ftbt 8nibttsit)1 of �f)ita!loFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI THETWENTY-SECOND CONVOCATION\tbe $pringAPRIL FIRSTA. D. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTTHE UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHCHICAGO, ILLINOISORDER OF EXERCISES1. ORGAN CONCERTa) Passacaglia with Choral: Ein' teste Burgb) Pastorale -c) Allegro cantabile (from 5th Symphony)MR. WILHELM MIDDELSCHULTE. MiddelschulteBachWidorGounodThe Counselors of the Junior Colleges and the Candidates for the JuniorCollege Certificate.The Counselors of the Senior Colleges and the Candidates for theBachelor's Degree.The Counselors of the Graduate and Divinity Schools and the Candidatesfor Higher Degrees.The Members of the Germania Mannerchor.The Alumni.The Faculties.The Members of the University Senate and the University Council..The Official Guests of the University.The Trustees of the University.The University Chaplain and the Convocation Chaplain.The President of the University and the Convocation Orator.II. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONProcessional MarchIII. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain,THE REVEREND W. W. FENN, Chicago.IV. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS" Poetry and Science; their Affinities and Contrasts."PROFESSOR WILLIAM KNIGHT, St. Andrews University, Scotland.V. MUSICa. "Das ist der Tag des Herrn"b. "Wiegenlied"THE GERMANIA MANNERCHOR. Kreutzer- BrahmsVI. THE PRESIDENT'S QUARTERLY STATEMENT ON THE CONDITIONOF THE UNIVERSITYVII. MUSICa. "Ave Maria" (mit Solo Quartet)b. "Morgengruss"THE GERMANIA MANNERCHOR. Nessle1Schubert-SchoenefeldVIII. THE AWARD OF HONORSThe Ferdinand Peck Prize for excellence in Public Speaking in the Junior Collegesis awardedARTHUR EUGENE BESTOR.The University Prize for excellence in Public Speaking in the Senior Colleges tsdiuided amongEDWARD MAX BAKER,AMOS EBERSOLE,HAR TWELL WILLIAM WEBB.The Joseph Leiter Prize for excellence in Debate in the Graduate and DiuinitySchools is awarded the representatives of the Di'l/£n£ty SchoolSAMUEL ROWLAND ROBINSON,JAMES LUTHER BYNUM.A Scholarship for excellence in the Spring Examinations for Admission is awardedthe follow£ng student :EDWIN GILBERT KIRK Lima, Ohio, High SchoolHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior College� is awarded thefollowing students:EDITH MAUD BULLIS,ALBERT ELLSWORTH HILL,CLINTON LUMAN HOY, ALICE LACHMUND,ARTHUR RICHARD SCHWEITZER,ESTHER WALLACE STURGES.Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Senior Colleges is .auiarded thefollowing students:IRENE INGALLS CLEAVES,IDA MASON GARDNER,INEZ DWIGHT RICE. LUTHER BOONE HILL,JOHN PRESTON MENTZER,IX. THE AWARD OF FELLOWSHIPS.The follo'Wing appointments for fello'Wships for I898-9 have been made by theBoard of Trustees. The stipend in each case ts indicated in the officia!letter to the candidate. Other appointments 'Will be announced later:STUART, HENRY WALDGRAVE Philosophy University of CaliforniaRISLEY, ADNA WOOD History Colgate UniversityALLEN, HAMILTON FORD New Testament Greek Williams CollegeASHLEY, MYRON LUCIUS Philosophy Northwestern UniversityBECHTEL, EDWARD AMBROSE Latin Johns Hopkins UniversityBIDDLE, HENRY CHALMERS Chemistry Monmouth CollegeDUNN, ARTHUR WILLIAM Sociology Knox CollegeGALE, HENRY GORDON Physics University of ChicagoGOLDBERG, HYMAN ELI] AH Chemistry University of ChicagoKOHLSAAT, PHILEMON BULKLEY Special University of ChicagoMcCRACKEN, WILLIAM Chemistry University of MichiganMITCHELL, WESLEY CLAIR Special University of ChicagoSTURTEVANT, EDGAR HOWARD Comparative Philology University of IndianaTHOMPSON, HELEN BRADFORD Philosophy University of ChicagoWILLISTON, FRANCES Special University of ChicagoABBOTT, EDGAR WILLIAMS Romance Franklin CollegeGOODELL, CHARLES ELMER Political Science Franklin CollegeMILLIS, HARRY ALVIN Political Economy University of IndianaSIEBENTHAL,CLAUDE ELLSWORTH Geology Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.BALLOU, SUSAN HELEN Latin University of ChicagoSMITH, JOHN M. P. Semitic Des Moines CollegeDAVIES, HOWELL EMLYN Zoology University of KansasLOGAN, WILLIAM NEWTON Geology University of KansasBRECKENRIDGE, SOPHONISBA PRESTON Political Science Wellesley CollegeDODGE, ERNEST GREENE Greek Berea CollegeLLOYD, HENRY Mathematics Kentucky UniversityMITCHELL, SAMUEL CHILES Political Science Georgetown CollegeHEWES, AMY Sociology Women's ColI. of BaltimoreKIMBLE, RALPH GRIERSON Sociology Lombard UniversityMER RILL, KATHERINE English University of KansasDIXON, CHARLES EDWARD Latin Depauw UniversityROOD, CLEMENT EUGENE Astronomy Albion CollegeHUL T, GOTTFRIED English University of MinnesotaGUYER, MICHAEL FREDERICK Zoology University of ChicagoBURNET, PERCY BENTLEY Germanic University of NebraskaLEHMER, DERRICK NORMAN Mathematics University of NebraskaNORLIN, GEORGE Greek Hastings CollegeSCHIBSBY, MARIAN Comparative Philology Vassar CollegeSTERNS, WORTHY PUTNAM Political Economy University of NebraskaHOBEN, THOMAS ALLEN New Testament Univ. of New BrunswickDONOVAN, WINFRED NICHOLS Semitic Colby UniversityBRONK, ISABELLA Romance Wellesley CollegeBARTA, ALOIS Semitic Obergymnasium of KolinDAVIS, KATHERINE BEMENT Political Economy Vassar CollegeELLWOOD, CHARLES Sociology Cornell UniversityFINCH, JOHN WELLINGTON Geology Colgate UniversityLINDSAY, FREDERICK BROOKS English Allegheny CollegeHARDESTY, IRVING Neurology Wake Forest CollegeBAWDEN, HENR Y HEATH Philosophy Denison UniversityRANSOM, CAROLINE LOUISE Archreology Mt. Holyoke CollegeSCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY LAWRENCE History Marietta CollegeSTEVENS, FRANK LINCOLN Botany Rutgers CollegeBRAUN, WILHELM ALFRED Germanic University of Toronto CaliforniaColoradoIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIllinoisIndianaIndianaIndianaIndianaIowaIowaKansasKansasKentuckyKentuckyKentuckyVirginiaMarylandMassachusettsMassachusettsMichiganMichiganMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNebraskaNebraskaNebraskaNebraskaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOhioOhioOhioOntarioI;BBLIALAVECEIJD,RJ,UI CROSS, GEORGE Systematic Theology University of Toronto OntarioLAIRD, ELIZABETH REBECCA Physics University of Toronto OntarioGEORGE, RUSSELL Geology McMaster University OntarioLILLIE, RALPH STAYNER Zoology University of Toronto MichiganMcDONALD, JOHN HECTOR Mathematics University of Toronto OntarioNEWMANN, HORATIO HACKETT Zoology McMaster University IowaSELLER� GEORGE CLARK History University of Toronto OntarioSIDEY, THOMAS KAY Latin Victoria University OntarioSMITH, WILSON ROBERT Botany McMaster University OntarioWALLACE, MALCOLM WILLIAM English University of Toronto OntarioCOLESTOCK, HENRY THOMAS Church History Bucknell University PennsylvaniaGREGORY, EMILY RAY Zoology Wellesley College PennsylvaniaHARRIS, MARY BELLE Special Bucknell University PennsylvaniaROSS, CLARENCE FRISBEE Greek Allegheny College PennsylvaniaHOUGH, ROBERT HARBISON Physics University of Nashville TennesseeWILSON, DELONZA TATE Astronomy University of N: Carolina TennesseeACREE, SOLOMON FARLEY Chemistry University of Texas TexasMcCALEB, W AL TER FLA VIUS History University of Texas TexasREICHMANN, FRITZ Physics University of Texas TexasSHANNON, CHARLES HENRY Comparative Philology Emory and Henry College VirginiaCLEVELAND, FREDERICK ALBERT Political Science Depauw University WashingtonBOLTON, FREDERICK ELMER Pedagogy University of Wisconsin WisconsinCOMSTOCK, ELTING HOUGHTELING Mathematics University of Wisconsin WisconsinJONAS, JOHANNES BENONI EDOUARD Germanic University of Wisconsin WisconsinFREEHOFF, JOSEPH C. Political Economy University of Wisconsin WisconsinSIKES, GEORGE RUBENS Philosophy University of Chicago WisconsinX. THE CONFERRING OF CERTIFICATES AND DEGREESTHE COLLEGESThe Junior College Certificate is conferred upon the following students:Edith Maud Bullis,Charles Warren Chase,Moses Cohen,Marjorie Benton Cooke,Charles B. Dirks,Alexander John Gladstone Dowie,A braham Alcon Ettelson,Ralph C. Hamill,Albert Ellsworth Hill,Clinton Luman Hoy,Alfred Charles Johnson,Balfour Johnstone,Alice Lachmund, Hugh Guthrie Leighton,Nels John Lennes,J ames Herbert McCune,Erich Muenter,Frederick Gilbert Mutterer,Minnie McDonald Paisley,Elim Arthur Eugene Palmquist,Mabel Winerals Porter,Edwin Lee Poulson,Alice Duval Robertson,Charles Fosjer Roby,J ames Wolke Ross,Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Arthur Richard Schweitzer,Edna Augusta Stanton,Lucy Hamilton Stratton,Esther Wallace Sturges,Willoughby George Walling,Frances Louise Walshe,Katharine Anna Waugh,Ella Corlette Wei chard,Frances Wente,Charles Francis Yoder,Albert Norval Young.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon the following students:Frederick Robertson Barnes,Irene Ingalls Cleaves,Harry Irus Coy,Frederick Wilson Eastman, Knight French Flanders,Marcus Peter Frutchey,Luther Boone Hill, Isaac Barney Hyman,Mary Lydia Sherman,Oliver Elwin Wells.The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy is conferred upon the following students:Demia Butler,Lawrence De Graff,Ida Mason Gardner, Josephine Lilian Hutchings,John Preston Mentzer,Catharine Dix Paddock, Inez Dwight RIce,Mary Frances Winter.The Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred upon the follow£ng students:John Harris Kelley,Charles Francis Stocking.THE DIVINITY SCHOOLThe Degree of Bachelor of Divinity is conferred by the University upon thefollowing student:WALLACE ST. JOHN Thesis: The Drink Habits of the New England Colonists.The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity conferred by the Baptist Theological Union tsreenacted by the University of Chicago in the case of the following person:THOMAS HOWLAND.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon thefollowing student:EDGAR JOHNSON GOODSPEED Thesis: The Newberry MS. oj the Gospels.THE GRADUATE SCHOOLThe Degree of Master of Arts is conferred by the University upon the followt"ngstudents:JUNE ETTA DOWNEY Thesis: Berkeley's Theory of the Will, as found in his CommonPlace Book.NEVIN MELANCTHON FENNEMAN Thesis: Intercontinental Community of Geological Processes andConditions.The Degree of Master of Science is conferred by the University upon the followingstudent:THOMAS OVID MABRY Thesis: The Brown and Yellow Loam of North Mississippi andits Relations to the Northern Drift.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:LISI CECILIA CIPRIANI Thesis: "Gui de Burgogne, a Critical Edition, with Introduction,Notes and Glossary."HENRY CHANDLER COWLES Thesis: "An Ecological Study of the Sand Dune Flora of North­ern Indiana."HERBERT JOSEPH DAVENPORTELEANOR PRESCOTT HAMMOND Thesis: "The French War Indemnity."Thesis: "Selections from the Shorter Poems ofJohn Lydgate, 'withIntroduction and Notes."IRA WOODS HOWERTHADDISON WEBSTER MOORE Thesis: "The Social Aim in Education."CORA LOUISA SCOFIELD..... '" _,� Thesis: "Implications of the Teleological Character of Knowledgein Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding."Thesis: "The Court of Star Chamber."HERBERT ELLSWORTH SLAUGHT Thesis: "The Cross Ratio Group of f20 Quadratic CremonaTransformations of the Plane."XI. THE BENEDICTIONThe Convocation Chaplain.XII. THE RECESSIONRecessional March. - SvendsenMARSHAL.NOTT WILLIAM FLINT.ASSISTANT MARSHALS.FRANKLIN HERMON GESELBRACHT, MARCYS PETER FRUTCHEY,ApPOINTMENTS FOR 1898-9.MARSHAL.WILLOUGHBY GEORGE WALLING.CLARENCE BERT HERSCHBERGER, WILLOUGHBY GEORGE WALLING.ASSISTANT MARSHALS.CHARLES VERNER DREW, WILLIAM FRANCE ANDERSON,RALPH C. HAMILL, WALTER JOSEPH SCHMAHL,CHARLES LINDSEY BURROUGHS.THE CONVOCATION SERMON wili be delivered in Kent Theater, Sunday, April3, 1898, at 4: 00 P.M., by REv. W. W. FENN. Subject:" The Lords of Life."THE CONVOCATION ORATORS, 1893-1898I. January 2, I893.-HEAD PROFESSOR H. E. VONHOLST: "The Need of Universities in theUnited States."2. April I, 1893.- HEAD PROFESSOR T. C. CHAM­BERLIN: "The Mission of the Scientific Spirit."3. June 26, 1893.- HEAD PROFESSOR WILLIAMGARDNER HALE: "The Place of the Universityin American Life."4. October 2, I893.-PROFESSOR HENRY DRUM­MOND: "Some Higher Aspects of Evolution."5. January 2, I894.-PROFESSOR IRA REMSEN: "TheChemical Laboratory."6. April 3, 1894.- HEAD PROFESSOR JOHN M.COULTER: "Some University Fallacies."7. July 2, I894.-HEAD PROFESSOR A. A. MICHELSON:"The Evolution and Influence of ExperimentalPhysics." I8. October I, I894.-THE REVEREND JOHN HENRYBARROWS: "-The Greatness of Religion."9. January 2, 1895.- PRESIDENT SETH Low: "TheUniversity and its Relation to Questions of theTimes."to. April I, 1895.- THE HONORABLE CHAUNCEY M.DEPEW: "The Present: its Opportunities andPerils."I 1. July I, 1895.- PROFESSOR EMIL G. HIRSCH: "TheAmerican University." 12. October I, 1895.- PROFESSOR ALEXANDER BAL­MAIN BRUCE: "The Future of Christianity."13. January 2, 1896.-THE HONORABLE WILLIAM Eus­TIS RUSSELL: "Individualism in Government."14. April 2, 1896.- PRINCE SERGE WOLKONSKY:"Memory and Responsiveness as Instrumentsof Culture."15. July I, 1896.-- THE REVEREND PROFESSORGEORGE ADAM SMITH: " The Part whichthe Old Testament has Played in the Educa­tion of the Race, and How Far its Power toEducate and Inspire is Affected by ModernCriticism."16. October I, 1896. - PRESIDENT AUGUSTUS H.STRONG: "Modern Tendencies in TheologicalThought."17. January I, 1897.-THE HONORABLE HENRY D.ESTABROOK: "Lafayette."18. April I, I897.-HER EXCELLENCY THE COUNTESSOF ABERDEEN: "The University and its Effectupon the Home."19· July I, 1897.-THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN H.VINCENT: "The Church and the University."20. October I, 1897.- THE REVEREND AMORY H.BRADFORD: "The Unity of the World."21. January 3, 1898.- THE HONORABLE JAMES H.ECKELS: "Public Leadership."