«be 8ni"tt5it)1 of ftbitagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHE SIXTEENTH CONVOCATIONUbe ButumnOCTOBER FIRSTA. D. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIXCHICAGO, ILLINOISORDER OF EXERCISESI. OVERTURE.II. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSION. FIRST REGIMENT BAND.The Counsellors of the Junior and the Senior Colleges.The Candidates for Certificates and Degrees.The Faculties.The Members of the Council.The Members of the Senate.The Official Guests of The University.The Trustees of The University.The President of the Trustees and the Chaplain.The President of The University and the Convocation Orator.III. THE PRAYER.The Convocation Chaplain, Rev. ROBERT S. MACARTHUR, D.D., NewYork City.IV. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS-"Modern Tendencies in TheologicalThought."PRESIDENT AUGUSTUS H. STRONG, D.D., LL.D., Rochester TheologicalSeminary.V. MUSIC: Serenata Mex£cana� FIRST REGIMENT BAND.VI. THE AWARD OF HONORS.Scholarships for excellence in the Autumn Examinations for admission are awarded to thefollowing students:ERNEST A. WRIEDT, Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa.JANE COON, Englewood High School, Chicago.VII. THE CONFERRING OF CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES.THE COLLEGES.The Junior College Certificate is conferred upon the following Students:Samuel Seiler Dornsife,Franklin Hermon Geselbracht,Charles Augustus Goodman,Clarence Bert Herschberger,Harry David Hubbard, Harold LeClaire Ickes,William Caspar Kern,Moses' Dwight McIntyre,John Preston Mentzer.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts zs conferred upon the following Students:Otho Perry Fairfield,Henry Harwood Hewitt,Cora Belle Jackson,Karl Detlev Jessen, Edgar Holmes McNeal,Caroline Sheldon Moore,Edwin Merritt Sanford,Otto Ernst Wieland.The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy ts conferred upon the following Students:Roy Cyrus Garver, Leon Alschuler.The Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred upon the following Students:Maud Lorena Stone.Richard Bishop Moore,THE DIVINITY SCHOOL.The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity is conferred by The University upon the followingStudents:Thesis: Ansgar, His Life and Labors in Denmark and Sweden.Thesis: Melancthon, or the Spirit of Compromise.W AL TER GUST A VUS CARLSON.ALFRED EBENEZER GOODMAN.THE GRADUATE SCHOOL.The Degree of Master of Arts is conferred by The University upon the following Students:Thesis: Attic Funeral Monuments.Thesis: Asymptotic Lines on the Simple Elliptic Tore.Thesis: The Government of Iowa.HARRIET GERTRUDE BLAINE.WILLIAM BASHFORD HUFF.CHARLES O. PARISH.The Degree of Master of Philosophy is conferred by The University upon the followingStudents:Thesis: The Historical Foundation in the Chanson de Geste, Guide Bourgogne.Thesis: On Certain Quartic Surfaces.LISI CECILIA CIPRIANI.ROBERT EDOUARD MORITZ.The Degree of Master of Science is conferred by The University upon the following Student:EDWARD BRIND ESCOTT; Thesis: The Primitiue Substitution Groups of Classes 5, 6, and 7.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by The University upon the followingStudents:ELIZABETH COOKE.THEODORE LEE NEFF.SAMUEL ELLIS SW AR TZ. Thesis: Investigations in the Asmotic Properties of the Muscle.Thesis: Satire on Women in Old French Lyric Poetry.Thesis: The Action of Sodium Etltylate on the Imide-Bromides.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy or Science conferred by the old University ofChicago is reenacted by The University of Chicago in the case of the following person:Alice N. Simpson.The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity conferred by the Theological Union is reenacted by TheUniversity of Chicago in the case of the following persons:Thomas Anderson, Charles Albert Hobbs,James Washington Falls, Ira Maurice Price,John Quincy Adams Henry, Victor Charles Rocho,Henry Barzi llai Waterman.VIII. THE PRESIDENT'S QUARTERLY STATEMENT ON THE CON­DITION OF THE UNIVERSITY.IX. THE BENEDICTION.The Convocation Chaplain, REV. ROBERT S. MACARTHUR, D.D.X. THE RECESSION.XI. THE CONVOCATION RECEPTION.Thursday evening, eight o'clock, HASKELL ORIENTAL MUSEUM.The members and friends of The University are invited.hfARSHAL.WILLIAM SCOTT BOND.ASSISTANT MARSHALS.GILBERT AMES BLISS,DONALD SHURTLEFF TRUMBULL.JAMES SCOTT BROWN,HARVEY ANDREW PETERSON,Ube l1lnt"erstt� of <!btcago publishes weekly The University Record, which containsarticles on literary and educational topics, the Convocation Addresses, and the Quarterly Statementsof the President. An official weekly report is given of the affairs of The University, embracing theofficial actions and notices, the announcements of courses of instruction, and selections fromaddresses delivered at The University and papers of departmental clubs and societies. The work ofthe various boards and divisions of The University is summarized, including weekly announcementsfrom The University Extension, Physical Culture and Athletics, and The University Settlement. Acalendar gives the announcements for the coming week. The price of The University Record is $1.50a year, 5 cents a copy. It appears every week on Friday at 3: 00 P.M. Subscription may be sent toTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, Chicago. -