UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, No. 25.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 4, 1S95.President's Quarterly Statement.Following are the portions of President Harper's Statementpresented at the Tenth Convocation, Monday evening, whichseem of more permanent interest to members of the Univer­sity:SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE SPRING QUARTER.It is desired to make special mention of the presence withus of the Rev. Dr. George Dana Boardman, of Philadelphia,who will serve the University the coming quarter as Chaplain,and as Professorial Lecturer in Ethics. Dr. Boardman willgive courses of Lectures at the University and in the city at theWoman's Temple.The first course of the Haskell lectures in ComparativeReligion will be given on Sunday afternoons in May and June,in Kent Theatre, by Rev. Dr. John Henry Barrows, ProfessorialLecturer in Comparative Religion.NEW APPOINTMENTS.In addition to the appointments already noted for the Sum­mer Quarter, the Trustees have made the following new ap­pointments in the Faculties of the University since January1St:Dr. Normal Wyld, to a Docentship in Zoology; Dr. Lewis A.Baur, to a Docentship in Mathematical Physics; Dr. EdmundBuckley, Fellow, to a Docentship in Comparative Religion;Percy Burnett, Instructor in the University of Nebraska, to a.Readership in German; Addison W. Moore, Fellow, to a Lab­oratory Assistantship in Psychology; James W. Thompson,Fellow, to an Assistantship in History; Bradley M. Davis, ofHarvard University, to an Assistantship in Botany; AdolphKern, Instructor in Hyde Park High School, to a Tutorship inGerman; James D. Bruner, Professor in the University ofIllinois, Champaign, to an Assistant Professorship in Romance,Languages and Literatures; George B. Foster, Professor ofPhilosophy in McMaster University, Toronto, Canada, to anAssociate Professorship in Theology; E. R. L. Gould, JohnsHopkins University, to a non-resident Professorship in Statis­tics; E. E. Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton,California, to a Professorship in Astronomy in connectionwith the Yerkes Observatory; C. F. Millspaugh, of the FieldColumbian Museum, to lecture in Botany; C. C. Farrington,of the Field Columbian Museum, to lecture in Geology; D.C. Elliott, of the Field Columbian Museum, to lecture inZoology; Marion Talbot, to be Dean of Women in the Grad­uate School; Julia E. Bulkley, to be Dean of Women in theColleges.PROMOTIONS.The following promotions have been made in the Facultiesof the University:Kurt Laves, Reader, to an Assistantship in Astronomy;Herbert Ellsworth Slaught, Reader, to an Assistantship inMathematics; Jerome H. Raymond, to a University ExtensionAssistantship iu Sociology; Ralph C. H. Catterall, Assistant,to a Tutorship in History; Arthur T. Walker, Assistant, to aTutorship in Latin; A. M. Morrison, Assistant, to a Tutorshipin Physics; Albert C. Eycleshymer, Assistant, to a Tutorshipin Anatomy; Edmund C. Quereau, Assistant, to a Tutorship in Geology; George Edgar Vincent, Assistant, to an Instructor­ship in Sociology; William Isaac Thomas, Assistant, to an In­structorship in Sociology; Francis Waylarid Shepardson,Assistant, to a University Extension Instructorship in History;Rene de Poyen-Bell isle, Assistant, to an Instructorship inRomance Languages and Literature, Myra Reynolds, Assist­ant, to an Instructorship in English; T. J. J. See, Assistant, toan Instructorship in Astronomy; Massuo Ikuta, Assistant, toan Instructorship ill Chemistry; William Bishop Owen, Tutor,to an Instructorship in Greek; Edwin Herbert Lewis, Tutor,to an Instructorship in English; James Herrington Boyd,Tutor, to an Instructorship in Mathematics; FerdinandSchwill, Tutor, to all Instructorship in History; ErnestFreund, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship in PoliticalScience; Clifford H. Moore, Instructor, to an Assistaut Pro­fessorship in Latin; George C. Howland, Instructor,. to allAssistant Professorship in Romance Languages and Litera­tures; Robert Welch Herrick, Instructor, to an AssistantProfessorship in English; Felix Lengfeld, Instructor" to anAssistant Professorship in Chemistry; S. Watase, Instructor,to an Assistant Professorship in Zoology; William MortonWheeler, Instructor, to an Assistant Professorship in Zoology;Edwin C. Jordan, Instructor, to all Assistant Professorship inZoology; Charles Zeublin, Instructor, to a University Exten­sion Assistant Professorship in Sociology; Frederick Starr,Assistant Professor, to an Associate Professorship in Anthro­pology; Marion Talbot, Assistant Professor, to an AssociateProfessorship ill Social Science; Clarence F. Castle, AssistantProfessor to an Associate Professorship in Greek; George Baur,Assistant Professor, to an Associate Professorship in Pale­ontology; Jacques Loeb, Assistant Professor, to an AssociateProfessorship in Physiology; Isaac B. Burgess, Associate Pro­fessor, to a Professorship in Latin; Joseph Paxson Iddings,Associate Professor, to a Professorship in Mineralogy; R. A.F. Penrose, Jr., Associate Professor, to a Professorship inEconomic Geology; William Isaac Thomas, Instructor, to theSuperintendency of the Departmental Libraries of Arts andLiterature; Zella A. Dixson, Assistant Librarian, to an Asso­ciate Librarianship,PRACTICAL EDUCATION.Before closing, I wish to present to the members of the Un i­versityand to its friends, in outline, a subject to which theSenate of the University has been giving careful thought forseveral months. In this statement, use has been made ofmaterial furnished by Mr. Laughlin, the Chairman of the Sen­ate Committee. A study of the university life of half a cen­tury shows that the development of this life has been in strictaccord with the general spirit of the times. It is within thisperiod that facilities have been provided for introducing stu­dents to the vast regions of previously unknown facts aboutthe physical surroundings and conditions of human life.Within a time still more limited, we find the beginnings ofwork in Political and Economic Science. This greater promi­nence has been given to subjects in the Physical and BiologicalSciences and to the subjects in the Political and EconomicSciences because the age has demanded it. The most markedcharacteristic in the development of the university life in the260 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.last twenty-five years has been the adaptation of its methodsand training to the practical problems of the age in which welive.Very recently the university has begun to deal deliberatelywith the more complex facts of life itself in its modern phases;and only yesterday, one might say, there has been introducedthe scientific study of ' the various occupations of modern so-"ciety, all of which make up the practical life in which thecollege student is destined to have a part. That the universitythought of to-day has changed from that of fifty years ago,will be appreciated if one will butcompare the typical, univer­sity professor of 1845 with that of 1895. There are few mod­ern faculties in which the old-fashioned professor, wise in the­ories and abstract conceptions, but as ignorant as a child ofpractical affairs, still survives. It is a fact, therefore, that uni­versity life and thought have been taking on more and moreof the practical. But is this' tendency to be encouraged? Isit true that in times past we have dealt too exclusively withsubjects which have had no value in practical life ? Or is thereat this point serious danger that education will in time be nar­rowed into a merely technical training for some special pur­suit? No one can deny that there is a liberal education in thestudy of political and commercial and social processes andprinciples and of the relations of these processes and prin­ciples in one department of business to those of other depart­ments. No one can deny, on the other hand, that experiencehas clearly taught the absurdity of limiting preparation fora practical life to the technical requirements of the particularbranch of business which it is the purpose of 'the student tofollow. It is certain that the evolution which has been steadilygoing forward will continue, but let it be equally certain thatthis development shall be properly directed. As a matter offact the evolution is in its earliest stage. Every field openedUR by our modern civilization should be a field of systematicpreparatory training. The university will be derelict in theperformance of its dnty if it does not enter these fields; forunless. it does enter them, it will fail to produce the kind ofman which is demanded for them.Out of the prodigious development of this modern life, notethe vastness of the new occupations for which practically noprovision has been made in our system of university education.1. It has been truly said that the history of the United Statescaunot be properly written until the history of raitzoays andtransportation has been fully prepared. The magnitude ofrailway interests is phenomenally great in this country, sincewe have more miles of railway than all the rest of the worldcombined. And this city of Chicago, the greatest railway cen­ter in the United States, is thereby the greatest railway centerin the world. It is not sufficient to say that investments of$rr,ooo millions are at stake in this industry; for the economic,financial and social relations which have grown out of railwaysgreatly transcend, in their vital importance to our national life,the merely pecuniary relations. And yet, an understanding ofthese tremendous economic and social forces, only recentlybursting into gigantic development, is almost unknown. Towhat institutions cau one to-day send a youth who is certainto succeed to vast railway responsibilities, or who proposes tomake railway management a career, like that of law or medi­cine? To the new needs the university of the future is awak­ening; it should prepare and train men to meet these newissues and responsibilities.2. ,If we turn only slightly away from railways to their finan­cial management, and to Banking, a new cluster of problemsappears. The agencies by which the vast accumulations ofcapital, home and domestic, are effectively distributed through­out the country to those industries and persons most certain tomake the best use of them, becomes intertwined and compli- cated with the success of the smallest as well as the largestbusiness interests of the land. As warders of domestic and for­eign trade, they look out across the seas, and bring us the firstnews of international loss or gain .. Out of our economic con­ditions has grown a complicated and sensitive system of trans­actions, which, good or bad, touches, whether he wills it ornot, the convenience and prosperity of every person who holdsa deposit or writes a check.3. But perhaps there is no more startling lack in the educa­tional machinery of to-day than in its inadequate means fortraining men to examine scientifically and as experts thefinancial and actuarial problems of Insurance and of large cor­porations. The creation of enormous investments to furnishprotection against fire and death, has called upon peculiarmathematical and trained ability. The university should bringitself close to the life of the community by preparing men forthese important functions.4. Again, when we face the fact that probably over 90 per centof the men engaged in manufacturing and trade have acceptedthe tradition that education goes solely by experience withmen and by actual course of daily business routine, there issome explanation of existing lack of cultivation and of powerfor good in the community. Instead of leaving the highschool for the counting room, the aspirant for a manufacturingcareer should have made himself fit to handle thoroughlyeconomic ethical questions relating to employers and em­ployed. Why should there not be for these great classes aplace in the institutions of learning, and disciplinary work ofa practical character, fitted to make the youth familiar witheconomic principles and the facts and history directly auxiliaryto his professional career in manufacturing and trade?5. We are just in the beginning of a development of ourtrade relations with other lands. We can only improve these-relations by being equally intelligent and capable with othercompetitors. Other countries have made an honorable pro­fession of the consular and diplomatic service, to which trainedmen look forward for a permanent career. The same cannotbe said of the United States. These consular ports have beenhitherto the rewards of pol itical service. And even though thecommerce and production of the United States might havebeen furthered by consuls trained in economic and politicalscience there has been no adaptation of our educational sys­tem to their particular needs. If there is no good training forconsuls it is not Iikelygood consuls will exist. When trainingof such kind is offered and such men can be sent out, broadlyfounded, from the university, there will be less reason formaintaining our present indefensible and injurious consularpolicy.And, lastly, when we observe the power of the press, andthe responsibility laid upon our politicians and statesmen, wefind a great lack in their means of training. Why should anuntrained man go into journalism or politics any more thaninto law or medicine? To discuss the last telegram from Eu­rope the editor or statesman must have known the history ofthe great treaties since 1648, and the historical geogra:phy ofEurope; or when a shot is fired in the Windward Passage, hemust be familiar with international law, public and private ; orwhen Congress is showered with bills on monetary subjects, hemust know the monetary experience of his own and otherlands, and at least know the simple facts of business and ex­change. Constitutional law should be his most familiar tool.Journalism has various phases and meanings; but he who wouldlead the community must be able to think clearly on the mul­titude of economic, ethical, and political questions which arecrowding on us every day for solution. It is a crime to beuntraiued; and it is clearly a dereliction of duty in the uni­versity not to arrange, its courses of study so that efficientUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.journalists and publicists may go forth with its imprimatur,prepared for leadership. The study of law is not alone theone preparation for Congress, when nine out of ten of thequestions to be voted upon are economic or ethical. Is it nottime that special courses of disciplinary studies be arrangedby the university so that no candidate for public honors needsay that he has had no opportunity to fit himself for the work?Not mere information, but power to think on the subject,and to have methods of acquiring information are the aims forsuch a system. To provide opportunity for training in theselines is but a further development of what has already beendone in the larger institutions of the country.It is in accordance with the principle which underlies thisstatement that the university has thus organized its coursesinto various curricula, in order that every man or womanmight find an opportunity to do his work in those lines forwhich nature, or as I should prefer to say, God, had adaptedhim. The only success in life is attained when the individualhas brought his life into harmony with the plan divinely ap­pointed for that life, or, in other words, when he is doing thatwhich nature intended him to do.Inter-Colleglate Comparison.The new Quarterly Calendar contains much inter­esting information. The statistics of attendance aresignificant of the growth of this institution. A com­parison of the attendance of undergraduate and grad­uate students of the four largest universities of theEast with that of Chicago follows:College.5181,9751,878850I78 Graduate School.3082581386S261Chicago.Harvard.Yale ...Pennsylvania. .Johns HopkinsIt is evident from this that our graduate enrollmentis nearly as large as those of Harvard and Pennsyl­vania together, and over twice as large as that of Yale.Our registration in all departments in the winter oflast year was 846; at present it is 1,029, a gain of 2IYzper cent in one year.Illinois of course sends the greatest number ofstudents, 48 I; Iowa is next with 54, and strangelyenough three great states have equal claims for thirdplace, Indiana, Wisconsin and distant New York eachwith 42.Tenth University Convocation.At the Convocation, Monday night at the Audito­rium, Chauncey M. Depew of New York gave the ad­dress on "The Present: its Opportunities and itsPerils .. ,Harvey T. Woodruff of the Chicago Academy re­ceived the entrance-examination scholarship.Academic College Certificates were conferred uponSusan Helen Ballou, Henry Thurston Chace, J r.,Samuel Boone Edmonson, Joseph C. Friedman, Ewe! 261Golowentchitz, Mary Hay, John Lamay, Mary Dunck­lee Maynard, Carrie Sheldon Moore, Earll WilliamPeabody, Stella Robertson Stagg, Cyrus Fisher Tol­man, Jr., John Frederick Voigt, Jr., Charles Byron�Wi11iams, Emery ,Roscoe Yundt.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts, was conferred uponBerkeley Brandt, Thos, W. Moran, Cornelius JamesHoebeke, William Oeschger.The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy was conferredupon William Brenton Woods.The Certificate of the English Theological Seminarywas conferred by the University upon John VictorFradenburg (Thesis: The Battle of N aseby), CharlesWirt Robinson (Thesis: The Causes of ChristianAsceticism), John Gabriel Speicher (Thesis: Wiclifand his Gift to his Nation).The Degree of Master of Philosophy was conferredby the University upon John Benjamin Dorman (The-,sis: Legislative Powers as Possessed by the PoliticalUnits.of Our Commonwealths).The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferredby the University upon George Ricker Berry (Thesis:The Letters of the Rassam II. Collection), FrancisAsbury Wood (Thesis: 1. Verner's Law in Gothic.II. The Reduplicating Verbs in Germanic.)Mexican Collections.Professor Starr, Curator of the department of An­thropology in Walker Museum, has been very activein collecting for the museum and also for several ex-. hibitions. During the last five months he has em­ployed an Indian who has travelled over 3,000 mileson muleback in the interior of Mexico, to collectspecimens illustrating the textile industries. Thiscollection which was destined for the Atlanta CottonStates' Exposition, was entirely destroyed in a wreckon the Central Mexican Railway. Another collection.of Mexican needlework and drawn work has beenmade byProfessor Starr and is now at Walker Mu­seum, third floor, and will be shown by ProfessorStarr next Monday, at two, to all who may be inter­ested. It will then be sent to the exposition at Am­sterdam and will finally be given to the Royal Ethno­graphic Museum at Leiden.There is also in Walker Museum a collection ofskulls from a Mexican mound. Their owners wereevidently killed in battle as nearly every skull showsmarks of violence.He is now making a collection of the useful plantsof the United States, as found in their original naturalstate, and as changed by centuries of cultivation withcharts showing their original and present distribu­tion. It will be exhibited at the Illinois State Fair'next year, and a duplicate collection presented to theUniversity,262 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLy.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOCHARLES H. GALLION, MANAGEREDITORIAL BOARD.THOMAS W. MORAN,} _FRANK W. WOODS, MANAGING EDITORS.G. W. AXELSON, WARREN P. BEHAN, JOHN H. HElL,WILBUR T. CHOLLAR, MARTHA. L. ROOT,WILLIAM P. LOVETT, WILBUR W. BASSETT.E. A. BUZZELL, (Alumni.)SUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters), $ 752 50Office Hours, 9.30 TO 10.30, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.Advertising rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,58th Street and Ellis Avenue, Chicago.The WEEKLY 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.Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, Ill.THE Annual has at last appeared. It is in everyway a credit to its editors and to the Univer­sity. We doubt whether a finer college annualhas ever been issued by any institution. It has beenbrought out at no small financial risk and the mem­bers of the University should support this worthyventure heartily.ATTENTION is called to the comparison of at­tendance printed in another column. Espe­cially significant are the figures regarding THE departure of Dr. Henderson, the chaplain,deprives the University of an influence, makingfor righteousness in our midst, which has beenvery quiet and unassuming, but very strong. Thereis an earnestness and sincerity and manly sympathyabout Dr. Henderson that appeals to college men.Dr. George Dana Boardman, the distinguished scholarand preacher and author, has come to us from Phila­delphia to act as chaplain during Dr. Henderson'sabsence. He has been known and honored here byreputation. The University is glad to have the oppor­tunity of knowing him more intimately.THE Tenth University Convocation was a magnif­icent occasion. A fine audience, filling the greatAuditorium, greeted New York's pride, Chaun­cey M. Depew. Mr. Depew's address was gracefuland interesting, although not at all 'profound. He ismaster of the art of pleasing an audience, and of tell­ing a good story. The students, who had been indig­nant because unable to secure good seats, were par­tially appeased by an opportunity to hear the speakerunder more favorable circumstances at the Univer­sity. A crowded roomful was delighted by Mr.Depew's chapel talk, and applauded vigorously evenwhen some decidedly condescending remarks aboutthe new University of Chicago were made. Mr. Depewsees things from a markedly New York poin t of view.But even this Chicago can freely pardon in so enter­taining a man.No feature of our college life has been the occa­sion of more thought and anxiety on the partof the authorities of the University than thechapel service. Many plans have been brought for­ward and many experiments tried in the endeavor tomake it a helpful and attractive meeting. As agraduate students. Young as she is, the University result, there has at last been evolved a service which,of Chicago already leads the universities of the coun­try in enrollment of post-graduates. This indicatesthat Chicago has the strongest faculty and offers thebest array of courses in the United States. For grad­uate students flock to the institution where the bestinstruction is to be obtained. Men and courses, notrecords in athletics and social prestige and collegetraditions, are the elements which have weight withthem. Let us be content for the present to lead in themore essential features which contribute to the great­ness of a university, and time, almost before we realizeit, will have draped the harsh corners with ivy. for its simplicity, brevity, interesting character anddevotional tone, deserves the hearty support of stu­dents and faculty-a support which it certainly hasnot thus far been accorded.Appreciating the difficulty experienced everywhereof inducing the busy college man to postpone his din­ner long enough to attend chapel, the entertainmentbribe was first tried and musicians and speakers fre­quently secured to lure the student to chapel. But itwas felt that a quiet devotional service was the need,and this policy was abandoned. Much time and laborwas then spent upon the preparation of a system ofUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WKEKLY.responses. Many programs were drawn up by differ­ent persons and from a comparison of these an orderof service carefully arranged and printed. A student­choir was provided at considerable expense. But theservice seemed long and cumbersome, and the studentsand professors systematically remained away. Thisplan also was abandoned, and the present order insti­tuted. The length of the meeting was shortened tofifteen or twenty minutes, so that those attending arereleased not later than ten minutes before one. Be­sides enspiriting the singing of the hymn, the choirrenders an anthem. And a series, running throughthe week, of short devotional talks, based upon abrief passage of Scripture, by some member of theFaculty, have been instituted. During the past quar­ter, these "sermonettes I, have been a delightful andmost helpful feature. The service has been madebrief, interesting and devotional.Chapel attendance is not compulsory here as it is atYale and Princeton and many other institutions; butthat merely makes the obligation moral instead oflegal, We should attend chapel for the sake of theUniversity and for the sake of ourselves. For thesake of the University-because it is a representativeUniversity institution, recognized as an essential feat­ure of college life everywhere, and common loyaltyurges us to support it; and because it is the only dis­tinctively University gathering, where the whole Uni­versity may come together upon a common footingand with a common purpose. If this daily gatheringwere made a representative one, the members of thisUniversity would be brought nearer together, theywould come to know each other better, and a spirit ofunity would be fostered that would make possible atrue college spirit. The personal reasons for attend­ing chapel need not be dwelt upon. A daily quarterof an hour is surely little enough to devote to a con­sideration of our human and divine relations, the lesstransitory features of our life. Whatever our relig­ious belief may be, if there be a spiritual as well as aphysical and mental side to our natures, it surely mustbe of importance to nourish it also. The issues in­volved are certainly momentous enough to warrant atleast thoughtful consideration of these matters.The Libraries.The library department has accomplished duringthe past quarter the classification and distribution of5,650. new books. Of these I, 772 remain in the gen- 263erallibrary, and the others are distributed among thebotany, chemistry, philosophy, English, and otherdepartment libraries.Mr. Depew's Chapel Address.In the history of the University, probably thechapel never presented a more crowded appearancethan last Monday when Chauncey M. Depew ad­dressed the students. The great orator's speech wasof an informal nature but fairly scintillated with wittyremarks and humorous allusions. The happy mannerof address which has made him famous as an after­dinner speaker moved his audience many times tolaughter and applause. He began by saying that hehad visited most of the great universities of theworld but had never approached any of them in pre­cisely the same manner as the University of Chicago." I approached this great seat of learning," said he,"through the Midway Plaisance and my impressionswere not of a university nature. It was indeed anovel experience."He paid tribute to Chicago in glowing terms, speak­ing of her "as the most remarkable product of theage, an epitome of the marvelous fifty years in whichwe have lived." He admonished the students to cul­tivate a love for their Alma Mater, giving as an illus­tration the effect of the speech of Daniel Webster inthe Dartmouth case or the justices of the U. S. Su­preme Court. It was the only occasion when tearswere shed in that dignified tribunal. Daniel Websterwas pleading the cause of Dartmouth when, overcomewith emotion, he paused,. saying in husky tones :" Dartmouth is a little college but there are those wholove aer." These few words brought back to thecampus, the minds of those grave men, to. those bestyears, of life spent within college halls and every eyein the room was moist.The era tor deprecated the passion for accumulatingvast wealth that seemed to be the all absorbingthought of most Americans and advised the studentsto cultivate loftier ambitions than mere money-mak­ing. He related in this connection the story of awealthy Chicago. gentleman who. died and upon reach­ing the other world said to. the attendant who wasleading him around : "Why this is a great compli­ment to. Chicago. I never imagined that Heaven wasso like Chicago." " But," said the attendant, "thisis not Heaven."In closing Mr. Depew spoke very eloquently infavor of liberal education, setting forth its practicalas well as its intellectual value. " Students," said he,"make the most of your present advantages and whenyou have completed your college course and are readyto begin the battle' of life, we will welcome you toshare with us that priceless boon, American opportu­nity."field and the batting ability of these will have muchto do with the filling of the positions. The mostprominent candidates for right, left and center fieldsare Grant, Bering, Bowers, Hagey and Abernethy.So far, no one has been found who can fill the bill forthird base. Smith may be a good man but has prac­ticed but little this spring. Rothschild is also work­ing hard for the place, and judging by last summer' 5work may do exceedingly well. Shottstop has" threecandidates,-Winston, Web�ter and Hering, butneither has a mortgage on the place.. Two practice games were played last week; onebetween the Regulars and the Reserves, in which theformer vanquished the latter by a score of 20 to 2.Thursday a four inning game was played with Engle­wood High School at Washington Park, the scorebeing 28 to 3, in favor of the 'Varsity. Brown andNichols were the battery for the University, and Me­Ginnis, Merrill and Powers for Englewood. As theday was chilly and raw several excusable errors weremade on both sides.264 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Baseball.I[I It is yet too early in the spring to foretell with anydegree of accuracy what kind of baseball team willrepresent the University the coming season. Theoutlook, however, is certainly bright, and if all signsdo not fail, we will have a strong team-the strongest,in fact, that has represented the 'Varsity since itsopening. The commendable way in which the can­didates have practiced should be a sure indication ofactive competition for places on the team. Prof.Stagg has intimated that no one, save possibly withtwo or three exceptions, has any "cinch" on the dif­ferent positions and that in all likelihood the teamwill not be selected before the beginning of June.This in itself ought to insure hearty competitionamong all the candidates now working for places, andalso among those who may come in later on.The idea of organizing a second team to be knownas the" University Reserves," should prove advan­tageous to both teams. With a second team in thefield it is reasonably certain that all of the good base­ball material in the University will be in good trimfor emergencies, as well as to create a pleasing pastimefor those who are not yet among the elected. Aschedule of games will be arranged as soon as prac­ticable for the second team, and to enliven the mo­notony of home life trips may be taken out of the cityto neighboring schools and colleges.Naturally, at the present time, the interest centersaround the first team and its most promising caadi­dates. The team will probably be narrowed downto a dozen candidates this week and these will be putin hard training at once. That these men will be theones finally selected is not at all certain, but specialattention will be given them and if they stand thetest of all around playing they will be retained, other;wise they must gh1; way to others. That the boxwill be alternately occupied by Nichols, Clark andBrown is a foregone conclusion, and that CaptainAbells will be found at the initial bag and Adkinson atsecond is also pretty certain if nothing unforeseen hap­pens. The important place behind the bat lies betweenJones and Pike. Jones' long experience and all-aroundplaying abilities give him a decided advantage.Should he displace the " poet, " Pike, if he shows upwell with the stick, may be put in the field. How­ever, there are several good candidates for the out-IIII1III The Football Conference.At the football conference held at Evanston, Fridayand Saturday of last week, the following rules andresolutions were adopted, and the rules as proposedwill be presented to the eastern committee on footballwhen they next meet:There shall be two umpires aud one referee controlling thegame. The referee is empowered to call a foul in case of aviolation of the rules, which is not seen by the umpires.The side making a fair catch shall be given five yards, andfrom that place shall have the option of a free kick or a down,provided that such fair catch is not made within twenty-fiveyards of the opponents' goal. The player attempting suchfair catch shall call out" Fair catch," and if interfered withor tackled while making the attempt shall be given twenty­five yards.A substitute from each team shall act as linesman, and shalluse a line five yards in length.The side missing a try at goal shall have option of taking theball or not.Whenever a side has tried a drop kick at the goal upon thefirst down inside the twenty-five yard line and the result hasbeen a touch-back, the line of kick-out shall be the fifteen­yard line.The resolutions read as follows:WHEREAS, We sincerely regret that the unwarranted rough­ness of a few football teams last fall gave occasion for theserious agitation among several colleges in regard to the advis­ability of abolishing the game of football from the collegecampus; andWHEREAS, We regret that to some extent football is re­garded as a brutal game by the general public. Therefore beitResolved, That we sincerely believe the game of football tobe an excellent form of physical exercise which legitimatelybelongs' to the college campus. Further be itResolved, That we do not believe that brutality is a neces­sary incident to the game, but is due to a lack of proper disci­pline. Be it furtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Resolved, That we believe that the style of play depends ina great measure upon the captains and coachers of the differ­ent teams, and that it is the unanimous sentiment of the con­ference that all kinds of intentional roughness and brutalitybe strongly condemned and discountenanced on our respectivecollege grounds. Be it alsoResolved, That the practice of playing coaches and non bonafide students, or students of an inferior grade of scholarship,be entirely discontinued, and that we call upon the assistanceof our respective college faculties and student bodies to exe­cute these resolutions.The Universities represented were Michigan, Min­nesota, Wisconsin, Beloit, Northwestern, Lake For­est, and University of Chicago.Prof. Stagg was appointed delegate to the easternconference to be held shortly in New York. His ap­pointment, however, is conditional on whether theeastern committee will allow western representation.Tennis.The handicap tennis tournament for doubles wasfinished on Saturday, March 23d, just before the re­cess. It resulted in a victory for a new team, Hilland Gilchrist, by a score of 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. In the. first round Torrey and Lansingh beat Stagg and Chal­mers by default; and Hill and Gilchrist beat Winstonand Heil, 7--5, 6-4. In the final round Hill andGilchrist beat Torrey and Lansingh, 6___':'1, 6-2,6 -2. The latter team owed one point, as a handi­cap, in the odd games of each set. The result, how­ever, would have been the same had the two teamsplayed even.Basket Ball.The strong Ravenswood team went down before theUniversity, Saturday night, in a hot and stubborncontest replete with brilliant plays.Hubbard threw six out of the eleven goals made andthe final score was I I to 8 in favor of the University.The Saturday before the Hull House team was de­feated at the 'Varsity by a score of 6 to 4. We arenow in the fifth place, and if the team can be reliedupon to play the same steady kind of a game whichwon the last two, the team should finish somewherenear the top at the close of the season.Rondeau.A little note, that tells me sheWill hear Grand Opera with me,A dainty square of creamy whiteThat augurs me one happy nightWith Faust to hear and Grace to see.The Auditorium balconyHenceforth a1l glorified will beBecause sweet Grace had deigned to write a little note.But each seat costs me dollars (3)The carriage sticks me for a V.A�d so dear bought is my delightThat I must meet (unlucky wight! )Within the near futurity a little note.J. W. 1.. 265The members of the Sigma Nu fraternity gave apleasant vacation party at their house, 5728 RosalieCourt, Saturday evening.Catterall-Tunnicliff; Chalmers-Maynard.The marriage engagements of Ralph Catterall,reader, and Helen H. Tunnicliff, graduate student,and of William E. Chalmers, divinity student, andMary D. Maynard, ofthe University College, have beenannounced.Heroism.At a recent meeting of the" Idlers" at the home ofMiss Scovel, the lace curtains were accidentally set afirefrom a lamp. Several of the young ladies heroicallyadvanced upon the flames and extinguished thembefore serious damage had been done. It is statedupon good authority that not one of the twenty young'Iadies presen t screamed !Charter Refused.The Omega Club has abandoned the endeavor tosecure a Psi Upsilon charter. For almost three yearsthe club has worked hard to secure one, the unani­mous vote of all the existing chapters being necessaryto its being granted. One by one, the different chap­ters have been won over except Columbia and Amherstwhich remain obdurate. The Omega Club has finallygi ven up in despair.Reception at Beecher.An informal reception in honor of Miss Emma L.Gilbert was given in Beecher Hall Thursday evening,March 21, by the Misses Wilmarth, Crotty and Cran­dall. Among the features of the entertainment werethe vocal selections by Miss Von Holst, the pianoplaying by Mrs. Von Klenze, and an amusing dialogueby Miss Wilmarth and Prof. F. J. Miller, of a So­cratic nature but constructed on modern lines. MissGilbert left for Philadelphia Friday, the followingday. In that city her marriage with Prof. Paul Shoreywill occur in June, after which the couple will travelin Europe. Among the guests at the reception were:Professors and Mesdames F. J. Miller, Judson, Hale,and Terry, Professor Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. D. L.Shorey, Mrs. Wilmarth, Messrs. C. F. Kent, O. L.Triggs, J. P. Iddings, Paul Shorey, V. P. Squires, R.M. Lovett, A. T. Walker; Misses Kate Anderson andBartlett, of Foster Hall, and the Misses Klock, Ide,Foster, Stone, Strawn, and Krohm, of Beecher Hall,and Miss Mott-Smith.Alumni Notes.C. H. Woods, , 93, is in his second year at the J effer­son Medical College, Philadelphia.Eugene Parsons, , 83, is delivering a new course oflectures on Tennyson and his works, before the" Booka Week" Club on the West Side.The appointment of James S. Bruner as Professorand acting Head in the Department of Romance, Lan­guage and Literature, brings another of the Universitygraduates into University circles, Mrs. Bruner, betterknown to the alumni as Miss Elizabeth C. Cooley, ofthe class of ' 83.Weare sorry to announce the death of the wife ofGeorge F. Holloway, , 86. She died at their home inOak Park, Sunday, March 24, and was buried Tuesday,March 26, at Oakwoods. The funeral services, heldat the house, were largely attended. Among thosepresent were nearly all of the members of the classof '86. She had been married but a little over on-eyear, but during that short time had, by her brightand cheerful disposition, won the hearts of the entireclass, by whom she will be greatly missed. TheWEEKLY extends to the afflicted friends its heartfeltsympathy.The following comes to hand from Japan:16 TSUK1J1, TOKYO, Feb. 23, '95.266 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Dr. Geo. Dana Boardman has been chaplain duringthe week.William E. Chalmers, of the Divinity School, leftSaturday for Zanesville, 0., where he will be pastorof the Fair Oaks Church for a few months. He ex­pects to be at the University next October.Dr. Boardman's Lectures.The University of Chicago announces a course ofsix Monday noon lectures by George Dana Boardman,D. D., LL. D., of Philadelphia, to be given at Wil­lard Hall, the Woman's Temple, beginning Monday,April 8th. The general subject of the course is"Corporate Society, or Sociology Surveyed from theStandpoint of the Bodily Organism." The dates andtopics of the separate lectures are as follows:(I) April 8. Corporate Society; or, Mankind oneBody.(2) April IS. Corporate Schism; or, Egoism inthe Members.(3) April 22. Corporate Equilibrium; or, Other­ism in Society.(4) April 29. Corporate Labor; or, Otherism inWork.(5) May 6. Corporate Wealth; or, Otherism inProperty.(6) May 13. Corporate Knowledge; or, Otherismin Education.Dr. Boardman has recently given this course of lect­ures at Association Hall in Philadelphia, in responseto the invitation of eminent citizens of that city thathe should address the public "on some of the impor­tant topics now engaging the attention of Christianthinkers." These lectures were reported quite fullyby the secular press of Philadelphia during theirdelivery, and were highly commended by the samepapers at the close of the course.The lectures have been set for Mondays at 12:15, asit is believed that they will prove to be of specialinterest and value to the clergymen attending thevarious denominational Conferences.Besides the above course of lectures, which is in­tended for ministers in the city, Dr. Boardman willgive six lectures before the students of the DivinitySchool on Tuesday evenings for six successive weeks,beginning April 2, and also a course of lectures onSunday evenings before the Christian Union, through­ou t the quarter. Dear Mr. Buzzell:The University of Chicago alumni, resideut in Tokyo, en­joyed a Washington birthday snpper about twelve hoursearlier than you in Chicago. Rev. C. H. D. Fisher (U. of C.'74) and wife (Knox College, '77) took tea last evening withus-myself (U. of C. '80) my wife and my mother. We hada very enjoyable occasion, though it was quite informal;and we indulged in many reminiscences of the olden times,and much talk about the new. I don't know why we cannotmake this an annual event with us, and thus keep in touchwith you all.Truly yours,ERNEST W. CLEMENT.The Commons Closed.Saturday night Mrs. Holliday closed the Commons.With the coming of spring and pleasant weather herpatrons have become more and more prone to walksome distance for their- meals and more and more lothto descend into the cellar of South Divinity to eat:Mrs. Holliday has therefore decided to suspend busi­ness during the warm months. She and her son camehere from New Haven, Conn., where she conducted aboarding house, at which President Harper boardedwhile teaching at Yale. She has given general satis­faction here and has made many friends.To the Traveling Public.Before purchasing tickets to points east of Chicago, firstascertain the rate to that point over the Nickel Plate Road.City Ticket Office, 199 Clark street, Chicago, Ill.ONIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WE:E:KL v.Majors and Minors.W. E. Henry, a graduate student in English, has beenelected head of the English department in Franklin College,Indiana.. Mr. R. W. Herrick of the Department of English has aninteresting short story, "A Question in Art," in the AprilScribner's.Mr. H. L. Burr, a former managing editor of the WEEKLY,was a guest of Mr. Gallion during Convocation. Mr. Burr isat present studying law in Indianapolis.A good government mass-meeting was held in Kent TheatreMonday afternoon. Dr. Bayard Holmes, the Populist candi­date for mayor, Mr. C. W. Chase and others addressed themeeting.Professor Wilkinson has been selected as one of the review­ers for the new monthly literary magazine, the Bookman,which is published by Dodd, Mead & Co. The Bookman prom­ises to be the leading magazine of its kind in the country.Mr. W. H. Holmes, of the Field Museum, has returned fromCentral America with a small collection of ancient and modernpottery and fabrics. He will soon issue the first bulletin ofthe Museum, a report of his journey and explorations. Mr.Holmes will give a course of lectures at the University duringthe Spring quarter.The University postoffice has received the following tele­gram from Japan:Send my mail to Tokyo. Have lost my right arm.A. WIRTH.This sad news is from Dr. Albrecht Wirth, late docent inGreek and Latin History in the University. Dr. Wirth studiedin the Universities of Bonn, Zurich, Jena, Tiibingen and Halle,from IS84 to 'S9. He was honorary fellow of the GermanArchseol og ioal Institute at Rome in 1890, and afterwards madean extended African exploration. He lost his arm in a rail­road accident, hut it is bel ieved that he is not otherwise injuredand Will return next fall.Through Service.The Nickel Plate Road (N. Y. C. & St. L. R R.), the favor­ite line between Chicago and the East along the south shore ofLake Erie, being the shortest line to Cleveland and Buffalo,offers a splendid through car service to all classes of passen­gers. Magnificent Wagner S'eepers and Dining Car daily onthrough trains to New York and Boston .. For reservations ofSleeping Car space and further information address J. Y. Cala­ban, General Agent, 199 Clark street, Chicago, Ill." Body Rested, Mind at Ease."That is what it is when traveling on the fast trains of theChicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; besides there is nochance to " kick," for the accommodations are up to date, thetrains keep moving right along and get there on time. Theselines thoroughly cover the territory between Chicago, LaCrosse, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Aberdeen, Mitchell, Sionx Falls,Sioux City, Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha and NorthernMichigan. The principal cities and towns in that territory arereached by the "St. Paul" lines connecting' at St. Paul andOmaha with alllines for points in the far west. Write to F.A. Miller, Ass't Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Chicago, Ill., for one oftheir new map time tables and a brochure giving a descriptionof the Compartment Sleeping Cars. Tickets furnished by anycoupon ticket agent in the United States and Canada. Thefinest dining cars in the world are run on the solid vestibuled, 267electric-lighted and steam heated trains of the Chicago, Mil­waukee & St. Paul Railway.· 65SNo Change to New York and Boston.The through service offered the traveling public by theNickel Plate Road (N. Y. C. & St. I". R. R.), is unsurpassed.The perfect passenger service of this road with the well-knownexcellence of the West Shore and Fitchburg Roads recom­mends itself to the traveling public. Wagner Palace Cars andDining Car daily on through trains to New York and Boston.For additional information see your local ticket agent or ad­dress J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, 199 Clark St., Chicago, Ill.Business Notices.MISCELLANEOUS.College books bought, sold and exchanged. Fulghum'SBook Store, 291 E. Fifty-fifth street. tfFor tutoring in preparatory Latin and mathematics at rea­souable rates address J. D. S., care the WEEKLY.Gents' fine shoes. Repairing a specialty, at A. Baker's store,5S4 S5th street. All work guaranteed. Give me a call. 14tfHave your screens rewired now, S. M. Hunter, 5S24JeffersonAve., carpenter and general jobbing shop, shelving, etc.25-4StUniversity Theme tablets, 15 cents per block; stationerysupplies at the same low price at T. R. Wolf's, 250 E. ssth St.,Pullman Bldg. 1StPiano tuning, L. E. Leipe, 346 East 56th St. 20 years' expe­rience. Repairing done. Leave orders at 344 55th Street.Telephone Oakland 81. 25-I2tWm. Sachen, Merchant Tailor, 297 5)t11 street. Fine suitsto order, $20 and up. Overcoats, $1S and up. Trousers, $Sand up. Repairing, cleaning and dyeing. 9-4tE. C. Parker & Co. have just received a new line of springand summer suitings on special sale for a few days at greatlyreduced prices. Also black clay worsteds at only $18. .The only establishment of its kind ill the United States.Pants made to your measure, and we make them to order at$4.00 a pair, no more, 110 lESS; 500 of the best quality audstylish goods to select from. 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