Price $1*50 Per Year Single Copies 5 CentsUniversity RecordCHICAGOGbe IHnipersits of Gbtcago ipressTolTT., NO. 34. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 27, 1896.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. Buddhism and Christianity, by H. Dharma-pala 449-450II. School Record, Notes, and Plan, VI : The University of Chicago School - 451III. Numerically Regular Reticulations upon ClosedSurfaces of Deficiency higher thanl, by Professor H. S. White 452IV. Races and Religions in Asiatic and EuropeanTurkey, by Dr. F. W. Shepardson andHead Professor H. P. Judson - 452V. The Method of A. J. Yvon Villarceau for theComputation of Orbits, by Eric Doolittle, 452-453VI. Official Actions : The Chapel Assemblies - 453VII. Ofiicial Notices 453-454VIII. Announcement of Special Courses in BiblicalLiterature 454IX. Ofiicial Reports : The Library ; University Extension; Harvard School; South SideAcademy 454-455X. Religious 455-456XI. Current Events 456XII. The Calendar 456Buddhism and Christianity.*BY H. DHARMAPALA.Two great religions stand dominating the worldtoday — Buddhism and Christianity. Both are basedon the divine law of love. Both teach the sacrificeof self, gentleness and mercy. Both the systems areintensely active in their missionary character. Bothrecognize the existence of evil, and emancipation fromsuffering, culminating in rest and peace. The veteranorientalist, Max Miiller, in the early stage of his* Abstract of an introductory address by H. Dharmapala,delivered before the Comparative Religion Club, October22, 1896. researches into the philosophy of Buddhism, wasastonished to find the strange similarities and dissimilarities which made him write that, " In no religion are we so constantly reminded of our own as inBuddhism, and yet, in no religion has man been drawnaway so far from the truth as in the religion ofBuddha. Buddhism and Christianity are indeed thetwo opposite poles with regard to the most essentialpoints of religion ; Buddhism ignoring all feeling ofdependence on a higher power, and therefore denyingthe existence of a supreme Deity ; Christianity resting entirely on a belief in God as the Father, in theSon of Man as the Son of God. Yet, between the language of Buddha and his disciples and the languageof Christ and his apostles there are strange coincidences." About a quarter of a century ago thesewords were written and the same writer in a recentaddress, delivered in London, dwelt again on the "Coincidences between Buddhism and Christianity," andhas indirectly expressed his opinion that Buddhismhas influenced Christianity. Bishop Bigandet, aRoman Catholic prelate, after studying the religiousbooks of Buddhists, writes in his work called " TheLegend of Gaudama : " " In reading the particularsof the life of the last Buddha Gaudama, it is impossible not to feel reminded of many circumstancesrelating to our Saviour's life, such as it has beensketched out by the evangelists."The life and teachings of the great teacher ofhumanity have been popularized by a band of scholars in Europe and America. An English poet has immortalized himself by writing an exquisitely beautifulpoem on " The Great Renunciation " of the Prince Sid-dharhat entitled " The Light of Asia." An American450 UNIVERSITY RECORDscholar, Samuel Johnson, has by his erudite researchesin the field of Buddhism arrived at the following conclusions regarding it :(1) Its unselfishness; (2) its assertion of an absolutelaw; (3) the combination of idealism with practicalsense, of reason with sentiment, of clear ideas withpure ethics and practical humanity; (4) its reconciliation of moral determinism with practical freedom;(5) its democratic philosophy; (6) its peculiar fitnessfor the mass of men; (7) its poetic capabilities; (8)its extraordinary readiness to assimilate all popularbeliefs. {Oriental Religions, China.)Professor Hopkins in his "Religions of India" says:" At least one thing may be learned from Buddhism.It is possible to be religious without being devout.True Buddhism is the only religion which, discardingall animism, consists in character and wisdom. Butneither in sacrificial works nor in kindness alone liesthe highest. One must renounce all selfish desires andlive to build up a character of which the signs arepurity, love for all, and that courageous wisdom whichis calm insight into truth. The Buddhist worked outhis own salvation without fear or trembling. Tothese characteristics may be added that tolerance andfreedom of thought which are so dissimilar to thetraits of many other religions." Elsewhere he says:" From the point of view of the higher morality, onemust confess that Buddhism offers the best parallelto the best of today. On the other hand Buddhisticaltruism exceeds all others." The late dean of Westminster writing several years ago to Professor MaxMtiller said: "I remember the time when the nameof Gautama, the Buddha, was scarcely known exceptto a few scholars and not always well spoken of bythose who knew it, and now — he is second to Oneonly."Twenty -five centuries have passed away since theappearance of this great teacher in India; empireshave fallen; nations have risen; and once more in thedistant horizon the light of the East is seen to shedits luster on new lands. My presence today beforethis enlightened audience is to speak to the illustriousAmerican people of the " Teacher of Nirvana and theLaw." I come from a race which has never deviatedfrom the principles of the Buddhistic doctrine sincethey were promulgated 2100 years ago in that "gemof the Indian Ocean " by the prince apostle Mahinda,the only son of the greatest emperor the world hadseen — Asoka the Great. I am proud of the privilegethat I have received at your hands to convey the message from a people who belong to the oldest of oriental religions to the youngest and brightest of theearth's peoples. It is from the standpoint of the devotee and not of the scholar that I present you myinterpretation of Buddhism. My great object in visiting America is to observe and study your religiousinstitutions and to work with you in a spirit of brotherly sympathy for the elevation of man. Buddhismbases its teachings on universal compassion and unselfishness. Its unlimited power in influencing hundreds of millions for more than twenty centuriesis due to the spirit of love that permeates it. Itshome was India, and for nearly sixteen centuries thebeneficent teaching of the blessed one influenced theAryan people. Till the ninth century of the Christianera, from the shores of the Caspian to the far easternisles of the Malayan Archipelago the religion of compassion reigned supreme. But the beginning of thetenth century saw the decline and the destruction ofthe Buddhist empire under the vandal hordes of Mohammedan conquerors. Turkestan, Afghanistan,Candahar, Kashmir, Behar, Bengal, Central India,Orissa and Java had Buddhism when the Mohammedans first commenced their devastating conquest.Lassen mentions that "one hundred and fifty-sevenBuddhist monks brought writings to the court ofChina from India in the tenth century." (Johnson'sChina, p. 801.)In the year 1200 A.D. the last remnant of the Buddhist monks in Bengal, about 2000 in number, weremassacred in the monastery of Odentapuri by order ofthe Mohammedan general, Bhaktiyan Khilji. Century after century fresh persecutions arose and thehumane religion was obliterated by these fiendishfanatics, and by the thirteenth century Buddhism inIndia was a thing of the past. But the influence ofthe Buddha still remains there. He is the last of theAvatars and is the living God of Compassion to 260millions of the Hindu population of the sacred land.475 millions of Asiatics in China, Japan, Cambodia,Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, Burma, Siam, andCeylon daily repeat the formula :Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya.Buddhism lived in friendly rivalry with the Jainsand Brahmans in India. It used the terminology ofboth systems in disseminating its teachings. Thewords Karma, Buddha, Tathagata, Arhat, Swarga,Moksha, Nirvana, Avijja, Brahma, Deva, etc./ belongto Brahmanical and Jain terminology. In China,Confucianism and Taoism welcomed Buddhism andgave it a place in their pantheon. In Japan Shintopriests extended hospitality to Buddhist preachersand welcomed Buddhism, and even the early Christians of the Roman church have canonized the Bodhi-sat under the name of St. Josaphat.UNIVERSITY RECORD 451School Record, Notes, and Plan. VI.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL.November 26, 1896.The work of the week on the social side has focusedmainly around the Thanksgiving festival. The storyof the settling of Plymouth colony, the first year oflife and the first Thanksgiving, has been told andread. The relations of the white man and the Indianhave been brought out. The social and religiousmotives for leaving England and Holland, the growingdemands for freedom and the hardships and sacrificesmade for its sake have received attention. On thephysical side, images of the distant land, of the crossing of water, appearance of water in storm, and character of the New England coast and the difficulties inlanding, etc., have bee a formed, On the artistic sidethe Thanksgiving idea has found a reflex in the painting of vegetables and fruits, such as apples, carrots,onions, radishes, potatoes, nuts and oranges, whichthe children have themselves brought to school.On the direct social side the smaller children havehunted for twigs and branches out of doors, and theolder children have used these in building a wigwamout of doors. On the day before Thanksgiving thefirst Thanksgiving was reproduced so far as possiblein the activities of the children. Weather preventedthe lunch being cooked out of doors, but they prepared corn mush and parched corn in the kitchen.The children had previously modeled clay dishes, jars,bowls, plates, etc., for use in the hut.The older groups have read stories from Moore'sPuritan and Pilgrim, and Hawthorne's Grandfather'sChair has been read to the children. The youngerchildren have carried out the same work on the activeside, but with, of course, less reading. They have,however, added three sentences to those previouslywritten and read, viz., "We made a wigwam." " Wemade dishes." "We made a cave."The work on Greek life has not been so extensiveon account of the attention given to Thanksgiving.In connection with the meeting at Aulis, as read fromthe Iliad, the character of the Greek Assembly, theopposition to the tyranny of Agamemnon, and Greekreligious ideas connected with the discussion of thetemple and the wrath of the gods, have been broughtout, with the intention of reproducing something ofthe social and moral coloring of Homeric life. On theconstructive side the children have made clay bricksand modeled the treasure house of Atreus, making itto a scale of ten times the ordinary book plan.The work in sewing for the week has been sewingbags out of scrim and decorating these with designsin colored wools, each child making, as well as executing, his own design. The work in cooking has been, for the most part, areview of that previously done with the view of revising incorrect ideas and filling out blanks inthe children's experience. The old records havebeen gone over and compared by the children themselves and they have formulated a plan for improvingthem in the future by observing a regular order ofreport : (1) the materials taken; (2) what was donewith them; (3) what was seen to happen; (4) what wasshown, and (5) questions arising, if any. This, ofcourse, was done only by Groups IV and V.The new work in cooking has been upon makingjelly from cranberries and apples. This has givenoccasion for emphasizing or introducing physical andchemical processes. The effect of boiling water indisintegrating solid matter has been much moremarked in the case of the berries than in that of thecorn, so that the children have themselves remarkedthat the water does the pounding and mashing forthem. The idea of evaporation has been made clearby their noticing that the boiling, by reducing theamount of water contained, makes the cranberry juiceless liquid. The children have noticed the change ofwater into steam and back again into water, throughits condensation, and they have, of their own accord,related instances of observing the same process elsewhere. The effect of heat and cold upon the densityof the material has been noted as they have seen thatthe hot liquid strained much more easily than thecold, that the juice grew solid much faster whenplaced out of doors. A number of the children havenow begun to transfer the idea of processes noted incooking over to larger subjects, comparing, for example, the appearance of the boiling liquids to geysersand volcanoes, and making generalizations about theexpansive tendency of heat and the fact that steamdemands more space than the water from which itwas formed.As all materials have been weighed before and afterusing, the number work, especially upon ounces andfractions, has been continued. Addition of wholenumbers has come in by the individual children putting their amounts together and calculating results.Subtraction has been used in seeing the differentamounts of material before and after boiling. Multiplication was introduced because the children firstboiled one ounce of cranberries and weighed the sugaradded to sweeten properly, and then calculated theamount of sugar that would be required to sweetenlarger amounts when cooked. They have also begunto control their cooking by reference to the clock, andthis has also led to number work, and also to someStudy of more primitive methods of time-keeping.452 UNIVERSITY RECORDNumerically Regular Reticulations Upon Closed Surfaces of Deficiency Higher Than 7.*Systems of lines are Bought which shall divide a surface intoa, finite number of portions or faces, each of deficiency zero, andall having as boundaries the same number of lines. At all intersections of lines, or vertices, the same number of lines, or edges,are to terminate. These two qualities are connoted by theterm : numerically regular. Of such reticulations there is forevery deficiency a finite number ; the mode of tabulating theseis shown : for p — 2, 13 are listed ; for p — 3, 7 that are primitive.From a regular reticulation for deficiency m + 1 there may bederived one for deficiency 2m + 1, 3m + 1, etc. A rule for deriving these by graphic method is discovered. Some regularreticulations cannot be so derived, and are termed primitive.To draw representations of these, no a priori method is given,but trial develops skill. Mr. 0. H. Basquin has produced modelsof all primitive regular reticulations for deficiencies 2 and 3 ;and several examples of derivatives, showing some interestingvarieties of retieulations numerically identical but graphicallydistinct.Problem : The a priori description of primitive reticulations.Races and Religions in Asiatic and European Turkey.Studying the racial and religious conditions in Turkey inAsia** one is impressed with :1. The diversity of natural phenomena in the region ; thegreat extent of coast line, now sinuous, with many openingscalling the people to the sea, or again straight and lookingupon desert regions, which warn away civilization; the vastrange of promontory and plain, valley and mountain ; the greatdiversities of climate, affording opportunity for the existence ofpeople of many races.2. The diversity of races, representatives of six divisions ofthe human family being present, Turkish, Graeco-Latin, Georgian, Hindu, Persian, and Semitic, these divisions being stillfurther carried out into many smaller branches, where thepeople forget a common origin in mutual hatred and persecution. There are sedentary, pastoral and nomadic races, whiletowns and cities reveal cosmopolitan populations.3. The diversity of religions, with some features in common,but with strange local features also, survivals of ancient faiths,which distinguish both religion and race, or, perhaps better,distinguish religion, because they distinguish race.4. The ever-present conviction that the administration ofaffairs is corrupt, resulting in a feeling on the part of the people,that the removal of a particular official will make no change inthe methods employed, and, as a consequence, that there is nouse to complain, when there is not enough strength for a successful insurrection.5. The importance of Turkey in Asia as a stronghold of theempire and as a recruiting place for forces possibly weakenedon the other side of the Dardanelles.*,*European Turkey,! hi the widest sense of the term, includesthe whole Balkan peninsula to the borders of Austria andRussia. The non-Turkish peoples, still wholly or in part subject to the Turks, comprise the Greeks, Albanians, Servians,?Abstract of a paper read before the Mathematical Club, November 6, by Professor Henry S. White of the Northwestern University.** Abstract of a paper read before the Club of Political Scienceand History, November 11, 1896, by Francis W. Shepardson.t Abstract of a paper read before the Club of Political Scienceand History, November 11, 1896, by Head Professor Judson, Bulgarians, and Roumanians, besides Jews and Gypsies. TheGreeks are far more numerous in Turkey than they are inGreece. They are probably largely Slavonic in blood, but Hellenic in speech and customs. The Albanians, probably of theold Italo-Greek race, are hardy mountaineers who were reducedwith difficulty by the Turks. About seven-tenths of them arenow Mohammedans. The Bulgarians, numerous in Thrace andMacedonia, as well as in Bulgaria, are a Slavonic race, with aslight mixture of a Turanian race who conquered them, theBulgars. The Bulgarians had an independent kingdom of somepower in the tenth and twelfth centuries, but were subjectedfirst by the Servians and then by the Turks in the fourteenthcentury. The Servians are Slavonic, and before their subjectionby the Turks have a brilliant history, especially in the thirteenthand fourteenth centuries. Their great national hero, StephenDushan, ruled over a wide empire and nearly made himselfmaster of Constantinople a century before that city was takenby the Turks. The people of Montenegro are of Servian race,a remnant of Dushan's empire, who succeeded in maintainingtheir independence among their rugged mountains. The Roumanians are descendants of Dacian peasants intermingled withmilitary colonists planted among them by Trajan. The Roumanians became Latinized both in customs and speech. Theirtongue is Romance and they pride themselves in their descentfrom Trajan's soldiers. In Roumania there are many Jews andGypsies, the latter having been slaves until 1864.Nearly all these people belong to the orthodox orientalchurch, usually called "Greek." This church, unlike theRoman, has no international organization, each separate nationhaving a distinct church of its own, subject to the civil power.The liturgy is in Greek or ancient Slavonic, and is highly ritualistic. No images are used in the churches, and no musicalinstruments but the human voice. The supremacy of the popeis not acknowledged.The peasantry, who form the great mass especially of theBulgarians and Servians, are ignorant and superstitious.The Method of A. J. Yvon Villarceau for the Computation of Orbits. J(Annales de V Observatoire de Paris, Tome III, pp. 1-196).In this method, expressions are obtained for the mean geocentric longitude L and latitude A. of the comet in the form of aninfinite series, which proceeds according to the ascending powers of the time after the epoch for which the elements of theorbit are desired. This epoch is chosen either (a) as the time ofopposition or conjunction (when-v^ = 0) ; or (&), as the timewhen the star is stationary in longitude (in which case— -- = 0); or (c), as the mere mean of the observed times.atTo determine the coefficients of the series, all of the observations are employed from the beginning, instead of only three, asin the method of Gauss. The first and second derivatives of thelatitude and longitude are obtained in terms of the coefficientsand the time ; they are evaluated for the epoch chosen, and thecoordinates of the center of gravity of the earth and moon,with their derivatives, are also computed for the epoch. Thegeocentric distance (A) and the heliocentric coordinates (r, x,y, z) of the comet, and their derivatives, are then found in termsof these quantities, and the elements of the orbit finally computed by the ordinary formulae.If the orbit lies nearly in the plane of the ecliptic, certain ofJRead at the Astronomical Seminar, July 11, 1896, by EricDoolittle,UNIVERSITY RECORD 453the auxiliaries become indeterminate ; if the body passes nearthe pole of the ecliptic, the longitude varies so rapidly with thetime that a development into a series is impracticable. In theformer case, the third derivative of the longitude is employed'and in the latter case new spherical coordinates, (v, y), arechosen, which are exempt from this difficulty.The usual corrections to L and A are applied in the secondapproximation, which are then corrected for parallax to thecenter of gravity of the earth and moon. A comparison of theresults with a computed ephemeris will furnish a basis for adetermination of differential corrections to the coefficients ofthe series, the heliocentric coordinates, and finally to the orbitalelements. As the first approximation is nearly correct, thesecond proceeds with great rapidity.Official Actions.THE CHAPEL ASSEMBLIES.1. An assembly of the students and Faculty ofeach school or college will hereafter be held weekly inthe Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, at 10:30 a.m., asfollows:Monday, Junior Colleges;Tuesday, Senior Colleges;Thursday, Divinity School;Friday, Graduate Schools.Unclassified students who are working towards regular standing will meet with the Junior Colleges,ranking as Division 7. Other unclassified studentswill meet with the Graduate Schools.2. Attendance of College students is required.Seats will be occupied in the order of divisions. Theexercises of each assembly will include a brief religious service, followed by official announcements orother suitable business. The request of parents fora student's excuse from attendance on the groundof religious scruples will be duly regarded.3. Exercises heretofore held at 10: 30 will hereafteroccur at 11:00, and those of 11:30 at 12:00.4. This arrangement will go into effect Monday,November 30, beginning with the assembly of theJunior Colleges on that day.The above is in accordance with the action of thevarious faculties concerned.Official Notices.The regular and special meetings of Boards andFaculties, to be held Saturday, November 28, in theFaculty Room, Haskell Oriental Museum, are thefollowing :8:30 a.m. — The Administrative Board of Libraries,Laboratories, and Museums.10:00 a.m.— The Faculty of the Graduate Schools.11:30 a.m.— The Faculty of the Senior Colleges. The following three courses in Music are voluntary:Harmony. — Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.Theory of Music. — Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.History of Music. — Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.The University Choir. — Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.The University Chorus. — Tuesday, 7:15 p.m.Elementary Vocal Music. — Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.The following are the Music Clubs: The Men'sGlee Club ; The Women's Glee Club ; The Men's Mandolin Club ; The Women's Mandolin Club.A new course in the Department of Botany will begiven by Dr. Davis in the Winter Quarter. The following description is given :[XXXVII 5] Organic Evolution. This coursewill consider the principles of Darwinism andexamine the standpoints of later naturalists in respectto such subjects as heredity, variation, adaptation,etc. The work will be based upon a study of Darwin's Origin of Species, accompanied by lectures, andwill include reviews by members of the class of themost important works of more recent writers. Mj.Winter Quarter. Mon.-Fri., 2:00 p.m. W. 5. Open toall divisions of The University above the Junior Colleges.The Germanic Club will meet in Cobb Hall, Room11 B, Monday, November 30, at 3:00 p.m.; Mr. K. D.Jessen will present a paper on " Ulrich von Hutten alsnationaler Schriftsteller." Mr. E. Jonas will reviewR. Loewe, " Die Reste der Germanen am schwarzenMeer."The Semitic Club will meet on Tuesday, December1, at 7: 30 p.m., at Lexington ave. and 59th st. PresidentHarper will discuss the text of Amos 1 and 2.The first meeting of the Zoological Club will beheld Wednesday, December 2, at 3: 00 p.m., in Kent 22.Dr. O. P. Hay will read a paper on " The Structureand Mode of Development of the Vertebral Column."The meeting is open to all interested.The Club of Political Science and History will meetWednesday, December 2, at 8:00 p.m., in the FacultyRoom, Haskell Oriental Museum. Subject: "TheTurks," Paper by Robert H. Whitten.The Philosophical Club will meet Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m., in Cobb Lecture Hall, RoomC 13. Dr. S. F. McLennan will speak on " The Impersonal Judgment ; Its Nature and Significance."454 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe Bacteriological Club will meet on Friday, December 4, at 2:00 p.m., in Kent 14. Dr. H. WernickeGentles will speak on " Small-pox."The Geological Club will meet Friday, December 4,at 4:00 p.m., in Walker Museum. Dr. H. B. Kummelof the Lewis Institute will read a paper on "TheTrias of New Jersey."The Final Examination of J. F. Wood for thedegree of B.D. will be held in Room 15, HaskellOriental Museum, Friday, December 18, at 10:30 a.m.Examining Committee: Head Professors Hulbertand Anderson, Professor Johnson and Associate Professor Mathews.Announcement of Special Courses in BiblicalLiterature.The Department of Biblical Literature in Englishwill offer during the Winter Quarter the followingcourses of instruction:A 37. Prophecy and the History of Prophecy. —A study of the idea and the fundamental principlesof prophecy upon the basis of a classification of theprophetic material according to (1) the historicalperiods, (2) the work of the prophet, (3) the principalideas of prophecy. J^Mj. Sunday 8: 30-10:30.(W. R. Harper) K 21.B 19. I. Historical Study of the Life of Christ.Part I. — From the birth to the end of the Galileanministry. 3^Mj . Sunday 8 : 30-10 : 30.(E. D. Burton) H 17.During the Spring Quarter will be offered :B 19. II. The Historical Study of the Life ofChrist. Part II. — From the departure from Galileeto the Ascension. J^Mj. Sunday 8: 30-10: 30.(E. D. Burton) H 17.Every exercise will require at least four hours ofpreparation. In connection with the recitation eachstudent will be expected to present a brief paper. Thecredit given for the satisfactory completion of thecourse will be in each case one-half Major. Registration for these courses must be made as for othercourses.. No extra fee will be charged.Official Reports.The Associate Librarian reports that during theweek ending November 24 , 1896, there has been addedto the Library of The University a total number of338 books from the following sources :Books added by purchase, 277 vols., distributed asfollows : General Library, 4 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.; Pedagogy, 2 vols.; Political Economy, 9 vols.; PoliticalScience, 1 vol.; History, 3 vols.; Sociology (Divinity), 1vol.; Semitic, 5 vols.; New Testament, 4 vols.; Comparative Philology, 4 vols.; Greek, 7 vols.; Latin,107 vols.; Latin and Greek, 1 vol.; German, 52 vols.*Mathematics, 3 vols.; Geology, 5 vols.; Botany, 20vols.; Church History, 1 vol.; Syst. Theology, 3 vols.;Homiletics, 3 vols.; Morgan Park Academy, 11 vols.;Latin, New Testament, and Church History, one set,30 vols.Books added by gift, 60 vols., distributed as follows :General Library, 24 vols.; Philosophy, 1 vol.; Pedagogy, 33 vols.; Semitic, 1 vol.; Physics, 1 vol.Books added by exchange for University Publications, 1 vol., assigned to Philosophy.The University Extension Division of The University of Chicago announces the following schedule oflectures for the coming week. The hour will be 8:00p.m. except when otherwise noted, and where no stateis given, the centre is in the city of Chicago.Monday, November 30.Streator, HI. — John Graham Brooks, " Our Relation to Certain New Forces in Modern Society."Dayton, Ohio. — George E. Fellows, " Nation Making in theNineteenth Century."Goodrich School. — Brown and Taylor sts., W. D. McClintock,"The Greater Species of Literature. " 4:00 p.m.Waukegan, III.— R. G. Moulton, "The Tragedies of Shakespeare."Hammond, Ind— Henry W. Rolfe, " Representative EnglishAuthors of the Nineteenth Century."Bavenswood.—'F. W. Shepardson, "Six American PoliticalLeaders ; Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Party."Fairfield, Iowa.—E. E. Sparks, "The Men Who Made theNation."Tuesday, December 1.Kenwood. — Kenwood Evangelical Church, 4600 Greenwoodavenue, James H. Breasted, "History and Civilization ofEgypt."Galesburg, III.— John Graham Brooks, " Our Relation to Certain New Forces in Modern Society."Kalamazoo, Mich.— A. H. Cole, "Plain Talks on the Bacteria."Sidney, Ohio. — George E. Fellows, " Nation Making in theNineteenth Century."Lewis Institute.— Edwin H. Lewis, "Types of American Fiction ; The Realistic Novel of Unusual Life : James' 'The Princess Casamassima.' "Indianapolis, Ind.—R. G. Moulton, " The Tragedies of Shakespeare."Lewis Institute. — Harry Fielding Reid, " Physiography ;L akes and their Histories . ' 'Cook County Normal School. — Harry Fielding Reid, " Physiography ; Rivers and their Histories." 3 : 30 p.m.Bockford, III.— Henry W. Rolfe, "Certain Poets and ProseWriters of New England."UNIVERSITY RECORD 455Aurora, Ind. — F. W. Shepardson, "Six American PoliticalLeaders."Ottumwa, Iowa.— Edwin E. Sparks, "The Men who made theNa on' Wednesday, December 2.Burlington, Iowa.— John Graham Brooks, " Our Relation toCertain New Forces in Modern Society."Carter School.— 61st st. and Wabash av., John M. Coulter," Plants in Their Environment ; Relation of Insects to Flowers."Public School District 3 and 4 — West Division High School,Ogden and Congress, Harry Fielding Reid, "Physiography;General Features of the Earth." 3:45 p.m.Thursday, December 3.Public School District No. I.— Evangelical Church, Mohawkand Garfield, Harry Fielding Reid, "Physiography; Lakes andtheir Histories." 3:45 p.m.Keokuk, Iowa. — Edwin E. Sparks, "American History inAmerican Literature."Friday, December 4.Oakland Club.— John Graham Brooks, " Our Relation to Certain New Forces in Modern Society."Lewis Institute.— Harry /Pratt Judson, " American Politics."Kokomo, Ind.—W. D. McClintock, " Studies in Fiction."Public School, District 3 and 4.— West Division High School,Ogden and Congress, Harry Fielding Reid, "Physiography;Mountains and Plateaus." 3 : 45 p.m.Edgewater, III. — Henry W. Rolfe, "Representative EnglishAuthors of the Nineteenth Century." 'Marion, Ind.—F. W. Shepardson, "Six American PoliticalLeaders."Fort Madison, Iowa.— E. E. Sparks, "American History inAmerican Literature."Lewis Institute. — Lorado Taft, "Painting and Sculpture ofOur Time ; Painting in Holland and Scandinavia."Saturday, December 5.East Chicago, Ind.— Jenkin Lloyd Jones, " Prophets of Modern Literature."Columbia School of Oratory. — 17 Yan Buren st., Edwin H.Lewis, "Types of American Fiction; The Realistic Novel ofUnusual Life : James' 'The Princess Casamassima.' " 2 : 00 p.m.Englewood Women's Club. — Masonic Hall, 69th st. andWentworth avenue, Edwin H. Lewis, "Types of AmericanFiction; The Realistic Novel of Unusual Life: James' 'ThePrincess Casamassima.' "The report of The Harvard School, 2101 Indiana av.,Chicago (John J. Schobinger, Dean), for the AutumnQuarter 1896-7 is as follows :List of Instructors with Number and Character of Courses:John J. Schobinger. 1DM (Algebra) , 1DM (Plane Geometry),1DM (Solid Geometry).John C. Grant. 1DM (Caesar) , 1DM (Engl . History) .Samuel Leland. 1DM (Vergil) , 1DM (Cicero) , 1DM (Homer) ,1DM (Nepos), 1DM (Beg. Greek), 1DM (Greek History),1DM (English).Wilbur H. Ford. 1DMM (Beg. Latin), 1DM (Algebra), 1DM(Beg. Greek) , 3DM (English) .Karl Seeligmann. 3DM (German), 1DM (Caesar).Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont. 2DM (French).Frank B. Rainey. 1DMM (Physics), 1DM (Botany), 1M (Botany), 1M (Mineralogy). Departments:NO. OF COURSES.English: 4DMLatin : 6 (5DM, 1DMM)Greek: 3DMGerman: 3DMFrench: 2DMMathematics: 4DM :-History: 2DMNatural Science : 2DM NO. OF STUDENTS.4843133184523The report of the South Side Academy (Edward O.Sisson, Dean) for the Autumn Quarter, 1896, is asfollows :List of Instructors with Number and Character of Courses :Max Batt. 2DM (German) , 1DM (French) .Edgar J. Goodspeed. 1DM (Beg. Greek), 1DM (Anabasis).E. P. Lyon. 1DM (Physics).Wm. B. Owen. 1DM (Vergil), 1DM (Cicero).OrloJ. Price. 2DM (Geometry).Edward O. Sisson. 1DM (Beg. Latin), 1DM (CassarJ, 1DM(Algebra), 1M (English).W. E. Whaley. 1DM (English), 1DM (Greek History).Departments :NO. OF COURSES. NO. OF STUDENTS.Latin: 4DM - - - - - 66Greek: 2DM 26Mathematics: 3DM 49History: 1DM - - - - 18English: 1%DM 40Physics : 1DM ----- 10German: 2DM - - -, - 37French: 1DM ----- 13Religious.The University Chaplain, Associate Professor C. R.Henderson, can be found during his office hours, from1:00 to 1:25 p.m. in C 2, Cobb Lecture Hall, Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday.Vesper Service, Sunday, November 29, will be conducted by the Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus, D.D., who willspeak in Kent Theater at 4:00 p.m.Churches in the vicinity of The University holdservices as follows :Hyde Park Baptist Church (Corner Woodlawn avenue and56th street) — Rev. J.L.Jackson, D.D., Pastor. Preachingservices at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bible School at 9:30a.m. Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor MondayEvening, at 7 : 45. Week-day Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening at 7 : 45.Hyde Park M. E. Church (corner Washington avenue and 54thstreet) — Dr. A. W. Patton, Pastor, will conduct services Sunday, at 10 : 45 a.m. and 7 : 30 p.m. ; General Class Meeting at 12 : 00m. ; Sunday School at 9 : 30 a.m. ; Epworth League at 6 : 30 p.m. ;General Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7 : 45 p.m.University Congregational Church (corner 56th street andMadison avenue)— Rev. Nathaniel 1. Rubinkam, Ph.D., Pastor.Preaching Services at 11 : 00 a.m. and 7 :45 p.m. Sabbath Schooland Bible Classes at 9 : 45 a.m. ; Junior Young People's Societyof Christian Endeavor at 3:00 p.m.; Young People's Societyof Christian Endeavor at 6 : 45 p.m. ; Wednesday Devotional Hour,at 8 : 00 p.m. ; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (non-denominational) , second and fourth Mondays of each month, at8: 00 p.m.456 nmVERSlTY RECORDHyde Park Presbyterian Church (corner Washington avenueaDd 53d street)— Rev. Hubert C. Herring, Pastor. PublicChurch Services at 10 : 30 a.m., and 7 : 45 p.m. ; Sunday School at12:00 m. ; Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at6 : 45 p.m. ; Mid-week Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7 : 45 p.m.Woodlawn Park Baptist Church (corner of Lexington avenueand 62d street)— W. R. Wood, Pastor. Bible School at 9 : 30 a.m. ;Worship and Sermon at 11 a.m. ; Gospel Service with Sermonat 7 : 30 p.m. ; Young People's Devotional Meeting at 8 :15 p.m ;General Devotional Meeting, Wednesday evening, at 7:45. Allseats are free.Hyde Park Church of Christ (Rosalie Hall, cor. 57th streetand Rosalie Court) .—Services: Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 7:45p.m. ; Sunday School at 9 : 45 a.m. Young People's Society ofChristian Endeavor at 6: 45 p.m. Preaching by Rev. H. L.Willett, Ph.D.St. PauVs Protestant Episcopal Church (Lake avenue, northof 50th street)— Rev. Charles H. Bixby, Rector. Holy Communion, 8.00 a.m. every Sunday, and 11:00 a.m. first Sunday ofeach month. Morning Prayer with Sermon, 11 : 00 A.M. Men'sBible Class at the close of the eleven o'clock service. SundaySchool, 9 : 30 a.m. and 3 : 00 p.m.Unitarian Church.— Rev. W. W. Fenn, Minister. Servicesheld in Masonic Hall, 276, 57th street Sunday at 4 :'00 p.m.Current Events.Mr. C. A. Lenox will give a public lecture on "TheDesire of All Nations," a study of the life of Christ,illustrated with the stereopticon, in Haskell AssemblyRoom, Tuesday, December 1, at 8:00 p.m.A meeting of the Chicago Library Club will be heldin the Haskell Assembly Hall, Thursday evening,December 3. Assistant Professor Myra Reynolds willdeliver a lecture on "Wordsworth and the EnglishLake Region." Members of The University are cordially invited to attend. The lecture will begin at7:30.A course of lectures on " The Philosophy of JewishHistory" will be given under the auspices of the Chicago section of the National Council of Jewish Womenby Mr. Joseph Jacobs of Oxford. The lectures willbe given at Sinai Temple on the evenings of December 6, 8 and 10. Tickets for the course, $1.00. Mr.Jacobs is well known to students of ^Archaeology andAnthropology as a brilliant investigator in thes e fieldsA Conference upon Nature Study in ElementaryEducation will be held in Cobb Hall, Saturday, December 5, at 10:00 a.m. Professor Chamber lin willspeak on "The Adaptation of Nature Study to theEarly Mental Processes of the Child." ProfessorCoulter will deliver an address, and Mr. D. C. Ridgleyof the West Side High School and other city teacherswill also take part in the conference.Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD must beorder to be published in the issue of the same week. THE CALENDAR.NOVEMBER 28— DECEMBER 5, 1896.Saturday, November 28.Administrative Board of Libraries, Laboratories andMuseums, 8 : 30 a.m.Faculty of the Graduate Schools, 10:00 a.m.Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 11:30 a.m.Sunday, November 29.Vesper Service, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 455).Union Meeting of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., 7: 00 p.m.Monday, November 30.Chapel-Assembly : Junior Colleges. — Chapel, Cobb,Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (see p. 453).Germanic Club, Cobb, B 11, 3:00 p.m. (see p. 453).Tuesday, December 1.Chapel- Assembly: Senior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (see p. 453).Public Lecture on "The Desire of All Nations" byMr. J. P. Lenox, Haskell Assembly Room, 8:00 p.m.(see p. 456).Semitic Club, Lexington av. and 59th st., 7:30 p.m.(see p. 453).Wednesday, December 2.Zoological Club, Ke^t 22, 3:00 p.m. (see p. 453).Philosophical Club, Cobb, C 13, 7:30 p.m. (see p. 453).Club of Political Science and History, Faculty Room,Haskell, 8:00 p.m. (see p. 453).Thursday, December 3.Chapel-Assembly: Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 p.m. (see p. 453).Chicago Library Club, Lecture by Assistant ProfessorReynolds, Haskell Assembly Room, 7:30 p.m. (seep. 453).Friday, December 4.Chapel-Assembly: Graduate Schools.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10: 30 a.m. (see p. 453).Bacteriological Club, Kent 14, 2:00 p.m. (see p. 454).Geological Club, Walker, 4:00 p.m. (see p. 454).Saturday, December 5.Administrative Board of Physical Culture and Athletics, 8:30 a.m. .Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10: 00 a.m.The University Senate, 11:30 a.m.Conference on Nature Study, Cobb Lecture Hall,10:00 a.m., (seep. 456).sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in