UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, No. 11.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 13, 1�94.China at Prof. Starr's.According to his quarterly custom, Prof. FrederickStarr entertained the Department of Anthropology, athis home, on Thursday evening of last week. Becauseof the special interest now being felt in China andJapan, it was made a Chinese evening. The Profes­sor, together with the boy who assisted him in enter­taining, was rigged out in full Chinese costume,according to the very latest fashion, prevailing inPekin, and his appearance in a pig-tail reaching tohis knees and all the other paraphernalia appertainingwas, to say the least, startling and comical. TheProfessor brought out his large and varied collectionof Chinese objects, illustrating the religious and socialPROF. FREDERICK STARR.customs of the Orient, and discussed and describedthem in an exceedingly interesting way.Prof. Starr is thoroughly acquainted with the Chi­nese and has hundreds of Chinese friends in SanFrancisco of whom he is very fond. He indeedadmires the Chinese race greatly and firmly believesthat it is the race of the future. He says that there isno country on the face of the globe where the people areas a whole so prosperous and contented as in China.Want and destitution are almost unknown and everyman makes an adequate living. If we tilled the soilin the way that the Chinese do, the whole populationof the United States could live adequately in the stateof New York alone. The Chinese are frugal, easy­going and industrious, and are, Prof. Starr claimed,in the most magnificent physical condition of anypeople in the world. They have escaped the wear and strain that makes nervous and brain diseases andbroken-down constitutions common. Japan, on theother hand, is undergoing a fearful strain in endeavor­ing to appropriate so quickly the culture and civiliza­tion of the West. Insanity and broken constitutionsare becoming alarmingly frequent, and the flowerof the land are filling early graves. The Chinese alsoare a people of great capability, as the history of. inventions plainly shows, and are by no means sopoorly advanced as is commonly represented. Theirbusiness ability and reliability is great; Every bankof standing in Japan is conducted by Chinamen, andalso every large business firm·· keeps its Chineseaccountant to keep its books.Cheap Chinese labor on the coast of California, theProfessor claimed, is a misnomer. The Chinese donot work cheaper than white men. When any dis­crimination in wages is made it is usually in the Chi­naman's favor, for he is a better workman than themost of the Irish help found on the coast. Chinamendo work cheap when they first come and before theyhave learned a trade. But, after that, they demandand get as high wages as any white workmen of thesame grade, and even higher.Prof. Starr spoke warmly of his Chinese friends.Any request made of a Chinaman, that is put on theground of friendship, is bound to be granted if it is apossible thing, no matter how much difficulty, troubleand danger it may occasion. A Chinaman may thinkit not worth while to continue your friendship after­wards, but he will never refuse a friendship request.The present Chinese-Japanese war' the professorthought a very unfortunate thing. The quarrel wasall of Japan's picking as the easiest way of preventingsedition at home. The war has called the attention ofEurope to the defenseless condition of the Orient. andhas also opened the way for European interference. Ifthe present conditions of peace prevail, Russia willcertainly interfere. She has too many adjacent inter­ests involved to think of allowing Corea to become anindependent republic. If Russia takes a hand in East­ern affairs it will be extremely unfortunate for Japan,and the way will be opened for unlimited Europeanin terference. On the other hand, if China feels herdefeat keenly, she will probably follow Jap�n's exam­ple, and adopt WesterJ? war methods. And if Chinathus prepares for war and gives up her ancient policyof peace, little Japan will be crushed lightly under thegreat heel of China. In any case, Japan has rashlyset in motion a whole train of consequences.118 UNIVERS1TY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Besides many other interesting features of the even­ing, Prof. Starr described his first amusing experiencesin eating with the Chinamen in their own way. Hebranded as a lie the often heard assertion that they eatsoup with a chopstick held in each hand. They taketheir soup with a very convenient little porcelainspoon, in shape suggesting a miniature gravy boat;and solid food, they pick up between the two chop­sticks which they hold both in one hand.After refreshments and the announcement of the im­. mediate publication of a Bulletin by the Anthropolog­ical Department, the guests departed.The Tourist.Three hundred miles from Winnipeg we pass throughthe famous Bell farm, embracing one hundred squaremiles of land. This is a veritable manufactory ofwheat, where the work is done with an almost militaryorganization, plowing hy brigades and reaping bydivisions. Think of a farm where the furrows areordinarily four miles long! There are neat stone cot­tages and ample barns for miles around, and the col­lection of buildings about the headquarters near therail way station makes a respectable village, there be­ing among them a church, a hotel, a flour-mill and agrain eleva tor.Soon we reach Regina, the capital of the Provinceof Assiniboia. As we leave the station, going west­ward, we see on our right the governor's residence,"and a little beyond, the headquarters of the North­west Mounted Police, a body of men of whom Canadais proud. This organization is composed of youngand picked men, thoroughly drilled, and governed bythe strictest military discipline. Their firm and con­siderate rule won the respect and obedience of theIndians long before the advent of the railway, and itscoming was attended by none of the lawlessness andviolence 'which have darkly marked the opening ofnew districts elsewhere in America, so wholesome wasthe fame of these red-coated guardians of the prairies.The country, while retaining the chief character­istics of the prairie, becomes more broken, and nu­merous lakes and ponds occur in the- depressions.We see no trees now for a hundred miles, and withoutthem the short buffalo-grass gives the country a deso­late, barren look. At Chaplin, we come to one of theOld Wives' lakes, which are extensive bodies of waterhaving no outlet, and are consequently alkaline.The country is reticulated with buffalo trails, andpitted with their wallows; but the buffalo must nowbe looked for farther north, where he is known as the"wood buffalo." Hour after. hour we roll along,with little change in the aspect of the country. Thegeese and ducks have ceased to interest us, and evena coyote no longer attracts attention. The Indiansare represented on the station platforms by braves of high and low degree, squaws and pappooses. Wecatch sight of their encampment, a mile or so away­tall, conical" tepees" of well-smoked cloths or skins;Indians in blankets of brilliant colors; hundreds ofponies feeding in the rich grasses.As we approach Crowfoot Station, all are alive forthe first view of the Rocky Mountains, yet more thana hundred miles away; and soon we see them-aglorious line of snowy peaks, rising straight from theplain, and extending the whole length of the westernhorizon, seemingly an impenetrable barrier. As wespeed on, peak rises behind peak, then dark bands offorest that reach up to the snow-line come into view;the snow-fields and glaciers glisten in the sunlight,and over the rolling tops of the foot-hills the passesare seen, cleft deep into the heart of the mountains.We are now in the country of the once dreadedBlackfeet, the most handsome and warlike of all theIndian tribes, but now peacefully settled on a reserva­tion near by.THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.Before commencing the ascent of the mountains, ashort description of the railway, the great highwayover which we are to pass, cannot fail to interest.Th� Government of the Dominion of Canada first setabout the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.Much of the country through which the railwaymust be built was unexplored. Towards the east, allabout Lake Superior, and beyond to Red River, wasa vast rocky region, where deep lakes and mightyrivers in every direction opposed the progress of theengineer. Beyond Red River for a thousand milesstretched a great plain, known only to the wild Indianand the fur trader; then came the mountains, rangeafter range, in close succession, and all unexplored.Through all this, for a distance of nearly three thou­sand miles, the railway surveys had first to be made.But the machinery of Government is ill adapted, atbest, to the carrying on of such an enterprise, and in1880 a party of capitalists was ready and willing torelieve the Government of the work and carry it onas a commercial enterprise. . The Canadian PacificRailway Company was organized early in 1881, andimmediately entered into a contract with the Govern­ment to complete the line within ten years.The company set about its task most vigorously,and while the engineers were exploring the more diffi­cult section from the Ottawa River to Lake Superior,work was commenced at Winnipeg, and pushed west­ward across the prairies, where one hundred andthirty miles of the railway were completed before theend of the first year. The end of the third year foundthem at the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and thefourth in the Selkirks, nearly a thousand and fiftymiles from Winnipeg.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.While such rapid progress was being made west ofWinnipeg, armies of men with all modern appliancesand thousands of tons of dynamite were breakingdown the barriers of hard and tough Laurentian andHuronian rocks, and pushing the line through theforests north and east of Lake Superior with suchenergy that Eastern Canada and the Canadian North­west were united by a continuous railway early in1885.The forces working towards each other met atCraigellachie, in Eagle Pass, in the Gold or Colum­bian range of mountains, and there, on a wet morning,the 7th of November, 1885, the last rail was laid inthe main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Agranite monument now marks the place.The approach to the mountains is most impressive.Before us, and on either side, the peaks rise in variedforms and in endless change of aspect, as the lightsand shadows play upon them. Behind us is the greatsea of open prairie. Northward is the wooded dis­trict of Edmonton and the North Saskatchewan.Stretching away one bundred and fifty miles to tbeUnited States Boundary southward is the RanchCountry.BANFF.It was early in the morning when the Touristsreached Banff, their first stopping place in the Rock­ies, Banff is at an elevation of 4,500 feet and theground was covered with snow. There was a heavymist and the mountains were entirely hid from view.By ten 0' clock the mist began clearing from themountain tops and the first view of the peak of Cas­cade Mountain, 9,875 feet high, brought forth fromtbe Tourists expressions of wonder and awe. Onlythe white peak was visible and ,it resembled more awhite cloud in the sky than the summit of a moun­tain.Banff is in the heart of the Rocky Mountains and isone of the most fascinating resorts on the continent.It is charmingly situated in the Canadian NationalPark, a large reservation chosen by the Dominiongovernment for its beauty and sublimity and health­fulness, as the great breathing place of the nation.The Banff Hot Springs are some natural wells of min­.eral water having medicinal qualities. Here theCanadian Pacific rail way bas erected a large andluxuriously appointed botel near the point where theSpray river rushes furiously over a series of rapidsinto the Bow river. Banff is in the midst of impres­sive mountains. The huge mass northward is Cascade'Mountain. Eastward is Mt. Inglesmaldie and theheights of Fairholme sub-range, behind which liesLake Minnewonka.A drive of thirteen miles through mountain passesbrought the Tourists to this lake, which is one of the 119most picturesque lakes to be seen anywhere, notexcelled by the noted lakes in Switzerland. Tbe lakeis ten miles long and 325 feet deep. It is a still, clearsheet of water, walled in by tremendous cliffs, andoverlooked by a remarkable cliff, tbe Devil's Head,which forms a well-known landmark, visible far out onthe plains.A ride in a steam launch on this lake formed one ofthe most pleasant features of the trip. The highpeaks on all sides are mirrored in the clear water ofthe lake and make a picture of loveliness that it isone's privilege seldom to behold. Banff is becominga more popular resort every year as it becomes betterknown and a more delightful place to spend the sum­mer mon ths cannot be found.Not far from Banff are the lakes in the clouds.Lake Louise is the first to be reached of tbe threesheets of water bidden high up above the valley. Tbedrive is tbrough a pine forest in which a good car­riage road has been cut. This lake is nestled at thefoot of two great mountains and its waters reproducewith mirror-like fidelity the green forests, bare peaksand motionless seas of snow and ice. The ascent toMirror and Agnes lakes, the one on the breast and theotber on the shoulder of the mountain that confinesLake Louise on the southern side was made on Indianponies. These sure-footed little animals occupiedabout an hour in reaching Mirror lake. A beautifulview of Bow Valley and the surrounding country wasobtained during this ascent. Mirror lake has no visi­ble outlet, its waters escaping through some under­ground channel into Lake Louise. Its still and clearsurface reflects in a peculiarly effective way its encir­cling walls, and suggested the appropriate name ofMirror Lake. Lake Agnes is fed by several water­-falls dropping from the heights above and fromnumerous streams and banks of snow which line themountains tbat enclose it. Here even in the warmestday it is cool and pleasant and the pastime of a snow­balling match was indulged in not five minutes afterreveling amongst the mosses, the forget-me-nots andgentian bells which dot the mountain side. Theselakes have been fitly called, "a necklet of gems on thebosom of the moun tain. ' ,Seemed Quite Natural. .The young man was hurrying along the street withhis hat pulled down over his eyes. He was so obliviousof all bis surroundings that he got directly in front ofa big delivery wagon without even seeing it.That was when the sport began. The muscularcorner policeman reached out and caught him by thecollar. Quick action was necessary, and he gave hima yank that lifted him off his feet and shot himagainst a passing cable car. The car turned him overonce or twice, and then some projection caught in hisThose offices which did take all the time of the offi­cers were considered professional in character, and con­stituted the life careers, paid and organized on civilservice principles. On the other hand those officeswhich did not take the whole time were consideredhonorary in name and fact. Here the principles ofself-government were applied to people's administra­tion over their own affairs. They included thosewhose duties were legislative and those of a supervis­ory or subsistent character, as in charity and education.The mayor's office was regarded as professional, waspaid, and extended for a long term-twelve years orlife.Without e�press power the German city mightestablish a market, subsidize a theatre, buy gas orwater works, in virtue of its intrinsic right of self­government. The exercise of this power was tem­pered by a principle peculiar to Germany-that ofsupervision by the central government. This con­firms the election of a number of officers, especiallythat of the mayor, looked over and approved thebudget of receipts and expenditures, approved leviesof taxes and the issues of bonds. The governmenthad strict supervision over the police, and in thelarger cities took the police into its own hands. Thispower could and had been abused. In its ordinarynormal relation it worked well. In this country wehad nothing that corresponded to this governmentalsupervision because the state was not so organized.We had, in its stead, legislative interference. In somestates this was checked by constitution or local legis­la tion.Americans would hardly find, in this German mu­nicipal government, superiority. It was hardly foundin the fact that German cities had larger powers, al­though it must be admitted that German cities couldtake care of interests not utilitarian but ideal, such asarranging of special holidays, and this brought themnearer to the hearts of the people, making them seemless like tax machines. A point that was weak in ourgovernment of cities, and strong in that of Germany,was in knowing how to combine civil service withself-governing principles.Offices which in the nature of things could not befilled on self-governing principles, were made life andpaid officers. Those which could be self-governingwere filled as a matter of honor, and must be accepted,although there was never any difficulty in findingmen. The advantage in this system was that itcemoved from the city government temptation touse office as a source of profit; while on the otherhand, the purely honorary character of self-gov­erning officers drew from the best class of citizens inthe government of their cities. The fact that therewere so many more citizens in office in German citieswas accounted for by the fact that there a great many120 tJNIVE:RSITY OF CHICACO WEEKLY.coat and he was dragged half a block. He managedto wriggle out of his coat, and by an almost super­human effort threw himself clear of the car, but di­rectly in front of one coming from the opposite direc­tion on the next track. That caught him squarely inthe back, and carried him fifteen or twenty feet, part ofthe time in one posi tion and part of the time in another,all of the positions being decidedly awkward and un­comfort a ble.When the car was stopped the policeman carefullypulled him out from under the fender, and yelled forsome one to call the ambulance.But it wasn't necessary. The young man regainedhis feet, shook himself once or twice, and then, with adreamy, far away look in his eyes, remarked:"That was a good scrimmage. I've never playedagainst a team with a stronger rush line."And he continued on his way to the Universitygy 11111asi U 111.German Municipal Government.Mr. Ernst Freund, instructor in jurisprudence,spoke before the Political Science Club on the Ger­man municipality at its meeting Tuesday night. Heconfines himself to the legal aspects of the Germanmunicipal government, and did not refer especially tothe actual work done in the different administrativedepartments. He did not touch on state matters. Hegave first a sketch of the organization, of the ni un ici­pality and of its powers, then of the theories andprinciples underlying the system, and drew some con­clusions from our point of view.As to organization all German cities had represen­tative governments. Not all of the inhabitants werevoters. The voters were classified in such a way thatthe annual tax paid gave the proportional number ofvotes. The system was complicated.Then as to municipal authority it was vested in acommon council, an executive board or an executiveofficer. The executive board or officer was elected bythe common council. The executive board usuallyincluded the mayor as a sort of presiding officer.Germany really had the board system and not theindividual system. The common council was electedfor six years, the executive council for from six totwelve years. The officers of the common councilwere unpaid. Some of the members of the executiveboard held technical functions as gas directors, archi­tects, engineers, and were paid. The number of sub­ordinate officers were of two classes: The first paidand for life; the second included a large number ofhonorary offices of definite terms, not paid, and whosework was not executive work. Men in business wereelected, and devoted a certain amount of time to theseoffices.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY�things were attended to by the cities which are herein the hands of voluntary organizations as charities.But the very fact that the city was connected with allpublic interests tended to raise the plane of city gov­ernment. These were not dragged down into politicsby their connection with the city, but the city itselfwas lifted up.All points in which the German system differedwere in administrative practice rather than in law.With the legal power which our cities had they couldintroduce a city government as good and effectiveas that of Germany. But while the superiority wasnot in law, there were some political conditions whichgave an advantage. The citizens formed a politicallyhomogeneous mass. They were pretty well educated,and they were not apt to belong to one party oranother, but were social democrats, and their votescould be neither bought nor sold.Affiliated Schools.KENWOOD INSTITUTE NOTES.Much to the joy of the members of the school atwo-weeks Christmas vacation has been decided uponinstead of the usual ten days.A live turkey much trimmed with ribbons made itsappearance in the school rooms the day before Thanks­giving, and on the following Monday the ribbons anda wish bone were found hanging to a chandelier.Considerable interest has been aroused in the Ken­wood Institute in the University settlement, and thegirls have decided to place there a home library underthe name of the school. A book-case has been madeand books to fill it have been offered and we expect tosend it to the settlement by the end of this week.A. B. R.MORGAN PARK.The boys now have a physical instructor, Mr.Perry Payne, and instruction in that line was com­menced last week.Rev. John Williamson, M. D., D. D., the Chautau­qua Bible Reader aud Evangelist, conducted a meet­ing at Blake Hall Sunday at 3 o'clock.On Thanksgiving evening the young ladies of ParkHall gave a reception. The guests as they enteredthe parlor saw ranged along the side of the room along line of persons dressed as ladies of the colonialdays and who were introduced to him as "DaughterDorothy," "Sister Jemima," "Cousin Ruth," "AuntPeggy" and others. An old-fashioned supper wasserved and each guest on returning from the diningroom was presented with a yellow card in shape likea pumpkin, upon which was a quotation often remark­ably pat. Ofter this sides were chosen for an old-fash­ioned spelling match, and this in turn was followed byrecitations by " little Rose" and by songs most appro-. . .� .. . 121priate to the spirit of the occasion. Altogether theday was one which the Morgan Park students willlong remember.On Thanksgiving day a special dinner was served atMorgan Hall, to which all the Academy studentswere invited. They made a happy scene, as theyoung ladies from Park Hall, the boarders at theAcademy Commons, and the Epicureans all gatheredaround one table, with Dean and Mrs. Carman at thehead. At the close after dinner speeches were madeby G. E. Congdon, F. S. Johnson, C. R. Comstockand C. E. Carey. Mr. G. W. Carman was then calledfor and made some appropriate remarks.Amusements."On the Mississippi" will remain at McVicker'sTheatre for at least four weeks longer. It will be theholiday attraction, and a more suitable one couldhardly have been found. One of the many beautifuleffects that the management wish to call particularattention to is the swamp scene. Nothing of the kind,although several attempts have been made in Southernplays of lesser pretensions, has ever before been pre­sented. The fitting of fire bugs, an effect producedby an electrical apparatus constructed for it addsadditional reality to a great stage picture.Mrs. Langtry's fortnight engagement at the ChicagoOpera House bids fair to be one of the largest whichhas been played in Chicago for some time. Therewas a notable outpouring of society people on Mon­day night when she opened .with Sidney Grundy'Sgreat drama, "Esther Sandraz" and a magnificentaudience is assured for every succeeding night of thefirst week, for the advance sale has been the greatestof the season at the opera house. During her secondweek Mrs. Langtry will present several new pieces,including probably "Agatha Tylden, Merchant andShip Owner," which has never been seen here, andher own version of Sardou's latest drama, " Patrie."An operatic event, which has been awaited with anunusual degree of interest and expectancy, is the en­gagement of the famous Camille D' Arville OperaCompany, in the latest success, " Madeleine, or theMagic Kiss." This charming comic opera has madethe most significant hit of any comic opera broughtcut in Europe or America for years past. Its roman­tic story is by Stanislaus Stange, and its music is bythe accomplished musician, Julian Edwards.Frederick Warde and Louis James in "The Lion'sMouth," December 30th. This is the very successfulromantic play by Henry Guy Carleton, which hasmade a great hit this season.One-sixteenth of the college students in the UnitedStates are studying for the ministry.122 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHI CAGO WEEKLY Eastern team, without being carefully studied by theiropponents? When Harvard practiced its players onthe nine in batting a ball thrown under handed in imi­tation of Bower's peculiar style, was 'that taking anunfair advantage of the Eli's? Mr. Stagg did studyMichigan's game, and evolved tactics for meeting theirplays, and the sooner Michigan learns to profit by hisPUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.CHARLES H. GALLION, MANAGERHENRY C. MURPHY, MANAGING EDITORT. W. MORAN, - ASSISTANT EDITORE. A. BUZZELL, -WILBER M. KELSO, - - ADVERTISING_ ALUM.NI example, the better for them. Then follows a mean,SUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),OFFICE HOURS, 9.30 TO 11.30 $ 752 50The WEEKLY may be found on sale at the office of the University Press,McClurg's, Brentano's, Curry's, and all News Stands South of 39th Street.Advertising rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,58th Street and Ellis A venue, Chicago.Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, III.SMAE.TING under the virtual defeat for theMichigan team on Thanksgiving Day, theUniversity if Michigan Daily makes an unjust,unsportsmanlike charge against Mr. Stagg, to theeffect that he learned Michigan's signals and impartedthem to his team. While we are willing to believethat the article may have been the hasty, ill-advisedproduction of one of the editors, and not in accord­ance with the general sentiment of the University, yet,as nothing modifying the general tone of the articlehas since appeared, we must accept it, though regret­fully, as the sentiment of the Michigan team.To take up the charges etc., verbatim, in the firstplace, it is and always has been regarded as perfectlylegitimate to get the signals of the opposing team inwhatever way possible, but on the other hand we canstate with absolute assurance that Chicago did hotknow Michigan's signals, and this charge is all themore ludicrous, when it is remembered that Michigan'sboast a short time ago was that a code of signals hadbeen secured that would defy finding out. Thesecond charge is that Mr. Stagg traveled 300 milesto study Michigan'S method of play, and this actionis hotly stigmatized. The utter fabulousness of such acharge is apparent to anyone familiar with Easternathletics. Does the editor of the University if Mich£­{an Daily think that � game is ever played by a big personal, ungrounded attack on Mr. Stagg. We arenot always in accord with Mr. Stagg's policy, andalways feel perfectly free to say so when we are not,but his reputation, happily, is not in the keeping ofthe University if Michigan Daily, and there is nothingthat would rally to his support fair-minded men morethan when after entering a fair and open contest in amanly way, he is stabbed in the back by those thathave been virtually vanquished. Mr. Stagg and Mr.Allen need no defense. Here they are; their athleticrecord will speak for them.The last count in the indictment but one is thatthe game was rough. We have interviewed scores ofMichigan alumni in this city in an altogether promis­cuous fashion and not one of them charges roughnessonThe part of Chicago. Captain Baird, however,never got into a scrimmage without kicking or slug­ging, and he apologized to Allen for it after the game.An accusation of roughness comes with ill grace fromMichigan of all teams.Finally fault was found with the umpiring. Thisis all the more remarkable because the ruling off ofGale doubtless gave Michigan the touchdown andnominal victory. . Chicago, however, has preferred toaccept the actions of the officials of the game withoutdissent, but since the question is raised, we would re­mind Michigan that the first time they got possessionof the ball at their five-yard line, they came fully twofeet short of making the requisite gain, but the ref­eree allowed it.Weare sorry to enter in to this con troversy, but itwas not of our choosing. VvT e should prefer to letthe managements of the two teams profit by the ex­perience' of this year, and keep their grievances outof the college prints, as the writer to the article inquestion admits at the outset, and as Captain Bairdsaid, Chicago was underestimated by' Michigan atleast, and the game was the great one of the year forthe team, and the work of the fall was carried on withthis end in view. We submit, then, that it would beUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.more manly and more dignified for Michigan to ac­cept the game as it stands, and be thankful that a suc­cession of fortunate circumstances won for them thegame. No apology for the small score is necessary.Until the game with Cornell, their playing certainlydid not justify them in hoping to win from Chicago.THE CLOSE of the football season brings with itthe perennial storm of objections to the gamefrom the weak-kneed brethren. The criticismsagainst football have come so uniformly from peoplewho have never seen a game, and consequently are ascapable of judging its merits as a Tennessee moon­shiner is of writing a system of political ethics, thatbut for the stand the newspapers have taken in thematter it would be superfluous to offer any reply. Thegenerality of people are not usually much impressedwith the' gratuitous expressions of opinion by Mr. X.on any and every subject under the sun that may beattracting public notice, unless that gentleman airs hisviews through the editorial columns of a newspaper.Then as in the days of Horace Greeley when thefarmers in the interior of New York believed thatevery word in The York Tribune was written by Mr.Greeley and therefore indisputable, kind readers havebeen little prone to question the right of au editorialwriter to speak with authority on anything he turnshis pen to. Unfortunately the editorials on footballare based mainly on a perusal of the sporting papers,and the average sporting editor-again unfortunately,but little acquainted with football-thinks it ,a goodjoke to frighten anxious mammas and papas by givinggenerous space to vivid accounts of accidents or ofslugging. The space writer is quick to catch the de­sires of his chief and a sprained knee or a bleedingnose is sufficient basis for "a good story," and as afurther illustration of the jocose methods of the mod­ern sporting editor, one of them, connected with aChicago daily paper, was receiving through a long-dis­tance-telephone a report of the Yale-Harvard game atSpringfield, posting frequent bulletins of the result.However, the dry details of end runs and true playsdid not attract sufficient attention, so-every time thegame was stopped for a winded player, a bulletin an­nounced a serious injury, a possible fatality. Thescheme was effective, too. In five minutes the streetsaround the office were blockaded.As long as newspaper writers confine themselves tothe facts and tell the truth no one can reasonably ob- 123ject to their effusions. But when they go out of theirway in long and tedious editorials to mistake facts tobring forth false statistics and to do everything possi­ble to prejudice a trusting public against a great gameit is time to enter a protest. The question of the bru­tality of football need not be discussed here, nor needits good points be enumerated. The whole evidencewe have had of the brutality of the game -in our ownUniversity consists of a few bruises and sprains, noneof which have been serious, and football men in otherwestern institutions have suffered as little as we.Simply because the Springfield game was a' sluggingexhibition is football to be condemned? Emphati­cally.. no! It is the one distinctly college game, intowhich professionalism can never enter and it shouldbe upheld by the outside public as well as by the col­lege man.THE -QUARTERLY examinations occur nextweek, and social and athletic affairs are lostsight of in the grand effort of preparation forthe finals. Kerosene oil will be burned midnightlyuntil the trials are over and Professor Shorey's advice"to cram" will be obeyed punctiliously by thosewho have" all unguarded watched the moments fly"during the past three months. Let us quote in partfrom the editoral on cramming published a few weeksago: " Be sure and memorize the right thing. If youwould cram effectually you must grasp the main pointsof your subject." It is to be hoped that the delightwhich some students feel in being with certainteachers in certain courses, may not lead them tomake their presence a necessity in those courses bytheir failure to pass the finals. Here's to the successof everyone IFOOTBALL on Christmas day at the GoldenGate! The trip of the team to Leland, Stan­ford and other points in California is assured.A telegram received Monday from the Stanford teamannounces that a guarantee of $r ,000, or 75 per centof the gross gate receipts of the great game, will beour team. Arrangements have been made to havethe team leave Tuesday next. The men will have aspecial car, and while on the outward trip they willbe permitted only the regulation training diet.The Stanford team has kept in active training sinceits victory over the University of California teamThanksgiving day, and the Christmas game will bea great one.124College Verse.WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE." My boy, you look weary and wan;You are working too hard with your Greek,10 try, from constructions obscure,Some plausible meaning to seek."UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The trip will be the longest one ever taken by afootball team and it is attracting attention throughoutthe country. Twenty-five thousand people attendedthe Thanksgiving-day game at San Francisco, and ifwe are to credit the prophesy of the Chronicle of thatcity, as large a crowd will witness the Christmasgame. Besides this game other contests will be ar­ranged for open dates on the way back. The menwho will probably go are Wyant, Allen, Rullkoetter,Roby, Knapp, Gale, Lamay, Hering, Coy, Nichols,'Black, McCaskill, Yundt, Garrey, Hirschburger.Ewing may possibly go. Stagg will accompany theteam.THE BASKET-BALL contests having been re­vived, students can look forward to interestingentertainments on Saturday afternoons duringthe dull winter months. While basket-ball can neverhope to attract the interest that football and otherout-door sports do, it is an interesting game, and onewhich gives opportunity for great skill and cleverness.The new rules have modified the game considerablyand the play will be sharper and more interesting towatch than heretofore. There is a great deal of goodmaterial in the gymnasium classes and a fine teamshould represent the university.The WEEKLY is not inclined to favor the proposedplan of entering the Chicago Y. M. C. A. league. Itis not necessary to state that the University of Chicagobasket-ball team is not a Y. M. C. A. organization, andit would seem to be out of his sphere in a Y. M. C. A.league. While there are not many good basket-ballteams out of these associations, there are still enough tofill all the dates which the University has free. Gameswith the best association teams could then be arranged,and there is no doubt that there would be as good aschedule as if we were members of the league.The spectacle of a university basket-ball team in aY. M. C. A. league would be quite as ridiculous asthat of our football eleven in a high school league.A LARGE omnibus, containing the Southbridge -Football Club, was struck by a locomotive ofthe New York and New England railroad, andthree young men were instantly killed and elevenothers injured, some, it is feared, fatally.-Da£ryPaper.And still enthusiasts Will argue that football i�not a dangerous game, "No, no," he wearily said,The meaning I plainly can see;But I'm worn out trying to makeThe text and the pony agree."=s. W. P. U. Journal.Full many a flower is born to blush unseenAnd waste its sweetness on the desert air;Full many � tramp in filth and rag is seen,Who might, with pluck, have been a millionaire.PROPOSAL A LA MODE.He does not kneel there at her feetAnd for her love implore,He would not spoil his trouser's creaseBy stooping to the floor.No words of'Iove, no vows of faithHe whispers in her ear,But, twirling his mustache, he asks," Can you support me, dear?"- Yale Record.A PLOWER AND A HEART.A blow and the jewel is lost,Or a flower's sweet life is done.Ah, the jewel may find a setting new,But the flower knows none.A word and a mind is darkOr a heart's'sweet love is done.Ah, the mind may find a love anew,But the heart knows none ..Red and Blue.MEDLEY,I remember in my dreaming,The place where I was born,The mouth of the old river,The ears upon the corn,The eyes of the potatoes,The limbs of all the trees,The foot of a big mountain,The veins within the leaves,The fingers of the whisky,The brow upon the hill,The necks of all the bottles,The woodpecker with the bill,The weeping of the willow,The whisper of the pine,The laughing of the brooklet,The blushing of the wine.- Yale Record.THE CONVERSION,She told him surely 'twas not rightTo smoke a pipe from morn to night.If Indeed," cried he, "what would you, dear?, 'Tis but to aid my thoughts of you."I' Why, then," she whispered, nestling near,�'Why, then, I love y�ur old pi pe, too.". . -.,-.-Harvard Advocate.... .',• I ",UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 125AFTERMATH.Next day he wandered o'er the courtWhere their" love set" was played,And sudden spied a treasure-troveThe crisp-cut turf displayed-Like to a crinkled sunbeamClasped by a jeweled star,He took it into custodyAnd murmered, "Honi soit! "- Vassar Miscellany.THE GIFT.Give me to tell thee, dearest,That the lily and the roseTogether seek, on thy beauteous cheek,A sweet repose.Give me to tell thee, dearestThat thine eyes are clear and bright,And where'er they shine, like a ray divine,Flashes a light.Give me to tell thee, dearest,That thy voice is very sweet,And soft and low, as the streamlet's flow,Beneath our feet.Give me to tell thee, dearest,How I have loved thee we11,With a love so strong, that no mortal SOIlg,Its force can tell.Give me an answer, dearest,With those deep, bright eyes of thine,I ask not a word, for true love is heardIn each mute sign.Give me thyself, then, dearest,Give me to call thee mine,And with me stay, from this happy day,A Gift divine.- M.MY BELIEF.*I was a pious child,Believed much in the Lord-That he was a Shepherd in the Heaven,And we an earthly herd.Oh, the Shepherd in the HeavenI forgot in earthly pride,But that men are a terd-To believe-lam yet tied.-Hyman C. Encloio.On Primeval Solitude: A Sonnet.But night is echo of that early solitudeWhen man was bound in kinship with the star,To those dim worlds whose light is from afar,Those realms wherein no shadowings of earth intrude.Into whose vastness we. all space and time include;Thereto no element of man hath trodThe ancient, fancied realm of God.That is a reason like Death's calm, a preludeTo that unarising couch, beladen with the peaceThat melody distills when wafted by a choir of angels.This solitude was man's primeval stateIn unrecorded time 'fore God did ceaseWith earth's conception; thereto our thought propelsTo draw nigh him as once, e'er we departed from His gate.JOSEPH LEISER,Nov. 4, '94·*From the Russian. In Memoriam.WHEREAS, Our Heavenly Father has, in His inscrut­able wisdom, called to Himself the beloved wife of ourbrother, W. C. Halbert, Therefore, be itResolved, That the members of the Divinity Schooldo herewith express to our brother and other bereavedfriends, the deepest sympathy of our hearts in thishour of their affliction, and that we pray and trustthat the full richness of the consolation of our suf­fering and sympathetic Saviour may be vouchsafedto them. F. J. SANDERS,C. W. FLETCHER,}. V. FRADENBURG.University of Chicago,Dec. 5, 1894.The Apollo Club.The Apollo musical club opens the season of '94-, 95 with the" Messiah" December 20 at the Audi­torium. The four concerts will be the best musicalpresentation in Chicago this year.The Chicago orchestra has been engaged for thefirst, second and third concerts.The Apollo Club this year appears before the publicwith the assurance that. they have raised the alreadyhigh standard of excellence which has been estab­lished by the club. Students will find these concertsexceedingly entertaining and instructive; a rare mu­sical treat.The box office is open daily from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.at the piano rooms .of Lyon, Potter & Co., 174 and176 Wabash avenue. Season tickets only will besold. Prices -$1.00, $1.50, $3.00, $5.00, $6.00 and$7.5°, according to location.An Expert Talks on Football.A football expert, who has made for himself a greatreputation on an Eastern football team, gave theWEEKLY his individual opinion of the two teamswhich fought such a glorious battle on Marshall fieldThanksgiving day. The gentleman was unwilling tohave his name given because of his close relationswith the Michigan college, but were it to be pub­lished his remarks would attract wide attention.The speaker was entirely in sympathy with the U. ofM. team, but as he himself said, "·such gloriouswork as that of the Chicago team's must not go with­out just recognition even from a Michigan supporter.""I have watched the progress of the two teamsfrom the beginning of the season," the gentlemansaid, "and I must confess that up to the last twoweeks I was willing to acknowledge that Chicago'seleven was superior to Michigan's. I witnessed thegames Chicago played with Northwestern, Lake For­est, Wisconsin, Iowa and Purdue, and while I alwaysfound ample ground for criticism, I still felt that126 UNIVERS1TY of CHICAGO WEEKLY.Allen had a great team. The games with Purd ueand Iowa, neither of which, I think, resulted in vic­tory for you, were great contests, and should have beenyours. Chicago outplayed Purdue just as she didMichigan, and yet lost. The tied Iowa game wasmade so by unfortunates flukes. For thirty-five min­utes Allen gave Wisconsin the hardest tussel of theseason and it was only after Chicago's best men wereput to sleep that the Badgers ran up any kind of score.I do not mean to say that your team is better thanWisconsin, for I believe that the latter eleven is thestrongest in the West. What I would say is, withEwing, Wyant and the rest of your regular men out,Wisconsin would win only by a small margin. Nowas to to-day's (Thanksgiving day) game. The greatrush the Chicago's made for that south goal afterthe first kick-off was truly wonderful. I saw Mich­igan defeat Cornell last week and I had expected tosee your team held for four downs without gain everytime they got the ball. I was dumbfounded, and sowere the men from Ann Arbor, when Gale, I think itwas, went over for a touchdown. I could hardly be­lieve it. His failure at goal was unfortunate, butshowed that his practice had not been sufficient.Again I looked for some great work by Michiganafter the next kick-off, but while I felt that Michiganwas making a great fight, I saw that 1t was an un­equal battle. Chicago had the better team and herplays were better worked out and deserved to gain,You must know, however, that the gains through Villawere through an injured man. It was a foxy play ofAllen's and those drives took our great tackle's nerveaway. Nichols' runs around the end were good, hav­ing, as he did, but little interference. I think, how­ever, that Nichols is inclined to make.his runs with­out regard to interference. That is a fault which heshould get over as soon as possible. He is a fineplayer, but should take some pointers from Michiganand stay by his interference. Now, my surprise isthat Chicago did not make at least twelve or fourteenpoints. Of course I am glad it was not so, for Ishould have hated to see Michigan go back strippedof her laurels. Chicago's fumbles cost her the game,Nichols and Hirshberger losing the ball within buta few yards of the goals. But then .that was theirfault and Michigan took advantage of it. The greatrushes of the boys from Ann Arbor in the secondhalf did my heart good. Baird's men played a hard,desperate game, and won out just as we were all losingheart. I will not attempt a critical comparison of theindividual players, but will only say that Michiganexcelled in interference while in offensive play Chi­cago had the advantage. In bucking the line, centerand tackle plays Allen's men were superior and goodruns around the end must be credited to the Chicagoteam. Michigan's defense, weak in the first half, was good in the second, and Chicago made but smallgains. It is my frank opinion, while I regret to sayit, that Chicago had the better team, but fate decreedthat she should lose. I can not say what the resultof another game this fall would be and it is improba­ble that the teams will meet again this season. Iwould say, however, look out for Michigan next year.No, I do not care to have my name 'mentioned. Itwould look badly, my identity with Michigan beingwell known and my utterances being so favorable toyour team. However, it is only a just recognitionof its great work."Majors and Minors.Mr. George C. Howland gives a public lecture thisafternoon, in lecture hall at 4 o'clock. The subject isII Tasso."There is to be a concert of nations, given by theEpworth League o'f the M. E. church! Friday evening,December 14th, at the church.Head Professor, John Dewey, addressed the gradu­ate school at their monthly meeting last Monday on" Psychology as a University Study."The popular University examiner, Prof. Frank FrostAbbot", who has been suffering from a severe attack ofbronchitis, is very much improved. Mr. Abbot hasleave of absence until July I, and is staying at Colo­rado Springs.Dr. Rubinkarn will preach the Fore-Father's Daysermon Sunday the roth at University Congregationalchurch, and Dr. Gunsaulus will deliver his fine lectureon Cromwell for the benefit of this church at RosalieHall, December zoth.Professor F. B. Tarbell, formerly a student underthe late Professor Whitney of Yale, will deliver anaddress at the memorial services to be held at theUniversity of Indiana in commemoration of the latedistinguished linguist.Professor Harry Pratt Judson addressed the LawStudents' Association of this city last Friday night.On December 27th Professor Judson will speak beforethe State Teachers' Association of Nebraska, at Lin­coln, on "E4ucation by the State and for the State."Mr. Horace S. Fiske, A. M., has been added to thestaff of the university extension department as lec­turer in English literature. He has just returned tothis country after spending some time in Englandstudying with Professor Dowden and other eminentEnglish scholars. .A French Conversational club has been organizedamong the undergrad uates. Soirees are held everytwo weeks, and comedies will probably be presentedduring the winter. Its members are Misses Scovel, ••,. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ·WEEKLY.Radford, Robinson, Reddy, Teller, Green, Bentley,Pierce, Messrs. Carpenter, Walling, Law, Tooker,Hering, Rood, Mellen, Drew and Blackmarr.The usual Monday afternoon social took place atKelly Hall. The young ladies welcomed an unusuallylarge host of visitors, all of whom enj oyed a mostdelightful afternoon.Arrangements have been made for the convocationto be held at the Auditorium, January 2. The addresson that occasion will be delivered by President SethLow, of Columbia College, on "The University andits Relations to Questions of the Times."The Independent Electric Company are making alittle machine called the Whitely Excelsior, which isa light and 1110st complete home gymnasium. A greatmany people, who are accustomed to taking exercisein various ways during the summer, find that, as thecold weather comes on, they soon lose all the goodthey have gained during their summer outing. Seeadvertisement elsewhere.A French club has been formed in the Universityfor the purpose of cultivating fluency in the exactParisian method of pronunciation. Later the clubwill hold meetings of a social nature, but all subjectsother than French politics or French literature will beforbidden and all refreshments will be served by a realFrench chef. The members are not without aspira­tions in the dramatic line, comedies in the originalbeing one of the interesting features.President Harper.iaccompanied by Martin L. Ryer­son, C. Y. Hutchinson, Major Rust, Dr. Goodsped,George Walker, and Professor Hale and secretary ofthe astronomy department, j ournied to the site of theYerkes observatory at Lake Geneva last week. Thelocation of the building is fixed and the work hasbegun. The building will be three hundred andtwenty feet long, extending over more than half ablock. President Harper is very enthusiastic overthe location, and thinks that a better one could not befound.Business Notices.ROOMS.For Rent.-Furnished or unfurnished rooms in theGeneva, 57th and Madison avenue. Board furnishedat $4.00 per week. Apply at 57 I 5 Madison avenue,r st flat. II-ItRooms.-At 5756 Madison avenue, a limited num­ber can secure best table board (home cooking), $4.00per week. Special rates and separate tables for par­ties of four or more. 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