tlze /01-rrkS.!l referenceTn depend-If'vIatter.of Finite'ng: Factor. «bt 8ni\,tr5it� of «fJitagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHETHIRTY-SIXTH CONVOCATION\tbe UUlinterDECEMBER EIGHTEENTHA. D. NINETEEN HUNDREDSTUDEBAKER HALLCHICAGO, ILLINOISORDER OF EXERCISESI. MUSICI. Overture, "Tancredi"2. Mazurka, "La Czarine"3. Grand Fantasia and Fuga -4. March, "Coronation" -THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MILITARY BANDTHOMAS W. THOMSON, Director RossiniGanneHartmannMeyerbeerII. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONThe Councilors of the Junior Colleges and the Candidates for the Asso­ciate's Degree.The Councilors of the Senior Colleges and the Candidates for theBachelor's Degree.The Councilors of the Graduate and Divinity Schools and the Candidatesfor Higher Degrees.The Faculties.The Members of the University Senate and the University Council.The Official Guests of the University.The Trustees of the University.The President of the Board of Trustees and the Convocation Chaplain.The President of the University and the Convocation Orator.III. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain,THE REVEREND WILLIAM WALLACE FENN, D.D., Chicago.IV. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"The Idea of God in Intellectual Inquiry."PRESIDENT FRANCIS LANDEY PATTON, D.D., LL.D., Princeton University.V. MUSIC-Selected.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GLEE CLUBFRED G. MOLONEY, LeaderVI. THE PRESIDENT'S QUARTERLY STATEMENT ON THE CON­DITION OF THE UNIVERSITYVII. THE AWARD OF HONORSThe Ferdinand Peck Prize for excellence in Puolic Speaking in the Junior Collegesis awardedMARK REGINALD JACOBSThe University Prize for excellence in Orations in the Senior Colltges is dividedbetweenPETER CORNELIUS DE JONGOWEN ELWOOD HOTLE------------------------- - - -- -. -il-I""_�...._..<_ ............'�4.'e�),.·· .. ·· --.... �. -.' . _ .� �_'- :�-:--E,;�.::.��:.�:�:��� .. �The Joseph Leiter Prize for excellence in Debate in the Graduate and DivinitySchools is awarded tIle representatives of tile Graduate SchoolsHAYWOOD JEFFERSON PEARCE (Special Mention)IRVlr\G KINGROWLAND THUMM ROGERSRossiniGanneHartmannMeyerbcer James Fleming HosieWill iarn Reynolds JayneAnna HaJcombe Marshall"Honorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior Colleges is awarded thefollowing studeuts :Margaret BaconWinifred Gardner CrowellCarrie Putnam Herndon Jennie RatraySamuel Noel StrausHorace Blake WilliamsHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of tile Senior C�lleges is awarded thefollowing students:Anna Poole BeardsleyLillian Snow Greenleaf Eunice Bertha PeterFrances May Roberts Myra Hartshorn StrawnI. Honors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges are awardedthe following students:Lillian Snow Greenleaf, Latin and Greek Eunice Bertha Peter, HistoryFrances May Roberts, Latinthe Asso-for theVIII. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREESlandidatesTHE COLLEGESts conferred by the University upon the following students:�. The Title of AssociateEmma Fidelia AdamsOrville Elbridge AtwoodWilliam Armitage AverillMargaret BaconFlorence Joy BeebeWillis Lane Blackman, Jr.Brieta BoboMargaret Garritt CoulterWinifred Gardner CrowellJerome Leopold DeimelWilliam Ernest DeSombreEthel Laurens DunneFrancis Harry GilchrestClaribel GoodwinSusan Cowles GrantMinnie Ellen Hadley Luverne Elizabeth HallBelle Upton HalstedCarrie Putnam HerndonJ ames Fleming HosicCharles Eri HulbertM ark Reginald JacobsWilliam Reynolds JayneGrace JohnsonHannah LoebAnna Holcombe MarshallWilliam John McDowellGeorge Lane MeltonJustin Louis MullerBertram G. NelsonEugene Oran NeubauerLillian Lovina Ramsdell.plain.Tile Degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred bJI thestudents:Coe Smith HayneGrace HolsteadMyra Louise Spauldingl iversity. Mvra Hartshorn StrawnMary Katherine SynonJudson Allen Tolman, Jr. Jennie RattrayJohn Martin RedpathMary Ethel RemickFrank Stahl RigheimerWalter Fred RohmeyerOmar Hendley SampleJessie Evelyn ShermanCornelia Simrall SmithForest Garfield SmithSamuel Noel StrausBenjamin StraussDouglas SutherlandMargaret Wortman Van WyckArthur John WaltersAllan Campbell WilliamsHorace Blake WilliamsUniversity upon tile followingLeroy Tudor VernonRobin Leslie WelchIda Theresa HirschIClinton Luman HoyEmsley Wright johnsonElizabeth Mary KingRichard Weymouth PaltridgeMortimer Brainerd ParkerThe Degree of Bachelor of PltilosopllY is conferred by the University upon the fol-lowing students:Anna Poole BeardsleyGrace Agnes Bushnell,Lucy Eleanor ChamhersCarlotta Higgins CollinsCharity DyeMary Charlotte GrahamNellie Grant Eunice Bertha PeterLillian Lovina RamsdellFrances May RobertsRowland Thumm RogersEsther Fay ShoverEdward Allen SibleyCON-Colleges The Degree of Bachelor of Science is conferred by the University upon the fol-C t lowzng students:ar er Van Vleck Brown Elliott Saltonstall Norton Thomas Weston Thomson Frances WenteTHE DIVINITY SCHOOLSTIle Degree of Bachelor of Divinity £.'1 conferred by the University upon the fol-PR lowing student:ESCOTT SILAS HEALD Thesis: T/u Social Progress of the Karens under Christianity. dividedTHE GRADUATE SCHOOLSThe Degree of Master of Science is conferred by the University upon the followingstudent:AR THUR WHIPPLE SMITH Thesis: The Geodesic Lines on the Catenoid and the HelicoidThe Degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the Uniuersity upon the fol­lowing students:JOHN GAYLORD COULTER (Botany, Geology)Thesis: A Contribution to the Life History of SiamJOHN JACOB SCHLICHER (Latin, Greek) Thesis: The Origin of Rhythmical Verse in Late LatinIX. THE BENEDICTIONThe Convocation Chaplain.[The audience is requested to remain until the recession has taken place.]X. THE RECESSIONRecessional March.MARSHALLEROY TUDOR VERNONASSISTANT MARSHALSARTHUR EUGENE BESTOR CURTISS ROCKWELL MANNINGMARIAN HARMAN CALHOUN JAMES MILTON SHELDONWILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGE KELLOGG SPEEDMARY ETHEL FREEMAN CHARLES JULIAN WEBBTHE STUDENT COUNCILSAUTUMN QUARTER, J 900THE (GRADUATE) DIVINITY SCHOOLPresident. - FRED MERRIFIELDVice President.-LLEWELLYN PHILLIPSSecretary, _;_; CLAIRE LUTHER WAITETreasurer.-ARTHUR ERASTUS HOLTCOMMITTE�S_Missions.-GEORGE ELSTON BU]{LINGAMEPublic Speaking.-ARTHUR EUGENE BESTORSocials.-EDWARD CHARLES KUNKLEAthletics. - CHARLES GIBBONS FLANAGANFinances.-ARTHUR ERASTUS HOLTDevotional. - WILLIAM KENNON MATTHEWSTHE GRADUATE SCHOOLSPresident.-HENRY MAGEE ADKINSONWILLIAM EDWIN MILLERRALPH WALDO WEBSTERWILLIAM FINDLAYFRANK BALDWIN JEWETTTHE SENIOR COLLEGESChairman. - WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEDIV. I.-CLI�TON LUMAN HOYDIV. II. - JULIAN FRANK GOODENOWDIV. III.- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEDIV. IV. - DONALD RANDALL RICHBERGDIV. V.-VERNON TIRAS FERRISDIV. VI.-ERNEST .WILLIAM KOHLSAAT, JR.THE JUNIOR COLLEGESChairman. - LEON PATTESON LEWISSecretary.-HARRIETT SHIRKDIV. I.-ORVILLE ELBRIDGE ATWOODDIV. II. - JAMES MILTON SHELDONDIV. III.- EDNA ]{OSE ROBINSONDIV. IV.-HARRY MILTON TINGLEDIV. V. - HARVEY HURD LORD