1Cbt mnO.1£tilitp of <tbtcagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTHEEIGHTY-FOURTH CONVOCATIONUbe ButumnAUGUST THIRTIETHA.D. NINETEEN HUNDRED TWELVELEON MANDEL ASSEMBLY HALLORDER OF EXERCISESI. THE CONVOCATION PROCESSIONProcessional March-"Pomp and Circumstance"ROBERT WATERMAN STEVENS, University Organist ElgarThe MarshalThe Candidates for the Associate's Title and for CertificatesThe Candidates for the Bachelor's DegreeThe Candidates for Higher DegreesThe Faculties of the UniversityThe Members of the University SenateThe Official Guests of the UniversityThe Trustees of the UniversityThe Vice-President of the Board of Trustees and the Convocation ChaplainThe President of the University and the Convocation OratorII. THE PRAYERThe Convocation Chaplain, THE REVEREND PROFESSOR ARTHUR STEPHENHOYT, D.D., Auburn Theological SeminaryIII. THE CONVOCATION ADDRESS"The Contribution of Modern Science to Ideal Interests." HENRY CHURCHILLKING, D.D., LL.D., S.T.D., President of Oberlin College.IV. INTERLUDE-"Scenes Alsaciennes"-"Sous les Tilleuls" MassenetV. THE AWARD OF HONORSHonorable Mention for excellence in the work of the Junior Colleges is awarded to thefollowing students:Janet Rosalind CalkinsMartha GanoDavid Mordecai Levy Frances Bertha ScharfensteinLe Roy Hendrick SloanElwyn Benjamin Van ZandtCora Marguerite Bain "Margaret Virginia BinghamFannie Jarnagin BrownSidney Marsh CadwellHonorable Mention for excellence in the work leading to the Certificate of the Collegeof Education is awarded to the following student:Laura Belle FisherThe Bachelor's Degree is conferred with Honors on the following students:Inez Elizabeth HeddenSamuel Edward HirschHelena Herbert HolleyMary Bernice JenkinsAdolph Kuring Mayme Irwin LogsdonMyrta Lisle McClellanRuth ShieldElsie Amy WygantSamuel Barnard ArveyRobert Osgood BrownIsabel Janet ClarkMary Eliza ClarkeOra Belle ColeHonors for excellence in particular departments of the Senior Colleges are awarded tothe following students:Samuel Barnard Arvey, Mathe- George H. Caldwell, Physiology Mayme Irwin Logsdon, Mathe-matics Mary Eliza Clarke, Latin and maticsRobert Osgood Brown, Anatomy Greek Myrta Lisle McClellan, Geographyand Physiology Edwin Daniel Leman, ChemistryThe Sele Scholarship, for the young woman student who completes the first year of theJunior Colleges with the highest standing in the studies of that year is awarded toPhyllis FayMembers are elected to the Beta of Illinois Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on nominationby the Uniuersitv for especial distinction in general scholarship in the Uniuersity,The election of the following students is announced:Thornton Shirley GravesMayme Irwin Logsdon Myrta Lisle McClellan Ernest William ParsonsVI. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREESCandidates for titles and degrees will be presented by their Deans in thefollowing order:Candidates for the Title of Associate and for the Certificate of the TwoYears' Course in the College of Education by Dean Henry Gordon GaleCandidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, or Science byDean Leon Carroll Marshall I['Ir'Ernest Robert ReichmannFlorence Bertha ScharfensteinLeRoy Hendrick SloanLynne Josephine SullivanMichael Joseph SullivanMary Anne ThomasElwyn Benjamin Van ZandtJessie Frances WheelerKatherine Field WhiteRuth Margaret WhitfieldHelen ZeislerCandidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws by Dean James Parker HallCandidates for the degree of Master of Arts, Philosophy, or Science byDirector Charles Hubbard JuddCandidates for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity by Acting Dean EdgarJohnson GoodspeedCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Law by Dean James Parker HallCandidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Director CharlesHubbard JuddCecyle Vera RayCANDIDATES FOR DEGREES AND TITLESTHE COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONCandidates for the Two Years' Certificate:Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosoph)l, in Education:Agnes Katharine AndersonCora Marguerite BainMargaret Virginia BinghamGenevieve BishopFannie Jarnagin BrownSidney Marsh CadwellJanet Rosalind CalkinsLloyd Harrison Callagan,Martha GanoHarry GinsburgPhilip Barnet GreenbergLillian May ElliottLaura Belle Fisher THE JUNIOR COLLEGESCandidates for the Title of Associate:Edna Jane GreerIda JacobsPhilip Eugene KearneyDavid Mordecai LevyJacob LifschitzEsther Creswell LivingstonLula Effie McLaughlinClaude Worvell MungerJoseph Doty Oliver, Jr.Maurice Ellis OttosonErna Margaret PohlmannFrances Ray GoldsworthyBernice Florence KimmeyIrma Willard Boston Rebekah LesemIsabel Janet Clark Harriet Louise MurphyOlive Donaldson Arthur Manford NichelsonA.B., The University of Chicago, 1899 Harry Ambrose PerrinAmy Howe Earl Niblack Rhodes Walter SheaDaisy May SteverGertrude Van HoesenMartha Emojene WilliamsElsie Mae WillseyRuth McGrew HallCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, £n Education:Elsie Amy WygantTHE SENIOR COLLEGESCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts:Alice Lucille ByrneMary Eliza ClarkeSister Margaret Kerby Myrta Lisle McClellanAdolph KuringEmma Feild Pope Jacob QuiringGeorge Nathaniel WhiteA.B., Atlanta University, 1903Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Phz'losophy:Albert Green HeathInez Elizabeth HeddenSamuel Edward HirschWillis Timmons HowardA.B., Birmingham College, 1909William Hardin HughesPh.B., Northwest Missouri College,1906Ida Emelia HuglinMoses Herman KamermanAlfred Crenshaw Kelly, Jr.Uriah Loose LightAlan LothFrancis Joseph McCrackenLL.B., Northwestern University, 1908Paul Hermann ApelAmelia Apollonia BuckOra Belle ColeFrancis Marion Coleman, Jr.A.B., Mississippi College, 1909Elizabeth Mary CrawfordOra May CuppEssie Mae DavidsonWilliam Hugh ErskineA.B., Bethany College, 1902Genevieve Catherine FitzpatrickRobert Vier FongerPaul Edgerton GardnerFlorence Marian GoddardA.B., Rockford College, 1906 Richard Edwin MyersMartha Arabella NixonMary Elizabeth PierceEva Amelia RumbleyFrank Barron RussellFlorence Lillian SchwartzMargaret Azalene ShaughnessyRuth ShieldMargaret Maclear SprakerWilliam Awtrey WedgworthA.B., Oxford College, Alabama, 1898Virgil Orville WhippWoodie Stone WoodwardCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science:Abe CleveringMiron Nelson DemorayAlbert Kuba EpsteinRobert Raymond GlynnEdna Jane GreerGeorge Harold JamisonSamuel Barnard ArveyFrederick Page BlairRobert Osgood BrownNell Vay BrownfieldGeorge H. CaldwellRachel Mary Wylie Campbell Mary Bernice JenkinsA.B., Southern College, 1901A.B., University of Nashville, 1906Edwin Daniel LemanMayme Irwin LogsdonSamuel Toliver SlatonFrances Cornelia WhiteTHE DIVINITY SCHOOLCandidates for the Degree of Master of Arts:JOHN LEONARD BENSONA.B., Upsala College, 1909(Practical Sociology, Practical Theology) , Thesis: The Immigrant and Juvenile DelinquencyFLORENCE JEANNETTE CHANEYPh.B., The University of Chicago, 1908(Practical Sociology, New Testament) Thesis: The Social and Educational Protection of the Immi­grant Girl in ChicagoCLIFTON NAFTZGER HURSTA.B., Texas Holiness University, 1905(Religious Education, New Testament) Thesis: The Use of the Drama in Religious and Moral TrainingWILLIAM CHRISTOPHER LAUBEA.B., Macalester College, 1901(New Testament, Old Testament) Thesis: The Wisdom Element in the Epistle of JamesMARY HELEN LEEA.B., Leander Clark College, 1907A.B., Cornell College, 1908(Practical Sociology, Practical Theology) Thesis : Work for EurasiansALFRED RAYMOND MORGANA.B., University of California, 1909(Systematic Theology, New Testament) Thesis: The Treatment of the Divorce Problem in ModernChristian EthicsCLYDE RAY TERRYA.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1911(Practical Sociology, Religious Education) Thesis: The Attitude of the Church toward Municipal Govern­mentCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity:DANIEL JAMES BLOCKERA.B., John B. Stetson University, 1909A.B., The University of Chicago, 1909A.M., iiu., 19II(Practical Theology, Practical Sociology) Thesis: The Educational Value of GivingORVIS. FAIRLEE JORDANA.B., Eureka College, 1899(New Testament, Practical Theology) Thesis: A Program for City EvangelizationThesis: The Relation of the Saloon to Juvenile Delinque�cyALBERT ELLIS WEBSTERPh.B., Alfred University, 1909(Practical Sociology, Practical Theology)Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy:ERNEST WILLIAM PARSONSA.B., McMaster University, 1899Th.B., ius., 1901D.B., tus., 1902A.M., tie., 1903(New Testament, Old Testament) Thesis: An Historical Examination of Some Non-MarkanElements in LukeCHARLES MANFORD SHARPEA.B., University of Kansas, 1897A.M., tue., 1899(Systematic Theology, New Testament) Thesis: The Function, of the Scriptures in Current AmericanTheologyLEROY WATERMAN .,A.B., Hillsdale College, 1898D.B., Ibid., 1900(Assyrian, Hebrew) Thesis: Selected Assyrian Letters; Texts, Transliterations,Translations, with Textual NotesTHE LAW SCHOOLCandidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.):Ashby Douglas BoyleEdwin Ruthven Miles Hyrum LeRoy Mulliner Jesse Pomeroy RichCandidates for the Degree of Doctor of Law (J.D.):JOHN EMIL ANDERSONPh.B., The University of Chicago, 1910WALLACE JOHN BLACKA.B., Monmouth College, 1907HSI YUN FENGA.B., Harvard University, 1910ISAAC EDWARD FERGUSONPh.B., The University of Chicago, 1910 JEROME NEW FRANK, cum laudePh.B., The University of Chicago, 1912HARRY GLENN KINSLEYPh.B., Iowa College, 1909LEW McDONALDPh.B., The University of Chicago, 1912WILLIAM DRUBE WOLLESENA.B., Beloit College, 1909THE GRADUATE SCHOOLCandidates for the Degree of Master of Arts:ELIZABETH WHITEMORE BAKERA.B., University of Nashville, 1903(Sociology, English)'" WILLIAM BENNETT BIZZELLS.B., Baylor University, 1898Ph.B., tiu., 1900LL.M., Illinois College of Law, 1909(Sociology)CHARLES FRANKLIN BROWNA.B., Albion College, 1903� (Education, Philosophy)GLENN VERNON BURROUGHSS.B., Whitman College, 1909(History)...BERTHA MAY CARTERA.B., Oberlin College, 1906(History)WILLIAM FRANKLIN CLARKEy A.B., Butler College, 1892 .Ph.D., Ibid., 1896(Education, Psychology)!,CLARA NADENE CRAWFORDPh.B., The University of Chicago, 19II(History, Education)ALICE IRENE DAVENPORT� A.B., Doane College, 1904 •(Latin)WILLIAM FENN DEMOSSS.B., Valparaiso University, 1909Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 19II(English, Philosophy) Thesis: The Social and Economic Condition of Women Teachersin the United StatesThesis: Variability and SocializationNo thesis required.Thesis: The A nnexation of HawaiiThesis: The Hellenistic State of Egypt in Relation to Its Tradeand IndustryThesis: Elimination from the Beginning of the Eighth to theBeginning of the Tenth GradeThesis: Thomas H. Benton and the Mexican WarThesis: Poetic Personification in Propertius and TibullusThesis: The Relation between Godwin's "Political Justice"and His Novels/J. EDWARD ERICKSONA.B., St. Olaf College, 1910(Sociology);HENRY ALBERT FOSTERA.B., Yale University, 1907(History)MARGARET ELIZABETH FRONINGPh.B., Ottawa University, 1908v-- (German, English)WATSON RAYMOND HOUGHV A.B., Indiana University, 1908(Education, Psychology)J(DWIN MAY HURSHr' A.B., Otterbein University, 1905(Sociology)ALFRED PROCTER JAMES,/ A.B., Randolph-Macon College, 1906t' A.B., Oxford University, 1910(History)EMMA CORIN KINGA.B., Baylor College, 1896Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1912(English)BLANCHE GROSBEC LOVERIDGE7 Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1902(Psychology)WALLACE CARL MURPHYv-�.B., University of Arkansas, 1909(History)RUTH ANNA PEIRCEI Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 19II(History)PAUL HELIE PERIGORD....---'L.B., College de l'Esquile, 1902(Sociology)SAMUEL WATSON REAVESS.B., University of North Carolina, 1899- A.B., Cornell University, 1900(Mathematics)GERTRUDE RUTH SCHOTTENFELS� Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1910(English, German)HALLIE GRETCHEN SCOTTENA.B., Butler College, 1908.-: (English), GUY WHEELER SHALLIESY A.B., The University of Chicago, 1903(Education)WILLIAM ARTHUR SHELTONA.B., University of Georgia, 1908(Political Economy)JOHN HENRY SMALEA.B., The University of Chicago, 1904t- Ed.B., tsu., 1904(Philosophy, Political Economy)I GEORGE COOPER STALEYV A.B., John B. Stetson University, 1905A.B., The University of Chicago, 1905(Mathematics)ALICE MERTZ STEVENSA.B., Indiana University, 1896Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1910(English)'FLORENCE TROTTERA.B., University of Missouri, 1908S.B., in Education, Ibid., 1908(English) Thesis: A Neglected Element in Representative GovernmentThesis: The Public Career oj John J. Crittende«Thesis: Spielhagen's Criteria for Roman and Novelle Appliedto Ptud. Heyse's Italian StoriesThesis: Measurement oj Ability in Arithmetic oj Pupils inElementary SchoolsThesis: The Training of the Child among Primitive AfricanPeoplesThesis: Domestic Relations in Colonial New England in theSeventeenth CenturyThesis: Rhetorical Elements in the Poetry of Edmund SpenserThesis: Aesthetics oj Form ProductionThesis: The Naval Policy of Richard IIThesis: The Congressional Campaign of 1866Thesis: Catholic Social Action in FranceThesis: On the Projective Differential Geometry of PlaneAnharmonic CurvesThesis: Goethe's Criticism oj ShakspereThesis: Rogue and Vagabond Types in the English Drama of theSixteenth CenturyThesis: Statisticat Studies of Graduates of New Y or k HighSchools with Special Reference to the Character of StudentsEntering the Normal Schools of the StateThesis: The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep WaterwayThesis: Sense and Reason in CudworthThesis: Potential and Level Surfaces of a Thin Circular DiscThesis: Rousseau's Influence upon the Educational NovelThesis: The Authorship of Greene's "Groatsworth oj Wit"/'HELEN MARGARET WALKERL.B., Oberlin College, 1902Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1902(German) Thesis: The Personal and Literary Relations of Rahel Varnhagen to GoetheKATHRYN ANNETTE WEBER� Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1910(English) Thesis: The Plays of John HorneCHARLES EDGAR WITTERA.B., Northwestern University, 1897A.M., Washington University, 1904(Philosophy, Education, Psychology) Thesis: Pragmatic Elements in Kant's Philosophy...-MARY EMMA WOODBURYPh.B., The University of Chicago, 1907(English) Thesis: John TrumbullMELVIN CLARENCE MERRILLS.B., Utah Agricultural College, 1905(Botany) Thesis: The Relation of Climate to Plant Growth at the BaguioExperiment Station, Philippine IslandsCandidates for the Degree of Master of Science:WILLIAM FREDERICK BRINKMAN Thesis: Appetite Secretion of Gastric Juice in the CatA.B., State University of Iowa, 1910(Physiology)EDMUND CHARLES HUMPHERYS.B., Westminster College, 1909(Chemistry) Thesis: The Hydrates of Sodium PhosphateMILLARD S. MARKLES.B., Earlham College, 1910(Botany) Thesis: A Comparison of the Plant Succession in the White­water Gorge with That at Elkhorn Falls (Indiana)FRANKLIN CHAMBERS McLEANS.B., The University of Chicago, 1907(Physiology) Thesis: The Pharmacology of Organic Iodine CompoundsHARLAND URIAH STEVENSS.B., Union College, 1907(Physics) Thesis: Test of an Artificial Telephone CableCandidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy:ETHEL ELLA BEERSA.B., The University of Chicago, 1897(Greek, Latin, Sanskrit) Thesis: Euripides and Later Greek ThoughtJAMES BURNETTE ESKRIDGEA.B., State College of Kentucky, 1890Ph.D., Cumberland University, 1897A.M., The University of Chicago, 1903(Latin, Greek) Thesis: The Influence of Cicero's Rhetorical Works onAugustine's De Doctrina ChristianaCURVIN HENRY GINGRICHA.B., Dickinson College, 1903A.M., tue., 1905(Astronomy, Mathematics) Thesis: A Determination of the Photographic Magnitudes ofComparison Stars in Certain of the Hagen FieldsTHORNTON SHIRLEY GRAVESA.B., Texas Christian University, 1906Ph.B., The University of Chicago, 1907(English Literature, English Language) Thesis: The Court and the London Theatres during the Reignof ElizabethROBERT ALEXANDER MACLEANA.B., Queen's University, 1903(Greek, Latin) Thesis: Periphrasis in Attic TragedyBENJAMIN WHITMAN VAN RIPERA.B., Allegheny College, 1905Ph.D., Boston University, 1908(Philosophy, Psychology) Thesis: An Examination of Certain Views of the Time ProblemHOMER BLOSSER REEDA.B., Indiana University, 1909A.M., Ibid., 1909(Philosophy, Psychology), Thesis: The Morals of Competition and MonopolySTELLA BURNHAM VINCENTS.B., The University of Chicago, 1906(Psychology, Physiological Psychology) Thesis: The Function of the Vibrissae in the Behavior of theWhite RatVII. THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTVIII. UNIVERSITY SONG-" Alma Mater"Words by.!tnWIN H. LEWIS. Music adapted and arranged for mixed voices bJPAUL MANDEVILLE.X. THE RECESSION -"March from Ebris" GleasonVArrangement copyright, 1898, by Paul Mandeville. Chicago.IX. THE BENEDICTIONTHE CONVOCATION CHAPLAINMARSHALJAMES ALFRED FIELD, Marshal of the UniversityDAVID ALLAN ROBERTSON, Acting MarshalASSISTANT MARSHALSGILBERT AMES BLISSPERCY HOLMES BOYNTONHENRY GORDON GALE PRESTON KYESJAMES WEBER LINNFRED MERRIFIELDCOLLEGE MARSHALSCHESTER SHARON BELL, Head MarshalESMOND RAY LONG, Acting Head MarshalWILLIAM VARNER BOWERSDONALD LEVANT BREEDHALSTEAD MARION CARPENTERKENT CHANDLERWALTER JEFFERSON FOUTE HIRAM LANGDON KENNICOTTGEORGE EDWIN KUHHOWARD BAIRD McLANENORMAN CARR PAINESANDFORD SELLERS, JR.COLLEGE AIDESMURIEL BENTRUTH BEATRICE BOZELLDOROTHY FOXHELEN MAURINE GROSS EFFIE MARIE HEWITTCORA ELAINE HINKINSVIRGINIA HINKINSMONA QUAYLE