THEUniversity RecordOFttyt Wlnibmity of ChicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERPUBLISHED MONTHLY BY AUTHORITYCONFIDENTIAL NUMBER, NOVEMBER, 1903REPORT OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESFOR NOVEMBER, 1908.The Reports of Committees of the Faculties and Boards of theUniversity referred to in this schedule of the transactionsare on file, and open to inspection in theRecorder's Office.The University Senate:October 31. — Voted:1. To invite the American Historical Association to meet December, 1904, at the Universityof Chicago.2. To invite the American Economic Association to meet December, 1904, at the University of Chicago.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges:October 31.— Adoption of the report of theCurriculum Committee recommending —1. That the following paragraph be added to Art. VIII,sec. 20, par. 2, of the University Regulations, edition1003:" If at either a regular or a special second examination a student maintains his original standing, he mayafter an interval of not less than three weeks be permitted to take one more examination ; but inability topass this third examination will result in a failure forthe course."2. That students registered in the University HighSchool be, for the present at least, excluded from University courses.The Faculty of the Divinity School.November 7. — Adoption of the recommendation of an amendment to the Regulations made by the Faculty of the Junior Colleges at itsmeeting October 31, and transmitted to otherFaculties for approval.November 27. — Adoption of the followingresolution :Resolved, That a student who has received, or fulfilledthe requirements for, any degree from the Universitymay, whenever he has fulfilled the requirements foranother degree, receive that degree without further conditions of residence or interval of time; provided thatthis shall not be construed as modifying the existingregulations concerning the crediting of the same workfor two degrees.The Faculty of the Law School :November 28. — Adoption of the followinglegislation in regard to admission requirements,to meet the objections of the Senate to certainamendments to the Regulations regarding degrees, adopted by the Faculty of the Law SchoolMay 9, 1903 (see Confidential Record forMay, 1903) :Admission to the pre-legal course is granted:1. To students qualified for admission to the SeniorColleges of the University according to Article VI, section 3, of the University Regulations.2. To students registered in the Junior Colleges whohave credit for 18 Majors of work in the University.Such students must by the end of the pre-legal year havecompleted the work required for admission to the SeniorColleges.3. To students who have completed at other collegeswork entitling them to 18 Majors' (two years') credit inthe University. Such students may be required to give2 UNIVERSITY RECORDthe time otherwise free for elective work to courses prescribed by the University for the Bachelor's degree.The pre-legal course is not required for admission tothe professional course, but students intending to studyLaw are strongly advised to take this course in theirthird college year.Admission to the professional course as candidatesfor the degree of J.D. is granted :i. To graduates of colleges whose work is equivalentto at least 27 Majors (three years) of college work inthe University.2. To students who have successfully completed thepre-legal course, and have credit for 27 Majors' (threeyears') work in the University.3. To students who have credit for 27 Majors' workin the University, and have completed all Junior Collegework prescribed for the college in which they areregistered.4. To students who have completed at other collegeswork entitling them to 27 Majors' (three years') credit inthe University.Students admitted under sections 2, 3, and 4 abovemust, in addition, meet the Junior College entrancerequirements (the usual college preparatory work).Admission to the professional course as candidatesfor the degree of LL.B. is granted :1. To students over twenty-one years old who arequalified for admission to the Junior Colleges of theUniversity (the usual college-entrance requirement). Thedegree is granted only to those who complete the coursewith a high average standing.In rare instances students over twenty-one years oldwho cannot meet the above requirements will be admittedas unclassified students, if the Law Faculty are convinced that the applicant's previous training will enablehim satisfactorily to pursue the work. Such studentsare not candidates for a degree.DEGREES.The University grants the degree of A.B., Ph.B., orS.B. to Law students who have complied with the requirements for admission to candidacy for the degree of J.D.(including the Junior College entrance requirements) andwho have successfully completed one year of the professional course of the Law School. Students who arenot graduates of colleges whose work is equivalent to atleast 27 Majors' (three years') work in the Universitymust obtain the Bachelor's degree from the Universitybefore receiving the degree of J.D.The degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.) is granted tocandidates therefor who are college graduates and havesuccessfully completed the three-year professional course.The degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) is granted only to candidates therefor who have successfully completed the professional course, and have maintained ahigh average standing in their work.Voted, That sec. 1 under " admission to Candidacy for the Degree of J.D." of the abovelegislation should be interpreted to mean thatcollege graduates who had done work equivalentto 2,7 Majors of work of college grade in theUniversity should be admitted to the LawSchool without inquiry as to their preparatorywork. Such graduates, however, are not tobecome candidates for the University's Bachelordegree without meeting all preparatory requirements.Voted, To recommend to the College of Commerce and Administration that it announce inthe future that a fee of five dollars extra perMajor will be charged for Law work done bystudents in that Department.The Board of Medical Affairs :November 7. — Adoption of the followingreport of the Committee on Buildings andEquipment :The Committee on Buildings and Equipment makesthe following recommendations in connection with thequestion as to the distribution of the expense of theanimal barn :1. That the Medical board petition the President ofthe University and the Board of Trustees to duplicatethe special appropriation for a part of last year ($400appropriated January 27, 1903) to the extent of allowing$600 (six hundred dollars) for the keeper's salary.2. That the remaining expense be charged provisionally to the general storeroom for stock, and that theDepartments be charged by the storeroom for animalswhen used, at such rates as will cover eventually theentire expense of stocking and maintenance (estimatedat $925, excluding the keeper's salary, for the year),excepting the keeper's salary. The maintenance ofanimals under experimentation, such as goats, sheep, orgeese, is also to be charged against the Department concerned, on the same basis.3. That the professional charge of the barn continuein the hands of a representative of the instructing staff(Dr. Ricketts) and the business management be placedin charge of the purchasing department (Mr. Freas).Signed for the committee,J. Stieglitz.UNIVERSITY RECORD 3The Board of University Affiliations :November 20. — Voted, That Affiliating Colleges be requested to inform students coming tothe University for a Quarter's residence thatthey must obtain a transcript of their collegelecord for presentation here.The Board of Student Organizations :November 21. — Approval of the followingregulations regarding the control of students'social affairs:Social gatherings and informal dances under theauspices of students shall be held in Lexington or EllisHalls or in the University Houses. Lexington and EllisHalls shall be closed not later than twelve o'clock midnight. Formal dances or promenades shall be held inHutchinson Hall or the Bartlett Gymnasium. The use ofthe Halls may be obtained under the following conditions :1. Authorization from the Dean of Women.2. Engagement of Hall in the office of the Dean ofthe Junior Colleges for Ellis and Lexington, and of theDean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Sciencefor Bartlett and Hutchinson.3. Payment of fee in Registrar's office (Lexington orEllis Halls, $5 ; Hutchinson Hall, $10 ; Bartlett Gymnasium, $25).4. Presentation of Registrar's receipt at Dean's Officeat least two days preceding the proposed entertainment.Ratification of the following amendment tothe constitution of the Re)^nolds Club, adoptedby the Reynolds Club Commission Novemberit :Art. IV, sec. 1, shall read as follows :" The Executive Council shall consist of the officersof the Club, the chairmen of the standing committees,and two representatives of the associate members."Art. V, sec. 3, shall read as follows :" The House Committee shall be chosen from themembers of the Club, in the ratio of one representativefor every fifty members or major fraction thereof, fromeach of the following Schools and Colleges : the GraduateSchools of Arts, Literature, and Science ; the DivinitySchool ; the Law School ; Rush Medical College ; theSchool of Education ; the Senior Colleges ; the JuniorColleges ; University College ; and from other Schoolsand Colleges in like manner, as they may be established.But any School or College having as many as ten (10)members in the Club shall have at least one representative on the committee. This committee shall organize during the first week after the annual meeting of theClub. Until the meeting of organization of the new committee is held, the outgoing House Committee shallremain in office."Art. VI, sec 3, shall read as follows:" Any officer of the University or former member ofthe University, whether a resident of Chicago or not,shall be eligible to associate membership in this Club.Associate members shall elect two representatives on theExecutive Council. These representatives shall be associate members, but not officers of the University. Anassociate member shall not vote nor hold office, except inthis instance, but shall have all other privileges of anactive member."Art. VIII, sec 1, shall be amended by adding:" c) The associate members shall elect their representatives in the Executive Council after the announcement of the result of the annual election."Presentation of the following report of theelection of officers of the Reynolds Club, November 13, 1903.President Howard J. Sloan ; Vice-President, OliverB. Wyman ; Secretary, Roy D. Keehn ; Treasurer, LeonP. Lewis ; Librarian, Frederick A. Fischer.The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics:November 28. — Acceptance of the report ofthe Committee on the Revision of the Regulations Governing Public Appearance :The following are the requirements which appear tobe in conflict: Art. XII, sec. 8, d) and e), UniversityRegulations, edition of 1903." During the Quarter in which the student takes partin any public exhibition, or any intercollegiate athleticcontest, or serves on the editorial board of any studentpublication, the student is taking full work, which is sustained at a satisfactory grade." ," d) If three courses are undertaken by a student, theyare pursued for at least six weeks. Otherwise, the studentis not regarded as having done full work that Quarter."" e) Students may withdraw from a course in a regular way at any time during the Quarter. Such withdrawal at or before the end of the First Term does notcount as a failure, but withdrawal at any time duringthe Second Term from a course not maintained satisfactorily disqualifies the student for public appearanceduring the two subsequent Quarters of residence, unlessthe incomplete work is in the meantime made up."Your committee recommends the rescinding of d),since it seems to them more important that a studenthaving kept up his work for the First Term should con-4 UNIVERSITY RECORDtinue it to the end, than that he should drop work duringthe First Term after having discovered that it is impossible to continue it satisfactorily. It is true thatstudents inclined to athletics may be tempted to beginwith three courses, and drop one of them when theathletic pressure becomes too strong ; but, in the firstplace, the Deans and the Director of Athletics exercisea careful supervision over the choices of these men, and limit them usually to two courses ; and, second, justiceand good judgment lie on the side of permitting the manto drop work which he is doing unsatisfactorily, thatwork being a third course, and of putting the pressure onhis continuing that work throughout the whole Quarter.C. D. Buck,G. S. Goodspeed,Committee.