University of Chicago WeeklySingle Copies10 Cents. VOL. I-No. 17CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 25, 1893.SOME POINTS IN A SCHOLAR'S CREED.CHARLES T. LITTLE.In these days when doubt is worn for show as anIndian wears his paint' and feathers, the suggestionthat an intellectual man should have any creed at allhas in it a touch of delicious surprise. Our age hasdeparted from the simple wisdom of the Mississippipilot, who, when asked by the captain if he knewwhere the snags were, replied with heavenly wisdomand simplicity: " No Cap! but I know where thesnags ain't and that's where I do my sailin'." Yes!that is the true wisdom, not to discover the snags, butto discover the channel. The scholar's creed, then,(this is my first suggestion) is positive and not nega­tive; constructive not obstructive; a quickening,electrifying credo, instead of a carping, persistent,pugnacious non-credo. He, of all men, must notradiate darkness, confusion, bewilderment, disheart­ment. But repeating as his watchword that fiat lu�to which the morning stars and sons of God madeanswer, he must confront every vestige of chaos withits invincible charm-Let there be light!The scholar must, in the second place, believe inknowledge for its own sake rather than for its utilities.Francis Bacon declared that knowledge was "not tobe a couch whereupon to rest a searching spirit, or aterrace with a fair prospect to please a wanderingmind, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raiseitself upon, or a commanding ground for strife andcontention, or a shop for profit and sale, but a richstore-house for the glory of the Creator and the reliefof man's estate."N ow, as Bacon is often counted the fountain of ourmodern materialism, these words may serve to redeemhim from reproach and to lift us above the misbeliefthat knowledge has no value save as it helps us tobuild bridges or tunnel mountains, use the lighteningto expedite our bargains and the stars to navigate ourships. God is glorified in the beauty an� power of hishuman image; man's estate is relieved when man him­self rises from drudgery to life, from the struggles andbloodshed of barbarism to the arts and knowledge oforganized society, from the desperate effort to keepbody and soul together into the happiness of a homein which love d welleth, and of a society where theflash of diamonds is easily out blazed by the shining ofa clear-cut mind. Credo in scientiam ought to beuttered in tones that make it second to no terrestialwatchword; it ought to be sustained by sacrifices andby conduct which lift its disciples above all entice- ments of luxury and wealth; which prove them to bemen who count no slavery so bad as intellectual bond­age, no poverty so repulsive as poverty of mind, nodegradation comparable to that which makes the finerserve the coarser, to that which subjugates the subtleand divinely constructed machinery of human intelli­gence to the transient uses of materialism.Thirdly, the scholar's credo will affirm his belief inthe essence of the sciences and not in their trappings,their accidents, their pedantries, their vagaries, theirconjectures. Knowledge is a name for one of thehighest forms of life. But the growing passion for theerudite and recondite makes us forget that a knowledgeof words and of books is not after all a knowledge ofreality and of mind. Learned footnotes, elaboratereferences, interminable bibliographies, and whatFather Tom would call "the other accoutrements ofcondition," are the earmarks too often of the literarypharisee rather than the foot-prints of the sincere andhelpful investigator. Making broad his phylacteriesand bibliographies, such a pharisee seems to be thank­ing God that he is acquainted not with his subjectonly, but with every word that sages or dunces havesaid or written about it, and with all the refutationsthat cast their greater darkness upon these originaltreatises. and with all the rejoinders and all there-rejoinders that troop along to make this darknessvisible.Surely the life of science is more than the meatand the hody than raiment. To Master Plato and thePrincipia, the KritzR and the Origin of Species is morethan to fill the brain with the lucubrations of themany-minded, many-worded commentators who per­sist in thrusting themselves between us and the sun." Stand out of my sunshine," said Diogenes to Alex­ander. Stand out of our sunshine let us say to thesekings of useless learning. Light is one thing, illumi­nated dust is quite another. If you have microscopesand telescopes and sprectroscopes to help us todiscover the unseen and to discriminate the unper­ceived, welcome, thrice welcome to us all! But if youbring us only the swept-up cobwebs spun by abnormalbrains you are a vexation and a torment to us; gowash and be clean. What havoc these have made inli terature and in history! The Hamlet of Shakespearehas ceased to exist, driven out by a composite Hamletsprung from the brain of a legion of commentators;nay, even Shakespeare himself has become vague andnebulous in the atmosphere of criticism by which heis surrounded. How often literary history sinks to thecriticism, disintegrating skepticism, pompous pedantryuseless erudition, helpless and desperate conjecture,there is salvation neither for us or for them. But ifwe attack the problems that confront them and con­front us with indom itable purpose, with imperturableintelligence, with that creative fury out of which allnoble art, all splendid, literature, all illuminatedscience, all redeeming statecraft have proceeded, thenthe people of the future will in the outgoings andthe incomings of their daily life take their part in aharmony of which creation's chorus with its morningstars and sons of God, was only a prelude. For then,at last, shall those words to which the people have in.all ages clung with desperate faith, those words whichinterpreted as fact are so full of delusion and disaster.but which intrepeted as prophecy, are alive with hopeand big expectation-then, at last shall those wordsbreak into their perfect meaning, and in the parlia­ment of man and the federation of mankind discoverever increasing illustration. Then Vox Populi will beVox Dei; the voice of the people, enlightened, in tel li­gent,co-operative in every helpful activity and reflect­ing from every polished mind the same divine ideal,will be the voice of the immutable, the everliving andthe everloving God.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKLY.level of common gossip! and have we not seen one ofthe greatest of modern poets so overlaid with vagaryand idolatrous Iollyas almost to obscure the splendorof his power and of his performance? To know theexceptions and never to grasp the full significance ofthe rule; to know all that is said about man and neverto frame a clear conception of him; to be stuffed withcomment and never to learn the text by heart; to liein wait like a hungry spider for every defect of style,yet never to be able to speak a word of healingor of power; to be sure about the last discovered fossilor the newest publication of the latest literary orscientific folly, yet to have only a slippery hold of itsfirst principles, and only a meagre stock of that wis­dom which is pleasure and power, is either pompouspedantry or carping conceit. The scholar, the thinker,believes in the essence and not in the paltry accidentsof knowledge.Finally, the real scholar blieves in humanity, andbecause he believes in humanity he believes inco-operation, and because he blieves in co-operativehumanity, he believes in the ultimated resolvabilityby intellectual processes of every problem that con­fronts the human race. The greatest achievement ofthe Hellenic people, says Ernst Curtius, IS their mag­nificant language, taxing as it does to-day, the powersof the strongest intellect to comprehend its subtle, itsdiverse, its murtitudirious power. Now such languagewas the outward expression of a people in whom amighty intellect worked co-operative in every memberof the community. So likewise from one of the greatthinkers of the same people came the first declarationthat the wise man found his fellow citizens every­where. Science has had from the beginning her holyCatholic Church, her communion of sages, reachingout their helping hands to each other across allepochs and from every clime, It is the chief glory ofscience that she has given to the world the firstexample of a widely extended and successful co-oper­ation. For to-day the scholars of the world are incorrespondence all over the globe. Neverthelessthere are powerful influences at work to sweep themfrom their belief in the destiny and dignity of men.But these influences cannot and will not prevail. Forif there is no dignity in humanity,no glorious outcomein human destiny, no ultimate splendor to belt thislittle globe of ours, what is all our knowledge, all ourscience, all our education worth? Then we are indeedrain-bow chasers, hare-brained hunters for a phantomtreasure, doomed to spend our strength for nought.I for one believe in the possibilities of democracy.Never can I recall the words with which De Tocque­.ville opens his immortal book upon our country with­out a thrill. The future of the world belongs to thepeople. What they will make of their vast inheritance,the scholars, the men of mind must determine. If wehave no belief in knowledge for its own sake, surelythey will have none. If our learning is but carping Swinburne'S World's Fair Ode.The following is the ode suggested by the forth­coming 'World's Fair at Chicago, written by lVIr. A.C. Swinburne:EAST AND WEST.Sunset smiles on sunrise; east and west are one,Face to face in heaven before the sovereign sun.From the springs of the dawn everlasting a glory renews and trans­figurers the west,From the depths of the sunset a light as of morning enkindles thebroad sea's breast,And the lands and the skies, and the waters are glad of the day'sand the night's work done.Child of dawn, and regent on the world-wide sea,England smiles on Europe, fair as dawn and free.Not the waters that gird her are purer, nor mightier the winds thather waters know.But America, daughter and sister of England, is praised of them,far as they flow:Atlantic responds to Pacific the praise of her days that have beenand shall be.So from England westward let the watchward fly,So for England eastward let' the seas reply;Praise, honor, and love everlasting be sent on the wind's wingswestward and east,That the pride of the past and the pride of the future may mingleas friends at feast,And the sons of the lords of the world-wide seas be one till theworld's life dies.-Tlu CriticLost.On Sunday night after the meeting of the ChristianUnion, somewhere between the Beatrice and CobbHall, a diamond pin. A reward of $ro will be paidand no questions asked if it is returned to this office.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKL Y. .,- Washington's Birthday.Washington's Birthday was celebrated by the Uni­versity, the entire day being given up to services ofone kind or another. In the morning the gymnasiumwas well filled with faculty, students and friends tolisten to the Anniversary address. At eleven o'clock,the exercises were begun with a hymn, Invocation wasby Dean Hurlbert.Rev. Dr. Gunsaulus was introduced by Dean J ud­son, and spoke for an hour and ten minutes on "TheAmericanism of Washington." His oration was elo­quent and his theme patriotically inspriring. Hiscomparisons of Washington with Cromwell and Napo­leon were particularly excellentWASHINGTON SEMINAR.The students certainly did their part III makingmemorable Washington's Birthday. A four page leaf-·let was issued - similar to the larger Qurterly Calen­dar of the University, setting forth after a very hum­orous fashion, the various titles honorary and other­wise of those participating in the exercises. Prof.Stagg played the .part of a learned professor to perfect­tion, calling upon the members of the seminar forpapers upon on the subject, "Washington, was he aman or a myth?"Jessie D. Burks, B. L. Docent" in Egyptology(B. L. U niversi ty of Parls (Missouri) 1882. Studentsat Coney Island Sociological Laboratory, summer of18Q1.) opened up a broadside of thought on thereality of the man, Washington, and proved to hisown satisfaction, that the father of our country neverexisted. Leonard A. Blue, street professor to Chi­cago Municipal Council, followed with an able address,after which Myra Reynolds, O. N. T., Neurastheniaadvanced some arguments in Comparative Philology,which showed a great amount of previous preparation.Theodoro Geraldo, Soares F. R. S., Advisory DirectorUniversity Union, Reader in Pastoral Duties, closedthe exercises of the day in a somewhat less fancifulfashion than his predecessors. The costumes werenovel; Prof. Stagg appearing in a brilliant crimson. setting, which harmonized beautifully with the orangeand blue on either side of him. Lydia M. Dame,Joseph E. Raycroft. Ann Baldwin and Frances Will­iston wore their gowns with dignity fitting the occas­ion. With the address in the morning, the seminarin the afternoon, and the banquet in the evening, morecould not be asked or obtained and we may truly saythat the day will never be forgotten.THE BANQUET.At 6:30 in the evening the invited guests consistingof members of the faculty, alumni of the old U niver­sity, students and friends assembled in the waitingrooms on the second floor. After a few moments ofwai ting the word was given and the grand march tothe banquet hall was begun. National colors wereset off by the bright orange of Chicago. Festoons ofold gold crepe hung from the ceiling and the long tables lighted by hundreds of candles and coveredwith hot-house plants and ferns, presented a verypretty appearance. On the platform was the presi­dent's table, around which sat the learned toast-mak­ers. In the center sat the honorable master of cere-monies Dean Harry_ Pratt Judson while around himwere seated President Harper, Judge 1. K .. Boyeson,C. L. Hutchinson; Rev .. Dr. Nordell, Prof. J. L.Laughlin, and Mr. F. P. Powers. These gentlemenwere most pleasantly situated for they had the privi­lege of looking down upon the most brilliant assem­blage ever seen at the University. After Rev.Nordell had asked the blessing, about one hundredand seventy-five guests sat down to the dinner and formany pleasant minutes all discussed a delightful din­ner and other interesting subjects. After the coffeecame the symposium of wit and as Dean Judson roseto his feet everyone was hushed and expectant. Prof.Judson stated the purpose of the occasion in a delight­ful little talk and introduced Pres. Harper as the lonefisherman who would give the address of welcome.Dr. Harper spoke briefly, but to the point and warmlywelcomed those present.The following programme of toasts was then car­ried out:Mr. F. P. Powers of Washington D. c., "TheScholar in Journalism."C: L. Hutchinson, "The Scholar in Business."Prof. J. L. Laughlin, "Training for Public Life."Judge 1. K. Boyeson .. , The Duties of a Citizen."Our Fame is Abroad.As an unmistakable evidence of the wide-spreadinfluence of the WEEKLY we publish the following bitof correspondence:142 ELM STREET, WOONSOCKET, R. 1.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO.,Chicago, Illinois.To the editor of the CHICAGO WEEKLy:-I would like tobecome the agent of your paper for Woonsocket.I am fifteen years old, and go to the High School here. I havea friend here who is the agent of Woonsocket for the Pennzy!vaniaGrit, a weekly paper published in Williamsport, Pennsylvania .Hoping to hear from you soon, I close.Your Would-be Agent,February 7, 1893. F. E. MILLER, JR.Chas. H. Kerr 6--' Co.THE GOSPEL OF MATTEW IN GREEK, edited byAlexander Kerr and Herbert Cushing Tolmon.Chicago. $8.00. Cloth $1.00. Paper $ .50In the interpretation of every book of the Bible thequestion is asked: What relation does the author'sindividuality sustain to the subject-matter and methodof presentation? In a scholarly way the editors of TheGospel of Matthew seek to furnish material and plansfor such a study. It is a great economizer of time inthe hands of any student of the Greek text of Matthew.The season's progam of the" Fortnightly Club,"of the U ni versi ty of Indiana, presen ts an excellentlist of subjects.means of every student. Perhaps the price wasintended to diminish the number so that the Chapelcould hold them. If this is the case it would certainlybe better to have no University Banquet until theUniversity can be entertained at such an affair. Wespeak for the students and believe that they, cernpris­ing the great body of the University, should be theprominent factor in all representative Universitygatherings.6 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.* *THE WEEKLY is entirely at the service of theThe WEEKLY will be sent to any address for the :. d f th h I f ts . University. We are pleased to publish anyremam er 0 e sc 00 year or go cen .UNIVERSITY OF CHICI\GO WEEKLY.PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORS,BUSINESS MANAGER,CHIEF OF LOCAL STAFF,ASSOCIATE EDITORS:Literary, -Alumni,Athletics,Exchanges,ASSIST ANT EDITORS:Divinity School,University College,Academic College,Beatrice,Drexel,Advertising Department,Subscription Agent, H. L. BURRE. M. FOSTERC. H. GALLIONP. B. KOHLSAATMISS DEMIA BUTLERE. A.' BUZZELLC. S. PIKEH. C. MURPHYBRUCE KINNEYH. P. WILLISGALEN L. 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Then isBut wequestion whether it is to be in every sense a Univers­ity gathering, if the first meeting is a precedent to befollowed in future years. No doubt the faculty andofficers will attend, and a few students, but as a rulewe believe it to be true that students are not overloadedwith wealth and many, very many, were kept away onaccoun t of the price of tickets. We believe if this isto be a University affair it should be put within the ** *THE SECOND number of Current TOji(s sustainsthe high standard of the first- Prof. McClintock'sarticle" The English Requirements for Admission toCollege," is of special interest locally, on account of thepresent discussion in the faculty concerning require­ments for admission to the University of Chicago.*�2.00·75 * *WE PRESENT this week a cut of the Universityof Illinois foot ball team with whom the localteam played two games last fall, winning one andlosing the other. This is one of the best teams intile West and made a remarkable record the last twoseasons. The cut is furnished by the It/ini of thatU ni versi ty.*articles from any member of the University upon anysubject, whether it is in accordance with our views oropposing them. While the paper intends to have itspolicy in all matters relating to the University, it holdsthat the faculty and students should be allowed perfectfreedom in presenting any suggestions or criticisms,good or bad, concerning the workings and plans of theUniversity.** *THE WORLD'S FAIR MANAGEMENT are giv- .ing a recognition to college students which isappreciated. Sixteen hundred are to be employed towheel chairs about the buildings and grounds and fivehundred as guides. This not only gives an opportunityto a most deserving class to see the great expositionand become thoroughly acquainted with it, but enablesthem to draw quite a considerable salary, which willgo far toward .paying college expenses.Matter for the WEEKLY should be in the hands ofthe printer by Wednesday noon of each week. Whenspecial arrangement is made items may be handed i�up to Thursday noon, but not later, as the paper isput on the press Friday morning.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Exchanges."The University of Chicago Weekly undoubtedly ranks the-foremost among College publications. It has been enlarged 'from-eight to twelve pages, and a newly-added feature is a full page ori-.ginal illustration each week, drawn by the artist students of the-college. The energetic and progressive spirit so characteristic ofChicago, has already 'been instilled into different enterprises of-rhe university."The above article appeared in the Madison DailyCardinal, of February I 7th.We are very grateful for the friendly feeling thus.shown by the Cardinal, for we feel that it is sincere inits compliment.It has been our effort to make the WEEKLY a rep­:resentative 'college paper, a publication worthy of theuniversity which it represents. If we have succeeded-ever so little in that attempt we are well pleased.Praise coming from such a source, from a con­-temporary which takes rank among the best of collegejournals, is sweet to us.We trust that we shall always be worthy of theCardinal's respect.* * *The faculty of the University of Wisconsi n, after-considerable discussion, has decided to grant theEditors on the Daily Cardinal credit for work done on--that journal.The matter will be submitted to the head profes­-sor in rhetoric, at the end of the term and credit willbe granted by him in proportion to the amount and-quality of the work done.* * *At the University of Pennsylvania, the Editorsnave been excused from certain work in English on.cond ition that an equivalent amount and quality ofwork be done for those papers with which they are-connected.The U. of P. has a paper entirely devoted to the-subject of athletics.* **The Nebraskan came out last month as a charter-day valentine to its patrons.* * *The Oxford crew has decided not to accept Cor­nell's challenge to row a race in the United States.* * *The eastern colleges are making extensive prepar­ations for their exhibits at the World's Fair. The U.-of P. will exhibit the valuable collection of relics-.secured by the University Expedition, to Babylon.* * *The Stentor in commenting upon the proposed.Inter-Collegiate Base Ball tourney at the World's.Fair and referring to Northwestern's chances for-eritrance says:"Northwestern will have to pick up wonderfully.'There are numerous teams in the west that can beatber."VVe should judge from records made that the U ni­versity of Iowa or Lake Forest would stand a much\better chance than Northwestern.'" 7The gymnasium atLake Fores-t should be thrownopen to the ball team and her base ball materialbrought to light.* * *The senior class of Tufts College has elected a co-ed as manager of the foot ball team. 'And so are we to be driven from our last stand.We have left the banks, offices and stores, to thefemale workers and now they have taken our last anddearest occupation. 0 what a time is this my country­men! Come on with the millenium.* * *Idle '95 has been elected captain of the Williamsfoot ball team for next year. And now we await withdread the" gags" and puns which must necessarilyemenate from our witty fellow college men.* * *Hazing at Wesleyan is now a thing of the past, arelic of barbaism.The faculty recognizing the evils connected withthe practice has inflicted severe penalties on offend­ers, and the students have tired of punishment andnow content themselves with savage glances andmuttered threats.* **There are fifty men in training for the Columbianmne.1\ Drexel Sonnet.Oh sweet is sleepWhen darkness shrouds the townAnd flakes of snow sift down;When silence deep,A watch doth keep,And fairies clad in cap and gown,In student dreams do smile or frown.Oh, sweet is sleep.But hark! What harsh uproar!What frightful clanging din!What horrible ghoulish knell,Unheard before,To shriek of fiends akin!Alas for the weary-the alarm clock bell.C. H. W.The Banquet-From the Sanctum.The Editor sat in his sanctum,His brow was troubled and sere:Without were hurrying waiters,Above were banquet and cheer.The copy was all at the printer's,The galleys had all been read;But the Editor's life was awearyAnd hard were the words that he said.And he swore with might sanctimonious"I'll, be plugged if this isn't the rub;One" case" will do -for the printer,It takes two to get at the grub. '.H. M.University Union.Dr. Johnson conducted a Symposium on GermanUniversities, in the Church History Club; Tuesdayevening.The English Club was entertained on Monday eve­ning, by a paper on " In Memoriam," by Mr. EugeneParsons. The next program, will be a paper on"English Character writing in the Seventeenth Cen­tury," by Prof. W. D. McClintock.Miss Wilkins' Short Stories,Reading,Vocal Solo,Original Story,On the Short Story,Music,. 8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY .Anthenaeum Literary Society.The recently organized Athenaeum Literary Society,so called after the once famous society of the oldChicago University,. will pr:esen tits second programin the chapel next Friday evening at eight o'clock.The opening meeting of the society, held on thestormy night of the seventeenth of this month, webelieve will be long remembered by those who had thefortitude to attend it.The inaugural address of the president, Mr.Gallion, showed a cool, clear-headed. estimate ofadvantages i.o be gained, of difficulties to be overcome,and clearly showed the society to be thoroughly inearnest and bound to succeed.In the absence of Mr. Russell, Mr. Foster kindlyconsented to fill both the musical numbers of theA vocal solo for the first, a whistling soloprogram.for the second, and in response to an encore, a pianosolo; were all well given and well received.The three papers on the program len t to theevening a Browning character. Mr. Triggs favoredthe society with a remarkably able and highly appre­ciated discussion of Browning's Treatment of Life ascompared with Shakespeare's. "The latter," he said,"represented the objective life of the age of Elizabeth;the former objectified the subjective life of the nine­teenth century."The essay by Miss Spaulding on Browning'sPrinciple of Characterization was finely written andevinced close and enthusiastic study.Mr. Barnes, in his paper on Browning's Optimism,won a warm place in the hearts of the audience by thehappy style in which his essay was both written anddelivered,-frank, open, exactly corresponding to theoptimism he described.But, perhaps, the most memorable numbers werethose given by Mr. Clark. This is, thus far, Mr.Clark's only appearance before a Chicago public, butthat part of the public which had the good fortune tohear him certainly trust that it may not long remain so.In the first of his selections, the Forum Scene fromJulius Caesar, Mr. Clark showed a fullness of appre­ciation, a depth in the interpretation of character, anda mastery of delivery which, to speak mildly, shouldmake him one of the best elocutionists in the West.During his response to the encore which followed,and even more during the selection at the end of theprogram, entitled the Parson's Conversion, theaudience simply went wild. It is hoped that at nofar distant day Mr. Clark will again favor the societywith one or more of his selections.The meeting next Friday is in all probabilityassured a large and appreciative audience. Substan­tially the following program will be given and all areinvited to be present:Piano Solo,The Old Anthenaeum,Original Poem, Mr. L. RussellMr. HammondMr. C. S. Pike Mr. A. M. AllernMr. E. S. Keith:Miss Mae Keller'Miss Shannon,Prof. W. C. Wilki.nsoll'Mr. Lucas;Edward Everett Hale's Address.The University may consider itself much honoredthat on last Sunday evening it had the opportunity oflistening to the eminent, eloquent and venerable:Edward Everett Hale. That the University and its.friends appreciated his presence was well evidencedby the immense audience which gathered in the chapelto hear him. Probably the largest that has thus farbeen brought together in the University Halls.Taking for his text I Cor. vi, 20, he spoke on the'subject: "What is the chief end of man as evidencedby the Puritan custom," and he quoted for an answerthe familiar sentence from the Westminister catechism," To glorifiy God." He said that although this might:not be very intelligent to children, it was strictly-"taught -to them by the early fathers of our country, andthat in this answer we find what has made theAmerica of to-day. Man is not a creature of God as­is an animal, but he is a son of God. In the fact thatthe first generations of Americans not only spoke andacted as if their aim was to glorify God, but that theybelieved this was their mission, lay the reason for theirgreat work toward building up a. nation. They did.everything to the glory of God, and were enabled to do,so much because they thought they could. People canoften do things because they think they can. This,spirit was in the revolution against King George andin the constitution formulated for the several littlestates. The imminent presence of God was recognized.by them. Like the peasants in the picture, "The'Angelus," their prayer was regularly and reverentially'offered. This principle is as simple to apply to-day­as then, everything should be done to the glory ofGod, that we may enjoy God forever. As St. Paulsaid, "Live to God's glory." He asked, c. How long:will the constitution of the United States stand? ,rand answered, "so long as the ideas of the founders.of the nation shall endure." And these ideas are thatthe nation shall exist to glorify God and to live ill'!His glory. iHyde Park Notes.The young people's societies of Hyde Park divisionunite this (Saturday) evening in a mass temperancemeeting at the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church. The,subject is "The Saloon." O. P. Gifford, of ImmanuelBaptist Church, and Mrs. Daisy Carlock, secretary ofthe Chicago W. C. T. W., are the speakers. The�University should be interested in such movements.Mr. Lorado Taft began an extension course of six.lectures at the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church on lastThursday evening on "The Art of the World's.Columbian Exposition." Each lecture will be fullyillustrated with stereoptican views, and the coursepromises to be one of the most popular from ourextension department.t. UNIVER�ITY ·OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The Oratorical Contest.The oratorical contest of the Prohibition Club:proved quite an attraction Monday evening. The'Chapel was well filled with students and Hyde Park-peo ple. The contestants were loudly applauded as"they marched in and took seats at the left of the plat­"form.The program was introduced with a piano solo byMiss Louise Shaffer, who also g-ave another selectionTater, both of which were greatly enjoyed. Rev. J. W.Conley offered prayer. Miss Elsie Webster then-favored the audience with a vocal solo. She washeartily encored, as she also was in her second,:responding to both with appropriate selections.The first orator was A. F. Atwood, who spoke on.. " The 'Minority." .' He talked earnestly and well and'was heartily applauded. B A. Ogden discussed"The Modern Moloch" in a pleasing manner ann.made a good impression. B. F. Martin arraigned the.Iiquor traffic in vigorous terms, calling it "TheModern Ben Hadad."One of the most pleasing orations among the-num ber was that by E. M. Lake. His subject was," The Heroic Element in Modern and PoliticalReform." He proved himself a most pleasing speaker.and held the closest attention of the audience from-first to last. Upon a popular vote he would probablyihave been awarded first place. The last speaker, W.E. Nichols, spoke on "A Lesson from Two Lives."His delivery was easy and distinct and his thoughtgood throughout e.,The judges, Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, Rev. J. W.(Conley and Hon. Harry Taylor, then announced their.decision, W. H. Nichols was awarded first place andE. M. Lake, second. Mr. Nichols will represent the1] niversity of Chicago in the state oratorical contest ofProhibition Clubs.Athletics.A criticism made upon the general play of the base:mall candidates, based UPOIil careful observation of-their daily practice would be in order, we think, at this-stag e of the training. The men are certainly improv-ing, but on the whole they all axe still behind the-standard of easten or even western ball playing, �ndmust show more decided improvement before theseason opens if good work is to be expected by themthis year. In order to still Jurther draw the attention-of each man to the individual faults in his play, and topoint out the particular weaknesses to be corrected.01' strengthened, we enumerate the candidates andgive a brief criticism of -each man's play.Nuhols, the possible pitcher of th.e nine, plays allnard, fast fielding game, and throws accurately and'Strong; his fault is the careless recovery and reckless-o ne-hand plays that are unnecessary, 9Conouer is slow in recovery and does not use hisreach when playing first, but is verysteady and throwswell to base.Webster fails to cover ground, but follows and fieldsthe ball quickly and well. His leg work at first is notas good as it might be; his recovery to the bag afterreceiving the ball being slow.Prescott plays quickly and surely at first base, hasa good reach and recovers to the bag in good shape.He fails to recover quickly in fielding the ball, doesnot bend the body in fielding hard grounders and soretards his 'throw.Bliss covers good ground, plays steady ball, but isa trifle slow on the throw.Mc�t'llivray is unsteady, throws wild on a quickrecovery, but covers ground well and plays a hardgame.Gale fails to cover ground, but throws sharpand hard. His method of bending the body whenpicking up grounders is especially good.Speer plays fast, covers good ground and recoversquickly, but is easily rattled when he fails to get agrounder, and throws wild after recovering a passedball.Adkinson plays fast, but is over-confident and doesnot use his reach on first, which is his principal fault.Vaughan plays a hard game, but his manner of" scooping" in grounders is poor and makes histhrow inefficient and slow.Alumni Notes.'70. Rev. George W. Nead, is Pastor of the FirstBaptist Church of Norwood, Mass.'72. Orrin B. Clark, is Professor of English Liter­ature in State University of Indiana. He is also Presi­dent of the Alumni Association of the University ofChicago.'72. Genis M. Lambertson, is a well known law­yer of Lincoln, Nebraska. He was for a number ofyears United States District Attorney for the Districtof Nebraska, retiring when Cleveland became presi­dent in 1885.. '7-2. E. B. Wight, is well known as the Washing­ton Correspondent of the Inter Ocean, and Fred Perry, 71, is the Editor of one of the leading journals of theNotional Capital. They are representatives of theirprofession of whom the University may well beproud.'72. Frank H. Levering, has gone as a ForeignMissionary in the interests of. the American BaptistMissionary Union.By mistake the roster of class of '69, was omittedand will be published next week." Jerry" Simpson has taken the contract for oper­ating the dish-washing machine in the Commons.10 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.University Notes.Manager Kilborn of the University Press salesdepartment, projected his head into the ether of the",TEEKLY office and wanted an answer to the followingconundrum: "What is a left-handed man to do inthe desk-chairs of the lecture room?" Answers aresolicited.The Glee Club is working in every-day rehearsalsfrom 2 to 3 P. M. The boys do not feel like going outon a tour in which they are to represent the Universityunless they can bring themselves to a high state ofproficiency. They should receive enco.uragementrather than criticism in their initial efforts, for theirlabors are certainly unselfish and for the good of theU niversi ty alone.At a meeting of the University NEVi'S associationMonday afternoon it was decided to turn the manage­ment of the paper over to Phillips & Co., MasonicTemple, to publish for the next two years; they to getall the profits for the rest of this year. Next year thereceipts from subscriptions are to be divided amongthe editors.S. W. Jameson went to his home at Farmer City,Saturday night, remaining until Wednesday.S. J. Barnett has been quite sick for three weeks.He will probably have to leave the University.Professor Albion W. Small spoke on the subject,"Washington's Estimate of Man," at the banquet cfthe Union League Club, February 22d. O. P. Gifford,Henry Wade Rogers, Adlai Stevenson, and LymanTrumbull also made addresses.The immense audience called out by the addressof Edward Everett Hale emphasized the lack of anaudience room in the University.Mr. Boardman, of the Divinity School, left theUniversity last week and takes a position in the CountyAssessors' office at Colfax, Washington.J. F. Fenner has gone to Racine, Wis., to take aposi tion in a college.Walker, Keith, Cameron and Berry went to FaithMission, corner of Thirty-fifth and Halsted Streets,Sunday afternoon to sing at the services held for thebenefit of the inhabitants of that benighted region.The question is being agitated of raising the priceof board in the Commons to $3.50 per week. Themajority of the students want better service and if thiscannot be attained without the raise in price they willconsent to the raise.About twenty students went to McVicker's TheatreTuesday evening to see Wilson Barrett in Hamlet.Prof. Wilkinson's new course in Rhetoric by read­ing, was started this week.At the quarterly meeting of the Council of theUniversity Union, C. W. Barnes was elected presi­dent and W. B. Owen, vice-president.A Washington Seminar was held in the Lecture Room on Wednesday afternoon, led by A. A. Stagg..This was of particular interest to those interested incollege degrees.The University Commons is to be provided atonce with a complete set of nickleplated urns. One'of ten gallons capacity for coffee, one of the same sizefor hot water, a six gallon one for tea and one holdingfive gallons for hot milk. This will put an end to coldcoffee and will assure as good a beverage as can be­furnished at the best hotels of the city. This will. beappreciated by members of the association.At the annual dinner of the Harvard Club ofChicago on February 21St, Prof. Paul Shorey, amongother speakers, addressed the assembled alumni andguests.W. H. Prescott has recovered, almost entirely,.from the injury received in the gymnasium some time­ago.College Verse.Oh! he looked not a look as he swept her by,With his ulster' way up to his ear,But she smiled with a smile that was wicked and sly­" Just wait' till my crinoline's here."ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.It caught me one nightAll alone in the hall ;That confounded lightIt caught me one night;In the purest delightDid the girl me enthrall,n caught me one nightAll alone in the hall.SEQUOIA_REVISED VERSION.Beneath the tum-tum tree they sat,He squeezed her hand, she smashed his hat­They scrapped-I saw them do it.(One stanza more completes the rhyme).I snapped the kodak justin time.I clapped-They heard me do it.-lYiliiams IVeekly_"ME AND JACK."We walked together in the wood,We wandered far and wide;About the same in class we stood­We flunked there side by side.-Northwestern .', 'A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind. ' ,Perhaps the poet might have changed his mind,If, in a crowd one day he chanced to find"A fellow feeling in his coat behind."-Exchange ..Cotangent, cosecant, cosine­All co's that can be said,Are not to be compared with thee,Thou best of co's-co-ed.-University Hera Id ;"Non-paratus," dixit Junior,Cum a sad and doleful look;" Ornne rectum," Prof: respondit,Et " nihil '.' scripsit in .his book.-Cornellian._