Gbe THntversiti? of CbicaaoPrice $ J. 00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOGbe *mnfvet0ftB of Cbfcago pressVOL II, NO. 21. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AUGUST 20, 1897.Entered in the post office Chicago, Illinois, as second-class matter.CONTENTS.I. The University of Chicago Settlement, II, - 175-177II. Official Notices - 177-178III. The Christian Attitude toward Earthly Good.Phil. 4:12. By Professor George B. Foster - 178IV. The Calendar 178The University of Chicago Settlement.II.THE CIVIC EFFORT.Working people have little leisure and less ambitionleft after a hard day's work to look after the interestsof their neighborhood. The Settlement supplies themeans and agents for entering complaints, and furnishesthe power of initiative in movements for the good ofthe community. Many complaints have been sent tothe City Hall, through the Settlement, and sometimeswith good results. Ditches and alleys have beencleaned that had not been touched for years. Lectureson sanitation were given, and eyes were opened to seethat there was some relation between filth in the alley,the green scum on the ditch water, and sickness in thehome.The dumping ground for most of the south side LakeShore wards is about four blocks west of the Settlement, within smelling distance of the homes of hundredsof working people whose only capital is their health.For two years complaints have been made to the CityHall, with small results. This spring a joint efforthas been made by some Kenwood citizens and thehouseholders on Lincoln street opposite the dumpingground. An injunction against the city was procuredby Mr. S. W. Norton who is in charge of the Legal AidDepartment of the Settlement. Proceedings for con-empt are now necessary because the contractors have ignored the injunction. This will require vigilantaction for some time.THE PENNY SAVINGS BANK,A branch of the Penny Savings Bank has lately beenopened at the Settlement. Each depositor has a book,and, wishing to deposit, purchases a specially designedstamp of the denomination of one, five, or ten cents andsticks it in his book. It is then a certificate of deposit.Deposits may not be withdrawn before they amountto fifty cents. Two hundred and three children,seventy-three boys and one hundred and thirty girls,have deposited all the way from one cent to ten dollars.The banker improves the opportunity to encourage thespendthrift to save for his own interests while theselfish and over-thrifty are influenced to save for others.A FEW STATISTICS.Seventeen hundred people come to the Settlementevery week. Number of House Residents, 7 ; Neighborhood Residents, 2. Helpers from outside, 50, fifteenof whom came from the University, friendly visitorsfrom the neighborhood, 80, making in all 130.These are several lines of work carried on in theimmediate vicinity or even in the Settlement roomswhich are not dependent upon the Settlement, thoughclosely connected with it. Such are the ReliefBureau, The Sewing Room, The Dispensary, and theDay Nursery.CHARITY.The Settlement, as such, does not presume to act asa relief agency. But when those who are the im?mediate neighborhood friends of the Residents areovertaken by distress it is felt to be unfriendly torefuse to assist them. In this way during the pastwinter 140 pairs of shoes were given to children to176 UNIVERSITY RECORDenable them to attend school. In a great number ofcases other clothing was furnished when needed andmuch other assistance of a kind not lending itself tostatistical expression was supplied. All such aid wasnot only accompanied with but preceded by a friendlyknowledge and interest much greater than any possibleto be obtained through the " investigation " of thetrained charity visitor. Aside from this, the office of theStock Yards District of the Bureau of Charities waslocated at the Settlement and formed a center throughwhich the greater part of the charitable work of theneighborhood was done. The registrations at this officeduring the winter and spring months was as follows :December, 330 families ; January, 495 ; February,1167; March, 363; April, 130. About 100 volunteerfriendly visitors are connected with the Bureau eachof whom regularly visits one or more families. Therecords of the office, containing the main facts regarding over 2500 families, although distinctly private, areat any time at the service of students or others havinga kindly sympathetic interest in philanthropic questions. During the season just passed much assistancein this department was given by students from theUniversity, especially in the statistical and clericalwork, and during the emergency, invaluable aid wasgiven by several as visitors and with office work.During the emergency of last winter, seven hundreddollars was received by the Head Resident for reliefof the needy, most of which she spent through theagency of the Bureau of Charities. Next winter therelief agency will be removed to another building, asit interferes somewhat with the regular work of theSettlement, but the University Settlement and theagency will continue in mutually helpful relations.SEWING ROOM.At the suggestion of the Settlement, the South SideWoman's Club supported a work room for needywomen during last winter and expects to open itagain this fall. Twenty women a day were helped.Once a week the Settlement entertained the womenof the work room, giving them a bright and encouraging time. In this effort the young women ofBeecher, Kelly, and Foster Halls gave much assistance.THE DISPENSARY.This is under the supervision of Dr. Clarissa Bige-low, has a corps of efficient physicians and nurses,and an average of twenty patients at the afternoonclinics.THE DAY NURSERY.What is known as the University Settlement DayNursery has no official connection with the University Settlement. The name was chosen in order to indicate both the locality in which it is engaged and thecharacter of its activity, and while the identity ofname leads to some inconveniences, it is felt that theDay Nursery is relieving the Settlement of theresponsibility for work which ought to be done butwhich the Settlement is in no position financially toundertake. The Day Nursery, under a separate financial management and drawing its funds from sourcesunreached by the University Settlement, divides thefield not as a rival but as a coworker.The Day Nursery is supported and managed by anassociation of South Side ladies. This associationalso supports a sewing school for 200 girls, and anunprofessional dressmaking class for mothers. Thevisiting committee makes it a point to know personally the mothers whose children are cared for in thenursery, and out of this friendly relationship has comenot only many individual opportunities for wise helpfulness but also an emphasis of the Settlement ideaof neighborliness.UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE.President W. R. Harper ) ex ~ -0Head Professor J. M. Coulter )George C. Walker, Esq., representing Trustees.Professor C. R. Henderson " Divinity School.Professor A. C. Miller " Graduate Schools.Head Professor E. H. Moore " Ogden (Graduate)School.Professor E. J. James " Univ. Extension.Assistant Professor G. C.Howland " Senior Colleges.Assistant Professor MyraReynolds " Junior Colleges.Mrs. G. E. Vincent ) „ University Settle-Mrs. H. H. Donaldson y ment League.Mr. Geo. H. Sawyer " Undergraduates.RESIDENTS FOR 1897-8.Miss Mary E. McDowell, Miss Caroline Blinn, MissDelphine Wilson, Miss Ellen L. Higbey, Miss Elizabeth E. Greene, University of Chicago, Mr. E. F.Carman, Mr. John Beffell, University of Wisconsin.NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Simon, University of Wisconsin.TEACHERS IN THE SUMMER SCHOOLPrincipal, — Mr. Richard Waterman.Assistant Principal. — Mrs. Lizzie T. Hart.Registrar. — Miss Ellen L. Higbey.Kindergarten. — Miss Ottilie Reissenweber, MissJennie L. Williamson, Miss Louise Reissenweber, MissD. Gertrude Spaulding, Miss Grace E. Levin.UNIVERSITY RECORD 177Sloyd. — Mi&s Anna Nerman, Miss Annette ButlerMiss E. E. Langley, Miss Charlotte M. Hubbard.Nature Study.— Mrs. Mary M. Boyce, Miss EdithR. Nelson.Drawing.— Miss Fannie C. Dye, Miss Hazel Cowles.Housework.— Miss Grace E. Stone, Miss Jennie M.Mills.Sewing.— Mrs. Alma Bucher.Music— Miss Mari R. Hof er, Miss Mary Sprague,Miss Margaret Fallow, accompanist.PROGRAMME OF CLUBS AND CLASSES, 1896-7.DAILY.Kindergarten 9:00-12:00 a.m., 4634 Ashland av., Mrs.Charles Page, Director.Dispensary 9:00-11:30 a.m., 4640 Ashland av., Clarissa Bigelow, Head Physician.Day Nursery, 1722 Forty-seventh street, corner ofDryer, Mrs. Garnham, Matron.p#M# MONDAY.3.3O — Cheerful Home Club, Mrs. Henry Bacon, U. ofC, and Miss Edith Moss (Ogontz), Dining Room.3:30— Embroidery Class, Mrs. Schuyler Hoey andMiss Rareden, Class Room.2:00 — Kindergarten Institute Sessions, Hall andLibrary.7:30—Literature Class; Subject, "The ArthurianLegends," Miss Ada Springer, Class Room.8:00 Monday Evening Club (girls and boys), MissBlinn, Leader, Hall.7:30-9:00— Library Open for Older People, Mr.Charles Page.7:00 — Boys' Club, Mr. Beffel, Leader, AgassizRoom.TUESDAY.3:00— Sewing Schools, Mrs. Kellogg, Superintendent,Hall.3: 3o_Penny Provident Savings Bank open, Miss Bell-field, Wellesley, Library.3: 30— Children's Club, Mrs. Seabury, Class Room.2:00— Woman's Club Cooking Class, Mrs. Armstrong,Kitchen, third floor.7:30— Junior Cooking Class, Miss Allen, KitchenGarden Association, Kitchen, third floor.7: 30— Bohemian Woman's Club, Mrs. Humpal-Zeman,(Editor Zenske Listy), Library.7:30 — Cecilian Choir, Miss Mamie Sprague and Mrs.Levy, Hall.7:30 — Junior Agassiz Club, Mr. Beffel, Agassiz Room.WEDNESDAY.3: 00— Cheerful Home Club, Mrs. Leonard, MissSherer, Hall.4:00— French Class, Miss Blinn, Lookout Room.7: 30 — Bookkeeping, Mr. Braam, U. of C, Dining Room.7:30— Legal Dispensary, Mr. Norton, Lookout Room.7:30— Mandolin Class, Mr. Bliss, Leader, Library.8:00 — Mandolin Orchestra, Mr. Broman, Leader, Hall.1:00 — Mothers' Dressmaking Class, Mrs. Reuben Donnelley, 4638 Ashland a v.2:00— Woman's Club, Miss McDowell, Leader, Hall.3:30— Children's Hour Club, Miss Blinn, Leader,Lookout Room. P.M. THURSDAY.3:30— Kingsley Club, Miss Wilson Leader, Boys' ClubRoom.7:30— History Class, Mr. E. O. Sisson, U, of C, ClassRoom.7: 30— Merry Maidens' Club, Mr. Howard Gait, U. of C,Leader, Lookout Room.7:30 Sobieski Club, Mr. Freeman, U. of C, Hall.7:30— Baths Open, Mr. Irvin McDowell, 4634 Ashlandav. (rear).FRIDAY.3:00— Cooking, Miss Leila G. Fish, U. of C., Kitchen.3:00—Elocution Class, Miss Isabel Beck with, U. of C,Class Room.3:30— Children's Chorus, Miss Mari Hof er, Director,Hall.7:00— Boy's Glee Club, Miss Wilson and Mr. Beffel,Hall.8:00— Orpheus Chorus Society, Miss Mari Hofer,Director, Hall.7:30— Library Open for Older People, Miss BerthaSeabury and Mrs. Arthur Rogers, Wellesley,Library.7:30— Agassiz Club, Mr. Beffel, Agassiz Room.7:30 — Dressmaking (professional), Mrs. Strawbridge(Cornwell System), Dining Room.A.M. SATURDAY.9:30 — Young Artists, Miss Winans.9:30— Young Citizen's Club, Miss Brooks, Wellesley,Library.9:00 Knights of the Round Table, Miss Hughes, U. ofC, Class Room.9:30— McDowell Club, Mrs. Swan, Miss Bird, U. of C.(Teacher), Hall.9: 00— Penny Provident Bank Open, Mr. ClydeWalker, U. of C, Excelsior Room.P.M.2:00-4:00— Library open for Children and Adults,Miss Richards, Library.8: 00— Excelsior Club, Mr, Clyde Walker, Leader, Excelsior Room.8:00— Men's Discussion Club, Mr. Simons, Leader,Hall.8:00 — Legal Dispensary, Mr. Norton, Lookout Room,2: 00-5:00 and 7:00-9:00— Free Baths Open.SUNDAY.4:00 — Concert, Miss Hofer, Director, Hall.Alternate Sundays.— Short Talk on Christian Sociology, Hall.Note.— It is hoped that before long it will be possible toincrease the number of subjects m which instruction is given,The University stands ready to provide teachers, if rooms canbe secured. Many people, young and old, who are at work allday, would be glad of an opportunity to attend evening classesregularly. A building of its own would enable the University,Settlement to become the educational and social center of avery important field.Official Notices.Junior College Preliminaries. — The followingare the names of the successful contestants in theJunior College Preliminaries held before the com-178 UNIVERSITY RECORDmittee of the Faculty for the several Divisions onAugust 10, 1897:Division I.— N. W. Flint." II. — J. A. Dixon, Marilla Parker." III.— A. E. Hill, J. J. Walsh." IV. — Benjamin Samuels." V.— Miriam Faddis." VI.— G. H. Callard, A. W. Clark, A. W.Reaves.The Christian Attitude toward Earthly Good. Phil. 4:12*PROFESSOR GEORGE B. FOSTER.Paul seems to think that it is better to know howmorally, to be rich than it is to be rich, and that it isnot so bad to be poor as it is not to know how to bepoor. The profound presupposition of his thought iseven of more worth than its explicit utterance, viz.,the same moral ability suffices for either condition,the source of strength is but one.Mental culture, political rights, justice, outer conditions of life, triumphs in the investigation and utilization of nature, are all of a higher order than everbefore. Why then the deep and desperate discontent?Everybody knows the point at which popular criticismis directed : the unequal distribution of mine andyours. Hence the assault upon the present order ofthings. Has not every man an equal right to the goodsand gifts that earth and life have to give ? Has notevery man the same share in the duties that lifebrings ? Therefore the demand that all conditions bechanged from top to bottom. The thought may seemideal, but the thing is impossible. Unless you canpluck selfishness from the heart you cannot equalizepossessions ; unless you can equalize human endowments, you cannot equalize burdens ; unless you candestroy sickness and age and death, you cannotequalize joys. The man is engaged in a fruitless endeavor who seeks to equalize what God and naturehave made unequal. The farmer cannot prevent a drysummer or an early frost ; the landsman a cyclone orthe seaman a storm. But let us not deceive ourselves.This is not the root of the matter. The taproot isnot in the natural, but in the moral region. Thedanger that threatens modern civilization is due to thefact that modern humanity has not the right attitudetoward earthly good. Thousands consider it thehighest.Practical materialism ! The earth without a sky !Goods, but no goodness ! Boon associates, but noGreat Companion. Let all be done in the humanpower to change what ought to be changed, of outerrelations and circumstances. But the change whichwill surely cure our ills is not the change in condition,but the change in men, in the human disposition. Itbelongs to the imperishable glory of Christianity thatit has first made man free from the slavery to earthlygood ; because it brought to the world the eternalgood, peace of conscience, rest of soul. There is alimit to the service which the social order can give.Man does not live by bread, but by God.* Vesper Service Address, Sunday, August 15, 1897.Material for the UNIVERSITY RECORD must beorder to be published in the issue of the same week. THE CALENDAR.AUGUST 20-27, 1897.Friday, August 20.Chapel-Assembly ; Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10 :30 a.m.Dramatic Recital of Browning's Colombe's Birthday,by C. Chapin, Haskell Assembly Room ,8:00 p.m.Sunday, August 22.Vesper Service. Associate Professor W. D. MacClin-tock : " Reading and Interpretation of Browning'sSaul; a literary presentation of the Messianic Idea."Kent Theater, 4:00 p.m.Union Meeting of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,Haskell Oriental Museum, Assembly Room, 7: 00 p.m.Monday, August 23.Chapel-Assembly ; Junior Colleges. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Junior CollegeStudents).Public Lecture : The Literary Life of ElizabethanEngland, by Assistant Professor Crow. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 8: 00 p.m.I. How Fulke Greville entertained the distinguishedItalian philosopher Giordano Bruno at supper, and ofthe strange new theories that were discussed there.(The Renaissance, its philosophical side.)Tuesday, August 24.Chapel-Assembly ; Senior Colleges.— Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m. (required of Senior CollegeStudents).Readings from recent books, by Assistant ProfessorCrow, D 2, Cobb, 3:00 p.m.Francis Thompson, New Poems', Mrs. Maynell, Poems,and Maurice Moeterlink, The Treasure of the Humble.Second Junior Preliminary in Declamation beforethe students of the various divisions, 4:00 p.m.[Rooms announced on bulletin boards.]Second Senior Preliminary in Debating before thestudents of the various divisions, 4:00 p.m. [Roomsannounced on bulletin boards.]Public Lecture : The Poetry of George Meredith,by Associate Professor MacCHntock. Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 8:00 p.m. [Open to all members ofthe University.]Wednesday, August 25.Public Lecture : Pain Economy and Pleasure Economy, by Professor Lester Ward. Chapel, Cobb Lecture Hall, 8: 00 p.m. Under the auspices of the Sociology Club. [Open to all members of the University.] Thursday, August 26.Chapel-Assembly ; Divinity School. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Friday, August 27.Chapel-Assembly; Graduate Schools. — Chapel, CobbLecture Hall, 10 : 30 a.m.sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in