�bt mnibttsitn of ft{licagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHETHIRTIETH CONVOCATION\tbe ButumnOCTOBER SECONDA. D. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINECENTRAL MUSIC HALLCHICAGO, ILLINOISORDER OF EXERCISESI. MUSIC- Tannhauser March.MR. WILHELM MIDDELSCHULTE. WagnerII. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONThe 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 Councillors of the Graduate and Divinity Schools and the Candidatesfor Higher Degrees.The Councillors of the Senior Colleges and the Candidates for theBachelor's Degree.The Councillors of the Junior Colleges and the Candidates for the JuniorCollege Certificate.III. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain,THE REVEREND PROFESSOR ERI BAKER HULBERT, D.D., Chicago.IV. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"The University and the Teacher,"THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING, Bishop ofPeoria.V. MUSIC - Fiat Lux . DuboisVI. THE PRESIDENT'S QUARTERLY STATEMENT ON THE CON­DITION OF THE' UNIVERSITYVII. MUSIC - Fantasie Saint SaensVIII. THE AWARD OF HONORSThe Ferdinand Peck Prize for excellence in Public Speak£ng in the Junior Collegesis awardedMR. BERTRAM NELSON.The University Prise for excellence Zll Debate in the Senior Colleges is dividedamongMR. BENJAMIN SAMUELS (Special Mention)MR. LEON BLOCHMR. LAWRENCE RANDOLPH CARTWRIGHTThe Joseph Leiter Prize for excellence in Debate in the Graduate and DivinitySchools is awarded the representatiues of the Divinity SchoolMR. DONALD D. DONNAN (Special Mention)MR. EZRA ALBERT COOKMR. RICHARD BEAUCHAMP MARSHALLWagnerHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior Colleges is awarded thefollowing students:William Hiddelson AndrewsAlice Mabel Gray Thomas Arthur HIllyerMargaret Morgan Robert Homer ReaMary Auzella ReidHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Senior Colleges is awarded thefollowing students:Grace Eleanor ChandlerCharles Warren ChaseJohn Joseph Clarkson Florence DavidsonCharles B. DirksAlma Henrietta Geewe Alfred Ogle ShakleeBertha Vernon Stiles.ndidates Honors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges are awardedthe following students:Charles Warren Chase, History Alma Henrietta Geewe, GermanJohn Joseph Clarkson, Political Sciencefor the IX. THE CONFERRING OF CERTIFICATES AND DEGREESTHE COLLEGESThe Junior College Certificate is conferred upon the following students:William Hiddelson Andrews Thomas Arthur Hillyer Robert Homer ReaAI!ce Feuling Jane Rachel Johnson Mary Auzella ReidAlIce Mabel Gray Vernon Sirvilian Phillips Lill Miller StevensThe Deeree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon the following students:ie Junior:hicago. Grace Eleanor ChandlerFlorence DavidsonOlive DonaldsonAlma Henrietta GeeweJennie Gordon Hutchison John Bert JacksonPhilip Matthew JohnsonMarquis Joseph NewellMinnie McDonald PaisleyLuther Parker Russell Bertha Vernon StilesBlanche SwingleyAlbert Luther WardGeorge Balderston WatsonThe Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy is conferred upon the following students:Mary Elizabeth Casteel Charles B. Dirks Dollie Grace PierceCharles Warren Chase Fannie Gerould Fisher Charles Foster RobvJohn Joseph Clarkson Elizabeth E. Harrington Greene John James Walsh -The Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred upon the following students:hop ofDubois Caroline Bolles PaddockHenry Bascom ThomasE CON- The Degree of Bachelorfollowing students:CHRISTOPHER BUSH COLEMANWILLIAM WALLACE REEDLUTHER PARKER RUSSELLtaint Sa ens Alfred Ogle ShakleeHarry Beverly WardTHE DIVINITY SCI-IOOLof Di'l'inity is con/erred by the University upon theThesis: Cilri.rtian MO'llements in American Coiieges.Thesis: A Critical Estimate of Augustine's" De Trinitate."Thesis: Auricula?' Confession.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon the followingstudent:CARL DELOS CASE (Systematic Theology, Church History)Thesis: The Incarnation and Modern Thoug/zt.THE GRADUATE SCHOOLThe Degree of Master of Arts is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:LEE BYRNEROBERT LEE HUGHESSIDNEY CARLETON NEWSOM Thesis: A Comparison of the Medea of Euripides and of Seneca.Thesis: The Constitutional History of Illinois, 1818-1848.Thesis: William Hazlitt as a Critic.The Degree of Master of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:ROBERT LINCOLN KELLYEDWIN MAXEYELIZABETH MARGUERITE Thesis: The Influence of Locke in the Development of PoliticalIdeals in America.Thesis: Suffrage in Rhode Island.STRAUCHONThesis: The Sense of Color in Chaucer.The Degree of Master of Science is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:WARREN COLEMAN HAWTHORNE Thesis: Hydrogen Peroxide and Ozone.EDGAR HUTCHINSON JOHNSON Thesis: A Conformal Map of the Surface of a Sphere on theInterior of aft Ellipse.The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the University upon the followingstudents:ANDRE BltZIAT ED BORDES (Romance, Spanish)Thesis: Etudes sur la Blarnais: Dialects de Balansun, BassesPyrenees.JOHN CHARLES HESSLER (Chemistry, Physics)Thesis: On Alkyl Malonic Nitrile Derivatives.WILLIAM McPHERSON (Chemistry, Physics)Thesis: The Constitution of the Oxyazo Compounds.HARRY ALVIN MILLIS (Political Economy, Sociology)Thesis: History of the Finances of the City of Chicago.SAMUEL CHILES MITCHELL (Political Science, History)Thesis: The Change from Colony to Commonwealth in Virginia.ELIZABETH LAETITIA MOON (Comparative Religion, Sociology)Thesis: ideas of Future Life among the Algonquins.MARTHA EDITH RICKERT (English, Romance)Thesis: Emare ; a Middle English Romance.MALCOLM WILLIAM WALLACE (English, Pedagogy)Thesis: T/u Influence of Plautus on the Dramatic Literature ofEngland in the Sixteenth Century.X. THE BENEDICTIONThe Convocation Chaplain.XI. THE RECESSIONRecessional March RheinbergerMARSHALWALTER JOSEPH SCHMAHLASSISTANT MARSHALSWALTER LAWRENCE HUDSONWALTER SCOTT KENNEDY RALPH CURTISS MANNiNGLEROY TUDOR VERNON