpicture of what the Hebrew prophets must have been. Von Hoist's purpose was, indeed, liketheirs. Severely as he could denounce, he wasno blind pessimist. He was rather a fightingoptimist, recognizing evil and resisting it, in theprofound belief that it could be overcome anddestroyed, and that his business was to do whatever in him lay toward that destruction.This, coupled with a deep underlying modesty,which shows itself in his letter, was his mostcharacteristic trait ; and it is, happily, the traitthat looks at us from the portrait. It seems atfirst thought curious that he does not include itin the philosophy of life which I have quotedfrom his letter. But this very omission springsfrom his singleness of nature. He has declaredthat there are two things that make life worthliving : earnest work directed toward high idealsand aims, and love. But in his thoughts, as Ihave already said, there could be no divisionbetween an ideal and any duty, whether of actionor of speech, that flowed from it.And so I take leave of him. In the shadow ofthe approaching end he has told us what, as helooked back, he had found to be true. He hasattained the great certainty. But whatever hehas there met, he has had no part of his creedfor human life to unlearn.THE FUNERAL OF PROFESSOR VON HOLSTAT HEIDELBERG, GERMANY.A letter from Associate Professor Camillovon Klenze, of the Department of GermanicLanguages and Literatures, who was the University representative at the cremation of theremains of the late Professor Eduard von Hoist,states that the ceremony took place at Heidelberg on Saturday, January 23, at 2:30 p. m.It was a simple but impressive one. Mrs. vonHoist and her two children, Mr. Hermann E.von Hoist and Miss Marie von Hoist, werepresent. Professor Marx, successor to Professor von Hoist in the University of Freiburgand now of the University of Heidelberg, made338 UNIVERSITY RECORDa short address. He was followed by Professorvon Klenze on behalf of the University of Chicago; and an address was also made by Professor von Czerney, rector of the University ofHeidelberg. About thirty persons were presentat the ceremony, the United States governmentbeing represented by the consul at Mannheimand the vice-consul at Heidelberg.THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OFCHICAGO SETTLEMENT.On January 27, 1904, the University of Chicago Settlement celebrated its tenth anniversaryin the Settlement gymnasium. The programand the audience were significant in illustratingthe two salient features of the Settlement policy :that of developing fellowship between theworkers of the academic world and the workersof the industrial world; and that of unifyingthe heterogeneous nationalities of the StockYards community. The celebration was arranged by a committee appointed by the Settlement Council, this Council being composed ofrepresentatives from the adult clubs. MissMary E. McDowell, Head of the Settlement andits oldest resident, presided. Miss CarolineBlinn, the historian of the evening, came tovisit the Settlement nine and a half years beforeand accepted an invitation to become a permanent resident.Miss Blinn has given her heart and herthought, with her best efforts, toward developing the clubs and the social life of the Settlement; and her appointment by Judge Tuthillas probation officer for the Stock Yards districthas given her a work that she seems especiallyfitted for. This appointment has made herguardian of over two hundred and fifty of thejuvenile court wards, whom she visits at theirhomes, their work, or their school.Miss Myra Reynolds, Head of Foster Houseat the University of Chicago, gave reminiscencesof the first days of the Settlement; for it was she and Professor J. Laurence Laughlin whoselected the site for the Settlement, and MissMcDowell as the head resident.There were present at the anniversary manymembers of these first clubs organized by MissReynolds, Miss Williamson, Mr. and Mrs.Frank Montgomery, Mrs. George E. Vincent,Mr. Max West, and Mr. Johnson — all of theUniversity circle.Letters and telegrams were received fromMr. J. W. Million, president of Hardin College,Missouri; Mr. Joseph Whitfield, of Washington; Mr. Briggs, of the Charleston NormalSchool ; Miss Louise Montgomery, of WelcomeFlail, Buffalo; Mr. Clyde Walker, of ColoradoSprings; and many others who were pioneerteachers, club leaders, and members.The singing by the Young People's Chorus,and the playing of the Mandolin Orchestra, aswell as the song recital by Mrs. Samuel Wright,showed the wide range of musical taste on theprogram. The second part of the program wasunique, and suggested that the decorative posterover the stage — of the children of all nationswearing so gracefully and harmoniously the red,white, and blue, with the legend on either sideof "God hath made of one blood all nations,and we his children are brothers and sisters "—was indeed the symbol of a reality made possibleby such gatherings.The center of this part of the program was alarge birthday cake decorated with elevencolored, unlighted candles, each candle to belighted by a well-wisher of the Settlement, andthe wish given to the audience. The first candlewas lighted by Professor Henry R. Hatfield,and a wish given in behalf of the UniversitySettlement Board ; the second wish was offeredby Mr. Nicholas Geir, President of the PackingTrades Council. The wish of the SettlementWoman's Club was given by Mrs. Fred Bensel,its secretary, and that of the Bohemian Woman's Club, by its president, Mrs. Felix Janov-sky, in the Bohemian language.UNIVERSITY RECORD 330Mrs. Charles R. Henderson, for the University Settlement League, gave one of her happiest speeches. The wish of the Young Womenof the Settlement was told in an original poemby Miss Wagner. Miss Maude Sutter, for theWorking Women of the Union Stock Yards,whom Miss McDowell had assisted in organizing into a most successful union, wished that theSettlement might remain for years to come, andthat their friend, Miss McDowell, might alwaysbe with them. Mr. Edward Gerth, president ofthe Alliance Club, said the wish of the youngmen was that the time might come when theywould be strong enough to pay the runningexpenses of the gymnasium. Mr. Paul Bart,for the Settlement Athletic Association, said hisclub wished that harmony and good-will shouldprevail, and that all should work together forthe good of all.The foreign peoples of the community wererepresented by Mr. Joseph Bauer, for the German neighbors ; by Mr. Brooman, for the Finnneighbors; and by Mr. Elias, for the Lithuanians. Both of these last well-wishers gavetheir wishes in their native tongues. Dr. Zu-rowski, for the Poles, hoped that for manyyears to come the Settlement would be a centerof education and friendliness to all the foreignpeoples ; and he expressed his gratitude for thehospitality that had made possible a Polish educational work, started nine years ago at theSettlement.The Young People's Chorus sang a laborhymn— -"The Fatherhood of God and theBrotherhood of Man" — interpreting the underlying religious motive that has inspired everyeffort of the Settlement. At the end of theprogram the Settlement Fife and Drum Corpsof working boys marched in, playing a martialair that called to action any idealist that mighthave been dreaming of "some far-off divineevent."During the social hour that followed, friendships were deepened between those from theUniversity who had the social sense, and thoseof the Settlement who were touched with thespirit of brotherhood; for, as the Kentuckymountaineer says, "Mixin' larns both parties."When the tenth birthday party closed, theguests left in the assurance that the Settle ment was no longer an experiment, but wasworthy of the new building for which contractshad just been signed.THE ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT OF THEWOMAN'S UNION.The annual meeting of the Woman's Unionwas held on January 20, 1904. The constitutionwas amended by changing the number of vice-presidents from two to three, and by making thepresident of the Woman's Athletic Associationand the secretary of the Women Students' Christian League members of the Council.The following were elected officers for theyear 1904:President — Miss Marion Talbot.Vice-Presidents — Miss A. E. Allen, Miss L. D.Harris, Miss Verna Moyer.Secretary — Miss Ethel Jaynes.Treasurer — Miss Anne H. Martin.Chairmen of committees — House, Miss GertrudeDudley ; Membersnip, Miss S. P. Breckinridge ; Entertainment, Miss A. S. Thompson ; Music, Miss L. G. Lar-rabee; Philanthropic, Miss H. K. Becker; Hospitality,Miss H. D. Woods; Lunch-Room, Miss L. L. Just.REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.The secretary of the Union, Miss EthelJaynes, submitted the following report for theyear 1903 :The annual meeting of the Union comes tous as a New Year's day, on which to look backover the past, to stop a moment for a bit ofintrospection, that we may define our purposes,and see how far our activities have fulfilled thesepurposes, and gain suggestions for more helpfulwork in the future.We started the last year in our quarters inthe Disciples' Church, Lexington Avenue andFifty-seventh Street, with the following officers :President — Miss Marion Talbot.Vice-President' — Miss Clara Comstock.Secretary — Miss Mildred Richardson.Treasurer — Miss Ruth Hardy.Chairmen of committees — House, Miss GertrudeDuaiey ; Membership, Miss S. P. Breckinridge ; Entertainment, Miss G. L. Chamberlin ; Music, Mrs. R. G.Moulton ; Philanthropy, Miss Frances Taussig ; Hospitality, Miss Flora Weil ; Lunch-Room, Mrs. Carl Kinsley ;Finance, Miss Isabelle Webster.Changes have been made in the officers during the year as follows :Miss Comstock resigned her office of vice-president, and in May Miss Ballou was electedto fill the vacancy.340 UNIVERSITY RECORDMiss Richardson resigned as Secretary November 2, and Miss Ethel Jaynes was electedto fill the vacancy.Mrs. Moulton resigned as chairman of theMusic Committee; Miss Ashcraft was electedm February. Upon the resignation of the latter,Mrs. Gale was elected in March; and at Mrs.Gale's resignation, Mrs. Jameson was elected inNovember.Miss Taussig resigned as chairman of thePhilanthropic Committee in November, andMiss Becker was elected to take her place.Miss Weil resigned as chairman of the Hospitality Committee, and Miss Woods was electedin November to fill the vacancy.Mrs. Kinsley resigned as chairman of theLunch-Room Committee, Mrs., Jackman succeeding her in May ; upon Mrs Jackman's resignation, Miss Lulu Just was elected.The following officers were elected temporarily for the Summer Quarter:Treasurer — Mrs. George C. Howland.Chairman of the House Committee — Miss Susan H.Ballou.Chairman of the Membership Committee — Miss LucyHammond.Chairman of the Hospitality Committee — -Miss LoisPrentiss.There have been three general meetings ofthe Union, one each Quarter, the Summer excepted, to discuss plans, and to give a chancefor the expression of the wishes of members.Starting from such general ideas, it has beenthe work of the members of the Council, theofficers, and heads of committees to make definite plans for action. Such plans have been carried out through the several committees, andthrough sub-committees elected by the Councilto take charge of special affairs. The Councilitself has had ten meetings. The detailed workwill be given in the reports of the committees.The Union is now starting on its third year.We have moved from the cozy, but somewhatcramped, quarters in the little church, to ourrooms in Lexington Hall, where with the reception rooms, and the use of the lunch-room andlibrary, we are able to attempt what before wasimpossible. When the lunch-room was openedto all women of the University, that feature wasno longer a chief function, and the Union couldtherefore give its attention more fully to distinctively representative affairs. What werethese to be? This question made us turn to thevery foundation of our organization to see whywe existed ; for, although the place of the Union in the varied activities of University life wasgradually being defined, yet there was, and is,need for very careful adjustment.Thus far there seem to have been three general needs: (i) It was necessary, with so largea membership, that there be opportunity givenfor members to come to know one another, andhence the affairs simply for members. (2)Situated as we are in a great city, we haveadvantages for a much broader experience thanjust that of the life at the University, butsuch advantages must come most successfullythrough some organization, and the Union hasendeavored through its Philanthropy Committee to offer these opportunities. (3) There haslong been felt a lack in the life of students atour University, because, as a general thing, itwas possible at best to have simply casualacquaintances with instructors and their families, and hence was lost that something thatcomes from personal association which is theheritage of the students of smaller or oldercolleges. The Entertainment Committee had,in this last, a problem difficult to handle.As to how all these needs have been dealtwith, the detailed reports of the committeeswhich follow will show:REPORT OF THE TREASURER.THE WOMAN'S UNION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, INACCOUNT WITH RUTH HARDY, TREASURER.DR.To cash paid custodian $152. 50To cash paid for printing 65 . 64To cash paid for postage, stationery, magazines,etc 67 . 83To cash paid lunch-room 31 • SiTo cash paid for piano 65 . 50To casn paid for furnishings, decorations, etc.. 379 '9°To cash paid for entertainments 36. 11To cash paid for membership in Municipal ArtLeague 2.00To cash paid for membership in Consumers'League 1 . 00To cash paid for gift to Women Students' Christian League 20 . 00$821.99Balance to new account 140. 74$962.73CR.Balance from January 1, 1903 $ 97.68Dues ".._... 34^-50Gift from Mrs. Young 9. 00Gift 4-34Lunch-room, including share of custodian's salary 358.87Sale of invitation cards 1 . 09Special gifts for furnishings 150. 25$962.73UNIVERSITY RECORD 841REPORT ON THE LUNCH ROOM.Mrs. Harriet Buckly Kinsley reported forthe lunch-room as follows :Receipts Expenditures ProfitsJanuary, 1903 $141.07 $120.99 $20.08February, 1903 117.26 109.71 7.55March, 1903 127. 11 109.47 17.64Balance to new account $45-27The Lunch-room report, from April 1, 1903,to January 19, 1904, was presented by the Bursar, Miss Ruth Isabel Johnson :RECEIPTS.Lunch-room $2,133.55Catering 136.20Union (custodian's salary) 57. oqMiscellaneous 19 . 94 $2,346.69DISBURSEMENTS.Supplies ..$1,292.47Service 562 . 59Advanced to Union 282 . 40Miscellaneous 48 . 00 $2,185.46Banalce on hand $ 161.23THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.The report of the House Committee was presented by the chairman, Miss Gertrude Dudley :The detailed work of the House Committee isgiven under the reports of the various subcommittees. Only the general outline of its workappears in the following report:On February 27 the Union moved from itsfirst home in the Disciples' Church to the roomsat present occupied in Lexington Hall. Thefurniture used in the church had been loanedto us by the Women Students' Christian League,and upon moving into Lexington iiey neededit for the furnishing of their own room. Westarted with an unfurnished room — ¦ that was all.Through the energy of our president and thechairman of the Membership Committee, theUniversity and friends of the University becameinterested in the Union, and sufficient moneywas contributed to furnish the room in part.During the year the Council has at varioustimes voted money for furnishings; the casts,table linen, chairs, and the fern were purchasedwith these funds.From the beginning the room has been supplied with the daily paper and the monthlymagazines, and the desk furnished with stationery. The room has been open the whole ofeach college day, and tea always served at fouro'clock. Besides this, the room has been used eveningsby many University organizations. In the fallthe Conference of Women Deans held its afternoon session here. Shortly before Christmasthere was a six-day exhibit of Consumers'League goods.The lunch-room with its larger accommodations has been able to offer a greater variety ofmenus. With the opening of the lunch-room toall women of the University, more help wasneeded, and in the spring an assistant wasengaged. The lunch-room also caters for manyof the evening parties.THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.The Entertainment Committee reported inbrief through the chairman, Miss G. L. Cham-berlin, as follows:Visits to artists' studios ; addresses on " FrenchSchools for Girls," by Miss Elizabeth Wallace ; " Consumers' League," by Mrs. Florence Kelley ; " EuropeanClassical Schools," by Mrs. Paul Shorey and Miss SusanH. Ballou ; " The Responsibilities of the Shopper," byMiss Annie M. MacLean ; " Pottery and Porcelains," bythe University Dames ; " Recent Excavations in Egypt,"by Professor J. H. Breasted ; " Mural Painting," by Mrs.D. H. Perkins ; " The Education of Women in Russia,"by Professor Milyoukov ; " How to Enjoy a SymphonyConcert," by Miss Anne Shaw Faulkner ; " The LearnedWoman in Early English Comedy," by Miss Myra Reynolds ; music by the Freshman Girls' Glee Club, MissWebster, Miss Eleanor Culton, Mrs. Louise Hess-Fuchs,and others ; exhibit of art rugs ; receptions to incomingand to graduating students ; visits from Professor andMrs. John A. Hobson and Mr. Sidney Lee, of England;reception to Miss Julia Marlowe ; reading by Miss LorenaKing; entertainment for three hundred Chicago high-school girls ; entertainment for the children of the University Settlement; Mother Goose party for faculty children ; Thanksgiving spread ; Christmas party ; series ofdaily afternoon teas for six weeks, under the auspices ofmembers of different departments of the University andtheir wives ; organization of basketry work ; minuetdance by members of the School of Education.THE MUSIC COMMITTEE.The report of the Music Committee for theAutumn Quarter was made as follows by thechairman, Mrs. J. F. Jameson:It was not deemed advisable to have musicfor the girls at the noon hour, as it was thoughtthey preferred to rest or talk with their friends.During the month of October the committeearranged two musical programs for the receptions. Mrs. Newman Miller kindly played oneafternoon, and Miss Hadley and the chairmanof the Music Committee gave violin and vocalsolos another afternoon.342 UNIVERSITY RECORDIn the early part of November, with the aidof two students, a set of six college songs, orglees, was arranged to be sung by all the girls,and these songs were printed on slips of paperand distributed. On two occasions the girlswere given some assistance in practicing thesesongs for the Thanksgiving party.THE COMMITTEE ON HOSPITALITY.The report of the Committee on Hospitalitywas presented by the chairman, Miss Halle D.Woods :The work of this committee has consistedlargely in appointing members to assist at theafternoon receptions by serving at the tea tableand acting as a reception committee. Anotherphase of the work has been to appoint membersto take charge of the rooms daily between thehours of twelve and two. The rooms are usually crowded at this time, and it was thoughtwell to have some one present to give a generalsupervision to the rooms, and to answer anyquestions in regard to the Union and its work.Since moving into Lexington Hall, tea hasbeen served each afternoon between four andfive o'clock. This is proving a very pleasantfeature of the life of the Union, and one usually finds a little group present at this hour.THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.The chairman of the Finance Committee,Miss Isabelle Webster, reported that effortshad been made to increase the fund for furnishing the room.THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE.The chairman of the Membership Committee,Miss S. P. Breckinridge, reported the membership as follows :Annual Quarterly TotalWinter Quarter, 1903 245 38 283Spring Quarter, 1903 237 25 262Summer Quarter, 1903 226 8 234Autumn Quarter, 1903 284 14 298THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMITTEE.The work of the Philanthropic Committeewas reported by Miss Henrietta K. Becker, asfollows :1. Settlement work. — Assistance rendered ingiving instruction and entertainment at theSettlement. Membership in this subcommitteecarries with it membership in the SettlementConference. 2. Art committee. — Its object is the stimulation of the aesthetic interests in the Union.About twenty-five members were enrolled, andvisits to galleries and studios, and addresses byartists and art critics, were arranged. MissBecker was made a delegate to the MunicipalArt League of Chicago.3. Committee for visiting the sick. — Helphas been given in cases of illness or distressamong the women of the University.4. Committee on Consumers3 League. — Anexhibit of Consumers' League products wasgiven in the Union room, and addresses weremade for the purpose of arousing interest inmethods proposed for the protection of womenand children engaged in factory and shop work.REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELD OFPALEONTOLOGY.Among the material obtained by the fieldparties of the Department of Paleontology ofthe University of Chicago the past season inwestern Kansas and Texas are several specimens of unusual perfection and value. One ofthese, from Kansas, is a specimen of a bonyfish quite complete, measuring more than fifteenfeet in length as it lies in its chalky matrix. Itis scientifically known as Portheus molossus,and is by far the most complete large bony fishever collected. It will be mounted as a wall slabin Walker Museum. Another specimen fromthe same fields is that of a swimming reptile, ormosasaur, of a hitherto undescribed species, themost complete specimen of its kind ever discovered. The specimen measured twenty-onefeet in length, and had every bone of its skeletonin place, or nearly so. With it were preservednot only the remains of the animal's food, butalso impressions of its scaly covering and fossilized pigment of its skin, showing the color markings of the animal when alive. The specimen isso perfect that it is proposed to mount it afterthe manner of a recent skeleton, the first timeanything of the kind has been attempted withsuch specimens. Both of these specimens werediscovered by Mr. E. B. Branson, Fellow inPaleontology.Another specimen of extraordinary interest isa skeleton of one of the earliest land reptilesknown, collected for the University in the Permian fields of northern Texas by ProfessorUNIVERSITY RECORD 343E. C. Case, formerly of the University of Chicago. The specimen, which is of a new speciesof the order Pelycosauria, is marvelously complete, adding much to our knowledge of thesestrange reptiles. A full description of it willshortly be published by Professor Case in theJournal of Geology.In addition, not a few other specimens ofvalue were obtained in Kansas and Texas, including parts of pterodactyls, plesiosaurs, othermosasaurs, and fishes.CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF IMMANUEL KANT.On February 12, the centenary of the deathof Immanuel Kant, there were gatherings commemorative of the philosopher in the universities of Europe and this country. In the University of Chicago the meeting was called by theDepartment of Philosophy and was held in theHaskell Assembly Room at 11 o'clock. Theground for calling a general meeting lies in theremarkably widespread and profound influencewhich Kant has exercised, not only in philosophy, but also in a large group of other moreor less allied sciences.The program gave evidence of the sweep ofhis influence. Professor George B. Foster, ofthe Divinity School, spoke of his effect upontheological thought; Dr. Charles E. Merriam,of the Department of Political Science, onKant's political theory and its influence; Professor Charles R. Mann, of the Department ofPhysics, of the influence of Kant's point of viewand speculations in pure physics upon physicaltheory ; Dr. Martin Schutze, of the Departmentof Germanic Languages and Literatures, onKant's aesthetic theory in his Critique of theJudgment, and the permanence of his ideas inlater aesthetic theory; and Professor JohnDewey, Head of the Department of Philosophy,spoke of Kant's revolutionary philosophicmethod and of his great achievement in connecting the whole body of earlier speculationwith his own thought.The meeting was large and of genuine interest. It brought out in a striking manner thereal unity of ideas that underlies our highlyspecialized branches of learning; and it wasgenerally felt that similar gatherings should beheld to emphasize the essentially universitynature of an institution of learning. THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONCERTS BY THECHICAGO ORCHESTRA.As the result of the organized effort of members of the Quadrangle Club, the subscriptionsale of seats for the Thomas concerts was entirely successful, and the first concert was givenby the Orchestra in Leon Mandel Hall on Monday evening, February 15, 1904. A thousandpeople attended, the boxes were occupied, and,what was especially hoped for, many studentsof the University were represented in the audience. There was much satisfaction and enthusiasm over the program presented, which wasas follows:PROGRAM OF THE THOMAS CONCERT.Overture to Alceste GluckSuite No 2, B Minor BachSymphony No. 8, F Major, Opus 03 Beethoven" Le Carnaval Romain " Overture, Opus 9 Berlioz" Bacchanale " from Tannhduser "]" Prelude " and " Isolde's Love-Death," from I rx7Tristan and Isolde YWagner" Kaisermarsch " JThe remaining concerts in the series will begiven in the same place on Tuesday evening,March 8, and on Monday evening, April 11.The series of concerts by so famous an orchestra and leader gives a remarkable opportunityfor musical culture at the University.OPENING OF THE NEW BOWLING ALLEYS IN THEREYNOLDS CLUB HOUSE.On Wednesday evening, January 27, in thepresence of two hundred members of the Reynolds Club, the new bowling alleys in the basement of the Reynolds Club House were openedby a contest between two teams made up ofmembers from the University Faculties, and ofofficers of the Club. The President of the University headed the former team, and he was supported by Dr. Thomas J. Goodspeed, Secretaryof the Board of Trustees ; Professor Alonzo A.Stagg, Director of the Department of PhysicalCulture and Athletics; Associate ProfessorFrancis W. Shepardson, of the Department ofHistory; and Dr. James W. Thompson, of thesame Department. The team representing theReynolds Club was headed by Mr. Howard W.Sloan, president of the Club ; and Mr. Oliver B.Wyman, vice-president; Mr. Roy D. Keehn,secretary; Mr. Leon P. Lewis, treasurer; andMr. James M.. Sheldon, of the Law School, whoBU UNIVERSITY RECORDtook the place of Mr. Fred T. Fischel, thelibrarian of the Club, were the other membersof the team.The Faculty representatives were beaten bya total score of 594 to 438, Mr. Stagg makingthe best score for the Faculty, and Mr. Wymanthe highest for the Club officials.The new bowling alleys are regarded aspractically perfect in equipment, and as a greataddition to the attractions of the Reynolds Club,which is rapidly becoming a very popular center of University social life. Already an Inter-Fraternity Bowling League has been established,and a series of competitive games is beingplayed by teams representing the following societies : Delta Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Delta Phi,Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Chi Psi, PhiKappa Psi, Psi Upsilon, Phi Gamma Delta,Sigma Chi, Delta Upsilon, and Sigma AlphaEpsilon.The alleys are of the regulation size and ofthe Brunswick-Balke make. The cost wasfifteen hundred dollars, which the Club itself ismeeting by setting aside 75 per cent, of thegross receipts from the alleys, which have averaged since the opening about twenty dollars aday. As a first payment of four hundred dollarswas made from the general fund of the Club, itis hoped that the alleys may be paid for in fullby the middle of April. Several members ofthe Alumni Association have already madesmall gifts to the bowling fund.A COURSE OF LECTURES BY THE PRESIDENTON "THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COLLEGE."The course of six lectures on " The Administration of a College," given by the President ofthe University in the Assembly Room of HaskellMuseum on Thursday afternoons, beginningJanuary 21, has been unique, and of great interest. The first lecture was on " The Duties of aCollege President," and the remaining subjectsare, "The Faculty of a College," "The Organization of the Faculty," "The Curriculum,""The Business Side of a College," and "TheRelation of the College to the Public."Under the same general title Professor HarryPratt Judson, Dean of the Faculties of Arts,Literature, and Science, will give a similarcourse, the subjects of the lectures being asfollows : " The Relation of the Faculty to the President and to One Another ; " " The Relationof the Professor to the Student ; " " The Relationof the Professor to the Public ; " " The Facultyand Discipline ; " " The Faculty and Athletics ; "" The Relation of the College to the SecondarySchool."A DIRECTORSHIP OF GENERAL AND PHYSICALCHEMISTRY.Upon the recommendation of the Departmentof Chemistry and the President, there has beencreated within the Department of Chemistry aDirectorship of General and Physical Chemistry. It is understood that this Director is tohave the privilege of initiative in regard toeverything affecting the interests of the workcoming under his direction, in consultation withthe Head of the Department, Mr. Nef. At ameeting of the Trustees held in October, Mr.Alexander Smith was promoted to a Professorship and assigned to this new Directorship ofGeneral and Physical Chemistry.PRIZES FOR ECONOMIC ESSAYS.In order to arouse an interest in the study oftopics relating to commerce and industry, and tostimulate an examination of the value of collegetraining for business men, a committee composed of Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, University of Chicago, chairman; Professor J. B.Clark, Columbia University; Professor HenryC. Adams, University of Michigan; HoraceWhite, Esq., New York city ; and Hon. CarrollD. Wright, National Commissioner of Labor,has been enabled, through the generosity ofMessrs. Hart, Schaffner and Marx, of Chicago,to offer four prizes for the best studies on anyone of the following subjects :1. " The Causes and Extent of the Recent IndustrialProgress of Germany."2. " To What is the Recent Growth of American Competition in the Markets of Europe to be Attributed ? "3. " The Influence of Industrial Combinations uponthe Condition of the American Laborer."4. " The Economic Advantages and Disadvantages ofPresent Colonial Possessions to the Mother-Country."5. " The Causes of the Panic of 1893."6. " What Forms of Education Should be Advised forthe Elevation of Wage- Earners from a Lower to a HigherIndustrial Status in the United States ? "7. " What Method of Education is Best Suited forMen Entering upon Trade and Commerce ? "UNIVERSITY RECORD 345A first prize of one thousand dollars, and asecond prize of five hundred dollars, in cash,are offered for the best studies presented byClass A, composed exclusively of all personswho have received the Bachelor's degree froman American college since 1893 ; and a firstprize of three hundred dollars, and a secondprize of one hundred and fifty dollars, in cash,are offered for the best studies presented byClass B, composed of persons who, at the timethe papers are sent in, are undergraduates ofany American college. No one in Class A maycompete in Class B; but any one in Class Bmay compete in Class A. The committee reserves to itself the right to award the two prizesof $1,000 and $500 to undergraduates, if themerits of the papers demand it.The ownership of the copyright of successfulstudies will vest in the donors, and it is expectedthat, without precluding the use of these papersas theses for higher degrees, they will causethem to be issued in some permanent form.Competitors, are advised that the studiesshould be thorough, expressed in good English,and not needlessly expanded. They should beinscribed with an assumed name, the year whenthe Bachelor's degree was received, and theinstitution which conferred the degree, or inwhich the writer is studying, and accompaniedby a sealed envelope giving the real name andaddress of the competitor. The papers should besent on or before June 1, 1905, to Professor J.Laurence Laughlin, The University of Chicago.THE FACULTIES.The new Law Building, it is definitely announced, will be occupied by the Law Schoolthe first of April.In the Biblical World for February an account of " The Palestine Exploration Fund " isgiven by Professor Ira M. Price, of the Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures.Mr. Samuel Northrup Harper, who graduated from the University of Chicago in 1902,has recently translated and edited Boyer andSperansky's Russian Manual. Mr. Harper hasbeen pursuing the study of Russian history andliterature in Paris and has now gone to Russia.He is the eldest son of the President of the University. On February 6 Professor Richard G. Moul-ton, Head of the Department of Literature (inEnglish), gave an address before the TwentiethCentury Club of Boston on "The Bible asLiterature."Professor Joseph H. Beale, Jr., Dean of th«Law School, will return for the Spring Quarter,his courses announced being "Conflict ofLaws" and "The Specific Performance ofContracts."In the Botanical Gazette for February Dr.George M. Holferty makes a contribution fromthe Hull Botanical Laboratory on " The Arche-gonium of Mnium Cuspidatum." It is veryfully illustrated by two double-page plates.On February 18 Professor Charles Zueblin,of the Department of Sociology, gave an illustrated address before the Hamilton Club ofChicago on the general theme of the evening,"Municipal Art and Civic Improvement inChicago."President William R. Harper continues in theFebruary number of the Biblical World theseries of " Constructive Studies in the PropheticElement in the Old Testament," this secondcontribution having to do with the general scopeof the prophetic element, its definition and principles.Professor Edward Capps, of the Departmentof the Greek Language and Literature, who hasbeen giving courses in Greek at Harvard University since October, 1903, has finished thework of the first semester and returned to theWest. He will resume his regular work at theUniversity at the beginning of the SpringQuarter.On February 13, 1904, Mr. Joseph H. Choate,Ambassador of the United States to GreatBritain,, attended the annual meeting of theRoyal Astronomical Society in London, andreceived the society's gold medal recentlyawarded to Professor George Ellery Hale, Director of the Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago. In thanking the society onbehalf of Mr. Hale, Mr. Choate said that theaward was a crowning honor for the work ofany astronomer in the world. The president ofthe society also spoke in high praise of Professor Hale's work along the lines of astrophysics and solar photography.346 UNIVERSITY RECORDAt the meeting of the Association of American Universities held at Yale University onFebruary 18, 19, and 20, Professor Paul Shorey,Head of the Department of the Greek Languageand Literature, presented, on behalf of the University of Chicago, a paper discussing the ques-^tion, " Are the Degrees of Bachelor of Science,Bachelor of Philosophy, and Bachelor of Letters to be Preserved or to be Merged in theDegree of Bachelor of Arts?" President William R. Harper was in attendance at the samemeeting.On Thursday evening, February 11, a reception to graduate students was given in Hutchinson Hall by the President of the University;Professor Harry Pratt Judson, Dean of theFaculties of Arts, Literature, and Science ; andProfessor Rollin D. Salisbury, Dean of theOgden (Graduate) School of Science. Mrs.Harper and Mrs. Judson were in the receivingline, although the President was unable to bepresent. About three hundred graduate students were present. The music was furnishedby the University of Chicago Military Banu.At the second annual convention of TheReligious Education Association, to be held inPhiladelphia on March 2, 3, and 4, Dr. EdwardJudson, Professor of Homiletics in the DivinitySchool, will consider, under the general title ofThe Bible in Religious Experience, "Its Importance as a Factor in Promoting SpiritualEfficiency and Growth." At the same convention Professor Richard G. Moulton, Headof the Department of Literature (in English), will discuss, under the general head of Religious Education in the Home, "The Art ofTelling Bible Stories."Mr. John I. Jegi, professor of Psychologyand Physiology in the Milwaukee State NormalSchool, died at his home in Milwaukee onJanuary 7, 1904. Mr. Jegi received from theUniversity the degree of Bachelor of Science in1896, and in 1899 he was initiated into the PhiBeta Kappa fraternity. He was a student ofhigh rank, and his work since graduation hasbeen scholarly and effective. Among his recentpublications are A Syllabus of Human Physiology (1901), Practical Lessons in Human Physiology (Macmillan, 1903), and A ComparativeStudy of Auditory and Visual Memory, in"Contributions to Philosophy," University ofChicago Press.Associate Professor Charles B. Davenport,of the Department of Zoology, has resigned toaccept an appointment from the Carnegie Institution as head of the Department of Experimental Biology, which, for the present, is toinclude a marine station on the Tortugas and aLaboratory for Experimental Evolution at ColdSpring Harbor, Long Island. Professor Davenport is to be in immediate charge of the latter.The buildings in connection with the laboratoryare now in process of erection under the direction of Mr. Davenport, who is absent on a vacation during the Winter Quarter. Mr. Davenport will spend the Spring Quarter in his usualwork at the University and will then leave totake permanent charge of the new laboratory.