UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, No. 13.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 3, 1S95., The President's Statement.The following extracts from President Harpe!' sstatement are deemed to be interesting to old andnew students. They contain the most importantannouncements:Members of the University, Trustees, Colleagues, Studentsand Friends: Of the year's seasons, none is more appropriatefor the purpose of our convocation, none more consistent withits spirit, than the holidays. At this time our hearts are full ofjoy and gladness, for the world has just engaged in mutualinterchange of tokens of love. That which Christianity repre,sents-peace aud good-will toward men-in this period receivesthe strongest emphasis. At this time, too, our minds are fullof new and nobler purpose with reference to the future. Andeven should these fail of accomplishment, to have purposedaud have failed is better than never to have purposed.. Although we have worked along the same lines as before,the life itself has not been characterized by monotony, nor hasit known anything of this sameness. In many respects it hasbeen a new life since we have dealt individually as' an institu­tion with new questions, or at all events with new phases of oldquestions.The number in attendance during the quarter has been 1,000,an increase of 252 over the attendance of the autumn quarter of'93, which was 748. This increase was distributed as follows:The graduate school, from 232 to 295; the divinity schools,from 159 to 210; colleges of the University, from 357 to 495.The per cent of increase is a little over 33;0.With the beginning of the next scholastic year the depart­ment of pedagogy will be organized under the direction ofProfessor John Dewey, who is also head of the department ofphilosophy.COLLEGE ATHLE1'ICS DISCUSSED.Much ado is being made at the present time about collegeathletics. Because in some cases there have been exhibitionsof brutalIty a hue and cry has been raised against someof the most popular forms of athletic activity. It is the oldstory of use and abuse. That which may be abused must notbe used. But the principle if carried out would work vast mis­chief. There is no virtue which may not be made a vice. Shalleverything capable of abuse be given up or shall we not per­form a greater service for the world by going forward underproper rules and regulations? We may grant that limbs arebroken and lives lost; but we must remember that there is noform of life's activity which is not attended with risk. Weclose our eyes to all danger to life and limb when questions ofbusiness 'are concerned. If the world can afford to sacrificethe lives of men for commercial gain, it can much more easilyafford to make similar sacrifices upon the al tar of vigorous andunsullied manhood. The question of a life or of a score of. lives is nothing compared with that of moral purity, humanself-restraint, i n the interests of which, among college men,outdoor athletics sports contribute more than all other agenciescombined. [Applause.'] If athletics have been prostituted bygamblers and pugilists, let the college world come to therescue and assign them to the place to which they belong.Woe betide the day when our college men, without tempta­tions of every kind besetting them, become slothful, so demor­alized, so diseased, as to lose their interest in athletics. In the University of Chicago athletic work is directly and exclusivelyunder the control of the University authorities. It will so re­main. The University has encouraged athletic sports; it willcontinue to encourage them. We believe that this is an im­portant part of college and University life. We shall see to it,however, that no man upon a University team shall ever have asecond opportunity to disgrace either himself or the University.[Applause.] At home and with the teams of other institu­tions we shall endeavorto cultivate a spirit that shall be in thetruest sense elevating.REQUIREMENTS IN STUDY.An important step in connection with the curriculum of thecolleges has been taken by the faculty in introducing as a re­quirement two courses of study in the department of philoso­phy. These courses may be selected either in ethics, in thehistory of philosophy, in logic, or psychology. The probabil­ity is that the average student would be the gainer, if the num­ber of electives were still further reduced. As Professor Hydehad expressed it, "the doctrine of the equivalence of studiesfor the purpose of admission to college is as absurd as the doc­trine that in preparing to build a house it makes no differencewhether you begin with the work of the stonemason in the cel­lar, or with the work of the carpenter on the roof. If you putin an equal amount of labor, the house is as near completion inthe one case as the other. It does not matter whether youbuild your house from the roof down or from the foundationup. Some studies are fundamental to a liberal education. Toomit them is to build upon the sand. To postpone them is tobuild from the roof down. Latin is fundamental to the studyof language, literature, law, history, and all that concerns theexpression man has made of himself in art, letters, politics,and institutions. The Romans built the highways on whichcivilization has marched for eighteen centuries, and it is astrue of the intellectual world to-day as it was of the politicalworld under Augustus that all roads lead to Rome. The manwho has never studied Latin :finds all forms of liberal studyblind and unintelligible. By a dead lift of arbitrary memoryhe will have to learn roots and words and forms of speechwhich with the aid of a little Latin would become rationallyintelligible. He will have to dig out of dictionaries the deadbones of references aud allusions which a little classical learn­ing would have clothed with life. He will be able to traceback the origin of institutions, the significance of terminology,the motives of art almost to their source, only to be baffled atlast and compelled to give up the quest.The University sees, therefore, great danger in this multipli­cation of subjects to be studied, this early specializing, andthis doctrine of equivalency of subjects.Why not regard the freshmen and the sophomore years as agreat clearing-house, and make entrance to the junior year thereal University entrance, instead of entrance to the freshmanclass? If there were a universal desire on the part of princi­pals and students for the university to adopt the certificate sys­tem, if there were unlimited means with which satisfactorilyto inspect the secondary schools, the question would not be sodifficult. But with the good results of the examination systemas carried out by Yale and Harvard, although we must confessthat the circumstauces are different, with the utter inability onthe part of the University to do the work of inspection neces­sary, with the earnest desire on the part of many principals142 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.that the examinations be continued--the University has notthus far seen its way to introduce any change in the plan whichwas originally adopted. It confesses that the present systemis not satisfactory; it believes that something better may yetbe found; it is making an earnest effort to find this better plan;it asks the assistance of all who are interested in secondaryeducation in solving what must be regarded' as the most diffi­cult practical question with which a university is obliged tograpple.Shortly after the death of the late lamented Professor Swing,it was suggested by Dr. John Henry Barrows that an appro­priate memorial would be a University chapel. This suggestionwas approved by many of Professor Swing's friends and bymembers of his family.What will come of it? Probably nothing. And yet thename of Professor Swing will have suffered nothing because ofthe proposal thus to identify it with the University, and theUniversity will be pleased to remember that by the most inti­mate friends of Professor Swing and by the members of hisown family it was adjudged worthy of being the institutionwith which his name should forever be preserved.DONATIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY.� Since our last meeting several thousand dollars have beencontributed to the woman's building. A strong effort is beingmade to secure the remainder of the sum needed, about $50,000,during the month of January in order that the work on thebuilding may be completed by October 1. A committee ofwomen has assumed the responsibility of raising the sum. Thenames of the committee give guaranty that they will accom­plish anything which they may undertake.The plan agreed upon by the University and the Disciples'Divinity House has been carried out. A house was organizedOctober I, with the appointment of Mr. H. L. Willett as actingdean. The membership has numbered seventeen. Arrange­ments are being made for the purchase of land and the build­ing of a separate building as a home of the house. The exam­ple of the Disciples in founding a divinity house is to befollowed by the Cumberland Presbyterians. At a meeting ofthe Synod of Illinois, held in Chicago in October, it was votedto establish a divinity house in connection with the University,and a board of trustees was appointed to carry the plan intoeffect. The friends of Professor .N orthrop will be pleased tolearn that he has returned from his special vacation, and thathe is ready to take up again his work as in days gone by. [Ap­plause.]The history of the work of the University Extension divisionfor the quarter just closing cannot be told in a few words. Ishall therefore not attempt to tell it. Sixty-four courses of sixlectures each have been given to audiences aggregating 13,000people. These courses were given at sixty-four centers, ofwhich nine were in the city of Chicago, twenty-nine in theState of Illinois outside of Chicago, five in the State of Indiana,seven in Iowa, thirteen in Michigan and one in Missouri.The trustees have already authorized the addition of severalmembers to the staff. How long now will extension workcontinue? When will it be possible for the University to giveup this division of the work? Not until the men and womenin this great city and in the cities and towns of the surround­ing States shall have attained perfect knowledge in respect toall those things which are accustomed to be taught by teach­ers. So long as there is work for the University to do so longwill there be room for the University Extension.The donor of Snell Hall, Mrs. Henrietta Snell, has very gen­erously given to the University the furnishing for a reception­room in the hall and for a clubroom in the basement. Thesefurnishings include furniture, rugs, and decorations. The gift also included an upright piano. The University acknowledgeswith much appreciation this token of Mrs. Snell's continuedinterest in its work. We are also indebted to Mrs. George S.Adams for gifts of furniture and furnishings to Nancy FosterHall.. The University acknowledges the gift from Mrs. Hugh A.White, Evanston, 111., of the library of her late husband, whowas one of the trustees of the Lewis Institute .. The librarycontains 1,500 volumes.Walker Museum has received from Mr. Ryerson the gift of a. Mexican collection. This collection consists of over 200 piecesof Indian pottery, many of which show great skill in decora­tion. The University has also received from Mr. Ryerson agift of $10,000 to be used for the purchase of apparatus for theRyerson Physical Laboratory. [Applause.] Our obligation,already great, to Mr. Ryerson, the honored president of thetrustees, is by these acts of generosity made still greater.Our friends will remember the gift to the Univereity in Maylast of $20,000 by Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell for the establish­ment of a lectureship in the department of comparative relig­ion. They will also remember a second gift, made to the Uni­versity in June, by Mrs. Haskell, of $100,000 for the erection ofan oriental museum. The plans of this building have beenpractically finished, and arrangements will be made for begin­ning the erection of the building early in the coming spring.But our kind friend, Mrs. Haskell, had not done for the Uni­versityall that she was to do. She has given the sum of $20,000for the founding of a second lectureship on the relations ofChristianity and the other religions. These lectures, six ormore in number, are to be given in Calcutta, India, and, ifdeemed best, in Bombay, Madras, or some other of the chiefcities of Hindustan, where large numbers of educated Hindoosare familiar with the English language. [Applause.j It isher request that this lectureship shall bear the name of JohnHenry Barrows, who has identified himself with the work ofpromoting frieudly relations between Christian America andthe people of India. [Applause. 1 The money has alreadybeen paid in, and the plan announced in India. The letterswhich have been received from there show that the propositionhas met with even unexpected favor.MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFT.The work of the University, though limited to the facultiesof divinity and of arts, literature and science, has been organ­ized upon a large scale. With a staff of one hundred and sev­enty-five officers and instructors, with sixty graduate fellows,with journals and publications in various departments, with ademand for new books and apparatus which can never be sat­isfied, the University finds it possible to make wise expenditureof all the money its friends may furnish. [Laughter.] Werealize that the needs of the University are more than its regu­lar income can supply. Appreciating this fact, recognizingthe importance of securing the apparatus of various kindsneeded for the proper prosecution of the work which has beenundertaken, and desiring that the work might be carried onwithout abatement in any particular, the founder of the Uni­versity, Mr. Rockefeller, has, within the past week, generouslynotified us that he will contribute toward the general expensesof the scholastic year beginning July I, 1895, the sum of $175,-000. [Applause.] In a recent interview with Mr. Rockefellerhe expressed his high appreciation of the magnificent contri­butions of Chicago's citizens. He watches closely the progresswhich we are making, and declares himself thoroughly satis­fied with the way in which the trustees of the University havedischarged the responsibilities intrusted to them. That he iswith us heart and soul he has shown by this magnificent gift;not for endownment, but for current expenditure. This gift,with the income derived from other sources, provides the Un i-UN1VERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.versity with the sum of $600,000 for the expenditures of theyear beginning July I, 1895.The new year, with its anxieties and its hopes, is before us.We shall find in it better opportunities for self-improvementand better opportunities for work which will assist others.May the God of all strength and all wisdom grant to us, toeach one of us, the strengh and the wisdom to do the workassigned us in a way which shall be pleasing to Him.The Tourists.THE DESCENT OF THE ROCKIES.The tourists have now reached the summit of theRocky Mountains-that is, as near the summit as itis possible to get by rail. At Stephen Station theyare at an altitude of 5,296 feet. This is also thefarthest point north reached by the railroad, beingtwo hundred miles north of the United States andabout on a line with the boundary line of Washing­ton and Idaho. At this point the tourists decided totry the excitement of a ride on an engine through theRockies and through the kindness of the engineerwere permitted to mount the big ten wheeler. Fromhere on, while there is a gradual descent, it is by aseries of ups-and-downs, and after crossing the deepgorge of the Kicking Horse River, the scenery issublime, almost terrible. The line clings to themountain-side on the left, and the valley on the rightgradually deepens until the river is seen as a gleam­ing thread a thousand feet below. Looking to theright one of the grandest mountain-valleys in theworld stretches way to the north, with great white,glacier- bound peaks on either side. Soon the slopeof Mount Stephen is reached, and on its shoulderalmost 8,000 feet overhead, is seen a shining greenglacier, 800 feet in thickness, which is slowly pressingforward and over a vertical cliff of great height. Pass­ing through a short tunnel, and hugging the base ofthe mountain closely the main peak is lost to view fora few minutes; but as the train turns sharply away,it soon reappears with startling suddeness, and itshighly colored dome and spires illuminated by thesun seem to arise as a flame shooting into the sky.Presently the river turns suddenly and plunges intothe lower Kicking Horse canyon, down which it dis­putes the passage with the railway. The canyonrapidly deepens and the mountain-sides become verti­cal, rising up thousands of feet, and within a stone'sthrow from wall. to wall. Down this vast chasm gothe river and the railway together, the latter crossingfrom side to side to ledges cut out of the solid. rock,twisting and turning in every direction, and everyminute or two plunging through projecting angles ofrock which seem to close the way. The engine seems,like a human, to gather all its strength for a mightyplunge from ledge to ledge. At one point a bridge iscrossed which the engineer tells us is higher than theMasonic Temple in Chicago. At another place we 143come to the sharpest curve in the world, around aspur in the mountain, at an angle of twenty-twodegrees. Here the iron monster is slowed up until itseems hardly to move at all. A running rate ofeighteen miles an hour around this curve would throwthe entire train from the track and a thousand feetdown the mountain-side. With the towering cliffsalmost shutting out the sunlight, with the roar of theriver and train increased an hundredfold by the echo­ing walls, the passage of this terrible gorge will neverbe forgotten.THE SELKIRK RANGE.After leaving Golden the broad Columbia river iscrossed. Looking ahead we see the beautiful SelkirkMountains rising from their forest-clad bases and lift­ing their ice-crowned heads farinto the sky. Theyex­tend in an apparently unbroken line, gradually meltinginto the remote distance. It is in the Selkirks that wesee some of the.finest scenery and the most remarkableglaciers in the world. At this point we begin to seethe remains of worked-out gold and silver mines. AtDonald we turn our watches back one hour to con­form to Pacific standard time. Our watches are nowthree hours slower than when we boarded the train atFort William on Lake' Superior. From a stationcalled Six-mile Creek, one sees ahead, up the Beavervalley, a long line of the higher peaks of the Sel­kirks, culminating in an exceedingly longer pinnacle,named Sir Donald. From here we meet continuousgrades' of II 6 feet to the mile. Here are miles ofsnow sheds made of vast timbers, as costly in theirconstruction as bridges of the same length. The wayis between enormous precipices. Mt. Macdonaldtowers a mile and a quarter above the railway in al­most vertical height. Its base is but a stone'sthrowdistant, and it is so sheer, so bare. so stupendous, andyet so near that one is overawed by a sense of im­mensity and mighty grandeur. This is the climax ofmountain scenery. At Rogers Pass we are at an alti­tude of 4275 feet again. This pass was named afterMajor A. B. Rogers, by whose adventurous energy itwas discovered ten years ago, previous to which timeno human foot had penetrated to the summit of thisgreat central range .. The pass lies between two linesof huge, snow-clad peaks. That on the north formsa prodigious amphitheatre, -under whose parapetseven or eight thousand feet above the valley, half adozen glaciers may be seen at once, and so near thattheir shining fissures are distinctly visible. Thispass has been reserved by the government as a na­tional park. For twenty miles we climb along themountain-sides, through dense forests of enormoustrees, until, near the summit, we find ourselves in themidst of a wonderful group of peaks of fantasticshapes and many colors. At the summit itself, fourthousand five hundred feet above tide-water, is a nat-144 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY�ural resting-place - a broad level area surrounded bymountain monarchs, all of them in the deadly em­brace of glaciers. Strange, under this warm sum­mer's sky, to see this battle going on between rocksand ice - a battle begun ages ago and to continue forages to come! To the north, and so near usthat weimagine that we hear the crackling of the ice, is agreat glacier whose clear green fissures we can plainlysee. To the south is another, vastly larger, by theside of which the greatest of those of the Alps wouldb� insignificent. Smaller glaciers find lodgment onall the mountain benches and slopes, whence innu­merable sparkling cascades of icy water come leap­in-g down. Descending the mountain we approachth eGreat Glacier, larger than all those of Switzer­land combined. We shall describe this in a futurearticle.QUEER NAMES.Some of the names a traveler in British America hasto contend with form one of the greatest obstacles totravel in this country. To be able to pronounce themall with ease is a liberal education in itself. Thetowns of Lachevotiere, Yamachiche, Sault aux Rec­ollets, Hochelaga, Shubenacadie, Caughnawoga, Mal­lawamkeag and Kaministiqua, consist principally ofname. The following towns on the Canadian Pacificfollow each other in quick succession: Sudbury, Ray­side, Chelmsford, Larchwood, Onoping, Cartier.Straight Lake, Pogamasing, Metagama, Biscotasing,Woman River, Redout and Nemegosenda. They area mixture of Indian and French names and one is asbad as the other. It is said that three different train­men whose duty it was to call these stations have diedof lockjaw.Snake Hill, Thistle, Jack Fish, Hawk Lake, RedJacket and Indian Head contain many pleasant homesand Rat Portage is one of the most important townsin Western Canada. Moosejaw is an abridgment ofthe Indian name, which, literally translated, is "The­creek-where-the-white - man - mended- the-cart-with-a­moose-j a w- bone.At Swift Currant we take refreshments. It is agrowing city of sixteen families. Soon after passingGoose Lake we come to Medicine Hat. Other placeswith interesting names are Otter Tail, Beaver Mouth,Bear Creek, Salmon Arm; Ducks, Spatsum, Anthra­cite and the mining town of Old Wild Horse.There is a Red Sucker Tunnel, Thunder Bay, ElbowBridge, Turtle Mountain, Sundance and Devils' HeadCanyon, Echo and Kicking Horse River, Sam's Land­ing, Devil's Gap, Surprise Creek, and Hell's GatePass.Those who think there is not much in a name mustdecide that there is more in some of these names thanthe average linguist canget out of them. Football Games on The Coast.Five thousand people witnessed the football game. in San Francisco on Christmas Day, which resultedin a brilliant victory for Chicago. The Stanford menwere outplayed at every point and seemed to lack that·snap and vim which characterized Chicago'S play.The team work of the 'Varsity men was all thatcould be desired, their interference marvelous.The game started with the ball in Chicago's posses­sion. For a while it see-sawed back and forth withthe advantage slightly in favor of Chicago, Stanford'slack of interference being very evident. They keptsending men around the ends unguarded, gaininglittle, if any ground. On the contrary, when a Chi­cago man got the ball, he was usually good for alarge gain. After a series of unavailing strugglesStanford finally punted, the ball being secured byLamay, 'who made the star run of the game. Hestarted from Chicago's ten-yard line and dodgingthrough the Stanford line, behind an invincible wallof interference, advanced steadily to the five-yard linewhere he was downed. Stanford then made a valiantstand, Chicago losing the ball on downs when withinone foot of the goal line. Stanford punted to the cen­ter of the field and the half was over. Score 0 to o.At the opening of the second half Stanford kickedoff, Chicago getting the ball and working it well intoher opponent's territory. Gale bucked the center forseveral good gains and Hirschberger sneaked aroundthe end for a touchdown. He kicked a goal and thescore was: Chicago, 6; Stanford, o. Again Stanfordkicked and again the Chicago men advanced the pig­skin to the five-yard, line. Here the Palo' Alto play­ers got it and punted. Hirschberger fumbled butNichols took the ball to Stanford's twenty-five yardline. Gale, Ewing and Allen made some pretty runs,Ewing making the second touchdown. Hirschbergerkicked another goal and six points more were addedto Chicago's score.Shortly after the kick-off, the ball was passed toHirschberger for a kick, but he fumbled and kept theball. He tried another kick which was blocked byStanford, but Nichols grabbed the leather sphere and,aided by magnificent interference, ran seventy yardsand scored a touchdown. Kennedy kicked thirtyyards but Hering dodged back for fifteen. Chicagowas given, ten yards more on off-side play and Hirsh­berger gained forty around the left end, bringing theball to Stanford's twenty-five-yard line. Allen thenwent around the left for another touchdown. Hirsch­berger kicked successfully again making Chicago 24.On the next kick-off Kennedy sent the ball fortyyards into Chicago's territory, Wyant returning it.Kennedy again punted and Lewis broke through anddowned his man on Chicago's twenty-five yard line.Stanford got the ball on a fumble and Kennedy buckedUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.the center for five yards. _ Cockran gained ten morearound the right end. Several attempts at buckingthe line were unsuccessful, Chicago getting the ballon a fumble eight yards from her goal line. The ballwas passed back to Hirschberger for a punt, but hemade a low kick and Stanford blocked' it. The ballbounded behind Chicago's goal line and Frankenhei­mer fell on it, scoring a touchdown for Stanford.Kennedy failed to kick goal and the score stood: Chi­cago, 24; Stanford, 4. Time was called with the ballin the center of the field. The line. up :Chicago. Position. Stanford.Gale. . . . . Left end. . . Lewis.Knapp. . . . Left tackle. . Cochran.Rullkoetter . Left guard. . Fickert.Wyant. . Center.. . . . Hazard.Allen . . Right guard. . Burnett.Roby . . Right tackle. . Hall.Lamay. . Right end . . . Spalding.Hering. . Quarter . . . . Harrelson.Nichols . Right half. . Frankenheimer.Ewing . . Left half . . . Downing.Hirschberger . .. Full back. . . Kennedy.Average weight of Chicago was 161Yz pounds; of Stanford,172 pounds.STANFORD WINS.The second game' with Leland Stanford, playedon the 29th of December, resulted in a disastrousdefeat for Chicago. Heavy rains which fell beforethe game had much to do with the outcome, asthe grounds were rendered soft and soggy, and theconditions were generally unfavorable to Chicago'slight team. Stanford, too, had benefited much by herexperience on Christmas Day in learning Chicago'sstyle of play.Captain Downing stimulated his team wonderfully,his work at right tackle being of the highest quality.Chicago's team work did not show up as well as onChristmas Day, as the players were discouraged bythe condition of the grounds, which favored theirheavier opponents. The game, however, was a bitterstruggle from beginning to end, and its characterclean throughout.Play began with the ball in Stanford's possession,Harrelson kicking thirty-five yards. Hering caughtthe ball but was downed in his tracks. Nicholssmashed through the line for three yards, another fivebeing gained on a couple of mass plays. For tenminutes red-hot play was kept up, the ball alternatingup and down the field in Chicago's territory. Finallyit was advanced to Chicago's fifteen-yardIine. Wedgeand mass plays gave Stanford nine yards more. Ken­nedy was forced through Chicago's interference for atouchdown, which he followed with a goal.Hirschberger kicked twenty-five yards for Chicago.Stanford carried the leather back to within ten yardsof the center. Kennedy gained another ten yards.Stanford then punted thirty yards, and the ball wasforced to Chicago's twenty-five-yard line. Hirsch­berger made a brilliant end play, regaining ten yards,and on the next down punted twenty-five yards more.Nichols made a magnificent run around the end for 145forty yards, and time was called with the ball nearStanford's goal.In the second half the game was even closer. Chi­cago substituted Lamay for Yundt at right end.Chicago, by constant punting, and many wedgeplays advanced the ball to Stanford's five-yard line.Here Stanford got it on downs, Kennedy puntingthirty-five yards. Yale, Ewings and Nichols, by cen­ter bucking regained twenty-five yards. Reynolds,of Stanford, then captured the ball and carriedit forty yards. Again the Chicago men forced itback, and again it was driven by Stanford to withinfour yards of goal. Chicago made a desperate stand,but Kennedy was pushed through for a touchdown.He kicked another goal and time was called shortlyafter with the scores standin�: Stanford, 12; Chi-cago, o.WON BY SLUGGING.Chicage was beaten by the Reliance Athletic Clubon New Year's Day, but not outplayed. The brutalityand foul tactics of the Reliance men accomplishedwhat their playing could not. The Reliance team iscomposed of ex-college men, and contains some of thecrack players of the coast. They are noted for theirhoodlum tactics, and have won more than one' gamethis year through slugging. Their game is charac­terized by jumping on the opposing players whendown, and slugging when the umpire is not looking.Ewing, who played end opposite Sherrard, completelyoutplayed him while in an upright position, but whileon the ground he was struck several times and oncejumped upon. He was finally compelled to quit, fromthe injuries received. Chicago, although disabled bythe loss of several of her best men, played a clean,plucky game from the start. Their team work was farsuperior to that of Reliance, and they outclassedthem completely in general play.Reliance kicked off, Chicago bringing the ball wellback toward center, where it was lost. Walton wentaround the end for fifteen yards, Clemens followingwith twenty-five more. Clemens again circled theend for a large 'gain and the ball was pushed over for atouchdown. The half ended with the ball in Chi­cago's possession in Reliance terri tory.Reliance kicked off again, and the ball was carriedback but fumbled, Reliance securing it. The ballsee-sawed back and forth until toward the end of thegame. Chicago resorted to kicking in order to avoidscrimmages in which Reliance men did their dirtywork. An unfortunate fumble, when the ball was onthe fifteen-yard line, was all that prevented Chicagofrom scoring. The line up:Chicago.Ewing .Allen ' ..RullkoetterWyamKnapp .Roby .Lamay .Hering. .Coy .Nichols .Hirsch berger Reliance.. . . . left end. . '. Sherman.. . . . left tackle. . McMillan.· left guard . Oliver.· . center . . . . Sullivan.· . right guard . Smith.· . right tackle . Pringle... right end . . . Sherrard.· quarter-back, , . . . . . Coff.· left half Walton.· right hand _ . . . . . . Clemens.· ,f�ll back . . . , , , , ,t'ri<;,:k,146 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.CHARLES H. GALLION, MANAGERTHOMAS W. MORAN, MANAGING EDITORFRANK W. WOODS, -E. A. BUZZELL, -WILBER M. KELSO, - ASSISTANT EDITOR- ALUMNI- ADVERTISINGSUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),OFFICE HOURS, 9.30 TO 11.30 $ 752 ')0The WEEKI,.Y may be' found on sale at the office of the University PressMcClurg'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 Avenue, Chicago,Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, Ill.I, T IS a matter of congratulation to the Univers�tythat provision has been made for permanent m­struction in Scandinavian literature. Thoughthe legends of the Norsemen are scattered thickthrough the pages of English literature and a newbook from the hands of their present day writers hasan e�thusiastic reception from English critics andreaders, so great is the conservatism of the collegecurricula that the attention given to this importantbranch of literature has been scanty and inadequate.For those whose college course is laid on the broadbasis of culture rather than on the narrow lines of theprospective specialist, these courses will appeal se­ductively. 'A writer in the New Review has styledthe literature of Norway" the most modern "; andIbsen, with his comprehensive grasp and cosmopoli­tan view, and with his new form of the drama is tooimportant a writer for an educated man not to be fa­miliar with. To the specialist in literature, more­over, Scandinavian literature is an attractive andfruitful field. Again to the student of sociology thevoi�es of the northern prophets will be listened towith profoundest interest. The University will doubt­less attract many sons and daughters of the Scandina­vian people who have been pioneers in the upbuildingof the N orthwest, and to them the study of the liter­ature of their own people will be of paramount interest. This winter, Dr. Dahl, the instructor inScandinavian languages and literatures, who comesto the University after several years of successfulwork at Yale, will give, a general course on Norseliterature, tracing its development through the threedistinct literatures, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.In the spring a course will be given in Ibsen. In­struction will also be given in the Norwegian lan­guage. This tongue is much easier to learn thanFrench, and a quarter's work will be sufficient to ac­quire a reading �nowledge of it. To those then whohave not decided on their work for the quarter wewould recommend that they keep in mind the coursesoffered by Dr. Dahl.THERE is a scheme on foot to organize a pressclub in the University. The club will includein its membership all the men and women whochronicle the happenings at the University in thedaily newspapers or in the college publications, Theadvantages to be gained from cooperation by the manydevotees of journalism in the Univeriity are many.Many reports of a nature detrimental to the best in­terests of the University have been circulated from\time to time. Many sensational yarns have appearedin the city papers that were absolutely without foun­dation. It will be the business of the press club tocorrect all erroneous impressions, to prevent the cir­culation of rumors lacking all vestige of truth. Theclub will be responsible indirectly for all the work ofits members and the members directly responsible tothe club. The University authorities will in all prob­ability, provide a headquarters for the club as theyare known to be heartily in favor of the plan. Theofficers of the University too, will have a better op­portunity to communicate news to the reporters, andwill assist them in getting out-of-town correspondence.There are several old newspaper men on the facultywho will be only too glad to give advice and assistanceto the younger aspirants to journalistic fame. Thusassociating the members in one clique' will greatlyfacilitate their work and probably arouse a friendlyrivalry among them. Social events might also bequite a feature. An annual banquet or entertainmentand occasional addresses by prominent journalistswould go a great way toward brightening the prosaiclife of the scribblers. The plan is a most commenda­ble one and the WEEKLY wishes to urge its execution.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 147THE following extract from an interview with. President Harper, appeared in one of the morn­ing papers. "The· University of Chicago be­lieves in football. We shall encourage it here. Weare heartily in favor of all manly athletic contests. Weshall do all we can to promote clean, fair, manly con­tests." It is extremely gratifying in these days whenone hears so many puny attacks on the great Ameri­can game by those unacquainted with its nature, tosee such sentiments coming from so enlightened asource. We may justly congratulate ourselves on thefact that Chicago's record for clean play has been sofar unsullied as to make possible and consistent suchencouragement. Chicago has played many gamesthis season and has never yet been accused by anyteam, whether victorious or beaten, of resorting tounfair tactics in football .. Whatever may have beenthe unjust accusations in other regards, we have neverbeen accused of slugging or brutality. The gamesplayed on Marshall Field last faU were remarkablyfree from' unnecessary roughness and it is to be hopedthat our reputation will remain stainless. Let Chica­go continue to take the lead as a promoter of fairness.Let there be found among the ranks of her playersmany who may be classed in the category of gentle­men in athletics.WHEN the last Thanksgiving Day game haspassed into history, will the University ofMichigan Daily give up?Glee and Serenade Club Tour.The Glee and Serenade Club returned to the Uni­versity after a week's tour of the larger cities of Wis­consin and Northern Illinois. Concerts were given atRacine, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Oshkoshand Rockford, all of which were very successful.Large audiences greeted the clubs wherever they ap­peared and most flattering press notices were giventhem.The clubs left Chicago in a special chair car Wed­nesday, December 26. That evening the first concertwas given at the Y. M. C. A. hall, where a large audi­ence showed hearty appreciation of the efforts of theircollege entertainers. At Milwaukee, where the con­cert was given under the auspices of the Plymouthchurch congregation, the clubs achieved a pronouncedsuccess. The entertainment was pronounced the bestcollege concert ever given in the city. The con­certs at Sheboygan, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh wereequally successful, full houses greeting the clubs at those places. At Fond du Lac it was found necessaryto give a matinee concert in order to accommodate thepeople who were unable to obtain seats for the even­ing's entertainment. The Rockford concert was thefinal and signal success. Nine hundred people packedthe First Congregational Church to the doors and ap­plauded every number. Not only was the tour afinancial success, but it wasa social success as well.Receptions were given the clubs at most of the townsvisited, an account of which will be given in the nextissue.The following men make up the clubs:GLEE CLUB.First Tenors.-C. T. Wyckoff, P. G. Wooley, M. E.Coleman, F. C. Smith, F. W. Woods.Second Tenors.-J. Campbell, H. H. Hewitt, H. D.Abells, H. J. Smith.First Bassos.-R. B. Davidson, H. C. Murphy, P.Rand, J. S. Brown.Second Bassos.-F. H. Blackmarr, H. E. Hewitt(Leader), R. R. Snow, W. P. Lovett, W. P. Behan.S'ERENADE CLUB.First Mando1ins.-�"'. S. Bond, W. Jackson, E. F.Mandel, H. T. Chace, Jr.Second Mandolins.-G. A. Bliss, C. W. Stewart.Mando1a.-V. W. Sincere.Guitars.-W. E. Steinwedell, H. W. Stone, R. P.Hobart, F. F. Steigmeyer.Alumni Notes.Arrangements are under way for the usual" Wash­ington Supper" of the Collegiate Alumni Associationto be held on or about February z ad. Due noticewill be given of time, place, etc.The officers of the association are Frederick A.Smith, '66, President; H. Forsythe Milligan, '93, rstVice- Pres.; Elizabeth Faulkner, '85, Second Vice­Pres.; Edgar A. Buzzell, '86, Sec. and Treas.68, Dr. Henry C. Mabie is to deliver a course ofMissionary lectures in the chapel of the Universitycommencing [ anuary 13 and continuing to January20. Dr. Mabie, as Home Secretary of the AmericanMissionary Union, some time ago visited nearly allthe leading missionary stations of Asia and is wellfitted to speak on the subject of missions. All are in­vited to attend and it is hoped that the Alumni willavail themselves of this opportunity to hear Dr.Mabie, who is one of the most talented of those grad­uated from the University.'80, Prof. Ernest W. Clement, for some time pastconnected with the University, is about to return toJapan, where he formerly spent 'a number of years asteacher in the boys school at Yokohama. Farewellservices were held at the Memorial Baptist Churchlast Wednesday evening.148 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.He goes now to resume- teaching, this time in theBoys' College recently established in Yokohama.Always an enthusiastic member of the Alumni Asso­ciation, he will be missed at our annual reunions andsocial gatherings., 86, E. A. Buzzell is building a residence on Ellisavenue near Sixty-second street, which he expects tooccupy after the first of May.Amusements."Shore Acres," one of the most interesting andtruthful pictures ever seen on the American stage,will be given a fine scenic production at McVicker'sTheatre in January. Mr. James A. Herne, the authorof the play, will appear in his original creation ofUncle Nathan"I, a 'part in which he achieved greatsuccess when the play was first seen in Chicago threeyears ago. " Shore Acres" is credited with a run of257 nights in New York, and 135 nights in Boston ..On Sunday.i jan. 6, Primrose and West's mammothminstrels will begin a week's engagement at the Chi­cago Opera House. It has been a long time sincethe Chicago public has been afforded the opportunityof seeing a first-class minstrel performance, and thatgi ven by Primrose and West is said to be the best ofits kind. With their company of forty white singers,dancers and specialty artists, and thirty colored per­formers they present a new form of minstrelsy. Spec­tacular minstrelsy they call it, in as much as everyfeature is produced with elaborate and costly sceniceffects, and-the costuming is all of the most elaborateand sumptuous character. A sensational act is thatof Sheik Hadji "I'a Har's troop of Arabs which con­sists of tumbling, gun spinning, human pyramids,etc. The engagement of Primrose and West is forone week only, matinees being given on Wednesdayand Saturday.Following Pri'mrose and West at the Chicago OperaHouse co�es Mr. George Edwarde's company from thePrince of Wales Theatre, London, presenting the latestand most successful musical. travesty, "A GaietyGirl.' ,The year at the Schiller has been marked by a verygratifying degree of general prosperity. The househas evidently grown into the favorable estimation ofthe very best class of Chicago's play-goers. -The fact that the theatre is certainly one of thehandsomest in the country, and that an enterprisingand experienced management is ever upon the alert topresent its patrons and the public generally with thevery highest class of theatrical attractions, certainlyjustifies the success which has attended the housethus far-a success which promises to be permanentand indeed much emphasized and increased, as theseasons succeed one another. The repertory for the week is arranged as follows:Sunday, January 6th, and Thursday and Fridayevenings, U Othello"; Mr. Warde as Othello, Mr.J ames as Iago. Monday, Tuesday and - Wednesdaymatinee, "Henry IV," Mr. Warde as Prince Hal, Mr.J ames as Falstaff. Wednesday evening and Saturdaymatinee, "Julius Csesar," Mr. Warde as Brutus, Mr.James as Cassius, and Saturday evening, the last ofthe engagement, only performance of" Richard III,"with Mr. Warde as Richard and Mr. James as Rich­mond.Messrs. Warde and James bring all their scenicaccessories and stage equipments. There are fullytwo carloads of scenery for Othello, Henry IV andJ uli us Ca-sar.University Extension Statistics.The extension department has sent a report toPresident Harper of the work of the movement this.fall. It shows the wonderful rapidity with which themovement has grown and its great popularity in theNorthwest.Th� total attendance at extension lectures this fallhas been nearly thirteen thousand. In Illinois thirty­eight centers have been in operation, five in Indiana,seven in Iowa, thirteen in Michigan, and one inMissouri. Of the total number of sixty-four coursesgiven, twenty-nine have been in the department ofsociology, twenty-one in history, eleven in English,two in art, and one in geology. The number of lect­urers at work have been eighteen. Mr. Zeublin ledin the number of lectures given with eleven. Inthe class-work department there have b�en I, 156students, thirty-three instructors, and forty-ninecourses.Wicker Park Center.For University extension, Olaus Dahl.. Ph.D., ofthe University of Chicago, will deliver a course of sixlectures on "Social Studies in Bjornson and Ibsen,"on Tuesday evenings, at 8 o'clock; beginning Jan­uary IS, St. Paul's Church, North avenue near Lea­vitt street. January IS, Democracy-" The League ofYou th," "An Enemy of the People; " January 22,"The Pillars of Society," true and false; January 29,Marriage - "A Doll House;" February 5, Hered­ity- "The Heritage of the Kurts;" February 12,The Emancipation of Woman - "Hedda Gabler; "February 19, Competition -- "The Master Builder."Address any communication to the secretary, Miss A.A. Deering, 23 Ewing Place.. According to careful estimates three hours of closestudy wear out the body more than a whole' day ofphysical exertion.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The rEneid.The languid music of the dipping oarsSounds dreamily upon the evening air,And gentle breezes waft a perfume rareFrom the Italian shores.A golden sunset, sinking to its rest,And in the misty east a silver star,And on the quiet sea a level barOf molten glory, pointing to the west.A little company of wand'ring men,A little fleet upon a glassy sea;The golden light flung o'er them full and free,Aud ocean's depths reflecting it again.Strange, antique vessels, and yet stranger crew,Clad in au antique costume, quaint and old,And ever sailing, with their leader bold,The Mediterranean's blue.And one, an aged sire with hoary hair,Uplifting to tbe light bis suppliant bands,High in the stern of yonder vessel standsIn ecstasy of prayer.The sun has set,:and in the distant skyThe silent stars are bright'ning more and more,As with a last low plashing of tbe oar,The little fleet goes by.The dream is o'er; the fairy fleet has fled;The night has swallowed them, their course is run ;But say not that JEneas' life is done,And all his men are dead.The poet dies,- the poem lives; and weStill catch the echoes of that magic song;The pictures of the master-artist throngThe walls of memory.The stately melody that charms the ear,The graceful fancy that delights the mind,­These are the heritage he left behind;­His dust in Naples, but his spirit here.F. W. DIGNAN.Dr. Holmes' Theology.I soon found-or at least I received the impression-that he was not going to waste his sweetness, norlet himself go till he had plumbed the visitor's mindfar enough to guess whether I could follow him.This is an excellent plan, such as should be followedby all the wise and great who are in the habit of re­ceiving strangers.Apparently he satisfied himself that I was notwholly sterile soil, for he soon let himself go with avengeance. It was as if he had just thought out agreat problem, and must ease hIS bosom of its peril ..ous stuff, "The popular religion," he said in sub­stance, "is based on the assumption that the creatureis under infinite obligations to the Creator, and Heunder none at all. But consider. Begin with therelationship between earthly parent and child. Whoordains that, and the child's existence, too? Thechild? No; the parent. Then is not the burden of responsibility and duty heaviest on the father'sside ?"There was nothing to say to this, and he went on,growing so earnest and eloquent that the wordsburned themselves into my memory. His premises-s­for the moment-seemed orthodox enough, whateverheresy might lurk in his conclusion. "Pass from thehuman to the heavenly relation, and it seems to methe argument is not weakened, but vastly strength­ened. When I remember that we are infinitely weakand He is infinitely strong, that He is infinitely wiseand we are infinitely ignorant a'lld foolish, that weare infinitely sinful and He is infinitely holy,-Ithink that, whatever our obligations to Him, His to. us are infinitely greater."This rather took my breath a way. Had I been.older and wiser, I might have suggested that his argu­ment knocked the underpinning from all the receivedsystems. He would probably have answered thatthat was what he meant it to do, and that Christian­ity was old enough to walk without crutches. If Ihad asked him to go a step further, a-nd solve theterrible question he had led up to, I think he wouldhave said, "Certainly. His obligations to us areinfinite, and-He discharges them." Under all hissurface radicalism, the Autocrat's faith was as soundas his heart. For him the SUll always shone, withoutand within. He had an assured income, a charmingdomestic circle, a temper as - happy as his wit wasnimble, early and abundant recognition,-" love,honor, troops of friends." To such, trust in thePower that shapes our ends is easy, and speculationsafe. The problems that are so terrifying to manyexisted for him only on their intellectual side.-F. M.-E., in. January LIPPINCOTT'S.Book Reviews.The History of the English Paragraph, a disserta­tion presented to the Faculty of Arts, Literature, andScience, of the University of Chicago, in candidacyfor the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, by EdwinHerbert Lewis, Chicago. The University Press.This is a pamphlet of two hundred pages printed inthe best style. It is, in many ways, a remarkablework. It, is remarkable in that it represents anamount of labor truly enormous. It gives the tabu­lated results of an exhaustive investigation of the useof the paragraph in the original editions of most ofthe important English authors from the time of Alfredand Wulfstan, down to Holmes and Lincoln. Thewords and sentences in thousands of paragraphs havebeen counted and the other characteristics noted. Itis remarkable again in the thoroughness, scientific­ness and ability with which the work has been done.And while the matter and treatment are too technicalfor general reading, the author's style does as much as150 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.can be done, to redeem it from dryness. The style isnervous and clear, with many little imaginativetouches that show what the writer could do with adifferent subject. The arrangement of the treatise isorderly and clear and frequent summaries make hismeaning and the progress of the argument unmistaka­ble. The essay is remarkable again in its originality.It starts out in a new and almost untried field. Manyare searching for the standpoint from which to studyliterature and rhetoric, scientifically. Prof. L. E.Sherman, of the University of Nebraska, who gaveinstruction here in the University last summer, hasproposed and laid out one line of investigation .in his"Analytics of Literature." Rhetoric is approachedfrom the historical, the evolutionary standpoint.Prof. Sherman himself has traced out the history andevolution of the sentence in English literature. Mr.Lewis in this dissertation does the same with theEnglish paragraph. If Prof. Shennan's "analytical"method is adopted by scholars as the best method forscientific study in English, Mr. Lewis' work will beone of the corner-stones of the new edifice. w.Athletic Notes.The Y. M. C. A. football team of Salt Lake Cityhave raised a guaranty fund to secure a game withthe 'Varsity players on their way home from thecoast.An advanced class in gymnastics will be held atI I : 45. The membership will be determined by anexamination.The basket ball team will train daily in the gymna­sium at 3 o'clock under Mr. Butterworth.The candidates for the nine will practice from I : 20to 3.The Presidents of Chicago, Wisconsin, Michigan,Minnesota, Purdue, Lake Forest and NorthwesternUniversities will meet in this city on Saturday toconfer on means for purifying intercollegiate ath­letics.Literary Notes.The Hudson and the Catskills ha�e always been aninspiring theme for the poet. Mr. Henry Abbey, inthe third edition of his poems, just issued by theauthor at Kingston, N. Y., is inclined less to be thelaureate of these magic works of nature than to beinfluenced by their austere beauty and calm impres­siveness. The poems are mostly narrative lind de­scriptive. The beautiful in nature and the pathetic inlife touch a sympathetic chord in the writer. Hisverse impresses one with its strength and music.The University Extension department will issuesoon a series of manuals for use in the movement, andfor imparting general information./ Majors and Minors.Professor A. H. Tolman offers an additional coursethis winter in the rapid reading of Shakespeare'splays.Professor Salisbury read a paper last week beforethe annual meeting of the American Geological Asso­ciation at Baltimore.The Quadrangle Club gave a reception to the dis­tinguished economists Wednesday evening, at theirrooms in the Hotel Barry.A banquet was given New Year's eve at the HotelWindemere to the visiting Professors of PhysicsForty were in attendance.Dean H. L. Willett, of the Disciples divinity house,will give a course of lectures this quarter on the his-.tory of that denomination..,Dean Judson read a paper before the State Teachers'Association at Lincoln, Neb., last Friday, on "TheState in Relation to Education."President Harper lectured before the State Teachers'Association at Springfield, last Thursday, on "TheFundamental Principle of the Report of the Com­mittee of Ten."At the meeting of the University Extension Club,Saturday evening, the Rev. M. McClennan, of Ber­wyn, will discuss the movement from the point of viewof the secretary of a local center. Mr. A. V. Abbot,of the Chicago Telephone Company, will also speak.The Extension Department are considering theadvisability of giving a course of lectures at noon inthe business portion of the city. It is probable Mr ..John Graham Brooks, of Harvard, will be the lecturerand a subjectwill be chosen of immediate interest tobusiness men.The Christmas dramatic entertainment given bythe senior class of the Hyde Park High School atRosalie Hall was exceptionally well rendered. Eachpart showed careful study and a conscientious effortto excel. The excellent tutelage of Mrs. May Don­nelly Kelso could be plainly noticed.Two new fraternities will be ushered in this quarter,Phi Gamma Delta and Sigma Nu. Captain Allen andA. R. E. Wyant have been instrumental in forming achapter of the former, the members of which are,Frank E Hering, R. N. Tooker, Jr., W. O. Wilson,"R. O. Shreve, F. C. Sherman and Paterson.The Divinity halls have organized as houses in con­formity with the other dormitories on the campus. Par­lors are being fitted up and the members of the twohalls will soon be at home to their friends in theirsnug reception rooms. E. A. Read has been appointedhead of South Divinity Hall and Dean E. B. HulbertUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.has been chosen councillor. C. E. Woodruff is headof the middle dormitory and Head Professor E. D.Burton, councillor.At the convocation last Wednesday, certificates ofadmission to the University College were awarded toHarriet C. Agerter, P. F. Carpenter, Louise Brown,W. T. Chollar, Edith B. Foster, T. S. Graves, DellaM. Haft, Lila C. Hulburt, Nellie R. Jones, MargaretPurcell, S. S. McClintock, Martha L. Root, Cora M.Porterfield, H. W. Stone, Kenneth C. Smith, Mary S.Thomas, Gwendolin B. Willis, James B. Whyte. Thedegree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on John F.Hunter, Kiichi Tonaka. The degree of Ph. B. onHenry C. Murphy, Mary Castle, May Rogers. Thedegree of B. S. on Hugo Jones, Lillian V. Lambert.The degree of B. D. on George Lord; of A. M. onErnest G. Dodge, of Ph. D. on F. 1. Carpenter, A. C.Eycleshymer and William A. Loey. The certificateof the English Theological Seminay was given toRobert Carroll and Thomas B. Giblett.The institution of the Sigma Nu fraternity tookplace Wednesday evening, followed by a banquet atthe Great Northern hotel. Those present from a dis­tance to assist in the initiation of the new memberswere J. R. Boatman, of Richmond, Kentucky, C.Guthrie, of Marshall, Mo., G. H. Kochersberger, R.E. Byrns and C. C. Hodgkins, of Purdue University,and J. P. Rafferty, J. C. Rafferty, A. M. Belfield, W.R. Hornbaker, H. R. Gillespie, W. R. Sibley, BurkeRichards and C. C. Dealon, alumni members of thiscity. The following are the members of the new BetaPi chapter: C. A. Torrey, J. M. Roberts, J. P. Ment­zer, V. O. Johnson, J. F. Voight, C. H. Gallion, Wal­ter A. Payne, John H. Heil, R. L. Hughes and W.M. Kelso. They have an elegantly fitted up fra­ternity house at S72S Rosalie Court.In connection with the convocation, a congress ofthe teachers of history, political science and politicaleconomy in the colleges and universities of the Missis­sippi Valley was held in Cobb Hall. A large numberof visiting professors attended the sessions of the con­ference on Wednesday and Thursday. PresidentHarper gave a luncheon to the visitors in the facultyroom on Wednesday. In the afternoon, when thefirst session was held, he presided and made the ad­dress of welcome. The congress held three sessionsThursday. At the morning meeting, there was adiscussion of the methods of teaching political econ­omy which was opened by Head Professor Laughlin.The discussion on Political Science was led by Pro-� fessor Jesse Macy, of Ohio College; and W. U. Fol­well, of the University of Minnesota. In the after­noon the discussion was on "Local Fields of In­vestigation," which was introduced by Professors F.J. 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