Qrbt 8nlbtr51t� of ftU.lcagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHEor TWENTy-NINTH CONVOCATIONrg\rUbe SummerJULY FIRSTit A. D. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINEril;k THE GRADUATE QUADRANGLE;:.CHICAGO, ILLINOISORDER OF EXERCISESI. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONThe University of Chicago Military Band.The President of the University and the Convocation Orator.The University Chaplain and the Convocation Chaplain.The Trustees of the University.The Official Guests of the University.The Members of the University Senate and the University Council.The Faculties.The Alumni.The Counselors of the Graduate and Divinity Schools and the Candidatesfor Higher Degrees.The Counselors of the Senior Colleges and the Candidates for theBachelor's Degree.The Counselors of the Junior Colleges and the Candidates for the JuniorCollege Certificate.II.. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain,THE REVEREND GEORGE ADAM SMITH, D.D., Glasgow.III. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"The Old College and the New University,"THE HONORABLE JAMES BURRILL ANGELL, LL.D., Ann Arbor, Presi­dent of the University of Michigan.IV. MUSICV. THE PRESIDENT'S QUARTERLY STATEMENT ON THE CON­DITION OF THE UNIVERSITYVI. MUSIC-The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key.VII. THE AWARD OF HONORSThe Ferdinand Peck Prize for excellence in Public Speaking in the Junior Collegesis awardedMISS NON A AMADEN McQUILKENThe Uniuersity Prise for excellence in Publz'c Speaking zn the Senior Colleges tsawardedMR. EVERETT JOSEPH PARSONSThe Joseph Leiter Prise for excellence in Debate in the Graduate and DivinitySchools is awarded the representatives of the Graduate SchoolMR. JAMES LUTHER, BYNUM (Special Mention)MR. LAWRENCE MERTON JACOBSMR. PAUL FREDERICK PECKHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior Colleges is awarded thefoilotuing' students:Mary Elizabeth AbernethyMary Judson AverettArthur Eugene BestorEliot BlackwelderGeorge Alembert BraytonJosephine May BurnhamHelen Loretta CarmodyHelen Gardner Harry Orrin GillettKate" GordonOlive Mary HandWalter \Vilson HartElsie Priscilla HonnSara Anna JansonBarend KuiperJohn Mills Clara Eunice MitchellEunice Bertha PeterGuy Whittier Chadbourne RossGrace Louise SmithEdna Beatrice TroegerAHa WebbNina Estelle WestonPhilip Graeme WrightsonHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Senior Colleges is awarded thefollowing students:Charles Lindsey BurroughsAmos A. EbersoleAbraham Alcon EttelsonCharlotte Aurie FarnhamLucie HammondJessie Holifield HumphriesPearl Louise HunterLawrence Merton JacobsAlfred Charles JohnsonBalfour JohnstoneEmma Christine Jonas Arthur Taber JonesRobert MacDonald KirklandMary Winifred LoughridgeOlive MaguireClausine MannAnna Elizabeth MillerAnna Mary MorrowElizabeth Margaret NollEthel PardeeMary Bockes PardeeMetta L. PersonsHugh James Polkey Janet Mercy RansteadAnnie Bowlend ReadErnest Arthur ScroginMary Blanche SimmonsJessie Nea SprayEsther WaHace SturgesSamuel Hope ThompsonFrank Leland TolmanMarie Katherine WerkmeisterHarry Riggs WolcottCharles Francis YoderHonors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges are awardedthe following students:Charles Lindsey Burroughs. HistoryPearl Louise Hunter, RomanceLawrence Merton Jacobs, Political EconomyArthur Taber Jones, PhysicsOlive Maguire, MathematicsAnna Elizabeth Miller, German Clara Lilian Mooney, LatinMary Bockes Pardee, ChemistryHugh James Polkey, ChemistryJessie Nea Spray, PhilosophyFrank Leland Tolman, PhilosopllY and SociologyMarie Katherine Werkmeister, PhysicsSpecial Honors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges areawarded the following students:Lucie Hammond, History Pearl Louise Hunter, Philosophy EDW,CRA}AUS1ELM]ELFECLIFJORNEUG]WILlVIJIMalAnEMalHalArtlEli�HoGe�eges The following appointments for Fellowships for I899-I900 have been made by theBoard of Trustees:'s 'IS EDW ARD ERNEST BRAITHWAITE,CHARLES JOSEPH BUSHNELL,AUSTIN PHELPS DEAN,ELMER KENDAL EYERLYELFRED LAWRENCE FISFiCLIFTON DAGGETT GRAY:JOHN LAMAR HOPKINS,EUGENE PAUL SCHOCH,WILLIAM EDWIN MILLER, Semitic,Sociology,Sociology,Political Science,Political Economy,Semitic,Political Economy,Chemistry,Political Science,inity McGill University, Ontario.University of Chicago, Illinois.Harvard University, Massachusetts.Franklin and Marshall College, South Dakota.Harvard University, Massachusetts.Harvard University, Massachusetts.Unversity of Mississippi, Mississippi.University of Texas, Texas.University of Chicago, OhioA Scholarship in the Senior Colleges for excellence in the work of the Junior Collegesis awarded each of the following students:d the Anna McCaleb, PhilosophyGrace Edith Sellon, Political Economy'William Schoonover Hannan, HistoryBertha Adelia Pattengill, GreekMargaret Morgan, LatinClara Morton Welch, Romance Mary Gertrude Borough, GermanicJosephine May Burnham, EnglishWalter Wilson Hart, lIfathematicsJohn Mills, PhysicsJohn Paul Ritchie, ChemistryGeorge Alembert Brayton, GeologyA Scholarship in the Graduate Schools for excellence in the work of the Senior Collegesis awarded each of the jollowing students:'d the Clifton Oscar Taylor, PhilosoPhyPearl Louise Hunter, PedagogyAlfred Charles Johnson, Political ScienceLucie Hammond, HistoryFrank Leland Tolman, SociologyHelen Kelchner Darrow, GreekClara Lilian Mooney, LatinMorton Adolph Mergentheim, Romance Emma Christine Jonas, GermanicAlbert Ellsworth Hill, EnglishArthur Whipple Smith, MathematicsMarie Katherine Werkmeister, PhysicsMary Bockes Pardee, ChemistryCharles Verner Drew, GeologyHugh James Polkey, NeurologyJonathan Edwards Webb, BotanyVIII. THE BACHELORS' ADDRESS"The Personal Influence of the College Teacher"MR. CHARLES LINDSEY BURROUGHSIX.larded THE COLLEGESTHE CONFERRING OF CERTIFICATES AND DEGREESThe Junior College Certificate is conferred upon the following students:logy Mary Elizabeth AbernethyAnna Cecilia AndersonMary J udson AverettHarry William BelfieldArthur Eugene BestorEliot BlackwelderHorace Vanden BogertGeorge Alembert Brayton Carter Van Vleck BrownJosephine May BurnhamGrace Agnes BushnellEmma Lauretta ButlerGeorge Henry CallardCharles Edward CareyHelen Loretta CarmodyLucy Eleanor Chambersres areIil Hyatt Elmer CoveyGeorge Gilbert DavisMary Ethel FreemanHelen GardnerClara Lavina GermanHarry Orrin GillettJulian Frank GoodenowKate GordonNellie GrantEarl Crayton HalesOlive Mary-HandWalter Wilson HartElsie Priscilla HonnEarl Dean HowardCharles Henry HurdSara Anna JansonEdith Daisy JenkinsBarend KuiperNathan Napoleon LeboltWillis Henry LinsleyCurtiss Rockwell Manning Donald Saxton McWilliamsJohn MillsClara Eunice MitchellMargaret MorganHarold Hayden NelsonRoy Batchelder NelsonMarie Baker NickellMarietta NortonJay Schoenmann PatekEunice Bertha PeterClark Scammon ReedAnne Haworth RobyGuy Whittier Chadbourne Ross Grace Louise SmithGrace Edith StittHenry Bascom ThomasJudson Allen Tolman, Jr.Edna Beatrice TroegerBlanche Lucile TrueRuth VailAlIa WebbZayda WentzNina Estelle WestonPhilip Graeme WrightsonAlma M. YondorfHerbert Paul ZimmermannThe Degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon the follow£ng students:Herbert Alonzo AbernethyN orman Kendall AndersonWilliam France AndersonFrederick Augustus BrownCharles Lindsey BurroughsWilliam Burgess CornellGrace Allen CoulterDaniel Webster DornsifeAmos A. EbersoleErrett GatesSybil Verne HallEmilia HochsteinAugust Fred HolsteAllan HopkinsJessie Holifield HumphriesLawrence Merton JacobsAlfred Charles Johnson Balfour JohnstoneRobert MacDonald KirklandCharles KlauberMary Winifred LoughridgeWilliam Pierce LovettClausine MannMorton Adolph MergentheimEverett Lincoln MeserveyMary Susan MillerGordon Beverly MooreAnna Mary MorrowErich MuenterThomas Monroe NethertonElizabeth Margaret NollCornelia Stewart OsborneEthel PardeeMary Bockes Pardee Everett Joseph ParsonsHenry Francis PerryMetta L. PersonsRobert Morris RabbMartha Binford RailsbackJanet Mercy RansteadAnnie Bowlend ReedCharlotte Louise ReichmannErnest Arthur ScroginMary Blanche SimmonsByron Bayard SmithJessie Nea SprayClifton Oscar TaylorFrederick Bradley ThomasSamuel Hope ThompsonElla Corlette WeichardCharles Francis YoderThe Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy is conferred upon the following students:Elizabeth Florence A veryHelen Whitney BackusEdna BevansHelen Mercedes BrehlFanny Crawford BurlingPerry Magnus ByramElisabeth ChamberlinMaurice Gordon ClarkeIrene CookMarjorie Benton CookeElizabeth CrowtherAlice Davis,Grace Josephine EberhartAbraham Alcon EttelsonNewell Montague Fair Charlotte Aurie FarnhamSara FeilchenfeldCaroline Ella FreudenthalBerdena Mabel HaleRalph C. HamillLucie HammondLola Marie HarmonJerome Benjamin HarringtonPearl Louise HunterJessamine Blanche HutchisonRuth Isabel JohnsonLucy Marian JohnstonEmma Christine JonasAlice Austin Knight Mary Nickerson LakinOlive MaguireMilton Max MarkusAnna Elizabeth MillerAnnie Pauline MooreElizabeth Junia ParkVan Sumner PearceCorinne Lelia RiceAlthea Violet StebbinsEsther Wallace SturgesFrank Leland TolmanWilloughby George WallingWinifred Maude WilliamsHarry Riggs WolcottHugh James Pol keyNettie SpencerBertha StiegMarie Katherine WerkmeisterThe Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred upon the following students:Ernest John AndrewsRoberta Irvine BrothertonCharles Verner DrewOscar George Fisher Carl Dimond GreenleafArthur Taber JonesIrwin LesterWilliam Edwin MillerDuring the college year I898-9 the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, orScience has been conferred by the University upon the following students:m Herbert Alonzo AbernethyJosephine Turner AllinN orman Kendall AndersonWilliam France AndersonErnest John AndrewsKatherine AndrewsElizabeth Florence Ave,ryHelen Whitney BackusFrank Puterbaugh BachmanMargaret Baker 'Edna BevansRay Rickoff BoruffHelen Mercedes BrehlRobert Irvine BrothertonFrederick Augustus BrownFanny Crawford BurlingCharles Lindsey BurroughsSarah Elizabeth ButlerPerry Magnus ByramJohn Barron CarringtonLucy Hamilton CarsonCharles Preston CaryElisabeth ChamberlinAinsworth Whitney Clark. Maurice Gordon ClarkeHelen Rowe ColmanGeorge Ed ward CongdonIrene CookMarjorie Benton CookeWilliam Burgess CornellGrace Allen CoulterCharles Newman CrewdsonElizabeth CrowtherJohn Jackson CrumleyWard August CutlerHelen Kelchner DarrowAlice DavisJoseph Almond DixonDaniel Webster DornsifeCarleton Ellsworth DouglassCharles Verner DrewGrace Josephine EberhartAmos A. EbersoleAbraham Alcon EttelsonPercy Bernard EckhartNewell Montague FairCharlotte Aurie FarnhamSara Feilchen,feldJulia Metcalfe FinneyOscar Georze FischerLouis Tho�as ForemanEdward FrantzJoseph Edwin FreemanCaroline Ella FreudenthalErrett GatesCarl Dimond GreenleafRoy Coleman Griswoldkann.asnts :.llingmsts :neister Alice HaightBerdena Mabel HaleSybil Verne HallOle Hallingby, JrJacob Gish HamakerRalph C. HamillLucie HammondLola Marie HarmonJerome Benjamin HarringtonElla Martha HayesJosephine Frances HazeltonWilliam M. HendersonAlbert Ellsworth HillEmilia HochsteinHenry Scott HollisAugust Fred HolsteAllan HopkinsCora Roche HowlandAllen Grey HoytClara Delia HulbertJessie Holifield HumphriesDavid Guy HurlburtJessamine Blanche HutchisonWilliam Hayden JacksonLawrence Merten JacobsAlfred Charles JohnsonRuth Isabel JohnsonLucy Marian JohnstonBalfour JohnstoneEmma Christine JonasArthur Taber JonesFlorence Rachael JonesRobert MacDonald KirklandCharles KlauberAlice Austin KnightMary Nickerson LakinLillian Jane LeechAlma de Lelande LeDucIrwin LesterMinnie LesterMary Winifred LoughridgeWilliam Pierce LovettOlive MaguirePaul MandevilleClausine MannMilton Max MarkusMuriel Annette MasseyMorton Adolph MergentheimEverett Lincoln MeserveyAnna Elizabeth MillerMary Susan MillerWilliam Edwin MillerClara Lilian MooneyAnnie Pauline MooreGordon Beverly MooreMaximilian Morgenthau Anna Mary MorrowErich MuenterThomas Monroe NethertonElizabeth Margaret NollEthel PardeeMary Bockes PardeeElizabeth Junia ParkMarilla Zeroyda ParkerEverett Joseph ParsonsVan Sumner PearceHenry Francis PerryMetta L. PersonsAnna Lockwood PetersonHugh James Pol keyRobert Morris RabbMartha Binford RailsbackJanet Mercy RansteadAnnie Bowlend ReedRufus Maynard ReedFrederick Edwin ReeveCharlotte Louise ReichmannCorrine Lelia RiceGeorge Hoyt SawyerErnest Arthur ScroginMary Blanche SimmonsSeptimus SissonFred Warren SmedleyByron Bayard SmithNettie SpencerJessie Nea SprayAlthea Violet StebbinsBertha StiegJoseph Cecil StoneElizabeth Marguerite StrauchonEsther Wallace Sturges, Clifton Oscar TaylorCharlotte Rose TellerFrederick Bradley ThomasSamuel Hope ThompsonFrank Leland TolmanCatherine TorrenceWilliam Robert TyndaleRoger Throop VaughanClyde Buchan WalkerWilloughby Ge rge WallingJonathan Edwara�vebbCharles WeberElla Corlette Weich rdCarl Freiderich WeinbergerMichael Billman WellsMarie Katherine WerkmeisterWinifred Maude WilliamsHarry Riggs WolcottWilliam Kelley WrightCharles Francis YoderAlbert N orval YoungThe Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science conferred by the OldUniversity of Chicago is reenacted in the case of the following persons:ALONZO ABERNETHYFRANKLIN WILLIAM BARBOURHOMER JOSEPH CARR------------------------ ROBER T FRANCIS HARPERTHOMAS WORCESTER HYDEGENIO MADISON LAMBERTSONTHE DIVINITY SCHOOLThe Certificate of the Dano-Norwegian Theological Seminary is conferred by theUniversity upon tke following students:OLAF MARTIN KIHLANDOR MATIAS LARSENOSKAR EMIL NILSENCHRIS PEDERSEN Thesis: Det Nye Testamentes Lere angaaende Menigheds-For­fatning.Thesis: Bibelens Mirakler.Thesis: Den skrijtmcessige Betydning af Baptisterms scerskiltePrinciper.Thesis: Det Gamic og Nye Testamentes Travcerdighed.The Certificate of the Swedish Theological Seminary is conferred by the Universityupon the following students:CARL HENRIK EKBLADJOHAN FRIBORG I'VIKTOR E. HEDBERGSALOMON A. HUL TNILS EDVARD JOHNS0NOSKAR FREDRIK TORNQVIST/CARL EDV ARD WEDHOLM Thesis: Syndajallet.Thesis: Tillstlindel i romerska riket vid Kristi fiidelse.Thesis: Dopsattet.Thesis: Lagen i Gamla och Nya Testamentet.Thesis: Det bibliska inspi1'w,tionsbegreppets historiska utveckling.Thesis: Forberedelser bland Guds gamla fiirbundsfolk for Kristiankomst.Thesis: Helgelsen.The Degree of Master of Arts is conferred by the University upon the following students:�--Th�- Degree of Bachelor of Divinity is conferred by the University upon thefollowing students:J AMES FRANKLIN SANDERS�� THUR MAXSON SMITHHENRY MESSICK SHOUSEWILLIAM ALBIGENSE WALDOEMANUEL SPRANKLE YOUNG Thesis: Frederick W. Robertson as a Preacher.Thesis: The Origin of American Unitarianism.Thesis: The Missionary Career of Thomas Coke.Thesis: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ as a Fact.Thesis: The Life 0/ Jesus Christ. -_GEORGE ELSTON BURLINGAME Thesis: Sacerdotal Celibacy: Its Origin and Early Development.PHILIP MATTHEW JOHNSON Thesis: Th� Fundamental Ideas of Protestantism and Its His-torical Development.dor-ilteity'ristitment.His- The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity conferred by the Baptist Theological Union isreenacted bJ' the University of Chicago in the case of the following persons:•JAMES HENRY GARNETT. (j. tDELI VAN D. ODELL.' ��.��,��,���.������-=���The Degree of Doctor o/Pkilosophy is conferred by the University upon the followi"gstudents: ,;'WILLIAM CLARK GORDON (Sociology) Thesis: The Social Ideals of Alfred Tennyson as Related to hisTime.JOHN M. P. SMITH (Old Testament, Assyrian)Thesis: History of the Idea of the Day of Yahweh.During the College year I898-9 the degree of Bachelor of Divinity has been con­ferred by the University upon the following students:John Gallup Briggs, Jr.George Elston BurlingamePerry Sylvester CalvinHenry Thomas ColestockSimon Sylvester HagemanHenry Ward Hoover John Franklin HunterPhilip Matthew JohnsonJesse Cassander RhodesWilliam Ross SchoemakerFranklyn Cole Sherman Henry Messick ShouseGeorge Edmund Traver Ste­vensonWilliam Albigense WaldoEmanuel Sprankle YoungTHE GRADUATE SCHOOLThe Degree of Master of Arts is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:Thesis: University Extension for Rural Communities.Thesis: Early Settlements in Missouri.The Degree of Master of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:BERTHA IMOGENE BISHOP Thesis: Moods and Tenses in Aucassin and Nicollette.WILLIAM HENRY GLASCOCK Thesis: Embodiment of Tennyson's Personal Experience in theEthical Content of His Poetry.Thesis: Wadsworth's Theory of Education.FRED ALLISON HOWEHESTER DONALDSON JENKINSWILLIAM FRANKLIN MONCREIFF Thesis: Sentimentality in English Poetry, I740-I760.Thesis: Mathematics, Educational Value and Methods.(/ The Degree of Master of Science is conferred by the University upon the followingstudent:Thesis: . Calais During the Hundnd Years' War.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:JOSEPH KAHN ARNOLD (Semitic) Thesis: The Balaam Utterances in Strophe.CHARLES ABRAM ELLWOOD (Sociology, Philosophy)Thesis: Some Prolegomena to Social Psychology.HENRY GORDON GALE (Physics, Mathematics)Thesis: On the Relation between Density and Index of Refrac­tions in Gases.IRVING HARDESTY (Neurology, Physiologv)Thesis: The Number and Arrangement of the Fibers Formingthe Spinal Nerves of the Frog.JOHANNES BENONI EDUARD JONAS (Germanic, English)Thesis: The Poems of Heinrich Teichner.JOHN ANTHONY MILLER (Mathematics, Astronomy)Thesis: Concerning Certain Elliptic Modular Functions ofSquare Rank.WESLEY CLAIR MITCHELL (Political Economy, Philosophy)Thesis: History of the United States Notes.Frank Welborn PickelLucia Holliday RayJ ames Franklin SandersArthur Maxson SmithEugene Morrow VioletteNELS LAWRENCE T. NELSON (Botany, Histology)Thesis: Revision of the North American Species of Solanum.JAMES HARVEY RANSOM (Chemistry, Physics)Thesis: Molecular Eearrangement of O-Animophenol Deriva­tives.HENRY LAWRENCE SCHOOLCRAFT (History, Philosophy)Thesis: The Genesis of the Grand Remonstrance.During the College year I898-9 the Degree of Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy,or Master of Science has been conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:Bertha Imogene BishopGil bert Ames BlissLaura Stanley DickeyWilliam Henry GlascockAlta Annette Harmon William HarrisFred Allison HoweHester Donaldson JenkinsGeorge Linnaeus MarshWilliam Franklin MoncreiffDuring the College year I898-9 the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy has beenconferred by the University upon the following students:Joseph Kahn ArnoldWarren Palmer BehanTheodore Chalon BurgessFrank Burnett DainsCharles Abram Ell woodHenry Gordon GaleWilliam Clark GordonEmily Ray GregoryIrving Hardesty Elizabeth JeffreysJohannes Benoni Eduard JonasDaniel Peter MacMillanWilliam Nelson MebaneJohn Anthony MillerWesley Clair MitchellErnest Carroll MooreNels Lawrence T. NelsonWesley Walker Norman J ames Harvey RansomWilliam RullkoetterHenry Lawrence SchoolcraftOra Philander SewardJohn M. P. SmithWilson Robert SmithAaron Louis TreadwellArthur Tappan WalkerXI. THE RECESSIONRecessional March, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" SousaX. THE BENEDICTIONrollowing The Convocation Chaplain.of Refrac-rs Formingsnctions oflanum.wl Deriua- THE CONVOCATION SERMON will be delivered in the Graduate Quadrangle,Sunday, July 2, 1899, at 4: 00 P. M., by the REVEREND PROFESSOR GEORGE ADAMSMITH, D.D., of the Free Church College, Glasgow, Scotland.Wosophy,(ollowing Iikelyhdersithlolettehas beensomrchoolcraft'ardlthlwellalkerlWALTER LAWRENCE HUDSONWALTER SCOTT KENNEDY RALPH CURTISS MANNINGLEROY TUDOR VERNONMARSHALWALTER JOSEPH SCHMAHLASSIS7 ANT MARSHALS