The University of ChicagoMagazineJULY 1913 NUMBER 9EVENTS AND DISCUSSIONThe President's Convocation statement, elsewhere printed, gives indetail the story of the gift by Mr. La.Verne W. Noyes of Chicago of$300,000 for a Woman's Building-club house and gym-The Ida Noyes . ..Hall nasrum. "Come, long-sought!" as Shelley says. It IScertain that no other single gift could meet so many needsand have been greeted by such universal approbation. What Bartlettand the Reynolds Club are for the men, Ida Noyes Hall will be for thewomen-a center of activity and good fellowship. It is an earnest of thehonor and affection in which the University holds its women students.The gift is in memory of Mrs. Noyes. Ida E. S. Noyes was born inNew York, but removed to Iowa, and was graduated from Iowa StateCollege, at Grinnell, of which Mr. Noyes is also an alumnus. She was inthe earlier days of her married life practically her husband's partner inhis business ventures. Later she filled many offices, in the Woman'sClub, the Woman's Athletic Club, the North Side Art Club, and theD.A.R. She was particularly and generously interested in the educationof the southern mountaineers, and in organizations for children.The new president of the Alumni Association of the University ofChicago, chosen in the closest election ever held, 226 to 224, is Agnes R.Wayman, '03. For the first time in its existence theDux FeminaAlumni association is headed by a woman. Fortunately theIllinois legislature, apprised of the situation, made her avoter, and so testified to the world at large of her capacity for affairs.Those who know her, however, do not need testimony. Into whatever295THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEshe has undertaken-her work as undergraduate, in philanthrophy, ininstruction-she has put the same enthusiasm and executive ability, andthere is every reason to believe that the affairs of the association willbrighten visibly under her direction. The full ticket as elected follows:Pres.ident-Agnes R. Wayman, '03First Vice-President-Frederick A. Smith, '66Second Vice-President-Demia Butler Gorell, '98Third Vice-President-William P. MacCracken, '09Secretary-Frank W. Dignan, '97Members of the Executive Committee-Davida Harper Eaton, '00; Harold H.Swift, '07; Helen T. Sunny, '08.If that group does not make the association hum, no group could.Associating with them Alvin Kramer, '08, secretary of the ChicagoAlumni Club, they are as picked a set of hard-working and really enthu­siastic alumni as could be found anywhere; and in the mere contempla­tion of their possibilities the Magazine finds itself a helpless optimist.Optimism is needed, too, as a tonic. The management of thereunion in June was for some reason ineffective. It is unfair to blameJ R · President Hamill, who throughout the year showed hisune eumon faithful energy by attending every meeting of the associa-tion, at a very considerable cost of time and the most acute inconvenience.Blame, in fact, rests on no one in particular, but on our lack of system.Nobody was really responsible and a lot of the finest kind of energy wastherefore wasted. The notices of the dinner and other events were sentout very late, so late that the response was inevitably limited. Theunfortunate confusion which is suggested in the letter elsewhere printed,from the Chicago Alumnae Club, should have been preventable. Thevaudeville committee in its zeal provided much too long a program; andthen had to stand aghast waiting, while the" sing" continued, till it washalf-past nine before their audience collected! Already, however, plansfor next year which will obviate all these difficulties have been set onfoot. It is suggested that the alumni celebration be spread, as elsewhere,over three days; that the fraternities be requested to close their dining­rooms on the night of the dinner; and that the" sing" be held on anotherevening from the dinner and vaudeville. These changes, or otherssimilar, will do much. But the gradual development of the loyaltywhich shines through even such confusion as showed itself on June 10,will do more.EVENTS AND DISCUSSIONThe fraternity sing is one of the most effective exhibitions of a fineside of college life that the university offers. The crowd on the night ofJune 10 was very large-it was estimated at from three tofive thousand. The singing was in the main good, thehonors being easily carried off by Psi Upsilon; the enthusiasm followingthe solo of Lindquist, eX-'IS, amounting to an ovation. The thrill ofthe whole evening's performance was delightful. And yet somethingshould be done to develop the idea. As it stands, there are too manysongs too much alike. It is not altogether fair to the newer fraternities,who must wait their turn till the crowd is weary. The introduction ofstunts, begun this year, such as the Alpha Delt torch-parade, is desirable;they should be continued. Why not costumes, such as at Yale? Thesing is so excellent an idea, we should make out of it the very most thereis to be made.The SingThe communication which follows from the members of the Owl andSerpent, should be of great interest to Alumni. It was originally printedin the Daily Maroon of June 6, but by request of the Owland Serpent is reprinted here. It needs no comment; but alittle history of the events which led up to its publicationin June may be desirable. Certain members of the Junior class, includ­ing all but one of those who were thought likely to be elected to Owl andSerpent, early in May met and decided not to accept election if it wereoffered. Their reasons as they gave them were two: first, the Owl andSerpent tended to destroy class and University loyalty, to substituteloyalty to the organization, and to introduce envy and hard feeling;and second, the absolute secrecy of the organization was foolish and outof keeping with the spirit of the times. They made no public statementof their determination; but the news of it spread rapidly, and created anundergraduate sensation. Sympathy was divided; some thinking thatthe Owl and Serpent had included so many of the most vigorous alumni,and had chosen on such broader lines than any fraternity, that it hadjustified its existence on any terms; others, too, while in sympathy withthe determination of the Juniors, believing that it should have beendifferently made known. Out of the general chaos of gossip emergedthis statement of the Owl and Serpent, abandoning its practice ofsecrecy, and so far yielding to the views of the Junior class, but other­wise declaring with pride its right to existence. The result of the state­ment so far cannot be forecast. The society has as yet pledged no menThe NewDemocracyfor next year.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINETo the Members of the University of Chicago:The Society of the Owl and Serpent of the University of Chicago was organized in1896 by nine men in the Senior class with a purpose stated as follows:To furnish an organization election to which shall be deemed an honorary recog­nition of a man's ability and loyalty as shown through his University career; to pro­mote in the best manner the student interests in the University; to furnish a means forstrengthening the bonds of fellowship among the leading men of the undergraduatebody, and to maintain these bonds throughout life.Through the seventeen years since its beginning the aim of the Society has beento serve the whole University in the best possible way. Its members have no interestsas individuals which are not subordinated to the general good of the University andthe student body. It has always endeavored to include in its active membership anumber of men in the Senior class who have been notably loyal and successful inscholarship or in any of the several forms of student activity during their Universitycareer, in the belief that by the co-operation of the men of high standing in the Seniorclass, men who have attained this standing by several years of creditable Universitylife, much may be accomplished for the University.The Society has always believed that election to its membership is not so much arecognition of what a man has done, as an opportunity for increased loyalty and service.In its elections all consideration of any affiliations of those elected or of any qualifica­tions other than those of the individual himself have been avoided. Its roll of member­ship is its warrant of good faith.The time has come when the Society may make this statement of its purposes andideals without presumption and the secrecy which has been practiced from the begin­ning as to its aims and membership is therefore now abandoned. To the end ofmaking these things known to all the members of the University this statement is madeand signed by all the members of the Society of the Owl and Serpent now living.JOSEPH EDWARD RAYCROFTHENRY GORDON GALEHENRY TEFFT CLARKE, JR.CHARLES SUMNER PrxsRAYMOND CARLETON DUDLEYWALLACE W ALTER ATWOODFREDERICK D. NICHOLSCARR B. NEELWILLIAM SCOTT BONDPHILIP RANDGILBERT AMEs BLISSDONALD SHURTLEFF TRUMBULLWILLIAM ENGLISH WALLINGJAMES SCOTT BROWNHARRY DELMONT ABELLSMARCUS PETER FRUTCHEYCLARENCE BERT HERSCHBERGERJOHN PRESTON MENTZERJOHN FRANKLIN HAGEYMOSES DWIGHT McINTYREFRANKLIN EGBERT VAUGHANGEORGE HOYT SAWYER .JOSEPH EDWIN FREEMANARTHUR SEARS HENNINGWILLIAM FRANCE ANDERSONMAURICE GORDON CLARKE ALLEN GREY HOYTCHARLES VERNER DREWRALPH C. HAMILLWILLOUGHBY GEORGE WALLINGWALTER JOSEPH SCHMAHLLEROY TUDOR VERNONHARRY NORMAN GOTTLIEBCARL B. DAVISRALPH C. MANNINGKELLOGG SPEEDWALTER L. HUDSONHERBERT P. ZIMMERMANGEORGE G. DAVISCURTISS R. MANNINGJAMES M. SHELDONEDWARD C. KOHLSAATJAMES RONALD HENRYEUGENE HARVEY BALDERSTON WATSONVERNON TIRAS FERRISTURNER BURTON SMITHTHOMAS JOHNSTON HAIRWALKER G. McLAURYPLATT MILK CONRADFRANK McNAIRCHARLES ROLAND HOWECHARLES MURFIT HOGELANDEVENTS AND DISCUSSIONALFRED CHESTER ELLSWORTHHENRY DAVIS FELLOWSWALTER MURRAY JOHNSONARTHUR EVARTS LORDHOWARD JAMES SLOANADELBERT TURNER STEWARTGEORGE MCHENRYOLIVER BEACON WYMANCLYDE AMEL BLAIR -LEE WILDER MAXWELLFREDERICK A. SPEIKJAMES SHELDON RILEYHENRY DURHAM SULCERALBERT WILLIAM SHERERHARRY WILKERSON FORDHUGO MORRIS FRIENDERNEST EUGENE QUANTRELLCHARLES FERGUSON KENNEDYBURTON PIKE GALEMARK SEAVEY CATLINCHARLES ARTHUR BRUCECYRUS LOGAN GARNETTFREDERICK ROGERS BAIRDWILLIAM GORIiAM MATTHEWSFELIX TURNER HUGHESHUGO FRANK BEZDEKLAGENE LAVASSA WRIGHTEARL DEWITT HOSTETTERHAROLD HIGGINS SWIFTSANFORD AVERY LYONJOHN FRYER MOULDSDONALD PUTMAN ABBOTTWILLIAM FRANCIS HEWITTR. EDDY MATTHEWSPAUL ROWLEY GRAYWELLINGTON D. JONESWILLIAM EMBRY WRATHERNORMAN BARKERFRANK H. TEMPLETONALVIN FREDERICK KRAMERLUTHER DANA FERNALDCHARL:�S BUTLER JORDANCLARENCE W. RUSSELLPAUL VINCENT HARPERJOHN J. SCHOMMERNED ALVIN MERRIAMFRED WILLIAM GAARDEWALTER P. STEFFENW. P. MACCRACKEN, JR.JOHN FLINT DILLERENSLOW PARKER SHERERWINSTON PATRICK HENRYFRED MITCHELL WALKEREDWARD LEYDON MCBRIDEDEAN MADISON KENNEDY HOWARD PAINTER BLACKFORDHERSCHEL GASTON SHAWHARLAN ORVILLE PAGEHARRY O. LATHAMJOSIAH JAMES PEGUESMANSFIELD RALPH CLEARYFRANK J. COLLI�SCHARLES LEE SULLIVAN, JR.SAMUEL EDWIN EARLERUFUS BOYNTON ROGERSPAUL HAZLITT DAVISROY BALDRIDGEHILMAR ROBERT BAUKHAGERICHARD EDWIN MEYERSALFRED HECKMAN STRAUBEW. PmLLIPS COMSTOCKW .. L. CROWLEYVALLEE ORVILLE ApPELNATHANIEL PFEFFERESMOND RAY LONGPAUL E. GARDNERHARGRAVE A. LONGALECK GORDON WHITFIELDHAROLD CUSHMAN GIFFORDEDWARD BERNARD HALL, JR.ROBERT WITT BAIRDMAYNARD EWING SIMONDW. P. HARMSC. G. SAUERRAYMOND JAMES DALYRICHARD FRED TEICHGRAEBERJAMES AUSTON MENAULIRA NELSON DAVENPORTWALTER JEFFERSON FOUTERALPH JAMES ROSENTHALCHARLES MARTIN RADEMACHEREARL RALPH HUTTONCHESTER SHARON BELLHIRAM LANGDON KENNICOTTNORMAN CARR PAINEHALSTEAD MARVIN CARPENTERGEORGE E. KUHWILLIAM C. BICKLEDONALD H. HOLLINGSWORTHSANFORD SELLERS, JR.HAROLD ERNEST GOETTLERDONALD LEVANT BREEDCLARENCE P. FREEMANTHOMAS E. SCHOFIELDHOWARD B. McLANEPAUL M. HUNTERKENT CHANDLERJAMES A. DONOVANWILLIAM VARNER BOWERS 299A REVIEW OF SPRING ATHLETICSThe baseball, track, and tennis seasons of 1913 all redounded greatlyto the credit of University of Chicago contenders. In baseball andtennis intercollegiate championships were won; in track considerablymore was accomplished than anyone had thought possible.The baseball season opened doubtfully. Last year's infield, the bestin the West and the best Chicago ever had, was gone; and two-thirds ofthe old outfield were either graduated or ineligible. There remained asa nucleus only Mann, catcher; Carpenter, pitcher; Norgren, first base;Catron, outfielder; and Scofield, Harger, and Leonard, subs. To makematters worse, Mann's arm, it was early rumored, had weakened; and therumor was presently confirmed. Finally, and by way of climax, Mr.Stagg announced that he could not return to the University in thespring, and that the coaching must therefore devolve on others.As an offset to these unfavorable conditions, DesJardien, of lastyear's Freshmen, was known to be a good man, and Baumgardner,another Sophomore, had shown great promise as a pitcher. Thecoaching, moreover, was to be continued by H. O. Page, '10, whosefire and spirit are too well known to need comment. So a few venturedto hope for a successful season. But nobody dreamed of a championship.It came, however. The percentage of the three leaders in the conferencewas as follows:Chicago won 7, lost 2, per cent .777Illinois "8," 4, " ". 667Indiana "6," 3, " ". 667The schedule of Chicago's conference games was as follows:Chicago, 12, Iowa 7« 5, Indiana Iu 6, Northwestern 4" 2, Illinois I" 4, Purdue 7 Chicago 13, Northwestern I" 3, Minnesota 7" 8, Illinois 7" 6, Wisconsin 2What made possible this unusual showing-unusual for Chicago,which had not won a clear championship in baseball since 1896? Threethings-the pitching of Baumgardner, the hitting of the whole team, andthe clever and effective handling of the team by Page.Of the fielding, on the whole the less said the better. No catcher300A REVIEW OF SPRING ATHLETICS 301appeared to take part of the burden from Mann's shoulders; Des­Jardien was tried for a while, but he was too green at the job, andbesides could not be spared from third base. So Mann continued tocatch well and throw miserably; an opponent on first started for secondas a matter of course, and generally arrived, though at certain criticalinstances he was put out. Mann was, however, a valuable player;he was active, cool, hit harder than anyone else, and steadied his pitcheradmirably. The infield consisted of Norgren at first, Scofield at second,Catron at short, and DesJardien at third. Norgren fielded fairly well;Scofield and Catron occasionally made brilliant plays, but averaged twoerrors apiece per game; DesJardien was awkward but the steadiest manof the lot. The outfield was on the whole better. Gray and Stains,both Sophomores, were very fast, and Bohnen (a Sophomore) andHarger (a Junior) were pretty sure. All four were given their emblemsat the close of the season. But the fielding as a whole was discreditable.The pitching made up. Baumgardner, a six-foot youth from WendellPhillips, forward on the basket-ball team and prospective end on thefootball team, was almost the whole staff. Carpenter started the Iowagame, and was knocked out of the box; Kixmiller (a Sophomore)suffered the same fate at the hands of Minnesota. Baumgardnerfinished the Iowa game and won it; went in without warming up againstMinnesota, and failed to stop them; and at the end of the season, havingstrained a muscle in his back, lost to Purdue. All the other games hepitched and won; in only one did he allow more than four hits. Hehas been made various offers by the big leagues, but he will finish out hiscourse, which should mean two more baseball championships at least.There is no college pitcher in the West to compare with him.The team's hitting was very hard. The average for the nine con­ference games was .'273, five men hitting over .300. The average lastyear was 271, in 19II (the open team), 267. The averages followon p. 302.Finally, the training of the team was clever. Games with semi­professional nines were scheduled constantly, sometimes three a week;and this developed both the hitting and that judgment which goesso far to help a team out. And in games the men were trained to usetheir judgment. There was plenty of advice from the bench, plenty ofspurring when the spur was needed; but on the field, at bat, and on thebases the men had to use their own heads, not that of the coach; and sopresently responsibility developed them, and they handled themselvesbetter in consequence. Mr. Page is entitled to some honest pride in his302 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEachievement. It might be fair to mention here also that the twelvewho received their emblems stood for the quarter far higher scholasticallythan the average of men in the University, and higher in fact than thegroup who were honored with University marshalships at the SpringConvocation; their strenuous training evidently not disturbing theirin tellects.Plays Pos. Games �I Hits Runs B.B. �I� Percent-HP. ageMann ........... C 9 36 13 8 2-1 2 0 .361Norgren ......... 1St B 9 39 13 9 3 0 4 ·333Catron .......... SS 9 3I 10 10 II-3 0 8 .322Gray ............ RF 9 36 II 9 3 I 5 .336Des]' ardien ...... 3d B 9 33 10 3 3-1 0 0 .303Baumgardner .... P 9 35 8 10 3 0 2 .228Scofield .......... ad B 9 35 5 2 0 4 2 .143Stains ........... CF 8 23 3 3 0-2 0 2 .130Bohnen ......... OF 5 20 5 I 3 0 I .250Harger .......... OF 6 17 4 2 3 0 0 .235Leonard ......... Sub. 2 2 I 0 2 0 0 .500Kixmiller ........ P I 3 2 0 0 0 0 .667Carpenter ....... P I 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Kulvinsky ....... Sub. I I 0 0 0 0 0 .000-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --3II 85 57 33-7 7 24-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Team average .... .273One disagreeable feature of the season was the case of Freeman, whohad been elected captain.; Freeman in the fall was slightly below anaverage ot C. Desirous of playing football, for which he was eligible,but which the deans considered unwise in his case, he made an agreementthat he would not play baseball if he failed to average seven and a halfgrade-points in the Autumn and Winter quarters. This he failed to do;but inasmuch as he was nevertheless technically quite eligible, thedeans were vigorously urged to let him play anyway. Their refusalwas not accepted by either Freeman or the team as final until the daybefore the last game, when Fletcher A. Catron was at length elected inFreeman's place.The captain for next year is A. Duane Mann, '14, the catcher. Mannis from Ottumwa, Iowa. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi, as isNorgren, football captain-elect-a fact which is interesting as showinghow completely merit and not fraternity politics controls athletics atChicago. The prospects for next season are excellent. Captain Catron,Carpenter, and Scofield are lost. To take their places are Cleary, '14,A REVIEW OF SPRING ATHLETICS 303Kixmiller, '15, and the following Freshmen: Shull, Perry, and Moulton,pitchers; McConnell, Willard, George, infielders; Wilson and Cavin,outfielders, all of whom show promise. Here's luck to 1914.The track team began the outdoor season auspiciously with avictory in the mile relay at the Drake University games at Des Moines,Iowa, in April. But the time, 3. 27-i-, was not fast enough to augur verywell for the championships at Pennsylvania; where sure enough Chicagofinished fourth in the same race, Illinois winning rather easily. Wardshowed good speed in the hundred, but Thomas was very weak in thevault.Two dual meets followed, one with Northwestern, which was wonwith unexpected ease, and one with Illinois, which was lost by aboutthe anticipated score. The Northwestern meet for sheer lack of interestsurpassed anything of the sort ever seen on Marshall Field. Chicagowon all the places in the 100 and 220, and first and second in bothhurdles; Northwestern won all the places in the half, mile, and two-mile.Only in the quarter was there the least competition. The Illinois meetwas a little more spirited, but as here too Chicago had no one in any ofthe longer races who could run fast enough to keep the leaders in sight,there was little thrill.By the time of the Conference, held this year at Madison, the caliberof the team was pretty clear. Campbell, the only man available in thelonger runs, had hurt his leg early in the year, and was in no sort of form,having been able to exercise only three or four times in the whole season.In the weight events also, Chicago was worse than mediocre. In fact,the team practically consisted of Parker in the dashes, Kuh in the hurdles,and Thomas in the vault. These three were supported on the track byWood, Knight, Matthews, and Breathed, and in the weights and jumpsby Norgren, DesJardien, and Gorgas. Such a team could expect little indual meets, but might hope to do fairly well in the Conference, wherepoints are widely scattered. In the outcome Chicago took fourth placewith 17 points, Illinois winning deservedly, and Wisconsin and Cali­fornia following. Parker won the dashes, and Kuh the low hurdles.These two men were the sensations of the year. Kuh, who hadbeen a steady if not a lucky high hurdler, but had never done much inthe low, changed both his ambition and his form this year, and becameunbeatable over the longer distance, twice defeating Case of Illinois, anddistancing Kirksey of Missouri, who won last year. He ran both in theIllinois meet and in the Conference in 25 fiat, not remarkable, butfast enough to win in the West as a rule. Parker's case was still moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEsurprising. He came to Chicago two years ago from Miami, where hehad done some running, and indoors he showed promise, but was notthought to equal Ward. Outdoors he soon proceeded to exhibit hisclass. He has not been beaten in either the 100 or the 200 this yearand has won both of them consistently in even time.One lesson of the season is that without some better system Chicagowill fall hopelessly into the rear in track. Long-distance running mustbe encouraged by every means in the power of the athletic department;and the weight men and jumpers should be forced to work more con­sistently. Their practice this spring was a sickening farce. For daysat a time no one appeared at all; spasmodically Norgren, DesJardien,Gorgas, or Canning would work half an hour or so, and then call it aweek's training. With any real practice our weight men could be inthe front rank in the West; training as they do, it is a wonder Chicagoever wins a point.The prospects for next season are fair, though both Kuh and Parkerare lost. Several Freshmen, notably Boyd in the quarter and broadjump, Barancik in the dashes, and Stegeman in the half, are almost ifnot quite first class. Campbell should be in form again in the distances;Ward will be very good; and there are a number of others who promisewell. The captaincy is unsettled. Parker was elected, but under amisapprehension; as a matter of fact he has already 36 majors and willbe ineligible to compete again.The tennis season was a series of victories so easy as to bemonotonous. Neither Green nor Squair lost a match until the finalsin the intercollegiates, when they met, and to the surprise of nearlyeverybody, Green won in five hard sets. The fact is that Green is amuch improved player this year; and moreover Squair is a man whostarts his game slowly in the spring, and is not at his best till July atthe earliest. Squair was elected captain for next season. He will besupported by K. MacNeal, '16, and the championship in both singlesand doubles is as good as Chicago's already.HOW HOLLAND MANAGES HERCOLONIESIBy JONKHEER JOHN LOUDONNetherlands' Minister to the United StatesMr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen: our East Indies, at an arm's length fromIt is indeed a pleasure for me to be with each other, have today the same purpose,you and to address you on this festive the uplifting of the native population,occasion. Since last night's reception, its moral, intellectual, and economicmoreover, I feel as if I knew most of you development. We have also similarpersonally, in particular my fellow- difficulties to contend with. Let mecandidates for graduation. It pleases then tell you what Holland has done inme above all to see among you so many the three centuries Of her connection withand such charming representatives of the that island empire, and what she hopesfair sex. Perhaps the expression of this to do in the near future.feeling will not surprise you, coming as it In the sixteenth century Holland wasdoes from a Hollander, one who has the the great freight carrier of Europe. Spainhonor of representing in your country a and Portugal had the monopoly of co­Queen, worshiped by her people, not only lonial trade. In the year 1585 Phillipon account of her personal qualities and the Second, then King of Spain andachievements, but also because she is the Portugal, whose despotic sway the Unitedlineal descendant of a house whose history Provinces under the inspiring leadershipis closely interwoven with the history of of the great William of Orange had ab­independence and liberty in the Nether- jured, seized our ships in all the Penin­lands, because, in a word, she is the living sular ports. Our plucky tradesmensymbol of Holland's unity, Holland's soul, thereupon resolved to sail to the Eastand Holland's aims. Indies. This meant trading sword inHolland's aims: they are not limited to hand. The great risk and expense soonthat little strip of land bordering the made it essential for the various smallNorth Sea, the land of dykes and canals, companies to act conjointly, the moreof meadows and windmills, the land of so as competition between them threat­peace that has known so many struggles ened 'to become destructive. Underof old, struggles with the elements as well government auspices a trust was thenas with men. Holland's aims reach far formed, March 20, 1602. The "Eastbeyond the seas, to that East Indian Indian Company," as it was styled, wasarchipelago which has been hers for over chartered by the States General, withthree hundred years. It is of those extensive rights, also political, as far ascolonies that I wish to speak to you. required for its dealings with the natives.How to manage a colony, or, as I Its object was monopoly, its activity wasshould call it in this country, an "insular decidedly on the lines of "restraint ofpossession," is a question that may well trade," but then-at that epoch of his­interest the rising generation of America, tory no "Sherman law" was or could besince this great Republic assumed, some devised!fifteen years ago, the responsibility of In 1609 the first Governor-General ofcontrolling a large group of islands in the Company's East Indies was appointedthe tropics, with millions of inhabitants, by the States General, with, at his side, anislands that some of you wish you never advisory board, the Council of India.had taken, and therefore are eager to The Company had to fight both the Eng­relinquish, while to others, perhaps the lish and the Portuguese. In 1619 Bataviamajority, it seems as though it were the was founded on territory conquered fromnation's duty to guard and develop those the English. Dissension between thedependencies for years to come. native monarchs, for monarchs they wereWe .are near neighbors in that part of (even Marco Polo, in the thirteenth cen­the world, the southwestern section of the tury, mentions them as such), helped thePacific.' You in the Philippines, we in company to extend its dominion.I Delivered on the occasion of the Eighty-seventh Convocation of the University,held in Hutchinson Court, June 10, 1913.305JONKHEER JOHN LOUDON:\'UHERL.-\:\DS' NII"ISTER TO THE UNITED STATESHOW HOLLAND MANAGES HER COLONIESThe Company started with the idea ofbuying cheap and selling dear. Dealingswith the native people, however, wereunsatisfactory. Therefore, the Governor­General made contracts with the rulers,often acquiring territorial compensationand trading privileges in exchange forassistance against other chieftains. In away the Company's rule was a blessing tothe natives, because it secured peace."The East Indian Company was moregreedy than cruel," said a Dutch author,yet oppression was inevitable. Com­pared with the low standard of the primi­tive organization, judging also from thegrowth of population, the condition ofthe natives, nevertheless, was prosperous.One of our historians justly remarks thatthe history of the Company is one ofenergy, perseverance, and pluck on theone hand, of shortsightedness andheartlessness on the other.Declining trade and wars in Europecaused our republican government of1798 to put an end to the Company'scharter and assume direct control overthe colonies. The Napoleonic wars hadtheir echo in East India. Napoleon'sbrother Louis, during four years king ofHolland, sent a strong autocratic rulerto Java, Marshal Daendels. Shortlyafter Daendels had returned to Europethe English, at war with Napoleon, tookpossession of the islands, always with theintention of ultimately returning them tous, the wording of Lord Minto's instruc­tion being that the East Indies were"not to be permanently occupied." Forfive years Sir Stamford Raffles wasLieutenant-Governor-General of - Java,and to him we owe much that has bene':'fited the colonies, much that had beenrecommended already by our clever,liberal-minded Dirk Van Hogendorpt whohad visited Java a few years before. AfterNapoleon's fall, England returned thewhole archipelago to us by virtue of theConvention of London, of 1814.In 1815 the Congress of the Powers,at Vienna, joined Holland and Belgiuminto a new kingdom. This union wasand soon proved to be a far too artificialone. In 1839, after more than onebloody encounter between the Northand the South, the separation, practicallybrought about eight years before, wascompleted by treaty, the colonies allremaining to the North, the presentkingdom of the Netherlands.The actual management of the East Indies, as a government dependency,began in 1814. At first, and up to 1848,the year of the great liberal wave thatswept over Europe, breaking the reactionwhich had followed upon the Frenchrevolution and the ensuing Napoleonicera, the colonies were considered crowndependencies. Our Parliament, the so­called States General, had no controlwhatsoever over the Indies.During our costly struggle with theBelgian provinces, Netherlands Indiawas booked by the mother country for adebt of 236,000,000 florins, which repre­sented an annual revenue to our excheq­uer of 10,000,000 'florins. Parliamentthen began to raise its voice, but notbefore the revision of our constitutionin 1848 was the control of the StatesGeneral definitely established. Six yearslater a bill was passed which, up to thepresent date, is regarded as the consti­tution of Netherlands India.According to tha t law, the colonies aregoverned as of old, by a Governor­General, assisted by a board of fiveadvisers, the Council of India, appointedby the crown. A colonial budget, to­gether with a report on the state of theislands, is annually presented to andpassed upon by the States General.The Governor-General is compelled insome matters, chiefly legislative, to askthe Council's advice; if he dissents hemust make his reasons known to theColonial Minister. In case of emergencyhe is entirely free to act at his own dis­cretion. He has under his orders anextensive bureau, the General Secretariat,and several departments .. Our govern­ment being, since 1848, a parliamentaryone, the ministers are responsible not tothe crown, but directly to Parliament;it follows that, while the Governor­General practically wields a great powerin India, the States General may, at anymoment, call the Minister of the Coloniesto account for the Governor-General'spolicies. The result of this supervisionof Parliament has been to stimulateenormous changes within the last fiftyyears.The system, is, in fact, a simple one;it is the single-headed rule of the King'srepresentative, who in turn is representedin Java by several so-called Residents,presiding over sections of the island, allthese sections being subdivided intosmaller districts. In the outlying islandseither Governor or Residents are the mainTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEauthority. But the cornerstone of ourcolonial administration lies in the greatprinciple that the natives are to begoverned by their own chiefs, under thedirect supervision of Dutch officials. AsProfessor Clive Day, of Yale, correctlyexpresses it in his scholarly work, TheDutch in Java, we have kept our place,not by driving the native rulers out, butby co-operating with them; our successand failure depended on the use ormisuse of the opportunities afforded bynative institutions.It would lead me too far to give youa detailed description of the system inthe different islands of our archipelago.In some parts we have direct control,and in other conditional self-governmentunder native rulers. Java is the mostdensely populated, the most completelyorganized, the most civilized of theislands. Every Resident in Java has,next to him, one or more native Regents,always scions of the old reigning families,hereditary as far as possible, but speciallyconfirmed by our government. TheRegent forms the link between theDutch and the native government.Under the Residents are the Assistant­Residents and " Controllers" (Dutchofficials), under the Regents the native"Wedanas " and "Assistant- W edanas."Below these the Village communities havealways retained their democratic form ofgovernment, with freely elected villagechiefs. Aside from the supervision oftax gathering, the principal task of the"Controllers,' in regard to the villagegroups, is to see that the Assistant­Wedanas carry out the clause of thecolonial constitution which provides thatthe natives shall be governed in con­formity with their traditional institutions,as far as these are not incompatible withjustice. The Controllers and the We­danas are perhaps the most important ofall our officials. The average Wedana isboth intelligent and efficient.The native chiefs have no legislativepower whatsoever. Their rank is alwaysrecognizable by the stripes on their"Payung," or official parasol, which, likeall outward forms, plays an importantpart in the relations between governorsand governed in that oriental country.They use the Dutch flag and are salariedby the government, with the exception ofvillage chiefs, who are paid by the vil­lagers themselves. Raffles sought tominimize the position of the Regents. We, on the contrary , have strengthenedit, and in a law of 1820 termed them veryappropriately "younger brothers" to theResidents. It is in a great measureowing to this treatment that when in1825 Dipo N egoro, Sultan of Jogjakarta,rebelled against the Dutch government,the Regents, on the contrary, sided withus.Our success in Java is due to the con­fidential relationship between the Dutchand the native officials no less than to thefact that the Japanese aristocrat is readyto follow his Dutch leaders while thepeople follow their native chiefs.In a small part of central Java, wehave maintained as a last vestige of thesovereignty of the empire of Mataram,subdued by the East Indian Company in1755, two nominally independent butvirtually very dependent Princes, theSultans of Jogjakarta and Surakarta.They are salaried by our governmentand may in addition raise certain taxes.They live in luxurious courts. Theirdominions are governed by a sort ofgrand-vizir, appointed "with the adviceand consent"-as you would say-of theGovernor-General. Their body-guard isDutch! In each of their capitals a Dutchofficial resides and has continual dealingswith them, to say nothing of his entirecontrol of the situation.The attainments required from ourEuropean officials to enter the CivilService are very high. The notedFrench author, Chailley-Bert, praisesthem as representing the highest standardof efficiency. The judiciary, I am happyto say, is of a particularly high standard.In the administration of justice, fullconsideration is given to the nativeunwritten laws and customs, called"adat," and which, at least in Java, arestrongly interwoven with Mohammedancanonic law. We are at present endeavor­ing to form native lawyers by means of aschool of native law instituted in 1909.Our colonial army consists of some33,000 men, one-third of whom are white,the others colored. The military serviceis voluntary. The officers, all white,number about 1,325.Since 1854 the currency of NetherlandsIndia is based upon the gold standard;silver may be coined only by the state.The Java Bank, under governmentsupervision, issues notes and acts as acentral bank.The tariff is low (6 per cent ad valorem)HOW HOLLAND MANAGES HER COLONIESand in no manner discriminatory. Ourpolicy toward foreign enterprise is thatof the Open Door.The press is free in Netherlands India,but the Governor-General may, for thesake of public order, enjoin an editor todiscontinue publishing; he may even goso far as to cause the printing office to beclosed. All editorials have to be signedand replies to personal attacks must beaccepted.Political meetings and associationsthat might endanger public peace areprohibited.As regards landed property the oldprinciple that the sovereign is lord of thesoil still obtains, the State of the N ether­lands being successor to the formernative sovereigns. Landed property wasin the first 36 years of the nineteenthcentury sold to Europeans; since then(excepting in cities) the governmentgrants only leases; 75 years is the limitfor uncultured lands. The tenure ofland by natives is either individual orcommunal, the latter form being themost usual. In the cultivation of hissoil the native is at the present dayquite free. On the other hand, in orderto protect him against usurers, as ex­perienced in British India, no transferof native land to non-natives is allowedwithout consent of the government.In connection with this and so as togive you a correct idea of the remarkablechange that has of late occurred in regardto our conception of the rights and dutiesof the metropolis versus the colonies, Imust go back to the year 1836, when, inview of rendering India more profitableto the Home Exchequer, a so-called" Culture System" was introduced inJava by Governor-General Van denBosch, and gradually applied to a portionof the island estimated at about one­twentieth of the arable land. Thissystem, the only redeeming feature ofwhich perhaps was that if made thenaturally lazy and shiftless native work,brought millions to the mother country,but when Holland fully realized thatthose millions were in many instancesbought at the cost of vexation andoppression of the natives, a clamor arosein Parliament and in the country, whichled to the gradual abolishment of thesystem. The principle of the forcedculture system was the following:Instead of paying the existing land taxin the form of a proportion of the crop, the village communities were henceforthto place at the government's disposal acertain part of their land and a propor­tion of their labor; on that part of theland, the natives were to raise exportproducts such as coffee, sugar, tea,indigo, etc., grown under direction ofgovernment contractors, the product tobe delivered at a fixed and very low rate.The government's profit consisted in ship­ping those goods to Europe and sellingthem at from 50 to 100 and in some caseseven up to 200 per cent of the originalcost. It is to be observed that forcedlabor had existed in Java for centuries.Governor-General Van den Bosch andhis early successors earnestly believedthe System would increase prosperityamong the natives, and alleviate theburthen of the land tax. Prosperityseemed so obvious that the system washighly praised even by a British-Indianofficial, J. W. B. Money, whose book,published in 1861, was-strange to say­far more severely criticized in Hollandthan in England. The spirit of the wholesystem was bad. What it very soon ledto was the collecting of revenue at anycost; commissions were given to theResidents, the Regents, the Wedanas,in short every intervening official hadhis share of profit of the native's labor.Gradually the proportion of land setapart for government culture was in­creased; instead of one-fifth, as it firstwas, it grew to be one-half of the villagelands. The great objection for the na­tives lay in the enormous distances theyhad to walk in order to work on thegovernment land. • While profitable tothe cultivators in some parts, in mostplaces the system was intolerable, evenafter the reforms introduced by virtueof the new colonial constitution. InHolland, at first, no one realized thetruth. The glowing accounts of thecolonies' prosperity, the enormous reve­nues, hypnotized the public, but mean­while a new class of men, liberals opposedalike to monopolies and compulsion, hadentered Parliament. In 1860 a yetfamous book, Max H aeelaar, revealingsome of the abuses of the system, andwritten by an ex-official of literarygenius, Douwes Dekker, stirred the publicsentiment in somewhat the same manneras Uncle Tom's Cabin did on this side ofthe Atlantic. The Treasury, however)could not do without the funds. In Par­liament the fight was a long one. It was310 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEnot before 1870 that a new land lawabolished the system, safeguarded nativerights, and encouraged what was becom­ing so necessary, European privateenterprise. The remarkable result ofEuropean enterprise with free labor hasnever proved more striking than of lateyears, in the cultivation of sugar in Java;the land on the sugar plantations isrented from the native owners, whichthey most readily agree to, because bylaw it must be returned to them after acertain time; moreover the period forpreparing the crop coincides with thetime when the native rice crop has justbeen gathered. The sugar productionin Java is carried out on the most scien­tific basis. The yields are enormous;the benefit to the population at thepresent day is estimated at from fiftyto sixty million florins a year; in a word,the highest mark is reached. This waslately confirmed by the impartial reportof a German investigator. It was alsoconfirmed to me by your present Secre­tary of Commerce, who has visited ourcolonies a short time ago.The Javanese laborer, when not boundby contract to a planter, does not workfor the European market. He has nofunds, he has no foresight, he is alwaysin debt; long before the Dutch came,credit bondage existed, and was equal toslavery. We have abolished it as well aswe abolished in r860 what remained ofslavery among the natives. Of all theforced government cultures introducedby the System, only that of coffee hasbeen retained to a certain extent in a fewResidencies of Java, but also this one israpidly decreasing, and most effectivemeasures have been taken by the govern­ment to prevent all vexation of the nativelaborers.Together with the Culture System,forced personal service, a remnant offormer native conditions, is being gradu­ally abolished. In most cases it has beenreplaced by a small head tax. In thesections of our possessions, where it stillexists, it is reduced to a limit of fromforty to eight days labor in the year.The tax that proves to be the best aru::lleast oppressive for the natives is theLand Tax. It was introduced by Raffles,but completely remodeled by us. TheLand Tax is paid by the village com­munities (Dessas). A mixed Europeanand native commission classes theDessas; the village chief makes the apportionment under government super­vision.Since the repeal of the Culture System,our colonial policy has for some yearswavered between what should be donein the interest of the mother country andin that of the colonies themselves. Along and costly, but successfully ended,war with the Sultanate of Acheen, in thenorth of Sumatra, has rendered the adop­tion of the. latter, less egotistic, policydifficult until the close of the last century.Since then, however, a notable and verygeneral change has taken place in publicopinion, and we have now chosen theonly path that is worthy of a greatcolonial power; we have realized that ourrule over India must find its justificationin the uplift of the natives. Our policyat the present day is built up on moreethical lines; we seek the economic,political, and moral development of ourmillions of colored brethren; we areslowly, with foresight and judgment,moving toward self-government. Thematerial profits to the mother countryare none the less for being indirect,thanks to the energy displayed by privateenterprise, encouraged as it is by thegovernment. Education seems to bethe watchword, but education above allto be led by judgment and going hand inhand with the maintenance of order.There is no doubt but that Asia isawakening. It would be shortsighted,self-destructive policy to close our eyesto this fact. The awakening has comespontaneously, especially in the lastdecade. We must lead it, not check it.We have a privileged condition of thingsin our colonies, especially in Java. InBritish India there seems to be a latenthostility between the white and thecolored races. A noted English author,H. Fielding Hall, lately observed in theAtlantic Monthly that the Indian in theBritish service is regarded as a traitor;with us, on the contrary, the ambition ofthe more educated among the natives isto become government officials. Theytake pride in speaking of our army, ournavy, our Queen, etc. The expansion isnot directed against the western suprem­acy, its aim is to lower the high wall thatseparates the East from the West, it tendstoward assimilation and association. Oflate years the native aristocracy and alsothe middle class seek to have their chil­dren educated on Western lines; theyeven send them to Holland and the stayHOW HOLLAND MANAGES HER COLONIESin Europe has in most cases proved bene­ficial. Some Javanese students havetaken high honors at Leyden University.In Java the number of native pupils atEuropean schools is increasing rapidly.The demand throughout for schools bothof higher and lower grade is more thanthe Government can satisfy. Privateschools are continually being established.Many natives want Dutch to take theplace of their own language at school be­cause of the inadequacy of their idiomsin regard to modern civilization. Expe­rience has proved the absolute necessity,in an aristocratic country like Java, toestablish separate schools for the childrenof the native chiefs. It is especially theJavanese aristocrat who craves for knowl­edge. Since 1880, we are gradually es­tablishing schools for preparing nativeofficials. Private schools are subsidizedwhen they fulfil certain conditions. Weare beginning to have technical schools,but need a great many more. A schoolof native law is attracting many pupils,and a special agricultural school fornatives, connected with the famousbotanical gardens of Buitenzorg, hasproved a great success. At Batavia wehave had for several years a school ofmedicine the standard of which comesvery near to that of our home univer­sities; the Javanese have a remarkableadaptability for medical science. Inother parts of our insular dominion, so­cieties are being started for promotion ofagricultural knowledge, etc.In 1908 a Y oung- Java League wasfounded by natives, under the name of"Budi Utomi," its aims being in noway political, but merely to further theintellectual and economic developmentof the native population. At its open­ing session, where many addresses weredelivered, by Javanese, in Dutch, therewas also a notable number of women.In connection, herewith I may statethat there is a feminist movement inJava, a movement among the daughtersof the Regents to educate and in everyway develop the native women. Ourgovernment encourages the creation ofgirls' schools, and in many cases, girlsattend the schools for boys. Alreadydaughters of Regents, who formerlymight not leave the palace precinctswithout a guard, are seen bicycling onthe highroads. Suffragette parades andhunger strikes are, I am happy to say,not yet discernible in the Javanesewoman's mind! 3IIOf late years we have understood thatmore decentralization was necessary,especially in the government of cities.By virtue of a law of 1905 the govern­ment is gradually granting more self­government to most of the Residenciesof Java, by making them juridic personswith, to a certain yet limited extent,their own finances, and the disposal ofcertain local taxes, the object being toleave local matters to be attended to bylocal bodies, consisting of Europeans andnatives, for both of these should be heardin provincial and municipal assemblies.The system is as yet in its initial stage.More financial independence has provedone of its necessary features.There is also a strong movement now infavor of separation of the finances of themother country and the colonies. Thereis little doubt but that this will be carriedout in the near future. On the whole weno longer regard our East Indies as pos­sessions. They form part of the realm,and a very important part, which shouldbe treated on lines of equality.There is one more point to which Iwish to draw your attention. In thePhilippines I believe you have not tocontend as we have in a great part of ourcolonies with that most conservative ele­ment, Mohammedanism, which was in­troduced in Java in the fifteenth, inSumatra as early as the fourteenth, cen­tury. What orientalists term the "Islamicsystem," the religious system that con­stituted itself three centuries afterMohammed's death, has now stood stillfor upwards of a thousand years. Thatsystem is not pliable, it is not adaptableto modern civilization; it cannot evolveto meet present conditions. This hasbeen clearly demonstrated by our greatOrientalist Snouck Hurgronje. Pan­islamism has not taken root in ourcolonies, nor is it likely to do so, for thespontaneous tendency of the native is toadopt our civilization, although adheringto the strictly religious side of Mohamme­danism. Christian missions do splendidwork in the East Indies, especially aseducators and instructors. Among theheathen there are numberless conver­sions, among the Mohammedans veryfew. Nor should we aim at that. Ourpurpose must be to free them from thosestringent features of the Islamic systemonly that prevent their general evolution.We must impart to them the Christianspirit of our civilization more than theChristian doctrine. In that line the312 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEeducation of the native woman will be agreat 'assistance to us. Uniformity ofculture will bring us more and moretogether. It is striking to see, evenamong the Mohammedan literati, num­bers of fathers who prefer to have theirsons educated in European schools thanin their antiquated Mohammedan schoolsand realize that in doing so they are notforsaking their religion. The govern­ment in no way prevents the natives fromgoing on pilgrimage to Mekka. On thecontrary we assist them and protect themagainst all possible vexation on the partof middlemen and steamship companies;our consul at Djeddah is speciallyintrusted with the protection of the eightto nine thousand pilgrims that yearly landat that port from Netherlands India.The Javanese aristocracy is on thewhole rather indifferent to religiousmatters; their tolerance is perhaps dueto the fact that for ages they have comein contact with people of differentreligions and races. So, for example, theChinese, who for centuries have been themiddlemen, especially in Java, and whomRaffles called the "life and soul ofcommerce." They were and are manu­facturers, traders, money lenders; theyare a very useful element both to us andto the natives, though not much liked bythe latter. The Chinese number some560,000, more than half of which are hiJava alone. We have been strict in re- gard to them, compelling them to live incertain city quarters, prohibiting themfrom trading in the interior, and forbid­ding them to travel without a special pass.Of late, however, our policy toward theChinese is growing more liberal; werecognize their usefulness and efficiency;we have commenced to subsidize theirschools.In the foregoing I have endeavored ina very superficial manner to outline toyou how Holland manages her colonies.I have spoken only of the East Indies andin particular of Java. I could havestarted with Surinam in South America,the colony which we exchanged in 1674with England, for, I regret to say, NewAmsterdam and New Netherland on theHudson River! I could have mentionedCuracao and its surrounding islets. ButI preferred limiting myself to that groupof tropical islands near to yours, so dear'to us that we give them our finest men,our best energies, that we, the apostles ofPeace, are ready to defend them, if needbe, with a fleet we are purposely enlargingand improving. For Holland of todayrealizes how dependent her reputationamong the civilized and civilizing nationsof the world is upon the uplift of thethirty-nine million natives who form thepopulation of that beautiful archipelago,so justly described by the author of MaxH .aoelaar as "a girdle of emerald swingingaround the Equator."THE UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE PRESIDENT'S CONVOCATION STATEMENTIExchange of professors with France.­The year now closing has been one ofmuch interest in the development of theUniversity in many ways. A few im­portant matters only are selected forpresentation today. An arrangementhas been made between the Departmentof Public Instruction and the Fine Artsof the French Republic, on the one hand,and the University of Chicago, on theother, whereby in alternate years a pro ..fessor from the University of Chicagowill give lectures in France and a pro­fessor from one of the universities ofFrance will give lectures in the Univer­sity of Chicago. This arrangement,officially ratified by the two authorita­tive bodies, will go into operation duringthe coming academic year, and can hardlyfail to lead to an increased knowledgeamong scholars in each country of thescholarship of the other.The Durrett Collection.-An importantacquisition made to the UniversityLibraries has been the purchase of theDurrett Collection, from Louisville,Kentucky. This collection, made dur­ing a long lifetime by Colonel ReubenT. Durrett, comprises some thirty orforty thousand bound volumes, perhapsan equal number of pamphlets, anda large number of important manu­scripts treating especially of the develop­ment of the Southwest and the OhioValley. It is especially rich in materialsrelating to Kentucky. There is also animportant collection of files of newspaperspreceding the Civil War. This acquisi­tion will be an important addition to theresources of the Department of History,especially in providing the means forresearch on the fields covered.Political Science scholarship.-Duringthe last four years, by the generosity ofof Mr. Harold H. Swift, of the class of19°7, the Department of Political Sciencehas given annually a prize of $200 to theundergraduate in the first year of hiscollege work who under certain condi­tions has passed the best examinations at the opening of the Spring Quarter onthe subject "Civil Government in theUnited States." This gift Mr. Swifthas renewed for the five years to come,consenting that the $200 should be di ..vided and given as a first prize of $150and a second prize of $50. This renewalof Mr. Swift's gift provides a distinctincentive toward interest in the studyof this important subject.Plans of the University with referenceto buildings .-At the June Convocationin 1912 the Harper Memorial Librarywas formally dedicated. This dedica­tion completed a building enterprisewhich had covered several years, and themagnitude of which we do not yet, per ..haps, fully realize. The Library costfor building and equipment a little over$800,000. This represents almost exactlythe cost of -the following buildings com ...bined: namely, the Bartlett Gymnasium,Hitchcock Hall, the Hutchinson Com­mons, the Mitchell Tower, the ReynoldsClub, and Leon Mandel Assembly Hall.Besides this the gift to the Universityfor the Library includes about $200,000for endowment, so that the building,equipment, and endowment combinedrepresent a cost to the University ofabout a million dollars.Attention has already been called tothe very important addition to the re­sources of the University in the com ...pletion within the year just closing of theaddition to Ryerson Physical Laboratory,and the reconstruction of the older partof that building. This work increasesthe resources of the Laboratory forresearch at least threefold, and provides,while not the largest, certainly one of thebest-equipped physical laboratories inour country. The cost of this additionand reconstruction was about $200,000,and was the gift of the president of ourBoard of Trustees, Mr. Martin A.Ryerson.At the meeting of the Board of Trus­tees on June 4, 1912, the following actionwas taken:1 Presented on the occasion of the Eighty-seventh Convocation of the University,held in Hutchinson Court, June 10, 1913.314 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE"The President was authorized toannounce at the approaching Convoca­tion the intention of the University tobegin within two years: ..."1. The building of a permanentwall around the Athletic Field and ofpermanent grand stands." 2. The erection of a building forGeology and Geography."3. The erection of a Women'sGymnasium."4. The erection of a building for theClassical Departments."In accordance with this action of theBoard announcement of the intentionwith regard to these four building planswas made at the Convocation held JuneII, 1912.Shortly after, the old grandstands onthe athletic field were condemned by thecity authorities, and it became impera­tive at once to proceed with the newgrandstand and with the wall around thefield. In order to do this it was neces­sary to take what was needed from thegeneral funds of the University whichcould be appropriated for this purpose.The cost of the improvement is approxi­mately $200,000, and besides providingfor the suitable conduct of such athleticcontests as may be held under the direc­tion of the department, at the same timeit converts a very unsightly spot in thequadrangles into one of its most beautifulplaces. Under the grandstand there isroom for a large extension of the resourcesfor various forms of physical culture anda thletic training. In this connection agift of about $10,000 from Mr. HaroldF. McCormick provides adequatelywithin this space for commodious racketcourts. In the remaining space therewill be opportunity for other develop­ment in similar lines.The cost of the remaining three build­ings was estimated at approximately$75°,000. The Board of Trustees wasunanimous in the feeling that no fundsfor buildings, unless under the spur ofimperative necessity, should be takenfrom the final gift of the Founder, andthat in every way it was far preferablethat provision should be made for thesepurposes by private beneficence. Ac­cordingly, before proceeding with theadoption of plans for the buildings it wasdecided to give opportunity for friendsof the University to make this provision.Meanwhile it seemed wise to the Boardthat in lieu of building for the women simply a gymnasium there should beunder one roof provision for the socialas well as for the physical needs of womenstudents.About midsummer an honored trusteeof the University, Mr. Julius Rosenwald,had a birthday, which I perhaps do notviolate any confidence in saying involvedhis semi-centennial celebration. Thiscelebration on Mr. Rosenwald's parttook the characteristic form of variousgifts for purposes which commendedthemselves to his judgment. Amongthese was a conditional gift to the Uni­versity of $250,000 toward the buildingfund. This fund was not designated forany particular building, but might at thediscretion of the Board of Trustees. beapplied on anyone of the three buildingsor on all of the three, as circumstancesmight warrant. Thus a very encoura­ging beginning toward securing the fundwas owing to the great generosity ofMr. Rosenwald.The bequest of the late Mrs. HiramKelly, now amounting to a little over$200,000 and intended for a building, wasthen designated toward the building fundwith the approval of Mr. Rosenwald.This brought the fund up to $45°,000.I now announce the completion of thefund by the gift to the University of$300,000 for a Women's Building, by aneminent citizen of Chicago, Mr. La VerneNoyes. I am sure that it will interestall at the Convocation if I read the letterof gift from Mr. Noyes and the resolu­tions adopted by the Board of Trustees.LETTER FROM MR. LA VERNE NOYES TOTHE PREsrpENT OF THE UNIVERSITY[copy] cc 1450 LAKE SHORE DRIVECHICAGO, May 31, 1913"Dr. Harry Pratt Judson,President University of Chicago58th Street and Ellis A venue, ChicagoDEAR SIR: Pursuant to our conversa­tion, I write to say that I will pay to theUniversity of Chicago, in instalments ashereinafter mentioned, a total sum ofThree Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3°0,-000.00) for the construction, on a siteto be agreed upon, on the campus of theUniversity of Chicago, in this city, of abuilding to be used as a social center andgymnasium for the women of the Uni­versity. It is understood that this build­ing is to be a memorial to my deceasedLA VERNE NOYESGU!\IPSES OF THE SPRING CONVOCATIO::-.JTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEwife, Ida E. S. Noyes, and is to be knownas the' Ida Noyes Hall.' . . . ."The character and plans of thebuilding and the construction of it I shallleave to the discretion of the Trustees ofthe University, but I shall be glad toco-operate with them in any way thatseems desirable.Yours very truly,[Signed] LAVERNE NOYESACTION BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESJUNE 4, 1913"Resolved, That the letter of Mr. LaVerne Noyes dated May 31, 1913, andaddressed to the President of the Uni­versity, be spread on the minutes."Resolved, That his gift of $300,000for a women's building to be erected in thequadrangles of the University be acceptedunder the conditions and for the purposescontained in the letter aforesaid."Resolved, That the thanks of theBoard of Trustees of the University ofChicago are extended to Mr . Noyes forthis splendid benefaction to the cause ofeducation and especially to the welfareof the women students of the University."Resolved, [urther, That the Board,while deeply appreciating the magnitudeof the gift, feels especially gratified thatthere is to be commemorated in thequadrangles of the University the nameof a gracious and gifted woman whoserare qualities are well worthy of admir­ation and of emulation by successivegenerations of our young women."Finally, it is the confident expecta­tion of the Board that the Ida Noyes Hallwill be an important addition to theUniversity quadrangles, not only as initself a stately structure, but as affordingopportunities for great service in manyways to countless students in the longages to come."The President of the University isinstructed to convey this action of theBoard to Mr. Noyes."The building fund being completed,the Board of Trustees has instructed itsCommittee on Buildings and Grounds toproceed at an early date with the plansfor the three buildings.I repeat that on June 4, 1912, theBoard of Trustees authorized the Presi­dent to announce at the then ensuingConvocation the intention of the Uni­versity to begin within two years:"1. The' building of a permanent wall around Marshall Field and of per-manent grand stands.." 2. The erection of a building forGeology and Geography."3. The erection of a 'Women's Gym­nasium."4. The erection of a building forthe Classical Departments."I now announce that at a meeting ofthe Board of Trustees held on June 4,1913, the following action was taken:'''The President was authorized toannounce at the approaching Convo­cation the intention of the University tobegin within two years:" I. The erection of a building for theDepartments of the Modern Languagesand Literatures, to be placed immedi­ately adjoining the Harper MemorialLibrary on the west." 2. The erection of a building for theUniversity High School in the quad­rangles of the School of Education." 3. The erection of a building as astudents' observatory for the Depart­ment of Astronomy."Buildings and their general relation tocurrent expenditures. -I t often is wise inthe history of any institution of learn­ing to defer the erection of buildings inorder to provide adequately for salariesand other current expenses. The matterof providing suitably for the faculty andfor such expenditures as make it possiblefor the faculty to do their work properlyis undoubtedly of first importance. It isalso true, however, that proper buildingsare an important means by which afaculty can better carryon their activi­ties. The matter of buildings now pro­vided has been for years pressing. Thematter of buildings yet to be provided isequally pressing. The University willnot be in proper shape to do what itought to do, in other words, until on allsides it is adequately housed. At thesame time, the provision for buildinghas not subordinated provision for otherneeds of the University. This is per­haps sufficiently indicated by the factthat in the fiscal year 1905-6, in which thefirst steps were taken toward the erectionof the Harper Memorial Library, thetotal budget expenditures were $1,198,-104; budget expenditures provided forthe fiscal year 1913-14 are $1,617,330.This is an increase of approximately 41per cent. The proper balance betweenplant and its cost: on the one hand, andcurrent expenses, including proper pro-THE UNIVERSITY RECORDvision for salaries and research, on theother hand, will be maintained by theUniversity endowment.T he Eighty-seventh Convocation.-Fivehundred and sixty-four degrees and certi­ficates were conferred at the Eighty­seventh Convocation of the Universityheld in Hutchinson Court on June 10.Of those receiving degrees, one hundredeighty-two were men and one hundredand seventy-seven were women. Twohundred and forty-three Bachelors ofArts, Philosophy, or Science were gradu­ated. Of those who received the higherdegrees, seventy were Masters, twenty­three Doctors of Law, and twenty-threeDoctors of Philosophy. Of the lastmentioned, three were women. Amongthe students graduating at this Convoca­tion were five from the families of Facultymembers, and foreign countries wererepresented by one Armenian, one China­man, and three Japanese.The Convocation Orator was HisExcellency Doctor Jonkheer John Loudonminister plenipotentiary and envoyextraordinary of the Netherlands to theUnited States, the subject of whoseaddress was "How Holland ManagesHer Colonies." Following the addressthe honorary degree of Doctor of Lawswas conferred on His Excellency. Doc­tor Loudon, who was educated at theUniversity of Leyden, entered the dip­lomatic service of the Netherlands in1891. In 1905 he was envoy extraordi­nary and minister plenipotentiary toJapan, and since 1908 he has served inthe same capacity to the United Statesand to the Republic of Mexico. DoctorLoudon was the guest of honor at theConvocation reception in HutchinsonHall on the evening of June 9, andreceived with President Harry PrattJudson and Mrs. Judson.The Convocation Preacher on June8 was Professor Charles RichmondHenderson, Head of the Department ofPractical Sociology in the University,who recently gave the Barrows Lecturesin the Orient.T he Orator for the Autumn Convocation.-John Holladay Latane, professor ofhistory in Washington and Lee University,Virginia, will be the Convocation oratorat the close of the Summer Quarter onAugust 29. Professor Latane will givetwo courses at Chicago during the second term of the Summer Quarter, the firstbeing on "The Growth of the UnitedStates as a World-Power," and thesecond on the "Diplomacy of the CivilWar Period." Dr. Latane is a graduateof Johns Hopkins University, from whichhe received his Doctor's degree in 1895.He is associate editor of the AmericanPolitical Science Review, a member ofthe American Society of the InternationalLaw, and. the author of DiplomaticRelations of the United States and SpanishAmerica, and of America as a WorldPower.Registrations for the Summer Quarter.-The total registration for the SummerQuarter at the University on July 5was 3,149 students, of whom 1,572 weremen and 1,577 were women. The totalregistration a year ago on the same datewas 3,053. For this quarter the regis­tration in the Graduate Schools of Arts,Literature, and Science is 1,063; in theColleges, 1,025; in the Divinity School180; in the Courses in Medicine 96; inthe Law School 132; and in the Collegeof Education 754. The total in theProfessional Schools is 1,162 as comparedwith 1,014 a year ago.New appointments and promotions.­Among the appointments recently madeby the University Board of Trusteesis that of Tom Peete Cross, Ph.D., asAssociate Professor of English and Celticin the Department of English. Pro­fessor Cross comes from the Universityof North Carolina, where for the pastyear he has been professor of English.He was formerly instructor in Englishat Harvard University and has receivedfrom that institution the degrees of A.M.and Ph.D. Another recent appointmentis that of Herman Campbell Stevens toan associate professorship of Educationin the School of Education. Promotionsrecently announced include those ofGilbert Ames Bliss and Herbert EllsworthSlaught to professorships in Mathematics;Elizabeth Wallace to an associate pro­fessorship in Romance; George CarterHowland to an associate professorship inthe History of Literature; and DudleyBillings Reed to an associate professor­ship in Physical Culture.The new Secretary of the Board ofTrustees.-At the annual meeting of theBoard of Trustees of the University held3IB THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEJune 24, Mr. J. Spencer Dickerson,Litt.D., was elected its secretary, suc­ceeding Dr. T. W. Goodspeed, retired.Mr. Dickerson has been a trustee of theUniversity for several years. He hasbeen connected with The Standard, ofChicago, the leading Baptist newspaperin the United States, for many years,and at present is its senior editor. Whileassuming his new duties as secretary atthe University, he still continues hisrelationship to The Standard, and willgive general editorial supervision to thework. Rev. Clifton D. Gray (Ph.D.,of the University of Chicago, 'or), isthe efficient associate editor of TheStandard.An ecological conference at the Uni­versity.--An important Ecological Con­ference was held this month at the Uni­versity, the following series of illustratedlectures on "The Relation of Plants andAnimals to Environment" being givenin Kent Theater beginning July r6, whenAssociate Professor Henry C. Cowles, ofthe Department of Botany, spoke on"Principles and Problems of Ecology asIllustrated by Plants." On July r8 Dr.Victor E. Shelford, of the Departmentof Zoology, discussed " Principles andProblems of Ecology as Illustrated byAnimals." Lecturers in the conferencefrom other institutions included ArthurG. Tansley, of Cambridge University,who spoke on "British Landscapes";Professor Carl Schroter, of the Universityof Zurich, whose lecture on "The LakeDwellings and Lake Dwellers of AncientSwitzerland" was given in Leon MandelAssembly Hall; Professor Stephen A.Forbes, of the University of Illinois,whose subject was "Fish and TheirEcological Relations"; and ProfessorWilliam M. Wheeler, of Harvard Uni­versity, who discussed in two lectures"The Habits of Ants."A new editorship for a Chicago man.­Professor Robert R. Bensley, of theDepartment of Anatomy, has just beenmade one of the editors of the Inter­nationale M onatsschrift fur A natomie undPhysiologie, published in Leipzig. Thisis one of the leading anatomical journalsof the world and is noted particularly forits remarkable illustrations in color.The appointment of an American editoris expected to have a marked effect inwidening the constituency of the journal in this country. The American agency isin the hands of the University of ChicagoPress.Visit to the University of the Inter­national Peace delegates.-Eighteen dele­gates to the International Peace Con­ference to consider plans for the celebra­tion of the hundredth anniversary of theTreaty of Ghent visited the Universityon May r6. At the meeting in LeonMandel Assembly Hall, President HarryPratt Judson, who had attended the con­ference of peace delegates in New York,presided and gave the address of welcome,and Sir Arthur Lawley, former lieutenantgovernor of the Transvaal and governorof Madras; Mr. T. Kennard Thompson,president of the Canadian Club of NewYork: and Dr. E. R. L. Gould, formerlyof the University of Chicago, madeaddresses. The hall was filled with anenthusiastic audience of students.New officers of Sigma Xi.-Pro­fessor Robert Andrews Millikan, of theDepartment of Physics, who recentlyreceived the Comstock prize from theNational Academy of Sciences for re­searches in electricity and magnetism,was elected on May 23 president of thelocal chapter of Sigma Xi. AssociateProfessor Henry C. Cowles, of theDepartment of Botany, was elected vice­president of the chapter, and Dr. RollinT. Chamberlin, of the Department ofGeology, secretary.Acquisitionsfor the Walker Museum.­For several years the Department ofPaleontology has been concentrating itsefforts on the Permian deposits foundin several of the western and southwesternstates. These deposits are probably themost difficult to work in of all the verte­brate-bearing strata, but they are un­doubtedly the most interesting, for inthem are found peculiar amphibians andreptiles of primitive structure that comeclose to the beginnings of vertebrate air­breathing life. Mr. Paul C. Miller andMr. M. G. Mehl have just returned froma two months' expedition in the Red Bedsof Texas, the fourth expedition into thatregion by the University of Chicagopaleon tological department. Each yearhas added much material new to science,so that the Walker Museum now possessesthe largest and most valuable collection ofPermian vertebrates in the United States.THE U.NIVERSITY RECORDThe cases contain many complete skele­tons and skulls of these early animals,skilfully prepared and mounted, andmany of these will probably never beduplicated by any other museum in theworld. The material collected by thelast expedition has not yet been preparedbut it is quite certain that some newforms will be made known to science, anda large amount of duplicate material willalso be added to the Museum's collec­tions.Award of prize scholarships.-As theresult of the scholarship prize examina­tions held at the University in which 312students from the Senior classes of co­operating high schools took part, nineUniversity scholarships for next yearhave been assigned to the successful con­testants. The value of each scholar­ship is $120. Representatives fromeighteen schools in Chicago and thirty­three outside of the city took part inthe examinations, which included thosein Latin, physics, English, history,German, mathematics, Romance, read­ing, and effective speaking. In additionto the winners of scholarships, twenty­eight students received honorable men­tion for their meritorious work in theexaminations.The University Orchestral Association.-For the season of 1913- 14 the Uni­versity Orchestral Association has ar­ranged a series of nine concerts in theLeon Mandel Assembly Hall-s-six by theChicago Sympliony Orchestra underthe direction of Frederick A. Stock, andthree special artist recitals by Mme.Julia Culp, soprano of the MetropolitanOpera Company; Mr. Leo Slezak, tenorof the Metropolitan Opera Company;and Mr. and Mrs. David Mannes, whowill give their famous interpretationof sonatas on piano and violin. Theprices for the season to students willremain at the remarkably low rate ofthe past season, ranging from $2.25 to$6 . 25 for the whole series.Prize contests in Public SPeaking andArtistic Reading.-The Julius RosenwaldPublic Speaking contest and also theFlorence James Adams contest in ArtisticReading were held in the Leon MandelAssembly Hall on the evening of June 3.Five men had been chosen to speak in thefirst contest, and four women and one man to read in the second. The firstand second prizes in the first contest,$100 and $50, were won respectively byMr. George Jinji Kasai and Mr. WilburAlbert Hamman; and in the second con­test the winners of the $75 and $25 prizeswere respectively Miss Beryl Vina Gilbertand Miss Mona Quayle. The Milo P.Jewett prize of fifty dollars for excellencein Bible reading was won by Mr. DonaldTillinghast Grey.Recent accessions to the Univer�ityLibrary.-In addition to the recentacquisition of the Durrett Historical Col­lection of Louisville, Ky., which con­tains over 30,000 volumes and an equalnumber of pamphlets, as well as a greatmass of rare and important manuscriptstreating of the earlier development ofthe Southwest and the Ohio Valley,the University added to the resourcesof the Harper Memorial Library duringthe Autumn and Winter quarters II,222volumes.Professor William Gardner Hale,Head of the Department of Latin, andDirector Newman Miller, of the U niver­sity Press, attended this month the ses­sions of the National Education Associa­tion in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pro­fessor Hale, as chairman of the specialCommittee of Fifteen on GrammaticalNomenclature, presented the report of thecommittee, which has been engaged fortwo years in the preparation of its recom­mendations.Professor Robert Andrews Millikan,of the Department of Physics, receivedfrom Northwestern University at itscommencement in June the honorarydegree of Doctor of Science.Samuel Wendell Williston, of theDepartment of Paleontology, receivedfrom Yale University at its commence­ment on June 18 the honorary degree ofDoctor of Science. Professor Willistonhas also received from Yale the degreesof M.D. and Ph.D., and for four yearswas professor of anatomy at the sameinstitution. He is the author of a recentbook on American Permian Vertebratespublished by the University of ChicagoPress.Charles Hubbard Judd, Director ofthe School of Education, was given thehonorary degree of Doctor of Laws byWesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.,320 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEat its commencement on June 18. Pro­fessor Judd is a graduate of that institu­tion and for two years was an instructorin its department of philosophy. Dr.Judd has just been appointed one of theAmerican delegates to the InternationalConference on Education to be held atThe Hague in September.Professor Paul Shorey, Head of theDepartment of Greek, was the Phi BetaKappa orator at the recent commence­ment of the University of Missouri, andalso received the honorary degree ofDoctor of Laws from that institution.Dr. Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed,who has been connected with the Uni­versity since its founding, as Secretaryof its Board of Trustees, was given thehonorary degree of Doctor of Laws bythe University of Rochester at its recentcommencement. This occasion was thefiftieth anniversary of Dr. Goodspeed'sgraduation from that institution. Dr.Goodspeed received the honorary degreeof Doctor of Divinity from the old Uni­versity of Chicago in 1885.Lorado Taft, Professorial Lectureron the History of Art, received the degreeof Doctor of Humane Letters fromNorthwestern University at its recentcommencemen t.Professor Ira Maurice Price, of theDepartment of Semitics, was sent toLondon as a delegate to the Conference,on July 4 and 5, of the American andBritish sections of the InternationalSunday School Lesson Committee, ofwhich he is the secretary. He was alsoa delegate to the seventh World'sSunday School Convention in Zurich,Switzerland, July 8 to IS. In Augustand part of September Professor Pricewill be occupied in Leipzig seeing throughthe press the second part of his GreatCylinder Inscriptions A and B of Gudea,King in Logash, 2450 B.C. He willreturn to his regular work in the U niver­sity at the opening of the AutumnQuarter.Professor Charles Richmond Hender­son, Head of the Department of PracticalSociology, was elected president of theUnited Charities of Chicago at a recentmeeting of the board of directors.Among the directors are Julius Rosen­wald, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, and Dr.Henry B. Favill. The organizationcollected last year $271,000 at a cost ofless than 2 per cent, and 76 per cent of therevenues went for "direct assistance. Dean Shailer Mathews, of theDivinity School, was a speaker at therecent American Peate Congress in St.Louis, the subject of his address being"Christianity and World-Peace." Dr.Mathews has also been giving addressesin the East, among the institutions atwhich he spoke, being Ogontz, the Uni­versity of Pennsylvania, and Bryn Mawr.Professor Forest Ray Moulton, ofthe Department of Astronomy andAstrophysics, has recently been notifiedof his election by the council as a corre­sponding member of the British Associa­tion for the Advancement of Science.Between Eras: From Capitalism to De­mocracy is the title of a new book by AlbionWoodbury Small, Head of the Depart ...ment of Sociology and Anthropology.The volume, of four hundred pages, hasamong its chapter headings the follow­ing: "The Problem," "The Mediator,""The Philanthropist," "The Safe andSane" "The Insurgent" "The Uncon­vinc�d" "The Moralist" "The Rene­gade "',, The Sentimentalist" "The Soci­ologi�t," "The Illusion of' Capitalism,""The Fallacy of Distribution," "TheSuperstition of Property," "The Degen­erate," and "The Broader Democracy."A new book by Dean James ParkerHall, of the Law School, is to be issuedshortly under the title of Cases on Consti­tutional Law. The volume, of aboutI ,400 pages, includes notes by theauthor.The University of Chicago Press an­nounces that the authors of the Outlinesof Economics Developed in a Series ofProblems-Professor Leon C. Marshalland Associate Professors Chester W.Wright and James A. Field+-will publishin September a source book of selectedreadings and illustrative material whichthey have assembled for the use of theirclasses in elementary economics. Thebook will contain expository passagesadapted from standard writings oneconomics, but its distinctive feature willbe found in an abundance of source­material, tables, charts, diagrams, etc.,chosen to illustrate contemporary eco­nomic phenomena and the principlesunderlying them. There will be briefexplanatory notes to guide the studentin the interpretation of the material.Associate Professor Dudley B. Reed,of the Department of Physical Culture,was elected president of the MiddleTHE UNIVERSITY RECORDWest Society of Physical Education andHygiene at the recent conference of thesociety held at the University. DirectorCharles H. Judd, of the School of Educa­tion, was chairman of the executivecommittee of the conference, which pre­sented resolutions calling for a permanentcommittee on standards for the trainingof physical educators. >Professor Gerald Birney Smith, of theDepartment of Systematic Theology, isthe author of a new book issued by theMacmillan Company under the title ofSocial Idealism and the Changing Theol­ogy. The book contains the NathanielWilliam Taylor Lectures delivered beforethe Yale Divinity School in 1912.Announcement was recently made ofthe joint award to Dr. George L. Kiteand Mr. Esmond R. Long, graduatestudents in the Department of Pathologyand Bacteriology, of the Howard TaylorRicketts prize of $250 for originalresearch in that department. The prizewas established by the widow of Dr.Ricketts, who died in the City of Mexicofrom typhus fever contracted whilestudying the disease.Assistant Professor George Breed Zug,of the Department of the History of Art,has been appointed assistant professorof modern art in Dartmouth College, hisappointment to begin in September.Mr. Zug, who is a graduate of Amherst,was for five years Instructor in theHistory of Art at Chicago, and in 1908was made an Assistant Professor.The Senior class that graduated fromthe University on June 10 voted topresent to the University as their classgift a bronze miniature of the campus.This is to be mounted on a stone pedestaland placed on the lawn in front of CobbLecture Hall.Announcement is made by the trus­tees of the University that the offices ofthe University Examiner and the Uni­versity Recorder have been consolidatedand Mr. Walter A. Payne has beenappointed to the combined positions.Mr. Payne has been the UniversityExaminer and also Dean of UniversityCollege. He is succeeded in the latterposition by. Associate Professor Otis W.Caldwell, of the School of Education.Associate Professor Allan Hoben, ofthe Department of Practical Theology,was the University Preacher on July 20,and on July 27 Bishop William FraserMcDowell, of the Methodist Episcopal church. During the month of AugustProfessor Gerald Birney Smith, of theDepartment of Systematic Theology,Dr. William Byron Forbusch, of Detroit,Mich., Dr. Howard Agnew Johnson, ofStamford, Conn., and Professor CharlesR. Henderson, Head of the Departmentof Practical Sociology, will be thepreachers. The last mentioned, who wasthis year the Barrows Lecturer in India,will be the speaker on ConvocationSunday, August 24.Percy Holmes Boynton, AssistantProfessor in the Department of English,is the author of a new volume on Lon­don in English Literature, published bythe University of Chicago Press. Thebook, of 350 pages, has four maps andforty-three other illustrations. Thechapters deal with ten consecutive periods,characterized in turn by the work and spiritof Chaucer, Shakspere, Milton, Dryden,Addison, Johnson, Lamb, Dickens, andby the qualities of Victorian and contem­porary London."University Night" was marked onJuly 18 by a program in Leon MandelAssembly Hall which included "TheHistory of the University in PictureTalks and Songs," by Associate Pro­fessor Francis W. Shepardson, of theDepartment of History, and AssistantProfessor David A. Robertson, of theDepartment of English. The music forthe evening was furnished by the Uni­versity Glee Club, and the UniversityBand under the leadership of AssistantProfessor Fredric M. Blanchard, the reg­ular conductor.The Board of Trustees has abolishedthe position of Registrar in the Univer­sity. The duties formerly attached tothat office will be administered by thecashier, Mr. John F. Moulds. Mr.Moulds's office is in the Press Building.To him may be referred all questionswhich have been referred in the past tothe Registrar. Mr. Moulds is a graduateof the University, class of 1907.At the Eighty-seventh Convocationof the University on June 10, four stu­dents were elected as members of SigmaXi on nomination of the Departmentsof Science for evidence of ability in re­search work in science. Twenty-fourstudents were elected to membership inPhi Beta Kappa on nomination by theUniversity for especial distinction ingeneral scholarship. Of these, nineteenwere women •.322 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINERecent contributions by the membersof the Faculties to the journals publishedby the University of Chicago Press:Burton, Professor Ernest D. (withA. K. Parker) : "The Expansion ofChristianity in the Twentieth Century,"IV, Biblical World, May; V, ibid., June.Butler, Professor Nathaniel: "Reportof the Twenty-fifth Educational Con­ference of the Secondary Schools inRelations with the University ofChicago," School Review, June.Crocker, Assistant Professor William(with L. 1. Knight): "Toxicity ofSmoke" (Contributions from the HullBotanical Laboratory 171) (with fourfigures), Botanical Gazette, May.Fuller, George D. : "Reproductionby Layering in the Black Spruce"(Contributions from the Hull BotanicalLaboratory 173) (with six figures),Botanical Gazette, June.Gale, Associate Professor Henry G.(with W. S. Adams): "On the Pressure­Shift of Iron Lines," AstrophysicalJ ournal, June.Hale, Professor William G. : "TheClassification of Sentences and Clauses,"School Review, June.Jenkins, Professor T. Atkinson:"French Etymologies," Modern Philology,April.Knight, Lee I. (with WilliamCrocker): "Toxicity of Smoke." (Con­tributions from the Hull Botanical Labor­atory 171) (with four figures), BotanicalGazette, May.Land, Assistant Professor W. J. G.:"Vegetative Reproduction in an Ephe­dra" (with five figures), BotanicalGazette, June.Mathews, Professor Shailer: "TheSufficiency of the Gospel for the Salva­tion of Society," Biblical World, May;"The Struggle between the Natural andSpiritual Orders as Described in theGospel of John," I, ibid., July. Recent commencement addresses bymembers of the Faculties include:Atwood, Associate Professor WallaceW.: Chicago, Farragut School, June 27.Boynton, Assistant Professor PercyH.: Mt. Morris, Ill., College, May 30;Rochelle, Ill., June 5; Crystal Lake, Ill.,June 6; Indianapolis, Ind., J une I I ;Aurora, Ill., East High School, June 19;Muskegon, Mich., June 26.Butler, Professor Nathaniel: Carroll,Iowa, May 2I; Coffeyville, Kan.,May 26; Paris, Ill., May 29; Harris­burg, Ill., May 30; William and VashtiCollege, Aledo, Ill., June s.Caldwell. Associate Professor Otis W.:Bunker Hill: Ind., May 9; Wilmington,Ill., May 27; Huntington, Ind., May 2S;Renssalaer, Ind., May 29; Oxford, Ohio,June 6; Watseka, Ill., June 13; HighlandPark, Ill., June IS.Henderson, Professor Charles R. :Chicago School of Civics and Philan­thropy, June 6..Hoben, Associate Professor Allan:Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., June 5.Judd, Professor Charles H.: Moline,Ill., May 29; Plymouth, Ind., June 3;La Salle, Ill., June II; Dundee, Ill.,June 12; Terre Haute, Ind., NormalSchool, June 13; Harvey, Ill., June 26.MacClintock, Professor William D.:Columbia, Mo., May �S; Cincinnati,Ohio, June 4; Marquette, Mich., June 18:Gwinn, Mich., June �9.Mathews, Professor Shailer: OhioState University, May 26; Ottawa, Ill.,June 4; Marshalltown, Iowa, June 13;Mt. Pleasant, � Mich., State NormalSchool, June 25.Miller, Professor Frank J.: GrandRapids, Wis.; Lowell, Mass; Marseilles,Ill.Sargent, . Professor Walter: OxfordCollege for Women, June IS.Small, Professor Albion W.: MichiganState Normal School, June 25.FROM THE LETTER-BOXTo the Editor:At the meeting of the executive com­mittee of the Chicago Alumnae Club ofthe University of Chicago held Friday,June 20, 19I3, a motion was passed di­recting the president of the club to requestthe Magazine's editor to publish thefollowing communication to the alumni.ETHEL R. McDow�LLPresident, Chicago Alumnae Club,University of ChicagoA STATEMENT TO ALUMNAE AND ALUMNI"In order if possible to explain some­what the confusion which seems still toexist in regard to the women's reunionand supper at the University on AlumniDay of this year, and particularly inregard to the connection with the matterof the Chicago Alumnae Club, this clubwishes to submit the report of its com­mittee on Arrangements, which was readat that supper:'As the card which the ChicagoAlumnae Club has sent out indicates,it considers the invitations to the AlumniDinner inexcusably late. Since the localclub seems to be considered responsbileto some extent for the supper for all ofthe women of the general Alumni Asso­ciation, we, the Committee on Arrange­ments from this local club, wish to statewhat we have done and what has beenour relation with the general association.'The president of this club is exofficio a member of the Alumni Council;the president of the general AlumniAssociation, who is now Dr. Hamill, isex officio president of the Alumni Council.This Alumni Council is the body respon­sible for the arrangements for Alumni Dayand this year it gave the matter into thecharge of the general association. TheChicago Alumnae Club received no com­munication whatever from the AlumniCouncilor from the general association.But because there had been some dis­cussion and there was a rumor aboutthat the supper of the local club was tocoincide with a segregated dinner for allof the women of the general association,and because the local club thought thatsuch a joint meeting would be pleasant for it, we sought to co-operate with thegeneral association, to learn exactly whatarrangments had been made, and tomake the notices of the local club corre­spond with those which had probablybeen planned for the general association.Then we discovered that no plans werebeing made to send any notices to anywomen, except such as the local clubmight itself be planning to send. Thatprovided of course for only the membersof the the local women's club. The planswhich we found were further for a stagdinner and for a vaudeville for menand women. Circulars announcing thesetwo events for Alumni Day were to besent to the men graduates of the Uni­versity, entirely omitting and ignoringthe women graduates. A charge was tobe made for the vaudeville in order to payfor the cost of these circulars. Duringthe week ending May 24, we had a num­ber of conferences and individually andas members of the general associationinsisted that in the plans for Alumni Daythe women should receive equal atten­tion with the men. Finally on May 23,Dr. Hamill on behalf of the general asso­ciation agreed to send out a woman'sletter to be drafted by us, as broadly asthe men's letter was. to go; to take careof the list of the Chicago Alumnae Club;and to have the letters mailed by Thurs­day, May 29. A draft of the women'sletter was finally sent, was delivered onthe morning of May 24 to Mr. Dille,who had charge of the circularizing workfor the general association. By Monday,June 2, the letters had not been received,and on Monday and Tuesday we triedto get information from Mr. Dille. OnTuesday, admitting that the letters hadnot yet been sent, he said that he wouldnot be "nagged" any more, that the" girls" had made the trouble and wouldhave to stand for it; and seemed to hangup his telephone when asked what househad charge of the matter for the asso­ciation. But in the evening of thatday, Dr. Hamill reported to the Councilthat he had been told that the letterswere all mailed at 4 o'clock that after­noon. This committee has not soughtto check up the time of the receipt ofTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEthose letters. You can only each of youknow whether you got your letter at alland when; and whether you receivedanything more than the postal cardwhich was sent out by the, local clubwhen it was seen how desperately latethe letters of the general association weresurely going to be.'It is now agreed that the moneyderived from the vaudeville (after payingthe expenses of the vaudeville) shall beapplied equally to the men's and thewomen's expenses, and that the surplus,if any, be preserved as a fund for nextyear's Alumni Day.'Further, this committee has severaltimes had its attention called somewhatforcefully to the fact that among the graduates of the University are men andwomen who would like to have theirwives and husbands join them in theiralumni suppers. It therefore respect­fully suggests and recommends thatthere be planned and provided for nextyear in addition to the stag dinner formen only, another dinner, where wivesand husbands may come.ETHEL R. McDOWELLISABEL JARVISFLORENCE G . FANNINGBeing the Committee on Arrangementsfor Alumni Day appointed by theChicago Alumnae Club of the U ni­versity of Chicago.' "ALUMNI AFFAIRSReport of the Secreta1"Y.- The vote thisyear for officers of the College AlumniAssociation was as follows:For President.-Agnes Wayman, '03. . .. . 226Franklin Egbert Vaughan, '98. 224For First Vice-President.-Frederick A. Smith, '66. . . 246Frank A. Helmer, '78. . . . . . 153For Second Vice-President.-Mrs. Warren Gorrell, '98. . 2 I 2(Demia Butler)Mrs. Ernest Stevens, '05. . . 194(Elizabeth Street)For Third Vice-President.-William P. MacCracken, '09. 236Norman Anderson, '99 122Moses Dwight Mcl ntyre.tox. 73Por Secretary r-:Frank W. Dignan, '97. .. 422For Members of the Executive Com­mittee (T hreeiMrs. Charles S. Eaton, '00. 266(Davida Harper)Helen T. Sunny, '08.. . 241Harold H. Swift, '07 213George G. Davis, '02. 173Kellogg Speed, '01. . 132Marcus A. Hirschl, '10 . II2Rufus Maynard Reed, '99 80Victor J. W'est, '0S 71Roy D. Keehn, '02. . 41The Secretary takes pleasure in report-ing that the interest of the alumni ingeneral, as evidenced by correspondenceand subscriptions, was never so pro­nounced as at present. The member­ships, or more properly speaking, thesubscriptions to the Magazine, nownumber 1,500, but to this should beadded a considerable proportion of the760 who have ordered the Magazine andDirectory in combination, subscriptionsto begin with next October, so that weare now in touch with approximately2,000 alumni.The orders for the Directory have sur­passed all expectations. An estimate ofthe probable sales placed the outer limitat 1,400, but at this time, four monthsbefore its appearance, we have received908 paid orders and 760 for payment on delivery, making a total of 1,668 orders.It is probable that the eventual saleswill greatly exceed 2,000 copies, neces­sitating a much larger edition than wascontemplated.Even more gratifying than this is thetone of the letters which come to theoffice. The efforts of the present officeforce have reduced to a minimum theerrors in the keeping of records and thesending-out of the M agazine, whichformerly brought constant complaints,and the letters now show a degree ofrespect and confidence that promiseswell for the future of the Council.The Secretary is now negotiating withthe administration of the University forthe renewal of the present contract.In general the plan of arrangement willbe similar to that of last year. ,The Secretary hopes that, with thecompletion of the Directory in the fall,the office will be able to devote its energiesto the building-up of.. the local clubs andthe many genera] activities for whichthis year its hands have been too full.The possibilities before us are' infinite;our powers are limited; but with theconstantly increasing support of thealumni, it is hoped that the scope of thework may increase from year to year.FRANK 'V". DIGNAN, SecretaryChicago Alumnae Club.-At the annualmeeting, held April 5� in the Ivory Roomat Mandel Brothers, the following officerswere elected: President, Ethel Remick(Mrs. Irvin) McDowell; Secretary,Florence G. Fanning; Directors at Large,Marion Fairman, Elizabeth Robertson.The following officers hold over until1914: Vice-President, Josephine Allin;Treasurer, Elizabeth Harris.The following chairmen of standingcommittees have been appointed: Mem­bership, Isabel Jarvis; Library, Mar­guerite Swawite; Press, Hazel Stillman;Member Board of Directors of U ni­versity of Chicago Settlement, Mrs.Irvin McDowell; Members of CollegiateBureau of Occupations, Shirley Farr,Alice Greenacre.At the meeting held May 17, at theSchool of Domestic Arts and Science �THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGQ MAGAZINEMiss Alice Greenacre, who was thegeneral chairman of the" Spring Revels,"which was given April 12, at the WhitneyOpera House, by the Alumnae Club,reported that $1,178.90 were realizedfrom " Spring Revels." The expenseswere $541.24, so that the club made atotal profit of over $600.As has been the custom of the club inthe past, it voted to give Miss LouiseMontgomery $500 to continue her workat the University of Chicago Settlement,where she is doing a very needful workas vocational guide to the girls.The club also voted to give $253.40to the Collegiate Bureau of Occupations,making its total contribution $300, asit already had given $46.60.Eastern Alumni Association.-The an­nual dinner of the association was heldat the Park Avenue Hotel in New YorkCity. Dr. E. E. Slosson, president ofthe association, was toastmaster. Thechief speaker was President Judson,who discussed the policies of the Uni­versity, particularly its effort to shortenthe period of preparation for collegiateand professional training. Comment onthis and other University policies wasgiven by Dr. J. Franklin Brown, of theeducational department of the Mac­millan Company, and by Professor WalterH. Bingham, of the department ofphilosophy at Dartmouth. Miss A.Evelyn Newman gave an interestingaccount of the movement to provideattractive boarding-places for the youngwomen who are studying art and musicin New York. The movement finds itscenter in the Studio Club of 35 E. 62d St.". A novel and highly enjoyable featureof the evening was the impersonationsgiven by a friend of Mr. Milton ].Davies. Mr. Davies, who has beenuntiring in his efforts to make the EasternAssociation a success, has very recentlybeen placed in charge of an Institute ofArts and Science at Columbia and hasfurther opportunity to proclaim thevalue of University of Chicago material.All the guests joined as demonstratorsat a lantern show which presented oldand new buildings of the University, andfaces both familiar and unknown. Witha happy rendition of the songs of formertimes in which all joined most heartilythe delightful reunion of 1913 came toits close. The officers elected were asfollows: President, Dr. Edwin E. Slosson, 130 Fulton St., care of The Independent;Vice-President, Mrs. Edith Terry Brem­er, 600 Lexington Avenue, New York;Secretaries, Miss Annie C. Templeton,120 Riverside Drive, New York; E. H.Pike, 437 West 59th St., New York;Treasurer, W. C. Stephens, 847 WestEnd Avenue, New York; ExecutiveCommittee, Mr. G. A. Young, care ofR. L. Day, 14 Wall St., New York;Mr. Joseph E. Freeman, 117 Wall St.,New York; Miss Isabel Simeral, 526 W.II4th St. New York; Miss E. S. Wierick,250 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.;Mr. M. Morgenthau, Jr., 95 LibertySt., New York.ISABEL SIMERAL(For the Association)Minnesota Ahtmni Club.-About sev­enty old folks, young folks, and othersof intermediate years participated in the" Gambol on the Green" held at the homeof President and Mrs. George E. Vincenton May 24. This congregation includedthe wives, husbands, and sweethearts ofa number of members of the club. Theafternoon's diversion was in the natureof a "track meet," races, contests, andgames providing sufficien t exercise to"warm" everybody up, physically andsocially. Individual picnic suppers, towhich hot coffee was added by theArrangements Committee, were eatenoutdoors, the gambolers grouping them­selves in a large circle, Indian councilfashion. In the evening the gatheringadjourned to the hall on the third floorof the Vincent house where an approved"cabaret show" was presented. Dancingconcluded the festivities. A letter ofgreeting to the club from PresidentJudson was read. Tentative plans weresuggested in regard to the club's nextmeeting. It is thought that the Chicago­Minnesota game, to be played in Min­neapolis November 15, will provide anappropriate occasion, as the team androoters from Chicago might attend.HARVEY B. FULLER, JR., SecretaryUtah Alumni Clztb.-The regular an­nual banquet of the Utah chapter of theUniversity of Chicago Alumni was heldat the " University Club" in Salt LakeCity on May 24. A lively and profitablereunion was held. Several matters tend­ing to the efficiency of the club were pro­posed. It was decided to hold luncheonsonce a month in Salt Lake City. An-ALUMNI AFFAIRSother matter discussed was the enter­tainment of members of the alumni dur­ing the National Education Associationconvention at Sal! Lake City, Utah,this summer. The following officerswere elected for the ensuing year: Presi­dent, W. H. Gregory; Secretary, J. H.Stockman.On Monday, June 2, a regular luncheonwas held at the University Club, at whichtime further arrangements were madelooking toward the entertainment ofvisiting members of the alumni duringthe National Education Association con­vention in July. The committees havebeen appointed and the work sufficientlyoutlined so that the local organizationwill be well prepared to do its part inthe entertainment of University ofChicago alumni.JAY H. STOCKMAN, Secretary1903 Reun-ion.-The men of the classof 1903 met at a decennial reunion anddinner on the evening of June 9 in theFrancis Room at the Hotel Sherman,Chicago. Every man was asked to givean account of himself, and as some of thefellows have really been doing thingsduring the past ten years, the" talkfest"proved very interesting. Among thosewho attended the dinner were Tom Hair,Frank McNair, Walker McLaury, EarlBabcock, Don Kennicott, Al Amberg, FredFischel, Ed. L. Brown, Charley Hogeland,Rollin Chamberlain, Carl Grabo, AllieMiller, Harold Brubaker, and CharlieCollins.The suggestion of a permanent classorganization was enthusiastically receivedand a committee appointed to take thismatter in charge. It is the intentionto have the men meet several times dur­ing each year and on at least one occasionhave a larger affair, including the womenof the class. With this end in view thecommittee is desirous of obtaining as soonas possible the correct addresses of allthe men and women of the class of I903.It will facilitate matters if those membersof the class who read this notice willcommunicate such information to theundersigned member of the committee.C. M. HOGELAND (For the Class)I6I W. Harrison StreetChicago, IllinoisI908 Reunion.-The fifth anniversaryand first reunion of the class of I908 wascelebrated by a dinner on Monday evening, June 9, at the University Clubfor the men of the class and by a I908table for the women, at the dinner ofthe Chicago Alumnae Club on AlumniDay at Lexington Hall. About thirtymembers of the class were present ateach dinner. Arrangements for thewomen were in charge of Helen Sunny,Helen Gunsaulus, and Alice Greenacre.At this dinner I908 songs written byEleanor Day and Alvin Kramer were sungand a letter, printed below, was readfrom Luther D. Fernald, chairman of theClass Gift Committee. Among thosepresent at the dinner were: Grace Mills,Hazel Kelly, Eleanor Hall, Lucy DriscollGertrude Chalmers, Hortense BishopStumes, Mary Moynihan, Mary Pitkin,Ethel Preston, Elsie Schobinger, MarionSimon, Inca Stebbins, Gertrude Dick­erman Van Fleet, Eleanor Moore, MaryMorton, Helen Gunsaulus, Phebe BellTerry, Nathalie Young, Grace Norton,Annie Frazeur, Alice Greenacre, EllenC. Sunny, and Helen Sunny.The following is a brief report on theI908 class gift situation:"I took up in April, I908, with Dr.Burton, chairman of the faculty com­mittee, the matter of the memorial tabletto be the class gift. I got him to recom­mend the erection of the memorial tabletas a part of the specifications for theMemorial Library. By so doing I gotour gift multiplied by four, as John D.Rockefeller gave three dollars for everydol1ar contributed to the Library."Dr. Burton's recommendation to thePresident was approved by the President,and also by the Board of Trustees."In April, 1909, the funds were finallyall in the hands of Treasurer Buhlig, andwere turned over to the University. Theamount was $4I6.60. By the terms ofour arrangement this gift created a fundof $I,666.40, all of which was availablefor the memorial tablet."About this time the Board of Direc­tors began periodical action on the matterof the tablet. First, location was settled.The first idea of closing up the windowto the left of the President's office andplacing the "tablet there was given up.It was finally decided to place it just tothe left of the door of the Presiden t' sroom."The wording of the tablet came upat many meetings; finally it was settled,and passed on to Mr. Coolidge, theTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEarchitect, in Boston. There either Mr.Coolidge, Mr. 'Ryerson, or Mr. Hutchin­son, or all of them, saw slight objectionsto the wording, and held it up. Thatwas some months ago. Then everybodyoverlooked it until two months ago."Since that time Dr. Burton has beenarranging a final approval of the design.As soon as this is secured (if it has notbeen secured in the last few days), thetablet will be made and erected. Thiswill take a couple of months."It is unfortunate that it is not com­pleted now, but before the first of Sep­tember it will be in place, just to the leftof the President's office-the officialpermanent' dedication of the Library tothe memory of William Rainey Harper,and bearing the modest inscription'This tablet the gift of the Class of 1908.'LUTHER D. FERNALD"News from the Classes.-1883Eugene Parsons has published bythe A. Flanagan Co. of Chicago, TheMaking of Colorado, a small but beauti­fully illustrated history of that state.1893Warren P. Behan, who has beenidentified with the Association Instituteand Training School where he occupiedthe chair of Bible teaching, is now pastorof the First Baptist Church at MorganPark.Jesse D. Burks is now director of theBureau of Municipal Research, havingoffices in the Real Estate Trust BuildingPhiladelphia, Pa. Mr. Burks is vice­president of the Child Hygiene Associa­tion of Philadelphia and has taken adistinguished and leading part in civicand social reform work in Philadelphia.1895Jane Noble Garrot (Mrs. H. C.) livesat 285 Pleasant Ave., St. Paul, Minn.1896Raymond C. Dudley has been electedto the presidency of the Chicago-Cleve­land Car Roofing Co., with offices in thePeoples' Gas Building.Margaret Baker is teaching in theBowen High School, Chicago. At theJune commencement the Senior class playwas a translation by her from Molierecalled T he Merchant Gentleman or theWould-Be Swell. Mrs. John Barber (Jessie L. Nelson)is treasurer of the College Woman's Clubof Washington, D.C.Henry Parker Willis (Ph.D. '98) hasaccepted an executive position with theNew York Journal of Commerce. He isalso the financial expert of the Com­mittee on Banking and Currency of theHouse of Representatives.Louise Hannan has recently beenappointed instructor of music in the CarlSchurz High School, Chicago.1899William Kelley Wright, who taughtphilosophy at the University of Wiscon­sin last year, has recently returned fromthe University of Oxford, where he hasbeen studying.1900The first experiment in this countryin the Montessori method of elementaryeducation was tried last winter in thehome of Ruth Vanderlip Harden, nearTarrytown, N.Y.William S. Broughton served on thecommittee of three which counted themoney in the United States Treasuryamounting to nearly $1,500,000,000.1901Herman E. Bulkley is manager ofthe Future Sales Department of theMcNeil & Higgins Co., manufacturersand wholesale grocers. They are justmoving their offices to the northeastcorner of Michigan Ave. and Lake St.,which gives them larger and more satis­factory quarters. Their factory is stillto be operated at their old location, 365 to465 East Illinois St., where they haverailroad, river, and tunnel facilities. Mr.Bulkley's home is at 2335 Home Ave.,Berwyn, Ill.Mrs. Lillian S. Greenleaf, is associateprincipal of Stanley Hall, Minneapolis, aschool for girls.Leroy T. Vernon has just been electeda member of the Standing Committee ofWashington Correspondents which super­vises the press galleries of Congress andalso a member of the Board of Trusteesof the Ohio Society of Washington, D.C.1902Mrs. J. A. Mansfield (Myrtle G.Mansfield) has moved from Lakefield,Minn., to 1050 15th Ave., S.E., Minne­apolis. Mr. Mansfield has entered into alaw partnership with R S. Jones, withALU.LVINI AFFAIRSoffices at 704-5 Lumber ExchangeBuilding.Clarence C. Leffingwell is now wi ththe George Batten Co., advertisingagents, 381 Fourt� Ave., New York.Mr. Leffingwell resides at 140 ProspectAve., Hackensack, N.J. His wife wasformerly Miss Marguerite Crofoot, alsoof the class of 1902.Homer A. Gluck is publisher of theMining Gazette, Houghton, Mich.1903Walker G. McLaury was in Marchelected cashier of the National City Bankof Chicago, of which he was first in chargeof the credit department and later assist­ant cashier.Frank W. Bennett is instructor inLatin and French in the Manual TrainingHigh School, Peoria, Ill. Home address:214 N. Glen Oak Ave., Peoria.Martha L. Root is society editor ofthe Pittsburgh Post, known as "TheOnly," because it is the only democraticpaper in Pittsburgh.Kate Gordon (Ph.D. '03), who is tohave charge of the new experimentalschool at Bryn Mawr, is just now abroadwith Ma�ilde Castro, Ph.B. '00. Ph.D.'07, studying educational problems inEurope in preparation for her work here.Burton L. French (Ph.M.'03) is serv­ing his fourth term in Congress as arepresentative from Idaho. Mr. Frenchwas nominated for his first term while astudent in the university.Mildred Chadsey, the only womanchief of sanitary police in the UnitedStates is the framer of the dance hallordina'nce which was recently put intoeffect in the city of Cleveland.1904Allen Frake is buying bonds forMcNear & Co., Chicago.Dr. Arthur Lord is practicing medi­cine with his father at his old home,Plano, Ill.Miss Helen Freeman, after two yearsspent with the United Charities, is nowtaking graduate work in sociology atthe University.Don R. Joseph, who has. been fortwo years research associate in Rocke­feller Institute and spent last summer a tHeidelberg, was appointed last fall to anassociate professorship of physiology inBryn Mawr College. 1905Mary Nourse and Alva Nourse.ex-Iox,sailed on February first for China. Theyexpect to remain for two years. MaryNourse is principal of the WaylandAcademy in Hangshow.Francis J. Neef is now instructor inGerman, at Dartmouth College.1906Sydney Ethel Bock is a residentworker at Pillsbury Settlement House,Minneapolis, Minn.Carrie Pierpont Currens (Mrs. J.Napin Wallace) is living at 15 Hektor­strasse, Hallensu, Berlin, Germany.Irma Engle may be reached at thefollowing address: 46 Lake View Ter­race, Racine, Wis.Richard J. Davis is connected withthe advertising department of the Chris­tian Science Monitor, of Boston, Mass.Bertha M. Scullin is instructor indomestic science at Bradley PolytechnicInstitute, Peoria, Ill. Home address:408 Barker Ave., Peoria.Albert B. Enoch (Law' 08) has for thepast three years been in the ChicagoOffice of the Chicago, Rock Island &Pacific Railroad Co., law department.William G. Mathews is in the adver­tising department for this section of theKansas City Star, and lives at the HydePark Y.M.C.A.Jose W. Hoover (Law '09) for thepast years associated with Edmund S.Cummings, attorney, on May I, 1913,opened up law offices for the generalpractice of law in Suite 1410, City HallSquare Bldg., Chicago.Frederick R. Baird is engaged in legalbusiness for the P. & O. Plow Co. atCanton, Ill.Robert Bain Hasner is a physicianin Cedar Rapids, Ia. His office is in theCedar Rapids Savings Bank Building andhis home address is 350 South r zth St.1907William H. Leary (Law '07) is prac­ticing law, with offices in Suite 601 New­house Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.June 19, 1912, he was married to MarieLynch, Michigan '08, of Sioux City, la.Mr. Leary writes that he is the fatherof twins, a boy and a girl.Edward W. Allen, ex-, is a lawyer inSeattle, Wash. His address is 402 BurkeBuilding.330 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEJames R. Fahs, ex-, is publisher of theGarden City Tribune, Garden City, Kan.Claude Scofield, ex-, is credit man forJ. W. Jenkin's Sons' Music Co., 18! ParkPlace, Oklahoma City, Okla.Walter S. McAvoy is with the firm ofA. G. Becker & Co., brokers, at 100South LaSalle St., Chicago.LeRoy Andrew Van Patten, has re­signed his position as advertising managerof the automobile department of theAmerican Locomotive Co., to becomevice-president and sales manager of thecompany which has taken over the NewYork branch of the Lozier AutomobileCo. His business headquarters are theLozier Building, 56th St. and Broadway..Robert Eddy Matthews is a repre­sentative of the Boston Christian ScienceMonitor at Washington, D.C.Frances Montgomery (Mrs. GeorgeThomas Shay) has returned from herwedding trip around the world and isliving at 5382 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago.Charles B. Jordan who was formerlywith the wholesale grocery firm ofW. B. & W. G. Jordan, Minneapolis,has recently associated himself withGeorge R. Newell & Co., rst Ave. and3d St. N., also wholesale grocers ofMinneapolis.Laura Osman is teaching cooking.Her address is Wilmette, Ill. .Josephine Wilcox is teaching in Wil­mette.Frances Nowak (Mrs. Harold A.Miller) of Wayne, Pa., with her eight­months-old son, Frank Rush Miller, isvisi tirig her paren ts at 6564 Y ale Ave.,Chicago. She will remain in Chicagountil the first of July.Irene Anthony, ex- (Mrs. ClarenceM. Converse of Canton, Ohio), is recover­ing from an attack of diphtheria.Florence Chaney sailed last Augustfor China to become a missionary. .Mrs. Schuyler Terry (Phebe Bell)took the part of the Piper in a presenta­tion of Josephine Preston Peabody'sPiper, at the University of ChicagoSettlement, on May 24.1909Leverett S. Lyon has written TheElements of Debating, which has beenaccepted for publication by the Univer­sity of Chicago Press. Mr. Lyon is aninstructor in the Joliet High School, ofwhich he is also a graduate.Sister Mary Joseph Kelly (S.M. '10) is a teacher at the College of St. Cather­ine, St. Paul, Minn.Mrs. Marie Kellogg Miller andFlorence Tyler are attending the ChicagoNormal College.Paul Buhlig is in the bond depart­ment of N. W. Harris &' Co., bankers.John McVey Montgomery, ex-, isa salesman in Wausau, Wis. He livesat 612 Franklin St.1910John L. Cherney has been electedsuperintendent of the Independence(Iowa) High School.Henry R. Brush (Ph.D. '10), whohas been for some time head of the de­partment of Romance languages atHope College, Holland, Mich., hasaccepted a similar position at the Uni­versity of North Dakota, at Grand Forks.Sister Mary Clara Graham is teachingat the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul,Minn.Grace E. Hauk has recently resignedher position as teacher of public speakingin the high school and supervisor ofreading in the grade schools of Hammond,Ind., and is now completing her trainingat the Phillips School of" Oratory.Cola George ("Squab") Parker (Law'12) is practicing law in Chicago. Hisbusiness address is Room 502, 133 WestWashington St., and his home address is6437 Woodlawn Ave.19IIRoy Baldridge has left for the Westto spend the summer working on a ranchnear Paducah, Tex. He will return in thefall to resume his work as an artist inhis own studio.Alfred H. Straube is now connectedwith R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.,printers, in Chicago.Vallee O. Appel, who is in the HarvardLaw School, will return to Chicago forthe summer.John M. Gillette (Ph.D. 'II) haspublished through the Sturgis & WaltonCo. of N ew York Constructive Ru.ralSociology, addressed to the student offarm-life conditions. It is scientific inmethod, simple in statement, and admir­ably adapted to its purpose. The volumehas an introduction by President GeorgeVincent of the University of Minnesota.J. Harry Clo (Ph.D. 'II), formerlyassistant professor of physics at TulaneUniversity has been appointed associateprofessor and head of the department ..ALUMNI AFFAIRSConrado Benitez spent a year in thePhilippine Normal School after his returnfrom Chicago, and was then transferredto the University of the Philippines asinstructor in history and economics.Katherine M. Mayer, is teaching atthe College of St. Catherine, St. Paul,Minn.Melitta A. Margaret teaches Latinand German in the high school at Naper­ville, Ill. Address: 57 Brainard St.,Naperville.Andrew William Johnson (J.D. 'II),formerly located at New Richland,Minn., is now practicing law in Minne­apolis, Minn. His address is 505 Ply­mouth Building.Herbert G. Hopkins is a salesman forthe Thresher Varnish Co., Dayton, Ohio.He has recently been engaged in repair­ing the damages to the factory and busi­ness resulting from the Dayton flood.1912Shelley R. Meyer is seriously ill withnervous prostration.Among Chicago women enrolled inthe Chicago Normal College this yearare 12 members of 19 I 2: Alice Byrne,Eleanor Byrne, Loretta Brady, HarriettHamilton, Annette Hampsher, HelenHannan, Alice Lee Herrick, DorothyHinman, Margaret Magrady, EllaMoynihan, Winifred Monroe, and Doro­thy Roberts. Principal Owen has soarranged their work that the Universityof Chicago Alumnae are taking almostall of it in a group by themselves.Ruth Abigail Allen is teaching in thehigh school at Chehalis, Wash. She alsocoaches the boys' debating team.Susanna J. Botts is enrolled in thegraduate school of Columbia University.Address: 501 W. I20th St., New YorkCity.1913Harvey B. Shick, ex-, is a studentat the School of Mines, Houghton,Mich. He lives in LaPorte, Ind.Engagements .-Herschel G. Shaw, '09 and Miss LillianLinihan of 458 E. 33d St., Chicago. Shawis with the Star-Peerless Wall PaperMills of Joliet, Ill. While in college hewas ab bot of the Blackfriars and amember of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mandeville '99of Lake Bluff announce the engagement 33�of their daughter Li1lian Estelle Barr,ex-ir a, to George Lorimer Johnson, sonof Mr. and Mrs. John Alfred Johnson.No date has been set for the wedding.Mr. Mandeville wrote the music of the"Alma Mater."Morriages--«1906Mabel Ernestine Wilson was marriedat Chicago on September 10, 1912, toDr. Lloyd E. Bailer, and lives at 2824Michigan Ave., Kansas City, Mo.Henry Clinton Cummins, was marriedon June 14 to Miss Lucile McGuire,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mc­Guire of Northfield, Minn. Mr. Cum­mins is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James S.Cummins of 4932 Lake Ave.1909Herbert A. Kellar was married atPalo Alto, Cal., on September 17, 1912,to Miss Dorothy Alderton. They liveat 424 Pickney St., Madison, Wis.,where Mr. Kellar is instructor in historyin the university.EX-1907Irene Moore was married at HighlandPark, Ill., on May 31 to United StatesSenator James H. Brady of Idaho.She was attended by her three sisters,all graduates of Chicago. Mrs. WilliamR. Jayne, '05, Edith (Mrs. HenrySuzzallo), '08, and Georgene Moore, '12.Mr. and Mrs. Brady will live at 1700Rhode Island Ave., Washington.1908Bertha May Henderson was marriedin February, 1913, to Llewellyn Jones,and is living at II919 Parnell Ave., WestPullman, Ill.Portia Carnes was married on June 25,at Chicago to Howard Lane.Arthur A. Goes was married on June12, in Chicago, to Miss Marah McCarthy.Agnes Janet Hendrick was marriedJune 14 at Michigan City, Indiana, toWilliam R. Brough of Hinsdale, Illinois.EX-1908Florence Earll Peabody was marriedin Chicago, April 23 to Henry B. Selkirk.Mr. and Mrs. Selkirk will be at home afterO( tober I in Buffalo, N.Y.Benjamin C. Allin was married onMay 24 at Chicago to Miss Dorothy MayN ewell. The ceremony was performed332 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEby Rev. B. 1. Bell, also 1908. Allinafter leaving college spent five years inthe Orient: he is now with the IllinoisSteel Company.1910Gladys Hallam was married at River­side on June 7 to Ross O. Hinkle, sonof Mr. and Mrs. William Hinkle ofRoyal Oak. Mich. They will live inNew York City.Edna Weldon and Leo C. De Trayex-'08, were married on June 28.I9IIG. W. Bartelmez, Ph.D., was marriedon March 30, at Bailey's Bay, Bermuda,to Miss Ermine Hallis of Bermuda.Eveline Maude Phillips was marriedat the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, toElmer E. Campbell of Cleveland. Theywill make their home in Cleveland.1912Paul Hazlitt Davis was married onJune 24, at Crawfordsville, Ind., toMiss Dorothy Milford. They will liveat 1429 E. 66th St., Chicago.1913Katherine Ellis Coburn, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. John Martin Coburnof La Grange, Ill., was married on June14 to George Waring Thompson, atEmanuel Church, La Grange;Deaths.-Rev. John Barr, A.B. '76, D.B. '78,died at Berkeley, Cal., late in March. Katherine Reynolds, Ph.B. '00, diedon May 20 at Seattle, Wash. At thetime she attended the summer sessionsat the University she was principal ofWest Aurora High School; later shebecame dean of women at WhitworthCollege, Tacoma, Wash., and recentlyshe had been employed by the TrusteeCompany of Seattle. She was fiftyyears old at the time of her death.Agatha Draper Hequembourg, S.B.,'03 (Mrs. Raymond G. Pierson), died inMilwaukee on May 28. Her husband,also a graduate of the University, isminister of the Second Baptist Churchof Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Pierson wasthe mother of four sons, Harry, Ray­mond, Robert, and John.Mary Nicoll, Ph.B. '10 (Mrs. L.Kirby Canouse), died suddenly on May5, at her home, 519 E. 49th St., Chicago,leaving a daughter seven weeks old.Mrs. Canouse was the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. John Nicoll, of 4932 Forest­ville Ave., a graduate of Wendell PhillipsHigh School, and a member of Deltho.George Rice Spraker, Ph.B. '10, diedin Chicago March 30, at his home, II53E. 6ISt St., after an illness of only two'days, with scarlet fever. At the timeof' his death he was teaching iri HydePark High School. He was born atFort Plain, N.Y., July 14, 1885. ( Aftergraduating from the Canajoharie' HighSchool he attended Syracuse Universityone year. On Christmas Day, 1911,/he married Margaret MacLear, '12.