ftbe TUmversitE of ChicagoPrice $J.OO founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGO<Xbe Tftntversit-g of Cbtcaso pressVoITTv, NO. 12. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. JUNE 23, 1899.Entered in the. post office Chicag-o, Illinois, as second-class mattex.COiNTENTS.I. Briefs on Propositions to be considered by the University Congregation at its Fifteenth Meeting,June 30, 1899 69-71II. Phi Beta Kappa - 71III. Official Notices -.--¦----- 72IV. The Calendar -. - - -. - - '- - - 72Briefs on Propositions to be considered by the UniversityCongregation at its Fifteenth Meeting, June 80, 1899.I. That more Courses of Instruction in the JuniorColleges shall be given by older members of theFaculties.Mr. Capps for the affirmative :The relatire proportion of men of experience givinginstruction in the Junior Colleges has diminished inthe last few years, to the detrimenta) of the quality of the work in general in this department of the University, andb) of the departments which have most largely madeuse of younger instructors. The newly entering student often finds himself under less competent instruction than he enjoyed in the preparatory school. Itshould be practicable for each instructor of professorial rank to give at least one course in the JuniorColleges each year.Mr. Blackburn for the negative :[The statistics given here are taken from the Announcementsissued November 25, 1898.]1. Courses are offered for the current year to Juniorstudents in 17 departments (exclusive of Elocution and Physical Culture). The courses offered numberin all 205, in regard to 16 of which the announcementsdo not furnish information that can be used in thisbrief. Of the remaining 189,15 are given by 7 Professors in 6 Departments18 " " " 8 Associate Professors in 6 "40 " ** " 14 Assistant Professors in 11 '*71 " " " 20 Instructors in 10 "15 " " " 2 Associates in 3 "18 " " " 5 Assistants in 4 **3 " " " Docents9 " " " FellowsAbout 36 per cent, of the Junior courses, therefore, are given by those who hold a rank of assistantprofessor or higher, and about 36 per cent, by instructors. Of the former there are 29 that have Juniorcourses, of the latter, 20. Only 19 per cent, of theJunior courses are in the hands of associates andassistants. The inference from these figures is thatthe Junior courses are in general in the hands of thosewho hold a fairly high rank in the Faculty.2. The number of years since graduation is asfollows :Professors - 28 (lowest, 17)Associate Professors - - - 15 (lowest, 11)Assistant Professors - - - 13 (lowest, 8)Instructors - - - - - 11 (lowest, 4)Associates - - - -. - 9 (lowest, 6)Assistants - - - * - 4 (lowest, 1)The inference from these figures is that the Juniorcourses are in the charge of teachers of experience.3. The seventeen departments that offer 205 Juniorcourses offer 261 Senior courses and 349 Graduatecourses. If the higher officers of instruction offer70 UNIVERSITY RECORDmore Junior courses, it follows that more Senior andGraduate courses will be assigned to instructors, associates, and assistants. It is not necessary to pointout that the University should make provision forthorough instruction not only in the 200 coursesoffered to the Juniors, but also in the 600 offered toSeniors and Graduates.4. The passage of the resolution offered can beurged only on the assumption that if more Juniorcourses were in charge of the older members of theFaculty, the work would be better done. But this isby no means certain in an institution where, as in alluniversities of high rank, appointment to the higherpositions is based on some special qualification. Formost of the Junior courses general good scholarshipand skill and faithfulness in teaching are of morevalue than mastery of a specialty. On the other hand,special scholarship and acquaintance with researchmethods are called for in the later courses, when thestudent begins to specialize.5. In view of the facts given above, it is plain thatin general the older members of the Faculty arealready giving to Junior courses quite as large a shareof their time as could wisely be given. It is doubtfulif more time could be given to them without neglectof other courses, and there seems to be no reason forthe passage of the resolution by the Congregation. Ifthere seems to be a disposition in any particulardepartment to disregard the earlier work of the studentand to give it leas care and attention than it deservessuch cases can well be left to the President and theSenate, who are charged with the care of educationalquestions.II. That the present Seminar Policy in the Universityis not satisfactory.Mr. W. R. Harper:1. A true seminar policy would seem to have beenviolated, when the number of students has beenallowed to become too great ; when a lecture coursehas been substituted ; when certain undergraduatestudents have been admitted ; when too many seminars have been announced (at the same time) in agiven department : when an instructor has planned tocarry two seminars at one time ; when too small anamount of work has been demanded of the students.2. The cases in which these abuses have occurredhave been few, and have diminished in number duringthe last two years. 3. a) A strictly seminar-method is used in manyfour and five-hour courses, b) Some departments,have abandoned the two-hour seminar, c) In somedepartments, e.g., Political Science, Political EconomySemitic, most, if not all, of the seminars are offered bythe instructor as a third coiirse.4. In general, no considerable abuse of the policyseems at present to prevail.Mr. 8. W. Cutting:It lias been urged by critics of the present administration ofthe seminars offered in this University :a) That undergraduates are frequently allowed tojoin seminars intended for graduate work ; b) Thatsome seminars include so many students as to permitbut little personal contact with the director of thegroup ; e) That lecture courses are sometimes scheduled as seminars ; d) That some instructors conducttwo seminars during a single Quarter ; e) That direction of thesis-work is sometimes scheduled andaccredited as a seminar; /) That too many seminarsare conducted by instructors below the professorialrank, and g) That the graduate membership of certain seminars includes such varying degrees of capacityand preparation as to make successful cooperationimpossible.An examination of the accompanying table ofstatistics (Rec. p. 71) concerning the seminars of theAutumn Quarter, 1898, reveals the following facts :1. Of a total of 138 registrations for seminar work,120, or over 88 per cent, were Graduate students; 10Divinity students, and only 6 Senior College students,constituted the remainder.2. The largest group contained in any single seminar number but 23 students, of whom 21, or over 91per cent, were graduates ; 90 per cent, of the secondlargest group of 18 were graduates.3. Not a single instructor conducted more than oneseminar during the Quarter.4. Twenty-six instructors offered seminar work, ofwhom 25, or over 96 per cent., were of professorialrank ; 17 were professors, 5 were associate professors,In the light of these facts criticisms indicated aboveas a, b, d, and /, seem ill-founded as far as the AutumnQuarter is concerned. Objections denoted here asc, e, and g, touch the individual methods of work followed by the directors of seminars, and can beneither sustained nor refuted by any tangible evidencewithin the reach of the committee.UNIVERSITY RECORD 71Statistics op the Seminar Courses Offered for the Autumn Quarter, 1898.Department Number ofSeminars Rank of Instructors GraduateStudents DivinityStudents Sen. Col.Students Total No.Studentsphilosophy '-Pedagogy^ -Political Economy -Political Science - - -History ¦ -Sociology -Sanskrit and Indo-European PhilologyGreek ------Latin ------Romance - - - - -GermanicEnglish .....Zoology - - - - -Physiology - - - - -Neurology - -. - iSystematic TheologyChurch History - 2 (9 + 2)2*112t3 (2+8+0)1112 (16 + 4)113 (1+2+8)11111 5 One Head Professor( One Assistant ProfessorTwo Associate ProfessorsHead ProfessorHead Professor( One Head Professor( One Professor( One Head Professor•J One Professor( One Associate ProfessorHead ProfessorAssociateHead Professor( One Head Professor( One ProfessorAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor5 One Professor( Two Associate ProfessorsHead Professor \Associate ProfessorHead ProfessorHead ProfessorHead Professor 1017121621718708 .63229 1441 11112 1118123104217207o106322 '918 Departments 26 26 Instructors t 120 10 6 136* One withdrawn because of illness of Instructor.f One Course withdrawn at end of two weeks.% Thirteen Head Professors, 4 Professors, 5 Associate Professors, 3 Assistant Professors, 1 Associate.Phi Beta Kappa.All members of the Phi Beta Kappa connected withthe University as members of the Graduate Schools,of the Faculties, or the Board of Trustees are requestedto hand their names to Mr. Hatfield that they may beenrolled as charter members of the Beta Chapter.The formal installation of the Chapter and theinitiation of members will take place at Kent Theater,Saturday July 1, 10:30 a.m. Members of the Chapterand members-elect will meet in Walker Museum at10:15 sharp. The official cap and gown will be worn.The following have been elected to membership inthe Phi Beta Kappa. 1114I.*Bertha Barnet.Lydia Brauns.Edith Maud Bullis.Matilde Castro.John Joseph Clarkson.Harry Norman Gottlieb.Alice Lachmund.Charles Lindsey Burroughs.Lucie Hammond.Pearl Louise Hunter.Arthur Taber Jones.Elizabeth Margaret Noll. Ella Christina Lonn.Mary Chapman Moore.Nannie Gourley Oglevee.Bertha Adelia Pattengill.Arthur Richard Schweitzer.Clara Morton Welch.Il.t Susan Whipple Lewis, '95.Ludwig Loeb, '96.Angeline Loesch, '98.Mary Evelyn Lovejoy, '97.Mary Louise Marot, '94.John Preston Mentzer, '98.Wesley Clair Mitchell, '96.William Eugene Mofratt, '96.Ella Maria Osgood, '97.Anna Lockwood Peterson, '99.Grace Gibson Pinkerton, '98.Inez D wight Rice, '98.Morris J. Rubel, '97.Max Darwin Slimmer, '97.Arthur Whipple Smith, '98.Kenneth Gardner Smith, ^6.Emily Churchill Thompson, '97.Helen Bradford Thompson, '97.Donald Shurtleff Trumbull, '97.Alice Van Vliet, '96.Henry Whitwell, Wales, Jr., '96.William English Walling, '97.Frank Howard Wescott, '97.Susan Helen Ballou, '97.Max Batt, '97.Ethel Ella Beers, '97. Carolyn Louise Brown, '97.Paul Fani Carpenter, '95.Lucy Hamilton Carson, '98.Mary Castle, '95.Mary Maynard Chalmers, '96.Henry Love Clarke, '98.Irene Ingalls Cleaves, '98.Elizabeth Teasdale Coolidge.'96.Grace Darling, '97.Helen Kelchner Darrow, '99.Frank Winans Dignan, '97.Edith Burnham Foster, '97.Joseph C. Friedman, '96.Frederic Mayor Giles, '98.Rose Adele Gilpatrick, '96.Fannie Steele Hay, '97.John Charles Hessler, '96.Robert Lee Hughes, '95.John I. Jegi, '96.Victor Oscar Johnson, '96.Eleanor Lauder Jones, '96.Florence Rachael Jones, '99.Minnie Lester, '99.Mary Catherine Lewis, '95.Hugh James Polkey.Annie Bowlend Reed.Frank Leland Tolman.Marie Katherine Werkmeister. MenWomenTotal A.B. Ph.B. S.B. Total9 6 7 2214 13 1 2823 19 8 50* With 24 Mj . credit. f With 33 Mj. credit. t Graduates of the Colleges, 1895-1899.72 UNIVERSITY RECORDOefigial Notices.IMPORTANT OFFICIAL MEETINGS.The attention of members of the Faculty is calledto the following official meetings, at which their attendance is desired :Friday, June 30 :2:00 p.m., Meeting of the University Congregation.Saturday, July 1 :3:00 p.m., The Twenty-ninth Convocation.7:00 p.m., The Congregation Dinner.Sunday, July 2 :4:00 p.m., The Convocation Vesper Service.The consultation hour at the beginning of the quarter should not be overlooked.William R. Harper,President.By action of the University Council taken June 10,1899, all courses for the Summer Quarter in the University, whether in the Divinity School, the GraduateSchools, or the Colleges, will begin on Mod day, July 3,1899.Reports for the Spring Quarter. — All instructors are requested to observe that all reports forcourses given during the Spring Quarter are due atthe Recorder's Office (or the Faculty Exchange) notlater than 12:00 m., Monday, June 26. It is of theutmost importance that every course be recordedfully and promptly. Blanks will be furnished throughthe Faculty Exchange not later than Tuesday, June 20.The University Recorder.Material for the UNIVERSITY EEOOED mustorder to be published in the issue of the same week. Calendar.june 23— july 7, 1899.Friday, June 23,To Friday, June 30,Quarterly Recess.Friday, June 30.alumni day.Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students,9:00 a.m.-4.00p.m.Alumni Luncheon in Haskell Museum, 12:30 p.m.Alumni meet for Annual Business Meeting in KentTheater, 2:00 p.m.The University Congregation meets in CongregationHall, Haskell Museum, 2:00 p.m.Alumni Base Ball Game and Band Concert on Marshall Field, 3:30 p.m.Alumni Banquet at the Quadrangle Club, 6:30 p.m.Alumni Sing and Promenade, 9:30 p.m.Saturday, July 1.founder's day.The Graduate Matutinal is held at the President'sHouse, 8:30 a.m. *Matriculation and Registration of Incoming Students,8:30a.m.-12:30p.m.The College Divisions at which attendance is required meet in Cobb Hall, 10:30 a.m.Inauguration of the Illinois Beta Chapter of the PhiBeta Kappa is held in Kent Theater at 10: 30 a.m.Candidates for Degrees at the July Convocation meetwith Executive Officers in Chapel, Cobb Hall, at2:00 p.m.The Twenty-Ninth Convocation is held in the Graduate Quadrangle at 3:00 p.m.The Congregation Dinner is held at the QuadrangleClub at 7:00 p.m.sent to the Recorder by THURSDAY, 8:30 A.M., in