•University of Chicago WeeklySingle Copies10 Cents. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH I I, 1893. VOL. I-No. 19For the WEEKLY.LITERATURE OF THIS CENTURY.BY lAS. H. BAKER, L.L. D.,President of the University of Colorado.Series by College Presidents, No.2.Notwithstanding its practical tendencies, this cen­tury is not wanting in the highest literary power. Ithas given us the universal insight and sympathy ofGoethe, whose writings Carlyle describes as "AThousand-voiced Melody of Wisdom." He thus con­tinues, "So did Goethe catch the Music of the' Uni­verse; and unfold it into clearness. and in authe�ticcelestial tones, bring it home to the hearts of men."This century has revealed the grandeur of meta­physical thought through Hegel, and found a won­derful expounder of certain views of science inSpencer. Each an exponent of great philosophy,both giants in mental grasp, they greatly influencethe thought of the age, and become co-workers in theinvestigation of many-sided truth.N ext stands Carlyle in the midst of this mechani­cal and seemingly unpoetic age, and proclaims it anage of romance; in inspired words teaches the beautyof the genuine, the sublimity-of creation, the grandeurof human Iite, Wordsworth, Nature's' priest, inter­prets her forms and moods with finest insight, andfinds them expressive of divine though t. He looksquite through material forms and feels."A sense sublimeOf something far more deeply interfused,Whose dwellinz is the light of setting suns,And the round ocean and the living air,And the blue sky, and in the mind of man:A motion and a spirit, that impelsAll thinking things, all objects of all thought,And rolls through all things."Our own Emerson, to this generation quaintlysays, "Hitch your wagon to a star," and thousandsstrive to rise superior to occupation, rank and habitinto the dignity of manhood-i-to rise above the cloudsof sorrow and disappointment, and bathein the puresunlight. The spiritual beauty of his face, the calmdignity of his life, will live in the memory of men andadd to the force of his writings.Longfellow has said,"Look, then, into thine heart, and write."Every aspiration, every care and sorrow, every moodand sentiment, finds in, him a true sympathy; hestands foremost, not as a genius of the intellect, butas a genius of the heart.' How often he enters our homes, sits at our firesides, touches the sweetest,tenderest chords of the lyre, awakens the purestaspirations of our being.Then comes Dickens, and tells us that fiction mayhave a high and noble mission; that it may teachlove, benevolence and 'charity; that it may promotecheerfulness and contentment; that it may exposeinjustice and defend truth and righ t.All these, from Goethe to Dickens-ea.ch a masterin his field-are powerful in their influence; butbeyond this fact is the more significant one that theyindex some of the better tendencies of the. century.Never before were so many fields of thought repre­sented; never did any possess masters of greater skill.We may hope that, even in the midst of this periodof material prosperity, invention and scientific le­search, the spiritual side of man's nature will ulti­mately gain new strength, and thought a deeperinsight.ROMANCE NOT DEAD ..\Vith our exact thought and practical energy, isthere not danger of losing all the romance whichclothes human existence with beauty and hope? Thegods are banished from Olympus; Helicon is nolonger sacred to. the Muses; Egeria has d isso lvedinto a fountain of tears; the Dryads have fled frorn thesacred oaks; the elves no longer flit in the sunbeams;Odin lies buried beneath the ruins of Walhalla; "Panis dead." That wealth of imagination which charac­terized the Greek, enabled him to personify thepowers that rolled in the flood or sighed in the breeze,has passed away. -We would turn Parnassus into astone, and quarry and hew the homes of the Dryadsinto merchantable lumber. The spear of chivalry isbroken in the lists by the implements of the mechanic,the tourney is converted into a fair. Romance is fora time clouded by the smoke of manufactories.But a seer has arisen, who finds in remotest placesand in- humblest life the essence of romance. Carlyleis ()ur true poet, and we do well to comprehend hismeaning. To his mind we have but to paint themeanest object in its actual truth, and the picture isa poem. Romance exists in reality. "The thingthat is, what can be so wonderful?" "In our ownpoor Nineteenth Century * * * he has witnessedoverhead the infinite deep, with lesser and greaterlights, bright-rolling, silent-beaming, hurled forth bythe hand of God; around him and under his feet thewonderfullest earth, with her winter snow storms andsummer spice airs, and (unaccountablest of all) hz'nz-Criticism.4 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY:self standing there. He stood .in the lapse of Time;he saw eternity behind him and before him." Icannot lead you to the end of that wonderful passage,but it is worth all the devotion of solitude.We have left the superstitions of the past, but the_ beauty of mythology is transmuted into the glory oftruth. In the valley of Chamounix, Coleridge sungfor us a grander hymn than any ancient spic; Words­worth has read the promise of immortality in a humbleflower science reveals to us the sublimity of creation.Romance has nor passed away; if we -will but looknature becomes transparent, and we see throughto Nature's God./ ASPECT OF SCIENCE.Many good men fear the results of -independentthought and scientific research; but such fear is theou tgrowth of - narrow views. Every pioneer in anunexplored field should be welcomed. Even theviews of the Darwins and the Spencers are doing agrand work. Only the widest investigation can pos­sibly affirm the truth of any belief. Let men doubttheir instincts and go forth to seek a foundation fortruth. Let them. trace the evolution of organizedbeing to the simplest element. Let them resolve thesun and planets and all the wonderful manifestationsof force into nebulae and heat. Let investigationseek every nook and- corner penetrable by humanknowledge. All this will but show the wonders ofcreation without revealing the cause or end.The intellect of man, for a time divorced from thewarm instincts of his being, sent forth into chill andrayless regions of discovery, having performed itsmission, will return and speak to the human soul instartling welcome accents, "Far and wide I havesouzht a basis for truth and found it not. Godlessb .evolution is a lie. Search your inner consciousness.You are yourself God's highest expression of truth.You see beauty in the flower, gl:::.ry in the heavens.You have human love and sympathy, divine aspira­tions. Life to you is nothing without aim and hope.Trust your higher instincts."The ancient Romans read omens in the flight ofbirds, and ordered great events by these supposedrevelations of the deities. In our day, a Bryant haswatched by fountain and grove for the revelations ofGod and has read in the flight of a "Waterfowl" adee;er augury than any ancient priest, for it rela.tesnot to political events, but to an; eterp.al truth, Im­planted in the breast and confirming the hope of man."There is a power whose .careTeaches thy way along that pathless coast­The desert and illimitable air-Lone wandering but not lost.""Thou'rt gone, the abyss of HeavenHath swallowed up thy form; yet on my heartDeeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given,And shall not soon depart.""He who, from zone to zone,Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,In the long way that I must tread alone,Will lead my steps aright. " BY PROF. WILLIAM CLEAVER WILKINSON.To criticise is to judge. Not to judge is' not tocriticise. Judicial criticism is a pleonasm in expres­sion; for al l proper criticism is, by virtue of its natureand definitino, judicial.In order to judgment, that is, in order to criticism,there must be a previous process accomplished ofunderstanding. This process, if it goes on publicly,becomes a process of interpretation. But interpreta­tion is not criticism, it is not even any necessary partof criticism. It is simply a process which may oftenusefully precede criticism and prepare for it. But, beit repeated with emphasis, any literary expressionabout a literary work, (or about a work of art in what­ever kind) that stops short of giving sentence, of pro­nouncing judgment, in one word, of being judicial,by exactly that measure stops short of being criticism.This of course is not saying that a literary expres­sion about literature, which confines itself strictly to be­ing interpretative, refusing to bejudicial, that is, criti­cal, may not possess great interest and great value.Such an expression may indeed, in a given case, bemuch more interesting and much more valuable thana criticism, even a sound criticism would be in thatsame case. But, however much better. than criticismit .is not criticism.The true question then is not: Which is better.judi­cial criticism or inductive criticism? There is nosuch discrimination possible of criticism from criti­cism as those two fallaciously antithentical adjectives," judicial "a�d .. inductive," imply. : There. i.s . nocriticism that is not judicial, and there IS no criticismthat is inductive. In strictness, "inductive" is anadjective which describes rather the process of under­standing or interpretation that goes before criticism.Cr itical canons, standards, that is to say, or rules,by which one criticises. are indeed derived by inductionfrom a large number of literary instances. The task,however, of applying those canons, standards, orrules, in a given particular case, is not a task of induc­tion. It is a task of passing judgment according tolaw. If the law is sound, and if the sentence pro­nounced is in just accord with the law, then the criti­cism issuing is not only judicial-that it is, in eitherthis case' or in the contrary of it-but judicious.Let criticism proceed, but let it be judicious.The Christian Union.Services will be held in the Chapel of the U niver­sity, each Sunday evening, begmning at 6:30 o'Clock.The following are the speakers for the comingthree Sundays:March 12. Dean E. B. Hulbert.March 19. Rro£. Ernest D. Burton.April 2, Rev. Herrick Johnson, .D. D.The University Sermon.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The Old Athenaeum. * Struggling hard for their diplomas,Cribbing through examinations,Just the same the wide world over.Never mixing up professorsWith associates or tutors,Or with docents or with readers,Or assistants or instructors,Everyone who gave instructionWas a bona fide professor,And he merited the title.BY T. M. HAMMOND,' A. M.Should you ask me whence these stories,Whence these legends and traditions,In these jingling, ringing verses,In this o'er familiar meter,I should answer, I should tell you,From the halls of Alma Mater,From post-graduates, alumni,From professors, from the students,From the shades of Athenseurn,I repeat them as I heard them,Without changing, not embellished. * * * * * * * * *May you work uninterruptedTill the welcome Angel GabrielBlows his blast upon his trumpet;May the name of AthenaeumBe to you an inspiration;May you struggle to do honorTo your cherished patronymicIn those classic halls of learning,In that grand old pile of granite,On that flower-bespangled campus,By old Michigan's blue waters.* Extracts of a poem read before the Ath enzeurn Literary Society 011Friday evening, March 3·*At the edge of Garden Ci ty,Of this famous Phcenix CityBy old Michigan'S blue waters;Girt about with trees and bushes, .Nestled in among the grasses,And the lilacs andthe roses,Swept by summer's balmy breezes,Stoed the pride of all Chicago;By munificence of Douglas,Stood that noble shrine of learning,Gleaming' gainst the far horizon,Then unmarred by might� buildings,With its grand, inspiring tower,Looming far toward the heavens,With its quaint cathedral windowsAnd its minarets and towers,And its parapets and bastions,Stood the pride of all Chicago.Stood, and like the bay tree flourished,With its complement of students.Back, way back, in eighteen sixtyEre Chicago knew her greatness,Ere the days of cable railways,Or of twenty-story buildings,Or Columbian Expositions,Or of souvenir half-dollars,Ere the days of convocations,And of majors and of minors,And of academic college,And of cap and gown indulgence,And of foot-ball and of tennis,And of deans and of departments,And of registrars and stewards,And of weeklies and of dailies,And of million-dollar presents,And the multitude of otherThings a man must needs be "up on"If he wishes to be "in it,"In those days of sainted memory,In those classic halls of learning,In that grand old pile of granite,On that flower-bespangled campus,By old Michigan's blue waters,There were no such things as majors,There were no such things as minors,There were no such things as credits,There were just the plain, old courses,Just the good, old-fashioned Freshmen,Just the old, historic Soph'rnores,Just the gay and festive Juniors,Just the grave and reverend Seniors,Just the plain, old-fashioned people,Dressed in ordinary clothing;Working bard to get their lessons, The Oratorical SOciety.Last Thursday afternoon, the Oratorical Societymet and adopted a Constitution and By-laws. Al­though it is only about two weeks since Mr. Clarkfirst made known his plans for an association of thiskind, jt now has between thirty and forty on its rolls.Any member of the University is eligible for mem­bership.The regular meetings occur every other week onMonday evening and programs will be presented con­sisting of studies of the great orators and extempora­neous speeches and orations by the mem bers.The first regular meeting will be held next Mon­day evening, March r jth. Officers will be electedand in place of the regular program Mr. S. H.Clark, Reader in Elocution, will talk on "Mark An­tony's Funeral Oration as a Study in Tact." Thosewho heard his rendition of this oration before theAthenzeum Society will be especially interested inthis address.Mr. Case, of the Divinity School will briefly out­line some work for development of extemporaneousspeaking. The plan was first suggested by Mr.Clark and is to present at each meeting a list ofwords and synonyms which all those taking part IIIthe succeeding' meeting will be expected to use intheir remarks. The list of words given each week'will be short, perhaps twenty-five or thirty, and thestudent in studying over these words, carefully exam­ining the meaning of each, will have an opportunityto improve his vocabulary. Ability to choose wordsexpressing just the meaning intended is lacking inmany students. 'The expense of this association is merely nominal.Those wishing to join should hand their names toeither H. Hubbard, the Deans' Offices, or E .. M.Foster, of the WEEKLY.that has made a transatlantic reputation for that gen­tleman. Now, if this were a private en terprise, weshould have no cause to object. But. the WEEKLYnever paid a cent to its projectors. They have spentseveral hundred dollars on it without return ratherthan to see it die, and in so doing injure an institu­tion which is already engaging the loyal love of itsstudent body. To the first objection there is to besaid that we believe in weekly date of publications.To the second, we believe in personal items, and willnot set ourselves on any conservative pinnacle of ex­clusiveness that carries us away from common humaninterests. To the third, we can say nothing-ourthoughts would not look well in print.6 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSfTY OF CHICI\GO WEEKLY.PUBLISHED WEFKL'Y IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORS,BUSINESS MANAGER,CHIEF OF LOCAL STAFF,ASSOCIATE EDITORS:Alumni,Athletics,Exchanges,Book Reviews,University Notes,ASSISTANT EDITORS:University College,Academic College,Beatrice,Morgan Park Academy,Advertising Department, . .Subscription Agent, H. L. BURRE. M. FOSTERC. H. GALLIONP. B. KOHLSAATE. A. BUZZELLC. SPIKEH. C. MURPHYMISS DEMIA BUTLERS. W. JAMESONH. P. WILLISGALEN L. TAITMISS MARGARET PURCELLL. M. HEADE. W. PEABODYN. M. CAMERONSUBSCRIPTION RA TE:ONE YEAR,ONE QUARTER,Advertising Rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,Chicago, Illinois.Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office, at Chicago, Ill.THE FIRST of a series of indoor athletic tourneyswas held in the Gymnasium last Saturday after­noon. The best feature of the ,many brilliant eventswas the attendance of the ladies. Now, they maynot know it, but the truth is they are about one-halfthe show. The fact that they are onlookers has'adynamic effect on the masculine muscles. The factof their presence in the gymnasium draws half of themale audience. Ladies, in behalf of the athleticinterests of the University, we thank you, and beseechyour further favor.** *OUR SUBSCRIPTION agent has been attempt­ing to discover why some people in this Uni­versity do not take the WEEKLY. He has found theprincipal reason in the fact that these .. people havenot been aske.d;" The last two weeks have added overone hundred names to our subscription list. Threeprofessors were found who would not subscribe, andwished an early interment for the WEEKLY. Theywanted it cut off in the flush and bloom of its youth.One objected to personals; another to the infrequentissue of a weekly organ, and the other to spending adollar or two on the weekly paper of an institution ** *$2.00·75 THE FACT is recognized by the editors ofTheWEEKLY that a paper worthy of such an institu­tion as the UniversIty o£ Chicago cannot be producedunless the members of that University co-operatewith them. Do you wish a large attendance at yourclub meetings? Drop us a notice of it. Do youknow anything of general interest to the student­body? Place it in the WEEKLY where everyone canread it. The WEEKLY'S great aim is to be the mediumby means of which the University may be boundtogether in a more sympathetic whole, and a moreactive interest created in one another and theUniversity.** *WE PRESENT this week, through the kindnessof Black and Gold, an engraving of John M.Coulter, the new president of Lake Forest Univer­sity. President Coulter is 42 years of age, and hassince May, I89I, been president of Indiana StateUniversity. In his specialty, botany, he occupies theforemost position in America. He was the founderof the Botanical Gazette, and as a lecturer has a widereputation. Of him, President Harper says: "Heis undoubtedly the greatest botanist of the day, andone of our best educators."** *THE BEATRICE ladies will move into SnellHall on the r yth of April. This is good. SnellHall stands alone and unprotected, and offers ashining mark for a four-sided bombardment fromnocturnal serenades. Respectfully referred to theGlee Club.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.,Exchanges.The Dennison Collegian and Silver and Cold referto our new organization, "The Oratorical Club," aridpublish an outline of the constitution, Our Mr.'Clarke has certainly worked earnestly for this society,and we are glad to see that his efforts are appreciated. by our exchanges.* * *The Cornell Breeze this week publishes a long'letter lrom Mr. Foster, one of our editors.** *An editorial in the last Cornell Era denies-statemen t that Oxford was sent and refused.a challenge to row this year. The Era pro­poses that the winner of the Oxford-Cambridge race.corne to America and row Cornell this year, Cornell,going to England next season.** *The Glee and Banjo Clubs of the University of'Wisconsin have decided not to go on the road during.the spring vacation. The reason given by the Daily.Cardinai for this change in plan, is that it was almostimpossible to prevent a conflict of date with Eastern.college clubs in several cities.* * *We notice that many of our exchanges in referringto the University of Chicago use simply ChicagoUniversity. We would call attention to the fact that.our trustees, in their infinite wisdom, decre�d thatUniversity of Chicago meant more, and representedthe great western university better than the lattername. We do not desire to make any change inname at present, aL·J respectfully ask our college.co ntemporaries, when speaking 10f us, to use Univer-sity of Chicago. We promise to give the full name",·of every other college, even though we should run out. of sorts in the attempt to spell out "UniversIty of the·City of New York."* *We welcome the University Chronicle, the organ.of the University of Utah. Our exchange list nowincludes college papers from nearly every State in theUnion.* * *The Stentor of last week was almost entirely givenup to Lake Forest's new president, Dr. John M.-Coul ter. A four-column sketch of Dr. Coulter's lifeis quite interesting. .Lake Forest. is to be congratu­lated upon having secured so eminent an educator.* * *James Whitcomb Riley appeared before a large.audience at Ann Arbor, Friday, March 3. As usual,he charmed his listeners.* * *The faculty of Kentucky has suppressed all col­lege sports on account of alleged gambling among. the students. 7"Did you say you had a calling acquaintance withher, Di(2k?"- "Yes;Lampoon. she's in i: a office. "-Harvardtelephone*.. * *Many of our exchanges are agitated over theplag i aristic tendencies of some college editors .All unite in condemning such unlawful practices andone exchange remarks, that "any man who wouldsteal the product of a man's thoughts is a mean, low­lived trickster and scoundrel"* * *The Wesleyan Echo congratulates our businessmanager, Mr. Gallion, a Wesleyan man of '86-'87, upon his able management of the WEEKLY whichthe Echo says" will soon have no equal among col­lege publications."New Books Received.[The promf" mention in this list will be considered an equivalent to their pub­ishers far all books receiuea . Volumes will be selectedfor further notice, withregard to their intrinsic worth and the interests 0/ our readers.)American Book Company.Robinson's New Primary Arithmetic, 18 cents.Robinson's New Rudiments of Arithmetic, cloth,30 cents.Robinson's New Practical Arithmetic for Com­mon Schools and Academies. Cloth, 6S cents.Marmion, A Tale of Flodtien Field, by Sir Wal-ter Scott. With portrait of author, maps,and glossary. Boards. IS cents.Ginn 6-' Company.Hume's Treatise on Morals, with an introductionby James H. Hyslop, Ph. D., of ColumbiaCollege, with biographical sketch of DanielHume.C. W. Bordeen, Publisller.The Theory of Education, by W. T. Harris, L.L. D. Paper, IS cents ..Poetical Patchwork.THE JAG OF THE JUG.A little brown jug with tagMarked knowingly, "Sarchaime slog;"One day in a fog,Got on such a jog,The people all called it a jag,SELF-LOVE.I do not care for paltry pelf,One love I have-that is myself.A GRIi:EN GAMBLER." I staked my life on love and lost, "The cabbage to the beet once said;The blushing beet its head high tossed," You gam bled on the green," she said.THE WAY OF THE WORLD.'Tis strange to see how men of price,Will toss away a pair 0' dice.HUMOR.I love Othello, all tragedy indeedIs what I love. My work agreedI do not care for fun, as to be glad;And so my Comedies 1'm not to read,And reading weep-they are so sad .C. s . p.8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Meeting of the J\thanaeum.Athletics.The University tennis team has at last been com­pletely made, and the following men will be entitledto play in the spring championship tournament:Prescott, Manchester, Torrey,Chadbourn, Pike, Smith, H. J.Lansingh, McGillivray, N eel, 'Hewitt, Dudley, Moffat.On Saturday afternoon there will be a meeting ofthese men to arrange a schedule for daily playing inthe gymnasium. The schedle as schemed by Mr.Torrey is based upon the percentage system, andeach man will be given an opportuni ty to play againsteach of the other eleven men on the team. Thisscheme we are sure will be successful as it will giveevery man a chance to learn the different styles ofplay and will improve the general standard of theteam play.The University is certainly to be congratulated onhaving such an aggregation of tennis players; everyman on the team plays a good scientific game andthe team on the whole, we are certain, can beat any­thing .like it in the West.J\lumni of the University of Chicago.Following is a partial list of the names of the graduatesof the University and is revised as far as the Secretary nas beenable to obtain the addresses of those named. The list 'is publishedat the request of a number of the Alumni, and it is desired that allerrors, either in occupation or address, or any changes during thecoming year, may be reported to E. A. Buzzell, 510 Chicago OperaHouse, who will see that such corrections and changes are made:'6956 W Eugene Bosworth Merchant. Elgin, III57 James M Coon Baptist Clergyman Englewood, Chicago, Ill.58 Alonzo D Foster, Merchant 172 Madison St., Chicago59 A H Hawkins (Deceased)60 A C Honore Real Estate Tribune bld-g, Chicago61 Wm B Keen, Jr Real Estate 565 Rookery, Chicago62 F J Kline Crookston, Minn63 Robert Leslie, Jr Baptist Clergyman Hudson, Wis64 Charles S Moss Farmer Belvidere, III65 T B Pray Prin. Normal Schools Writewater, Wis66 J Frank Rumsey Com. Merchant 64 Traders Bl dg, Chicago67 Robert D Sheppard Prof. Garrett Bi b. Ins. Evanston, 11168 Charles A Stearns Teacher National City, Cal69 Edward F Stearns Prin. High School 3508 Ellis Ave, Chicago70 George 'Woodworth Civil Engineer C.M.& St.P.R.R., Chicago'7187 Charles R Calkins Real Estate 209 Opera House, Chicago88 E S Chesbraugh, Jr Lawyer 152 Dearborn St., Chicago89 William J Herrick Lawyer 38 Portland Blk .. Chicago90 Andrew L Jordan Baptist Clergyman, Findley, Ohio91 Fred P Powers Journalist Washington, D C92 E Hartley Pratt, M D Prof. Chicago Homeopathic College, Chicago93 Clinton A Snowdon . Sec. Board of Trade Tacoma, Wash9+ Alfred B Tucker, (Deceased 1873)95 Frank R Webb Physician 2901 Archer Ave., Chicago96 Wilson Whitney Baptist Clergyman Adrian, Mich.Rosewood coffin.Vain regretsHappens often,Cigarettes.-Ex.At the University of Michigan the editor-in-chiefof the Cardinal, the University daily paper, receives a" one study" credit per term for his work, and theother editors are given proportionate credits. The bi-weekly meetings of the Athenzeum Liter­ary Society are fast becoming a feature in the under­graduate life of the University. The last programcame fully up to the high standard set by the first.The meeting was opened by a piano solo �hy 1\1r.Russell; then followed a highly interesting talk onthe Old Atheriseum by Mr. Hammond: an essay onMiss \Vilkins' Short Stories, by Mr. A. M. Allen, readby Miss Hull; a series of original poems by C. S.Pike; a vocal solo by Miss Kellar, of the ApolloClub; a recitation by S. W. Jameson; an originalstory by Miss Shannon, and a whistling solo by F. LLucas.Every number seemed a feature. All were highlyappreciated, and encores became the regular thing.The next meeting will occur Friday evening, the r yth.I t is the evening for the election of officers, and onlya short program will be given. This will be substan­tially as follows:Music,Sketch,Recitation,Debate-Resolved,the United States.Affirmative,. Negative, Mr. Brandt ..Miss Austin.Mr. Knox.that Hawaii should annexed toMr. McClintock.Mr. Mi tchell ,University Theological Banquet.On last Saturday night occured the regular ban­quet of the Theological Union of which the DivinitySchool of the University is a member. The threeothers are the McCormick, under whose auspices this.event was given, Garrett·Biblical Institute, and the Chi­cago. For an occassion of this kind you maybe sure nothings were left undone to make the affair a successThe weather was ordered and came out to perfection ..There were about 350 present and out of this numbersome 95 came from our midst.The most pleasing speech of the programme wasthat given by Mr. McGinnis. He certainly repre­sented the University of Chicago and did it to success ..The speech was very humorous and he managed tokeep his attentive hearers in one. broad smile for a 'half an hour. But with all this flow of wit he madeit a very practicable talk and showed what conclu­sions could be drawn. The subject, "You Press theButton," was pronounced to be one of the best giventhat evening.The following served on the reception committeefrom this institution: Messrs. McEwan, Davies,Wood, Enslin, Salquist and Larsen and did. whatthey could to make all enjoy themselves, Muchcredit is to be given to the McCormick students fortheir management of the affair.A. Kelley, senior at De Pauw University, paidcollege friends a visit Wednesday.UNIVERSI rv OF CHICAGO \VEEKLY. 9Two College Men,EAST.Basket BaIt.The new game of basket ball was+inaugurated at"the gymnasium on last Saturday afternoon. It wasihe first of a series of indoor spring meets and basketiball was one of the events.At 3:30 the gymnasium gallery was full and the first.event was called. It was a 220-yard run. The first.heat between Stowell and Lamay was won by Lamayin 23 seconds. The second heat between Leizer and.Keith was won by Keith in 24 seconds. The run-off.and third heat between the_ winners of the first two"was taken by Lamay, Keith slipping on the turn, time:2 I seconds.The second event was the running high Jump..Knapp won at 5 feet 2 inches, and then made 5 feet:3 inches just to show there was no- ill feeling.Then came what the crowd was looking for. Thebasket-ball event was called and the following nmes<faced each other on the ffoor:Theologues-Catterall,"Allen,'Stagg,E. Holley,:L. Holley,-Conover,Vaughan,W. R. Smith,.­Newby. u. of C. Team.Lanning,McGillivray,Nichols,Gale",Chase,Bliss,Rapp,Gallsway,Neil. WEST.The first half was a mixed scramble of legs, arms,and hasty expressions. Neither side could get theball into the net. The fighting was nearly all aboutthe goal of the Theologues, but tossing in the ballwas quite another matter. The Theologues were notas skilled as the regular team, but were much heavierand had overflowing enthusiasm. When the umpire'swhistle ended the first half the ball was tossingdangerously near the goal of the regular team.The Theologues rushed into the second half withset looks on their faces. They didn't stop to takeany text, but slapped viciously at the ball. The lightairy - sphere tossed back and forth for about tenminutes, when McGillivray, Chase and Bliss rushedit up to the Theologues' goal by a series of brilliantreturn tosses. Stagg rushed in wildly and counteredBliss who passed the ball to Nichols. Here camethe brilliant play of the game. Nichols was ten yardsfrom the net, but tossed the ball into it as if he hadbeen throwing a pebble into Lake Michigan.No more goals were made, and when the umpirewhistled the finish, the score stood: Theologues, 0;University Team, 1. Butterworth umpired.The lecture by Prof, Geo. S. Goodspeed, of tlieUniversity, at Blake Hall, Friday evening, Feb. 24,was fairly well attended and enjoyed by all present.Morgan Park Notes.The Park has a literary society, but it is open onlyto young men. It was organized in the early part ofthe first quarter and has grown with surprising vigor.But in this line of work the young ladies do not intend"to be outstepped and so are now organizing a societyof their own. The constitution is already drawn up'and only awaits adoption.The convoc;tion has been announced for Tues­day, April 4, and it is said will be of an unusuallyinteresting character.10 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.University Notes.There will be a game between the Morgan ParkAcademy basket ball team and the U ndegraduates,who recently defeated the con? bined forces of theTheologues and Post-Graduates Saturday, March 18,in the gymnasium. Much interest is being taken inthis event, as the Academy team has proved itself tobe one of the best in its recent game with the Y.M. C. A's.The chapel was well filled Tuesday afternoon atfour o'clock by the members of the Divinity School.Dr. Anderson Jed the meeting and made it veryinteresting. This is now a regular custom with thestudents to meet once a week and hold a shortprayer meeting.It will no doubt be a disappointment to many tolearn 'that the "'Vorld's Fair School," which wasproposed for the summer in connection with the U ni­versity, will not be established on account of a failureto secure sufficie�t privileges from the World's Fairmanagement for the members of the school.H. F. Durno, formerly business manager of theWEEKLY, but who has 'recently been connected withthe publications of the University Press, this weekaccepted a lucrative position on the Chicago DailyNews. The \VEEKLY congratulates Mr. Dunlo onhis promotion.Beatrice,Miss Dingee spent Saturday and Sunday at herhome in Racine, Wis.Cuite a number from the Beatrice heard Pader­ewski Saturday evening.Miss Perrine has been obliged to stop study for afew weeks on account of ill-health. Until able toresume her work, she will remain at her home inCentralia., During Lent short services are being held twice aweek in Prof. Laughlin's apartments.Miss Reynolds entertained a party of Vassarfriends at dinner Monday evening.A party of young ladies, accompanied by MissTalbot spent Monday afternoon in visiting the FairGrounds.Miss Dame has been kept indoors by a cold forseveral days.Miss Wallace most charmingly entertained asmall company of friends Friday night in honor ofMiss Filbert, who has been a guest at the Beatrice.Exposition Note.A gentleman who is supposed to know is theauthority for the statement that 200,000 lodgings arebeing prepared for world's fair visitors, betweenFifty-fifth and Seventy-fifth Streets and east of CottageGrove Avenue. This will be sufficient to accommodatethe highest estimate of the probable daily attendanceat the exposition. and is certainly proof, to someextent, that all the visitors can be accomodated in theimmediate neighborhood of Jackson Park and atreasonable rates. President Bumpus, of the literary society, IS to'leave soon for William Jewell College, and already aspirited competition has been started for this office.The victims of the recent gas explosion are rapidlyrecovering. We are pleased to note that AndrewKennely is able to be about again.The Academy Literary Society met last Fridayevening in their parlors in Blake Hall. A very inter­esting paper on The Mid-summer Night's Dream was·read by A. J. Raney. Thirty -m in utes general dis­cussion following the reading brought out severalinstructive and entertaining points. A debate," Resolved, that monopolies on the whole are moregood than evil to the public," occupied a greater partof the evening. Messrs. Conant and Dickey spoke onthe affirmative of the question, and Moore and Head,the negative. The latter was favored by the decisionof the judges. The general discussion which followedshowed the sentiment of the members to be opposedto the decision of the judges. An impromptu speechby John M. Switzer then held the attention of thesociety. The subject was "President Harrison's:Administration." The speaker being an ardentRepublican, portrayed in eloquent style the masterlydispensation of Justice during the last four years.While we are extremely sorry that E. 1. Bumpushas departed from the class room, we are equallyglad that he still graces the president's chair of ourli terary society.F. Brown is around again and as rosy cheeked asever, although J ones says he has had ., Fever andager. " Ii�Some time has been spent 111 picking a nme forthe Academy. This task has been completed andresults in the choice of the following students: Smith,Liebenstine, Head, Jones, Kelly, Haughey, Airey,Rainey, Wood.A large number of the boys visited the UniversitySaturday to witness the field sports. They came, back very much pleased, but they firmly believe thatthe team here is able to beat the University team anytime. The result has been that a challenge has beenissued, and we are to play them Saturday, March 18.