University of Chicago WeeklySingle Copies10 Cents. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JUNE 19, 1893. VOL. I-No. 31SOME VERSES CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF '86.BY PROF. NATHANIEL BUTLER.LOnce upon a summer evening,As I sat, my soul relievingCalling up the days gone -by, as I had oftendone before,Straight before my mind came driftingScenes long pasti and ever shifting;Mern'rys hand the curtain liftingFrom the past now dim and hoar.IV.Straight I saw the very last dayOf its pride-that final class-day,When there gathered youths and maidensRound about the o'd front door.Came a little rain to damp usAs we gathered on the Campus,But such gathering on that CampusWill be witnessed-nevermore! Was only asleep to renew her youthAnd when twelve moons brought round the day,They met again with spirit's gayAnd pledged themselves right staunch and trueTo stand by the mother, who had seen themthrough,And so they did year after yearAnd they made merry with right good cheerAnd the aged Dominies they'd ask inTo cheer their hearts with the merry din.VII.Then was wrought a deed of ruin,For the walls and towers loftyWalls that laughed to hear the cannon,Towers that scorned the rolling thunder,Levelled were by pick and hammer.Men looked on with saddened wonder,Sighed to s,ee the work go forward,Wept to see the halls dismantled.But no sadness felt the thirteenHigh with hope their hearts were beatingFor they knew that fairer, noblerIn the future just before themThere would rise from out these ruinsAmpler halls and nobler towersAnd a home where Alma Mater, Long should live an d bless her children,So they hoped and trusted everDid these thirteen, brave and loyal'And, to make the bond the closer,All their maidens married classmates,None like these were found for hoping,Trusting, hoping, never fearingWhen the home was all dismantledLeveled with the ground and vanishedWhen trustees had all disbandedAnd alumni met no longer,And the faculty had scattered:Still tltey met with mirth and gladnessWould not hear of fear or doubting.N ow for this they are rewardedFor, behold! the times have altered.All their faith and hope is realized.Alma Mater, fair and youthfulEntered has the fair stone palaceNow already to receive her.And a band of knights are gatheringPrinces of the realm of learningHeaded by a peerless leader;These will stand to hear her pleasureGo and come to do her service.Merchant princes bring their tributeTreasure flows in hundred thousands;All are hopeful, now, and joyous,But mid all the jubilation,Let the dark days be remembered.And to '86 a health drunk, .Who, when all lost hepe and courageNever trembled, never faltered.II.And my mem'ry strangely mingledAll these scenes with rhymes that jingled­Odd and disconnected bitsOf verse that I had read beforeNow Sir Walter's flowing meter,N ow Longfellow's stanza, sweeterMingling with the scenes that fancyBrought from out the realms of yore.III.Most of all, the scenes returningClustered round that haunt of learning'With its gray and frowning towers,Where the rats ran 0' er the floor,Where the halls were dim and dusty,And the air was old and musty,But where youth so fresh and lustyCame in troops within the door.V.The train from out the castle drewAnd on the door-step bade adieuThirteen defied the fates that frownArrayed in mortar-board and gown;Miss Gibson, Coy, and Ed. Buzzell..And Walsh and Sage and Tom WeddellAnderson, Burnap, Gny the Young,And Furber, he of facile tongue,Rundell, Newcomb, Holloway,Which last named man the critics say(And all, in fact who really know him)Can write a real and truly poem.VI.Deserted stood the castle, then,Of learning youths and learned menOld friends looked grave, some sadly shedTheir tears for Alma Mater dead,But never a tear from these thirteenNo funeral badge they wore, I weenTluir Alma Mater, not dead, in truth4 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO \NEEKL Y.The Class of '86.BY PROF. NATHANIEL BUTLER.Of the last class sent forth from the old Campusat Thirty-Fourth street, at least ten will witness theconferring of degrees upon the first class to leave thenew campus at Fifty-Eighth street. Not often doconsecutive classes clasp hands across so broad achasm.Were it not for the class of '86 the story of the evo-lution of The University of Chicago would reveal thepresence of a "missing link." That may sound Hib­ernian to the cri tic. But the historian cares naughtfor the critic; and he justifies his statement by assert­ing that the existence and loyalty and activity of thatclass did actually prevent just such a hiatus in thehistory of the institution. At the close of the gloomyperiod covered by the decline and fall of the old U ni­versity when foes were sneering, and friends werelosing heart, and when it was no matter of glory tobe graduated from the University of Chicago, thesethirteen young people, in the then extraordinary splen­dor of caps and gown, celebrated class-day on theold campus, and took their degrees at Music Hall, assmilingly and as proudly as though Harvard or Prin­ceton were conferring their honors.But they did more than that. In the graduationthere were some who hoped. The class of '86. WdSthe most sanguine of them all. Next to them infaith courage stood the old faculty. The Universityas such, never opened after June, 1886; but a few ofthe professors undertook to carryon a school nearthe old campus on their own private responsibility.They had little encourage men t from the trustees; butthey hoped to tide the University over the rocks andreefs, and they trusted that by the close of the yeara plan of rescue would have been devised and carriedout. It is doubtful whether anyone entertained even.the fain test hope of this sort, save the professorsand '86. To '86 this forlorn hope was anything butforlorn. To them it was no less than Alma jliater­the University of Chicago. And when the anniver­sary of the class came round in June, 1887, nothingwas more natural and inevitable that they shouldhold a class reunion. This, if my memory serves mewell, occurred at the home of Lincoln Coy on Michi­gan avenue. And a right good time it was, abound­ing in the good cheer and jollity of students loyal toa great school.With the close of the academic year, in June,1887, it became evident that the hope of re-openingthe University was vain, and the light seem to goout. But though the world saw it no more, '86guarded it a sacred flame. The faculty disbandedand ceased to talk about "retabilitation." The Boardof Trustees was practically non-existent. The Alu­mni Association looked backward, not forward.Friends began to adjust themselves to the situation,and to say that it was, perhaps, better that the end had come. But '86 never accepted the conclusionthat the end Izad come. They continued to smile.They would neither hear nor utter laments. Theygreeted one another, and the old professors as thoughwhat had first brought and held them together stilllived and flourished. They simply assumed that allwas sure to be well. Accordingly they never failedto hold their annal reunion. And to these meetingsthey always invited such of the former faculty as theycould reach with invitations.To this classy then, must be given the honor ofbeing the only visibly living organization, represent­ing the University of Chicago, for a period at leastof two or three years. Noone can estimate themoral influence of the cuurse they pursued. Throughtheir veins the life of the institution ran. In them thecontinuity of its existence was, in fact, unbroken.There follow the names of the members of the. class, with such particulars as c:1n be obtained.AUGUST C. ANDERSON, Law, admitted to the bar1888; senior member of the firm of Anderson &Proudfort, 87 Bryan Block.GUY BROCKWAY, Prizeman (2d) Sophomore con­test, Union College of Law, 1886-1888; law firm ofCoy & Brockway, 65 Major Block.W. L. BURNAP, Prizeman (z d ) Junior contest;married Lucille _ Willett, 1887; instructor in Greekand History in Lake Forest Academy, 1889 .. EDGAR A. BUZZEL, Prizeman (IS't) Senior Essay;married J. Isetta Gibson, 1888; law, admitted to bar,October, 1888; law firm of Holden & Buzzell, 901Hartford Building.LINCOLN M. COY, Union College of Law, 1886-'1888; law firm of Coy & Brockway; trustee and treas­urer, 41 st Street Presbyterian Church.HARRY J. FURBER, JR., U niversi ties of Berlin,Leipsic and Vienna, 1886-1892; Ph.D. (Berlin),1892, lecturer-Political Economy in the N orthwest­ern University.JENNIE ISETTA GIBSON, r st prize, Sophomre con­test; Salutatorian of class; married to Edgar A. Buz­zel by Professor Butler, of the Old University, April4th, 1884. Two children, Edgar Gibson, 4 years;Althea May, 3 years. The only lady in the class.GEORGE F. HOLLOWAY, business course at Bryant& Stratton's College; law course, in Legal Depart­ment of Chicago & Northwestern Railway, WebsterCity, Iowa; in general offices of company at 22 Fifthavenue, Chicago, 1893.GEORGE E. N EWCO"MB, Valedictorian, Union Col­lege of Law, 1886-1886; law office, 771 W. Madisonstreet; married Blanche U. Pattison, April, 1893;deacon and superintendent of S. S., Jefferson ParkPresbyterian Church.EDWIN R. RUNDELL, one of the organizers of theEconomist Company, which issues TIle Economist, theleading real estate and banking paper of Chicago;vice-president of the company, and manager of Ad-UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.:vertising Department, 59 Dearborn street; marriedFrances L. Crumb, June 4, I889;' is superintendentof S. S. Centennial Baptist Church.,RUFUS A. SAGE, Union College of Law; class of'88; died April, I888.FRANK J . WALSH, Prize.man (I st ) Junior contest;prizernan (I st) Inter-collegiate Ora torical con test, I 885;Illinois representative, Inter-State Oratorical contest,Lawrence, Kas., I886; Married Gertrude Halteman,I889; instructor in Greek, Sicux City CollegiateInstitute since I888.THOMAS R. WEDDELL, Prizeman, (2d) SeniorEssay; reporter Inter- Ocean and later assistant cityeditor; married .Mary Coy, October, I89I; managingeditor Peoria Transc» ipt since November I892.The class held its seventh annual reunion, Friday,June r oth, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A.Buzzel, 3520 Forest avenue. Among the invitedguests were Presiden t Harper, and of the Old U ni­versity Ex-President Galusha Anderson, ProfessorLewis Stuart and Professor Butler.Alumni Notes.THE OLD UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.'83· Henry F. Fuller is now chief scientist andmanager of the electrical department of the McIn­tosh Ba tter y and Optical Company, at I4I-I43Wabash Avenue.'83· Elizabeth C. Cooley, we understand, hasbeen elected assistant professor of German in theIllinois State University, at Champaign. Whethershe has accepted or not, we are not informed.'81. Wm. M. Ege is about to leave the work ofthe Y. M. C. A., having accepted a position in thefaculty of the Cedar Valley Seminary, at Osage, Ia.After September ISt next, his address will be Osage,Ia. He will be greatly missed in the work of thebody with which he has been connected, as secretaryof the association at Waterloo, Ia.'85· Dr. David J. Lingle, of the department ofphysiology in the University, has sailed for Europeand the Holy Land, where he will spend his vacation,returning to resume his work in the University Octo­ber ISt. '68. Abram B. Hostetter is a member of theWorld's Fair State Board of Agriculture, and can befound at the Illinois State Building, Jackson Park,until November r st.The class of '86 and the class of '93 should clasphands across the intervening years, and bridge thegap between the old and the new universities, or bet­ter still, bury it from sight and 'torget that it everexisted.The Alumni lilfe to feel that the University of to­day is but the University of '6I and '86, workingunder a new regime, broader in its scope and of moremagnificent proportions, and we are confident thatthe class of '93 and the students of the University,if they knew the history of the early years of itsexistence, and the men who taught and studiedwithin its walls, would cease to distinguish' betweenthe old and the new, and be proud that in spirit andin .fact we are all members of one body, Alumni of'Tlu Uniuersity of Chicago.The WEEKLY expects to continue its Alumni col­umn, and hopes to become more and more the organof the Alumni organizations. To that end, items ofinterest to Alumni, personal and otherwise, as wellas communications of general interest, are at alltimes gladly received.Prof. Nathaniel Butler, of the U niuersity, towhom we are indebted for the sketch of the class of'86, and also the verses dedicated to that class, wasa member of the faculty and professor of English lit­erature in the University from I8i'<3 to I886, andwell acquainted with the class of which he wntes.No member of the old faculty is more highly regardedby the mem bers of '76, and they will no doubt appre­ciate the sketch as coming from him. The verseswere written for, and first read at the Annual Reun­ion of the class in I892.Literary Notes.Rudyard Kipling's new book, "My Inventions,"is now announced for immediate publication, simul­taneously in the U nited States and England, accordinging to international copyright requirements.We are in receipt of the year book of WabashCollege for I892-93. The instruction has beendivided into three departments of Philosophy; Lan­guage and Literature; Mathmetics and Science. Moreelec ti ve work is permi tted, and se veral new professorshave been added. The total enrollement for the pastyear was 234. Wabash has not yet reached the co­educational stage of development.The convention which has for its object the sup­pression of intemperance and the liquor traffic, andwhich is now in session in this city, deserves the sup­port of every student. Those who have the timeshould aid by their presence the furtherance of thegreat work of temperance and morality.'rj.CLASSOF'93·R. F. HoxieC. H. WoodsW. S. Gaud E. 0 SessonJ. D. BurkesMin ne F. Babcock Wm. RullkoetterR. Margarite GilbertH. H. Manchester E. L. TupperL. B. JoralmonAntoinette CareyUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKL Y.}. The Graduating Class.The history of the class of '93 is the history of itsindividual members. at various other institutions.We give below a list of its members, of; the collegesthey iJreviously attended, and of their home addresses ..The average age of the class is almost twenty-threeyears.Miss Minnie Frances Babcock, of Painesville,Ohio, a student of Lake Erie Seminary.J esse Dismukes Burks, of Los Angeles, Califor­nia, completed his Junior year at the University ofCalifornia.Miss Antoinette Cary, of Elyria, Ohio, attendedWellesley College.Rizpah Marguerite Gilbert, Le Roy, N. Y., Cor­nell University.William S. Gaud, Chicago, spent three years atLllinois College.Robert F. Hoxie, Yorkville, N. Y., Cornell Uni­versity.Alvin Halphide, Chicago Ill., old Chicago Univer­sity ..Louis Bogart J oralmon, Norwood Park, Ill.,spent two years '89 to '91 at Lake Forest University,after which he attended in '91-'92 the University ofWisconsin.Herbert Manchester, of Waukegan, Ill., LakeForest University, '87 to '91, Wesleyan, '9I-'92.Edward Clark Ridpath, of Greencastle, Indiana,takes the degree of A. B. with the class. He wasgraduated from De Pauw University with A. B. in '91,took A. M. at the same university in '92 and has alsoLL. B. from the 0 niversity of Michigan.William Rullkoetter, whose home is III Ger:­many, entered the University from Hastings College,Nebraska. His home is at present in Chicago ..E. O. Sisson, Chicago. Formerly attended Deni­son University and at Morgan Park.Edward L. Tupper, Raleigh, N. c., comes fromthe Junior year at Colgate U ni versity.Edward Von Holst, Chicago, Ill., attended thegymnasium at Freiburg in Baden, Germany.Clarence Hubert Woods was formerly a studentat the University of Nebraska. His home is at Colo­rado Springs, Colorado.rj J\nother Ora tica I Triu mph.Although our .iuccr-colligiate speaker Mr. Price,could not appear on the program at Oberlin, becauseit was contrary to the constitution for a college tohave a speaker at the first contest after its admiss­ion to the League, we were gratified that the judgeson thought and composition awarded him first place,and now Mr. Walter H. Nichols comes to us withanother victory. Having won the first place in theUniversity contest of the Prohibition Oratorical Asso­ciation here, he represented the University of Chic­ago in the Illinois State contest which was held at 7Champaign on Friday evening, June znd. Here heagain was awarded the first place, not only bringinghonor to himself but to us. He is now entitled torepresent the great State of Illinois in the Inter-state.Con test to be held at Harvey, Ill., June z Sth andzoth. Let everyone who can, be present at this con­test, and cheer for our Mr. Nichols, who now standsan excellent chance of winning national honors.J\ Longing.I long to dwell where summer livesWhose muffled wind. a stillness givesTo all around.Where blushing buds and flowers are seenAnd smiling vales and trees in greenWith song resound..Where orient morning rays diffuseThe shimmering opalscent dewsSoon after dawn,Beside the cooling brook I'll lieAnd watch the dove and oriole flyAcross the lawn.Whe;e the dropping willow weepsAnd the entangled ivy creepsHigh and low,Where canorous life in field and maizeGives mirth and joy to halcyon days-­I long to go.WILLIAM L. MARTIN.Book Notice.N oTE.-Since this issue is the last before the sum-mer vacation, it will be impossible for us to noticemore book until the first issue of the next volume�hich will appear Oct. r st, 1893. All books receivedduring the summer will be given good notice, and wewill be glad to continue our presen t relations withpublishers.-ED.S. C. Griggs' and Co., Chicago, ., The youth ofFrederick the Great" by Prof. Ernest Louise,translated from the French by Mary BushnellColeman. Cloth 430 pp. Price $200.This is assuredly a fascinating book. The pictureof the life that went on in the royal palace of Berlinfor a score of years is varied and full of con trafts; nowbrightly colored with the reflections of joyous inci­dents, now sombre with bitter quarrels and heartlessintrigues. Through all the personality and natureof Frederick the Great shows forth in vivid outline,and when one reaches the end of the volume, onehas' obtained an enduring impression of a man whowas at once the least trustworthy of friends, and the. most successful of kings.The Register at Stanford university announcesthat ex-President Harrison will begin his course oflectures on International law next October, when thenew school of law will be opened. Besides generalinstruction in law, the course includes training inbranches that will fit students for the public service.8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO \tVEEKL Y.UNIVERSITY OF CHICI\GO WEEKLY.PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENT� OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORS,BUSINESS MANAGER,ASSISTANT EDITORS:Alumni,Local,Athletics,Athena-urn,University College,Snell,Morgan Park Academy,Advertising Department, H. L. BURRH. C. MURPHYC. H. GALLIONE. A. BUZZELLS. W. JAMESONC. S. PIKEH. H. MANCHESTERP. B. KOHLSAATMISS BESSIE MESSICKF. CURRIER SMITHE. W. PEABODYSUBSCRIPTION RATE:ONE YEAR,ONE QUARTER, $2.00·75Office in Basement of Cobb Hall.Office Hours: IO to II A. M., and I2 M. to I P. M.Ad vertising 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, III.WITH this number the first volume of theWEEKLY is closed. Together with the restof the students, we lay down our pens and go forthfor our vacations undisturbed by calls for "copy."We think it but fitting that we should here thankthe assistant editors through the columns of the paperupon which they have worked so faithfully, andwhose success, if it has had any, has been largelydue to their efforts. They have showed an earnest­ness and a zeal for the success of the paper thatwas unselfish and lasting. Their efficient workdeserves special commendation.To the students, we owe our thanks for theirkindly appreciation of our efforts. They have passedover over our faults without a murmur, and haveaided us, not only by their support but by their offer­ings of material for publication.The year that has just passed has shown that aweekly paper has a place in the University of Chi- We have endeavored to publish the best work ofliterary merit obtainable, and our series of articlesby college presidents attracted much favorable com­ment. Our aim has been to foster college spirit andchief of all to make the WEEKLY a worthy representa­tive of the great University of Chicago. If we havefailed to do all this, we have at least striven after ourideal.The difficulty which we have experienced this yearof not getting out on time was owing to the rush inci­dent to the World's Fair season. After April 1 st ourprinter was besieged with work, and the result wasthat the WEEKLY was often late. We have madearrangements for next year so that we shall notencounter this very annoying difficulty.With the first week of the autumn quarter theWEEKLY will again appear, and we hope to make itmore than ever the students organ. The alumni ofthe new University as well as the old will be lookedafter by the alumni editor, Mr. Buzzell, of the classof '86. VVe shall devote a large amount of spaceto this department.In bidding farewell to the students of '92 arid'93 we thank them sincerely for their good will andsupport and trust it may not be lacking during thenext year.. ,..'** *THE opening of the new Athletic Park, corner of51st street and Ellis avenue, takes place Satur­day, June 24th. Let every student who can possiblyattend do so. The examinations will be over; classeswill have been discontinued for the year and thetired, yet easy-minded undergraduate can find restand recreation in watching the ball game, and cheer­ing our club on to victory. Let this meeting be tothe athletic department what the convocation is tothe University. Turn out en masse and give theplayers your support and at the same time show your·appreciation of the kindness of our benefactor, Mar­shall Field. l!The large attendance of students is earnestlydesired, for it will be the students' park, to us whatcago. Since the present editors took control the Field is to Harvard.paper has been enlarged twice, and the subscriptionlist has been more than doubled. The pictorial feat­ure has been well received, and we are thankful thatwe have been able to offer our patrons such picturesas those of many eminent college presidents, U niver­sity buildings, as well as hits on current events. The colors of Chicago should have a place onevery man's breast, and his enthusiasm should haveno bounds.Let the final ending of the school year be char­acterized by a joyful demonstration for the advan­tages of the park must be clearly apparent to all. .(J.1UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO VlEEKLY.OUR tennis team has made a good beginning. InNeal and Prescott we have two players whosework will gain for them many brilliant successes inthe checkered court. The Minnesota team wasdefeated in the doubles and in one single, [Neal's].and that too when our men had done but little out­.door practicing.We regret that our team has not had the oppor­tunity to show its prowess before. We believe thathad a tournament been held, including the strongcollege teams of the Northwest, Chicago would havernade a good showing.** *ALL THE visible connecting Ii'nk between the oldand the new universities of Chicago is the oldalumni. We thought it therefore fitting in this ourgood-bye number to give special attention to this partof the University for, in truth, the universities maybe said to' be composed of the trustees, faculty,alumni and students. Fortunately, we are able topresent to our readers engravings of the last classof the old and the first class of the new University,and we trust that these classes may clasp handsacross the intervening six years and so make con­tinuous the history and interests of the old institu­tion. We trust, moreover, that the alumni will appre­ciate that the WEEKLY is their organ as well as thestudent's, and that it has ever since its first numbergiven a considerable attention to their interests. Itis the only student publication of the University andhas made all arrangements to appear again next yearin enlarged form, and it will continue to be the offi­cial organ of the Alumni.1\ Summer School.College students are invited to attend the ThirdSummer Bible and Christian Ass'n of the YoungWomen's Training School, which meets .at LakeGeneva, Wis., July 5-r8. Prof. 'V. W. White, ofXenia, Ohio, and E. M. Aiken, of Rockford, Ill., arein charge of the bible .classes. Miss Effie K. Priceconducts the Association Class. Lake Geneva affords·remarkable opportunities for a pleasant summer vaca­-tion. Facilities for tennis, rowing, swimming, etc.,being abundant. Miss Abbie Mayhew, of Ivl inneap­olis, will conduct the athletics, and Miss Ella DeVoe,of Pittsburg, will conduct a class in voice culture.The rates for the school are $r8 for the thirteen days.This includes tuition, room, board, and all similar.expenses. Full information will be received uponapplication to r jo r Venetian Building, Chicago. 9Our Yell.Much dissatisfaction has been expressed by thestudents at the old and worn-out yell now in use.Many a time have the enthusisastic and strong lungedChicagoans gone forth with un parallelled vigor to star­tle the neighboring residents and set the echoes vib­rating with the cold and blood curlding yell, "Go it,Chicago "They have returned to their homes demoralizedand broken down to try and find relief in the exter­nal application of mustard plasters and of internalcordials. Let us have a new yell; a yell that wewould be proud to send forth among the busy hauntsof men; one that we need not be ashamed of in thedaylight.Let the old be relegated to the background forthe use of the heathen Chinese, who would bedelighted to heighten with it the effect of theirdelightful music the sound of which now escapes fromover the eight-foot fence of the Midway Plaisance .. We leave the 'varsity for three months. Let someof our wide-awake undergradus put in the time, whilethey are sitting on the river's shore waiting for a biteto think out a peculiarly characteristic Chicago yell.Let it be startling and at the same time expressive ofthe greatness of the University it hails from a yeller.We publish a few yells which seem to us verycharacteris tic:Ohio Wesleyan University.-"O-we-wi-wow! Ala­ka-zu ki-zow! Ra-zi zi-zow! Viva, viva! O. »: U."Williams.-"Rah.! Rah! Rah! Yums, yums, yums.Will-yums !"Heidelberg University. -"Killi-killick! Rah! Rah!Zick, zick! Ha, hal Yi! Hoo! Barn! Zoo! Heidel­berg!"University of Kansas.c=-r-Rock-Chalk! J ay-HawkK. U!"Cornell (Iowa).--"Zip-siss-boom, Cah Cah-nell,C. C. Tiger-Ia Zip-siss--Hurrah!"Colorado College. --' 'Rah! Rah! Rah! Pike� Peakor Bust! Colorado College! Yell we must!"Antioch.--"Hobble-gobble! Razzle-dazzle. Zip!Boom! Ah! Antioch! Antioch! Rah! Rah! Rah!Washington & Lee.-"Chick-a-go-runk! go-runk!go-runk! ha-ho-hi-ho. W. and Lee.Dartmouth.-"Wah-who-wah! Wah-who-wah! Da­didi, Dartmouth! Wah-who-wah!"The older eastern colleges have clung to the many"rah's," but they are fast going out of fashion. Theyare, to say the least, somewhat mildewed and shouldbe sunk into the past.Lewis, Harvard's famous center rush of last fall,was recently refused a shave by a certain Cambridgebarber on account of his color. His many collegefriends resent the' insult, and it is announced the bar­ber has apologized.10 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO \VEEKL Y. ,,'iPretty Miss Esterbrook. the New Student.BY HORACE L. BURR.(Concluded.)IV.The Chorus Class of the School of Music re­hearsed on Monday evenings. Miss Esterbrook wasa member of the class, and it so happened one even­ing that Hastings had arranged to bring her to therehearsal. At the time appointed he called, fullyexpecting a very pleasant evening. He was informedthat she was out driving with Mr. Norton. He wenthome almost furious. Norton was a rich, handsomefellow, attractive, but with a rather unenviable repu­tation. It was reported that he had a number oftimes been suspended from college for variousoffences, but his family position and his own prom­ises to reform had each time given him a new trial.Harold knew that Norton had been paying consider­attention to Miss Esterbrook, but he had no idea thatshe would go driving with him, and in doing so breakanother engagement. The next morning when theymet at chaple he did not speak to her. Later in the,day he received a note begging his forgiveness for thedisappointment. She had reached home a few min­utes to late for the engagement, and she trusted hewould not blame her to severely. She explained thatMr. Norton had promised to return early, but thatwhen she had asked him the time, it was the hour forchorus, and they were two miles away. What shouldhe do? He could do but one thing. Her explanationwas certainly as satisfactory as he could expect. Hehad to accept it. And really he didn't want to doanything else anyhow.Everything now went smoothly for some time.He felt that he was even surer than ever of his groundwith her. But one day he sent her by mail a note,asking her to atted with him a Zouave .drill, whichwas to be given by a company of students in theArmory of the Military school. He waited sometime, and receiving no answer, he determined to calland inquire if the note had been received. Unfortu­nately he found her away, and met her a few momentslater out walking with a classmate of his. Hewaited a day or two and heard nothing from her. Themore he thought about it the more he imagined thatthese misunderstandings he had had with' her werereally more than accidental. It worried him agood deal, for he felt 'as if he were stepping wherethere might be quicksand, and he had no idea whenhe would sink. He resolved to ask whether she hadreceived his note, and was somewhat reassured whenshe insisted that she had not, and that she shouldcertainly would have accepted the invitation. Hewas not satisfied, however, and an annoying doubtwas always present in his mind. He was to himselfan enigma, and Anna Esterbrook was a still moreperplexing one to him. He had still some confidencein the girl, and considerable admiration, perhaps a deeper regard than that, but he was just at that point­where a little evidence either way would decide his­opinion of her.He had been poaring over his philosophy one"afternoon without making much progress, the brightsunshine and the warm air having had the effectto make the study unusually irksome to him, so'at about three oclock it occurred to him that hewould make one final trial with Miss Anna. His­good sense, what he had left, told him it would be­best to let her go entirely, for his studies were notprofiting by the attention he had been giving her.But there was that peculiar charm aboat her that hecould not deny himself the pleasure of enjoying. Sodressing _ with a little more than his us ual care hestarted to call, intending to ask the pleasure ofher company at a grand concert to be given the nextweek. The landlady herelf 'met him at the door, andafter telling him in a rather hesitating manner that he:could not see Miss Anna this evening, continued as he-­was turning to leave, "I might save you the trouble­of calling again by telling you that Miss Esterbrookhas said to me that she will receive no callers exceptMr. Norton." This staggered him. Was it really'so? Had she so favored Norton? Was she reallycapable of such duplicity as this seemed to indicate ?-.His mind whirled with excuses, doubts, anger and.desperation. This was too much. She, who hadpretended to be his friend had excluded him from her­list of callers. The bare facts were perhaps hardlysufficient to warrant his conclusions, but in his state'of mind everything was exaggerated. The rea liza­tion that his confidence had been misplaced, particu-­larly in the one with whom he most wished to be­friends, was a severe shock to him. He decided to'have nothing more to do with her, so he sat down­and permed th e following note:MISS ESTERBROOK: Late information furnishesme with the excuse which I must accept, for givingyou to u ad er sta nd th at I shall not press myselffurther on your attention. I think I can find friends­whose sincerity will exceed their profession. I won-­der that I have been blind to your duplicity so long.Respectfully,HAROLD HASTINGS. JApril 23d.When they rn et 111 the morning she did notspeak.V.The fact was that Anna Esterbrook liked Has­tings very much. She had been sincere in her pro-­fessed friendship, and the note he sent, so cruelly'accusing her, she could not understand, She hadnever, so far as she knew, done anything to arouse his­anger. She could get but one meaning from the note,and that was that he was tired of her, and took this­means of dropping her; but this explanation was not:satisfactory. �IdJI.(I UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO \VEEKLY. 11J.1 For many weeks they were as perfect. strangersto each other. Once they were both guests at aselect party,.' but they did, not speak. Anna won­dered a thousand times what had really caused thechange, but her pride would not allow her to ask him. after that cruel note.She went with Norton a great deal for a while,:indeed' until one day an incident occurred which.showed him in his true light. It was one afternoon,just after he had called. He had been showing her.an invitation he had received to the Vassar com­.mencement exercises, and in drawing it from his:pocket had dropped another paper, which neither.noticed until he was gone. Anna picked it up. Itwas an envelope addressed to Izer, and surely in Har­aid's handwriting. It was worn somewhat, ind icat­ing that it had been carried for some time. She"opened it. It was an invitation to attend the Zouave.d rill. Slowly the truth dawned upon her. Norton,-who occasionally brought her mail, had kept thisnote. It had not been accidental, for it was unsealed..As she thought of it she wondered if he could havebeen responsible for any of the other peculiar mis­haps which had caused the misunderstanding betweenHarold and herself. She rem em bered that the land,lady was a cousin to Norton's father. A course ofaction at once suggested itself to her mind. She-went direct to the landlady and said, "you might aswell confess, I have found out about Mr. Norton."The guilty woman stared blankly at her, and thenburst into tears. She was more guilty than Annahad suspected, and imploring her forgiveness she con­fessed it all. How that she had been bribed by Nor­-ton when he knew she needed money, first to tellHastings that Anna was away, and afterward toinstruct him not to call any more.It was a day of revelation to Anna. Everything-was explained. She now realized that Norton hadpurposely kept her out too long when they were driv­ing, and the landlady had revealed the rest to her.She understood Harold's note now. If she couldonly explain it to him they might be friends again.But he would not give her an opportunity.N orton had played a bold game and lost. He didnot, however, care very seriously, for he had notcalled on Miss Esterbrook because he admired her somuch, but simply to get even with Hastings, whohad once" cut him out" when they were both goingwith a young lady, and he had been waiting since forrevenge.)4lVI.Not until the last week of college, commencementweek, did they speak. They were both boarding atthe Ladies' Hall during those last few days of theyear; a custom very common at that university. Theymet in the dining room every day and merely bowedto each other. _Time wilL cure, many ills. ,H;,lr.Qld .had thoughtthat he could never recognize Miss Esterbrook again,but- being of - a naturally fOFgivi:ng,.:lIem-perment, healmost wished that he could have another talk withher, and that he might find out after all that he hadbeen mistaken .The morning of Commencement Day dawnedwith a clear sky; a heavy dew gave the grass and treesa look of delightful freshness. The bright June suncalled forth a merry chorus from the birds. Therenever could have been the promise of a more perfectday for a class to make their entrance into the worldof actual life. After breakfast, Harold had lingeredin the entrance to Ladies' Hall to bid good-bye tomany friends who were to leave early. Anna Ester­brook was just passing him to go up stairs. It wasprobably his last chance of speaking to her: "Goodmorning, how soon do you go home?" Lookingsomewhat surprised, she stopped to answer, "I gojust after dinner at 1:07." She put out her hand tosay good-bye, and as he took it she looked up into hisface and with an expression that made him almosthate himself, she said, "I am not so bad as you thinknle." Could he have been wrong. Was that notetoo hasty? " Will you come into the parlor a fewminutes," he asked. She nodded assent.They made their way through the crowd and tothe fathest corner of the darkened reception room,where was placed an ottoman. No one may knowjust what they said as they talked until he had to goand dress for commencement exercises, which occur­red at ten o'clock, but as Harold Hastings stood onthe old college platform to receive his diploma, hiscountenance wore a happier expression than it haddone for weeks, ac d as he glanced over the immenseaudience he caught a look which conveyed congratu­lations a thousand times more appreciated than thescores of others received. They came from that prettynew girl.Y. M. C. 1\. Notes.Mr. J. E. Raycroft will represent the local asso­ciation at the Lake Geneva Conference from thez jrd of June to the 3rd of July.The last meating of the association for the collegeyear was held on Friday evening. Mr. Stagg, whofor the past year has so successfully guided the asso­ciation as its president presented his resignationwith the very earnest request that it be, accepted,The nominating committee which had been pre­viously appointed presensed the name of T. G. Soaresfor president. He was eiected unanimously andH. L. Burr was elected to fill the office o"f' Cor­responding Secretary formerly held by Mr. Soares.It is intended to push the Y. M. C. A. work dur­ing next year and advance on the steps already suc­cessfully taken. The work of the past year has beenas much as could be expected. The association hersgained recognition as a part of the uniuersity insti­tutions and has laid firm foundations for future work.12 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO vVEEKLY.A Brief Review of the Base Ball Year at Chicago.The season has been a success looking at it froman athletic standpoint, financially it was not. Theteam has made itself well known in the past fewweeks, playing several games without a single defeat.This exceptionally good record would seem to havebeen sufficient to win the support and patronage ofthe student bocy! we regret to say it did not. Wehave much to be proud of in our ball team. Ourball players while not new to the diamonds had eithergiven up ball playing for some reasons; or else theyhad played but little. The winter gymnasium prac­tice under the direction of Mr. Stagg brough out afairly large number of men, which body however,dwindled down as the time passed. The beginningof the winter quarter saw twenty men at work, whilewith the first ball game only thirteen responded.Within the past month five men have left the univer­sity temporarily, most of whom have taken positionsat the \i\l orld' s Fair.The work of the men individually has been veryfair, the team work not so good. In Stagg we have apitcher, catcher, batter and fielder, and a fine coach.Nichols work behind the bat was almost perfect, hiscatching repetedly calling forth the admiration of thespectators and visiting clubs. As a pitcherNichols work was only fair. He has wonderful curves,but poor command of the ball.Prescott at first played a steady erroless game,sure and strcng. When an infielder got the ball wewere always sure of an out, providing of course thatthe infielder had not a glass arm.Atkinson at second played the position well. Onthrown balls he is sure, grounders troubling him alittle. Since the accident of Gale, whose work inthe Dennison game was brilliant. Speer Logie,Conover and Vaughn have been tried on third, thelatter having done decidedly the best work, the c thermen having been accustomed to out field positions,and unused to infield play. Weber at short wasexcellent on flys, and a good thrower. He has hadto contend with many disad vantages in the way ofbad short grounds, and his errors are excusable. Ourout-fielders were sure. Pike and Conover playing asa general thing steady games, and batting well.'McGillivray is a fine fielder but a poor batter. Staggleads the club in batting, while Nichols, Conover andPrescott will also have fine averages. Pike startedout well, but weakened before he left the club.Webster, Adkinson and Logie were doubtful, butthe work with the stick has been on the whole good.Most of the members of the present toam will beback next year, and with the experience they havegained this year they will keep to make up a brmid­able club.The full record of the games played, and thescores is published below.Denison I J, Chicago 7; at Chicago. May 8th. Wisconsin 10, Chicago 6; at Madison, May r j th.Iowa 2, Chicago 6; Chicago, May 16th.Rush Medical 2, Chicago -5; Chicago, May nth.Western Electrics 3, Chicago 16; Chicago, May r Sth.Rivals 10, Chicago 5; Chicago, Eay zoth.U. of Illinois 3, Chicfigo 2; Champaign, May 22nd,Lake Forest 8, Chicago 14; Lake Forest, May 24th,U. of Illinois 0, Chicago 6; at Chicago, May 27th.[1st . .] Elgin City 6, Chicago 18; at Elgin, May joth.[2d.] Elgin, 8, Chicago 9; 10 innings, May 30th.U. of Wisconsin 5, Chicago II; at Chicago, June r r th.St. Ignitus 12, Chicago 15; at Chicago, June 8th.W. Electrics I, Chicago 6; at Chicago, June t yth.The total shows fourteen games played, fo u rgames lost and ten won, giving us a percentage of715.The game with the St. Ignatius College was amere practice game. Prescott and Mc G illivrayoccupied the box, and the game taking up eleveninnings. ,¥I'The New Athletic Park!Tne new athletic park which was cecured through.the generous kindness of Marshal Field will beopened to the students and public Saturday" June24th, with a base ball game between the Universityclub and some one of the teams which is to be pres­ent at the Intercollegiate Base Ball Tournament.The grounds will be enclosed by the high fence whichis now being built, and a large crowd is expected to'be present. President Harper has signified his inten­tion to be there, and many of' the members of the'faculty will attend. The ceremonies incident to theopening have not been announced, but we areassured that a very interesting programme will beprepared. The opening of this park has a specialsignificance, when we remember that our foot balLteam will run on to the goul. )�I!}o(j'IIProgram For Convocation Week.FRIDAY, JUNE 23.Alumni Meetings. 3:00 P. M. Cobb Lecture'Hall.Alumni Banquet. 6:00 P. M. Cobb Lecture. Hall. )�SATURDAY.Reception by the President to Graduating Students.�8:00 to I I :00 P. M. The residence of the President,.5657 Washington Avenue.SUNDAY.Convocation Vesper service. Chapel, 4:00 P. M.Convocation Sermon, by Rev. O. P. Gifford, D.D. Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 8:00 P. M.MONDAY.The University Convocation. Address: "ThePlace of the University in American Life." Prof.William Gardner Hale. Annual report of the presi�dent. Conferring of degrees and diplomas. Fol-­lowed by president's reception, Central Music Hall..8:00 P. M.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.I.I College Notes.The new gymnasium and armory of the U niver--sity of Wisconsin will cost $ 1 25, 000.The Columbia College library has received 13,500books during the past month ..The Harvard football team will go to Sorrento,Me., early in June for summer practice.The students at Vanderbilt University have.expelled two men for cheating in examination.Beginning with 1894 an examination 'in EnglishLiterature will be required for admission to Yale.I t is announced that Charles Dudley Warner will.de liver the commencement oration at the University. of Michigan. .Dartmouth's pitcher, O'Connor, will after thisyear enter the baseball list as a professional.There are at present 132 English st�dents at the.German universities.Two Japanese girl students have entered the Uni­versity of Michigan.Of the two great English universities Oxford has.now 3,212 names enrolled, and Cambridge 2,909.The increase in the university library at Harvardhas been from 395,970 bound volumes in 1891 to4-09,400 in 1892.So far as income and equipment are concernedour American universities compare very, favorablywith many of the famed ones of Europe. Forinstance Cornell and the University of Halle had.each about the same number of students last year.Halle, however, had an income of only $316,000, ofwhich $ 1 70, 000 was derived from the state and$75,000 from investments, while Cornell has anincome of $521,000, $50,000 of which came from thegovernment and $350,000 from invested capital. Thelibrary of Halle cost $I2,000, and that at Cornell$23,000. Harvard had an income last year of $966,­. 000, to $700,000 for Paris, $628,000 for Berlin, and$610,000 for Columbia. The showing is one of whichAmericans may feel proud.Out of 33 baseball gctmes betweei Princeton andYale since 1883, Yale has won 25, Princeton 7, andin 1890 a 'tie game was played.The Wesleyan faculty has promised to send the,Glee Club of that college on several trips each year.and to make up any financial 10.3s incurred.Harvard's exhibit at the World's Fair will containtwo plaster casts representing the typical college man.aud young woman of the United States.A Scotch girl, a student at the U niversi ty of Lon­.don, recently won honors in competition with 1,600men.�IJFifteen thousand dollars has already been su b­scribed for a Y. M. C. A. building at University ofPennsylvania, which amount the students have prom­s ed six thousand, three hundred dollars. 13The June number of the Cent ury contains anarticle on "College Athletics" by Walter Camp, Yale,'80.Cornell has a course in Russian language andIi terature.Cornell University will celebrate its twenty-fifthanniversary next October.Stanford University is to have an electricalengineering school.About $70,000 has been subscribed for the PhillipsBrooks memorial at Harvard.Leland Stanford University is said to have a fac­ulty baseball team .The Delaware College hazers, who branded theirfellow students, have been released on promise ofpaying all doctor and lawyer bills incurred by theirvictims .Report to Republican Club.Through inadvertance all of the report of the dele­gates to the National Republican Club meeting- wasnot printed in No. 29 of the WEEKLY. The followingshould have appeared as a conclusion to the report:"Your delegates took an active part in discussingall questions presented to the convention and indetermining what should be the purposes and meth­ods of a political organization founded by collegemen for college men. They felt, however, that inview of the constitutional obstacles to an immediatesettlement of the questions at issue it was best topostpone any official endorsement of or participationin the work of the League until such questions weresettled."They, therefore, did not accept any office in theLeague, although they were repeatedly urged to doso by other delegates, nor did they pledge the sup­port of the club to any measures of the League ."They believe, however, that the character of the. constitutional ammendments proposed indicate thatthe future of the College Republican League is verypromising, and that it is likely to develop along lineswith which our club is in hearty sympathy., 'Your delegates, therefore recommend:"1. That the club keep in touch with the workdone by the College League, and when the modifica­tions proposed this year have been accepted, that theclub become a member of the League."2. That the club extend a vote of thanks to themembers and friends, why by liberal contributionsmade it possible ,to send four delegates to the meet­ting."Respectfully submitted"RICHARD WATERMAN."H. C. ELLIS."H. R. CARAWAY."A. BOWERS.",/II�J14 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.';;IIand grounds. The main en trance will be from theSouth, on Greenwood Avenue. A great deal is due'to Judge Shorey for his constant attention to thebuilding and grading.We present herewith a bird's eye view of theUniversity grounds and buildings as they will appearwhen completed. We are indebted to Rand, Me­Nally & Co., who have just issued an excellent guide:to Chicago, for the use of the cut. �111(THE UNIVERSITY AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED.Nine months ago the University of Chicago openedits doors to the eight hundred students who throngedto avail themselves of the opportunities if offered.Cobb Lecture Hall, and three dormitories, one forgraduate and two for divirnty students were all thebuildings ready for use. Dormitories for the women,and undergraduate men students were rented as wellas a building for the temporary use of the sciencedepartment.About January r st the large temporary one storystructure was made ready for the 350,000 volumes Ofthe library and for the gymnasiums, for men andWomen. May r st Snell hall was ready for occupancy,and within the last few days, two of the woman'sdormitories have been ready for occupancy. When'. the University opens again next October; one andorre-h alf million dollars worth of ellegant stone build­ings will grace our quadrangles. Cobb Lecture Hall,Kent Chemical Labratory, Walker Museum, Ryer­son physical Labratory, Library and Gymnasium,Graduate Dormitory, two Divinity Dormitories,Snell Hall, Dormitory for under-graduate men,Nancy Foster Hall, Beecher Hall, Kelley Hall, dor­mitory for women, Rusk Commons, not yet com­menced will in all probabilities be ready. Thirteenbuildings in all.The quadrangles are fast being graded and sod­ded, and already present a good appearance. Tenniscourts of sod and clay will be ready for use in the fall.All this, and the U niversi ty but a year old. Onanother page may be found a plan of the buildings University Notes.Madeline Wallin for Ph. M., Thesis, "Restrictions,in State Constitutions."Elkanah H ulley for A. M. Thesis, "The H is-·tory of Prophetic Methods."Alice Pratt for A. M,. Thesis, "The Use of Colorin the Poetry of John Keats."Clifford W. Barnes for Ph. M. Thesis, "Stages in;the Theological Development of Martin Luther."A pariental Committee has been formed, (fromthe faculty) the purpose of which is to make recom­mendations to the faculty in regard to the life uponthe University Campus.The outlook for next year is very bright. Morestudents are expected than can be accommodated.The success of the University is no longer a questionbut an assured reality.The following are candidates for advanced.degrees. Eiji Asada, for Ph. D., Thesis c • TheHebrew Text of Zacharia I-XIII compared with thedifferent AncientVersions.