University of Chicago WeeklySingle Copies10 Cents. VOL. I-No. 21CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL I, 1893.Series by College Presidents, NO.3.THE OUTLOOK FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INAMERICA FOR 1893.BY DAVID STARR JORDAN, LL. D.,Leland Stanford, Jr., University.PART II.From the dark shadow of these past days ourUniversities are rapidly emerging. The idea of indi­vidualism in education is steadily growing. The timeis past when all students are to be cast in the samemould. The time is come when the nature and needof every individual is consulted, and no two studentsneed now be required to enter the same studies. Ithas been found that when a student is really readyfor the universi ty or college he is better prepared to.select his own studies for himself, than can any edu­cational committee, to whom his character and tastesare unknown.At the same time the course of study has beensteadily modernized, extended and enriched. Sub­jects that formerly were finished in fourteen weeks,may now be continued for seven years or more. Thework done in the sciences has been increased a hun­dred-fold, while the scientific method has beenextended to psychology, history, economics, languagesand to a host of subjects once deemed essentiallyunscientific. The value of the study of the practicalaffairs of life has bee� recognized by the establish­ment of departments of Engineering, Social Science,.Politics, Ethics, Hygiene, and a host of other sub­,jects, dealing with the present needs of man, inaccordance with the method of science. The lawswhich govern human conduct, the movement ofmachines, the reclamation of paupers, or the growthof grain, are now of as much value as the laws ofthe Medes and Persians, or the institutes of Solon.It can now be said of the scholar as it could nottwenty years ago, that "he would leave a Greekaccent sloping the wrong way, to right up a fallenman ."At the same time the demand for better buildings,better tools, better books. better everything, andabove all, for better teachers, is steadily growing.There are college professors to-day, many of them,who are receiving a salary of $7,000 a year, nearlythree times as much as any teacher in the countrywas paid 20 years ago. A man who is thoroughlytrained in his own department, and who is known tobe a man of character and a skillful teacher as well,can almost command his own price .. On the other hand, the unspecialized men, who have learned byheart the little they know, and who have shown nospecial fitness in teaching it, are being rapidlycrowded out of the profession. This is because col­lege teaching is now becoming a profession. Therecent foundation of the great University of Chicago,the establishment of the Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni­versity, and the great extension of Colum bia College,the University of Wisconsin and other institutions,has created a most healthy competition, no longeramong instructors for places, but among wealthyschools for the best instructors. The U niversi ty ofChicago has set a killing pace by paying its head pro­fessors $7,000 a year. In all colleges, good men mustbe paid good salaries, or rich schools will carry themaway. In most faculties there is a residuum of menwho are wanted nowhere, and the salaries of thesemust fall, as the colleges learn better and better todiscriminate.More and more each year the American Univer­sity is becoming the center of investigation. The uni­versity should be the great refuge hut on the ultimateboundaries of knowledge, from which daily andweekly adventurous bands set out on voyages of dis­covery. It should be the U peruavik from whichpolar travelers draw their supplies, and as the shore­less sea of the unknown meets us on every side,' thesame house of refuge and supply will serve for athousand diffnent exploring parties moving out intoevery direction into the infinite ocean. This is theuniversity ideal of the future. Some day it will befelt as a loss and a crime if one who could be an ex­plorer is forced to become anything else. And eventhen, after countless ages of educational and scientificprogress, even so eager as the last half century hasbeen, the true university will stand on the boundaries,its walls still washed by the same unending sea-theboundless ocean of possible human knowledge.The scholar cannot breathe in confined air. Thewalls of medisevalism have been taken down. Thewinds of freedom are blowing, and the summer sun­shine of to-day quickens the pulse of the scholar inthe deepest cloister. In the university of the futureall departments of human knowledge, all laws of theomnipresent God, will be equally cherished, becauseeq uall y sacred.I have exhausted the space allotted to me, and canonly refer to certain other phases of educationaldevelopment, without discussing them. The growthof the state universities is the most remarkable featureof recent progress. The state university is the4 UNIVEH.SITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.natural head of the public school system, and as itbecomes more important and more influential, it car­ries all the other public schools upward with it.Every school in every state must, in some degree,take its inspiration or its standards from the stateUniversity, and in every state in the Union in whichthis great public school has been established; thestate university takes a deeper and deeper root eachyear.The higher education of women is becoming eachyear more serious and worthy. More and more eachyear the fact is recognized that the rearing of childrendemands not only the mother's influence as a nurseand chambermaid, but that the growing child hasneed of the most serious help and broadest sympathythat an educated woman can give. And so thedemand for co-education is not only for the besttraining that is given to boys, but for the best train­ing in those subjects in which the ideal wife ormother should not be ignorant or unsympathetic.Of the educational progress of California, I cansay but a word. Our state has now two great col­leges, and the two must in every way strengthen eachother's influence. It is not an idle fact in the devel­opment of the state that 1,200 young men and womenare in these two schools, as against 500 in one twoyears ago. Whatever is good and strong in eitherone, helps the other directly, and helps in all thework of the higher education. Good work makes thebusiness respectable. Whatever development eachmay take, there will always be room in California forboth. '·There is always room for a man of force,and he makes room for many."The future of our state and co un try will rest inthe hands of our college men and women, and thisbecause the college of the future will meet the needsof all men and women of power, and draw them to itswalls.The SprIng Convocation.Tonigh t occurs the second convocation of the U n i-versity of Chicago. The exercises will take place ingymnasium which will be arranged to seat 1200 people.Prof. Thomas Chrowder Cham berlin, dean of theUniversity College will deliver the convocationaddress on, "the Mission of the Scientific Spirit."The Convocation March wlll be one of the features.The trustees of the University have been invited tojoin in this. About fifty new students will be for­mally admitted to the University. Admission will beby tickets only. The students will sit in a body nearthe stage.The University Sermon will be delivered in theHyde Park Presbyterian church tomorrow, (Sunday)evening by Dr. Herrick T ohnson, President 'of McCor­mick Theological Seminary.I t is expected that after the vacation several newfaces will appear and it is also hoped that old onesshall not disappear. An Incident in the Zulu War.Every war robs somemother of her only son.The Zulu war was no excep­tion to this general state­ment. For, to my ownknowledge, many poormothers were deprived oftheir only sons by the strug­gles which took place inthat war. It is sad for amother to loose her onlyson. And when the caseruns parallel to that ofJOSEPH PAUL, the young man of N ainwho "was the only son of his mother, and she was awidow," it is doubly sad. The Prince Imperial ofFrance was the only child of the Empress Eugene,and she a widow. Not only is she a widow, but atrue type of the noble lady. One who has bornbravely some of the keenest trials that ever a womanwas called upon to bear. She loved her country andwas well fitted to fill the place of honor she had heldin it. She had proved to the world on more occas­ions than one how truly devoted she was to her hus­band, the late Emperor. And she simply idolized heronly child. Yet her beloved ones have been takenfrom her one by one.' Up to the time of which Iwrite, she had the dearest idol of her heart left; thiswas her son, a fine looking young man of twenty-threeof whom any mother might justly be proud.It is of how this 'young man met his death that Ishall write a few simple lines ..In order to do this I must take the reader back toa gloriously bright afternoon at the end of May 1879,Ixeliza Ridge, Zululand, South Africa. The columnto which I belonged, and to which the prince was forthe time, attached, had just set up its canvas town atthe end of a long and difficult march, when in com­pany with Lord Chilmsford, and several of hls staff,the ycuna Frenchman carne through our horse lines;and I thought at the, time: what a fine soldierlikeyoung fellow he is! He seemed to he enjoying the chatwith our officers and seemed to be perfectly at ease,both with the language and his companions, 'themajority of whom w ere of noble family. When LordChilmsford remarked that it would be dangerous toventure beyond the vedet tes while the enemy were inthe n e ighboring hills, the prince laughed heartily, asthough the General had been jesting. But he wasnot jesting; for that same evening he issued orders 'tothe effect that no man in his command, should go forany purpose whatever, beyond the chain of vedettessurrounding our own column. lie could not com­mand any man who did not belong to our army; theprince was, pro t em, a colonial officer, and was there­for at liberty to take the advice implied in the order I- +UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.to the troops, or to disregard it. We shall see whichhe did.On the following day the ventursome spirit of thiseager young man got the better of his discretion; andled him to form or arrange, a small reconnoissance inthe direction of Ulundi, the Zulu capitol. Thisnecessitated their pushing on some miles beyond ouroutposts. The m o trve which prompted this riskyundertaking sprang frcm a desire on the part of theprince, to make a military sketch of the countrythrough which we should pass on the following day.Whatever the motive, one thing is certain: he and hisimpotent party rode out in the direction above indica­ted. I must admit that the strip of land into whichthis little troop penetrated, was not calculated tc leada military genius to suppose that an enemy lay con­cealed there. The country was open, it was, in fact,a plain varying in width from about a mile, to a mileand three-quarters. This. plain was bordered on eachside by irregular hills; giving the observer the idea ofa tremendous river whose waters at some time in thep ist, had taken a shorter cut to the sea, and had neverafterwards found it convenient to beat the old tracks.N ear the slope of one of these hills, on the east sideof the plain if I remember correctly, the party drewup and dismounted. Having removed their impedi­ments to grazing they permitted their horses to wanderat will, and pick up what they cared to from thecoarse, but plentiful fo.ld er which the imm ediateneighborhood afforded. And then the companybegan, unsuspectingly, to apply the prismatic com­pass for the purpose of taking the necessary bearings.They had not, however, proceeded far with their workwhen some of them saw puffs of smoke, and they allheard the report of firearms. The prince shouted,"to horse." Every man made for his own animal;and most of them reached their saddles in safety.The Zulus in the, meantime, emerged from thelong grass which had served to screen the approachto the place where the party were at work, and nowmade efforts to render escape impossible by spreadingout, with the evident determination to surround andcapture the whole party. But seeing that some ofthem were already escaping, these wily sons of Ethi­opia reopened fire on the half trained colonial sol­diers, and m ade some of them leave the saddleunconscious. Where was the Prince at this time?Captain Harris, one of the party, was the last whoappears to have seen him alive; he said, "I saw thePrince with his left foot in the stirrup, and his lefthand grasping his horses' mane, in the act of mouting;and thinking assistance unnecessary, I turned myhorse's head towards camp and galloped off. thinkingthe Prince was close behind me, but to my eternaldismay, when I turned in the saddle, I could not seehim any anywhere. And, then, when questioned, hesaid in a hesitating, dissapointing way, "I saw in the distance a horde of the enemy-like-like vulturesround a carcas." This told a sad tale. The PrinceImperial was dead.Early the next morning a squadron of my regiment(the 17th Duke of Cambridge'S own Lancers) was sentout on the sad errand of discovering and bringinginto camp, the body of the poor young Frenchman.Guided by one of the nerveless colonial makeshifts wereached the spot where the young man was last seenalive. But at some distance from the place ourtrained eyes saw the object of our search; and with­out a word heads were bowed to the morning sun, andevery man's features indicated the saddened state ofhis feelings. In perfect silence we formed a circleround the corpse which was much disfigured, havingsixteen Assept wounds in the body alone. The sil­ence was broken by the voice of Colonel, .(now Gen­eral Sir Drewey) Lowe who commanded some ourmen to dismount. They did so, and placing theremains of the poor young prince upon a litter, withwomanly tenderness, and covering them up with acloak, they began the long journey .to Chishhurst,England, which was to be the last resting place ofhim who might have been the emperor of France.The very evidence of the stubborn resistance whichthis brave young fellow had made to his swarthy foes,proved beyond a doubt that he died like a true sol­dier. For more than one of his opponents had feltthe temper of his Sheffield blade.The sad news of his death was flashed by telegraphfrom hill to hill, till it was taken up by cable, and car­ried on to the ear of her who had fondly expected tohear such different news of her only hope, her onlychild. That evening while the news of his death wason the wing, a formal funeral service was gone through.The music, not the Marsellaise but the "Dead Marchin Saul." The flag that covered the remains, not thatof France, but the Union Jack of England, which borethe emblem of our holy religion, and served to remindus that death is a great equalizer, and at the greatawakening there shall be neither prince nor peasant;but God, Mediator, Man!A journey, equal to circumnavigating the globe,and a double. passage of the Alps in a farmer's wagonwas undertaken by a woman, for the purpose of lay­ing. the foundation stone of a monument to commem­orate, and to mark the spot where bravely fell thePrince Imperial. That woman was the mother.Her Picture.We stood in the quaint old hallway,When I took this picture here;The plate caught her dark eyes' meaning,Ah, yes, I too was dear.Though the years have drifted onward,Still I love as in days gone byThe face in that quaint old hallway,The eyes that make love's reply.But eyes, once loving, may alter;Her love, and my own, is dead,Ana she--she loves another,And I love the picture instead.For you see, the picture loves me,And though she be distant and cold,These eyes I may cherish foreverAnd their love shall never grow old.H. M.atten tion to their practice, and if the other membersof the University do what they should toward sup­porting and encouraging the aspirants to athletichonors. Let us see the work so well begun pushedto the" consumation devoutedly to be wished."6 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKL Y.* **WITH the interest in athletics that is being man-ifested with the opening of spring we hopethat bicycling will not be neglected. Probably apercentage of wheelmen may be found among thestudents and faculty of the University of Chicago asin any other educational institutions in the UnitedStates and they certainly should have a proper repre­sentation in the athletic department. We suggestthat .immediate steps be taken toward organizing awheelmen's club and to this end we would ask thatall interested leave their names at the WEEKLY office,jp2.00 that it may be ascertained how much interest may <.•.UNIVERSITY OF CHICI\GO WEEKLY.PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.ONE YEAR,ONE QUARTER, ·75 be expected in such an organization.------------------------------------------------- •* *WITH THIS ISSUE Mr. H. C. Murphy become�one of the editors of the WEEKLY. Thosewho have read Mr. Murphy's exchange column fromweek to week will appreciate the fact that he is tobecome more closely identified with the paper. Themanagement of the WEEKLY feel that the paper willbe greatly strengthened and its progress quickenedby this addition to its editorial force.EDITORS, H. L. BURRH. C. MURPHYE. M. FOSTERC. H. GALLIONP. B. I\.OHLSAAT** *WE PRESENT as a frontispiece this week, anexcellent likeness of Thomas ChrowderChamberlin Ph. D., L. L. D. who delivers the convo­cation address this evening .** *JOSEPH PAUL, the author of the article, "anincident of the Zulu War," is a student in theDivinity School. He is a native of Longport, Som­erset, England. He entered the English Cavalry in1875 when scarcely seventeen. He volunteered forthe Zulu war in 1879 and was with the Prince Imper­ial through the war and until the day he was killed.BUSINESS MANAGER,CHIEF OF LOCAL STAFF,ASSOCIATE EDITORS:Alumni,A thletics,Book Reviews,University Notes,ASSISTANT EDITORS:University College, .Academic College,Beatrice,Morgan Park Academy,Advertising Department,Subscription Agent, E. A. BUZZELLC. S. PIKEMISS DEMIA BUTLERS. W. JAMESONH. P. WILLISGALEN L. TAITMiss MARG.ARET PQRCELLL. M. HEADE. W. PEABODYN. M. CAMERON** *THE WEEKLY is enlarged this week to sixteenpages, to enable us to give four pages to theMorgan Par� Academy.' It is our pleasure to announcethat, owing to the recent good will and increasedsupport accorded. the paper by the students andfaculty, the WEEKLY will soon be permanentlyenlarged, and made better in every way. In returnfor this, will not our subscribers speak a good wordSUBSCRIPTION RA TE:Advertising Rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY 01' CHICAGO WEEKLY,Chicago, Illinois.Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office, at Chicago, Ill.THE University begins its third quarter's workunder most favorable circumstances. With anage of six months it enrolled over eight hundred youngmen and women as students for the work of the nextthree months. Great interest is manifested in everydepartment of work. The Divinity school will insix weeks close a very successful year. The graduate. school is well into its work and interest in individualresearch is increasing. The under-graduate schoolsare prospering. The religious work is fully organized.Athletic interest is " booming." THE WEEKLY is bet­ter than ever, and we are sure that we make' no mis­take in predicting a very successful quarter, as a fitcompletion of the first and already phenomenal yearof the new University.** *spring and it can if the boys will give proper for us to the students who have entered this term?THE interest being taken in athletics so early in theseason is certainly commendable. The weeklycontests that have been arranged by the Departmentof Gym n ast ics are bringing considerable attentionto this very important phase of our University work.With such an interest, the University of Chicagoshould have one of the best ball teams in the west this....<,J.. UNIVERSITY OF' CHICAGO WEEKLY.Morgan Park Academy.For many years there have been those who havepersistently and consistently advocated the theory thatthe true method of organization in our denomina tionaleducational system should embrace the establishmentof numerous first-class academies, and then the found­ing of colleges, to be followed in turn by the creationof universities, including schools for post-graduateand technical instruction. While it might not bepossible - as indeed it has not been - to proceed uponthis theory, so far as its chronological order is con­cerned, it has been urged by these far-seeing men thatthe scheme should include, eventually, all that is herebriefly outlined.As never before the educational system of theBaptists, and this is notably true of the West, beginsto assume the characteristic of what m8.Y be consid­ered as an ideal order. The great U niversi ty of Chi­cago, the colleges in the several States, the variousacademies, all either formally or by the very trend ofpublic opinion, are working under the general plan.While it is not to be understood that there is yet,' orthat there is likely soon to be, any close affiliation ofthese institutions, however desirable that is thoughtto be in some quarters, the fact remains that the pres­ent state of affairs approaches what some of our wisestbelieve to be the long hoped-for condition.Where our educational system has been weakesthas been in its academies. In the remarkable growth.an d proficiency of Pillsbury, the excellent academicwork done in such schools as Wayland, and now inthe inauguration of the Morgan Park Academy whathas been lacking is in a fair way to be supplied.When, in the course of educational events, thetheological seminary situated at Morgan Park becamethe divinity school of the University of Chicago, the"plant" of buildings and apparatus was immediatelyutilized by the newly-organized Morgan Park Acad­emy, as a part of the University scheme, other build­ings used for educational purposes being includedalso in the transfer. The choice for a head of thisdepartment of the work of the University fell uponProf. Isaac Bronson Burgess, of the Latin School ofBoston, who is now the acting dean.PROF. ISAAC BRONSON BURGESS.Professor Burgess was born in Calais, Maine, Nov.7, 1858. He comes of good Baptist stock. Hisfather, Rev. I. J. Burgess, is a Baptist minister, andhis mother was a daughter of Rev. Asa Bronson, forabout twenty-five years pastor of Baptist churches inFall River, Mass. He was educated in the publicschools of Calais,' and afterwards in North Providence,R. I., Dedham and Middleborough, Mass. From1874 to 1877 he was engaged in business pursuits in, Fall River, Mass. Here he united with the SecondBaptist church, which his grandfather had founded.Ln 1877 he began to fit for college in the Pierce Acad­emy, Middleborough. While studying the classics, in order to meet the expenses of his cour.:e, he taugh tthe English studies in the curriculum of the academy.In 1878 he entered Phillips-Exet.er Academy, Exeter,N. H. Here he attained high rank as a scholar, andheld the largest scholarships granted by the institu­tion, one of them a scholarship founded by GeorgeBancroft, the historian, a former pupil of Exeter.In r880 he entered the sophomore class of BrownUniversity.Immediately upon graduation, largely upon therecommendation of Prof. J. L. Lincoln, he waselected Latin master in the Rogers high school, 'N ew­port, R. I. In this school for- between five and six,years Mr. Burgess had entire direction of the depart­ments of Latin and ancient history, and fitted stu­dents for Harvard College in these subjects. In thespring of r 889 he was invited to take a position inthe Boston Latin School. This is the oldest and thePROF, ISAAC B. BURGESS.largest preparatory school in America. It wasfounded a year before Harvard College, and celebratedits two hundred and fiftieth anniversary some yearsago. It will be seen tha t Mr. Burgess' experience incollege preparatory schools has been of the best kind.He resigned his position in the Latin school to acceptthat which he now holds.For several years Mr. Burgess has been associa tedwith Dr. Harper in the preparation of books basedupon the inductive method. They have preparedtogether the following: " An Inductive LatinMethod," r888; "An Inductive Latin Primer," r891;"Inductive Studies in English Grammar," r So r , Hehas written independently" A Drill 'Vocabulary forVergil," r888. Repeatedly he has addressed variousassemblies of educators, and often has appeared as alecturer. He was teacher of Latin in the Chautau­qua College of Liberal Arts in the summer of r889,and in r891 and r892 conducted the department ofLatin and Greek in the Martha's Vineyard SummerInstitute. Mr. Burgess was married in August.78 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLy.fIIlo·if- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO \VEEKL Y. 9LIBRARY.PARK HALL.social is being held, and lectures from eminent pro�fessors from the University are provided at frequentintervals. Department libraries are already collectedand in use. The general school library is beingcatalogued, and a well selected village library is at­the disposal of students.President Harper has already given a receptionto the academy students and the people of MorganPark, and is present at a faculty meeting of the:academy once a month. On the other hand, the deanof the academy is a regular attendant at all regular­meetings of the University council. In all respects­the relation between the Morgan Park Academy andthe University are intimate and cordial.Although the work of instruction will be sus­pended in the university campus at Hyde Park during­the summer quarter of 1893, the academy work willgo on at Morgan Park, according to the originalplan. It is expected that a large number of both­pupils and teachers from other institutions will availthemselves of this exceptional opportunity-to pursuetheir studies at a time when most institutions areclosed.The World's Fair will be near enough to allowsummer pupils a good opportunity to visit it on Sat­urdays, when the academy will not be in session, butnot so near as to interfere with the work of the:school. The calendars of the academy are issuedfour times a year. The last appeared December I,.with full particulars of courses to be offered fromJanuary I, to July I, 1893. An academy convocationwill be held at the beginning of ·this quarter onthe evening' of January 3, at which pupils willbe received, honors announced, and an address givenby an eminent speaker. It will be immediately fol-­lowed by a reception -by- the dean.It will be observed by the above outline of wh at"is t. anspiring at Morgan Park, that "our new Westerneducators" are neither idle, nor lacking in apprecia­tion of the important task which devolves upon them.10 UNIVERSnY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.1886, to Miss Ellen Wilhur, a daughter of Rev. H.R. Wilbur, and for four years German teacher inAbbott Academy, Andover, Mass.In the academy at Morgan Park, Mr. Burgess isably seconded by teachers of experience. and excel­lent training. Among these may be named: Mr.Robert H. Cornish, a graduate of Phillips-AndoverAcademy and Yale College, and for many years amost successful teacher of science and mathematics,and Mr. Frank M. Bronson, who comes from severalyears of efficient work as teacher of Greek in CornellUniversity, Mr. Ernest L. Caldwell, a graduate ofYale, who attained distinction as an oarsman whilethere, conducts work in physical training and mathe­matics. Mr. Wayland J. Chase, a graduate ofPhillips-Exeter Academy and Brown University,'occupies the important position of instructor inEnglish branches; Miss Elizabeth C. Cooley, a grad­uate of th� old University of Chicago, and a success­ful teacher in a Chicago high school, and in MoultonLadies' College, Toronto, just returned from twoyear's study in Germany, is teaching Latin andancient history; and Miss Luanna Robertson, whohas done admirable work as a teacher, and hasdevoted several years to post-graduate study, both inthis country arid abroad, directs the work in German.Prof. Moses C. Gile, who was called from Phillips­Andover Academy, is absent this year owing to illhealth.'Every teacher on the force has had actual class­room experience before coming to Morgan Park.Those who have organized this school have beenmindful of the fact that the teacher makes the school.They have, therefore, endeavored to secure as teach­ers men and women of sound, inspiring character andexcellent scholarship, who understand the work ofcollege preparation.The school has been in successful operation sinceOctober I, with a good number of pupils in attend­ance. The work of preparation for college is goingon, quietly but energetically, and students are makingsure and rapid advances in mental power. Otherthings which add character and zest to the life of aschool, have not been neglected. Regular classesfor the thorough, connected study of the Bible havebeen organized, and to these classes all the people ofthe village have been invited .. The students haveorganized a literary society and a weekly prayer ser­vice, and several students have taken a stand forChrist. .There is a gymnasium for boys and one for girls,and both sexes have a daily class-drill, required of all,which they enjoy much. The boys, under the direc­tion of one of the teachers, a trained athlete, are de­veloping great interest in foot ball. Plans are beingactively pressed for musical clubs, both vocal andinstrumental, and one of the teachers is giving weeklypiano recitals from the great composers. A weekly Athenaeum.At the third meeting of the Athenceum Literary­Society, held March r yth, the debate was initiated as­a regular feature, and the success of the first attemptmakes it certain that the society will adopt' it per­manently. It was originally intended to have onlyessays, recitations, papers and musical numbers, butthe members have unanimously declared for thedebate and it has been adopted. Messrs. McClintockfor the affirmative, and Mitchell for the negative, dis-cussed the question: "ResollJed, That Hawaii shouldnot be annexed." The judges (Messrs. Caraway,Minard and Prescott) remained in council for manyminutes, and at last rendered a decision in favor ofthe affirmative.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO \VEEKL Y.Other members on the programme deserv­ing special notice are: A short story, by Miss EdithAustin; and recitation by Miss Aletta Knox.After the programme, at the business meeting,-the regular quarterly election of officers was held,'with the following result:President-So D. McClintock.Vice-President-H. H. Manchester.Secretary-Miss Bessie Messick.Treasurer-Henry H. Hewitt.'Corresponding Secretary-So W. Jameson.Sergeant-at-Arms-Leo Wheeler.Exchange.The Chicago Inter- Ocean some months ago offered.a prize for the best design typical of Chicago. Aftera long and most exciting contest the decision was-made and the medal given to the artist who drew the'now famous" I will." It represented a young woman,.rather masculine it must be admitted, but a woman-whose face and form expressed so many of the attri­butes of Chicago that it was immediately recognizedas a work of merit. Lately some genius at the Chi-• cag o University, whose spirit is the same as that ofits home, hit upon the idea of clothing the "I will"-figure in cap and gown and labeling it "Chicago U ni--versity." He carried out his idea, and the result.appears to-day on the front page of the Echo. The-cut first appeared in the Chicago University WEEKLY,.and at our request was loaned to us. THE WEEKLY,.as we have said before, has in a few mo.n ths forged tothe front and is soon destined to lead. The meaning-of this picture" i� too 'evident to need explanation ifyou know anything of the Chicago educational wonder"and its president, Dr. Harper, "the young NapoleonIVt' education."The above is from the Wesleyan Echo (Blooming­ton, Ill.). The cut referred to appeared in the issue-of March r yth.* * *.� The penalty for smoking a cigarette III Michigan'will be a $50 fine or thirty days in jail if the Senatejpasses the bill which the House has already approved.We shall expect to hear of a mob of frenzied AnnArborites beating in the doors of the Senate chamber'in the attempt to stop the passage of the bill. Wethink it 'not inappropriate to publish an exchange-clipping , which runs:A little boy, a little smoke,A little roll between,A little grave, a little stone," Our Darling" ---Nicotine,-,�* * *The Blackburnian is authority for the statementthat a Mr. Davey of Blackburn University is engagedin growing a "beautiful, silky pair of side whiskers.".If we were to chronicle every attempt to grow whis­ikers made by our students it would be necessary that 11we devote every inch of space in our paper to the sub­ject, and our eyesight would be destroyed in a fort­night.* * *Those who have been declaring that the youngmen of our colleges are drifting away from Christian­ity into agnosticism and infidelity could read withprofit the census of the religious preferences of theentering class at Cornell. The class numbers 504students, and of them 284 announce that they arechurch members and 146 that they are church goersthough not members of any organization. This leavesonly seventy-four with no church preferences, thoughit does not necessarily mean that they are destituteof all religion.-Ex.* * -*The life of the exchange editor becomes monot­onous in the course of years; it has been said of himthat he degenerates into a machine, and perhaps hewouldn't deny it; but the exchange editor is never­theless a human being, and he has emotions occa­sionally, just like other people. He is capable ofharboring an i?-tense aud undying hatred, for instance,and if you could see some of the papers he has tohandle every day you would understand his passionatelonging to grasp a pump handle and kill people withit. There is one paper, that comes from a city in theState of New York, that is enough to make a sensitiveman gnash his teeth; it is printed with apple butteron hideous paper, and the machinery used is dou bt­less an old cheese press; the mailing clerk rolls it intoan awkward, triangular bundle, and daubs paste andink all over it, and by the time it reaches the exchangeeditor's hands it is a sight to behold. And yet thatsuffering but conscientious man feels it his duty toread the wretched paper and he does it, and it makeshim old before his time. This is just one phase ofhis sorrowful, dolorous life, but it may serve to makeclear to people the reason why he wears a look of set­tled melancholy and why he never whistles anythingbut the Dead March in Saul.-Ex.* * *While we do not wish to appear to advertise our­sel ves by continually quoting complimentary noticesfrom exchanges, still we cannot refrain from publish­ing favorable criticisms which appeared in the CurrentTopics and A cadia A thenceu11l. The former magazineis one which has attracted considerable attention inthe west, having earned an enviable position in theranks of journalism. In the March number we noticethe followi ng:"The University of Chicago -WEEKLY steadilyimproves' in literary quality. It has recently beenenlarged by several pages."The Acadia Atlzenceum, a Canadian college publi­cation, says:eric M. Bird characterizes "The Religicn of 1492,ras that of Columbus.12 UNIVERSITY 'OF CHICAGO WEEKL Y." Among the realms of higher college journalismthe University of Chicago WEEKLY holds a prominentplace. As a weekly it certainly is deserving of muchcommendation. It is a new exchange with us andwe gladly welcome it to our tables. Now that severalof our graduates are seeking at Chicago further courses,makes us look for our western friend with all the moreinterest. "* * *The late Mrs. Mary Jeannette Keeney has left$25,000 to Trinity College, Hartford, and $25,000 tothe Wadsworth Athenteum of that city, the latter sumto be expended for works of art.* * *The surviving members of the Yale Class of '42have raised a fund of $2,000 which they have given tothe corporation in trus t, the income to be devoted tothe encouragement of extemporaneous speaking amongthe students of the university. The fund and prizewill bear the name of the late Prof. Thomas A,Thatcher.* * *It is said that ex-President Harrison, now a pro­f essor at Stanford University, is to be offered thep residency of the Indiana State University.* **The trustees of Andover Theological Seminaryh r v e elected Dr. Henry van Dyke of New York ass rc cessor to President-elect Bartlett of Dartmouth,f or fourteen years professor of Homeletics in the sern­mary.* **Dartmouth College will very soon be in the enjoy­ment of the $500,000 bequest of the late TappanWentworth, who died eighteen years ago.* * *The April issue of Lippincott's is mai-nly devoted toColumbus and the Exposition. The complete novel," Columbus in Love," is by George Alfred Townsend(" Gath "), and narrates fully and feelingly the greatdiscoverer's relations with Beatrix Enriquez. Theleading persons of that day in Spain, and some of thechief scenes, are introduced,--Isabella,- Ferdinand,the court, the bishops, the fall of Granada, and theInquisition. The canvas IS crowded, and those whowill may here make enlarged acquaintance not onlywith the surface of Spain at that eventful eta, butwith the spirit of the time and the heart of its greatestman.William Igleheart tells "What the PublicityDepartment did for the Columbian Exposition." Aportrait of Major Moses P. Handy accompanies thisarticle.Julian Hawthorne attempts" A Description of theInexpressible, "--the building of the Fair; and Fred- * * *The prospectus of the j\-ew E1zgland Magazine indi­cates a desire on the part of the publishers to make apopular feature out of college life and affairs. Itpromises for 1893 a series of articles by eminent menwhich should interest every college man and woman.Among others we notice the name of EdwardEverettHale, who will contribute papers on "Harvard Col­lege Fifty Years Ago," and "New England Towns.Forty Years Ago." Articles on "Vassar College,"" Society Life in Amherst College," "Brother J oria­than and His Home," "Manual Training in America;"and" Rhode Island in the Revolution," will appearfrom time to time. t;(* * *"The Cosmopolitan for April is a magazine whichshould h�ve a place in the library of every personinterested in the University of Chicago. In thatnumber appears an article on the University by Hjal-­mar Hjorth Boyeson. which deserves attention. Inthe beginning of the paper there appears a particularlysignificant statement. It is: c • If the financial supportrequired for the realization of so tremendous a scheme:is provided, it is probable that the University of Chi­cago will, in the course of a comparatively short time,take rank as the most completely equipped Americaninstitution of learning." Mr. Boyeson looks upon theextension system as a grand experiment of trerne n-. dous consequence and sure of success. Among otherpoints touched upon in the course of the article arethe new vacation system, Morgan Park Academy,majors and minors, and the undenominational char­acter of the University. Glowing tributes are paid to'Profs. William Cleaver Wilkinson and Richard GreenMoulton. Portraits of Dr. Harper, John D. Rock­efeller, T. J. Lawrence, George C. Walker, ProLMoulton, E. G. Robinson, W. G. Hale and A. A�Stagg make the article all the more valuable. In thesame issue is published a poem. '" Sohni," by EdwinArnold; "Lent Among the Mahometans," by FrankG. Carpenter; the continuation of W. D. Howell's.novel, "A Traveler from Altruria"; "Omega," byCamille Flammarion, and other interesting num bers ..* * *Literary Northwest is a magazine III which everywestern man and woman should take a pride. TheMarch number abounds in bright stories and instruc­tive essays. " Mount Vernon on the Potmac " is thesubject of. a sketch which should appeal to everypatriotic American. The second number of "Venice­in the Seventeenth Century" is as interesting as thefirst. It,�1-IIUNIVERSI fY OF CHICAGO \VEEKL Y.Morgan Parl{.Stinger is once more among his class mates and-seerns the same as ever. He attended the Athenceumat U. of C. Friday night.Remember the days are numbered between DOWand the Glee Club Concert, which will be, undoubt­edly, tile event of [he season, in a musical line.Theo. P. Haughey is still sick, though on a fairway to recovery. Mrs. Haughey has been with him. a greater part of the time, during his confinement.The Y. M. C. A. held their annual election last'Tuesday night. Martin Slinger was re-elected to the-presidency. The officers are about the same asbefore.A students' meeting was held Monday noon, to-corne to a decision upon academy colors and a badgeJohn M. Switzer presided. Committees wereappointed to report later.The great event of the week was, perhaps, thebattle between the U. of C. basket ball team and the-M. P. A's. The score received by the latter team-was smaller than the one received by the other, yetDavid killed Goliath. The University of Michigan's Democratic clubcelebrated Washington's birthday by a banquet, andGrover Cleveland was the principal speaker. Thisspring the boys will celebrate Thomas Jefferson'sbirthday, and Hoke Smith, J. Sterling Morton, Vice­President Stevenson, Congressman W. L. Wilsonand Carl Schurz have promised to attend.College Verse.ONE RESULT ."Crinoline is certain to be followed by hoops.' '--.Fashion Note.The little maid was very swell,(The rhyme sounds rather rough)Who first put on her crinoline,Now has a hooping cough.''I A TOAST.I toast not the girl with the golden hair,Her hair is a bleached yellow;I drink success to my rival there,He's color blind--poor fellow!c. s. P.IN ALGEBRA.We studied math. together,We raised a single voiceTo answer questions whetherWe could arrange a "choice."I smiled sweet at Alice,She caught my tender glance;As prof. then said, with malice,"Now, next, we'll take up 'chance!'"And then, still smiling sweetly,She held me in a trance;The hint was given neatly,I won my choice by chance.The Convocation will take place Monday evening,April 3d, 1893. To which all students are invited.It has been announced that the Convocation must beregarded as entirely disconnected with the Students'Union which takes place sometime in May and will'be entirely in the hands of the students.I t gives 11S exceeding great pleasure to announcethat the young ladies have a full grown Literary-socie ty organized. The event took place last Fridaynight. Miss Kate Forman was chosen president andMiss M. Ross vice president. The young ladies-were meeting at the same time the young men were,which very naturally resulted in an invitation being-exterided the former which was accepted and a veryhighly appreciated VISIt followed. We predictunbounded success for the new society.The Academy Literary Society held its regularmeeting Friday evening. There was a goodly num­ber present and all seemed to take a lively interest inthe meeting. A "FilIi buster" was the feature of the-first part of the meeting occupying about one hour,in parliamentary practice. The debate upon "Re­·solved, that slavery has been a greater curse to man­kind than intemperance." More interest might havebeen aroused if a more definite resolution had beenunder consideration. The judges awarded their·decision to the affirmative upheld by H. Lavers andL. D. Thornton. Messrs. C. E. Roe and A. J.Raney upheld the negative. An extemporaneousspeech on Woman's Suffrage was delivered by H. R.Jordan. In the election of president which tookplace, H. R. Jordan was chosen. C. s. P.CUTLETS.She, most studious of lasses, never seemed to cut her classes;Every day the ones who taught her saw her waiting in her place."She's," they said, "a student steady, with an answer always ready,And we're certain that we'll never from the classroom miss herface. "But, alas! for man's delusion, can you fancy the confusionOf a good professor when he heard her talking on the stair."I!" she said (this maiden clever), "cut my recitations never,For I'm saving all my cuts until the coming of the Fair."MAUDE L. R.Records have been made in all branche's of sportduring the past year, but on Monday last the Manu­facturing Department of A. G. Spalding & Bros. madea record that it can well be proud of and one that willstand for many years to come. On Monday morning,March 20, at 10 'A. M., they received an order fromthe New Orleans Baseball club of New Orleans, La.,ordering uniforms for the team, on condition that theywould be shipped that day. The cutters, stitchers,trimmers, finishers and basters were rushed to workat once, and the result was that the order was com­pleted and shipped by 5 o'clock the same day. Thisis certainly remarkable, and no wonder a world'srecord is claimed.I•!I14 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. - ..University NotesEditor Burr is rusticating with his parents andfriends at Newcastle, Indiana.John J. Murphy and son George of Woodstock Ill.visited the University Friday March 24th.Our local man, Mr. S. W. Jameson is taking a wellearned, vacation at his home in Farmer City, Ill.At the election of the News Association heldMarch 24th, Miss Radford and Mr. H. P. Willis were. elected editors.Mrs Mary Harriman Severance B. S., Editor ofthe Literary Northwest, of St Paul Minn. was a. callera t our office some days ago.Dr. C. O. Whitman, head of the department ofbiology in this University recently delivered a lecturebefore the faculty and students of biology at Vassar.We are happy to announce that Mr. WardnerWilliams our popular director of music, who wasquite sick for a few days is now much better and willbe able to resume his duties with the new term.The entrance examinations held March 22, 23 and24th were taken by about fifty persons. It is expec­ted that fully sixty new students will be admitted nextquarter. Most of whom will be under graduates.The University News loses this week its ed tiorin chief. Mr. Roosa having decided to leave theUniversity for the next term at least. We feel thatMr. Roosa has been the life of the News and he willcertainly be a great loss to the paper.·The Campus is beginning to assume its properform, the walks, flower beds and driveways being laidout. A large force of men is engaged .at this workand by May r st it is, expected that th� grounds willpresent an attractive appearance.Prof. G. C. Howland left Chicago March 25th forNew York. He sailed for Liverpool on the UmbriaMarch zoth. He expects to remain in Europe for morethan a year and will devote his entire time to thestudy of Italian and Spanish. We wish him everysuccess in his work.At the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church Sundayevening a Missionary from Alaska delivered an inter­esting and instructive lecture on the "Present conditionand Future State of Alaska and its people." \Venoticed a liberal sprinkling of University peoplethrough the audience.The Amherst Glee Club Concert at Central MusicHall April 3rd is expected to be one of the best musi­cal events of the season. F'o ll owing Amherst theCornell Glee and Banjo clubs will appear before aChicago audience at the same house April 6th. Ourstudents should endeavor to attend one of these enter­tainments as they are both certain to be of a highorder. John D. Rockefeller of New York will visit Chi­cago about July r Sth. With his family he will occupyPres. Harper's beautiful home on \Vashington Ave­nue. Mr. Rockefeller has never seen the great insti­tution which he founded, having never even visitedthe grounds and we are certain it will be with unal­loyed pleasure that he views the wonderful work thathas been accomplished in such a short time.On Monday evening March zo th the first contest ofthe Oratorical Association was held in the chapel.A large audience listened to the speeches and to saythat all were pleased does not half express it. Thepurpose of the contest was to determine who shouldrepresent the university at the Northern OratoricalAssociation and each young orator was eager to win.The speakers were E. V. Pierce, E. M. Foster, S. D.Barnes, N. A. Walsh and J. D. Burks.The tempting offers made by the World's Fairpeople have been too much for some of our fellowstudents. Among those who .have left school to'accept these positions are Hatch, Lamay, Willy, H. F.Williams and Peabody .. Mitchell a nd Voight willspend the spring quarter at their respective homes,Decatur and Mattoon. We hope to see them bothnext fall. Augustine has accepted a position with a.real estate agent in the city. Evarts is to seek laurels.in the book agent's field.When students go home on a vacation or write thata quarter has closed, the question comes at once fromparent or guardian, "How are you getting along?Why don't the University authorities send us somestatement of the facts, as do other great institutions?"Parents are always deeply interested in the work, anddesire to know just how their sons are succeeding in. their-several courses;' but students can only tell themall they know. " No news is good news." Thisassures those interested that the proficiency attainedranges from just above passing point .to almost per­feet. It seems that the authorities might spin out alittle more "red tap," and answer these questions to­the satisfaction of the parents by sending home, oncein three months, an official statement of class roomwork.We call attention this week to the advertisementof Bernard Sues the Upholsterer who has the bestline of goods of any house in the city.Spalding's Athletic Library No.6, published onMarch 25, will be devoted to "Lawn Tennis." Thebook is written by O. S. Campbell, champion ofAmerica. It is the most complete publication ever, written on the game, and in such a style that it willbe of great interest to experts as well as beginners.The book sells for 10 cents, and will be sent to anyaddress in the United States by the American Sports.Publishing Company, 241 Broadway. N, Y.