VOLUME IX NUMBER 8University RecordDECEMBER, 1904THE PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE AUTUMN FINALS AND THE FIFTY-THIRDCONVOCATION, 1904.December 14, Wednesday —10:30 A.M. The Junior finals in Public Speaking forthe Ferdinand Peck Prize. (The members of the JuniorCollege Faculty who are present will act as judges.)Kent TheaterDecember 15, Thursday —8 : 00 p. M. The Divinity School Class Exercises.Haskell Assembly HallDecember 16, Friday —10:30 A. M. The Junior College Class Exercises.The Leon Mandel Assembly HallDecember 18, Sunday. Convocation Sunday —Committee on Religious Exercises: Charles R. Barnes,chairman; Zonia Baber, Francis A. Blackburn, FredricM. Blanchard, George S. Goodspeed, William GardnerHale, Charles R. Henderson, Paul O. Kern, Addison W.Moore, Eliakim H. Moore, Theodore L. Neff, A. AlonzoStagg, Albert H. Tolman, Elizabeth Wallace, Samuel W.Williston.10:15 A. M. The Convocation Prayer Service.The Theater in the Reynolds Clubhouse(Members of the Faculty will meet in the Club Library.Candidates for degrees and titles will meet in the ClubDrawing Room, second floor.)10:45 A. M. The Procession.11:00 a.m. The Convocation Religious Service. TheConvocation Sermon by Rev.O. P. Gifford, D.D.The Leon Mandel Assembly HallDecember ig, Monday —4:00 P.M. The Forty-fifth Meeting of the UniversityCongregation.The Haskell Oriental Museum, Congregation HallThe Congregation Committee: The President, CharlesR. Henderson, Alonzo K. Parker, Camillo von Klenze, Joseph E. Raycroft, Charles R. Barnes, Edwin E.Sparks, George H. Mead, Addison W. Moore, NottW. Flint.8 : 00 P. M. The Senior College Class Exercises.The Leon Mandel Assembly Hall9 : 00 p. M. The President's Reception.Hutchinson HallThe Committee: Edwin E. Sparks, chairman; FrankF. Abbott, James H. Breasted, Frederic I. Carpenter,George L. Hendrickson, J. Franklin Jameson, PaulShorey, James P. Hall, Gerald B. Smith, Harry G.Wells, Albert A. Michelson, Joseph P. Iddings, EdwinO. Jordan, Charles R. Mann, Oskar Bolza.December 20, Tuesday. Convocation Day —12:30 P.M. The Matutinal for Candidates for HigherDegrees. The President's House8 : 00 p. M. The Fifty-third University Convocation.The Leon Mandell Assembly HallThe Committee: George H. Mead, chairman; HenryG. Gale, Fredric M. Blanchard, Ernest D. Burton,Ernst Freund, Edgar J. Goodspeed, George H. Locke,Jerome H. Raymond, Wilbur S. Jackman, Lewellys F.Barker, Frank R. Lillie, Herbert N. McCoy, Henry G.Cowles, Julius Stieglitz, George C. Howland.The Procession.The Convocation Address: Modern Immigration: A FieldNeglected by the Scholar.Miss Jane Addams, Head of Hull-HouseThe Conferring of Degrees.The President's Quarterly Statement.The Recession.December 21, 22, 23, Wednesday-Friday-8:30 A. M.~4:oo P. M. ExaminationsQuarter. for the Autumn261262 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ACADEMIES ANDHIGH SCHOOLS IN RELATIONS WITH THE UNI-VERSITYThe Annual Educational Conference of the Academies and High Schools in relations with the University of Chicago was held on Friday and Saturday,November n and 12.The conference of the Deans and Principalswith the Board of University Relations on Fridayafternoon was taken up with a topic which had beencarried over from the conference of a year ago,namely: the report of the committee appointed toconsider the influence of fraternities in secondaryschools. The report was presented by Spencer R.Smith, of the Wendell Phillips High School, chairman of the committee, and aroused an animateddiscussion on the part of those present. Theexpressed sentiment of the members of the conference was strongly in favor of abolishing the fraternities and sororities in the secondary schools, and atthe same time of offering some other more helpfulorganizations in the place of these. PrincipalPaul G. W. Kellar, of Manitowoc, read a paperupon open school organizations as a substitute forfraternities.The usual contest in declamation between representatives of secondary schools was held at LeonMandel Assembly Hall on Friday evening. Twonew features of the conference were introduced thisyear. The first was a written examination for prizesin English, Latin, and mathematics. It has longbeen felt that interest should be shown in otherdepartments as well as that of Public Speaking, andit was therefore decided to make the contest in theabove-named departments a feature of this year'sconference, and an annual feature in case sufficientinterest was shown in this by the schools. Thatthis interest was shown is evidenced by the factthat nearly two hundred students came up to takethese examinations. This result has been mostgratifying, and the prize examinations in thesethree departments will be made a permanent featureof the annual conferences. Another new elementwas found in the high-school rallies provided for the purpose of affording opportunity for visiting principals, teachers, and students to meet with graduatesof their several schools who are now in the University.This resulted in an informal reception in CobbLecture Hall, which was found most enjoyable toall who attended it.The general conference on Saturday morningwas devoted to a report of the Commission of Twenty-one continued from the last conference to considerthe general problem then presented, namely:1. To connect the work of the eighth grade ofthe elementary school with that of the secondaryschool.2. To extend the work of the secondary schoolto include the first two years of college work.3. To reduce the work of the seven years thusgrouped together to six years.4. To make it possible for the best class of students to do the work in five years.Principal Hanna, of Oak Park, presented aresume of the proceedings of the last conference.Superintendent J. Stanley Brown, of Joliet, read apaper upon the present development of secondaryschools according to the proposed plan; and Superintendent Victor W. B. Hedgepeth, of Goshen, Ind.,described a six-year high-school plan as proposedin his city. President William R. Harper presenteda report from the commission, stating certainproblems which remain still unsolved in connectionwith the discussion of the question, and recommending the appointment of a new commission of fifteen,representing the different interests concerned, forthe investigation of these problems during the comingyear. It was further recommended that this newcommission be directed to report the results of itswork in printed form to the individual members ofthis conference not later than June 1. The recommendations contained in the report were adoptedby the conference.On Saturday afternoon were held the usualdepartmental conferences, the proceedings of which,together with those of the conferences alreadynamed, will be published in the January number ofthe School Review.UNIVERSITY RECORD 263APPRECIA TION OF THE WORK OF DIRECTOR A. A. STAGG.A recent issue of the Chicago Tribune containedan editorial estimate of the value and significanceof the work done during the last twelve years inwestern athletics by Director A. A. Stagg, of theDepartment of Physical Culture and Athletics;and in the issue of November 20 there also appearedtwo other tributes, one being an expression by President William R. Harper of his high personal regardfor Mr. Stagg, his conviction that much of theimprovement in western college athletics is duedirectly to Mr. Stagg's influence, and his beliefthat in the reforms still to be worked out in the fieldof athletics Mr. Stagg may see certain of his idealsaccomplished.The following brief quotation from the articlementioned above suggests in general something ofDirector Stagg's achievement in western athleticsand the recognition it has won from eastern critics :Practically from the beginning of his entrance intowestern athletics Mr. Stagg has been the most prominentfigure in the West. His introduction of eastern methodsinto this section -and his battle for clean athletics is recenthistory in the minds of many. Ten years ago most athleticsuccesses achieved by western teams had a tinge of professionalism about them, while today the western standardsconform to, and in some instances exceed, those of the East.The result has been an inevitable, though a grudging, recognition of western athletes by eastern rivals. Coach Stagghas prepared teams and invaded the East with variousdegrees of success, and his lead has been followed by otherschools.When it came time to choose a western representative onthe football rules committee, only one man was consideredfor the position, and that was Chicago's popular coach. Itis said it was through the efforts of the western representative that goal from field was made to count four instead offive, as heretofore. Probably no team in the country profitedmore by the old rule than did Chicago, yet Coach Stagg wasready to take any step to better the sport.The tribute to Mr. Stagg 's integrity and efficiencyon the part of the President of the University impliesso much as to possible improvements in the conductof future athletics that a portion of the contributionis here given :In the reforms that still require to be worked out Mr.Stagg will be one of the leaders. When the football season shall have been shortened and the game on Thanksgivingday abandoned; when it has been agreed that no man shallbe accepted as a candidate for an intercollegiate team whohas not been a member of the college or the university for atleast one scholastic year; when the well-meant but perniciousinfluence of the alumni in certain phases of athletic co-opera"tion has been recognized in certain quarters at its trueworth and has been given up; and when we shall be ableto conduct college athletics as games between gentlemen,without the professional accompaniment of gate fees, withall the deteriorating and demoralizing influence connectedwith this professional policy — when these reforms have comeabout, the world will begin to appreciate some of the idealstoward which many, and among these Mr. Stagg, have beenworking. I am confident that it is the universal wish onthe part of college and university men that Mr. Stagg maysee these and many other reforms carried into effect.THE NOVEMBER MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITYSETTLEMENT LEAGUEThe November meeting of the University of Chicago Settlement League was held on November 15at the Quadrangle Club. Nearly one hundredmembers and guests were present.After the reading and acceptance of the treasurer'sreport the President of the League, Mrs. Charles R.Henderson, announced the appointment of thefollowing standing committees:Program: Mrs. George M. Eckels; Mrs. Edgar J. Good-speed." House: Mrs. Charles A. Marsh, chairman; Mrs. Richard G. Moulton; Mrs. William D. MacClintock; Mrs. William G. Hale; Mrs. Gordon J. Laing; Mrs. Anderson.Visiting: Mrs. Charles M. Childs, chairman; Mrs.Jerome H. Raymond; Mrs. Arthur C. Lunn; Mrs. WilliamGorsuch; Mrs. George C. Sikes.Reception: Mrs. Harry P. Judson, chairman; Mrs.James P. Hall; Mrs. Albion W. Small.Properties: Mrs. George M. Eckels, chairman.Finance: Mrs. Horace S. Fiske, chairman; Mrs. ThomasC. Chamberlin; Mrs. Shailer Mathews; Mrs. George E.Vincent.The president, after giving a brief resume of the aimand work of the Settlement and urging the necessityof even renewed effort on the part of the League,introduced Miss Mary E. McDowell, Head Residentof the Settlement, who gave an account of the workaccomplished during the past summer. Miss264 UNIVERSITY RECORDMcDowell paid a tribute to the self-control of theStock Yards community during the trying times ofthe recent strike.Two songs were given by Miss Dunlap.The committee appointed by the President ofthe League to draft resolutions of sympathy on thedeath of the vice-president, Mrs. Henry HerbertDonaldson, submitted the following resolutions:The University Settlement League at its meetingin November missed the presence of its vice-president,Mrs. Henry Herbert Donaldson. The feeling of sorrowand loss at the thought that she had gone away, not toreturn, was softened and sweetened by the memory of herwinning personality, of her gentleness, and of her grace.The members of the League would turn from the contemplation of their loneliness and grief to dwell upon thebeauty of the life with which it has been their privilege to beassociated during so many years.Mrs. Donaldson's faithfulness and earnestness in work,her resourcefulness in planning, her gentle humor at tryingtimes, her exquisite thought for others, are a source ofinspiration to those who knew her.With a deep sense of thankfulness for these years ofhappy companionship, the members of the League wish toexpress their heartfelt sympathy for the family of theirvice-president.Resolved, That the above be adopted and spread on theminutes of the League, and that a copy be sent to the members of the family.Mrs. Harry Pratt Judson, Chairman.Mrs. Shailer Mathews.Elizabeth Wallace.TWO SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL MEETINGS.Twelve hundred students gathered in LeonMandel Hall on the evening of November 10 toshow their confidence in the ability and spirit of thefootball team in its coming contest with Michigan.Professor Albion W. Small, Dean of the GraduateSchool of Arts and Literature, presided at the meeting, and among the speakers were Mr. James W.Linn, of the Department of English; Mr. Henry P.Chandler, Secretary to the President, who gaveencouraging messages from Dr. Alonzo K. Parkerand Dean Harry Pratt Judson; Mr. Leon P. Lewis,who spoke as a representative of the Law School;Mr. Clyde Blair, captain of the track team; Miss Agnes Way man, who represented the women of theUniversity; Mr. Charles Sumner Pike, Presidentof the Chicago Alumni Association, who spoke forformer teams and the alumni and read a poem withthe refrain "Back to the Gridiron Again;" Mr.James M. Sheldon, the assistant coach; and CaptainFrederick A. Speik, of the football team. ProfessorSmall read a telegram from the President of theUniversity assuring the^team of his interest in itssuccess. Mr. George B. Robinson, of the class of1905, was the cheer-leader. The music for theevening was furnished by the University of ChicagoBand, the Men's Glee Club, and the MandolinClub.Immediately after the mass-meeting the students,with the band, withdrew to the bonfire on thecampus for more music and songs and cheers. Theenthusiasm of the evening, while not so demonstrative as that on some other occasions, had in it acertain undertone of determination and loyaltythat was a stimulating influence to the team, asshown in the actual game.At the dinner in Hutchinson Hall on November 14six hundred men gathered to show their admirationfor the way in which the football team had met theUniversity of Michigan team in their annual contest,which this year took place at Ann Arbor on November 12. Although defeated by a score of 22 to 12,the team gave so remarkable an exhibition of defensive work and fighting ability, against great odds,that the whole student body was moved to someexpression of their approval and enthusiasm.Mr. Clyde A. Blair, president of the Senior Classand captain of the track team, introduced thespeakers at the dinner, Professor George E. Vincent,Dean of the Junior Colleges, being the first. Beforeintroducing the next speaker, Mr. Blair read amessage from Director A. A. Stagg, who wasunable to be present on account of illness, and alsoa greeting from the women of the University,both expressing congratulations and praise. Mr.Henry P. Chandler, Secretary to the President;Mr. Percy H. Boynton, of the Department ofEnglish; Associate Professor Francis W. Shepardson,UNIVERSITY RECORD 265Dean of the Senior Colleges; Mr. Harry W. Ford,managing editor of the Daily Maroon; Mr. JamesM. Sheldon, Assistant Coach; and Assistant Professor Joseph E. Raycroft, of the Department ofPhysical Culture, were other speakers of the evening.Captain Frederick A. Speik and all other membersof the football team were called on, with the exception of Messrs. Catlin, Boone, and Badenoch,who were unable to be present. The singing of"Alma Mater" completed the most spontaneousand enthusiastic celebration of a team's pluck andstaying power that has ever taken place at theUniversity.THE FIRST CONCERT IN THE SERIES BY THE CHICAGOORCHESTRAUnder the leadership of Theodore Thomas theChicago Orchestra gave the first of the concerts, inthe series arranged by the Quadrangle Club, on theevening of November 7 in Leon Mandel AssemblyHall. The following program was interpreted:part 1Overture, Carnival DvorakSymphonic Variations DvorakVorspiel, Lohengrin WagnerOverture, In the South ElgarPART 11Symphony, No. 6, Pathetique, B Minor, Opus 47.TschaikowskyThe two opening numbers were included in theprogram as a recognition of the service to musicrendered by Dvorak, whose death occurred a fewmonths ago.Many members of the Faculties and their guestswere in the audience, as well as other residents fromHyde Park and Woodlawn. It is confidently hopedthat as the series continues a large number of students from the University will take advantage ofthis unusual opportunity to hear the highest musicinterpreted by a great orchestra and a great leader.The second concert in the series will be given inLeon Mandel Assembly Hall on Monday evening,December 5. A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITYCONGREGATIONOn November 3, 1904, a special meeting of theUniversity Congregation was held in CongregationHall, Haskell Oriental Museum, to receive from theadministrative officers of the University the financialstatements for the past year.The President of the University and forty membersof the Congregation were present.The introduction of new members included that ofAssociate Professor Alfred L. P. Dennis, of theDepartment of History, by Professor George S.Goodspeed, of the Department of ComparativeReligion; and of Dr. Walther Wever, the ImperialGerman Consul in Chicago, by Associate ProfessorCamillo von Klenze, of the Department of GermanicLanguages and Literatures.Statements as to the financial situation andresources of the University were made by the President of the University and the University Counseland Business Manager, Mr. Wallace Heckman; asto Building and Grounds, by Superintendent M.H. MacLean; as to the Commons, by Miss Elizabeth Yeomans; as to the finances of the AthleticWork, by Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, Assistant Professor of Physical Culture; as to the UniversityPress, by Director Newman Miller; as to the University Extension Work, by Secretary Walter A. Payneand Secretary Hervey F. Mallory; and as to University College, by Dean William D. McClintock.A COURSE OF FOUR LECTURES ON THE MODERNDRAMABeginning with the afternoon of December 1,a course of four lectures on "The Modern Drama"will be given in Kent Theater by Dr. RichardBurton, Professorial Lecturer in English Literature.The time of the lectures is three o'clock on Thursdays." From Shakspere to Sheridan" is the title of thelecture on December 1; on December 8 "TheRenaissance with Ibsen" will be the subject; onDecember 15 will be considered "The Continental266 UNIVERSITY RECORDWriters: Rostand, D'Annunzio, and Others;" December 22 the subject will be "The English Stage:Phillips, Pinero, Shaw, and Others."This series will endeavor to show the gain in thecraft of play-making since the days of Elizabeth;to draw attention to the hopeful new literary impulsein the modern drama; and to suggest the rightattitude toward the modern theater as a social andeducational institution.Members of the University will be admitted freeto Dr. Burton's lectures by means of tickets whichmay be secured at the office of the UniversityExtension Division in Cobb Lecture Hall.During the Summer Quarter Mr. Burton delivereda series of lectures on "Modern Tendencies inPoetry" and also a special evening address in LeonMandel Assembly Hall on "The Modern Novel."RESULTS OF THE PRIZE CONTESTS IN ENGLISH,LATIN, AND MATHEMATICSThe results of the prize contests in English, Latin,and mathematics written by high-school seniors atthe University of Chicago on November n haverecently been announced. A large number of contestants took part in these examinations : in English,68 ; in Latin, 46 ; in Mathematics, 44.The prize-winner in English is Miss Anita Sturges,of the Robert Waller High School, Chicago. Honorable mention was awarded to Charles Leviton, ofthe Medill High School, Chicago; Mabel Tucker,of the Harvey (111.) High School; Meise Vander-Kloot, of the Kenwood Institute, Chicago.The prize-winner in Latin is Miss Alice Braun-lich, of the Davenport (Iowa) High School. Honorable mention was awarded to Robert W. Burgess,of the Morgan Park Academy; Louis Lochner, ofthe West Division High School, Milwaukee; Barbara Thurtell, of the Dubuque (Iowa) High School.The prize-winner in mathematics is W. D. Turner, of the Morgan Park Academy. Honorablemention was awarded to Gustavius S. Paine, of theWendell Phillips High School, Chicago; HaroldDean, of the Englewood High School, Chicago; Joseph Denham, of the Englewood High School,Chicago.The prize in each department was a scholarshipin the University of Chicago valued at $120.EDUCATORS FROM THE SOUTH AT THE UNIVERSITYOn November 24 Governor Joseph M. Terrell, ofGeorgia, and a party of educators from that statewere the guests in Chicago of Mr. George R. Peck,Professorial Lecturer on Railroad Law; and laterinspected the University as the guests of the President. Besides the governor and his wife, the partyincluded, among others, former governor Henry D.McDaniel, chairman of the board of trustees of theUniversity of Georgia; Chancellor Walter B. Hill;Judge Hamilton McWhorter; Dr. H. C. White,president of the Georgia State College; Judge S.B. Adams; Mr. Peter W. Meldrim, a trustee of theUniversity of Georgia; Mr. Clark Howell, editor ofthe Atlanta Constitution; and several members ofthe legislature of Georgia. The members of theparty were escorted about the buildings, were entertained at luncheon at the Quadrangle Club by thePresident of the University and Dean Harry PrattJudson, and later attended the Thanksgiving football game between the University of Chicago andthe University of Wisconsin on Marshall Field.SPECIAL COURSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGYFOR THE WINTER AND SPRING QUARTERS, 1905The Department of Geology has arranged thefollowing special courses to be given during theWinter and Spring Quarters of 1905:From January 2 to February 10 there will be (a)an elementary outline course and (b) an advancedcourse on structural materials in the subject of"Non-Metallic Economic Geology." These courseswill be given by Dr. Ernest R. Buckley, stategeologist of Missouri.From February 13 to March 24 two courses on"Pre-Cambrian Geology" will be offered by Professor C. K. Leith, of the University of Wisconsin,UNIVERSITY RECORD 267the first course being entitled "The Archeozoic andProterozoic Formations," and the second, "ALaboratory Course on Metamorphic Rocks," whichis to accompany the first course.From April 3 to May 12 Mr. F. L. Ransome, ofthe United States Geological Survey, will give twocourses on "Ore Deposits," the first being an elementary course on ore deposits in general, and thesecond, an advanced course on gold, silver, copper,and lead (in part) ores.A VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY BY JOHN MORLEYOn Tuesdayj November 8, Hon. John Morley,member of the English House of Commons andformerly a member of Mr. Gladstone's cabinet, aswell as his biographer, paid a visit to the Universityin company with Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, Presidentof the University Board of Trustees, and Mr.Charles L. Hutchinson, Treasurer of the Board.Mr. Morley inspected the Tower Group of buildingsin company with the President of the University andlater was given a luncheon at the Quadrangle Club.At the close of the luncheon a large number of students and members of the Faculties headed by theUniversity Band, gathered at the south porch of theclubhouse and cheered the distinguished guest,illustrating in this way their admiration for hispolitical leadership and his remarkable achievements as a man of letters. President Harper introduced him to the students, and Mr. Morley, whocould not be persuaded to make a speech, acknowledged briefly the tribute paid him.THE SECOND ANNUAL FOOTBALL DINNER AT THEREYNOLDS CLUBOn the evening of November 29 the second annualbanquet to the football team and other wearers ofthe "C," both past and present, was given at theReynolds Club. About seventy-five men were inattendance.The President of the University presided, andtoasts were responded to by Mr. Lee W. Maxwell, ofthe class of 1906, on " The Fighting Spirit;" by Pro fessor George E. Vincent, Dean of the Junior Colleges, on "Sportsmanship and Citizenship;" byHarry N. Gottlieb, of the class of 1900, on "TheGlory of the 'C';" and by Professor A. A. Stagg,Director of the Department of Physical Culture andAthletics, on "Pure Sport."The football "C's" were awarded to eighteenmen for their work in the season just closed. Themen so honored are Arthur H. Badenoch, Hugo F.Bezdek, William J. Boone, Mark L. Catlin, Leo DeTray, Walter H. Eckersall, Burton P. Gale, MelvilleA. Hill, Carl H. Hitchcock, Charles F. Kennedy,Lee W. Maxwell, Fred Noll, Edwin E. Parry, William C. Speidel, Frederick A. Speik, Schuyler B.Terry, John F. Tobin, and Fred M. Walker. In thehistory of the University 231 men have won the honorof the" C."Immediately preceding the dinner, at the electionof a captain for the team of 1905, Mr. Mark L. Catlin received the largest number of votes. Mr. Catlinhas been a member of the University eleven for threeyears.The most interesting feature of the dinner was theannouncement by the President of the University ofthe wish of Professor and Mrs. Stagg to contributea thousand dollars toward the fund for the proposedset of chimes in the Mitchell Tower, the suggestionof such a gift being due to Mr. Stagg's pleasantmemories of the chimes that sounded for Yaleathletes the time of retiring.THE FACULTIESOn November 19 Professor Harry Pratt Judson,Dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, andScience, gave an address before the City Club ofChicago.Assistant Professor Carl Kinsley, of the Department of Physics, will go abroad on the first ofJanuary to spend six months in study at the laboratory of J. J. Thomson in Cambridge, England.He will also visit German universities for the purpose of collecting data regarding the co-ordinationof instruction in technology and in physics.268 UNIVERSITY RECORDAssociate Professor Myra Reynolds, of the Department of English, gave an address on "The LakePoets" before the North Side Art Club of Chicagoon November 21."Education in Australia" was" the subject of anaddress before the Young Women's ChristianLeague on November 15. Rev. Henry A. Lubeck,University Preacher, was the speaker."Japanese Art" was the subject of a lecturebefore the Monday Club of South Chicago, onNovember 21, by Dr. Edmund Buckley, of theDepartment of Comparative Religion.Mr. Clifton D. Howe, Assistant in the Department of Botany, has received an appointment to aninstructorship in botany in the Biltmore ForestrySchool, his duties beginning January 1, 1905.An open lecture on Schiller's tragedy of MarieStuart was given on November 25 in Cobb LectureRoom by Dr. Henrietta K. Becker, of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures."The Religion of Rudyard Kipling" was the subject of an address before the Matheon Club ofChicago, on November 26, by Associate ProfessorGeorge H. Locke, Dean of the College of Education.For the month of November Rev. Henry A.Lubeck, of New York city, and Rev. Charles Cuth-bert Hall, D.D., President of Union TheologicalSeminary, New York, acted as University Preachers.Professor Charles R. Henderson, Head of theDepartment of Ecclesiastical Sociology, gave anaddress before the State Conference of Charitiesand Corrections at Terre Haute, Ind., on November 22.The Convocation Address at the Fifty-third Convocation of the University on December 20 will begiven in the Leon Mandel Assembly Hall by MissJane Addams, Head of Hull-House, Chicago, whois also University Lecturer on Sociology. The subject of her address will be "Modern Immigration: AField Neglected by the Scholar." This is the firstconvocation address to be given by a woman in thehistory of the University. An address on "Sabatier" was given on November2 in Haskell Assembly Hall by Assistant ProfessorX. Konig, of the Department of Hebrew and OldTestament Literature in the University of Toulouse, France.On November 16 Mr. George B. Zug, Instructorin the History of Art, gave an address before theWoman's Union of the University on "DutchPaintings at the St. Louis Fair and in Other American Collections."p At the banquet of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, held in the Auditorium Hotel on the occasionof its fifty-eighth annual convention, ProfessorGeorge E. Vincent, Dean of the Junior Colleges, wasone of the speakers.On November 24 in Leon Mandel Assembly HallPresident Charles Cuthbert Hall, D.D., of the UnionTheological Seminary of New York, gave theThanksgiving sermon at the joint service of theUniversity and the churches of Hyde Park."Our Proxies in Industry" was the subject of arecent address, before the Massachusetts Federationof Women's Clubs, by Miss Mary E. McDowell,Head Resident of the University of Chicago Settlement and member of the Department of Sociology.A western meeting of the American PhysicalSociety is to be held in the Ryerson Physical Laboratory on April 22, 1905, and the arrangement of theprogram is in the hands of Assistant ProfessorRobert A. Millikan, of the Department of Physics.At the eleventh annual meeting of the BotanicalSociety of America, to be held in Philadelphia fromDecember 27 to January 2, the retiring president,Professor Charles R. Barnes, of the Department ofBotany, will give an address on " The Theory ofRespiration."At the meeting of the League of Religious Fellowship, held in the University Congregational Church,Chicago, on November 24, Miss Mary E. McDowell,Head of the University of Chicago Settlement, discussed "The Ethical Elements Involved in theStock Yards Strike."UNIVERSITY RECORD 269Director A. A. Stagg, of the Department of Physical Culture and Athletics, after an especially arduousand successful Autumn Quarter of work, has gonefor rest and recuperation to a sanitarium in Michiganand later will spend some time in Arizona.A lecture in French on the subject of "VictorHugo" was given before the Alliance Francaise,at University College in the Fine Arts Building, onNovember 12, by Assistant Professor MaximeIngres, of the Department of Romance Languagesand Literatures.On November 2 in Hutchinson Hall ProfessorGeorge E. Vincent, Dean of the Junior Colleges,gave a comparative statement of the methods ofmanagement in the men's dining clubs at HarvardMemorial Hall, the Yale Dining Hall, and the University of Chicago Commons.A fifteen horse-power Norwalk compressor hasbeen installed in the basement of the RyersonPhysical Laboratory for the especial purpose ofproducing liquid air. As soon as the Foster liquifier,which has been ordered by the Department ofChemistry, is put in place, liquid air can be produced at the rate of three liters an hour.D. Appleton & Co. are the publishers of a newseries of arithmetics by Dr. J. W. A. Young, Assistant Professor of the Pedagogy of Mathematics, incollaboration with Mr. L. L. Jackson, of the StateNormal School, Brockport, N. Y. The first twobooks of the series have already been published, andthe third and last volume will appear shortly.The author of The Simple Life, Rev. CharlesWagner, of Paris, gave an address on November2 in the Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, on the properattitude of the student mind toward the past and thepresent. His method of presentation was largelythat of illustration, and he was listened to by a largeand deeply interested audience.More than a hundred students from the University took part on election day, November 8, in thevarious efforts to promote a favorable vote for theChicago Charter Amendment and to guard the purityof the ballot box by acting as judges and clerks of election. Between thirty and forty students reportedat the Hamilton Club to be assigned to various pre-cints and to receive their credentials.Problems oj Higher Education is a new volume byPresident William R. Harper, which is announcedfor early publication by the University of ChicagoPress. It will include the more important papersand addresses prepared by the author in the lastten or twelve years, upon topics pertaining to university, college, and popular education.f-: On November 18 students of Dutch ancestrymet in Cobb Lecture Hall for the purpose oforganizing a Dutch Club. The temporary chairmanwas Mr. Albert Oosterheerdt, and the temporarysecretary Miss Sybil Clark. The committee appointed to frame a constitution consisted of Mr.Paul Van Cleef, Mr. Peter Hoekstra, and MissH. Fisher.The Alumnae Association of Kenwood Institute,Chicago, which is in affiliation with the University,is making successful efforts in the raising of funds toendow a scholarship in the University of Chicago, tobear the name of the former principal of the Institute,Miss Annice Bradford Butts, whose death on NewYear's day, 1904, closed a connection of seventeenyears with the school.In the November issue of the Critic is a contribution on "Certain Histories of Literature" in whichthe History of English Literature by Assistant Professor William Vaughn Moody and Associate Professor Robert Morss Lovett, of the Department ofEnglish, is compared with Stopford Brooke's volume on the same subject — much to the advantageof the American work.The exhibition committee of the Municipal ArtLeague of Chicago has arranged ten gallery toursthrough the Art Institute during the autumn andwinter. The first subject to be considered is the"Technique of Sculpture," and the first speakerwas Associate Professor James H. Breasted, of theDepartment of Semitic Languages and Literatures,who gave in November an exposition of Assyrian,Egyptian, and early Greek Scuplture.270 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe sixty-fourth contribution from the HullBotanical Laboratory appears in the Novembernumber of the Botanical Gazette and is entitled"Place-Constants for Aster Prenanthoides." Itis a forty-page article by Mr. George H. Shull,formerly Assistant in Physiology (Botany), nowconnected with the Station for Experimental Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y.The article is illustrated by eighteen figures."His Highness, the Bey" is the title of a newcomic opera which received its first presentation atthe La Salle Theater in Chicago on the evening ofNovember 21. The writers of the opera are Mr.Frank R. Adams, of the Senior College, and Mr.William M. Hough, of the Junior College, who arealso the authors of the successful comic opera, "ThePassing of Pahli Khan," presented by the studentorganization known as "The Blackfriars" on May27 and 28 in Leon Mandel Assembly Hall.Associate Professor James H. Breasted, of theDepartment of Semitic Languages and Literatures,has completed a study reconstructing, upon thebasis of new documents, the Xlth Egyptian dynasty.It is now appearing in the Proceedings of the RoyalAcademy of Berlin (1904) in connection with astudy of Egyptian chronology by Professor EduardMeyer, of the University of Berlin, who was one ofthe distinguished guests of the University of Chicagoat its Fiftieth Convocation.Information comes from the chairman of thejury on the Physical Training exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition that the jury has recommended an award of a gold medal and of a bronzemedal to the University of Chicago for its physical-training exhibit, and also an award of a gold medalto Assistant Professor Joseph E. Raycroft, of theDepartment of Physical Culture, for his work inorganizing the physical- training exhibit — the firstof the kind ever attempted at a world's fair. Asecond medal for Dr. Raycroft was also recommended, for his special work in connection withthe designing of the apparatus of the Bartlett Gymnasium. "The Subject-Matter of Sociology," is the titleof the opening contribution in the November issueof the American Journal of Sociology. It was written by the editor, Professor Albion W. Small, Headof the Department of Sociology. The same numbercontains an article on the "Definition of a SocialPolicy Relating to the Dependent Group" contributedby Professor Charles R. Henderson, Head of theDepartment of Ecclesiastical Sociology. It wasoriginally presented as a paper at the Congress ofArts and Science at the World's Fair in St. Louis.On the evening of November 11 the alumni ofthe University of Chicago and of the University ofMichigan united for a banquet and "smoker" at theHamilton Club in Chicago. President CharlesSumner Pike, of the Chicago Alumni Association,addressed personal letters to all of the fraternitiesand clubs of the University, urging attendance andco-operation. There were many responses at thebanquet, and the occasion proved to be a very fortunate precedent in maintaining friendly relationsbetween neighboring institutions that are naturalrivals in oratory, debate, and athletics.Studies in Ancient Furniture; L: Couches andBeds of the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans is the titleof a new volume by Caroline L. Ransom, Fellow inthe History of Art, which the University of ChicagoPress will soon publish. The volume will have afrontispiece in color, about thirty plates, and sixtyillustrations in the text, and will contain an introduction in regard to the nature of the ancient evidence; a chronological survey of couch forms;chapters on constructional methods, draperies, andartistic styles; a table of Greek and Latin termsapplied to beds and their several parts and furnishings; a bibliography of the subject; and an index ofpassages cited from ancient authors.Assistant Professor Preston Kyes, of the Department of Anatomy, is spending the academic year inEurope continuing his work with Professor PaulEhrlich, of the Royal Institute for ExperimentalTherapy in Frankfurt, whose address at the FiftiethConvocation on "Die Bindungsverhaltnisse zwi-UNIVERSITY RECORD 271schen Toxin und Antitoxin" attracted so wide anattention. The success of Dr. Kyes's researchesupon the mode of action of snake venom and inconnection with the problems of immunity heretofore has been marked. It is hoped and believedthat the continuance of his studies in Frankfurt willlead to further important discoveries. On June 29the wedding of Dr. Kyes and Miss Martha LouiseGahan took place at Brunswick, Maine.The unexpected death, on November 10, of Mrs.H. H. Donaldson, wife of Professor Henry H.Donaldson, Head of the Department of Neurology,was one of the saddest events connected with thehistory of the University. Mrs. Donaldson wasactive in the social and philanthropic life of theUniversity and the city, being at the time of herdeath vice-president of the University SettlementLeague, an officer in the Chicago branch of theNeedlework Guild, a member of the UnitarianSociety, and a member of the Fortnightly Club.The funeral service at the house, 5740 WoodlawnAvenue, was conducted by Professor Charles R.Henderson, the University Chaplain, and the bodywas taken to New York City for burial.At the banquet in honor of the imperial Germancommissioner to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,given at the Chicago Club on the evening of November 23, Professor George E. Vincent, Dean of theJunior Colleges, was one of the speakers to expressthe thanks of the city for the valuable contributionsof German cities, from their exhibits at the World'sFair, to the new Municipal Museum of Chicago.Mr. Vincent is president of the association that isorganizing the museum; the treasurer is Mr. CharlesL. Hutchinson, of the University Board of Trustees;-and among the other directors are Miss Jane Addams,Head of Hull-House and Lecturer on Sociology;Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, president of the UniversityBoard of Trustees; and Professor Charles Zueblin,of the Department of Sociology.A History of the Ancient World is the title of anespecially attractive volume issued by CharlesScribner's Sons for use in high schools and acade mies. It was written by George Stephen Good-speed, Professor of Comparative Religion andAncient History. It is a volume of 480 pages, andcontains nineteen full-page and double-page mapsin color, eighteen maps and plans in the text, andseven chronological charts, besides twenty-fourillustrations which are distinct and artistic aids tothe text. The frontispiece, "A Portion of the Parthenon and its Frieze," is a striking piece of colorwork. The apparatus of the book is unusuallyvaried, a novel and useful feature being the notes onthe illustrations. The book, as indicated in thepreface, bears abundant evidence of a generousco-operation with the author on the part of the publishers.The Higher Life of Chicago is a new volume to beissued shortly by the University of Chicago Press.The author is Dr. Thomas J. Riley, who for threeyears was a Fellow in the Department of Sociologyand received his doctor's degree magna cum laudein September, 1904. The volume will contain acomplete sketch of the educational system of Chicago,including kindergartens, technical and professionalschools, universities, and libraries; a roster anddescription of the women's clubs and other civicclubs and associations; an account of the social settlements and the conditions under which they labor;the work and relations of the various churches andother religious bodies; and the place of art and musicin the city's life.' The final football mass-meeting of the season washeld in Leon Mandel Assembly Hall on the eveningof November 22 in anticipation of the Thanksgivinggame with the University of Wisconsin. ProfessorBenjamin Terry, of the Department of History,presided and introduced the speakers, among whomwere Associate Professor William B. Owen, Deanof the Academic Course in the University HighSchool; Assistant Professor Fredric M. Blanchard,of the Department of Public Speaking; AssociateProfessor Francis W. Shepardson, Dean of theSenior Colleges; Professor Eri B. Hulbert, Deanof the Divinity School; and Assistant Professor272 UNIVERSITY RECORDPhilip S. Allen, of the Department of GermanicLanguages and Literatures. In behalf of thewomen of the University Miss Marie G. Ortmayer,of the class of 1906, presented to the football teama striking maroon banner bearing in white lettersthe word "Chicago." Members of the AlumniAssociation came in a body from their meeting anddinner in Hutchinson Hall to show their interest inthe occasion by their presence and speeches.Of the local committee of arrangements for thetwentieth annual meeting of the American HistoricalAssociation, which is to be held in Chicago onDecember 28, 29, and 30, Mr. Charles L. Hutchinson, of the University Board of Trustees, is chairman, and Professor J. Franklin Jameson, Head ofthe Department of History, is secretary. Othermembers of the committee are President William R.Harper; Dean Harry Pratt Judson; Mr. Martin A.Ryerson and Mr. Franklin MacVeagh of the University Board of Trustees; Professor BenjaminTerry, Associate Professors Ferdinand Schwill,Francis W. Shepardson, and Edwin E. Sparks, andAssistant Professor James W. Thompson, of theDepartment of History.The two volumes in "The Story of the Nations"series entitled The United States of America, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, are the work ofAssociate Professor Edwin E. Sparks, of the Department of History. Part I, of 425 pages, covers theperiod from 1783 to 1830, and Part II, of 385 pages,that from 1830 to 1900. The volumes are dedicatedto Herbert Putnam and his associates of the Libraryof Congress; and in the preface is indicated theauthor's purpose in writing the narrative: "It willbe necessary to omit many of the details commonlyfound in a history of the United States for the sake of considering only those centralizing or decentralizing factors which have aided or hindered theunification of the States. In brief, an attempt ismade in these two volumes to tell the story of theUnited States; to show how the phrase 'TheUnited States is' has been slowly and unconsciouslyevolved in the process of time from the early practiceof saying 'The United States are.' " There areover sixty full-page illustrations and maps, largelydrawn from contemporary documents, which addgreatly to the significance and interest of the volumes."Literature and the Beast" is the opening pageof the December number of The World To-Day,written by the editor, Professor Shailer Mathews.Mr. James W. Linn, of the Department of English,has in the same number an article on "How a GreatCity Amuses Itself," which is very fully illustrated,the illustration of a Thanksgiving football game onMarshall Field being of especial interest to membersof the University. "Have We a True Portrait ofChrist?" is the striking title of a contribution byProfessor Franklin Johnson, of the Department ofChurch History, fourteen illustrations accompanyingthe text. Under the general head of Achievementsof the Year a review of "Charity" is given by Professor Charles R. Henderson, Head of the Department of Ecclesiastical Sociology; of "Chemistry,"by Assistant Professor Herbert N. McCoy, of theDepartment of Chemistry; of "International Politics," by Professor Harry Pratt Judson, Head of theDepartment of Political Science; of "Physics," byAssistant Professor Robert A. Millikan, of theDepartment of Physics; of "Physiology," by ProfessorGeorge N. Stewart, Head of the Department of.Physiology; and of "Religion," by the editor, Professor Shailer Mathews, of the Department of NewTestament Literature and Interpretation.