THEUniversity RecordOFGfyt tttntoet#tt£ of ChicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIPTJBJLISHED MONTHLY BY AUTHORITYCONFIDENTIAL NUMBER, JANUARY, 1904REPORT OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESFOR DECEMBER, 1903, AND JANUARY, 1904.The Reports of Committees of the Faculties and Boards of theUniversity referred to in this schedule of the transactionsare on file, and open to inspection in theRecorder's Office.The University Senate:January 9, 1904. — Voted:1. To invite the Political Science Associationto hold its meeting of 1904 at the University ofChicago.2. To accept the following report:DEPARTMENT XVI.1. To be reorganized under the name General Literature, in order to meet the enlarged scope of the Department:a) By the addition of comparative work involvingthe original languages.b) To constitute a principal subject for the Doctor'sdegree.2. It must be understood that Department XVI iscreated with a view to supplement the work of the existing Departments of languages and literatures, and in noparticular abridges the scope of any one of them.3. As the work of the Department, especially Sec. A,largely rests upon co-operation with the various languageand literature Departments, there will be a ManagingCommittee for Department XVI, composed of the Headsor Acting Heads of Departments VIII-XV.4. The work of the Department to fall into three sections :• A. Comparative Literature, as the term is generallyunderstood ; involving work in original languages of theliterature concerned. B. General Literature (irrespective of divisions be-culture rather than special study ; work entirely in English.C. Criticism and Theory of Literature.— Hero, the linguist element, though not excluded, will not be prominent.May or may not involve study in original languages.5. All suitable courses, but especially those of Sec. B,will be open to Junior students who have completedtwelve Majors, and to Senior students.6. Wherever work in this Department is offered for aM.A. (specialist) degree, or for a Doctor's degree, suchwork must include Sees. B and C, unless the Department is satisfied that adequate work in the studies represented by Sees. B and C has been done by the candidatepreviously.7. Where the whole work of a secondary subject forDoctor's degree is done in Department XVI, such workmust include Sec. A.8. Where Department XVI is offered as a principalsubject for a Doctor's degree, at least one-half of suchwork must be in Sec. A, and must involve knowledge ofthe languages of the principal literatures concerned.Richard Greene Moulton,Chairman.The University Council :December 19, 1903. — Adoption of the following report of the Committee on Proposed Reorganization in Administering the Admission ofStudents :To the Council:A. Your committee recommends that the followingchanges be made in the regulations :I. Art. II, sec. 5, should be altered to read :" Section 5. The Deans are appointed by the Boardof Trustees from among the members of the Faculty.2 UNIVERSITY RECORDOne Dean or more has been appointed for each of thefollowing divisions: [Here follows the list, which after" University High School " continues] Admissions,Medical Affairs, Women."II. Art. II, sec. 8, should receive as an addition thepresent sec. 9, which really appertains to it, and thereshould be inserted, as new, sec. 9, as follows :" Section 9. The University Examiners admit students to the various Colleges and Schools of the University." 1. The Examiner for Secondary Schools keeps recordof all teachers and secondary schools approved by theBoard of Affiliations and Admissions ; passes upon thevalidity of credentials presented by all students touchingthe requirements for admission ; issues certificates ofadmission to students coming from secondary schools ;awards scholarships upon recommendation of secondaryschools having this privilege ; certifies to the fulfilmentof admission requirements by students from other colleges seeking advanced standing ; provides questions(through departmental examiners) and conducts examinations for entrance to Junior Colleges at such timesand places as may be ordered by the Faculty ; authorizesspecial examinations by departmental examiners whennecessary ; offers consultation to candidates for admission." 2. The University Examiner for Colleges keepsrecord of all Normal Schools and Colleges and Universities approved by the Board of Affiliations and Admissions ; passes upon validity of all credentials presentedby students for advanced standing ; authorizes specialexaminations by departmental examiners when necessary ;may certify particular normal schools, colleges, and universities to Deans of the Schools and Colleges of theUniversity, who may then admit graduates of such certified institutions to a pro forma standing, this actionbeing reported to the office of the University Examinerfor confirmation ; submits to departmental examiners alldoubtful claims for credit ; admits provisionally to advanced standing students from colleges not on the approved list, and submits such action to the Board ofAffiliations and Admissions at its first meeting thereafter, upon whose approval provisional admission is continued for two Quarters, after which it will be completed or terminated by the Board ; offers consultationto all candidates for advanced standing ; submits to theHeads of Departments concerned the written claims ofgraduate students for the crediting of graduate workdone elsewhere, when such work is offered in satisfactionof any requirement for the Doctor's degree."III. Art. Ill, sec. 5, 8, should be changed by strikingout the Committees on Admission and Advanced Standing, namely first paragraph a, second paragraph b. IV. In Art. Ill, sec. 6, the name " Board of University Affiliations " should be changed to " Board of University Affiliations and Admissions."V. Art. Ill, sec. 6, 3, should read : " The Dean ofeach College or School, and the departmental examiners,"etc.B. Your committee is of the opinion that the attentionof the Council Committee on Fees should be called toArt. XIII, sec. 5, and that it should be asked to consider whether it is not desirable to omit all of this section but par. 2, and to increase the matriculation fee,if necessary, to $10.C. Your committee considers it necessary for theproper administration of this centralized Office of Admissions that the office force include a competent clerk (inaddition to an expert stenographer) who shall relieve theDeans of routine work as far as possible. Your com-mitee also recommends that the Director of Affiliationsbe charged with the duty of securing at once the fullestpossible information regarding the colleges and normalschools, and submitting the same to the Board of Affiliations and Admissions, with a. view to the extension of thepresent approved list of colleges from which studentsmay be received ad eundem, and the formation of a listfrom which students may be received with definite standing. To this end provision should be made for visitationof normal schools and colleges in the next budget.Adoption of the following report of the Committee on University Advertising :Your Committee on Advertising has carefully considered the various means by which the University hasbeen brought to the attention of prospective students ;and also suggestions for additional advertising. It begsleave to make the following recommendations :1. That the present plan of publishing the Universityliterature in the form of Announcements, Bulletins, andCirculars of Information, and of entering these at thesecond-class rates, be continued. It is recommendedthat the appropriation for this purpose, having beenproved inadequate by the experience of the present year,be increased one-third.2. That an illustrated circular of general information, •similar to the one published during the present year, beprepared ; that the edition be 30,000 copies ; and that$1,000 be set aside to cover the expense of printing,postage, and mailing. It is also recommended that themore important points in this general circular be condensed in a small leaflet which may be inclosed in thecorrespondence of University officials.3. That the policy of visitation of institutions becontinued and enlarged ; this visitation to include, notonly what is done in connection with affiliations and co-UNIVERSITY RECORD 3operations, but also visitations of colleges in order toincrease the number of students in the Divinity School,the Law School, the School of Medicine, and the Schoolof Education. For the visitation of preparatory schoolsit is recommended that $ be set aside, and that forthe visitation of colleges $ be set aside.4. That during the months of March, April, and Mayadvertisements be inserted in a large number of collegepapers, the advertisements to be devoted to the work ofthe four professional schools, with a line of reference tothe advantages of the Summer Quarter.- 5. That the Summer Quarter of the School of Education be announced in special advertising in the leadingeducational papers to the amount of $ .6. That, in view of the attractions afforded by theLouisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, specialeffort to advertise the Summer Quarter be made at theUniversity. It is suggested that a preliminary SummerQuarter circular, illustrated, be issued not later thanFebruary 15, and that the regular Summer Quarter Circular be issued March 1 ; that the Open Lecture Announcement be illustrated , and be widely distributed ;that the Board of Trustees be asked to admit all teachersin the co-operating schools of the University to theSummer Quarter of 1904 on payment of one-half of thetuition for a Term or Quarter.7. That the policy of the office of affiliations andco-operations, in placing in the co-operating schoolsframes containing groups of pictures of Universitybuildings, be continued and enlarged; that the plan ofdistributing one hundred copies of the Cap and Gown becontinued ; that the officials connected with affiliationsand co-operations be requested to consider the desirability of having in each co-operating school a framedcertificate of co-operation with the University of Chicago.8. That the editor in charge of University literaturebe earnestly requested to make every effort to co-operatewith the special Departments interested in issuing thevarious circulars on time so as to avoid criticism fromthe Post-Office Department; and more particularly soas, to keep constantly on hand copies of each circular forthe uses of intending students.Respectfully submitted,Francis W. Shepardson,Walter A. Payne,John M. Dodson,and other members of the committee.Approval of the publication of the UniversityAddress Book for the Winter Quarter.January 9, 1904. — Adoption of the followingreport on the Policy of the Board of Recommendations : The committee to which was referred the consideration of the policy for the Board of Recommendationsbegs leave to report: first, that it is convinced that theBoard is an institution of great value to the University,and therefore it urges that everything be done to emphasize its position as an administrative part of the University ; second, that the policy of the Board during theyear closing October, 1903, was essentially different fromthat of the years previous, as well as from that of thepresent year, as administered by the present secretary ;third, that its policy covers the following points : (a)that all Schools and Colleges should be informed of thework of the Board by a general circular issued at leastonce in two years ; (&) that no general letters of recommendation be issued to any student, but that all possibleaid be given to those who are definitely known to be considered as candidates for a given position ; (c) thatthere be the most cordial co-operation with teachers'agencies.The committee recommends the continuation of thispolicy, and in it it is joined by the secretary of theBoard, who was invited to sit with the committee at thismeeting.Respectfully submitted,Francis W. Shepardson,C. R. Barnes,James H. Tufts.January 23, 1904. — Adoption of the following report of the Committee on the Revision ofthe Calendar:Your committee on the Calendar for the year 1904begs leave to report as follows :Winter Quarter, 1904. — Quarter begins Monday,January 4 ; Convocation, Tuesday, March 22 ; quarterlyexaminations, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, March 23,24, 25 ; spring recess, Saturday, March 26, to Thursday,March 31.Spring Quarter, 1904. — Quarter begins Friday, April1 ; Convocation, Tuesday, June 14 ; quarterly examinations, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, June 15, 16, 17.Summer Quarter, 1904. — Quarter begins Saturday,June 18; First Term ends Wednesday, July 27; holiday,July 4 ; Term examinations, Wednesday, July 27 ; SecondTerm begins Thursday, July 28 ; Second Term ends Friday, September 2 ; term examinations, Thursday, September 1 ; Convocation, Friday, September 2 ; quarterlyrecess, September 3 to October 1.Autumn Quarter, 1904. — Quarter begins Saturday,October 1 ; Quarter ends Wednesday, December 21 ;Convocation, Tuesday evening, December 20 ; quarterly4 UNIVERSITY RECORDexaminations, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, December20, 21, 22 ; quarterly recess, December 23 to January 1,1905.The Faculty of the Junior Colleges :January 9, 1904. — Adoption of the followingreport :Report to the Junior College Faculty of its Committeeon Advanced Standing upon certain questions referred toit at the meeting of the Faculty December 12, 1903 :I. Shall students coming from other colleges be givenmore credit than could have been gained in the University of Chicago during the same period of study? Thecommittee is unable to find any but a negative answerto this proposition. It recommends, therefore, that it 'be the enactment of the Junior College Faculty that nomore credit be allowed a student for work in another college than could be done in this University under theordinary operation of our rules in the same time ; that is,that only nine Majors for one year of three Quarters begiven at the outset. If the student, however, proveshimself of excellent scholarship — that is, if he maintains a standard of B or above, and has claim based uponcredentials for further advanced standing — he may beallowed this standing to the extent of our maximumcredit for a year's work, namely, not to exceed elevenMajors for the first year, or twelve for a succeedingyear.II. The proposition that advanced standing of oneunit in English be granted to students from schools maintaining certain standards of excellence in English. Thecommittee finds that it is the unvarying practice of theoffice of the Dean admitting students from secondaryschools to allow no advanced standing for any workwhatsoever done in the high schools without an examination in the same before the Department concerned. Onthe other hand, claims for advanced standing are admitted in the case of students offering more than fifteenunits for admission in subjects which are studied andcredited both in the high school and in the University.The Departments most concerned in this are History,Mathematics, German, and French. Students who havesuch claim for advanced standing are notified of thesame shortly after they enter the University and arereferred to the departmental examiner concerned forexamination in adjustment of the claim. Now, the proposition to give credit in English 1 and 40, either orboth, without examination at the University for workdone in any high school, however excellent, would rundirectly counter to the practice of the University withreference to other departments of study ; the committeerecommends, therefore, that the practice in this Depart ment be similar to that pursued in other Departments •and that a student coming in to the University withclaim for admission in English to the extent of threeunits, and with a claim for advanced standing iri eitherEnglish 1 or 40, or both, be allowed to take an examination before the English Department, and upon a successful passing of this be allowed credit for one or twoMajors, as the facts may warrant.The Faculty of the Divinity School:January 16, 1904. — Voted:1. That the newly organized College in the DivinitySchool, which has been tentatively called the College ofReligious and Social Service, be named the College ofReligious and Social Science.2. That the Committee on the College of Religiousand Social Science be authorized to make a statementconcerning it for publication in the Divinity SchoolCircular of Information.The Board of the Christian Union:January 16, 1904. — Adoption of the following report:The committee appointed by the Board of the Christian Union to consider the relations of students andFaculty to the work of the Board recommends the following :I. That the committee called under the Constitutionthe Committee on Public Worship be revived.II. That this committee consist of fourteen members, to be appointed by the President of the ChristianUnion, seven of whom shall be students, one from eachof the Departments, viz : the Junior Colleges, theSenior Colleges, the Graduate School, the DivinitySchool, the Law School, the Medical Department, andthe School of Education; and seven of whom shall bemembers of the Faculty.III. That among the duties of this committee shallbe —1. To attend to the needs and comfort of the University Preacher.2. To co-operate with the ushers and insure properseating at the Sunday morning service.3. To see that the music at that service be acceptable.4. To study and care for the room used for theservice ; that is, to see that hymn-books are distributed,that speakers' wraps are cared for, that there areflowers on the pulpit, etc.5. To provide that collections be taken properly andquickly.UNIVERSITY RECORD 56. To study the service with a view to suggestingimprovements, variety, etc.7. To report to the Board of the Christian Union atits monthly meeting.Respectfully submitted,Julia Isabelle Webster,Chairman.The Faculty of the College of Commerce and Administration:December 19, 1903. — Voted:1. To acquiesce in the recommendation of theFaculty of the Law School that the degree ofPh.B. be granted to students who have fulfilled(a) all the required work, including entrancerequirements,, of the Junior College; (b) thefirst year of Senior College work; and (c) thefirst year of Law work.2. That the extra requirements in Englishcalled for in the course for Journalism shouldamount to three Majors.The Faculty of the Law School :January 16 , 1904. — Voted:1. To recommend to the Senate of the University the establishment of an Honor Degreeto be conferred upon graduates of the LawSchool who attain a certain high average standing, the Faculty to determine the grade.2. To ask the Congregation Committee toconsider whether graduates of the Law Schoolreceiving the degree of J.D. should not be thereby-constituted members of the Congregation.The Board of Physical Culture and Athletics:January 23, 1904. — Voted, To confer the University C upon the following men : John Frederick Tobin, George Nordenholt, Charles Ferguson Kennedy, Melville Archibald Hill, EdwinEugene Parry, Walter Herbert Eckersall, FrankG. Burrows.The Board of Student Organizations :January 23, 1904. — Voted:1. Recognition of the Alpha Omega Club,subject to the appointment by the Club of anofficial representative. 2. Approval of the Constitution of theWoman's Glee Club.3. To extend the closing hour for three formal dances, the Pan-Hellenic Dance, the Washington Promenade, and the Junior Promenade,to 3 o'clock a. m., on the assurance that thePan-Hellenic Dance is to take the place of theseveral Fraternity dances, and with the understanding that the men in charge of these dancesare to be held responsible for prompt closing atthe designated hour.4. To request the officers of the ReynoldsClub to inform the Dean of Women of all announcements and plans regarding Ladies'Nights, and to publish these appointments inthe Calendar.The Faculty qf the School of Education :December n, 1903. — Adoption of the following reports :The Committee on Policy Regarding Grounds for theSchool of Education subdivides its report into two parts :one relating to more permanent policy ; one relating toimmediate needs.I. As regards permanent use of grounds :1. Central Court to be used for turf, trees, andshrubs only.2. The end of the block between the Manual TrainingBuilding and Fifty-eighth street to be used as a schoolgarden for the purposes of study, experimentation, anddemonstration in ecology, nature study, and geography;provision finally to be made for a building includinghot-house, cold-house, potting-house, cold-pit, etc. ; asmall pond ; such fruit trees and natural trees as arenecessary for the purpose of study; garden plots to becared for by children in the Elementary School; and acertain portion to be left as nearly as possible in naturalcondition to illustrate the original ecology of the region.3. The portions of the block east of the School ofEducation Building, not occupied for residence purposes,to be assigned to the School of Education for play andathletic grounds, until needed for other purposes by theUniversity ; the south portion of the same to be assignedto the Elementary School playgrounds, -and the northportion to the high-school athletic grounds for girls ; thehigh-school boys to be accommodated on the south halfof the block west.4. Terrace to be employed for planting of vines,bulbs, ornamental flower beds, and turf.6 UNIVERSITY RECORD5. Vines also to be planted to cover the stone wallaround the street side.II. In regard to immediate needs :1. That a driveway about twelve feet wide be placedalong the north side of the Manual Training Buildingfrom Monroe Avenue to Kimbark Avenue.2. The east two-thirds, or as a minimum one-half, ofthe Scammon grounds north of the Manual TrainingBuilding to be placed at the disposition of the School ofEducation for the purpose of gardening and nature study.This would involve no expense, unless it were for a fencein case the Scammon homestead were rented for residencepurposes.3. That estimates be got immediately regarding thecost of the following jobs :a) Black dirt and seeding, trees and shrubs, for theCentral Court.b) Black dirt and vines for the terrace between thebuilding and stone wall, and for curbing.c) For grading and fencing the portion of the blockeast, which is to be used for play and athletic grounds ;this estimate to take account of the fact as to whetherthe fence around the garden of the old School of Education grounds can be made available.4. On the basis of these estimates, steps should betaken at once to do whatever is necessary —a) To prevent the terrace from becoming a place forwaste paper and rubbish.b) To make the block east available for playgroundpurposes.c) To do what is possible this winter toward plantingthe Central Court.5. That the general University Budget for 1903-4 makeprovision for completing the work on grounds.III. It is recommended that the main building onFifty-ninth street be known as the Emmons Blaine Hall.John Dewey, Chairman.Earl Breby Ferson.Zonia Baber.W. S. Jackman.Alice C. Dewey.The Committee on the Formal Opening of the Buildingof the School of Education submits, as a preliminaryreport, the following points: 1. That the time -of the formal opening be about themiddle of May, the exact date to be fixed later.2. That the central feature of the occasion be a seriesof conferences on " Elementary Education and the Training of Teachers."3. That there also be a series of receptions to clubsand associations, among them the Commercial Club, thefounders of the Manual Training School, in order thatthe building, equipment, and work of the school may bebrought prominently before the public.4. That one meeting be devoted to the history of theschool, its inception and development, and that someprominent educator be asked to give an address on thatoccasion.Respectfully submitted,Emily J. Rice, Chairman.H. H. Belfield.Martha Fleming.Gertrude Van Hoesen.The Committee on Extension Work in the School ofEducation submits the following report:1. The committee respectfully recommends that, underthe University statutes, courses be established, as earlyas may be convenient, in the Lecture-Study Departmentand the Correspondence-Study Department.2. That all such courses be arranged for by, or underthe direction of, the instructors in general charge of thesubject in the School of Education, subject to the approval of the Director.3. That the courses offered be governed by existingregulations.4. The following subjects in the curriculum are deemedsuitable for correspondence work: Education, includingPsychology and Kindergarten Theory; Teaching of History ; Teaching of Mathematics ; Teaching of Geography ;Teaching of Home Economics ; Speech and Oral Reading ; Science.The committee believes that certain courses in theArts, including drawing and painting, textiles, physicalculture, and library science, may be satisfactorily arranged.5. The committee deems all subjects in the curriculumsuitable for lecture-study work.Respectfully submitted,Wilbur S. Jackman, Chairman.