IIIJ, University of Chicago WeeklySingle CopiesIO Cents. VOL. I-N o. 28CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 24, 1893.*THE CONTERBURY PIL6IUM.BY MR. HOOPER.A poet there was, since of great renown,A vintner's son, of Thames Street, London town,Went with us on our merry pilgrimage.In boyhood he had been a dainty page;In youth, a lusty bachelor, he wentTo France to fight for Edward, king, and spentFour months at cruel war; but yet how wellOr much he fought, I can you never tell;Fo�, sooth to say, the French thought best to keepHim locked in a dungeon dark and deepUntil the war was done and peace was made,And they of him need be no more afraid.For him his gracious sovereign, sans remorse,Did pay a ransom less than for a horseBy thirteen shillings, four pence, as they say,Nor was ashamed to his dying day.But, freed from jail, this gentle man, I ween,In foreign courts a diplomat was seen:For, truth, so cunning was the wit he had, .He won good causes, nor less well the bad.What was his art, what made his words to flowIn pleasing guileful strains, 1 do not know;But I deny the charge -- scarce worth denying­"Diplomatic is naught but skillful lying;"For he spoke pleasantly, in sooth,And was a very perfect knight of truth.But I must stint of this, as well I may. To tell you what he loved most, alway.Of studies took he every care and heed;For days of toil they were his only meed.He studied often deep into the night;He read and wrote by flickering candle light.Knowledge he sought wherever it would lurk;He was as fond of lore as any clerk,Where' er he went in lands beyond the sea,He sought good books and worthy companyOf learned men whom he had longed to know,As famous Petrarch BoccaccioBut then, ah, well-a-day! for it was ruth.'Twas then he moped in melancholy;For then he fell into the lover's folly,And loved a lass was far above his station.But jingling rimes were certain his salvation,For in his grief he wrote a plaintive dittyWhich you may read; 'tis called, "Compleynte to Pite,"And less his sorrow grew as years went by;He wrote fair poems and forgot to sigh.His spring of life came with oncoming age;With 'him 'twas summer on our pilgrimage,High tide of summer, sweet and sorrowless;It was a happy season, as I guess.So bright and cheerful was he day by day,We loved him all. There is no more to say," }\ SCOOP."BY RAYMOND C. DUDLEY.*[NO·£E.-These lines were written as an exercise for Professor Wilkinson's class in Poetics.-ED.]It was cold out side, bitterly cold. The windswept through the deserted streets, swinging thecreaking sign-boards, and rattling the windows, driv­ing the light snow in flurries before it. Here andthere on the street corner a policeman swung his armsvigorously.A lone pedestrian hurried down the main street ofthe city, and finally stopped before one of the largerbuildings'; over the doorway of which was placarded,"Office of the Daily Courier." He quickly entered,passed through the business rooms and into the edi­torial department. Here all was bustle and confusion,in striking contrast to the silence of the streets below.The city editor, that wonderfully self-importont per­sonage, was hard at work with his' usual energy,occasionally looking up to swear at something that didnot suit his fancy, numerous small boys, necessaryadjuncts to all newspaper offices, were scudding about;the copy readers were decorating manuscript withblue pencil marks, while the "thud, thud" of thepnnting presses on the floor below could be distinctly heard. The small clock on the big' desk of thecity editor was just striking eleven when the lonepedestrian of a few minutes before appeared in thedoorway. Several cries greeted him as he appeared."Hello George! Where have you been keepingyourself? ""Get snowed up ? ""Been out a good while on .po lice-court news? "He did not deign to reply to these sallies, butshook the snow from his great coat, stamped his feetvigorously, and poising his fur cap on the back of hiswell-formed head, he sauntered over to the city edi­tor's desk, and in answer to that person's short, curt,"Well"? said, "Twelve 'years at hard labor. Hismother begged pitiously for him, but the judge wasinexorable. Third offence." "Make about a stick onif." said the' city editor, "and be quick about it."The young man hastened off to the reporters' roomsand began his work.The only child of a wealthy mining engineer in asmall western town, George Conrad had enjoyed from4 UNIVERSI fY OF CHICAGO \VEEKL Y.his youth every advantage which money could buy.After a four years' course at Andover he had enteredYale College. He was naturally bright, and stoodwell in his classes; he took a lively interest in ath­letics, and played as substi tute on the foot-ball eleven.He was also editor of one of the college publications.When in his Junior years Conrad was summonedhome by the illness of his father, who died before hearrived.But now came an unforseen blow. In the last fewyears his father's fortune had been dissipated in stockspeculations and Conrad and his mother were leftalone penniless. Return to his studies was out of thequestion, and he was forced to look about for work.He bethought himself of the journalistic workat college, went to Denver and secured a positionon one of the great dailies.With his open countenance, frank manner and thehale and hearty way the young man had about him,he soon became a favorite in the offices of the Dati)!Courier,The only occupant in the room, in which Conradhad just sat down to write his article, was Walton,w.th whom he was on the best of terms. All of theother tw�nty or .more reporters were out on assign­ments. After about ten minutes busy writing Conradcried out" Well, that blamed thing is finished, thankheaven." "I hope I don't get sent out again to-night,for it's cold enough to keep the policeman moving.""I say, Walton, don't go to sleep over that article,"and Walton too glad of anexcuse to leave his scriblingfor a moment. balanced his chair on two legs, and lithis cigar in preparation for a little "confab." Butjust then a noise was heard in the passage, and whenthe city editor thrust his head in at the door, Conradarid Walton were working like beavers. They appre­ciated the fact that, they being the only two reporters,in the office, if anything came up, one or the otherwould be sent out.The editor seeing them both busy, withdrew,while each began writing against time, until anotherm em ber of the reportorial staff should appear. Againthe city editor appeared, and after asking Conradhow much longer it was going to take him to writeup a stick of matter, again withdrew. Walton hadnow writen his concluding article a d oz en times whileConrad had conscientiously polished and repolishedhis item of police court news, when, for the fourth timethe city editor was heard in the hall way, but com­ing with unaccustomed haste.He dashed into the room with a half-open tele­gram in his hand, saying at the same time, "Get onyour duds in a hurry, Conrad, no fooling this time;big fire in New Castle, ninety miles from here on theC. and E. 1. railroad; got to be in to-morrow's edi­tion sure, and make it a "scoop," if possible; wehave got tile first notification."Here was a long-desired chance to distng uish him- self, and Conrad hastily threw on his overcoa t, caughtup his fur cap, and with a "good-bye, Walton, you'renot in it this time! " he vanished down the hall. Hereached the lower street door, looked at his watch,and found he had eight minutes to catch the train atthe union depot. He hailed a cabman, and told himhe should have two dollars if he got him to the depotin time, and was soon being driven through the streetsat a furious pace. The train was just pulling outwhen Conrad reached the depot, and by a great efforthe swung himself on the rear platform. The train. dashed off through the ci ty, and soon the many twink­ling lights of the metropolis were lost to view. Theopen country succeeded, and Conrad seated himself,pulled some paper from his pocket, made a rest of hisknees, and commenced writing a preparatory viewof the great fire-" Big blaze at New Castle; half thetown wiped out; great loss of property."- Thatsounded well, but the question was, could he make ita "scoop." He would be the first reporter on thescene from the city, but whether he would be thefirst one back to the city, was a point that racked hisbrain with grave doubts and fears.After a ride of an hour and a half, thinking NewCastle could not be far distant, he stepped out on theplatform.Yes, there in the distance, the sky was a reddishhue, and as the train drew nearer and nearer, greattongues of flame could be seen shooting' upward intothe murky sky. A little later the train slowed up inthe station of New Castle.. Conrad alighted beforethe train had fully stopped, paper in hand. He care­fully noted all the particulars, buildings burned, valueof property destroyed, gallant efforts of firemen, andalso several lives lost. All newsy items he jotteddown to weave into the whole, in writing the articleon his return journey. As luck would have it, for thesecond time the train was just pulling out when hearrived at the depot, and, what was a still moreserious matter, the gates to the passenger coacheswere closed and guarded. Conrad happened to looktoward the engine. He knew several of the engin­eers on the C. and E� 1., and in his quick glance herocognized one of his .Iriends. He ran around theguarded palings, made a leap for the .eng in e, caughtthe side-bars and drew himself up. The engineer re­membered him, and said, "Well, Conrad, how areyou? But this is not the place for you. It's againstorders to let anyone ride on the engine.""Well, what are you going to do about it," saidConrad, with a- smile, and the engineer understoodthe force of his remar k, for the train was now underfull headway." I don't care much," he finally said, "but you se ethis is the fast express, and it's a bit dangerous,anyway, in the cab here, but seein' you're here,you're here! "Apparently satisfied with this bit of logic, heUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.introduced Conrad to the fireman, and opened full thethrottle. The reporter placed himself on the cabseat, and leaned back with a sigh of relief, for it wassome time before the next train pulled out of NewCastle, and, as the office of the Western Union hadsuccumbed to the fire- early in the evening, the tele­graph wires were all down, and he was satis­fied he had a sure thing of his "scoop." Hesettled himself comfortably to write his article, andbethought himself that the copy-reader would ·prob­ably swear a little at the illegibility of his scribbling,caused by the constant jolting of the engine, whichhad responded to the action of the wide open throt­tle like a thing of life.Towns and villages were seen for an instant, andvanished in the distance; the fireman shoveled incoal, which glowed, and gave forth tremendous heat.The train slowed up at the little village of L--, untilthe train dispatcher signalled to go ahead; the trackwas clear-a fatal mistake! They dashed on throughthe darkness, tossing away the light snow drifts whichhad gathered on the tracks. They were now nearinga sharp curve in the railroad, where the track aheadwas hidden from view.The passenger train was going at the rate of aboutfifty miles an hour, for they were behind time. Itrapidly rounded the curve, when-" Great Heavens! "-a light appeared not three hundred yards away." Jump for your life!" cried the. engineer to Con­rad, and, suiting the action to the word, he and the fire­man threw themselves out of the engine. In great dan­ger, or in sudden crisis, people think quickly. Con­rad thought of the heavily loaded passenger coaches,and the Pullman sleepers, and the people who wereabout to be launched into eternity. Was one life worthmore than one hundred?He sprang to the throttle, reversed the engine;and put on the air brakes, for he had some slightacquaintance with itsworkings. But it was too late.A crash-the hiss of escaping steam, and Conrad lostconsciousuess.* * * * * *They found him imprisoned between the tender'and tue boiler, his lower lim bs crushed, and his bodyterribly scalded by the steam. After much tediouswork they released him, and laid him tenderly on animprovised couch of the passengers' overcoats, placedupon the snow. The engine of the passenger trainhad been completely demolished, but the passengersin the coaches had escaped with a tremendous shak­ing up. The heavy freight train with which they hadcollided was also injured, but no one on it washurt.By this t i.ne all the passengers knew of the story,while the next train had also come up, on whichwere the other representatives of the press. Theywere all gathered around Conrad, who lay stretchedout silently on the snow. He stirred uneasily, opened his eyes, tried to speak, gasped, then slowlymuttered, "My news--of-the fire-is it-a" scoop."The little group of reporters looked at each other;thea said nothing, but their eyes spoke volumes, andone of them bent over him and said: "It is." Thefaintest shadow of a smile flitted across his features,then his gaze became. fixed, his eyes glassy, and inthe rosy dawn of the fast approaching day a soul waswafted upward; a nobler life begun.The Real· University.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND A COLLEGE AS DSCUSSED BY PRES.ANDREWS.President Andrews, of Brown, has an article inthe Watchman upon "The University and College inAmerican Education." The Brown Herald gives thefollowing synopsis of the article:"There has been m nch discussion upon the properdefinition of the word 'University.' "A great manynowadays seem to think division into faculties of arts,theology, law and medicine, the distinguishing notesof a true university. There is no ground for this.But two American Uuiversities are thus organized.It is true that the separation into faculties is nearlyuniversal in Germany, but even there it forms no veryexact analogue to the corresponding arrangements atHarvard and Yale. The true notes of a universityhave to be asertained by examining the history oforganized teaching. Since the foundation of the U ni­versity of Salerno in the ninth century, we find in theuniversi ties of the world, (r) a considerahle numberof students, (2) pursuing in the main advanced studies,(3) doing this in a liberal rather than ill a technicals p irrt, Any institution lacking these traits cannot becalled a university in proportion as they possess theabove qualities.History is helpful on the term 'co"ilege.' At Bol­ogna, Paris, Oxford, students gather from all nations.When necessary, they dwelt in seperate groups inone 'house' or 'halL" To the members of one of thesegroups the word 'collegium,' or college, early cameto be applied. But the word 'collegium' in Germanuniversi ties means 'class.' The use of the word alsogoes back to the history cited. Books are too rareand costly for use in the university work. Studentslisten to the professor's reading of an author in themorning, at a later hour listen to learned commentsthereon, and when they have retired in groups to their'halls' where given a quiz on the subject by a tutor.This shows why the Germans used our word 'college'as eq ui valen t to 'class:'A day's work of the above sort would exemplifyboth the university and the college idea, the one inthe professor's role, the other in the personal drillexercised by the tutor. As books multiplied, the com­ments. of wise men became more accessible to all.The professor's services in the old form were lessnecessary.6 UNIVERSITY OF 'CHICAGO WEEKI.. Y.UNIVERSITY OF CHICI\GO WEEKLY. THE ACADEMY edition of the Quarterly Calen ,dar is fresh from the press, and the announce-PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF ments for the summer school are made therein. TheTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.H. L. BURRH. C. MURPHYC. H. GALLIONEDITORS,BUSINESS MANAGER,ASSISTANT EDITORS:Alumni,Local,Athletics,Athenzeum,University College,Snell,Morgan Park Academy,Advertising Department, E. A. BUZZELLS. W. JAMESONC. S. PIKEH. H. MANCHESTERP. B. KOHLSAATMISS BESSIE MESSICKF. CURRIER SMITHE. W. PEABODYSUBSCRIPTION RA TE :ONE YEAR,ONE QUARTER, jp2.00·75Office in Basement of Cobb Hall.Office Hours: IO to II A. M., and 12 M. to I P. M.Advertising Rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,58th St. and Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois.Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office, at Chicago, 111.NOTICES!Bills have been sent to every subscriber who hasnot paid up for the WEEKLY for the entire year. Thebusiness manager will be in the WEEKLY office everyday from l2 to I to receipt for subscriptions of thosewho do not wish to settle by mail,The Registrar has very kindly allowed us the useof a box in the Faculty Exchange. All communica­tions should be addressed to "University of ChicagoWEEKLY," and not to individual members of the staff.If they are intended for a particular department, thename of the editor may be placed on the corner ofthe envelope. We solicit contributions from all mem­bers of the University.-------THE WORK of the University Chorus under theleadership of Prof. Wardner Williams is pro­gressing finely. The advantage of a musical educa­tion is so great that one who has any taste in that di­rection should avail himself of the opportunity to cul­tivate his talent. The chorus supplies the need of amore elaborate school. A reading knowledge ofmusic, with an earnest desire to' make 'a success ofthe work is all that is required. Only a few hourseach week is given to the work, and the time is ar­ranged to suit the wishes of the majority.Prof. Williams is laboring hard, and while the resultsthus far are very satisfactory, it is desirable that themembership should be increased to double its pres­ent size. courses offered for the summer term are sure to meetthe need of students desiring to prepare for the Uni­versity. Those now in the U niversi ty may find it ad­vantageous to continue their classes at Morgan Parkduring the vacation months, thus ridding themselvesof disagreeable" conditions."** *OUR UNIVERSITY is happily located in one ofthe cleanest spots, in a moral sense, that maybe found in this great city. Through the unceasingefforts of the people of Hyde Park the saloons havebeen kept out of this section even after it passed intothe corporation of Chicago. It 'had required contin­ued vigilance to keep the prohibition ordinance inforce, and in order to best secure its enforcement theHyde Park Protective Association has been formed.and has already done much. It is now proposed, asalready announced, to locate a branch of the associ­ation in the University. Such an organization shouldhave the earnest support of both faculty and studentsfor we are all greatl):, in teresjed in having and keep­ing such suitable environment for so important a seatof learning as the U niversi ty of Chicago.** *AGAIN we have met the enemy and we are theirs.And verily they are the" Rivals." One of themost interesting games of the season ended in ouringlorious defeat, greatly to the delight of a consider­able constituancy who supported the city team. Butwe did not notice very much sorrow on account ofour defeat. This fact we attribute very largely toanother fact, namely: that there was such a smallrepresentation from the University present that oursorrow was almost entirely. lost in the victorious shoutsof our enemy. Probably fifty, including the team,were present from the University. And yet we com­plain of a lack of college spirit and of athletic inter­est. Let every student ask himself, am I doing allthat I can, conscientiously, to support the interestsand the institutions of the University? L** *As THE time approaches for the members ofNinty-three to take their departure from thehalls of Alma Mater and go out into the cold andunclassic world, it is light that a class tree and itsnecessary ceremonies should be thought of. In a fewweeks the University will send forth her first chil­dren. On the occasion of their graduation what morepleasant and interesting.UNIVERSITY OF" CHICAGO WEEKLY.Some Verses From ,. Under the Scarlet and Black."Iowa College.A LITTLE TEACHER.One eve, when freed from life's quick whirlI met a tiny blue-eyed maid.By zephyrs kisr e i, each golden curlAround her dainty forehead played.My hand she took-while thus we walked,The story of her dolls she told;My heart grew lighter as she talkedAnd life seemed brighter than of old,"Whose girl are you?" I made request.Her bright eyes fell: "God's girl," she sa'id­Then quickly heaved her little breast,Her red lips quivered: "Mama's dead."T ve fought life's struggle nearly through;I've learned from men both wise and sought;But that wee child with heart so trueTo me the greatest lesson taught.CARLOS MERTON COLE.* *A FAIRY TELEGRAPH.A cobweb glistens in the sun;Upon its airy circuts runThe telegrams of fays.From clover top to milk-weed pod,Thence where the stalks of goldenrodTheir shining towers raise.A spider at each place receivesThe messages on yellow leaves,Then sends them here and there.His messinger, the loitering breeze,That, idling with the beckoning trees,Doth drop them everywhere.MARY BOWEN.* * *THE POINT OF VIEw.HE (Having seen her for the first time.)Her pure childlike face,Her winsome grace,Her brilliant eyes like burning stars,Her shining hairLike sun-kissed air,Have caged my heart within Love's bars.Ah, how I yearnHer heart to turnToward mine, aflame with ardent love!Oh, gaurd her wellBy thy soft spell,Queen of the starry hosts above.HIS SISTER (Having seen her also for the first time.)So much blondine1've never seenOn any living mortal's head!She's t wen ty-eigh t,(I heard it straight)But poses for sixteen, they said.Powdered dead-white,Eyes horrid bright­With belladonna, I suppose.I tell you, Pet.The man she'll getWill find her a "Pastel in Prose."BER7HA MAY BOOTH. Book Notices and Reviews.Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston-" Elementary Arith­metic," of the Normal Course in Number; byCook & Crosby. Cloth, 50 cents.Miss N. Crosby has incorporated the results ofher long experience in teaching numbers in this book,and has succeeded in illustrating her introduction to .to the study of arithmetic very graphically."Advanced Arithmetic," of the Normal Course, by"Cook & Crosby. Cloth, 72 cents.This is a work compiled especially for Normalstudents, and pays much attention to the theory. Theauthor hopes to help establish a method of teachingarithmetic which will make its appeal to intelligenceand reason.G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York--" Napoleon, War­rior and Ruler, and the Military Supremacy ofRevolutionary France;" No. VIII of the" Heroesof Nations" series; by W. O'Connor Morris;edited by Evelyn Abbott, M. O. Cloth, extraduodecimo volume. Price, $1.50.This work truly a valuable addition to historicalliterature. It is not a mere biography reciting theevents in Napoleon's life, but an authentic historyfrom the standpoint of a real student of the Revolu­tionary period of France. In an attractive volumethe author has presented a very readable work, writ­ten in choice English, and has treated his subject ina purdy logical and scientific way. It is a compre­hensive account of Napoleon and the part he playedin the drama of the French Revolution. Particularattention is given to the details of Military maneuv­ering, and each of the prominent battles are given aseparate chapter. Thirteen engravings of the greatgeneral, copied from the best paintings, and a numberof illustrative maps scattered through the volumegive it additional interest."The Story of Poland," of the" Story of" the Na­tions" series; by W. R. Morfill, M. A.The Chief interest of this story of a fallen king­dom, is in the selection of the more stirring episodesand more salient characteristics. A remarkable chap­ter is that on Polish literature, so little known andstudied. The book IS profusely illustrated withexcellen t engravings."The Silver Situation 1D the United States;" by F.W. Tanssig, professor' of Political Economy inHarvard. Cloth, 75 cents. Originally publishedJanuary, 1892, by the American Economic Asso­ciation, No. I, Vol VI!.Ginn & Co., Boston--" Outline of the Principles ofHistory;" Johann Gustav Draysen, translated byE. Benjamin Andrews, with biographical sketchby Dr. Herm. Kruger. Cloth, $!. 10.This concise and valuable outline is characteris­tic of the German philosophical thought, the Kan­tain principles being easily traced throughout. The7This celebrated scientist and lecturer has in thislittle volume discussed, in a very popular manner,the scientific principles which are applied to thephysical personality to form character, deducingsome of the important moral dicta which should fol-·low in the shaping of every character of every youngperson. He gives the latest scientific discoveries­relating to his subject, and exposes some startling­facts. His language throughout is pure, simple, ele­gant, an d forcible, ani ani a n um ber of excellenthalf-tones give artistic illustration. Dr. De Mottesays: "If society, instead of exposing her boys to athousand temptations, would keep evil just as far as­possible away from them, she would be doing herduty toward her sons. They have a right to demandthat they be brought to their majority with sound nervetracks just as their sisters are. It is idle to arguethat such a course would make them morally weak.But if, as society holds, breathing an immoral atrnos­phere tends to make boys morally strong, turn the:girls out too; they have an equal right to insist uponthe best. method for the ingraining of moral stamina. ,,.Instructors for Next Year Appointed.At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, May, znd,the following new appointments were made:G. E. Hill, Harvard University, to be Tutor in theDepartment of Political Economy.T. B. Veblin, Fellow in the University of Chicago,to the Reader in the Department of Political Ecouorny.J. A. Hou::wich, Columbia College, to be Docentin statistics.C. von Klenz e, Cornell University, to be Instruc­tor in the Department of Germanic Languages andLiteratures.H. Schmidt-Wartenberg, University of Mississip.pi, to be Instructor in the Department of GermanicLanguages and Literatures.George A. Mulfinger, German College, Mt. Pleas­ant, Ia., to be Reader in the Department of GermanicLanguages and Literatures.Albert H. Tolman, Ripon College, to be AssistantProfessor in the Department of English.Robert \lv. Herrick, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, to be instructor in Rhetoric in the;Department of English.Edwin H. Lewis, Fellow in the University of Chi­cago, to be Assistant in Rhetoric in the DepartmentofErig lish.Richard Waterman, Graduate student in the Uni­versity of Chicago, to be Secretary of the Class-workof the University Extension Di vision.Frank W. Shepardson, the University of' Chicago,.to be Editorial Secretary in the University ExtensiomDivision.James H. Boyd, Princeton, to be Tutor 111 the'Department of Mathematics.Sydney E. Mezes, Bryn Mawr' College, to be:Docent in the Department of Philsophy ..8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.interest manifested in the work by President Andrewsshould be sufficient to recommend it to every studentof the philosophical basis of history.Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Chicago-" EI Nuevo Mundo,"a poem; dy Louis James Block. Cloth, $1.This poem, dedicated to the Women of America,comes' very timely with ninety pages of verse, com­memorative of the hero, whom the world honors thisyear.The Baker and Taylor Co., New York." Amature Photography," a practical guide for thebeginner, by W. 1. Lincoln Adams. Illustrated.Paper, Soc; cloth, $LOO." Greely on Lincoln;" edited by Joel Ben ton. 12mo, cloth, $ I. 50.The treatise which gives the title to this volume,shows Mr. Greeley'S mind in contact with the ques­trons and the personality which, perhaps, were mostprominent in that course of his own career, and to acertain extent epitomize it. The letters to Mr. Dana,and those to an intimate lady friend, not only coverrare periods and incidents, in Mr. Greeley's life, butthey show the naive, unconscious motions of a mindnever tempted to a dissimulation, and (in the privacyfor which they are intended) without motive to beother than sincere."The Gospel of the Kingdom, an Exposition of theGospel according to Matthew," by C. H. Spur­geon. 12 mo; cloth, 512 pages, $1.50.This is the last and best work of the great Londenpreacher. His wonderful vision by which he wasenabled to see the Spirit of Divine truth behind everyletter, has made him able to write so complete a pop­ular commentary on the first of the gospels. It willbe found a tree, laden with rich fruit; and evidencinga soil singularly fertile, and the culture which be­speaks a divine husbandman. We predict for thisvolume a larger sale than for any of Spurgeon's pre­vious works, partly because it is his latest, and has ina sense the aroma of his dying days; and' partlybecause it is a simple; brief, and charming memorialof the most effecti ve popular preacher of his age.Mrs. Spurgeon contributes the introductory note.D. Appleton & Co., New York."Laws and Properties of Matter," by R. T. Glaze-,brook, edited by Sir John Lubbock. Cloth,$1.00.This is the fifth publication in the Modern ScienceSeries. While it does=not pretend to be a completetreatise on physics, it had been written with the viewof making clear to any who wish to understand some­thing of the subject, the meaning of terms applied tomatter and the principle properties it posesses. Nohigher mathematics than elementary a.lgebra is used,thus making the book easily comprehended by allclasses of readers.S. C. Griggs & Co., Chicago."The Secret of Character Building," by John B.De Motte, A. M. PH. D. Cloth, $1.00. \'/UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKL Y.Champaign. 3; Chicago, 2.A prettier game of ball was never played 111 theIllinois than that which was played on the Athleticgrounds of the University of Illinois on last Monday ..Seven hundred hooters from the local college,.resplendant in the yellow and black of old Illino s.came .out to see Stagg pitch, and cheer the hometeam on to victory. And in both things their expec­-tations were fulfilled to a degree.It was a pitchers' battle from beginning to end,.and had it not been for the weakening of the U. of C..boys at the bat at critical points in the game, theIllinois boys would have been completely snowedunder. " Just one little hit!" as Chicago's coacherkept yelling, as for the third time with three men on.bases and no outs the Chicago boys came to bat,would have won the game. As it was, however, U..of 1. came out of the struggle with just one run the.best of it.Frederickson and Huff for Champaign, playedsteady ball, and it was mainly due to the former'sheavy pitching and the latter's beautiful backstopwork, that the score was held down to such a smallmargin. The crowd, however, were impartial in theirapplause, and whenever Stagg struck three men outin succession, or an Illinois man was caught trying tosteal a base, the grand stand burst forth with loudapplause.NOTES.Frederickson IS a right-handed pitcher, and isabout six feet tall. He has a serpentine motion ofdelivery, and unwinds himself from his seeminglyimpossible gordian knots w.th the greatest ease andalacrity.With no one out in the sixth and Conover on first,'Webster drove a terrific line hit just over short-stop;it looked at least good for a base, but the wind which-was blowing a gale, kept the ball in the air until the_left fielder ran and just got it off the ground andthrew it to first, making a double, Conover having-started for third in the meantime.The Athletic Park of the U niversi ty of Illinois.corita ins three acres; Chicago's prospective Athletic-fie ld will be twice as large.Hall, of Champaign, umpired the game, andalchough apparently endeavoring to be fair, his decis­.ions at critical points were far from satisfactory, andproved very costly to Chicago, undoubtedly depriv­ing U. of C. of another run, which would have made-the score 3 to 3 at the end of the ninth inning.Chicago and Champaign will meet agair, however,·the coming Saturday, and then once and for all theIllinois nine may have a chance to prove their snpe­-rior i ty.THE SCORE:ILLINOIS. r. b. p. a. e CHICAGO. r. b, p, a. eRoysden, rf ....... ,I 0 0 0 Stagg, p .... ..... 0 I 10 0Fulton, zb .......... I 2 3 Nichols, c ......... 0 0 2 Ijtsper. 3b ......... 0 0 0 Sr- ea r, ,b .......... I 0 0uff, c ........... 0 2 r r o Prescott, Ib ....... I 0 10 0· Fries, if ........... 0 I ;V['Gilivery .. , ... "O 0 0Haskell, ss ...... ,.0 2 Adk insonv ab ...... 0 I· Scott, cf ....... , .. 0 0 0 o Conover, If ........ 0 0 0· Frederickson, p ., .0 0 17 o Webster, ss .. ..... 0 0· Carnahan, r b ...... 1 0 1 Pike, cf ........ .. 0 0 0Totals ......... 3 9 27 7.-1- 71 Totals .......... 2 5 27 20U .. of I I 0 0 0-3U. of C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-6Two-base Hit-Huff. Double Play-Fries and Carrahan. Bases 011 Balls· -Off Stag, 3; off Frederickson, 5. Hit by Pitcher-By Fred e ric k sor , 2.Struck Out-Bv Stagg. 8; by Fre d eri ckson. 12. Passed Bal l=-N ichols 'Li m e· 2 hours. Umpire-Hall. 9Rivals, 10: University of Chicago, 5.Once more we got out of a small hole and escapedvictory. Greatness shall not be thrust upon us,neither shall the crown of victory. Had it not beenfor the unhappy result of the Iowa game, we wouldhave an unbroken line of beautiful defeats to lookback upon with pride. What a pity the Hawkeyelads didn't do us. It would have helped them out ontheir batting and fielding records, and it wouldn'thave hurt us at all. Noone will ever take the troubleto make up our percentages. •It was anybody's game until the ninth inning,when the heavy hitting ·City League club got ontoStagg and batted' him for four runs and a total ofnine bases.The game was intensely exciting un til the fifthinning. The score was tied and good sfrong hittingwould have won for us, but no one was equal to thetask, and in the sixth and seventh the Rivals forgedahead. Pike and Nichols were the only Universitymen who played without an error, and they are to becon gra tula ted.THE SCORE:RIVALS. tb. r. b. p. a. �'I CHICAGO. tb. r , b. p. a, e,Trainor, rf 6 I 2 I 0 0 Stagg. p 4 I 2 2 IO'Brien, 2b 5 I 0 3 3 0 Nichols, c 4 0 0 4 0Baker r jb 4 0 0 3 0 I[Speer,3b 4 0 0 0 I 3Houseman, cr.. 5 I 0 I I 0lprescott, r b 4 I 0 I3 0 IPossehl, If. 5 2 I 0 0 0 Adkinson, zb 4 I I 3 4lVIehrle, r b 5 I 6 0 I Conover, If 4 0 r 2 0Ball, ss · 5 3 I I 0llVlCGillivray, If 4 0 0 0 I I0'lVIeara,c · 5 I I I2 3 zj Webst erv ss 4 0 0 I 5Holison, p 3 0 0 � � �IPike, cf � 2 2 2 0Totals... .. 46 10 7 27 26 5 Totals 36 5 6 27 2I 12Rivals 0 0 0 0Chicago I 0 �-IOo 0- 5Entrance Examinations.Examinations for admission to the University willbe held in the following place outside the city of Chi­cago, ] une 21, 22 and 23.Boston.Buffalo, Y. M. C. A. building.Cincinnati, Y. M. C. A. building.Cleveland, Y. M. C. A. building.The students should not overlook the fact in m ak­ing purchases that Telford on Fifty-fifth street gives10 per cent. discount on all purchases by studentswho present the blue card, which can be obtained atWEEKLY office.--Inasmuch as the class and lecture halls are. tobe open for class reunions during the summer, sev­eral graduate students are already making arrange­ments for class reunions from their various colleges.Mr. Cressey. will be pleased to furnish informationconcerning the lodging of such parties in the U niver­sity Dormitories. He is at the Registrar's office everyday .Colum bia has started a subscription to maintaina 'Varsity eleven, and efforts are being made to secureGill, captain of Yale 'go team, as coach for next fall.10 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Building The Yerkes Telescope.There is now in process of construction at theshop of Alvin Clark and Sons, Cambridgeport, a hugetelescope instrument, which is soon distined to interest greatly the public as well as astronomical students.This machine is the enormous forty-inch lens Yerkestelescope, which is almost completed for the observ­atory of the University of Chicago. The lenses forthe scope are four inches larger than the lenses inthe telescope at the Lick observatory and are fortyinches in diameter. Only the lenses of the telescopeare at Mr. Clark's workshop; the stand is being con­structed in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Clark's contract forthe two lenses expires in just about a year, but heconsiders that the work is coming on extremely well,In fact the crown glass, as it is called, is all grounddown, wrappep-up in flannel and put in a big squarebox ready for the final polishing, while the flint glassstill requires considerable mani pula tio n. - ClzicagoHerald.Official Publications of the University of Chicago.The University Register, issued in May of eachyear.The President's Annual Report, issued in Novem-ber of each year.The University Calendar, issued on the first daysof May, August, November and February.The Academy Calendar, issued on the same days.The Official Bulletin, issued Saturda� morning ofeach week.Departmental Programs.The Journal of Political Economy, issued quar-terly.The Journal of Geology, issued semi-quarterly.The Biblical World, issued monthly.The University Extension World, issued monthly.Hebraica, issued quarterly.Exchange and College Notes."The Ball team from the University of Illinois cameup Wednesday an proceeded to show that an agricul­tural college may offer better training in base ballthan an institution of learning like North western.They beat us by a score of 15 to 8, and they did iteasy.Such IS the way the Nortllwestern speaks of thegreat University of Illinois.The defeat of Michigans great team by Cornelllast Saturday, was a severe blow to Ann Arborites.At Syracuse University the faculty have appointeda committee from their own body to secure subscrip­tions for the base ball nine and to "co-operate withthe students in their efforts to support a creditablebase ball club."The University of Cambridge elects two membersof Parliament, a privilege which it has held for twohundred years. The large library at Harvard contains albums with.the photographs of all the classes, athletic teams,.societies and class-day officers of the college.The World's Fair exhibit of the University of the'City of New York, contains the original telegraph'and battery used by Prof. Morse the inventor.The University of Pennsylvania will soon begin!the erection of her twenty-seventh·building. It wilLbe a chemical labatory.Purdue may weave her banner o'er us in foot ball:but we do not intend she shall do it in base ball. We:are after her to-day.-DePauw Record.They were after her but Purdue got away while'the band played 2 I to 3.• The base-ball team of the Chicago U niversity willcontain two Yale graduates, Poole, '9 I and, Calhoun,'91; three Harvard graduates, Dean, Alward, andTilden; and one Princeton graduate, Tilden.-Red andBlue. We are sorry, very sorry, to have to deny this,statement. We would it were not so, for we have'heard that the gentlemen mentioned can play baseball, and if there is one crying need of our university­it is a ball player.Literary Notes.LIFE AND DEATH.Caught in the crevice "Of a marble tomb,A fragile plant uplifts is hand of bloom,And poised thereon a butterfly takes breath:Fantastic fellowship of life and death!The complete novel in the June number of Lippin­cott's is "The Translation of a Savage," by GilbertParker, author of "The Chief Factor," "Pierre andHis People," "Mrs. Falchion," etc. It has an unu­sual subject, and tells how an Englishman of familyand wealth married an Indian girl of Hudson's Bay­and took her home, with results naturally mixed, butbetter than might have been expected.The Athletic Series is continued in an illustra tedarticle on "Amateur Rowing," by John F. Huneker.In the Journalistic Series, Thedore Stanton descants;on "The Foreign Correspondent."John Burroughs gives "A Glance Into Walt Whit­man," and Frank A. Burr tells" How Men Write;' rwith portraits of Captain King, J. G. Blaine, JulianHawthorne, Eugene Field, Joel Chandler Harris, J.,W. Riley, Bill Nye, and Walt Whitman.The new and revised edition of the standard Arrier­ican guide-book, "Appleton's General Guide to theUnited States and Canada, will contain an illustrateddescription of the Columbian Exposition, with other�ew and important features. "No other book equalsthe usefulness of this guide-book, prepared by Amer­icans for Americans, with a full understanding oftheir wants."Two hundred and fifty men of Cornell have sub­scribed their names to a pledge to form an organiza­tion for the suppression of fraud in the college,examinations.