�-�of�fntPUBLISHBD BY THEALUMNI COUNCIL IVol. X No.3 January, 1918ARE YOU INTERESTEDIN HEREDITY?Then you should readThe Third and FourthGenerationAn Introduction rto HeredityBy Elliot R. DowningAssociate Professor of Natural Science inthe School of Education, the University of Chicago.Within age n era t ionscience has acquired muchaccurate knowledge regard-.ing the phenomena of heredity and the laws governingthem. Already this new information has been appliedby the plant and animalb r e e d e r with importanteconomic results. It hasprobably even greater valuein its application to humanparenthood and the problemof racial betterment. It is,the n, information t hatshould be familiar to all peo-Ii pIe, not merely to the scientist.Of interest to the individual reader. Suitable as atext-book for classes in Sunday school, high school and'college.$1.00, postage extra(To be Published in January) HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF THIS QUESTION?Are the ills of society to berighted by an early and sudden destruction of the present world, or is permanentrelief to be secured only bya gradual process of strenuous endeavor?Read the answer tothis question inTheMillenniaI'HopeA Ph�se of W ar- Time ThinkingBy Shirley J. CaseProfessor of Early Church History andNew Testament Interpretation, the. University of Chicago \The stirring events ofrecent times have given newpoint to this question. Thereis no uncertain sound in theauthor's vigorous and effective answer. The generalinterest in the theme of thebook and the author's reputation assure this volume awide reading.$1.25, postage extra(To be Published in January)The University of Chicago PressChicago - - -5859 Ellis Averure � Illinoistltbt mnibtr�it!' of ctCbicago '-aga�in£Editor, JAMES W. LINN, '97. 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If local ch eck is used, 10 cents must be added for collection.Claims for missing numbers should be made with in the month following the regular month of publication. The publishers expect to supply missing numbers free only when they have been lost in transit.All correspondence should be addressed to The Al umni Council, Box 9, Faculty Exchange, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.Entered as second-class matter December 10, 1914, at the Postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act ofMarch 3, 1879.VOL. X. CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1918. No.3.MORE DRAWINGS by Leroy Baldridge, '11.FRONTISPIECE: Leon Carroll Marshall, Chief of Division of Labor.EVENTS AND DISCUSSION...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 95LITTLE BIOGR.a..PHIES: (Faculty Men in War Service) 97THE FIRST YEAR, by A. K. Parker ......................................................• 101INTERCOLLEGIATE POETICS 104MAJOR JOHN GRISARD (Photograph) 106ON THE QUADRANGLES; by Bartlett Cormack, '20 107]\lIEN AT THIRD CAMP � 108THE UNIVERSITY REC'ORD 109THE LETTER-Box (J. J. Pegues, '10) .. � 110ALUMNI AFFAIRS .........................•.............................................. 112Executive Committee Meeting; News of the Classes; The Association of Doctors.ATHLETICS (Cross-Country Team, by G. L. Otis, '19) 122THE ALUMNI COUNCIL .............•.......................... , , 126The Alumni Council of the University ofChicagoChairman, SCOTT BROWN,Secretary-Treasurer, JOHN FRYER MOULD�.THE COUNCIL for 1917-18 is composed of the following delegates:From the College Alumni Association, MISS SHIRLEY FARR, RUTH PROSSER, JOHNFRYER MOULDS, ALBERT W. SHERER, ALICE GREENACRE, HAROLD H. SWIFT, RUDYMATTHEWS, FRANK McNAIR, GRACE COULTER, HENRY SULCER, SCOTT BROWN, LAWRENCE WHITING, JOHN P. MENTZER, WILLIAM H. LYMAN, HARVEY HARRIS.From the Association of Doctors of Philosophy, HERBERT E. SLAUGHT, EDGAR J. GOODSPEED,MRS. HANNAH CLARK POWELL.From the Divinity Alumni Association, WALTER RUNYAN, EDGAR J. GooDSPEED, W ARREMP. BEHAN.From the Law School Alumni Association, ALICE GREENACRE, JOSE W. HOOVER, WM. P.MACCRACKEN.From the Chicago Alumni Club, HOWELL MURRAY, ARTHUR GoES, D. W. FERGUSON.From the Chicago Alumnae Club, MRS. MARTHA LANDERS THOMPSON, DOROTHY EDWARDS,MRS. HAZEL KELLY MANVILLE.From the University, JAMES R. ANGELL.Alumni Association Represented in the Alumni Council:rHE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONPresident, SCOTT BROWN, 208 S. La Salle St.Secretary, JOHN F. MoULDS, University of Chicago.ASSOCIATION OF DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHYPresident, EDGAR J. GOODSPEED, University of Chicago.Secretary, HERBERT E. SLAUGHT, University of Chicago.DIVINITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONPresident, JOHN L. JACKSON, First Baptist Church, Bloomington, Ill.Secretary, WAl:-TER L. RUNYAN, 5742 Maryland Ave.LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONPresident, HuGO M. FRIEND, 137 S. La Salle St.S ecretor», R. E. SCHREIBER, 1620 Otis Building.All communications should be sent to the Secretary of the proper Association or to theAlumni Council, Faculty Exchange, University of Chicago.The dues for Membership in either one of the first three Associations named above, including subscriptions to the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE, are $1.50 per year. In the LawAssociation the dues, including SUbscription to the Magazine, are $2.00 per year.CHICAGO WAR RECORDSConfident that you can appreciate the great importance to theUniversity of Chicago and its alumni of obtaining a complete recordof our loyal war service, we ask you, to fill out this blank with thenames of Chicago graduates and former students you know to be inany form of the national service. The suddenness of the war situation has resulted in great difficulty in obtaining complete informationI along this line. Consequently we are relying much on your assistI ance, through this blank form, for obtaining information which wemight be able to obtain in no other possible way.We trust to your firm interest in the welfare of our Alma Materand her eagerness to obtain a complete and accurate record of theservice her sons and daughters have rendered to our country in thiscrisis. PLEASE FILL OUT.1. Name Class .Service and Rank IIService Address ..=r4litto��l 2. Name Class .I Person who will always know that address .Service and Rank .Service Address .Person who will always know that address � . 03. Name � . . . . . . . . . .. Class .Service and Rank .Service Address .Person who will always know that address .Return to the Alumni Office, University of Chicago.More Drawings by Baldridge, '11.(Courtesy of H. R. Haukhage, '11)Dean Leon Carroll Marshall, Chief of Division of Labor of National Council of Defence.The University of ChicagoMagazineVOLUME X No.3JANUARY, 1918Events and DiscussionAt the One Hundred and Fifth Convocation on December 18 there were one hundred 'and seventy-fiveThe 105th candidates for titles,Convocation certificates, and de-grees. Of the totalnumber of 'candidates, ninety received thetitle of Associate and two the certificate ofthe College of Education. The total number receiving degrees in the College ofArts, Literature, Science, Commerce andAdministration and Education was fortyfive; in the Law School, four; in the Divinity School; thirteen, and in the GraduateSchools, twenty-one. The total number ofdegrees conferred was eighty-three. TwoChinese and three Japanese received higherdegrees. On account of war conditionsthere was no Convocation address, butPresident J udson presented his usual Convocation statement on the condition of theUniversity.Among the war courses offered at theUniversity for the winter quarter is one on"The Background ofWar the Great War," whichCourses deals with the internalproblems and internalconditions, political, social, economic, religious and racial, of the belligerent countries before the war; the same problems andconditions of the more important Europeanneutrals (Scandinavia, Switzerland, Hollandand Spain), as throwing light upon their attitudes toward the war; the American attitude, with particular emphasis on the traditional attitude of the United States towardEuropean affairs, the United States as aneutral in the earlier phase of the war, and the United States as a belligerent; the SouthAmerican attitude, and the problems ofpeace. This course will be given by Dr.Conyers Read, Associate Professor of History, with the collaboration of Dr. A. P.Scott and occasional lectures by ProfessorAndrew C. McLaughlin, head of the Department of History; Dr. Fl orian Znaniecki,lecturer on Polish History and Institutions;Mr. Frederick D. Bramhall, of the Department of Political Science, and others.Other war courses offered for the winterquarter include those on "The Care ofNeedy Families in Their Homes," "HouseSanitation," "Use and Conservation ofFood," "Military Spoken French" (in connection with each of the six weeks' ordnancecourse), and four courses in "MilitaryScience," including a course in "First Aid."In Home economics there will be courseson "Food for the Family," "Food Production" and "War-Time Problems in PracticalMarketing."Every alumnus in Chicago, between nineteen and forty-five, who thinks he can pass amild physical examina-An Alumni tion, is urged to joinTraining Corps the Alumni Unit of theIllinois Vol u n tee rTraining Corps. The unit meets regularlyevery Saturday evening from 7 :30 to 9 :30,in the theater of the Reynolds Club, 57thStreet and � U niversity Avenue. Captain Eugene Carlson, '18, of the Reserve Officers'Training Corps of the University, and Dr.A. C. von N oe, are the drillmasters. Dr.W. J. G. Land, executive officer of the Chicago Rifle Club and the University RifleClub, is offering to the members of the .unit96 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEa special course in rifle practice on Thursday evenings. Dr. Reed will have chargeof setting-up exercises. The unit, organizedby the Chicago Alumni Club, invites allmen in the University neighborhood tomembership. It will shortly be sworn in tothe regularly established service of the Illinois Volunteer Training Corps for HomeDefense. This is the service Charles Eaton,'00, talked of at the annual dinner on November 10. It means work, and if the warcontinues, definite service for home defenseas soon as our younger men are gone. Don'tcome in unless you feel it a duty to yourcountry; but come in.Figures announced by the Department ofPhysical Education show that 120 of the 447members of the fresh-man class wear glasses,and 62 more are shortsighted, but do notwear the spectacles. There are also five ofthe class who are color blind. There are36 students who have perfect teeth, while38 need the services of a dentist. Over 87per cent of the men have had measles, 18.4have had scarlet fever, and 4.6 per cent havehad smallpox. Twelve and one-half percent of the first-year men have never beenvaccinated."During the rather short period duringwhich we have kept records on diseases,"says Dr. Reed, "the number of students whohave not been vaccinated has been steadilyincreasing, and the number who have hadsmallpox is likewise on the increase."FreshmanDisabilitiesStanley Roth, '18, has been appointed byPresident Judson head marshal of the University. Last springnine men were chosenfrom the class of 1918The NewHead Marshalto serve as marshals,but no head marshal was appointed at thattime. The head marshalship is consideredthe highest honor a student can receive.Roth is a member of the Iron Mask, Owland Serpent, Phi Beta Kappa, athletic editor of the Daily Maroon and president ofthe U ndergrarluate Council. He enteredthe University on an examination scholarship and has since been recipient of twohonor scholarships and the Henry Strongscholarship. He was chairman of the pub- licity committees of the 1916 settlementdance and the 1916 interscholastic.The students' campaign at the Universityfor the Y. M. C. A. war fund resulted in atotal in pledges andcash of $15,486.63. Ofthis total, $8,470.63 wasin cash and $7,016 inpledges to be collected before December 15.Of the cash, $1,300 came from the U niversity trustees, $1,907.50 from Rush MedicalCollege and $5,263.13 from the students,faculty members and employes. Of theamoun t to be collected $2,538.50 was given.by members of the faculty and employes ofthe University, $2,616 by University women,$1,515 by University men, $150 by University trustees and $196.50 by Rush MedicalCollege.For theY.M.C.A.Elsewhere in this issue are printed thebest results of a poetry contest just held atthe University. Theprize was raised by subscription. The poetrysubmitted was of asingular excellence. Mrs. Peattie, one ofthe judges, wrote : "Your society must beheartily congratulated on the quality of thepoems. I t was not easy to reachany sort of a decision.. The poemI chose is one of subtle implications andbeautiful workmanship. .. It has beena pleasure to serve you conscientiously."As mentioned elsewhere, four members ofthe Department of English were absolutelyunable to agree on even the three bestpoems. This poetry ill war-time is like abird singing behind the trenches. Is it notobvious that some alumnus who wishes toknow what gift to make his alma mater,should endow this prize for poetry, as theDavid Blair McLaughlin prize for prose isCollegePoeticsendowed?In every issue of the Magazine from nowon will appear the detachable page for newsitems con c ern i n galumni. M 0 r ethanfifty of these pageshave been returned :::1.1-News andRenewsready, and as alumni (and particularly alumnae) get the habit, the Magazine expects toLITTLE BIOGRAPHIES 97have a source of information which will perpetually flow. And may we add a word alsoabout renewals of subscriptions? In everyletter which goes out from the office fromnow on, a renewal slip will be enclosed.Unless renewals are prompt we shall bepractically stalled. We get scores of lettersnow, where formerly we got none, on thevalue of the Magazine. If we printed themwe could fill the issue. But the habit ofprocrastination is almost universal. If youthink an alumni magazine is worth while,you can be of simply inestimable service bykeeping your subscription up to date and alittle ahead. These are expensive times.Those who can afford it will be able to overcome our modest objections if they willeven send in checks for advance payment.Try it and see if we complain. The following letter to President Judson isself-explanatory:"At a meeting of the Board of Trustees ofthe University Union in New York, November20th, I was appointed as Staff Secretary in theUnion."My duties will be principally looking afterthe interests and welfare of western universityand college men. My permanent address isRoyal Palace Hotel, 8 Rue de Richelieu, Paris.As you know, this hotel has been secured bythe trustees of the Union and is to be used as asocial and recreational center for our university and college men in military service inFrance."I am planning to leave for France soon, andbefore doing so I wish to assure you of mysincere desire of being of service to the men ofthe University of Chicago, who may be inParis or vicinity during the war. I shouldvery much appreciate it, if this notice could beextended to any of your students in militaryservice and their parents."Very sincerely yours,.I. F. ALDERFER."Little Biographiesl The M aroon this fall ran a series of sketches ofwell-known men on the faculty who had entered theservice of the government. With the permission of theMaroon four of these sketches are here presented.Ed.]JAMES ROWLAND ANGELLBy Prof. James H. TuftsProbably the average college boy feelshimself somewhat on the defensive if hechances to have been born the son of a distinguished father. Like the manager of atrust he seems to be expected to pay dividends ori a large capitalization for whichhe is not himself responsible. I have heardthe dean of the faculties of arts, literatureand science confess that he lived in youthunder the shadow of a name. But it wouldhave taken a more serious handicap thansuch a kindly shadow as that of PresidentAngell to interfere seriously with the popularity which all-around athletic ability, goodsportsmanship, irrepressible wit, genialhumor, capacity for friendship, and thoroughnes in what he undertook gained forJim Angell as an undergraduate at theUniversity of Michigan. I noticed in a recent bulletin that he was chairman of theexecutive committee of the alumni of hisalma mater, which shows that the popularity has suffered no decline.The influence which led to the choice ofpsychology as a field for specialization wasdoubtless that of the powerful and stimulating mind of John Dewey, then head of theDepartment of Philosophy at Michigan.Work under James and Royce at Harvardwas followed by a year in Germany. It was, however, significant as well of his breadthof interest as of the less intensive specialization of that day that in his graduate workAngell gave as much time to philosophyas to psychology, if not more. Indeed hisdissertation was to have been in a themein the history of philosophy, though acceptance of a call to the University of Minnesota prevented its completion. Invited tojoin the staff of the Department of Philosophy in the University of Chicago at the instance of Professor Dewey, who has justaccepted its headship, Professor Angell formany years devoted himself closely to hisprofessional work. While his text book inpsychology, first isued in 1904, has madehim known to successive generations of undergradua tes, the carefully planned and thoroughly carried through researches of theunpretentious psychological laboratory havegiven him high standing among his colleagues, evidenced in many ways, as for example by his early election as president ofthe American Psychological Association.It is, however, as Dean Angell that he isbest known to the U. of C. students of today. Dartmouth College seems to havebeen the innocent occasion of the divisionof his headquarters between the Psychological Laboratory and Cobb Hall. Whenhe was hesitating over a call to the Dartmouth presidency George Vincent said: "Ifyou want to experiment with administrativework before burning your bridges, why nottry it here, as dean of the senior colleges?"When Vincent himself accepted the call toMinnesota it was generally regarded as98 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEhighly fortunate for the Univ.ersity thatAngell could be induced to take the position which he now holds.The undergraduate does not often comein contact with Dean Angell unless heserved on a committee of some sort-or per,..chance collided with the Powers. Yet Ifancy that the undergraduate secret service,in whose records I suppose we of the facultyare all tabulated, filed, and indexed, wouldtell a story not so very inadequate. Itwould probably list him as understandingstudents and sympathizing with their problems. It would mention his alertness inbringing things to pass, and note also thatno press of business is so great as to crowdout a whimsical expression or playful jestthat may chance to rise in his mind. (Itusually does chance to rise. I once hearda business man remark that he cherishedthe occasions for correspondence with theUniversity when they brought a letter fromAngell, for this was sure to have somephrase which would form an oasis in thedesert of the ordinary mail.) What the undergraduate may not appreciate as well ashis colleagues who have known him longer,are the broad views of university policy, theconstructive imagination which plans largely, the many-sided interest in art and litera ture as well as in science, and finally thegood fellowship that make him always awelcome member of any group.JOHN MATTHEWS M�NLYBy Dean Robert Morss LovettI once heard a lady ask Professor Manlyif he was born in, Montgomery. He replied with characteristic modesty, "That isone of the places I was born in." Withstill greater self-effacement he gives SumterCounty, Alabama, as his birthplace, and thedate September 2, 1865. His grandfather, aleading divine of the state, delivered theprayer at the inauguration of JeffersonDavis as president of the Confederacy. Hisfather was president of Furman University,where J ohn Manly became Bachelor ofArts at the age of nineteen. He went atonce to' William Jewel College as professorof mathematics, a position which he held forfour Years. In 1888 he went to Harvardto stu-dy modern philology and literature.I t is speaking within bounds to say thatManly founded the Harvard graduate schoolof modern language. There were existingmaterials and parts of such a school, butthey had. never been assembled. ProfessorChild was teaching Shakespeare and elementary Old English, Professor Sheldonwas instructor in elementary French, Professor Kittredge was reading "SophomoreThemes." But at the demand of a real student higher" studies quickly formulatedthemselves. .The young scholar had taken all knowledge to be his province, and the University felt and responded to his challenge to itsuniversality. When in 1890 Manly took hisPh.D. degree Harvard had a graduateschool.There was much curiosity felt, I remember, about such an unusual occurrence as adoctor's examination. It appeared that thecandidate sat in a room in Sever Hall, andthe members of the department approachedhim one by one for purposes of interrogation. The usual feeling of sympathy andanxiety on the part of the student body wasdirected not toward the candidate but toward the examiners, each one of whom itwas felt took his intellectual life in his hand.When Manly emerged with triumphant nonchalance, there was eager inquiry to securedata for future use. "What did Stubbyask?" "What did Kittredge?" When wegot to Wendell, I remember Manly's replywas: "He didn't ask me anything. He onlygave me .a cigar"-an incident which waslong- cited as an instance of the highestacademic chivalry.The following autumn Manly was backat Harvard-as announced at the EnglishClub, for a course of self-directed study andgeneral reading. "What is Dr. Manly goingto read?" asked an obscure member. "He'sgoing to read the Harvard Library," repliedProfessor Hill. This was said cynically, butit came near being true. Where othersmeasured their reading by pages, or chapters, or volumes, Manly read by the stack.He was between a third and half waythrough his task, when shortly after Christmas he was called to be head of the English Department at Brown.He returned to Harvard the same year toteach Old English in the Summer School.The class consisted of four members: besides myself there were W. T. Brewster,now professor of English at Columbia, andtwo ladies. The class period was two hoursand the study period about ten. We allflunked every recitation, for though we gotto know a great deal more than when webegan, the disproportion between what weknew and what Manly could prove we didn'tknow rernainded about constant. He hadno concern with what we had done or coulddo-not the "petty done" but the "undonevast" interested him. When some yearslater Professor Manly came to Chicago ashead of the English Department, Brewsterwrote to me sympathetically, offering tofind me a position at Columbia; but Manlywas cordial and easy, and I hoped that hehad forgotten that class in the HarvardSummer School as completely as I had. Ilaid that unction more and more flatteringto my soul as years went by, and only recently was I disillusioned. At a doctor'sexamination I was looking over the samecopy of Beowulf with Professor Manlywhen he suddenly remarked: "Do you remember when we read that before?" I wasnot sure that I had ever read it before, butLITTLE BIOGRAPHIES 99Manly went on briskly, "Oh, yes, andBrewster translated it so-and I asked him--and he said to me, and-" the most appalling instance of total recall in my experience.While at Brown Professor Manly established himself as an authority on the mediaeval drama-his two volumes of "PreShakespearian Drama" (Ginn & Co.) beinga leading contribution to scholarship in thatfield. The non-existent third volume hasalso added much to his reputation, as theman of mystery in the film drama of contemporary scholarship. It was shortly aftercoming to Chicago that he published in theJournal of Germanic Philology, his famousreview of' Professor Brandl of Berlin, whichis regarded as the Battle of the Marne inthe history of modern language studies.Professor Manly's other achievements arerepresented by his demolition of WilliamLangland, as the three-fold author of"Piers Plowman," and his standard collections of examples of English· literatureknown to all high school pupils as "Manly'sEnglish Poetry," "Manly's' English Prose"and "Manly's English Poetry and Prose"(Ginn). I have so often to remove fromstudents' minds the misconception thatManly is the original author of these selections that I may be pardoned for advertingto the matter here, for the benefit ofyounger readers. I was only the other daycombating a strong prejudice in the mindof a member of my own family, based onthe above mentioned misconception. My defense was thrown out, however, by the reply that if Manly had not found his poemsalready written he would doubtless havewritten them himself-and I am inclined tosee a germ of truth in the child's thought.It is difficult to conceive of Professor Manlywithout a literature in which to live, move,and have his being, and had he not foundsuch a medium already existing, I think hewould have created it by virtue of "elanvita1." Certainly those of us who haveheard Professor Manly read his selectionsknow that he could have written them. Atthe same time he insists on that reverencewhich is the religion of scholarship, andwhich consists in scrupulously accuratetreatment of his material. How many timeshave I heard echoing in my mind, his pregnant epigram: "Milton's name was John,not George."I should be sorry if anything said by theway should obscure the real purpose ofthis article. That is to declare the privilege, so- patent to the colleagues and students of Professor Manly; of working underthe leadership of a master. Visitors fromother universities and investigators fromother departments in this University havenoted the absolute unity and unanimity ofour English Department, but they have notwondered. The secret is an open one.Professor Manly is at present a captain in the service of the United States. He hasbeen assigned to the Intelligence Department.CHARLES EDWARD MERRIAMBy Frederick Dennison Bramhallof the Department of Political ScienceIn the fall of 1900 Charles Edward Merriam came to the University of Chicago asa docent in political science. A docent, itis necessary in these days to explain, wasa person teaching on supicion, so to speak,at a salary of so much per student; I believenone has been appointed since Triggs wasmade an instructor in self-defense. Merriam was an Iowa boy, born, it may be significant to remember, during the Grangerwave in a Granger state. After taking twobachelors' degrees at Lenox College andIowa State University, he went to Columbia, where he made political philosophy hisspecial field, then to Berlin and Paris for ayear, and back to Columbia for his doctorate, which he had just received when hecame to Chicago.With "The History of the Theory ofSovereignty Since Rousseau" as the title ofhis thesis, and "A History of AmericanPolitical Theories" already on the stacks,Merriam would seem to have been markedfor a fairly harmless academic career. Anysuch prophecy, however, would have reckoned without an uneasy streak of discontent, of generosity, of idealism, which madepolitics at no time for him a closet study,but a fruitful field of action, in which trainedintelligence, since it had courage with it,met an irresistible challenge.From the days, soon after his arrival,when he and a little group of adventurousspirits began embarrassing by their presence the local caucuses, to his triumphantdefeat in last spring's aldermanic election,there have been few moments when he wasnot engaged in some major or minor battlein the war to make Chicago safe for de ...mocracy. He helped to smash the LorimerJamieson machine in Hyde Park in 1901-04;he helped to organize in 1905 the City Club,an important center of practical idealism;in 1906 he made for them the first intelligentstudy of the city's income ever made. Thenext year Governor Deneen appointed himto the Charter Commission, where he wasone of the most infl uential members in abody which drew up a surprisingly goodmunicipal constitution for the legislature tomutilate. Finally, in 1909, he was a candidate for alderman from the University wardand was elected by a plurality larger thanthat of any other candidate in the city.From the moment of his entrance to thecouncil, he was a marked man as the leaderof the city's forces of political progress.Anyon e who thinks the prolonged strugglewhich followed an easy one, with its almost co mplete sacrifice of leisure and com-100 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEfort, with its constant attack from enemiesand disheartening misunderstanding frommany who should be friends, is deficientboth in experience and imagination. Itssatisfaction, however, must have been considerable, for the real achievement was considerable. His exposures of financial waste,through the investigations of the "MerriamCommission," resulted in real improvementfrom which we still profit. The note whichit brought him compelled his candidacy formayor in 1911, a candidacy which drovethe machine nominees decisively out of theRepublican field, and brought him within15,000 votes of winning in a total vote ofsome 320,000. That campaign, by a freeman, supported by disinterested volunteers,made a deep impression on the city's spiritand is still contributing to the determinationand courage of movements for municipalbetterment.During Merriam's service in the councilhe steadily urged two things in the main:unsparing publicity and the securing ofknowledge before action. Even in thesedark days in the City Hall some effects ofhis eight years of hammering are still visihle. Last spring, however, he was defeatedfor re-election by a comhination of forces,leaving the field, however, with the astonishing tribute to 10,000 votes written laboriouslyon a ballot on which he had been denieda printed place.In the meantime, Merriam has risen inthe academic field to the rank of professor,and has been one of the significant figuresin the rather striking liberalization whichhas overtaken political teaching in recentyears. He has been vice-president of theAmerican Political Science Association andof the National Municipal League.He is now Captain Merriam of the SignalCorps and is presiding over the Chicagoboard examining applicants for commissionsin the air service.HENRY GORDON GALEBy James Weber Linn, '97The life of Dean Gale has been so closelybounded up with that of the University ofChicago that it is impossible to think of onewithout thinking of the other. He enteredand graduated with the first class, '92-'96.He played football on the first eleven, joinedthe first fraternity, was made a member ofthe first honor society, and was the firstgraduate of Chicago to take his doctor'sdegree in Physics in regular course. Andfrom that time to the present, he has beena member of the faculty; since 1908 also,dean in the colleges.For all this academic career, there hasnever been about him anything of the supposedly typically academic attitude. Forone thing, his temper has kept him vital: Nobody ever accused him of reluctance inthe expression of his feelings. Never shallthose of us then on the ground forgetHenry's presentation of his views in a gamewith Michigan in the early days. He wasplaying fullback then-a long lean, babyfaced lad, six feet tall, weight 149 pounds.A Michigan man kneed him deliberately after a tackle. Henry leaped up, pursued himand out on the open field struck him withgreat vigor 011 the ear. He was promptlydisqualified for so doing; but even the I1mpire expressed sympathy.For his build he was a fine fullback. Thosewere the days of hurdling in the line. Henrywould get the ball, reach the line and flinghimself horizontally forward into the air:where or how he came down was no concern of his, but he generally made the distance required.After joining the faculty he devoted himself to his work in physics. His interestwas perhaps ideally divided between tea�hing and research. Of late years hIS teachinghas been confinecl to senior college andgraduate courses, his principal interests being astrophysical. Some ten years ago hewas for a year on leave of absence, conneeted with the Mt. Wilson Observatorynear Pasadena. While there he met witha horrible accident. A violent electricshock, sufficient to kill most men instantly.dislocated his arm at the shoulder and threwhim backwards, insensible, upon a piece ofapparatus like a 'gridiron, kept red-hot byTHE FIRST YEARelectricity. Upon this he lay unconscious,slowly burning to death. Just in time hissituation was discovered, and after sixmonths in the hospital.rand. .repeated. skin ...grafting operations, he finally got well. It�i\Tas a year, however, before he regained hisstrength.- Recently his scientific work of greatestvalue was in connection· with the experiments conducted at Lake Geneva to ascertain the rigidity of the earth. A trenchhundreds of feet long, and partly filled withwater, had to be measured many times ineach twenty-four hours to find the infinitesimal variations in general1evel. Gale's extraordinary patience and accuracy werecalled upon to the limit that long summer,but the result of both was practically final.His wish as a boy was to go to WestPoint. When no appointment was forthcoming, he abandoned the plan, but neverhis interest in things military. He was eagerto 'enlist inthe Spanish War, but his fiancee 101objected so strongly that he gave up theidea. When the European War broke outhe was from the beginning vitally concerned. He was, one of the first to urgethe development here of a department ofmilitary science. He drilled the facultysquad, and was made chairman of the committee on military affairs. When the request came for "older" men, in the secondcamp at Fort Sheridan, he could not holdoff longer. He put in his application subrosa, was accepted, and on August 27th, 42years old, married eighteen years, weighing215 pounds and a full professor of physics,he joined the rookies at Fort Sheridan.N ow he . weighs less than 200, looks aboutthirty, and carries about with him, quiteunconsciously, the affectionate admirationof more alumni than it is the privilege, perhaps, of any other gentleman to know. Histemper is as bad as ever; and if he shallever read these lines I hate to think whathe will say.The First Year[The following excerpts are from the conclusion ofDr. A. K. Parker's article on "The Eirst Year" in theOctober issue of the University of Chicago. Record.It is a great pity that the MAGAZINE has' been unableto find space for the whole' article.-Ed.]The center of the University's social lifeduring the first quarter was the "Beatrice,"an apartment building on Fifty-seventhstreet.. It was rented by the University forthe use of women students until it shouldbe needed for World's Fair visitors. Adining-room . was improvised on the secondfloor, and to its table men were admitted.Mr. R. G. Moulton, Mr. Laughlin, Mr.Judson, Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, MissTalbot, Mr. 'Howland, were among theBeatrice boarders. Weird stories are toldof the Beatrice, its scanty furniture, itssmall and crowded rooms. Miss Wallace,then a Fellow, and her roommate, "a littleFreshman girl, the first of that kind inthe University," occupied the kitchen ofone of the Beatrice's many apartments, anda small servant's room adjoining, and' thenew and clean kitchen sink served for atime as a' bed.With the cordial approval of Mrs. Palmerand Miss Talbot, the Beatrice proposed togive a dance,' a decorous cotillion. But to'make assurance of its propriety doubly sureit was decided to invite only 'instructors,graduate men, and divinity students. Dr.Hulbert, the Dean of the Divinity School, ruled that his men should have permissionto dance if they knew how. A few of them,it appeared, did know how, and the threatened scarcity of men was supplied. Thedance was very successful, owing in nosmall part to the cheerful' comments ofundergraduates who, present, if not participating, hung over the railing to watchthe fun. The first formal student ball washeld on the eve of Washington's Birthdayin the Del Prado, then known as the Raymond- Whitcomb Grand Hotel. It had beenpreceded by a number of smaller dancesat Rosalie Hall. Late in the Winter Quarter Snell Hall was completed and theoccupants of the Beatrice were transferredto it. The confusion in which this flittingwas accomplished is still held in livelyremembrance by the survivors. "Go aboutyour regular duties with an easy mind, orgo to the Fair if you like," said the paternalUniversity officials, "we will see that yourthings are carried over." Some of the"things" were carried over, to be soughtand claimed by their owners from theaccumulations discharged from the wagons.Other "things" were carried away by thesouth wind and loitered and rustled formany days in the vacant lots north of Fifty"seventh street, giving the light-minded occasion to comment upon the unexpected applications of the University extension policy.102 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEThere was no dining-room in Snell. Thewomen were obliged to get their food atthe Commons, or board themselves. Theydid this in some cases by the help of basketshung out of the windows. The Presidentthought this an unseemly spectacle, but inview of the urgency of the situation agreedto a compromise by the terms of whichthe baskets might be hung out after dark.No objection was made to the rows ofmilk bottles along the corridors. Oneremembered the bottles with satisfactionwhen invaded by fear of burglars.Perhaps no topic was discussed morefrequently or with deeper feeling by thestudents during the first year than theboarding table in the basement of CobbHall and the Halls adjoining known as theCommons. The use of these low darkbasements for this purpose was not intendedby the architect. I t was confessedly amakeshift. But early plans, for, a diningroom could not be carried out, and closeupon the opening day the Board decidedwith not a little reluctance that these roomsshould be prepared for this purpose. Whatcould be done was done to make themclean, dry, and attractive. Seven diningrooms with four tables in each were provided. There was whitewash in abundance,there were electric lights, and even 'electricfans. Everyone, stewards and students,accepted with cheerfulness what the Commons had to offer. Its offering was not,to be .sure, altogether satisfactory, but itwas admitted to be the best that could bedone under. the circumstances. The U niversity Weekly in the second week of theQuarter reports that "some complaints havebeen heard concerning the quality of bothfood and service, but the constant tendencytoward improvement 'inspires hope." Aconstant tendency toward improvement is,to be sure, about all that ever. can be expected in any human endeavor; and ev.ena sporadic tendency jn this direction enablesone to withstand despair. The menu .ofthe first Thanksgiving dinner has. fortunately been preserved. One would say, onreading, it, that on that testing day theCommons certainly did itself proud. Hereare the really important offerings of itsseven courses in the original language orlanguages. "Cutlets of Lake Superior Trout,with Sauce Madeira," "Turkey Roti with Oyster Dressing and Cranberry Sauce,""Ragout of Rabbit a la Financiere," "Lobster Salade au Mayonnaise." But of courseappearances are sometimes deceiving. Amenu is. one thing and a dinner is another.And the distressing fact was by and byconferred by all, that the Commons wasnot climbing "constantly" from a gooddinner yesterday to a better one today.Complaints multiplied. There wereclamors for something to be done about itthat no "under the circumstances" pleasavailed to soothe. A students' mass meetingat last appointed a committee to do something. . Late in the Quarter this committeereported a scheme for a dining association,which was approved. The. constitution ofthis association was a wonder. It boasteda president, a board of directors impartiallydistributed among the' several colleges ofthe University, and an auditor, a storekeeper, and a steward. The duties of theseofficers were carefully defined, And tomake all safe, to turn the key in the lockas it were, a generous grant of privilegesof interference at its discretion was given.to the Board of Trustees. With the opening of the Winter Quarter the Student'sDining Association began operations. Certainly whatever could be done by organization to insure better conditions had beendone. Barely three weeks pass before theWeekly is demanding that "immediate action" should be taken to improve the presentmanagement of the Commons. Its grievance, however, is obscurely formulated."The plan very probably is a feasible oneas far as the boarders are concerned, butwhen it is applied to·transients taking mealsat irregular intervals, much dissatisfactionand discomfort is the result." But discontent deepens as the Winter Quarter goeson, as this wail of "A Victim," in theWeekly) March 4, will testify.A Holiday FeastOn Washington's birthdayWhen all the good folks sayWe ought to have something to eat:We went to the Commons,Led there by the summonsWhich came from a ht;ngry physique.But oh! when we got thereAnd found out what bad fareThey served on this great holiday,Our hunger staid. with us, .For the most they gave us, Was kraut served with sausage that day.THE FIRST YEAR 103The attack is renewed in the SpringQuarter when the News speaks its exasperated mind in a long article. "The buttersubstitute is uneatable, the fish is spoiled,the eggs are stale, the bread is sour andsoggy, warmed over griddle cakes areserved, there is quite too frequent an appearance of pork. The quality of the porkand the combinations of it that have appeared recently are such as to indicate oneof two things: either a malicious disregardof all hygienic culinary principles, or anignorance of those principles which is quiteas bad as the disregard of them." The nextissue of the News contains a contributionfrom ','A Sufferer" from which one infersthat conditions were nothing short of desperate. "I f $3.00 a week will not furnishgood, wholesome, nourishing food, inHeaven's name," cries this outraged younggentleman, "raise the price. Most of themembers of the Commons have been inchronic state of anaemia for the past threemonths and have almost forgotten whatthe sensation of being well fed is like."These violent objurgations will appear lessunreasonable or childish when one remembers that in the matter of food, at leastfor those who lived upon the Campus, itwas frequently and quite literally the Commons or nothing. The restaurants a fewblocks from Cobb Hall which now lurethe epicure existed then only in the ardenthopes of hungry men. Remonstrance was,in the end, fairly effectual. At the annualmeeting of the Dining Association held inApril, new regulations in the interests ofreform were adopted, and with the consentof the Board of Trustees the price of boardwas raised from $3.00 a week' to $3.50,whereup the placated Weekly promptlydeclares a truce. "The effect on the qualityand the quantity of the food is very noticeable. EverythingIs better and more nearlywhat most of us are accustomed to."To a picture of University life during thefirst year, the Columbian Exposition mustalways form the background. The formal dedication of the Exposition; withtwo shining days of civic and militaryparades and monster meetings in JacksonPark, overtook us before matriculationswere fairly over. Inevitably, for these twodays, the University made 'holiday. It wasimpossible, of course, "to keep school while all Chicago beside was at play. It wouldhave been ridiculous to call for recitationswhile brilliant vari-colored processions wentswinging down the Midway with flauntingbanners and throbbing drums. We weretremendously excited over the show, but wetook it all very seriously nevertheless. Weassured ourselves that we had souls abovethe childish delight in a gay spectacle. Butthese were epoch-making days. Participation in this event was a high duty, even ifit took the entire week." The elation ofthe time is reflected in an editorial of theUniversity News, October 19. "Thursdayand Friday are not days to pore overvolumes of ancient history or to dig amongthe roots of old languages. In these days,history is making at our doors." It wasmost desirable, since history is not madeat our doors every day, that we should havea part in this particular transaction. Apetition was addressed to President Higginbotham of the World's Columbian Exposition requesting that "we, the students ofour great University, the twin sister of ourgreat Fair, may be admitted to the dedicatory exercises in a body." It does .notappear that this petition was granted, eventhough "we do hereby pledge ourselves notto take seats if our doing so will keep thesame from other invited guests." But itwas a hard heart surely that refused to asister just arrived the modest boon ofstanding-room within the. gates. If theNews is to be trusted, the University displayed a regrettable apathy in the matterof decoration on this memorable occasion.I t remonstrates, that although the procession will pass through Washington Parkand down the Midway in sight of the University buildings, "Cobb. Hall is probablythe only building of its size in Chicagoundecorated," a bad pre-eminence, surely.I t refuses to suffer this reproach withoutat least a protest. It proposes that we shallhave a mass meeting. and do somethingabout it. But discouraging as the situationis, the gloom is at least lightened by theassurance that the "young ladies of theBeatrice" will display the University colors.* * * But, however it is accomplished,the requisite time and money must be foundfor visits to the Fair. It was business asusual at the University on May 1, whenthe gates of the Exposition were formally104 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEopened to visitors, although there wasgrumbling enough that another holidaycould not have been granted. But if theUniversity was inexorable in the matterof holidays, there was always Saturday, andby foresight and prudence other days mightbe redeemed from toil for nobler uses, asthese clever verses from the UniversityWeekly witness:CutletsShe, most studious of . lasses, never seemed to cut herclassesEvery day the one who taught her saw her waitingin her place,"She'S," they said, "a student steady, with an answeralways ready,And we're certain that we'll never from the classroom miss her face."But, alas, for man's delusion, can you fancy the confusionOf a good professor when he heard her talking onthe stair:"I," she said (this maiden clever), "cut my recita ..tions never,For I'm saving all my cuts until the coming. ofthe Fair." -M. E. R.(Maude Radford [Warren], '94.)Attention is elsewhere called to thenecessity laid upon the University by thepresence of the Fair at its doors to strikefrom its calendar the Summer Quarter of1893. There were other, although less important, disturbances. Why are the youngladies of the Beatrice driven out in theseApril days from their happy home to seekshelter within the bare walls of Snell Hall,hardly yet deserted by the carpenters andplumbers? Because the visitors from theNorth and the South, and the East andthe West, for whose accommodation theBeatrice was built, are coming to town.Why are the young gentlemen of theDrexel drawing lots with tumult and shouting for whatever rooms are vacant on theupper floors of the Divinity Halls? Be- cause the better-paying tenants, for whomthe Drexel was built, are coming to town.But no one, surely, grudged the triflinginconveniences occasioned by the proximityof the Fair. The unforgettable joys of thatSpring Quarter, 1893, repaid us a thousandfold. These joys were keener, more poignant, because we knew that they werefleeting. And although the stately walls ofthe city gray are rising still before our eyes,with battlemented towers that shall endure,and our pride in it and our affection forit deepen as the years fleet by, neithershall the city white that has fled the earth,the dream city, the city of enchantments,lose its hold upon our hearts. How dulland silent was the Campus in the lateAutumn of 1893! How inconsolable formany, many weeks this loss! What compensation for the absence of our cheerfulneighbors could the future possibly offer!The undergraduate anguish over this bereavement finds expression in these wordsquoted from an anonymous poem in thefirst issue of the Cap and Gown:Across the road, where once aroseA hundred domes and steeples,Where all the air was full of noiseFrom bands and drums and peoples;No sound goes up, the air is still,The place, how changed today!A barren waste, a strip of sand,We miss the old Midway!In fancy, sometimes, as we poreO'er Latin, French, or Greek,We hear again the "call to prayer,"We hear some Arab speak.Again in dreams among the crowdsWe wander night and day,Alas! 'Tis fled-we wake again,We miss the old Midway!Sometimes we dream of "College night'}And all the hours of pleasure,When Old Vienna blazed with light,And measure followed measure.The lively tune, the merry rout,The cheer and loud "hooray,"Oh, good old days, we love you yet,We miss the old Midway lIntercollegiate PoeticsfA prize of twenty-five dollars offered by the Department of English for the best poem written by astudent now in residence at the University resultedin the submission of more than a hundred poems.Thirty-three of these were chosen for re-submissionto the judges of the competition, Miss Harriet Monroe,editor of Poetry; Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, literary editorof the Chicago Tribune, and Mr. Henry B. Fuller, theauthor and poet. These .judges were each to pickthree poems and that which stood highest on mostlists was to be awarded the prize. But no poem appeared· on two lists) The nine selections of the threejudges were then gone over by Mrs. Flint, Mr. Lovett, Mr. Linn and Mr. Grabo, of the Departmentof' English, but they could reach. no definite agreement. The three poems which had been ranked first,one by each of the three judges, were finally sent backto the original judges, everyone of whom reversed hisor her previous decision; but as two agreed, the prizewas at length awarded. The winner of the competition was Bernard Raymund, a graduate of Ohio StateUniversity. The nine poems first selected by thejudges follow, Mr. Raymund's first and the others inthe editor's own order of choice. Alumni may incidentally decide on his competence as a critic.-Ed.]INTERCOLLEGIATE POETICS lOSOne' Who Would Be FreeWith pitiful protest, a gestureDispassionate, final,' she sweptFrom her white shoulders the vestureMy own hands had laid there, steppedForth from the love that would hold herOut in the empty dawn;One moment and mist would enfold her,Hiding the way she had gone.Yet she wavered, paused in the gateway,Stood there with downbent head,Half turned to look back and straightwayBefore I could follow, fled.House and hearthside are heavy with sorrowFor one who would be free,Yet oh, she may come back tomorrow,Dance thru the rain to me!-Bernard Raymund.InvasionDustily .1 pore over my tomes.Old ghosts are rising from their shrivelledbindings.They overwhelm me with their ancientbreaths.Beyond my windowLies the glistening Midway. Wisps ofclouds,- 'One, near the tree-tops, like an old blueshawl,-Are drifting thro' the high towers ofClassics.I wonder what the color of the Lake is.Spilled amber, maybe,Or hyacinth, with quiverings of goldOn waves the sun catches.I wonder have the woods turned brown andrustling.In SeptemberI hate the swept, dull parks.The woods are mood-responsiveIn their wild scarlet-bronze untidiness.F or a librarian, I thinkThis day has too much beauty.Dustily I pore over my tomesAnd breatheThe musty, heavy breaths of ancient students.,-K. K. Foster.Prayer by NightThe city's smoke tonightIs colored red;The city's heart tonightHas yearn.ed and bled.Our incense rose tonightOn high to Thee;o be their God tonightBeyond the Sea!The smoke is redtonightFrom that Dread Sword;Red are their dreams tonightWhere Death is Lord.We have made prayer tonight On high to Thee;o be their God tonightBeyond the Sea!-J. V� Sheean, '21.My KnittingI am knittingFor the men in France;The brown wool slidesBetween my fingers, hour by hour,Day-long.My needles click and gleam,Involving themselves in my wool.I am knitting- -While abroad worlds are fallingAnd rising again, being changed,And men are crushed,Dying.I am knittingAnd humming a little, as the needles gleam,The wool unwinds and trailsOver the floor-a trap for someone's feet.W orlds are fallingAnd men are broken like faggots for burn-ing, ..Their lives pass in a whiff like snuffed-outcandles.Without my knittingI should go mad for thinking of them,And of the smiles on their mother's faces.---:..Mary E. Quayle, '18.FrancescaHer little joys were cricket songs,A caterpillar's gray cocoon,Or, cradled on blurred willow-leaves,A rocking thread of crescent-moon.A .gold and azure butterflyGave her' the high sweet gift of mirth,And through a shrouding. mist of pain,. She learned the comradry of earth.Like silver breath of April rain,Melted her dreaming spirit's bars.And now does God give her to knowThe wide companionship of stars?-Ruth Maurine Smith.The SoldierWhere has he gone?.When I look back the hilltop where we metHas disappeared completely from my viewFaded the dawn.Sometimes in fancy I can' hear him yetAnd softly turn to speak to him anewBut he has gone--:-Outlined in' crimson on the. parapetOf some far trench he's lying in the dew.� -Paul G., Jeans, '18.College WindowsFor four years I have watched the Springcome through this window.106 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEGlinting silver over the bowing tops of theworshipful treesLike daylight's entrance in deep wells,I have seen the light of Her eyes, and adore.Everything else I could give, I think, andforget, except this.But, in the footstep of Spring as she laughingly trips through this window,I see immemorial things that sordidnesscovers up elsewhere.I am going to leave in the morning.I think I shall go out and acquire a crustof the world.But even the world cannot rob me ofglimpsed, living Beauty:For four years I have watched the Springcome through this window.J. V. Sheean, '21.Alan SeegerOnly a tear for all the poet mightHave given us if he had but remained;N one for the soul that took victorious flightBefore the sunrise of his glory waned;For life had given in those few short yearsTo him all earth can offer to a man,And he met death unflinching, without tears,While victory crowned his life-blood as itran.His life, however prized, he freely gaveIn the grim fury of that last advance, Content in dying if he helped to saveThe glorious honor of beloved France.Thus faithfully he kept his rendezvousAnd went in honor to his unnamed graveWhere each succeeding season will renew,With flowers, nature's garland for thebrave;And where his countrymen, unknowing,will,Passing that way with steady, measuredtread,Fire their first volley from a neighboringhillIn an unwitting tribute to the dead.-Paul G. Jeans, '18.OblivionWe stood upon the busy streetLoud-sounding with the rush of feet,With motor-horns and hucksters' criesAnd humming drone of myriad fliesAround the apple-woman's store.We stood upon the busy streetWhere there was neither friend to greet,N or wholesome voice, but only dinAnd human agony withinThe shrieking, and the thundering roar.We stood upon the busy streetAnd heard no sound but accents sweet,For we were there, and love was there,And all the silent sky was there,And golden music surged from out thecity's core.-Arthur Alois Baer, '18.Major John Grisard, Commandant University R. O. T. C.ON THE QUADRANGLES 107On the QuadranglesMany things have happened on the campus this past month, and much has been accomplished. The annual Settlement Dance,of course, was the most compelling thing 0 finterest-unless it was the fact that the Capand Gown was made to agree to reduce thisyear both in size and cost. But of that later.The dance, held in Bartlett Gynasium onthe night of December 8, brought the University Settlement $1,042, the sum fallingshort of last year's total by $137. But themanagers of the dance blame the banalweather. It was bad. And the ticket salethis year was the largest ever. Wade Bender, general manager of the dance, led theGrand March with Marian Palmer, his lieutenant of entertainment. The ticket salewas conducted with vigor by ten teams.Sigmund Cohen's team captured the prize_:_.a box party at the opera-by disposing of322 tickets. Madeline McManus sold indi ...vidually the most pasteboards.The affairs of the Cap and Gown have,seemingly, at last taken on a settled state.On November 3 the Board of Student Organizations met and voted that the annualbe cut to half its usual size and price, giving as its reason for the step that it was inadvisable to take more money than wasnecessary from the undergraduates in wartime. Whereupon things grew turbulent.The staff of the C. and G. met and tote hair.Cards were passed out to the student bodyrequesting signed promises to buy a book atthe old price, thus assuring (if enough cardswere signed) publication as . before. Butsomething slipped somewhere and thisyear's Cap and Gown will be about 200 pagesin size and will sell for not less than $1.50and not more than $2.00. Many payingpages such as advertisements will have tobe omitted. Also the graduate section willbe omitted.The Chicagoan, successor to the LiteraryMo·nthlY, was sold out two days after it firstappeared on the campus. Although in itsattempt to be "popular" the magazinewas perhaps too frivolous, the campusseemed to like its stuff. The Maroon, )fcourse, objected. Its contents were supplied by Barbara Gentles, Gloria Stockley,Percy Hollister, Clement Auer, Richard At- water, '11; Bartlett Cormack, '20, and Dr.N orman MacLeod Harris, whose lettersf rorn "over there" were published. Thestaff of the magazine follows : Wrisley Oleson, editor; Bartlett Cormack, assistant editor; Alton Lauren, business manager; Gerald Westby, advertising manager; RalphEpstein, circulation manager, and DonaldPeattie, Lee Ettleson, Arthur Baer andRobert Redfield, associate editors. The editors request articles of all kinds fromalumni. The second number will appearshortly.Eleven freshmen were awarded numeralsby "Pat" Page as the football season ended.They are John Bryan and Herbert Crisler,ends; Evard Puryear and Marvin Weller,tackles; Sam Isaley and Bob Newhall,guards; Wilson Stegeman, center; GeorgeSerck, quarterback; George Cole and Howard Hales, half backs; and Waldemar Faedtke, fullback. -Evard Puryear waselected the freshman captain. He is fromColorado, a big fellow, and a member ofBeta Theta Pi.Discussion as to whether or riot the annual Washington Prom be held this yearhas been widespread. The UndergraduateCouncil suggested the Prom be held asusual, with several radical changes, namely:Elimination of usual midnight supper; simplification, of decorations; discouragementof taxicabs and flowers, and the cutting ofthe ticket price from $5 to half that amount.A census of campus opinion has not as yetbeen taken, but from all indications the undergraduates' seem indifferent. Their moneyhas gone for so many things since October1 that they look askance on anything calculated to sever them from dollars.As to Blackfriars, nothing has yet beendone to either insure a performance thisyear. The book had not, up to December15, been chosen, and there was a questionas to whether the faculties would approveof a show this year .or not. If a show isgiven, Hamilton Coleman will, as of old,produce the thing.The freshmen girls' societies announcedthe names of 252 women pledges. BlueBottle led, Yellow Jacket was second andBlack Bonnet third. James Vincent Nash108 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEmade his annual, and much appreciated, giftof fifty dollars to the Reynold's Club library. The money is used every year forthe purchase of new books. In the absenceof a librarian, the club has appointed DeanBoynton chairman; Arthur Baer, '18; FrankWebster, '14; Bartlett Cormack, '20, andStanley Roth, '13, as a committee to selectthe books to be purchased.The Reynolds Club held on the eveningof December 7 its last informal of the quarter. The new system of introducing all thecouples to the chaperons was retained. JohnBanister, '18, a prominent senior, left theUniversity December 12 to join the 311thEngineers. "Dutch" was of Blackfriar fame,treasurer of the Reynolds Club this year,literary editor of the 1917 Cap and Gownand was a member of Psi Upsilon, Skulland Crescent, Iron Mask and Owl and Serpent. The Reynolds Club held its firstsmoker of the year November 24, after theWisconsin battle. Fifty jackies from theGreat Lakes Training Station were guestsof the club. Only members and Wisconsinmen were admitted. The program wasvaudeville, and an army officer present toldof his experiences. Carleton Adams, CharlesGreene and Jasper King have been electedto the Honor Commission to fill vacancies.The officers of the commission are CarletonAdams, president; Agnes Murray, vice- president; Helen Driver, recording secretary, and Clarence Brown, case secretary.Two-hundred-some women, who have thisquarter played captainball, gave a spreadin Ida Noyes Hall. A vaudeville was given,the Beta Thet� Pi J ass Band and the DekeTeam officiating, with interpolated skits bythe Ukelele Club and others. Phyllis Palmer was elected women's cheerleader at theChicago night dinner. Greenwood Hallwomen gave a dance and invited jackiesfrom Great Lakes. Stuart Walker, directorgeneral of the Portmanteau Theater, talkedin Harper one afternoon. The next dayforty women beseiged The Playhouse looking for a "chance." And, when things beganto slacken up a bit, someone wrote a sophomoric and unintelligent review of the fallefforts of the w.k. Dramatic Club, therebydriving the D.C. to a fenzy. The reviewwas signed "Jimmie." It was published inthe Maroon, whose editorials by its managing editor are, this year, very good editorials. Arthur Baer writes them, beingM.E.The military situation is about the same,though the undergraduate men are not electing the courses in Military Science as unanimously as they might. The corps is, during the cold weather, drilling three timesweekly in Bartlett Gymnasium.BARTLETT CORMACK, '20.Men at Third CampThe following list is of alumni and stude�ts who have been nominated by theUniversity for membership in the ThirdOfficers' Training Camp, to be held at CampGrant beginning January 4. Originally intended as a training camp for men in theservice, it was changed in its scope to admita quota of 2,490 students from 94 collegesand universities. Of these Chicago was allowed to nominate eighteen:Joseph L. Adler.George M. Brill, '18.Roland B. Bradley, '19.Dan Hedges Brown, '16.Kent A. Buchanan, '19. -Stanley M. Crowe, '19.Raymond E. Fisch,Eugene E. Horton, '17.Walter F. Lochwing, '18. Eugene C. Mason.Paul E. Mooney, '18.Leland B. Morgan, '17.George A. Novak, '18.Maurice 1. Rogers.Joseph c. Shortall.Kenneth T. Sponsel.Maurice D. Tunnicliffe, '19.Clyde E. Watkins.Of these, some are already in the army.Morgan is a regimental sergeant-rna] or andwas during the summer in charge of theUniversity R. O. T. C.; Horton and Masonare battalion sergeant-majors at CampGrant; Mooney is a corporal at Chicamauga,Tenn., following enlistment as a private;Buchanan is in the field signal corps andTunnicliffe is a private at Camp Grant.THE UNIVERSITY RECORD 109The University RecordTwo new appointments. to the Faculty ofthe University have just been announced bythe Board of Trustees: Dr. A. L. Tatum,Professor of Pharmacology in the U niversity of South Dakota, to be an AssistantProfessor of Pharmacology and Physiology; and Assistant Professor Carlos Castillo, of Indiana University, to be an In- �structor in Romance Languages and Literatures. Both appointments begin January1, 1918.Among the leaves of absence granted bythe Board of Trustees are the following:To' Professor Anton Julius Carlson,chairman of the Department of Physiology, who has been assigned to the Sanitary Corps of the United States Army and,is expected soon to be in France.To Dr. Harry D. Kitson, of the Department of Psychology, who has been in theReserve Officers' Training Camp at FortSheridan and has just been commissioneda second lieutenant of infantry.To Dr. Edwin F. Hirsch, of the Department of Pathology, for service on the medical staff of the Officers' Reserve, UnitedStates Army.- To Dr. Joseph W. Hayes, Assistant Professor of Psychology, who is at CampDix, New Jersey.To Dr. William Henry Souder, of theDepartment of Physics, for service in theBureau of Standards at Washington, D. C.To Jacob Viner, of the Department ofPolitical Economy, to be an assistant toProfessor F. W. Taussig, chairman of theUnited States Tariff Commission.To Leo Finkelstein, for service in theMedical Department of the National Armyat Washington, D. C.To Leverett S. Lyon, of the School ofCommerce and Administration, for government service in Chicago.During the month of November the University gave a special course in brain surgery to a group of surgeons made up fromthe Medical Reserve corps, U. S. Army.These men were previous to their call intoactive training, successful physicians insuch cities as Baltimore, Philadelphia andChicago. The course began Nov. 1 and wasto have ended Nov. 15, but the membersof the class found the instruction so profitable that by unanimous request the coursewas extended to Nov. 23.In a letter to secretary of the Board ofTrustees, Chief Surgeon Samuel C. Plummer said : "We bear testimony to the ability and earnestness of the heads of the departments of Anatomy, Physiology andNeurology, as well as to their assistants.All of these men have given evidence ofthorough knowledge of their subjects and a disposition to make every effort to impart his knowledge to us. We wish to ex ..tend to the trustees of the University andto all of the instructors our most sincerethanks for the splendid and successful efforts made to render the course a most valuable one."Professor Robert Herrick, who has beenabsent. in France and Italy in connectionwith the war, has written an introductionto a new book in French, Poemes desP oilus, which is being published for thebenefit of the New England branch of theAmerican Fund for French Wounded. Mr.Herrick is the author of two books published during the war, The World Decisionand The Conscript Mother. Professor Herrickresumes his work at the University with theopening of the Winter Quarter.Professor Frederick Starr, who has beenin the Orient for the past year on leaveof absence, will renew his work at the U niversity with the Winter Quarter. Professor Starr has been conducting special anthropological investigations in Korea andhas published a book of some five hundred pages in Japanese. He has also published a paper on "Korean Coin Charms,"which is issued by the Korean branch ofthe Royal Asiatic Society.Professor Floyd Russell Mechem, ofthe Law School, has been appointed tomembership in the District Board of Appeals for Division Number One of theNorthern District of Illinois. PresidentJudson, who has been the chairman of theBoard since its organization, has been compelled through the pressure of many otherduties to resign, and his resignation hasbeen accepted. Practically all of the caseswhich arose under the first call have nowbeen disposed of. On December 15 a newsystem became operative under whichall men subject to the draft and not yettaken into service will respond to a newquestionnaire designed to classify them, toa considerable degree, in advance. All exemptions granted prior to December 15were vacated on that day and these menalso must classify themselves anew underthe new classification.The portrait of Professor Thomas C.Chamberlin, presented to the University bygraduates and former students of the department of Geology, is now at the Art Institute. The artist is Ralph Clarkson, whoa year ago painted the portrait of Professor Salisbury. Professor Chamberlin's portrait will in January be transferred to Rosenwald Hall, where the portrait of Professor Salisbury has already been placed.110 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEProfessor Chamberlain and Professor Salisbury have both been' connected with theUniversity of Chicago since its foundingin 1892, coming from the University of Wisconsin, where the former was president ofthe university and the latter in the departmen t of geology.At the fourteenth annual meeting of theAmerican Political Science Association,held in Philadelphia from December 27 to29, Professor Merriam took part in the discussion of "The Juristic Conception of Sovereignty," at the session devoted to politicaltheory. Dr. William E. Dodd, Professorof American History, discussed the subject of "Political Science in Relation to Actual Government." Among others takingpart in the program of the Association werethree Doctors from the University of Chicago: Dr. Augustus R. Hatton, '07, now ofWestern Reserve University; Dr. ArnoldB. Hall, '07, of the University of Wisconsin; and Dr. Oliver D. Skelton, '08, ofQueen's University, Canada.At the thirty-third annual meeting of theAmerican Historical Association, held inPhiladelphia from December 27 to 29, Professor McLaughlin gave an address at thegeneral session on American history. Hissubject was- "The Background of AmericanFederalism." Professor McLaughlin, whohas been president of the Association, isa member of the Executive Council. At thesame meeting the chairman of the jointsession on ancient history with the American Archaeological Institute and the American Philological Society was ProfessorBreasted. At the session on recent Russian history Samuel Northrup Harper, Assistant Professor of Russian Language andInstitutions spoke on "Factors in the MarchRevolution of 1917."At the thirty-fifth annual meeting ofthe Modern Language Association of America, held' at New Haven, Conn., from December 27 to 29, Professor Ernest HatchWilkins, of the Department of RomanceLanguages and Literatures, presented apaper on "The Study of Italian in the American College."Our Democracy ; I ts Origins and ItsTasks is the title of a new book by Professor James Hayden Tufts, Head 0.£ the De- partment of Philosophy. While it givesthe citizen and prospective citizen a notionof the machinery of government, its mainconcern is with those ideas and principlesthe machinery is meant to serve. The bookaims to help readers to understand the business and civic life of America today andaid them to meet the problems of theirwork and citizenship.The University Press is to issue a seriesof five volumes under the general title ofThe Polish Peasant in Europe and America;Monographs of an Immigrant Group, thefirst two volumes to appear in January. Theauthors are Professor William 1. Thomas,of the Department of Sociology, and Mr.Florian Znaniecki, Lecturer on Polish History and Institutions. The present workis one of the results of Professor Thomas'investigations in Poland, and is an analysisof a society based largely on documentaryevidence.Vols. I and II consider the organizationof Polish peasant society. A striking feature is the large amount of documentarymaterial in the form of some seven hundred letters of Polish peasants. These letters show better than anything else theactual motives, sympathies, and general attitudes of Polish peasants both at home andas recently arrived immigrants in thiscountry. The three remaining volumes willdeal with the disintegration of the old Polish peasant family under the influence ofthe new industrial system, and the reorganization of peasant life under the influence ofeducational activity.The University preachers for Januarywill be as follows:Professor Lynn Harold Hough, of theGarrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illi-:nois, on January 6. On January 13 President Edgar Young Mullins, of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky; on January 20 ProfessorGeorge A. Johnston Ross, of Union Theological Seminary, New York City; and onJanuary 27 Assistant Professor EdwardScribner Ames, of the Department of Phil-osophy at the University. .Elections to the Phi Beta Kappa at theclose of the autumn quarter included Barbara Willer, '18, Dorothy Fielding Roberts,'18, and Vesper A. Achlenker,' '18.The Letter Box:('The following personal letter from J. J. Pegues,'10,; the Magazine IS allowed to print.);:,:)-::�.' On ServiceWith theExpeditionary Force.. Nov. 25, 1917.if know wh-at a bug you are on war news, so I will drop you a line. As far as actual fighting goes you, of course, know justas much as I do. We get the daily bulletin and also the Paris edition of both theN. Y. Herald and the London Daily Mail,but at present don't come in contact withany of the men actually in the fighting, asTHE LETTER BOXwe are well down in the center of France.However, at one time or another I havetalked with a good many officers and menof both the English and French armies andso have an idea of how they look at it.Most of the English officers whom I havemet seem to feel that the end is somewherenear. Before the Italian retreat a goodmany English officers seemed to believethat Xmas might see the end; they thoughtonce the Paschendaele Ridge was all inEnglish hands the boche would have to giveup most if not all of Belgium and the coastwith all the resultant handicap to submarines and air raids and the moral breakdown that would likely result among theGerman people. Some, however, look fora much longer struggle, estimates even going as high as five years. Among the privates of ' the British forces there is lesssaid of the strategical features of the problem, or of the breakdown of the Germanmorale. To them it is a day by day affair,and they see an almost unending line ofconcrete pill-boxes, practically shell-proofand bristling with machine guns. Also theysay that anyone who thinks there are noneleft in the German army but weaklings andchildren is crazy. One Australian saidthe boche always asked for food first thingwhen captured, but that he thought it wasmerely a bluff and that they all were fatand husky and fierce fighters.The French seem to believe it will goon about a year longer. To all, soldiersand civilians alike, it seems to have. settled down into a sort of routine, to havebecome more or less the normal way oflife. There is on the surface at least little of the heroic and apparently little ofthe deep hate that one might expect. Ithas become as I say commonplace thrufamiliarity, and soldiers go back to thetrenches from their permissionaires as onegoes to work Monday morning. I don'tknow whether they really think a year willend it or only to try to kid themselvesto keep cheered up. I don't believe thatthe troops along most of the French frontcome up to those which the Huns havealong the front in Flanders; for from whatambulance boys and others tell me mostof the German prisoners taken aroundVerdun, etc., are a sorry lot. Apparentlythe Germans consider Belgium the mostvital spot and the English the most dangerous opponents. I would like to believe theend is somewhere in sight, but as alwaysI think it is a good way off yet.N either in England nor France is thereany very marked stringency that I couldsee in necessities nor in fact even in mostluxuries. One can buy almost anythingthat one wants to and in most cases about 111as cheap, and in some cases, cheaper thanat home. Of course, there is a scarcity ofsome things. The submarines are felt, butcertainly don't have it all their own way.Of course, you read Lloyd-George's speechin which he said 5 were captured in oneday, I suppose that was an unusually largebag, but personally I know the good workgoes steadily on. Also I see that we havealready launched the first of our 'new standardized fleet and soon will begin sendingthem across. So much for the war situation. Now for myself.I am sent down here for I imagine, atleast two months before going to a finishing school; learning to fly in weather justabout the same as we have in Chicago atthis time of year. Weare on flying dutyfour hours a day, weather permitting, butdon't usually get in more than 2 good daysout of three and only put in 10 to 30 minutes in the air on good days. The machinesare dual-control, and the instructor sits infront and lets you have your own wayas long as you don't go too far wrong. Youget in and fasten the safety belt; the motor begins to roar and you go bouncingoff, to slide into the air without knowingit. The machine tips one way or the otherand you push the stick over to correct it,watching the horizon to tell when you arelevel. It is cold as the deuce. The noiseof the motor drowns out all other sounds.The wind tries to push your head off andyour eyes begin to water in spite of yourgoggles and your nose to run. I experience no feeling of exhilaration; it seemsabout as safe as sitting in church, for whenyou get a chance to look down there isnone of the sensation of height that youget looking down from a high building. Theearth below looks soft for some reason,and is nicely split up into map-like divisions of various shades of greens, grays,yellows and browns, with here and there ahouse or a flock of them. You just beginto get the feel of it and correct the silghttilting and tipping of the machine automatically when the monitor motions downand you cut off your motor and push forward on the stick. The earth comesmounting up to meet you. You flatten out,settle down with a slight bump and rollalong to a stop; unfasten your safety belt,push up your goggles, blow your nose andlook at the instructor to signify that youare ready to get called for what mistakesyou have made.Yesterday closed the football season. Ihaven't .seen many scores, but know wecleaned Northwestern, so you did not haveto go through what we did after last year'sgame. The last of the paper always meansgoodbye. JOE.112 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEAlumni AffairsREMEMBER-YOUR magazine can continue, not on first subscriptions, but only onRENEWALS. War economies now make prompt renewals imperative.We rely on you.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGThe first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council for 1917-1918was held Thursday, December 6, at the College Club. Chairman Scott Brown presided. There were present, Mrs. Thompson. Mr. Sherer, Mr. Lyman, Mr. Mentzer,' Miss Farr, Mr. Slaught, Mr. Mouldsand Mr. Pierrot.After considering and adopting the minutes of the first quarterly meeting of theAlumni Council, held October 30, 1917, inRoom E41, Harper Memorial Library, thecommittee discussed comparative financialstatements for corresponding months ofOctober and November, of 1916 and 1917.Subscriptions had somewhat increased. Mr.Sherer reported that there would be ameeting of the Business Committee on thefollowing Monday, December 10, to go overthe advertising situation and the plan ofsending magazines free to "Chicago" menin war service.Arrangements were completed for forming the· sub-committees, and. the dates setfor the various monthly meetings throughout the year. At Mr. Brown's suggestioneach chairman will appoint an alternate soas to assure full atendance at all meetings. Reports will be mailed to all members of the Council.Chairman Brown on recommendation ofthe committee, appointed Mr. Mentzer, Mr.Murray, Mr. Lyman and Mr. Fairweatheras a special committee to work on Chicago Alumni Club plaris. Mr. Swift wasmade chairman of the Club's committee,and Mr. McNair was appointed, in the placeof Mr. Swift, chairman of the Funds committee.Matters of organization of an AlumniCompany of 1. V. R. c., of the use of thegymnasium by local Chicago Alumni, andof changing the Magazine cover were discussed, and referred to their respectivecommittees for formulatory plans thereon.Mrs. Thompson reported that the nextmeeting of the Chicago Alumnae Club willbe held during Christmas week, with a special program.,The meeting was of great importance,in that it prepared the way for successfullysolving the various difficult problems whichhave arisen out of the war situation. News of the ClassesRobert N. Tooker, '97, is a captain in theMedical Reserve Corps, and is now stationedat Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington. Bob has been in the service sinceApril; he has gone on duty to Japan andManila, and recently passed through Chicago on the return trip from Camp Mills,Long Island, where he had taken a trainloadof troops from the coast. In Chicago hewas forced by illness to remain some daysat the Presbyterian hospital. Mrs. Tooker-Gertrude Fulton=-is now at 802 Jay street,Tacoma, Wash.Benjamin C. Allin, ex-'9B, is a Captain ofEngineers, 108th Engineers, Camp Logan,Houston, Texas.The London Bookman for November contains a portrait of Marjorie Benton Cooke,'99, with a review of her novel, "CinderellaJane," published in England by Messrs. J arrold.M. Morgenthau, Jr., '99, is treasurer of theNational Committee on Army and NavyCamp Music, Mr. Morgenthau writes:"Our committee is directly affiliated withthe War and Navy Departments, and isworking in cooperation with the FosdickCommission on Training Camp Activities,of which my former athletic instructor at theUniversity of Chicago, J. E. Raycroft, '96, isa member. We are placing song leaders ineach of the Army and Navy Camps, who arein uniform and attached to the Quartermaster's Department. We hope that these menwill prove such a vital portion of our fighting forces that they will be commissionedand sent to France with each division of thenew army. The results so far have beenastounding, and almost without exceptionthe commanding officers are enthusiastic intheir support. In addition to this work weare endeavoring to improve the band situation and hope to bring about some constructive legislation at the current session ofCongress. Mr. John Carpenter of Chicago is Igiving particular attention to this problem."We have succeeded in getting the UnitedStates Government to print a book entitled'Songs of the Soldiers and Sailors,' with thewords of the patriotic and popular songs,and this will be ultimately placed in thehands of every soldier and sailor. It is theidea of Uncle Sam that all of his men shouldlearn to sing the same songs, so that whenthey come together in the trenches inNEWS OF THE CLASSESFrance, no matter what section of the country they hail f-r-om, they will be able to singsongs together."We are now busy preparing new and adequa te band arrangements of all of thesesongs and have the cooperation of the bestmusicians throughout the country in thiswork. The arrangements have practicallybeen completed, but money is needed to getthis music issued, as the Government has noprovision for issuing music to the bands.Here is a chance for some patriotic citizen tomake a wonderful investment. The totalcost for the bands of the entire service willnot exceed $3,500."Personally, I might add that after tenyears Mrs. Morgenthau and I have beenblessed with ,a little daughter, and she hasbeen named Jean Wald, after Miss LillianD. Wald."Annie M. MacLean, '00, has moved to 902Elmwood Ave., Evanston, 111.Nevin Fennemann, '01; Harry L. Wieman, '09; H. M. Goettsch, '06; R. C. McGrane, 'l�, and L. W. Jones, '97, are allteaching at the University of Cincinnati.Dr. R. H. McKee, Ph. D., '01 (Chemistry),has been given charge of the graduate workin industrial organic chemistry in the Engineering School of Columbia University.Warren B. Smith, '02, is in the Universityof Chicago Ambulance Corps, Allentown,Pa.Edna Robinson, '03, is now Mrs. FrankE. Vera. Her husband is medical directorof the Sunmount Sanitarium, Santa Fe,N. M.F. P. Ramsay, Ph. D., '03, is acting pastorof the Northwest Presbyterian Church ofKansas City, the regular pastor being in theWar Y. M. C. A. work. Dr. Ramsay's address is changed from Columbia, Mo., to 105South Chelsea Ave., Kansas City.John H. Smale, '04, is in Co. F., 334th Infantry, Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.Sophia Berger, '04, is in the American RedCross Canteen Service, Third Training Detachment, American Aviation School, A. E.F., France.William R. Blair, '04, Ph. D., '06, is aMajor in the Signal Corps of Aviation.L G. Yenerich, '04, is farming at PawPaw, Ill.J. W. Heyd, '06, is teaching French andGerman at Kirksville Normal, Missouri. Hewrites that at Kirksville also is G. H. Jamison, '13, teaching mathematics; Alice D.Mann, '16, English; E. M. Viqlette, '99, history, and W. A. Clark, Ph. D., '00, andRosamund Root, '16, education.William P. Henneberry, Jr., '06, is a Corporal of 108th Regiment, Co. G, Camp Logan, Houston, Texas.Edward Krehhiel, Ph. D., '06, is in theAmerican Secret Service, working on articlesfor the war dictionary.Albert N. Merritt, Ph. D., '06, LL. B., '11.secretary-treasurer of the Wholesale Gro-Suooort our advertisers! 113Shortest LineFastest TimeToIndianapolisFour Trains a Day Each Way__... ----TO INDIANAPOLISEach One As Good As the BestFROM INDIANAPOLISDaylight LimiteG.Leaves Chicago ....•...... 9:20 A. 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Monon Dining Car Service with itsspecial Hoosier dishes has no superior.All Monon trains leave from Dearborn Station, Chicago, only two blocks from the loop.When you go to Indianapolis-go on theMonon.· It costs no more than to travel onother lines and you are protected byAutomatic Block Signals All the WayFor tickets, reservation, etc., call on ortelephone Herbert Wiley, G. A. P. D., 104South Clark St., Chicago. eTelephone Harrison 3309.The", subbort the Mnaasine !114 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEcers Exchange of Chicago, has been calledto serve on the National Food Administration Board at Washington. "The CanningTrade Journal" says: "An abler or betterposted man for such work could not havebeen selected. For though still a youngman and full of energy, ambition and patriotism, he is a graduate of various institu-tions and of the Law School of Chicago University, and one of the most thorough andaccomplished commercial experts in thiscountry; and then he knows the world andits people, having sailed all over the sevenor fourteen seas when a young man as anadventurous sailor before he settled downin Chicago. He is an excellent publicspeaker and has a knowledge of several foreign languages and is a well versed studentof the philosophy of commerce. Cannersand trade paper editors will remember" himas a mem her and secretary and treasurer ofthe Publicity Committee of the big DriedFoods Week promotion in 1913 and 1914.His office address is care of United StatesFood Adininistrator, Washington, D. c."Walter L. Runyan, D. B., '07, is educational director Y. M. C. A., United StatesNaval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill. -A. C. Trowbridge, '07, Ph. D., '11, is inY. M. C. A. Educational Work, CampDodge, Des Moines, Iowa.Harold H. Swift, '07, who recently returned from the Red Cross Mission to Russia, has just been elected to represent theUniversity of Chicago on the Board of Trustees of the American University Union ofParis. The organization, which, as explained in the last issue, is a club for collegemen in war service in France, has alreadygiven its privileges to men representingeighty-four different American colleges anduniversities.C. J. V. Pettibone, '07, is assistant Professor of Physiological Chemistry in theMedical School of the University of Minnesota, and has just published a text book inhis field. His address is 611 Delaware St.,S. E., Minneapolis.D. C. Webb, '07, has recently been reelected Judge of the Juvenile Court of KnoxCounty, Tennessee.O. R. Sellers, '04, is teaching at McCormick Theological Seminary.Clinton L. Hoy, '99, is a Captain, M. O.R. c., U. S. Army Field Hospital, Co. 21.A. M. Boyer, 'oa, is now with the American Radiator Company at the plant at Bayonne, N. J., which is now engaged in making naval guns.Dean S. Benton, 'OS, has moved to KansasCity, where he is practicing law.Anne E. Newman, 'OS, is with the NewYork Surgical Dressings Committee, 6 Ruede l' U niversite, Paris, France.Weaver Chamberlin, ex-'OS, is a 2nd Lieutenant in the Irlfantry, O. R. c., and will goabroad very soon. .A letter from A. Evelyn Newman, 'os, whoSupport our advertisers! They support the Magazine!The Corn ExchangeNational Bankof ChicagnCapital . . $3,000,000Surplus and Profits, 7,000,000OFFICERSERNEST A. HAMILL, PresidentCHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, Vice-PresidentCHAUNCEY J. BLAIR, Vice-PresidentD. A. MOULTON, Vice-President.OWEN T. REEVES, JR., Vice-PresidentJ. EDWARD MAASS, Vice-PresidentFRANK W. SMITH, SecretaryJAMES G. WAKEFIELD, CashierLEWIS E. GARY, Assistant CashierEDWARD F. SCHOENBECK, Ass't CashierDIRECTORSCHARLES H. WACKER MARTIN A. RYERSONCHAUNCEY B. BORLANDEDWARD B. BUTLER CHARLES H. HULBURDBENJAMIN CARPENTER' CLYDE M. CARRWATSON F. BLAIRCHARLES L. HUTCHINSON EDWARD A. SHEDDERNEST A. HAMILL .J. HARRY SELZ ROBERT J. THORNEForeign Exchange Letters of CreditCable Transfers3% Paid on Savings DepositsNEWS OF THE CLASSES 117Naval Training School, Brooklyn NavyYards.Hazel Furchgott, '15, is instructor in physical education at Cornell University. Heraddress is 37 East Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.Edwin P. Hart, '15, is acting Top-Sergeantin the Ordnance Department, San AntonioArsenal, San Antonio, Texas.Kenneth Calhoun, ex-'15, is a Second Lieutenant in the Artillery.Frank A. Chapman, ex-'15, is in the U. ofC. Ambulance Corps, Allentown, Pa.Horace Fitzpatrick, '15, has enlisted in theartillery. He recently took an examinationfor a commission, the result of which hasnot reached the Magazine.Harry V. Givens, '15, is a First Lieutenantin Co. M., 244th Infantry, Camp Grant,Rockford, Ill.Albert G. Bower, '15, is a First Lieutenantin 89th Division of the United States Medical Corps, Camp Funston, Kans.Joseph J. Augustus, '15, J. D., '17, is aSecond Lieutenant in the Infantry, O. R. c.,Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio.Frank A. \i\Tilliams, '15, is a Second Lieutenant in the United States Navy, Washington, D. C.Hartie E. Zabel, Ph. D., '15, is a Lieutenant in the Adjutant General Department,N. G., Deming, N. M.J. Stevens Tolman, '15, is a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster's Department,care Quartermaster's Office, Camp Travis,San Antonio, Texas.Mr .. and Mrs. Frank E. Burleson (AnnaW. Mcf.aughlin), '15, have moved fromRiverside, Il1., to 804 N eave Bldg., 4th andReese Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Burlesonis executive secretary of the Better Housing League of that city.Bruce Martin, '16, has enlisted in the A viation Corps.Grace F. Balloch, '16, has resigned herposition in the University of Chicago Libraries, to accept that of 'head of the Latin department in the Bloom township highschool, Chicago Heights, Il1.Alice E. Barton, '16, is teaching at FerryHall, Lake Forest, Ill.C. D. Miller, Pro D., '16, is a First Lieutenant in the Qrdnance Department.CHICAGO COLLEGIATEBUREAU OF OCCUPATIONSPositions Filled-Trained Women PlacedAre Yoo { �di�::� Writera Institutional ManagerHousehold Economic Ex,ertDo Y Need Laboratory Assistant00 , Research WorkerRoolD 1002 Stevens Bldg.17 N. State Street Central 5336Support our advertisers! Victor E. Gutwillig, '16, is an Instructorof Ordnance, University of Michigan, AnnArbor, Mich.Harold T. Moore, '16, is a QuartermasterSergeant in the Michigan Repair Shop Unit,Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C.James O. Murdock, '16, is a First Lieu-tenant of Artillery, Plattsburg, N. Y. 'Wilmer Souder, Ph. D., '16, is an Assistant Physicist in the Bureau of Standards,Washington, D. C.Tracy R. Stains, '16, is a Lieutenant in theInfantry.Leonard Straus, '16, is a Corporal in theInfantry, Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.James W. Tufts, '16, is in Company D.,131st Infantry, Camp Logan, Houston,Texas.Laurens C. Shull, '16, is a Second Lieutenant of Infantry.W. A. Tarr, Ph. D., '16. is associate professor of Geology at the University of Missouri.R. G. Reimann, '16, is teaching history atCulver Military Academy.Carlton H. Foster, '16, is a corporal in theHeadquarters Detachment of the 10th Engineers (Forestry), now in France. He writesthat Ray Williams, '16, and William Jones,'16 are also in the 10th Engineers. "Ish�n't be able," says Foster, "to. take anyactive part in Alumni doings till after thewar, but then I shall."Leslie T. Bare, graduate student 1916-17,was commissioned a Second Lieutenant inArtillery at the second training camp atFort Benjamin Harrison.Thomas A. Blakeslee, '17, is president andmanager of the Nebraska School of Business, Lincoln, Neb.Avery V. Wolfrum, '17, is a member ofCompany B, 332d Machine Battalion, nowstationed at Camp Grant.William Dalgetty, '17, is in the U. of C.Ambulance Corps, Allentown, Pa.Clarence C. Collins, '17, is an Orderly inBase Hospital Unit No. 12, France.A. H. Andrews, '17, is in the Army Y. M.C. A., Atlanta, Ga.Richard M. Kuh, '17, is a Corporal in theALUMNIFor Your Dances, Parties, Cluband Fraternity Entertainments--Inquire 01-GEORGE W. KONCHAS, ManagerFAMOUS'�((Opt" �arbt!'efCbt�tra �trbiCt900 Lytton Bldg., Phone Harrison 1147They support the M agasi-n, et118 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEOrdnance Department, Watervliet Arsenal,Barracks 3. ;John C. Moynihan, '17, is in the 344th In-fantry, Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. .William Beauchamp, ex-'17, is in the British Royal Army Medical Corps, in France.Albert J. Lindauer, '18, formerly captainof the tennis team, is now a cadet in theAviation Section. He has completed hispreliminary training and is at present awaiting orders.Lloyd M. Bowden, '18, is a cadet in theAviation.Clifford D. Jacobs, '18, was commissionedFirst Lieutenant of Infantry at the secondtraining camp at Fort Sheridan.Brytantas Gr.aiczunas, '18, is in Aviation.Gaylord Ramsey, ex-'18, is a SecondLieutenant in the Infantry, France.Walter F. Snyder," '18, is in Company A,48th Highlanders, Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, Canada.R. T. Walker Duke, '18, is a First Lieutenant in Infantry, France.Alfred B. Carr, '19, is a Sergeant in theAmbulance Co. 4, 1. N. G., Camp Logan,Texas.C. J. T. French, ex-'19, is a Lieutenant inthe 16th Canadian Machine Gun Co., France.John B. Watkins, '19, is with Morgan,Hays & Co., 31 Boulevard, Haussmann,Paris, France.Albert Galiet, '19, who was for six monthsin France in the ambulance work, has returned to this country and enlisted in theAviation Corps. 'Lewis Fisher, '20, has enlisted as a member of Base Hospital 13. He is a brotherof Jerome Fisher, '17, a member of the sameunit. Both men are members of the SigmaNu fraternity.Grace Greenwood, ex-'21, is in the General Manager's Office of the American RedCross, Washington, D. C.The following members of the local chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, who are in warservice, were not mentioned in the list givenin November:A. Floyd Anglemeyer, '18, U. S. Navy("Gopher"); F. S. Benson, '12, Aviation Section, Signal Corps; Walter A. Bowers, '18,Paul H. Davis & GompangWeare anxious to serve you inyour selection of high grade investments. We specialize in unlisted stocks and bonds-quotations on request,PAUL H. DAVIS, '11.N. Y.Life Bldg.. -CHICAGO -Rand. 2281Support our advertisers/ Navy Y. M. C. A.; Charles H. Breasted, 'is,Army Engineers; Willard Brooks, '08, Adj.Gen. Dept., Camp Grant; PauliE, Donker,'16, Artillery (2nd Ill. F. A.); Stanley K.Faye, '10, Sergeant of Ordnance, San Antonio, Tex.; Carlton H. Foster, '16, ArmyEngineers; Homer A. Guck, '02, SecondLieutenant, National Army; Robert H.Harper, '16, Army; O. 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When lastheard from Hart was stationed at the SanAntonio (Texas) Arsenal.Carroll Holm, now secretary-treasurer ofthe Winona Oil Company of Oklahoma, hasmoved from Bartlesville, Okla., to Tulsa.James Rice Cowan, formerly teaching atNortheast High School, Kansas City, hasentered the Army.Marion Pierce is now Mrs. Charles Silerand her address is c/o Y. M. C. A., Tientsin,China.William H. Byford, Rush, is at CampDodge, Iowa, in the Base Hospital there,as First Lieutenant in the Medical ReserveCorps.Dr. R. F. Bacon, Ph. D. in Chemistry,1904, and Director of the Mellon Instituteof Industrial Research, University of Pitts-You have a standing invitation to call and inspect ourplant and up-Io-date facilities. 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Mr.Leo Finkelstein, instructor on' leave in theDepartment of Chemistry and Mr. L. E.Roberts, assistant on leave in the Department of Chemistry will shortly go to Francein Dr. Bacon's staff.Dr. William Lloyd Evans, �h. D. inChemistry, 1905, is Captain in the OrdnanceDepartment and on duty in Washington inconnection with the chemical service.C. H. Gordon is teaching Geology at theUniversity of Tennessee; (incidentally, hesays, acting as elder in the Presbyterianchurch). H. E. Buchanan, Ph. D., '09, andJ. B. Hamilton, A. M., '04, are teachingmathematics in the same university.At a recent trial at the Great Lakes RifleRange, Dr. Sophia Eckerson, of the Department of Botany, made the highest civilianscore, with 96 points out of a possible 100.Dr. Eckerson began practice in August.Renslow P. Sherer is assistant directorfor the State of Minnesota of the war certificate loan campaign.Guy M. Sawin and Mrs. Sawin, who. havebeen in missionary work in Nanking, China,return to this country next summer on furlough, bringing three children all born inChina. Sawin will study for a year eitherat Chicago or Columbia. Among the guestsat an August reunion at Sawin's summerhome in Kuling, China, were Clare P.Byers, Florence Chaney, and MauricePierce. _Samuel Kaplan, an assistant in Englishat the university, is the author of "TheCritic's Comedy," a one-act play, producedDecember 3, in New York, by the Washington Square Players. The followingcomments were taken respectively fromthe Morning Telegraph and the NewYork Times: "Helen Westley as acomedienne, shines in the second, whichis called 'The Critic's Comedy,' SamuelKaplan wrote it, and, speaking personally,it seemed the best thing on the bill. It istremendously clever." "It (The Critic'sComedy) is richly comical, and Mr. Kaplan develops the critic with excellent subtlety and realism, no shade of which is lostin the admirable rendering of Helen Westley." The plot of the play centers around thecritic, a typical theatrical reporter. As theplay opens, she has just awakened and isdictating a copy concerning the play of thenight before. Her husband enters with theactor, the' very subject of her article, andbaffles all her attempts to catch the noonedition. Their ages are extremely inharmonious-she is 45; he is 20. Behind herback, the husband calls his wife Hold woman," but when she is near, he teases formoney. In the end she yields and giveshim the sum requested,Xenophon Kalamatiano, '02, sends fromRussia, through the American consulate,the following appeal: MEN�ANTED!The F�deral Sign System (Electric) is looking for FOUR 1917 graduates to enter its employ with theidea of starting a two years' studentcourse with pay.These men will be .trained : .in alldepartments of our business with theultimate plan of placing them in executive positions in its Branch Officesthroughout the country, Electricalor technical "training is not a prerequisite to the work.Apply in wr iting for an appoint-ment. AddressR. D. HUGHESDistrict Sales Mgr.Federal Sign System(Electric)Lake and Desplaines Sts.CHICAGOManufacturers and Distrib�torsThey support the Magazine!120 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEThe Association of DoctorsProf. H! E. Slaught,Secretary Association of Doctors of Philosophy,The University of Chicago.Permit me to submit to you a report ofthe Committee created at the annual meeting in June to provide comforts for theUniversity Ambulance Corps, then in training on the campus.The needs of the young men were ascertained from Captain Clark, and after consultation with 'Mrs. Harry Pratt Judson,President of the Woman's War Aid of theUniversity of Chicago the following articles were supplied to the men.160 Shaving Mirrors $36.5980 Woolen Abdominal Bands....... 79.45130 fly nets for the head. . . . . . . . . . . .. 84.23$200.27We bought the mirrors and bandsthrough the University Purchasing Bureau,thereby obtaining a slight discount. Thefly nets, we made with the aid of volunteer labor and a seamstress for three days,thus saving $32.50 on the total number. TheParis Cleaners kindly dyed the materialskhaki as their patriotic bit. The homemanufacture of the nets was undertakenprimarily because they could not be obtained in Chicago" in khaki color.Financial StatementMoney received:Check from the Association of Doctors of Philosophy, per H. E.Slaught $100.00Contributions from Members....... 104.60Special gift toward head nets froma friend 42.12$246.72Expenditures160 Mirrors $ 36.5980 Bands 79.45130 Nets 84.23Paid Woman's War Aid by requestof donor 5.00Paid Woman's War Aid balance offund 41.45$246.72The funds were obtained from threesources:l-The Association treasury.2-Annual meeting, and in response tocircular letter.3-A special gift.The contributions were as follows:T. MeN. Simpson, '17 $1.00Professor J ohn Manly 5.00Annie Marion MacLean, '00... . . . . . . .. 5.00 G. A. Bliss, '00........................ 1.00Charles Baskervill, '11................ 1.00H. R. Kingston, '14................... 1.00E. R. Downing, :14 2.00Herman Spoehr, '09................. 1.00Katherine Dopp, '02.................. 1.00T. C. Neff, '96....................... 1.00Samuel MacClintock, '08 ..........•.. 2.00Albert N. Merritt, '05 1.00Clara Schmidt, '14 1.00Evelyn May Albright, '15............ 3.00H. H. Newman, '05................... 1.00F. A. Wood, '95 1.00Catherine C. Cleveland, '14........... 5.00E. C. Humphrey, '15 ...........•..... 2.50Bernhard C. Hesse, '96 5.00Helen Sard Hughes, '17.............. 2.50Paul G. Heineman, '07 2.00Lula Pace, '07, 2.00O. W. Silvey, '15.................... 1.00C. O. Paullin, '04..................... 5.00W. H. Kadesch, '15 1.00H. E. Slaught, '98................... 1.00Alice Braunlich, '14 2.00Geo. D. Fuller, '14................... 2.00H. M. Paine, '14 5.00S. R. Capps, '07...................... 5.00W. J. Kildahl, '09.................... .50Edwin Sparks, '00.................... 5.00Albert E. Hennings, '14 1.00Y oshio Ishida, '16.................... 1.00Annette B. Hopkins, '12............. 3.00Stanley Davis .Wifson, '16 2.00H. W. Stuart, '00 2.00E. M. Harvey, '14.................... 1.10O. P. Seward, '99 5.00Franklin C. McLean, '15.............. 5.00Chas. A. Ellwood, '99................ 1.00Anna M. Starr, '11.................... 1.00Thomas J. Riley, '04 2.00Wright A Gardner, '16 2.00Grace L. Clapp, '11................... 2.00Hannah Aase, '14 ; 2.00Total $104.60I t gave me the greatest pleasure to beable to administer the fund so generouslygiven. It should be noted here that thecontributions sent were in addition to giftsfor similar work elsewhere, and should beregarded as €vidence of great loyalty to�the University on the part of the Doctors.Please command me if I can be of furtherservice in connection with work for theAmbulance Corps. .Respectfully submitted,. ,ANNIE �IARION MacLEAN,Chairman Soldiers' Comfort Fund of theAssociation of the Doctors of Philosophy.Nov. 26, 1917.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEOFFICERSneeded forThe United StatesARMY 121BETTE�EXECUTIVESneeded forThe BUSINESSARMYIntensified Training in FundamentalsEquips Men to Become Capable LeadersThe need for trained men inbusiness was never so emphasizedas now.War requirements are creatingopenings for thousands o( capableexecutives.Thousands of locomotives are now neededat the Front-a hundred thousand new freightcars have been ordered. America is buildingthem. 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The election is in thenature of an honor only, as Higgins is amember of Hospital Unit 13, which willbe called into service in January. Higginstried for every active branch of war service, but was rejected on account of badeyes. He is the most notable athlete theUniversity has known since Des J ardien,'15. He holds the intercollegiate record inthe Javelin throw, and is a fine shot-putterand discus-hurler, as well as a pitcher ofunusual ability. He was the best full-backin the country this fall, and was placed onevery All-Western team chosen.There remain in college for the winterquarter, besides ex-Capt. Brelos, '18, andBondzinski, '18, who have played their lastfootball for Chicago, Gorgas, '19, andBlocki, '20, Cochrane, '20� Elton, '20, J ackson, '20, MacDonald, '20, and Reber, '20,Rouse, '20 and Kahn, '20, are in HospitalUnit 13 with Captain Higgins. Moulton,'20, left for Sandy Hook to compute RangeTables for the Artillery Service in the Ordnance Department, and Mellen, '18, has enlisted in aviation.Of the freshman squad, thirteen receivednumerals, all good men, and if any largeproportion continue in college next yeara fine team may be expected. The sched ...ule is the fiercest in many years-sevengames, all with Conference Colleges. Theoutstanding features are the Michigangame on November 9, the early date forthe Minnesota game, and the fact that Illinois closes the season. The schedule com ...plete follows:October 12-Chicago vs. Minnesota atChicago. .October i9-Chicago vs. Iowa at Chicago.October 26-Chicago vs. Wisconsin atMadison.November 2-Chicago vs. Purdue at Chicago.November 9-Chicago vs. Michigan atChicago.November i6-Chicago vs. Northwesternat Evanston.November 23-Chicago vs. Illinois atChicago.Cross .. Country-At the close of the year'sCross-Country season the most pessimisticfan conceded Chicago the championshipfor 1917. But, as in all other branches ofAthletics, the war shattered all hopes fora winning team. Captain-Elect Tenney didnot return. J ones, who placed 22nd lastyear, is an .aviator, and Snyder is now aCanadian KIlty. As It was, only two vet ..erans reported to Coach Eck the first dayof practice. They were Otis, a junior, andAngier, competing his last year. Coach Eck had to build the team around thesetwo men, and in doing so, developed someconsistent and reliable men. McCosh, anexperienced runner, developed into one ofthe best of the conference. Lewis, a newman in track circles, has rounded into arunner above the average. Long and Coxwere developing into good men, but weredeclared ineligible, so were a loss to theteam. This forced Coach Eck to pressShambaugh, a green man, into training twoweeks before the Conference Cross-Country Championship. At this stage Otis waselected captain to fill the vacancy left byTenney.The little squad, under the guidance ofthe coach and J oe Stout, '16, worked hard inspite of the handicaps and made faster timein trials than have ever been made before.The first trial was held Oct. 16, when Otiswon a 5-mile race in 27 :58. A few dayslater, Otis again won a 440 in 51 2/5 anda mile in 4 :38 1/5. McCosh was close tothe winner in these trials, crowding himto the limit. On Oct. 24, a 3-mile trialwas won by Otis in 15 :47 2/5, with McCosh 10 seconds behind. Otis won againon Nov. 1, when a 5-mile trial went in26 :53. There were several such time trialsas these, held mainly to give the green runners practice and to develop speed.Coach Eck was able to arrange for onlyone dual meet this year. This was againstan "All-Chicago" team, composed of thebest X-country men in the city. Joe Stout,running for Chicago, won the race withMcCosh second and Otis third. Stout madethe very fast time of 26 :34 and Chicagoeasily defeated this "All-Chicago" aggregation.The Conference run was held in Washington Park, Nov. 24, under the most ad ...verse conditions possible. The snow-covered and frozen ground, together with astrong north wind and a temperature of29° above zero, made running anything buteasy. Because of the war conditions, only5 teams were entered, they being Chicago,Ames, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Minnesota. Michigan and Purdue had enteredteams but withdrew them the last moment.As was expected, Ames won the meet,with Chicago second. Wisconsin, OhioState and Minnesota finished in the ordernamed. Hawthorne, captain of the Amesteam, won individual honors in the fasttime of 26 :48. Hawthorne is a Senior andplaced 4th in last year's cross-country runheld at Purdue. Otis finished second andMcCosh third. Angier of Chicago was the12th man to cross the line, with Lewis twopositions back. Shambaugh, the fifth manon the Maroon team, finished last, due,ATHLETICSmainly to his lack of training. Had eitherCox or Long been eligible to run, Chicagowould have won the Championship.The C. A. A. U. Cross-Country title wasforfeited to Chicago, the only team entered. This brings the C. A. A. U. championship to Chicago for the second consecutive time, as she won it from the1. A. C. last year.George Otis, '19. 123Basketball-The basketball team will bevery green. Gorgas, '19, IS the only veteran to return, as Parker, '19, elected captain last winter, has left college. The newmen include (all sophomores) Blocki,Babourka, -Bryan, Jackson, Hinkle, Longand Vollmer, besides Curtis, '19, who is afine athlete, quarter-m.ile champion of theConference and All-Western first-baseman,but has never played basketball. 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Three places are practicallysettled-Gorgas at center, Blocki at forward and Bryan at guard. The practiceseason has included defeats by Muscatine,Iowa, and the West Side Browns, two ofthe three best teams in these parts, butPage was not using some of his material,the football men being let off to study.The winter season opened New Year's Evewith a game against the Great Lakes Station five in Bartlett.The best teams in the Conference lookto be Purdue, Wisconsin and Minnesota.Northwestern has five men back, but theydo not seem first-class. Illinois has lostits team-the Woods brothers. Michigan, the newcomer, has paid little attention to basketball in the past, but there isno reason why her team should not be upto Conference standard.Swimming-e-Earle, '18, captain, is practically certain of three firsts in the Conference, the forty-yard, hundred yard, and 220-yard swims. Carlson, '19, if he does notenter war service, will win the plunge,but he may go at any time. Every otherold man is either graduated or in war�.orvice. New men are Goldman, '19,!3reCRth,..:'r1 �e '19, and Williston, '20, Ries,�O, ¥-eber, 20, VJ"h;tf_ '20, Rogers, '20, Miller, 20, and Kahn, 20. Coach "\Vh.lte CApects a team good enough to beat every- body but Northwestern, which has nearlyall her men back and will undoubtedly winthe title.William W. Shirley, Jr., '16, writes offormer swimmers at the University-1914-17:"Of the 'C' men of that period, Earle, '18,the present captain, enlisted in the Ambulance Corps, but was asked to withdrawand finish his medical course. Crawford,'18, is corporal and instructor in Frenchin the Ambulance Service. Pavlicek, '16, isin the naval reserve. Neff, '15, is in theNational Army. Shirley, '16, is in the balloan division of the signal corps. Meine'17, and Redmon, '16, were both rejectedfor the 1st R. O. T. C., and Meine was rejected in the draft. Rubinkam, '17, is inFrance with the Ambulance Service, andhas gained the Croix de Guerre., "Of the men who did not get the 'C,'Clark, '17, is in the balloon division of theSignal Corps; Gorgas, '15, and H. Moore,'15, are in the Ordnance Service at Watervliet, N. Y.; Murdock, '16, is a First Lieutenant; Bowers, '18, is in the Y. M. C. A.Service at Great Lakes Station; Poague,'14, is in aviation; Huston, '18, is at CampGrant, and Windrow, '17, and Parker, '15,applied for the R. O. T. c., but failedof acceptance. If you know any more Iwish you would give me data."BurlinQtonRouteto St. PaulMinneapolisThe Natural Route-It Follows the RiverPhone Bandolph 3117.. �. PURL, General Agent, Passenger Department141 So. Clark St .. Cor. AdamsSupport our advertisers! They support the Magazine!ENGAGEMp,NTS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS 125EngagementsThe engagement is announced of MissDorothy Harter, of Kalamazoo, Mich., toLieut. Lewis A. Smith, '11. Lieut. Smithis in the aviation section of the signal corps.The engagement is announced of CeceliaH. Wertheimer, '12, to Milton Stern, ofKalamazoo, Mich.Captain Albert Henderson, '1�, of the 86thDivision at Camp Grant, has announced hisengagement to Margaret Gyllenhall of Glenview, Ill. The marriage will be Saturday.Mr. Henderson was president of the Dramatic club, member of Blackfriars and amember of the Delta Upsilon fraternity.The engagement is announced. of ErlingH. Lunde, '14, and Miss Laura Hughes, ofToronto, Canada.The engagement is announced of DunlapClark, '17, and Mary Lois Brown, '18.Clark was till the end of the autumn QuarterStudent Major of the University R. O. T. C.He has just been appointed to the thirdOfficers' Training Camp at Rockford.MarriagesSarah Louise Capps, '09, and Ralph 1.Dunlap, were married November 21, atJacksonville, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap areat home at 619 W. College avenue, Jacksonville, Ill.Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Whittemore announcethe marriage of their daughter, Martha, '13,to Vernon Frieze, J. D., '10, on November20. Mr. and Mrs. Frieze are at horne atLockwood, Mo.Mrs. Mary E. Roselle, announces the mar- riage of her daughter, Helen May, to RexVan Bornstein, '15, on December 1, at PortChester, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Van Bornstein are living at Glenwood Inn, Westport,N. Y.The marriage is announced of EdwardZbitovsky, '15, and Alice Marion Rowell, onDecember 26. Mr. Zbitovsky is in graduatework at the university, where he is presidentof the Czech Society.The marriage is announced on November3, at Chicago, of Dorothy Llewellyn, '15,and Ralph Field, ex-'14. Mr. Field is nowin France with the Engineers' Corps, andMrs. Field is living with her parents at5636 Kenwood avenue.Edith 1. Thoren, '16, was married to Walter F. Channel, of Wilmington, Ohio, onSeptember 1. They are living at Wilming-ton, Ohio. -The marriage is announced of AliceKitchell, '17, and Cedric V. Merrill, '17, onSaturday, December 1, at the home of thebride, 6541 Howard avenue.DeathsC. C. Leffingwell, '02, died on December13, at Hackensack, New Jersey.Emma B. Shealy, A. M., from IndianaUniversity and a graduate student of theUniversity of Chicago, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lafayette, Friday, December 14, and was buried from her homein Delphi, December 16. She had been ather work as teacher of English in Monticello, Ind., until about a month ago shesuffered a complete breakdown.Sabins' Educational Exchange (Irre.)DES MOINES, IOWAFounded1893OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of Successful Service.. .. . . . Tens ?f Thousands have been located in good teachmg PO�1t�o�S. . O�r Contract pla.lI�. Our terms most liberal. Wr1te for our plans. 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There werepresent: Shirley Farr, Ruth Prosser, JohnP. Mentzer, Alice Greenacre, William Lyman, Frank McNair, Grace Coulter, ScottBrown, Edgar J. Goodspeed, Herbert E.Slaught, Mrs. A. V. Powell, Jose Hoover,Howell Murray, Mrs. J. W. Thompson,Mrs. E. Manville, Dorothy Edwards, JamesW. Linn, John F. Moulds and Adolph G.Pierrot.The minutes of the previous meeting,copies of which had been mailed to themembers before the meeting; were approved. The Secretary-Treasurer commented on the financial report. The itemof "general expense," he explained, coveredsome office equipment and additional costof printing the MAGAZINE, occasioned by therise in prices of paper, ink, and such materials. Report received and placed on file.The report of Mr. Lyman, chairman ofthe Auditing Committee, covering the booksof the Alumni Council from October 1, 1916,to September 30, 1917, was read, acceptedand ordered filed. Reports of Standing Committees, asprinted and sent out previously, were considered.(a) Publications Committee: Mr. Goodspeed suggested that the former MAGAZINEcover, with picture of the Tower, was morefitting than the present one with the Arch.Discussion. Referred for attention to Publications Committee.(b) Clubs Committee: Mr. McNair, inaccordance with a request by Mr. Swift,who was compelled to be absent, askedwhether, under the war situation, activitiesin the clubs' work should be dropped. Consensus of opinion was that the clubs' workshould be conducted with a reasonableamount of attention, so as not to lose thegood results thus far achieved.(c) Class Organizations Committee:Mr. Moulds discussed the new plan of holding reunions in groups of five classes. Ithad been carefully worked out; but the warhad interfered with it at the June, 1917; reunion.(d) Athletics Committee: Suggestionmade, and heartily approved, that the Athletics Committee work out a plan wherebythe alumni could be allowed weekly use ofBartlett Gymnasium, pool and courts, on25 Charts in SetMILITARY INSTRUCTION CHIRTS• No. ,SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIERORDER ARMS TO RIGHT SHOULDER ARMS LEARN TO DRILLLIKE REGULARSMilitary efficiency of a high order is only obtained by continuous study and drill. You canreach the regular army standard by using ourMilitary Instruction Charts, which teach themanual of arms in complete detail, the care ofthe army rifle, and the correct ways to shoot.Used in' Reserve Officers' Training Camps,schools, colleges, and extensively in the Regular Army. If you have a son, brother or friendin the National Army, a set of these charts willaid him in getting promotion. If you, yourself are studying for a commission, they willmake you more proficient. 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The annual footballdinner of the Alumni Club would be givenand indications were that it would be successful.(f) Chicago Alumnae Club: Mrs. Thompson told of the various activities of the Chicago Alumnae Club, including Red Crosswork, addresses by various speakers ofprominence, and social activities. Thealumnae enjoy greatly the meetings in IdaNoyes Hall and the use of the facilities thereoffered. Excellent progress has been madeand continued progress in the future wasindicated.The Nominating Committee, Mr. Hoover,chairman; Miss Greenacre and Mr. Murrav,previously appointed by the chairman, presented the following names as chairmen ofthe Standing Committees for 1917-18:Publications Committee-Albert W. Sherer,'06.Clubs Committee-Frank McNair, '03.Funds Committee-Harold H. Swift, '07.Finance Committee-Herbert E. Slaught,Ph. D., '98.Meetings Committee-William H. Lyman, '14.Class Organizations Committee-ShirleyFar, '04.Athletics Committee-John P. Mentzer,'98.Chicago Alumni Club-Howell Murray,'14.Chicago Alumnae Cluh-Martha LandersThompson, '03.Report accepted. Acceptance elected therespective chairmen.Chairman Brown explained details of thealumni organization. As to forming thecommittees, he suggested that each newlyelected chairman send in ten names as candidates for the Standing Committees. fiveof them members of the Council and five 127outside. These names would be consideredin conference, after which Mr. Brown wouldsend out the names of those finally selectedto their respective chairmen, who wouldthen appoint and notify the members oftheir committees. Mr. Moulds explainedthe plan of quarterly meetings for the Council and monthly meetings for the ExecutiveCommittee. He stated that reports of theExecutive Committee meetings would bemailed to each member of the Council. Thedates of the Council meetings were selectedas follows: January 23, April 24, June 12.All meetings to be held in Room E41Harper Library. 'The report of the Finance Committee wasmade, together with the presentation of thenew budget, by Dr. Slaught. He proposedthat the budget he the same as that presented last year, because he saw no reasonwhy conditions should suggest a differentbudget. The report of the Finance Committee was duly accepted as read, and order e d filed. Mr. Linn suggested that theCouncil should understand that the war conditions, under this budget, would necessitate a smaller M .. \G!\ZINI::. He estimatedthat the M!\(;.\ZINE would probably be 40pages and under. Discussion as to changing the M!\GAZINE to a hi-monthly. On aninformal vote the Council W:lS almost unanimous in favor of a monthly. Referred tothe Executive Committee for consideration.(1) Funds and Finance Committee: Thematter of apportioning expenses of reunions discussed. Dr. Slaught, representative from the Doctors' Association, thoughthe doctors were not in favor of such anapportioning. About 95 per cent had takenthe bachelor degree at other institutions,wherein centered all their interest in reunion matters. Dr. Goodspeed thoughttha tthe ruling of the Council, as to thelast reunion, ought t ostand for the present, but that the Doctors' Assocaition paying a portion of the reunion expenses in thefuture should be left to the Doctors' Association to decide. Miss Greenacre statedthat the Law Association was willing topay the assessment. Payment of its assessment by Mr. Runyan, for the Divinity Association, announced. Mr. Moulds stated thatconditions, as suggested by the Doctors ofPhilosophy Association's attitude. wouldsoon result in· bringing up, frankly andclearly, for final decision, the question asTEACH E RS' AGENCY28 £.Jackson Blvd.,Chicago ��o�::,o��::=!�e�;����:a�;����Pi';;;.::Basion NewYor1c Birmingham Denver ing a survey of tbe whole edueatlonal fieldPonland Berkele, Los Angeles for beet teachers and t.eaehinse opportunities.TYPEWRITERS $10. UPUmd_...ja.'2110 <w ...... 19. Smith"118 ••=��""rI:.lfw::.=,.::.. .l.all�t:o::.':..�=IT� CftilCAGO . •Telephon. Centr8.8034$11"0,., Oil,. advertisers I An intelligent person may earn $100monthly corresponding for newspapers;$40 to $50 monthly in spare time; eXPI'ence unnecessary; no canvassing; subj ssuggested. Send for particulars. Natio IPress Bureau, Room 2514, Buffalo, N. Y.The;y supporl II" Moguin,l128 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEto whether the University of Chicago alumnimatters should be assumed entirely by theCollege Association and all the alumni affairs of the University be the work of thecollege only. A motion by Mr. McNair thatthe matter be referred to the ExecutiveCommittee for further consideration, carried. Moved and carried that, until thematter is definitely decided, the Secretaryshould hereafter notify each associationwhen such special business as reunion assessments comes before the Council.Discussion concerning sending the MAGAZINEfree to all Chicago men and women in warservice. Consensus of opinion that onlymen doing work at risk, hardship and selfsacrifice should be included in the list.Moved by Mr. Linn that the MAGAZINE besent free to all men who are in actual military work, at home or abroad, not including men who are simply holding clericalpositions. The motion was amended tosend the MAGAZINE to such alumni and former students, provided the Executive Committee could find some agreeable way to obtain the money for this free distribution.Motion as amended carried.Mr. Moulds read letters to the Councilfrom Mr. Runyan and Mr. Angell, who werekept from attendance by war service. Theletters were ordered placed on tile. TheCouncil voted thanks to the Secretary, Mr.Moulds, and to the former Assistant Secretary, Mr. MacGregor, for the excellent workin preparing the reports and sending themout previously to the various members ofthe Council before the meeting. It was theopinion of all that the practice should becontinued, as it placed the members in fullinformation of matters to be decided, enabling the discussion to be concentrated andeffective.Mr. A. G. Pierrot, the recently electedAssistant Secretary, to take the place ofMr. L. ]. MacGregor, who resigned for warservice in June, 1917, was formally presentedto the Council. Mr. Pierrot thanked theCouncil for the opportunity to undertakethe work, and discussed the unusual problems in the advertising and in getting newsubscribers, owing to war conditions. Hebelieved, however, that steady work couldget fairly satisfactory results.Mr. Linn laid particular emphasis on hisdifficulty in getting news from the alumniand alumnae. 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