University of Chicago WeeklySingle Copies10 Cents. VOL. I-No. 24CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 24, 1893.BEATRICE, FAREWELL!0, Beatrice, adieu! farewell!We sing to you a parting knell ;With sadness now our young hearts swell,As soft we sing in classic Snell :0, Beatrice, farewell! farewell!0, Beatrice, adieu! farewell!We seek thee now; to thee, farewell!We seek the classic halls of Snell ;But, Beatrice, we loved thee well ;0, Beatrice, farewell! farewell ! BY C. s. p.0, Beatrice, adieu! farewell!'Tis sad and true, the tale we tell,Of how we miss the breakfast- bell,That ne' er will ring in classic Snell.0, Beatrice, farewell! farewell!0, Beatrice, adieu! farewell!Thy days were Jew, and classic SnellShall listen now to what befellIn halls where wisdom used to dwell.0, Beatrice, farewell! farewell!THE ETHICS OF THE SCHOOLS.BY PRESIDENT J. P. D. JOHN.De Pauw University.Series by College Presidents NO.5.TWO OF the eternal verities are the rightness ofright and the wrongness of wrong. Right is rightand wrong is wrong on both sides of the ocean, atthe poles or at the equator, in the open sunlight or inthe cavernous darkness, on the moon or on thecomets. The rightness of right antedates all condi­tions. It overtowers all conditions. It will surviveall conditions. The rightness of any particular out­ward act is contingent. The rightness of right iseternal.There IS such. a thing as local etiquette, but notlocal ethics. What is proper in one place may beimproper in another, but what is right in one is rightin the other.Expediency may be local, but ethics never. Itmay be expedient to erect a water mill by a runningstream, rather than on a hilltop, but, whether by thestream or on the highland, the wheel must grind anhonest grist. That is not a question of expediency..but of ethics. . Expediency changes with the current.But ethics holds steadfastly to its course, whicheverway the current flows. Expediency is the gnomonon the revolving earth, which points now to the zenithand now to the nadir. Ethics is the fixed axis of theearth, which moves always parallel to itself, andpoints to the invisible pole of the heavens.If this be true, then my very theme is an absurdity ..The ethics of the schools ! We do not speak of theaxioms of the schools, for an axiom is an axiom, inschool or out of it. We do not speak of the multipli- cation table of the schools, for five time five aretwenty-five in bank as well as in the shades of theacademy. We do not speak of the gravitation of theschools, for a student falling from the college towerwill strike the ground as hard as will the citizen whofalls from the courthouse spire. School ethics?School right angles! School parallel lines! Theschool north star!Nevertheless, there IS a sentiment too largelyprevalent that the college man is a law unto himself,and that he can do with impunity what would be dis­graceful, or even crimirial, if done by a man who isnot so fortunate as to have his name on the schoolregister.Put in plain English, the sentiment which prevailsin many colleges is this: To tell a lie IS wrong on thestreet, but right in college. To cheat is wrong in. the market, but right in college. To use personalviolence is wrong in a saloon, but right in a college.To boycott is wrong in Ireland; wrong even in thebusiness circles of the United States, but right in acollege. To destroy property is wrong in a cowboy,but to deface walls or to carry off gates and sign­boards is right in a college student. A street-cornerloafer who guys the passerby is rude and insolent, buta crowd of college boys, hooting at the pedestrianthat comes their way, are only giving vent to anexcess of youthful spirit. To take a howling dog upa man's stairway, through his attic and leave it uponhis roof half frightened to death, and half frightening4 UNIVEI-\SITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.to death the immediate neighbors, is wrong in a townboy, but right, even manly and honorable in a collegeboy. To violate the golden rule is wrong in aheathen, but right in a Christian, provided the Chris­tian happens to have his name on the college roll.The golden rule, so beautifully exemplified by theDivine Teacher, is binding upon the conscience ofthe pirate on the high seas; of the liquor seller, asthe young man appears at the bar for his first drink;of the Indian, with his tomahawk uplifted; of thegambler in his den of infamy-but, forsooth, thissame golden rule was not made to measure the con­science of a Christian who has matriculated in aChristian college.Have I put the case too strongly? Let us see.Street lying is wrong. Equally so is college lying.If a man ask me a proper question, to which theanswer should be no, and I answer yes in reply,knowing .that I should say no, I have told him aPRESIDENT J. P. D. JOHN.falsehood. It is a falsehood in the court room and afalsehood in college. If I say yes to my professorwhen I should say no, I tell him a falsehood.It is useless for me to say that certain collegeregulations are arbitrary, and that the authoritieshave no right to demand the discharge of such arbi­trary requirements. If I have endeavored to leavethe impression that I have done what I have notdone, and if I accept the profits of my deception, Ihave lied. A lie is not complete until one decides totake permanent advantage of the proceeds of theuntruth. That is the difference between an untruthtold in a joke and a deliberate lie.Whether, then, the college regulations are arbi­trary or not, it is my business to utter the truth.Even though the regulations bind upon my con­science, still it is my part to keep to the truth. III may protest, even rebel, against the regulationswhich bind upon my conscience. I may decline toanswer all questions relating to either arbitrary orimmoral requirements, but if I answer at all I mustabide by the truth. I am willing to defy arbitraryauthority, but I will not defy my conscience. I willtake the consequences with authority, but I will nottake the consequences with my conscience. I putthe question plainly. Have I not described what is,to some extent at least, the situation? Is it not adeplorable fact that what many students wink at as. an innocent sale of the the truth in college theywould frown upon as a flagrant breach of the truth onthe street?Again, cheating in the market is wrong. Equally,then, it is wrong in college. You sell your neighbora horse for a hundred dollars. He gives you ten ten­dollar bills, five of which are good, and five of whichare counterfeit. When you discover the cheat youdo not rest satisfied until he is behind the prisonbars. The college sets before the student ten ques­tions. The student returns ten answers, five of whichare genuine and five counterfeit, Will "you tell methe difference between the two cases, aside from thefact that one violates the law of the land and theother does not? Coun terfei tin g notes was wrongbefore there was a human law forbidding it, and itwill be wrong after all counterfeiting laws are re­pealed. Counterfeiting answers to college questionswith a purpose of taking permanent advantage of thedeceit would be no more emphatically wrong if thestatute books were filled with laws against it, and ifthe penalty against the act were death itself. Passingcounterfeit notes in a joke, with no intention of takingadvantage of the act, but. with full purpose ofexplaining the joke before damage should result,though a violation of human law, may not otherwisebe wrong, however improper it may "be. Cheatingin examination merely as a prank, without the pur­pose of benefiting by the cheat, and with a full deter­mination to disclose the fact before benefit shouldensue, however improper and disrespectful it wouldbe, might not necessarily be wrong. But presentinganswers. as genuine which are counterfeit, with theintention of leaving the impression that they are gen­uine, and with a purpose of taking advantage of the'deception, is a: flagrant wrong, law or no law, penaltyor no penalty.. Again, to combine again-st a man in business tohis disadvantage is boycotting, and meets the unqual­ified disapproval of all right-minded men; but tocombine against a student because he does nothappen to belong to a particular set, seems to beeasily squared with some standards of college ethics.Such a combination against the individual. studentmay not be formally and purposely entered intoexcept in rare instances, but if the effect be the sameas if a predetermined combination had been devised,' •• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.what is the difference? It is my deliberate judgment,based on wide observation and experience, thatcollege fraternities are, in the main, an advantage,both to the college and to the student, but theyshould jealously strive to draw no distinctions thatwill make a student suffer because he sees fit toremain a barbarian.Again: it is wrong to gamble in a saloon over agame of cards. Everybody says so. But gamblingat an intercollegiate football, baseball' or rowing con­test-why, what harm can there be in that, providedthe gambler be not a town loafer, but a collegestudent, who merely wishes to show his confidence inhis college team? Down with the gambler, whetherhe be libertine or academician! Down with him,whether he breathe the atmosphere of college cultureor the noisome vapors of the slu 111 s!Still further: to pick one's pocket on the street, orto break into one's house and despoil him of histreasure is wrong, but it seems easily justified bysome consciences to rob a grave, and to lay violenthands upon the mortal remains of one who, duringlife, had been cherished more than silver and gold.It is a crime to plunder a house, but it is simply anouting, a recreation, a' professional feat, or, at theworst, a youthful indiscretion, to plunder a grave,provided the plunderer be a student in a respectablecollege. Woe betide him, if he be an outsider, buthurrah for him, if he be within the charmed and priv­ileged circle of college life! 0, ye blinded YOuth ofour American colleges! The crime of plunder, dese­cration and vandalism knows neither time nor circum­stance, neither student nor civilian, but it is equallyblack in the eyes of God and all good men, whoeverthe perpetrator, or whereever perpetrated.Once more: to restrain a man of his liberty with­out cause, and to add personal violence to ,thisrestraint, is wrong, even among savages; but to tie ayoung man to a bed-post, to shave his head, to hanghim until he chokes, to put him in a perspiration, andthen give him a shower bath of ice water, to put himin his bed that has been saturated with water, andafter all these outrages to seal his lips with the threatof worse personal violence, or even death-this isonly a huge joke. Such contemptible and criminalproceedings, it seems, are righ t or wrong, according tothe way we spell the word describing it. If we spellit as they do on the street, m-u-r-d-e-r, it is wrong;but it is all right, and a great joke, if we spell it asthey do in some colleges, h-a-z-e.I do not claim that all of these evils exist in all ofour colleges. In some of them these and other evilsprevail, even in a more marked degree than I havedescrided. In others they have been reduced to aminimum, and, perhaps, to some extent, have beenexterminated. The object of this paper has been topoint out the false standards of conduct that so gen- erally prevail among college youth, and to insist thatthere is but one standard for student and non-studentalike.What is right in college life is right anywhere andeverywhere. What is wrong everywhere is wrong incollege. The golden rule does not bend around acrooked college act. A foot is twelve inches in col-,lege and out of it. A pound is sixteen ounces in thestore and in the class room. A dollar is a hundredcents on Christmas day, it is a hundred cents onexamination day, and it will be a hundred cents onthe judgment day.Literary Notes,The Baker and Taylor Co., New York, announcethe following new books: The New Era, by Rev.Josiah Strong, D. D.; The Gospel of the Kingdom,by C. E. Spurgeon; Greely on Lincoln, edited by JoelBenton; Amature Photography, .by W. 1. LincolnAdams; and Milk and Meat, a volume of sermons byRev. A. C. Dixon, D. D.The popular Hoosier poet, James WhitcombRiley presents a new volume from the press of theBowen, Merrill Co., Indianapolis. The title is" Green Fields and Running Brooks." The followingwe quote from the poem" Home at Night":" When chirping crickets fainter cry,And pale stars blossom in the sky,And twilight's bloom has dimmed the bloomAnd blurred the butterfly:" When locust-blossoms fleck the walk,And up the tiger-lilly stalkThe glow-worm crawls and clings and fallsAnd glimmers down the garden walls:.' When buzzing things, with double wingsOf crisp and raspish flutterings, .Go whizzing by so very nighOne thinks of fangs and stings:-" 0 then, within, is stilled the dinOf crib she rocks the baby in,And heart and gate and latch's weightAre lifed-and the lips of Kate,"The third edition of our Prof. Moulton's "Shake­speare as a Dramatic Artist" is announced. It hasbeen again enlarged hy analysis of the plays Othello," Love's Labour's Last," and" As You Like It."The New Chapel Hour.The University authorities in their Wisdom havechanged the chapel hour from 12: 30 to 9: 30 p. m.,thus throwing the recitations after nine o'clock a halfhour later. This is partly an experiment for the pur­pose of ascertaining what hour will best accommodatethe students. It is expected though, that after thisterm the hour will be.permanently changed to 10:30as it is believed that more students are in the buildingthen than at any other time. This break in the reci­tation hours will be a relief to many having severalhours consecutive work and the new regime will nodoubt be generally well received.6 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. -UNIVERSITY OF CHICI\GO WEEKLY. SINCE our last issue the Universit)J News has dis­continued. In the issue of Wednesday, Aprilr oth, it was announced that, owing to the almostinsurmountable difficulties attendant on its publica­tion, and the refusal of the students as a whole topatronize it, the News would not again appear beforeOctober r st.While we regret the inability of the News to con­tinue, we feel that the publishers are justified in thisstep. It has been sufficiently demonstrated that ourUniversity, with its present body of students, cannotsupport a daily paper. This is to be deplored.Smaller colleges than ours carry a daily, and supportit well. The students of Eastern institutions feelthat such a sheet is issued for their benefit, as wellas for the faculty, and they ch.eerfully subscribe andhelp bear the burden of its publication. Here it isdifferent. The students have not shown the truecollege spirit. They have allowed a few individualsto carry the en tire burden.The News has had much to contend against. Ithas fought a good fight, and now no one can reason­ably blame its management for this step.PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORS,BUSINESS MANAGER,ASSISTANT EDITORS:Alumni,Local,Athletics,Athenaeum,UniversityCollege,Beatrice,Morgan Park Academy,Advertising Department, H. L. BURRH. C. MURPHYC. H .. GALLION** *E. A. BUZZELLS. W. JAMISONC. S. PIKEH. H. MANCHESTERP. B. KOHLSAATMISS MARGARET PURCELLL. M. HEADE. W. PEABODYSUBSCRIPTION RATE:ONE YEAR,ONE QUARTER, $2.00·75WE NOTICE that Cornell University IS takingsteps toward giving students a share in thegovernment of the institution. This system is alreadyin force at Yale, Princeton and other. eastern schoolsand is meeting with much favor. Such a methodseems the thing that should be expected in everygreat institution of learning where the students areregarded as the great factors. We realize that ourown institution is new and it always takes time to5n4 what methods are best but we hope that studentrepresentation in university government will receivethe attention of the authorities and it would be wellfor the students also to have their interests in mind. ,fAdvertising 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.NOTICE!The WEEKLY office has been removed to the roomheretofore occupied by the Uuiversitv Aews. We arenow located one door south of Steward Hammond'soffice.WE ARE.SURE that every member of the Uni­versity wants to celebrate on the first ofMay. May Day has long been a holiday, but thisyear a new interest will be attached to it. It. will bethe day i110St characteristic of the energy of ourcity, the day long looked forward to, and the day thatwill for centuries be recorded in histories. Theyoung Americans of future generations will study ofit and wish that time would tnrn backward awhile inits flight and that they might witness the historicexercises and celebrations of May 1St, 1893. Thenwill the World's Columbian Exposition be formallyopened. Then will the greatest accomplishment ofits kind be turned over to the public and the world.In consulting the calender of the University we areable to find no note of a holiday on this importantday. No doubt our wise authorities intended all thetime to give us 'one, but we believe they have notsaid so. Of all the events of the present year this ** *OUR READERS' NOTICE is called to the col­umns devoted to literary notes and bookreviews. It is our intention to notice the leading newbooks and to print reviews 'of those of special interest.**IF THE WEATHER insists upon being sulky wemay look for a record of no defeats for our basewill be of the greatest importance in Chicago, and of ball nine. The occasional sunny days in April's fideall excuses for a holiday we believe this is the most weather give us new hope, and we may now expectreasonable. We are sure the authorities will not the best, both from the base ball team and thethink of denying us this. weather man.-- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKL Y.The South Side School.Among the many preparatory schools that have-corne into recognition in Chicago in the last decade,those given origin during the last year, and that inmany cases incident upon the founding of the Univer­.sity of Chicago, are now finding description in theRALPH P. SMITH.,f University WEEKLY. Among others, worth morethan passing mention, is the school whose title isgiven above this article.The South Side Preparatory School beg an to takedefinite form in the minds of certain teachers in theOwen Academy at Morgan Park toward the close ofthat school's session of '92-'93. It was, in responseto repeated appeals on the part of a score or more ofyoung men and women for the establishment of sucha school, that E. O. Sisson and R. P. Smith, who were atthat time instructors in the Academy at Morgan Park,determined to offer courses in languages and mathe­matics somewhere in the South Side limits of Chicago.Headquarters were secured in the Goodall buildingat the corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove Avenues,and the South Side School began its humble careerwith thirty pupils enrolled. Classes were organizedin Algebra, Geometry, Elementary Greek, Xenophon,Homer, Virgil, Cicero with Prose, Cesar with Prose,Elementary Latin, French and German. Thesedasses-varrying in organization, as the demands forthem have varied, have continued since Oct. r st, '92till the present date and they form the general termof the school's work. Classes in Roman, Greek andUnited States History, and the study of EnglishLiterature are also formed when necessary. It is the purpose of those in charge to still further broaden thecurriculum of the school as its growth demands it.The aim of the school is to enable young men andwomen to do thorough systematic work. The induc­tive methods and texts prevail. A mastery of princi­ples and their constant and repeated application areinsisted upon. Much sight work in mathematics andlanguages is constantly required. The instructorsaim not merely to acquaint the pupil with the rationaleof class room work but to make him master it andenable him to use it.The school, after six months of successful opera­tion, has changed its quarters and is now more advan­tageously and roomily located on the west side ofDrexel avenue just north of fifty-fifth street.Over fifty pupils have filled its classes sinceOctober first, 1892. Of these, fourteen are now inthe U ni versity of Chicago. Highest excellence inexaminations gave the University scholarship to oneof these, Miss Cora B. Jackson, at the entranceexaminations of last December. Mr. Allen T. Burnsreceived a similar scholarshipthe examinations of last March.then admitted to the University,school.The founders of the school, Mr. Sisson and Mr.Smith still continue in it as instructors. Mr. Sissonfor excellence atOf the twelve pupilsSIX were from thisEDWARD O. SISSON.will graduate in June from the University of Chicagowith the B. A. degree. Mr. Smith took his degreefrom Denison U niversi ty in '88. Four of the yearssince his graduation have found him busily engagedas teacher and student. He is at present doinggraduate work in the University of Chicago. 78 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. .) .....Messrs. Sisson and Smith are assisted by Mr. MiloB. Price, brother of Prof. Ira M. Price" of the U niver­sity of Chicago. Mr. Price graduated from DennisonUniversity in '92 and is a graduate student in theUniversity of Chicago in addition to his duties asteacher.The Oratorical Situation.Of late years, particularly in the west, to be greatin oratory has been the ambition of almost every pre­tentious college. To excell in any branch of collegework is certainly laudable, and to excell in the noblescience and art of oratory is particularly to be desired,as the excellence which any institution gains in thisdepartment is to a considerable degree the criterionby which one college thinks of the literary standardof another. Recognizing its importance, an oratori­cal society was formed here sometime ago, shortlyafter a contest was held and an orator was selected torepresent us in case we were successful in" gettingadmission to the Northern Oratorical League towhich we had made application. It is learned nowthat it is contrary to the constitution of the Leaguefor any college to participate in the contest the sameyear that it is admitted. It is out of the question thenfor our orator to take part in this year's contest butif we have any loyalty to our University or any ambi­tion to oratorical fame It is necessary that immediatesteps be taken toward securing our admission to theNorthern Oratorical League at the meeting to beheld May -sth, at Oberlin, Ohio, just previous to thecontest. Our local association has been rather inac­tive this term owing to the absence of the president,whose return was expected daily. It is learned nowthat his resign a tion is now in the hands of the secre­tary and nothing then prevents the call of a meetingat once, and there is a decided need for such a meet­ing for if we expect success in this matter we musttake interest in it. Delegates must be selected to goto Oberlin and present oui case and work for ourrecognition. Money must be forthcoming to paytheir expenses and a general interest must be awak­ened here. It is known that we have several of thecolleges in the League supporting us, and it is known'too, that the Iowa Association and one or two othershave instructed their delegates to vote against us.From other college papers we glean that the N orth­western is fighting our admission, as they seem todesire to be the only Illinois representative in theLeague. It has seemed quite evident on severaloccassions that they were jealous of us and really theyconnot be blamed for it. An Iowa paper thinks thatwe have too few students in the colleges of the U ni­versity and that our great aim is to be an institutionfor graduate work. Vii e all know of course howmistaken they are and that they do not realize howlarge proportions our undergraduate colleges haveassumed. It is certainly evident that immediate action is::necessary. Let the" I Wi ll " of our institution assertitself at once. H. L. B.SnelJ Notes.The following program was found posted Oil'Friday last in the Beatrice Hall, and gives most.clearly an account of the last days spent there:A SPRING FESTIVAL GIVEN BY THE BEATRICE.PROGRAM:Thursday, 3 p. nz ."Prelude to "The Moving," con imprompta uariazione,Friday, 7 :30 a. nt,Chorus, "ZU17l Letzten Mahl.' r:Arranged for female voices, by Maddocks.Tounk Symphony, "Zu Sc!mell."·By ENTIRE COMPANY.(a)" Mo ltu simplice et cantabile.(b) Multum in parvo.(c) Fatigo rna non tropo.Intermezza-c : f, 11/.March-"Descent Into Hades,"Concerto,(a) Andante con express-ione.(b) Scherzo con multo labore.({) Agitato et disgusto. Glueck (auf),vVagner ...-Friday Niglzt."Nocturne," (Dedicated to the Beatrice), jJ,Iorpheus ..Saturday, 7 :30 a. 11Z.Pilgrim's Chorus (b sharp,)Hunting Song-Multo vivace all day.Saturday EZJening. Baclz.Requiem in a flat.Traumspiel-Errinnerung an Beatrice, au Dante.[Tke Miller Piano is used.]Mrs. Palmer returned last week, and will remain'a few weeks,A party of young ladies from Snell attended the;Thomas concert Saturday night.Morgan Park.'_There has been a new Literary Society formed,.which promises to meet with success. The officers.chosen are: President, E. L. Andrews; Vice-President,.J. T. Jones; Secretary, R. L. Helquist; Treasurer,Francis Romilius Brown. The society will meet atWalker Ball Friday night.Undoubtedly some difficulty will arise from thefact that there are now two socie ties without names.This will soon be remedied, however, as the first­society will soon have a name.The features of a fine musicale given last Fridaynight, in Blake Hall, were: Smith, vocalist, and.Tufts, violinist.Among other celebrities, M. P. A. may boast of asinger, violinist, pianist, poets (2) and an author, allof considerable note.Toasts will charm (?) the members of the N. 1. S,.Friday night. Brown will give one on "Our NewSociety; .Its Future." '.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO -WEEKL Y.Athletics.The base ball suits have been ordered from:Spalding's and will be donned by the team next week,-when they play the Chicago Athletic team on Satur--day afternocn. The suits are of Yale gray, and uponnine of them will be woven the 'varsity monogram,-the other three will be unlettered and will be worn bythe three substitutes.The nine, contrary to many previous reports, isnot yet picked, and will not be fully determined uponuntil two or three weeks to come. An assortmenthowever, has been made, and the following men are-confined to practice in thein-field: Prescott, Web--ster, Hanson, Conover, Adkinson, Vaughan, Barker,"Gale and Nichols, while the following are confined1:0 out-field practice: McGillivray, Pike, Speer,Minard, Logie, Chau, Wheeler and Fletcher. Bymeans of this selection the men are sifted down totheir probable positions and are given a chance to-show themselves at their best.Prescott and Adkinson taking turns on first basehave been holding down the bag in steady style, and.g a ther in everything within reach. Both men throw-well, are good hitters, and are fighting hard for the-place. It still remains to be seen upon whom thehonor will fall.Hanson and Gale alternate at second, and areplaying speedy ball. Hanson played on his classteam at Princeton last year and plays like an oldtimer. His throwing is especially good, and thoughhis base sliding will be sure to take him around thebases, his running is not as fast as it might be, owingto his slow starts. Gale hits the ball fairly well, andplays a hard game, but is unsteady on fielding pick­.u ps and throws wild.Webster and Barker are covering ground at short­-stop, and play good ball. Barker is a new man and-does not stand such a good chance as Webster forthe place. Webster's throwing is remarkably sharpand strong and is certain death on weak batters. Atthe bat, since his change from the right to the lefthand side of the plate, he shows marked improvementand he hits the ball harder and more often.Conover and Vaughan at third playa good fielding.game. Conover,. who stands over six feet in hisstocking feet, gathers in many a would-be single, andhas a throw that is worth going miles to see. It lSpossible that Conover will go behind the bat, and:Stagg go on third before the season is over.Nichols, of course, will occupy the box and domost of the pitching for the team. His pitching is'very speedy, and he has a fairly good command of theball. As a hitter, Nichols will undoubtedly show upin splendid form; he is a sure hitter and will be animportant factor on the batting list of the nine. At-one time Nichols pitched in the Iowa league. McGillivrey is developing into a phenomenal leftfielder. He accepts all chances that are anywhere inor near his territory, and plays hard and well. Histhrowing also makes him particularly fitted for thisposition, for it is strong, sure, and very speedy. Atthe bat he is fairly good, but is lacking in confidenceand judgment.Logie, Chace and Speer are competing for centerfield, and are playing steady ball. Chace fields well,but is weak at the bat. Logie is strong at the bat,but fields only fairly well. Speer fields and bats withabout the same degree of proficiency, but is weak onthe throw-in.IMinard, Fletcher and Pike are playing in right.Minard is a hard hitter, but is slow in fielding, andthrows poorly. Fletcher is also a fair hitter, but issomewhat out of practice in fielding. Pike hits theball, but plays only an average fielding game.Alumni Notes.'70, Charles S. Sweet, is Private Secretary of thePullman Company, with office at Room 201, PullmanBuilding, Chicago.'75, John F. Ridlon, M. D., is now located inChicago, with offices at 34 Washington St., havingrecently removed from New York, where he has beenpracticing his profession for anum ber of years. Weare glad to welcome him to our city, and venture tohope that he will profit by the change.'86, George E. Newcomb and Miss Blanche M.Pattison were married Wednesday, April 19, 1893, athigh noon. The happy event took place at the resi­dence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L.Pattison, the ceremony being performed by thebride's uncle, Rev. Charles Thornton, in the presenceof the family and immediate friends of the happycouple. After a two weeks' trip to Washington andOld Point Comfort, they will settle down at No. 498Jackson Boulevard, where they will be at home totheir friends May II and 18. The WEEKLY wishesthem much happiness in their new relations, and theAlumni editor adds the advice to the remaining fewof '86 to go and do likewise.This advice does not apply to George F. Hollo­way or Lincoln M. Coy, both of the same class, whohave anticipated the foregoing remark, and announcedtheir intention of doing likewise. We are not atliberty to announce the time, nor authorized to givethe names, but the aoys can rest assured that the classof '89 is congratulating itself on the prospective addi­tion to its membership.--Procure one of the new University buttons.Solid 14 karat gold, new and neat design. Leaveorders at once with E. H. McDonald, No. 57 Divin­ity Hall. Price, $ 1.25. 910 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.University Notes.Mrs. Hannibal Hamlin and her son Frank visitedthe University on Sunday afternoon.Smith and Cressey, of the Divinity School, areenjoying new bicycles of the very latest pattern.Several of the Drexel boys have moved to themiddle Divinity dormitory this week.Jos. Paul left Monday for Alma, Nebraska, wherehe will spend the summer in the ministerial work.Mr. McDonald of the Divinity School exhibitedat the WEEKLY office the other day a new and verytasty sample of a University button which he hadmade in Detroit. It is certainly time that somethingwas gotten out to replace the cheap looking patternthat has been used heretofore. See Mr. McDonald'sadvertis�ment in another column.On Tuesday evening the following officers of theCommons were elected:President-s- J. A. Bownocker.Vice-President-M. B. Price.Directors-Graduate School, L. D. Milliman;Divinity School, Bruce Kinney; University College,A. R. Whitson.The meeting of the Physics Club for Wednesdayafternoon was postponed to Monday, April 24, at4:15, at which time Prof. S. W. Stratton will give thefirst of a series of lectures on "Sound." Some veryfine and costly apparatus, lately arrived from Paris,will be used in these lectures.Beginning with last Wednesday morning, the timeof Chapel Service was changed to 9:30 A. M. Thefirst meeting was marked by an increased attendance.Mrs. General Booth, of the Salvation' Army, willaddress Christian Union, Sunday evening, April 23.We are indebted to Vandercook & Co., 407 Dear­born St., for the beautiful "Farewell, Beatrice!"picture, which we present as a frontispiece this week.About thirty of the undergraduates, clad in ghostlyapparel, serenaded the new occupants of Snell HallTuesday evening.On Tuesday afternoon, while riding his bicycle onthe Cottage Grove cable track, Mr. l M. Criswell, ofthe Divinity School, was seriously injured by a gripcar. In attempting to turn out for a car, the wheelslipped, pitching him in front of the car, and injuringhim internally. He was taken to Mercy Hospital,where he is now resting.The Prohibition Club of the University will holdits meeting for the election of officers, Monday even­ing, April 24th at 7 o'clock, in the Lecture Hall.The English Club will meet in the English LibraryMonday evening, at 8 P. M. Miss Pratt will read apaper on "The Use of Color in English." Walter C. Larned failed to arrive in time to'address the students, Monday evening, upon "Velas­quez." A delay in his carriage was the cause.The Alumni gathering announced for the 22d ofJune promises to be the best ever had. Several ofthe classes are arranging for class reunions at aboutthat time, and an effort will be made to make, it a­representative gathering in every way.Alumni who intend coming to the World's Faircannot do better in the way of accommodations thanto take rooms at the University. For particulars,address F. G. Cressy, The University of Chichago,who has charge of the department of ""v\T orld's Fairaccommodations.-We wish to call attention to the advertisementof Sheehan the Tailor. His shop is located at 4156,Cottage Grove Avenue, and very convenient for Uni­versity students. Give him a call.-Leave your laundry packages at the WEEKLYoffice for Cleaver's collection. Ten per cent discountto student patrons.-Inasmuch as the class and lecture halls are to be:open for class reunions during the summer, severalgraduate students are already making arrangements,for class reunions from their various colleges. Mr.Cressey will be pleased to furnish information con-­cerning the lodging of such parties in the UniversityDormitories. He is at the Registrar's office everymorning.Exchange.The Senior class of Earlham College have securedDr. Judson, Dean of Chicago University, to speakat commencement, in place of the usual class· ora­tions.-Ex.Lieutenant C. B. L. Totten, formerly professor ofmilitary science in Sheffield Scientific School, 'has,resigned from the army, and will devote his entiretime after August next to a vindication of the Bible­and its prophecies.During the Easter trip of Yale's base ball team"they made 50 runs to their opponents 45; 54 basehits to opponents 51; 40 errors to opponents 4I.A new rule in regard to athletics at Northwesternhas been announced. All who desire to take partin any athletic contest must take a physical examina­tion and obtain a physician's certificate showing thatthey are in proper condition to enter such contest.The observance of this rule will tend to prevent acci­dents, and keep men from overrating their strength.The young women of the State University ofNebraska gave a gymnastic exhibition on April r st,consisting of marching, clubs, ladder, rings, wands, etc.The matter of a boating crew is being urged inthe State University of Nebraska. The materials andfacilities are promising.