THEUniversity RecordOFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERVol. VIII APRIL, 1904 NO. 12CONTENTSAddress at the Festversammlung in the Auditorium : * PAGI"Antwort im Namen der Deutschen Gaste," von Berthold Delbriick,Professor des Sanskrit und der vefgleichenden Sprachforschung ander Universitat Jena - --______ 385The Report of the President of the Christian Union for the Winter Quarter,1904 ----------- 388The ^NTew Pipe Organ in the Leon Mandel Assembly Hall - - - 394Official Proclamation by the Queen of Holland concerning UniversityDegrees ----------- 396Appreciation of the University Architecture - - 397Rare Botanical Specimens from Mexico - - 397The Final Concert in the Series by the Chicago Orchestra - -- 397The Faculties ----------- 398PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY£be laniversitp of ChicagoANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION * SINGLE COPIESONE DOLLAR entered at Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter TEN CENTSVOLUME VIII NUMBER 12University RecordAPRIL, 1904ANTWORT IM NAMEN DER DEUTSOHEN GASTE.*VON BERTHOLD DELBRUCK,Professor des Sanskrit and der uergleichenden Sprachforschung an der Uniuersitdt Jena.Hochverehrte V ersammlung !Im Namen der deutschen Gaste, denen Sie emFest von so tiberschwanglicher Schonheit be-reitet haben, sage ich Ihnen unseren herzlichstenund aufrichtigsten Dank. Ich darf die Ver-sicherung hinzufiigen, dass die Erinnerung andiesen Tag niemals aus unserem Gedachtnisschwinden wird.Wahrend die machtigen Tone Ihrer Orgeltins umbrausten, wahrend die weicheren Klangedes Gesanges sich an unser Ohr legten, wahrendwir den rhythmischen Spielen Ihrer Turnerzusahen, stieg in meiner Erinnerung lebendigdie Zeit wieder auf, als das deutsche Reich, unterdessen Schutz wir jetzt friedlich wohnen, nochnicht in der Wirklichkeit, sondern erst in denTraumen der Menschen vorhanden war. Manhat oft tiber diejenigen gespottet, welche durchSingen und Springen die deutsche Einheit her-beiftihren wollten. Aber sie haben doch auchihren Anteil an dem Grossen, was jetzt erreichtist. Diesen Anteil hat einer unserer Historiker,Heinrich von Treitschke, in die Worte zusam-mengefasst, dass es die Aufgabe solcher Ver-anstaltung gewesen sei, " Saaten des Wohlwol-kr^s zu streuen fiir kiinftige Zeiten." Wenn ichein Motto suchen wollte fur die Aufgabe dieserdelivered at the Festversammlung in the Auditorium,March 20, 1904, in connection with the exercises of theFiftieth University Convocation. Tage in Chicago, so konnte ich kein besseresfinden, als dieses.Da ich nun aber der Ansicht bin, dass Wohl-wollen und Freundschaft um so fester begriindetsein werden, je besser wir uns gegenseitigkennen lernen, und da ich doch einmal ein Professor bin, der den lehrhaften Vortrag nicht las-sen kann, so mochte ich einige Bemerkungentiber unsere politischen Zustande machen, vondenen ich hofTe, dass sie in Ihren Herzen einenWiederklang finden werden.Ich mochte ein paar Worte sagen uber diedemokratischen Einrichtungen in unserm deutschen Reich.Die deutsche Versicherung ist keine Demo-kratie, sie ist ein Kunstwerk hochsten Ranges, inwelchem alle alten und neuen Krafte der Nationzusammen gefasst sind. Aber die neuen Kraftesind demokratisch. Wenn ich von demokratischen Einrichtungen in Deutschland rede, sohabe ich naturlich das deutsche Heer zu nennen.Je gewaltiger die materielle Entwickelung unserer Zeit ist, je hoher sich die Schatze desReichtums iiberall anhaufen, je mehr sich derLebensgenuss verfeinert, um so grosser ist inalien Staaten, nicht bios den monarchischen, dieGefahr, dass sich eine obere Schicht absondertvon der Masse des Volkes. Diese Gefahr kannnicht wirksamer begegnet werden, als durch dieEinrichtung, dass der Sohn des Millionars und385386 UNIVERSITY RECORDdes Arbeiters, des Bauern und des Beamten, inReih und Glied durch dieselbe harte Schulegeht. Das Geftihl der Kameradschaft, dasdadurch entsteht, ist nicht tiberall auf derOberflache sichtbar. Aber jedermann, der dasdeutsche Leben kennt, weiss, dass es im gege-benen Augenblick mit wahrhaft elementarerGewalt zu Tage tritt. An die allgemeine Wehr-pflicht schliesst sich das allgemeine Stimmrecht.Es giebt kein Land der Welt, in welchem dasStimmrecht demokratischer und freier ware, alsim deutschen Reich. Jeder Mann von 25 Jahren,er mag einem Einzelstaate angehoren, welchemer wolle, hat das Recht, seine politische Stimmeabzugeben, frei in geheimer Wahl vollig unbe-einflusst. Und der Reichstag, welcher aus sol-chen Wahlen hervorgeht, hat eine grosse Macht.Man verkannte das bisweilen, wenn man daskonstitutionelle Leben anderer Volker nur mitenglischen Augen betrachtete und glaubte, dasses eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben eines Parla-mentes sei, Minister zu schaffen oder zu stiirzen.Das ist in Deutschland unmoglich. Dazu ge-horen zwei grosse Parteien, welche miteinanderin der Herrschaft abwechseln. Wir aber habenmindestens 1 Dutzend Parteien, und diejenige,welche augenblicklich die grosseste und, wieman zu sagen pflegt, die herrschende ist, nam-lich das Zentrum, verfitgt nur tiber J4 der Stim-men. Wie ware es moglich, aus einer solchenPartei ein Ministerium zu bilden, welches dieMajoritat im Reichstag hatte? Wir haben des-halb bei uns ein anderes konstitutionelles System entwickelt, welches nach meiner Meinunghoher steht, als das englische. Die Regierungsoil bei uns tiber den Parteien stehen, und siehat die Aufgabe, alle lebendigen Krafte aus denim Lande vorhandenen Parteien an sich zuziehen.Die bei weitem wichtigste unserer demokra-tischen Einrichtungen aber, ist unsere sozialeGestzgebung. Die Krankenversicherung, dieUnfallversicherung, die Alters- und Invaliditat-Versicherung, welche immer wachsende Mil- lionen von Menschen umfasst. Ich bitte Sie,meine Landsleute, wenn Sie zu uns heriiberkommen, einmal eine von diesen Einrichtungen,z. B. die zuletztgenannte, im Einzelnen zu stu-dieren, und Sie werden iiberrascht und erfreutsein zu sehen, wie in diesen Versicherungsan-stalten nicht etwa bios Listen aufgestellt undPersonen ausgezahlt werden, sondern wie maneifrig dahin strebt, praktische Wohlfahrtsan-s talten zu schaffen, Arbeiter-Wohnungen,Heimstatten fiir Kranke und Genesende, undVieles der Art. Und Sie werden dann sehen,wie von solchen Mittelpunkten aus sich Segenund Gesundheit in die weitesten Kreise ergiesst.Ich habe oft im Auslande und audi in diesemLande beklagen horen, dass diese sozialen Einrichtungen nicht von unten herauf durch Privat-arbeit, sondern von oben her, gewissermassenauf Befehl geschaffen werden. Haben denn dieDeutschen, so fragt man, nicht die Kraft sichselbst zu helfen? Darauf ist zu erwidern, dasses unmoglich war, alle diese Dinge dem Zufallder privaten Tatigkeit zu iiberlassen, denn eshandelt sich um ein grosses zusammenhangendesKunstwerk, aus dem kein Stein weggenommenwerden darf .Die Krankenversicherung wird von den Ar-beitern selbst getragen, die Unfallversicherungwird von der Industrie bezahlt. In die Kostender Alters- und Invaliditat-Versicherung teilensich die Arbeitgeber, die Arbeitnehmer und dasReich, welches einen noch immer wachsendenBeitrag leistet.Damit sind unsere Plane und Hoffnungenaber noch lange nicht geschlossen. Schon istcine nahmhafte Zahl von Millionen daftir be-stimmt, die Grundlage einer Witwen- undWaisenversicherung fiir Arbeiter zu schaffen,und in weiterer Feme schwebt uns das Idealeiner Versicherung gegen Arbeitslosigkeit vor.Unternehmungen so ungeheurer Art, die so insich zusammenhangen, konnen und miissen nurvon einem Punkte geleitet werden.Ich finde es naturiich vollkommen begreiflich,UNIVERSITY RECORD 387wenn andere Nationen hier andere Wege suchen,denn ich bin in diesem Falle, wie in anderenFallen, der Ansicht jenes Wilden, welcher mein-te, man musse jeden Mann seinen Kahn aufseine Weise rudern lassen. Nur das mochte ichnochmals betonen, es handelt sich hier nicht umirgend einen Polizeigeist, nein, so niedrig stehenuns die Gedanken nicht, es zeigt sich uberall inunserem Leben eine neue Auffassung vomStaate. Der Staat ist uns heute nicht mehr biosder Schutzer des Rechtes der Einzelnen, er istuns zugleich ein Producent von Menschengltick.Wer heute in das neue Deutschland kommt,findet naturlich noch vieles Andere, ausser densozialen Einrichtungen, was seine Aufmerksam-keit auf sich zieht: die Pracht unserer Stadte,die Fulle der Verkehrsverbindungen, den wachs-enden Reichtum des Landes. Wenn Sie allesdies uberlegen, so werden Sie es nur selbst-verstandlich finden, wenn ich sage, dass ich f rohund stolz bin, ein Burger dieses machtigen undfreien Staates zu sein.Wir Deutsche sind nicht gewohnt, auf andereherabzublicken, aber wir stellen auch kein Volkder Welt tiber uns. Und, wie ich erwarte, dassdieses, unser hohes, nationales Selbstgeftihl vonjedem Amerikaner als gerechtfertigt anerkanntund gewtirdigt wird, so habe ich auch meiner-seits die freudigste Mitempfindung fur das hoheund aufrechte Selbstbewusstsein eines amerikan-ischen Burgers. Ich denke, wir konnen uns dieses Selbstbewusstsein gegenseitig gonnen.Wir brauchen uns nicht zu beneiden und zuverkleinern. Raum fiir Beide hat die Erde !Und nun, hochverehrte Versammlung, lassenSie mich mit einer personlichen Erinnerungschliessen. Es war fiir mich ein erhebenderAugenblick, als ich, auf dem Deck eines stolzendeutschen Schiffes stehend, hineinfuhr in denweitraumigen Hafen von New-York. Lang-sam sanken die Nebel der Nacht; zuerst nochleise umschleiert, dann heller erglanzend imLichte der steigenden Sonne, lagen unter unsdie breiten Fluten des dunklen Wassers. Voruns erschienen die ragenden Hauser der grossenStadt, und links, hoch und gewaltig, das Bildder Freiheit. Diese Gottin ist es, der wir beidedienen, Sie und wir, jeder in seiner Art. Heuteist sie fiir uns nicht mehr die Freiheit, die ichmeine, die mein Herz erftillt, nicht mehr daslockige Madchen, das der Geliebten unsererJugend gleicht. Heute sind ihre Ztige strengund ehern, und sie verlangt von den Mannern,die ihr dienen, Opfer und Taten.Wenn Sie, meine Landsleute, hier dieserGottin weiter dienen in dem deutschen Sinn desVolkerfriedens und der gegenseitigen Duldung,dann werden auch Sie dazu beitragen, dass derdeutsche Name weiter wandelt von Geschlechtzu Geschlecht, stolz von Jahrhundert zu Jahr-hundert an Kraft und Ehren ungeschwacht.388 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHRISTIAN UNIONFOR THE WINTER QUARTER, 1904.The Christian Union is a somewhat complexorganization, whose constituent elements are:I. The activities immediately in charge of theUniversity Chaplain : (a) the Sunday preachingservices; (b) the daily chapel services.2. The Young Men's Christian Association.3. The Young Women's Christian League.4. The University Settlement.5. The Divinity School Branch of the YoungMen's Christian Association.The Union thus embraces the various organizations existing within the University for religious work. The activities of these organizations for the Quarter ending March 25, 1904,are described in the following reports :REPORT OF THE CHAPLAIN OF THE UNIVERSITY.The Chaplain has been in residence during theQuarter and performed his duties as occasionrequired. Following are the names of the University preachers for the Winter Quarter:President Henry C. King of Oberlin College;Dr. Phillip S. Moxom, of Springfield, Mass. ;Dr. Charles R. Hemphill, of Louisville, Ky. ;President W. H. P. Faunce of Brown University ; Dr. Lathan A. Crandall, of Chicago ; Dr.Benjamin S. Green, of Evanston; Dr. EdwardJudson, of New York city ; Dr. Emil G. Hirsch,of Chicago.Sunday morning, January 31, was devoted toa service in memory of the late ProfessorEduard von Hoist. Memorial addresses weregiven by President Harper and by ProfessorWilliam Gardner Hale of the University ofChicago. March 20 was Convocation Sunday.The contributions for the Quarter, not including Convocation Sunday, amounted to a total of$191.23, averaging $19.12 a Sunday.Charles R. Henderson,Chaplain. REPORT OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.About all that need be said of the work of theAssociation for the Winter Quarter is that thoseenterprises which were undertaken in theautumn have been steadily kept up. The Bible-study department now includes 16 classes withan enrolment of 115 men. The quality of thework being done in this department may bejudged by the fact that not a single Bible groupthat has been started this year has up to the endof the present Quarter been abandoned. Theleaders of the groups have adhered to their taskswith a most commendable fidelity and interest.Many men in these classes give promise of beingfitted for the leadership of groups next year.Thirty men have been engaged in lookinginto the needs of foreign countries. Thesestudies have consisted for the most part of lectures by students who have, through investigation and practical experience, become acquaintedwith the peoples of whom they speak.The Association has continued to give aid tothe University Settlement by sending out students to lead boys' clubs, take census reports,tend libraries, etc.The largest religious meetings of the yearwere held in January, when at a special series ofaddresses to men the attendance reached twohundred.Ralph Merriam,Department Secretary.REPORT OF THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN LEAGUE.The Young Women's Christian League beganthe Winter Quarter handicapped by the resignation of the president, but under the leadershipof the new president, Miss Osborn, the worksoon moved forward.The initial event was the Oriental receptiongiven jointly with the Young Men's ChristianAssociation. The two hundred present wereUNIVERSITY RECORD 389highly appreciative, not only of the scores ofChinese, Japanese, and Indian relics and embroideries shown in the Oriental booths, and ofthe program given by natives and missionariesfrom the respective countries, but of the general air of fellowship which overcame the" foreign feeling " often experienced at a reception. This ushered in the work of the missionary department, which has been greatly extendedthis- Quarter. Mr. Fleming's class in the studyof India has been supplemented by one led byMr. Hopkins, of Hyderabad, India ; and of thetwo new classes, one has been a joint class on"China," conducted by Mr. North, a graduatestudent in sociology ; the other, for the study ofthe people and customs of Japan, under thedirection of Miss Howe, a kindergarten teacherof Kobe, Japan. During the Spring Quarter acourse of addresses will be given by the abovementioned men upon " Ideals of Other Lands,"Tuesdays, from 7: 15 to 8 p. m.The Day of Prayer for Colleges was observedby three special meetings of a missionarynature, two of these being held jointly with theYoung Men's Christian Association, and led byMr. Sherwood Eddy, a secretary from southIndia.Interest in missions has not been merelytheoretical. During the Quarter, one of theFreshman girls became a Student Volunteer,i. e.} signed the declaration to become a foreignmissionary, expecting later to prepare in medicine for work in China. Members of theLeague have been continuing work in the Chinese Sunday-school, and hospital visitation. OnEaster Sunday a song service was held at theHome for Incurables, and pictures mounted bythe young women were given to all the invalids.Practical service has been given at the Association House near Milwaukee Avenue.Miss Helgesen, the secretary of their factorywork, has addressed the University girls twiceat the invitation of the League, and the Leaguehas pledged a part of her salary. The sub committee on "University Settlement" work hascombined with committees from the Woman'sUnion and the Young Men's Christian Association, and, under the name of " Settlement Association," a very strong work for the settlementis being directed. It was under their auspicesthat Professor Graham Taylor addressed theVesper congregation on Sunday afternoon,March 13.Some University women have been expressinga feeling of a lack of true fellowship amongthem. As one chief function of any Christianorganization is to promote such fellowship, theLeague is trying to do its part to meet this difficulty. One purely social event occurred duringthe Quarter — a pleasant party on the eve ofWashington's birthday ; but the League heartilybelieves in its group plan for the cultivation ofreal friendships. The arrangement of sevenmain committees, averaging twenty-five each,naturally divided according to common interests,brings kindred spirits together. Once duringthe Quarter the various Bible groups united fora social time. Once all members were invitedto a Membership Tea. Miss Conde, a nationalsecretary, was a guest and spoke of the worldwide work of which the League is a part.Similar in plan, but open to all women of theUniversity, are the weekly "Twilight Hours,"held, as the name indicates, between the work-a-day time and sunset. They consist of musicor readings semi-devotional in character. Theexpressions that have come to the League regarding the restfulness of the hour are verygratifying. The "Twilight Hours" will continue during the Spring Quarter on Tuesdays,from 4 : 30 to 5 : 30 p. m.Back of the group is the individual, and oftenshe is too busy or too diffident to leave the fourwalls of her study. A movement has been inaugurated for taking the League to her. In herregular Saturday afternoon calls the generalsecretary found, in a radius of four blockssquare, twenty-six young women, mostly in390 UNIVERSITY RECORDboarding-houses, who knew scarcely any womenoutside their own buildings. A committee, accordingly, gave a neighborhood party at a homeconvenient to all. As a result a Monday evening reading circle was formed, and plans laidfor a monthly neighborhood party. Similarcircles are under consideration.In the halls, one Bible class was discontinuedduring the Winter Quarter; but another informal conversational circle has been started,and in the League room a selected group oftwelve meet for a Thursday morning "quiethour."The last days of the Quarter were spent inelecting officers and appointing committees forthe ensuing year. The chief event of the springwill be the week's visit from Miss Conde, whohas just returned from her round of the easterncolleges — Wellesley, Smith, and others. Further announcement will be made.Ada B. Hillman,General Secretary.REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SETTLEMENT.PHYSICAL HEALTH.The sanitary work and the investigation ofthe causes of tuberculosis by the physician resident have been continued during the winter.The Packing Trades' Council kindly consentedto assist in ascertaining the condition of workersat their work in this neighborhood. A simplecard covering matters of light, moisture, heat,spitting, hours, and wages is being circulatedamong the workers of the various unions. Thecards are printed in four languages, and answersto the questions are written or indicated uponthem. It is hoped that this system will throwsome light on the causes of tuberculosis in thisneighborhood.CLUBS AND CLASSES.More boys have been in the gymnasium sincethe first of January than ever before. Aboutone hundred have been in the four classes.They are all compelled to meet early on Tues day, Friday, and Saturday evenings in order tohave an hour in the gymnasium before themeeting of the young men's athletic clubs, thesehours being the only opportunity the boys haveto do gymnasium work. Three of these classeshave been conducted by University students,and one by two young men from our SettlementAthletic Association.The two young men's clubs had a series ofbasket-ball contests with outside clubs, and oneinter-club contest. The young men of the University of Chicago Settlement Athletic Association played with other clubs of the SettlementAthletic League, from the Commons, HullHouse, and Gad's Hill Settlement. Both clubsplayed with University teams in the new Bartlett Gymnasium during the winter.There have been two gymnasium classes foryoung girls in the afternoon, conducted byyoung women from the University.THE WOMAN'S CLUB.The program for the Woman's Club has beeneducational. At four of the meetings the clubmembers furnished the entire program, discussing subjects relating to the home, and oneof Shakspere's plays. Mr. Raymond Robbins,Dr. Charles R. Henderson, Mrs. Charles R.Henderson, and Mrs. Elia W. Peattie wereamong the speakers for the Quarter.Two entertainments were given under theauspices of the Woman's Club : a dramatic performance, at which members of the Hull HouseDramatic Association gave the Irish comedy of" Kerry ; " and a stereopticon lecture on thePassion Play by Rev. A. R. E. Wyant. Eachwere well attended by an appreciative audience.The Woman's Club is interested in the Juvenile Court work. Members of the club visit thecourt and bring back reports. Money has beenraised through a birthday box, for a contribution to the probation officers' salary; and adozen garments have been made for the boys inthe Detention Home by the Friendly Aid Committee of the Club.UNIVERSITY RECORD 391Much interest was shown in the illustratedlecture on " Public Recreation " given in February by Mr. E. G. Routzahn, Field Secretary ofthe League of Civic Improvement. TheWoman's Club holds a membership in thisLeague, and the women are doing in theirlimited way what they can to better the conditions back of the Stock Yards. The CivicImprovement Committee of the Club has secured a box for waste paper, to be placed onthe corner of Ashland Avenue and Forty-Seventh Street.The annual visit to the Art Institute by theSettlement Woman's Clubs, as guests of theUniversity Settlement League, was made on.February 23. This visit is always looked forward to with interest and looked back upon asa red-letter day. Seventy-five women were welcomed by the President of the League, Mrs.Charles R. Henderson; and other members ofthe League were stationed at every turningpoint to guide the visitors to the exhibit of theChicago artists. Mr. Lorado Taft was theirartist guide, giving in untechnical phraseologya sympathetic criticism that made the collectionof pictures doubly interesting. After seeing thepictures a delightful social hour was enjoyedover a cup of coffee. On the Thursday following, at their regular club meeting, the membersspoke freely of their favorites among the pictures. Some preferred the Old Masters, onechose Josef Israels, but most limited their observations to the local collection. The " sunny "pictures were greater favorites than any others.THE BOHEMIAN WOMAN'S CLUB.The meetings of the Bohemian Woman'sClub each month were largely business andsocial. The attendance was large, equal to, ifnot exceeding, that of the Woman's' Club.There is a growing spirit of co-operation withthe Settlement among the Bohemian women.THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CLUB.In January, the members of the YoungWoman's Club enjoyed an evening with Miss Lilian Weide, who told the story of Parsifal.A few weeks later an instructive talk on thethe " Great Commonwealths of Literature " ledto an earnest and interesting discussion of theconditions under which work is done, withspecial reference to woman's work. The youngwomen of the Club are rehearsing two farcesto be given in a few weeks.EVENING-HOUR CLUB.Several scenes from As You Like It weregiven on the gymnasium stage, March 21, byfive young girls belonging to the Evening-HourClub. Miss Hariette Jones, from the University, read the story of the play from Lamb'sTales before the scenes were given. The audience was composed chiefly of members of theadult clubs of the Settlement.MANUAL TRAINING.The manual-training classes have been fullto overflowing, and there has been a waiting listof over fifty. Never were the boys more eagerto work with tools, nor more regular in theirattendance at the classes.The younger children in the clubs have beendoing constructive wprk, making valentines,Easter cards, and garments for themselves, aswell as other sewing.MUSIC.The Settlement Mandolin Orchestra and theAlberts' Orchestra, both of which meet weeklyat the Settlement, are ever ready to play at entertainments given by the different settlement clubs,and they add much to such occasions by theirmusic. The Young People's Chorus also givetheir services whenever possible. They sang atthe birthday celebration, at one of the social extension lectures at the O'Toole public school,and at a meeting of the Settlement Associationat the University, as well as at the entertainmentfor the benefit of all the settlement music, inwhich they were more directly interested. Their392 UNIVERSITY RECORDspring concert, which will occur on April 13,promises good results from the winterrehearsals.The attendance of the Children's Chorus haskept up well all winter, usually about a hundred being present. The number of boys hasincreased. They sing several songs alone. Thechildren's Easter concert will be given thesecond Sunday after Easter.PROBATION WORK AND EDUCATION.The probation officer at the Settlement hasbeen appointed on the Education committee ofthe Cook County League of Woman's Clubs.She finds that the increasing knowledge of thecompulsory education law and the discussionaroused by it are bringing the parish schools ofthe settlement neighborhood into better relationsto the community and to the public schools.Parents who send their children to the parochialschools are beginning to understand that children are really under the law.The Polish parochial school reopened in a newbuilding in February, after being closed ninemonths. During this time a large number ofchildren were out of school. The probation officer has visited all of the rooms of the newschool, and the Mother Superior is glad to cooperate with her in matters of truancy and disorder of boys under her care.Recently the probation officer reported to theproper authority the case of a Pole who persistently refused to permit his children of schoolage to attend school. The man was fined themaximum fine of twenty dollars, and the effectupon the neighborhood was marked. More truant officers are greatly needed, especially for thePolish children. There should be officers tolook up children who never go to school.CO-OPERATION.A series of twelve lectures under the auspicesof the Merchants' Club was given at the O'Toolepublic school during the winter. The Settlement was glad to co-operate with the manager, Mr. T. J. Riley, of the University, in distributing advertising cards each week. The lectureswere instructive and recreative, and on a varietyof subjects. Among the speakers were Mr.E. G. Routzahn, Miss McDowell, Dr. CharlesR. Henderson, Dr. W. A. Evans, and DirectorW. M. R. French, and Lorado Taft of the ArtInstitute.The spirit of helpfulness toward the settlement manifested by students from the University has brought forth practical results. A number of new helpers came over regularly to assistin the library, the sewing class, in some of theclubs for younger children, in dramatics for theolder ones, and to take charge of the gymnasiumclasses. The officers of the Settlement Association at the University have responded quicklyand heartily to requests from the Settlementresidents for assistants for regular work, or forspecial occasions.Several students took a school census of districts covered by two of the public schools nearest the Settlement. From this census it is hopedthat some idea of the number of children ofschool age who are not in school can beascertained.The South Park Board, in response to theefforts of the Settlement, has purchased tenacres two blocks away from the Settlement fora small park. The tract is situated in the midstof a Polish and Lithuanian district.THE SETTLEMENT COUNCIL.The Settlement Council met twice during theWinter Quarter. This council is composed ofrepresentatives from the adult clubs, and itexists for the purpose of unifying the settlementwork, and giving an opportunity of conferenceupon subjects of common interest.At the first meeting there was an informaldiscussion of the needs of the neighborhood,with special reference to small parks and cleanstreets. At the second meeting, Mrs. HarrietM. Vandervaart spoke on Settlement ideals.UNIVERSITY RECORD 393The business of both meetings was taken upwith the making of plans for an entertainmentin May in which all the clubs will unite. Theproceeds of this entertainment will be given tohelp defray the gymnasium expenses for nextyear. 'SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.The physical, educational, and social activitiesof the Settlement are all so connected, that it isdifficult to separate them. It is, in fact, the aimof the Settlement to socialize all the activities.Of those more purely social during the winter,a series of parties given to the boys of the manual classes by their teacher may be mentionedas, in a way, ideal. The boys were invited forthe evening in classes. Some came before theteacher had dined, and all departed, after gamesand freshments, with reluctance and with evident regret that the closing hour came so early.In the smaller and larger social affairs given bythe adult clubs, the spirit of genuine hospitalityon the part of the hosts and hostesses, and ofgenuine enjoyment by all the participants ismarked. Hardly a week passes without severalof these social events. The largest gathering ofthis kind was the masquerade party given by theAlliance Club. This was the well-planned andwell-carried-out affair that the young men always give.It is a Settlement custom to entertain eachboys' club at the Settlement House, giving agood time, and a "spread." In February, theFife and Drum Corps had its first social contactwith the Settlement household. They announced themselves by playing before the house.After a simple feast, they enjoyed themselvesuntil half-past eleven. The Settlement Association, the club of young men, assisted withsongs, recitations, and games in giving the boysa good time.The exercises celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Settlement were reported in full inthe University Record for February, 1904.Laura S. Bass. REPORT OF THE DEVOTIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE DIVINITY BRANCHOF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.Well-attended house prayer-meetings havebeen held in each of the Divinity Hall parlorson Tuesday evenings. The Thursday morningdevotional meetings in Room 26 of Haskellhave been enthusiastic in spirit, and wellattended.The Volunteer Mission Band has done muchto produce a wholesome enthusiasm for missions among the men. Their plan is to conductclasses for the study of mission work. Frequent lectures have been supplied by returnedmissionaries.The Evangelistic Band, a student organization composed of ten men, has held six seriesof evangelistic services, in Michigan City, Ind.,Hammond, Ind., Beloit, Wis., Pontiac, 111., Ba-tavia, 111., and Evansville, Wis., respectively.The meetings began on Friday evenings andclosed on Sunday evenings. Special meetingsfor men were held at each place. Not fewerthan three hundred professions of faith werereported as a result of the work of this band.The Divinity School has thirty-eight studentpastors, who report a total number of two hundred baptisms during the Quarter. Some of themen have assisted Dr. Judson at the Parksidemission, and a larger number have had chargeof a mission on Clark Street, for two nights outof each week.The Devotional Committee has inauguratedan End-Winter Devotional Conference, the firstconference being held March 4, 1904. Besidesthe purely devotional services there were reportsfrom the different organized activities of theDivinity School, followed by addresses from theDean and from Drs. De Blois and Lawrence ofthis city.The past Quarter has been characterized by awholesome tendency to organize our activities.Taken all together no period of the school'sexistence has been quite so satisfactory as this.W. E. Woodruff,Chairman Devotional Committee.394 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE OFFICE OF THE CHRISTIAN UNION.The office of the Christian Union has beenestablished in Cobb Hall, A i. The UniversityPreacher and the University Chaplain may befound here, at definite hours. Here also arekept records of philanthropic work, includingnames of those who are willing to engage insuch work, and memoranda of work to be done.A thoughtful study of these reports can hardlyfail to impress the reader with the abundance,variety, and concrete character of the activitiesdescribed. " The Christian at Work " is afamiliar term that receives new significance inthe light of what here appears. A wholesomeemphasis is laid upon the value of Christianityfor this world, for the life that now is, and forthe men and women and children who are foundin the land of the living. The full significanceof all this, however, is most sensibly felt by thefew who have watched, and watched over, itsdevelopment for a little more than ten years.And these few are disposed, amid the encouraging signs of progress, to render a tribute ofhonor and gratitude to those who, in the earlierdays of small things, of experimenting, and ofslight encouragement, worked faithfully on,confident that in due time results vital to thewelfare of the University would be wrought out.Nathaniel Butler,President of the Christian Union.THE NEW PIPE ORGAN IN THE LEON MANDELASSEMBLY HALL.The new pipe organ, presented to the University by Mr. Leon Mandel, of Chicago, wasordered in June, 1903, from the Hutchings-Votey Organ Company of Boston, Mass., thecost to be $10,000. The company is a consolidation of organ firms which have built many ofthe large organs in the country, including theAuditorium organ in Chicago, and the greatNewbury organ in Woolsley Hall at YaleLTniversity. The organ arrived at the University duringthe first week of February, and was used in anincomplete condition at the Fiftieth Convocation in March. It was finally installed the firstweek in April.With the exception of the show pipes to theeast of the proscenium arch, the, organ is on thewest side of the stage.The bellows are in the basement, operated bya self-regulating electric motor.The organ is played from a movable console,or key-desk, connected with the organ properby fifty feet of free cable containing threehundred and seventy wires. It is the onlyorgan in Chicago with a movable console. Inthis key-desk are three manuals, or banks ofkeys, and the pedal keyboard. This pedal keyboard is the Standard Guild Pedal Keyboard,concave and radiating, the only one of its kindin the city.In technical language, the organ has thirty-five speaking-stops, that is, thirty-five sets ofpipes, each set having a distinct tone qualitythroughout the entire scale, of thirty notes ineach of the seven pedal stops and sixty-onenotes in each of the remaining twenty-eightstops.These thirty-five stops are grouped in fourdistinct "organs" — nine stops in the greatorgan, thirteen in the swell organ, six in thechoir, and seven in the pedal organ. Each" organ " is played from its own bank of keys ;but a series of twelve couplers, acting betweenthese various organs, makes it possible to playalmost any "organ," or all the organs combined, from any bank of keys.Above each bank of keys is a set of elevenpistons, operating combinations which may be" set " at a switchboard and thrown on bylightly pressing the piston desired.Eight foot-pedals, directly above the pedalkeyboard, control the volume of tone, by throwing on or off combinations, or by opening andUNIVERSITY RECORD 395closing the shutters in front of the huge boxescontaining the pipes of the choir and swellorgan.Thirty-five stops, twelve . couplers, eleven pistons, eight foot-pedals — not to consider thethree rows of sixty-one keys and the thirtypedals — are the elements which a mathematician might use in a problem of combinations,but which the organist must remember and usein the problem of artistic effect.The organ was formally dedicated on April21 by Mr. Arthur Dunham, Associate of theAmerican Guild of Organists, and organist atthe Sinai Temple in Chicago. He was assistedby Mr. Lester Bartlett Jones, Associate andDirector of Music in the University, who sangtwo groups of songs with great satisfaction tothe large audience; the accompanist was Mrs.Grace Peabody Parker.Mr. Dunham gave an almost exclusively classical program, and by his interpretationsbrought out the remarkable range of the organ'scapacity — especially in the finer and subtlermusical effects — and illustrated in a strikingway the versatility of his own power as anorganist. The program of the first organ recitalis here given in full, with the specification ofthe new organ :program of the first organ recital.Overture " Jubilee " WeberConcert Fugue in G Krebsa. " Faith in Spring " Schubertb. " The Asra " Rubensteinc. " Widmung " SchumannMr. Jones.a. Pastorale in G Dunhamb. Fantasie rustique Wolstenholme(New.)Lamentation GuilmantFanfare — Concert £tude Shelley(New — first time.)a. " Israfel " Kingb. "Were My Songs with Wings Provided" Hahnc. "Where is Another Sweet as My Sweet" BuschMr. Jones.a. Andante Cantabile b. Scherzo Widor(From the 4th Organ Symphony.)Toccata Widor(From the 5th Organ Symphony.) SPECIFICATION FOR THE MANDEL PIPE ORGAN.ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC ACTION.Great.PIPES.Open Diapason ist . 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Open Diapason 16 ft. Metal . . . 61Open Diapason 2nd 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Viol d' Amour 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Gross Flute . 8 ft. Wood . . . 61Octave . 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Flauto Traverso . 4 ft. Wood . . . 61fifteenth . 2 ft. Metal . . 61Trumpet 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Swell.(Bourdon Bass) PIPES..(Bourdon Treble) . . 16 ft. Wood . . 61Salicional . . 8 ft. Metal . . 61Aeoline 8 ft. Metal . . 61Stopped Diapason 8 ft. Wood . . 61Oboe . . . . 8 ft. Metal . . 61Cornopean . 8 ft. Metal . . 61Flute a Chiminee . 4 ft. Wood and Metal 61Gemshorn . . 4 ft. Metal . 61Vox Celeste . 8 ft. Metal . . . 49Open Diapason . 8 ft. Metal . . 61Mounted SwellPIPES.Flautino . . . 2 ft. Metal . . . 61Dolce Cornet . 3 ranks Metal . . . 183Vox Humana . . . . 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Tremolo -Choir — in a Swell box.PIPES.Geigen Principal . . . 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Concert Flute . 8 ft. Wood . . . 61Dulciana . 8 ft. Metal . . . 61Wald Flute . . 4 ft. Wood . . . 61Piccolo . 2 ft. Metal . . . 61Clarinet . 8 ft. Metal . . . 61TremoloPedal — augmented.NOTES.Open Diapason . . . 16 ft. Wood . . . 30Flute . . . . . . 8 ft. Wood . . • 30Violone . . 16 ft. Wood and Metal 30Cello . . . . . 8 ft. Wood and Metal 30Bourdon . . . 16 ft. Wood . . • 30Quint . . . . . ioY3 ft. Wood . . • 30Gedackt . . . 8 ft.Couplers. Wood . . • 30Swell to Great Great to SwellSwell to Swell 4 ft. Great to Swell 4 ft.Swell to Swell 16 ft Choir to GreatSwell to Choir Choir to Great 16 ft.Swell to Pedal Choir to PedalGreat to Pedal Swell to Pedal 4 ft.396 UNIVERSITY RECORDCombinations.I., 2., 3., 0., Operating on Great and PedalI., 2., 3., 4., 0., Operating on Swell and PedalI., 2., 0., Operating on Choir and PedalI., 2., 0., Operating on Pedal OnlyGeneral Release Pedal Release A. IN ALL FACULTIES.Pedals, etc.Great to Pedal Reversible Balanced ChoirSwell to Pedal Balanced CrescendoSforzando General ReleaseBalanced Swell Wind IndicatorCrescendo Standard Pedal Key BoardMovable Key Desk Electric MotorOFFICIAL PROCLAMATION BY QUEEN WILHELMINA OFHOLLAND CONCERNING UNIVERSITY DEGREES.We, Wilhelmina, by the grace of God, Queenof the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau,etc., etc. —On the recommendation of our Minister ofHome Affairs of December 19, 1903, No. 7475,Division of Education ;Considering that, in view of Art. 5 of the lawof July 9, 1900 (Off. PubL of Laws, No. 113),it has seemed necessary to us again to name theforeign institutions and the foreign certificates,referred to in Art. 85 bis of the law for theregulation of university education;In consideration of Art. 85 bis of the law forthe regulation of university education, in accordance with the law of July 9, 1900 (Off.PubL of Laws, No. 113) ;In view of the advice of each of the councilsof the state universities;Having heard the Council of State (adviceof February 2, 1904, No. 13) ;Noticing the further report of the previouslynamed Minister, of February 10, 1904, No. 847,Division of Education ;Have found it advisable and have decided, todecree :article 1.On a par with the certificate mentioned inArt. 11 of the law for the regulation of university education, with the exception mentioned inArt. 85 bis of that law, are placed : 1. The certificate of a passed matriculationexamination in Cape Town University at CapeTown.2. The certificate of a passed examen dubaccalaureat es lettres for a faculte des lettresin France.3. The Maturitdts-Zeugniss received after apassed Maturitdtsprufurg, in a Gymnasium inone of the states of Germany or in Austria.4. The certificate of a passed propcedentisckExamen, in Sweden in the faculty in which onewishes to be examined.5. The certificate of a passed klassiek Examen Artium in a state Gymnasium, in a parochial or private institution, whose right to givethis examination has been recognized, or beforethe committee of the state appointed for thispurpose, in Norway.6. The certificate of a passed examen dematurite des etudes gymnasiales (Reifeprufungfur Gymnasial-Studien) in the grand-duchy ofLuxemburg.7. The certificate of a passed examination,upon which the degree of Bachelor of Arts hasbeen conferred by one of the following universities in the United States of North America:(a) University of California, Berkeley, Calif.;(b) Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. ; (c) University of Chicago, Chicago,111. ; (d) Clark University, Worcester, Mass. ;(e) Columbia University, New York city,N. Y. ; (f) Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. ;(g) Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. :(h) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. ;(i) Leland Stanford Junior University, PaloAlto, Calif.; (k) University of Michigan, AnnArbor, Mich. ; (/) University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, Pa. ; (m) Princeton University,Princeton, N. J. ; (n) University of Wisconsin,Madison, Wis.; (o) Yale University, NewHaven, Conn.(Sections B and C and Article II here followin the original proclamation.)UNIVERSITY RE COED 397Our Minister of Home Affairs is chargedwith the execution of this resolution, whichshall be published in the Official Publication ofLaws, and of which a copy shall be sent to theCouncil of State.The Hague,February 12, 1904.WlLHELMINA.Kuyper,Minister of Home Affairs.Published February 26, 1904.J. A. Loeff,Minister of Justice.APPRECIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTUREThere is a growing sense in Chicago of howmuch the University has added to the city, notonly in educational privileges and progress, butalso in the artistic element of architecturalbeauty. In illustration of this is a brief editorial in the Chicago Chronicle of April 24,1904, which gives generous and deserved praisefor what has already been accomplished at theUniversity in the way of architecture that isadapted to its special purpose and is at the sametime harmonious and beautiful in its generaleffects. The editorial in part is here given:No small praise is to be given to Dr. Harper andthose who have had in charge the plans for the buildingsat the University. The architects have kept in viewfirst of all the special purposes for which the buildingswere designed and then secured the best effects possibleunder the conditions.No other university in America can boast of the symmetry and harmony of buildings found on the campus atthe University of Chicago. The architecture at HarvardUniversity is notoriously poor. Even the new buildings,intended to be models of the architect's skill, are pronounced by competent judges to be failures* Boston,with all her pride in the famous university, admits thatarchitecturally Harvard is not a success. Her strengthdoes not reveal itself in beauty.It is true the University of Chicago started out withlarge means and planned on an immense scale. It couldlook ahead and provide room and means for future needs,and so embrace the whole in one harmonious design ; butnone the less there were possibilities for tremendous blunders, for a loud display of bad taste, and an idlewaste of money.As the buildings stand they represent in a worthyway the high ideals signified by the University and area lasting tribute to the artistic sense and judgment ofthe men who planned them.RARE BOTANICAL SPECIMENS FROM MEXICO.Last winter The Botanical Society of Americaawarded to Dr. Charles J. Chamberlain, of theDepartment of Botany, a grant to defray theexpenses of a trip to the Mexican tropics for thepurpose of securing material of Dioon. Thisplant is one of the Cycads, an order very abundant in geological times, but now almost extinct.In general appearance it resembles a small palm,though not at all related to the palms. At intervals of several years it bears a single flower, theweight of which may reach thirteen pounds.The plant is found only in a very limited regionin the vicinity of Jalapa, Mexico. Material wascollected for a study of the embryology, which,it is hoped, may throw some light upon theorigin of the higher plants and also upon theinterrelationships of the lower Gymnosperms.Incidentally, a considerable amount of valuablemuseum material was secured.Through the courtesy of General Clayton, theUnited States minister to Mexico, and of Governor Dehesa, Dr. Chamberlain was enabled toaccomplish more in a few weeks than he couldordinarily have done in a much longer time.THE FINAL CONCERT IN THE SERIES BY THECHICAGO ORCHESTRA.On Monday evening, April 11, the third andlast concert by the Chicago Orchestra, under theleadership of Theodore Thomas, was given inthe Leon Mandel Assembly Hall before thelargest audience of the series. The programwas unusual in its character, the overture toThe Academic Festival, by Brahms, and theunfinished Symphony in B Minor, by Schubert,being among the numbers. There was a cordial398 UNIVERSITY RECORDappreciation of the orchestra's interpretation ofthe varied program, an especial appeal beingmade by the weird and plaintive note in Schubert's unfinished Symphony. The program wa§as follows :Overture to the The Academic Festival BrahmsSymphony No. 8, B Minor (unfinished) SchubertVariations, opus 36 ElgarSymphonic Poem No. 1, Le Rouet d'Omphale. .Sainl-SaensSymphonic Poem No. 3, Danse macabre Saint-SaensFragments from Die Meister singer WagnerThe series of Thomas concerts has given sounusual an opportunity for musical culture andenjoyment at the University that it is a generaldesire to have a similar series next year.THE FACULTIES.A liquid-air plant will probably be installed inthe basement of the Ryerson Physical Laboratory during the coming summer, at a total costof about $1,400.On April 19 Associate Professor Edwin E.Sparks, of the Department of History, gave anaddress before the Illinois Society of the Sonsof the Revolution at the Wellington Hotel inChicago.Professor William D. MacClintock, of theDepartment of English, gave an address beforethe Henry George Association of Chicago onApril 21. His subject was "Whitman the Poetof Democracy."In the Popular Science Monthly for AprilAssistant Professor Robert A. Millikan, of theDepartment of Physics, has a contribution entitled "Recent Discoveries in Radiation andTheir Significance." /Professor Joseph P. Iddings, of the Department of Geology, contributed to the February-March issue of the Journal of Geology an articleon " A Fracture Valley System." A remarkablydetailed geological map of the region north ofthe Yellowstone National Park accompanies thearticle. Associate Professor Julius Steiglitz, of theDepartment of Chemistry, has been electedpresident of the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society for the current year.Professor Alexander Smith's LaboratoryOutline of General Chemistry (University ofChicago Press), has appeared in German translation and is already in use in several Germanuniversities.On April 20, in Washington, D. C, the National Academy of Sciences awarded to Professor George E. Hale, Director of the YerkesObservatory, the Draper gold medal, as a specialrecognition of his researches in astrophysics.On April 8 Professor John U. Nef, Headof the Department of Chemistry, spoke, byinvitation, before the Ann Arbor section ofthe American Chemical Society. His subject was "Dissociation Phenomena in CarbonChemistry.""Some Defects in the Teaching of ModernLanguages in the College and University," isthe title of a contribution by Professor Starr W.Cutting, of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, in the April issue of theSchool Review.The Washington Promenade and the Pan-Hellenic ball, both of which were held in thenew Bartlett Gymnasium, illustrated how wellthe building is adapted to the social requirements of the University, apart from its use as atraining place for physical culture./ Mr. Wallace Heckman, Counsel and Business/Agent of the University, leaves with his familyfor Europe early in May. He will be gone threemonths and will spend much of his time in Italy.Professor Harry Pratt Judson, Dean of theFaculties of Arts, Literature, and Science, hasgone on an extended trip through the West inthe interest of the University. He will visit,among other places, Denver, San Francisco, andSeattle.UNIVERSITY RECORD 399An open lecture on " Legal Ethics " was givenbefore the Law School, on April 21, by Hon.Henry V. Freeman, Presiding Judge of theAppellate Court of Illinois for the First Circuit.Judge Freeman is Professorial Lecturer onLegal Ethics in the Law School.Professor A. A. Stagg, Director of the Division of Physical Culture, attended the meetingof the Football Rules Committee of the UnitedStates, held in Philadelphia on April 22 and 23.Mr. Stagg represented the athletic interests ofwestern educational institutions.During the month of April the following menacted in the capacity of University Preacher:Dr. Simon J. McPherson, Head Master of theLaurenceville School, New Jersey ; Rev. MarionD. Shutter, of Minneapolis, Minn. ; and Professor Marcus Dods, D.D., of New College,Edinburgh, Scotland.In the April number of the Biblical World isa translation by Professor Robert F. Harper, ofthe Department of Semitic Languages andLiteratures, of ten Assyrian and Babylonianprayers. In the same issue is " A Sketch of theScience of Religion," by Dr. Edmund Buckley,of the Department of Comparative Religion.Assistant Professor Herbert N. McCoy, ofthe Department of Chemistry, has gone abroadfor six months. He intends to spend a portionof the spring observing the methods of laboratory instruction in physical chemistry employedin several universities, and particularly in thelaboratory of Professor Ostwald in Leipzig.Assistant Professor Henry R. Hatfield, Deanof the College of Commerce and Administration,is spending the Spring Quarter at Washington.The first of July Mr. Hatfield expects to take uphis new position in the University of California.Professor Albion W. Small, Head of the Department of Sociology, presided at the jointdebate between the teams of Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, held inthe Fine Arts Building, Chicago, April 15. The April issue of the Botanical Gazette contains the fifty-fifth in the series of contributionsfrom the Hull Botanical Laboratory. The article is entitled "The Evolution of the SexOrgans of Plants," and has sixteen figures inthe way of illustration. It was writen by Dr.Florence M. Lyon, Associate in Morphology.The examinations for the Rhodes scholarshipswere conducted in Chicago by Professor Alexander Smith, Director of General and PhysicalChemistry. Mr. Robert L. Henry, Jr., whograduated from the University in 1902 and isnow a student in the second year of the LawSchool, was one of the candidates in theexaminations.A remarkably accurate determination of thevelocity of sound has just been made at theRyerson Physical Laboratory by Mr. T. C.Hebb, under the direction of, and by a methodsuggested by, Professor Albert A. Michelson,Head of the Department of Physics. All thingsconsidered, the results are probably more reliable than any heretofore obtained.Houghton, Mifflin & Co. announce the publication of The Fire Bringer, a poetic drama,the author of which is Assistant Professor William Vaughn Moody, of the Department ofEnglish. This is the first book in a proposedtrilogy dealing with the Promethean legend, ofwThich the second has already appeared, underthe title of The Masque of Judgment. Mr.Moody's latest volume is attracting wide attention among literary critics.In investigating the activities of a considerable number of American ores, Assistant Professor Robert A. Millikan, of the Department ofPhysics, has found some whose radium contentis fully equal to that of Joachimsthal pitch blend(Bohemia), which has thus far been the chiefsource from which radium has been obtained.As this ore is found in considerable abundance,there seems to be no reason why the increasingdemand for radium may not be fully met fromAmerican mines.400 UNIVERSITY RECORDDr. James Nevins Hyde, Professorial Lecturer on Dermatology, gave an open lecture inKent Theater, April 13, on the subject of "TheMedical Corps of the United States Navy:Some Facts Relating to its Past and Present."At an open meeting of the Sociology Club,held in the Library of Hitchcock Hall on April18, Miss Jane Addams, Head Resident of HullHouse, Chicago, spoke on the subject of" The Present Crisis in the Morals of Trades-LTnionism."Assistant Professor Albert H. Tolman, of theDepartment of English, is the author of a volume recently issued by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,entitled The Views about Hamlet and OtherEssays. Among the other essays are " Studiesin Macbeth," "The Author's Comment in' Vanity Fair'," " Shakespeare's Stage and Modern Adaptations," "The Symbolic Value ofEnglish Sounds," " Shakespeare and ' The Taming of the Shrew'," "Shakespeare's 'Love'sLabour's Won'," and "The Style of Anglo-Saxon Poetry."On April 7 there was held in Hutchinson Hallthe twentieth annual Inter- Seminary Dinner ofthe theological students of Chicago and Evans-ton. The guests included the students of theGarrett Biblical Institute, the Chicago Theological Seminary, the McCormick TheologicalSeminary, and the University of Chicago Divinity School. Professor Eri B. Hulbert, Deanof the Divinity School, presided as toastmaster.The music was furnished by the University ofChicago Military Band. Nearly three hundredguests w'ere in attendance.The opening article in the April ElementarySchool Teacher is contributed by Associate Professor Martha Fleming, of the College of Education, and is entitled, "Must it Be A LostArt?" Anna Talea Scherz, of the School ofEducation, has a contribution on "The Dramatic Sense an Aid in Learning a Foreign Language;" Bertha Payne, of the College of Education, writes upon " Dramatic Play in theKindergarten ; " and Porter Lander MacClin-tock, of the School of Education, closes thenumber with a contribution " Concerning Dramaand Oratory in the School."On April 19 at the monthly meeting of theUniversity Settlement League, held at the Quadrangle Club, the by-laws of the organizationwere changed so that the president may holdoffice for three consecutive years. Mrs. CharlesR. Henderson has held the office for two years ;and because of her very efficient service and theimportance of questions to be decided the coming year, the change in the by-laws was made.The address at the meeting was given by Dr.Lucy Ryder, of New York city, on "The Evilsof Child Marriage in India." Dr. Ryder gavethe results and observations of her long residence and work in India.In the April issue of the American Journal ofSemitic Languages and Literatures Dr. EdgarJ. Goodspeed, of the Department of Bibical andPatristic Greek, has a contribution on "AnEthiopic Manuscript of John's Gospel." In thesame number Professor Robert F. Harper,Director of the Oriental Exploration Fund forAssyria and Babylonia, contributes a first reportfrom Bismya in Babylonia, which summarizesthe results already achieved in the excavationsnow being carried on under the immediate direction of Dr. Edgar J. Banks, of the Departmentof Semitic Languages and Literatures.Under the general head of " Recent Theological Literature," Professor Franklin Johnson, ofthe Department of Church History, discusses inthe April issue of the American Journal ofTheology, "The Speaking of Women in theApostolic Churches." In the same number Associate Professor John W. Moncrief, of theDepartment of Church History, writes on " JohnCalvin ; " Dr. John M. P. Smith, of the Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures, reviews jointly with Professor James A. Kelso, ofUNIVERSITY RECORD 401the Western Theological Seminary, " The LatestHistory of Israel ; " Professor George B. Fosterand Assistant Professor Gerald B. Smith, of theDepartment of Systematic Theology, discuss"Recent Literature on Systematic Theology;"Professor Charles R. Henderson, of the Department of Sociology, writes upon "Religion inConduct;" and Professor James R. Jewett, ofthe Department of Semitic Languages andLiteratures, discusses "Recent Literature onIslam."In connection with the American Society forthe History of Religions the University arrangedfor a course of five lectures on "The Religionof Egypt," which were given in Haskell OrientalMuseum, by Professor Georg Steindorff, Ph.D.,of the University of Leipzig, from April4 to April 8. The subjects of the lectures wereas follows: "The Egyptian Religion in theOldest Period;" "The Development of theEgyptian Religion;" "Temples and Ceremonies;" "The Views Concerning Life AfterDeath ; " " Graves and Burials ; " " EgyptianReligion Outside of Egypt."Five hundred people attended the banquetof the Baptist Social Union of Chicago, givenLi Hutchinson Hall on the evening of April 5.The members of the Union were guests of theUniversity, and were welcomed by PresidentHarper, who also introduced Dr. Edward Judson, of the Divinity School, as the principalspeaker. The dinner was preceded by a reception in the Reynolds Club House. During theafternoon many groups of visitors were takenabout the campus by student guides. The banquet is said to have been the largest and mostsuccessful in the history of the Union. Dr.Thomas W. Goodspeed, Secretary of the University Board of Trustees, was chairman of thecommittee on arrangements.Mr. Robert S. McClure, who died on April 15at the Wesley Hospital, Chicago, as the result ofan operation for appendicitis, entered the Uni versity from the Morgan Park Academy in1896, and was graduated with the Bachelor'sdegree, and honorable mention, in 1900. During his University course he showed especialability in oratory, having won the FerdinandPeck prize in public speaking, and the University and Joseph Leiter prizes in debate. Soonafter graduation he entered the Harvard lawschool, and took his degree of Bachelor of Lawsat the Northwestern University law school in1902. At the time of his death he was connected with the Chicago law firm of Matz,Fisher & Bayden. He was also a member of theHamilton and City Clubs of Chicago.In the April issue of the Elementary SchoolTeacher is a contribution on " The Dramatic inEducation," written by Anita McCormick Blaine(Mrs. Emmons Blaine). The suggestions contained in the article are striking and, have beenwidely discussed. Among the closing paragraphs are these :Where shall we find the dramatic food we wish tofeed to young minds ? When we have had the rare chanceof taking them to see Jefferson in his plays, and the toorare chance of letting them see some of Shakespeare'splays, what shall we do more? Almost nothing is suitedto them. Tragedies do not come within their comprehension; as for current comedies, Heaven forbid that theyshould! Light operas are heavy with vulgarity anddulness.Would it not be a boon if some theater should nowand then ignore what is thought to be public taste, andoccasionally serve us confections we could give as treatsto our children, not mixed with poisons through andthrough ; if, for example, a point should be made ofhaving on Saturdays plays that were chosen with schoolchildren in view? Or could not the school forces inChicago set on foot a series of dramatic entertainmentswhich should be profitable to the children of the city?On March 15 Mr. Arthur White Greeley,professor of zoology in Washington University,died at St. Louis from the effects of an operationfor appendicitis. Dr. Greeley was a graduateof Leland Stanford University, of the class of1898. After his graduation he was for a time402 UNIVERSITY RECORDconnected with the United States fur-seal commission in Alaska. He later engaged in fieldwork in South America with the Banner-Agassiz expedition of 1900. He was assistantin the Department of Physiology at the University of Chicago in 190 1-2, receiving his Doctor'sdegree, cum laude, in June of 1902. He was also actively connected with the work of theMarine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole,Mass. In the Daily Maroon of March 16 therewas a communication from the Medical Club ofthe University expressing appreciation of thehigh personal character of Dr. Greeley and ofthe great scientific value of his work.