UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Slngie Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, No. 30.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 9, 1H95.SNell House.C. R. BARRETT.On the evening of October 4, I893, the residents ofSnell Hall held their first house meeting, and formallyorganized Snell House. All the men then residing in.the hall became charter members. Prof. A. A. Stagghad been appointed Head of the House by theUniversity authorities; and the House immediatelyelected Prof. H.· P. Judson as its Counsellor. In thesummer Professor Stagg became the head of a houseA. ALONZO STAGG.of his own. Mr. R. M. Lovett was appointed to fillthe place thus left vacant. He has 'been untiring inhis efforts for the improvement of the Hall, and forthe pleasure and. comfort of its inmates. Prof. Staggstill retains a fatherly interest in the Hall, and none ofits celebrations are considered complete without hissongs and stories.In constructing Snell Hall the University authori­ties did their best to defeat the very object for whichthey were ostensibly striving-that of making sociallife a regular part of the college life. They providedabsolutely no place for the assembling of the residentsof the Hall. The need of such a place was so eviden t from the first that a fine club room was soon fitted upin the basemen t, and one of the rooms on the first floorwas turnedinto a parlor. Mrs. Snell, the donor of thehall, has done much to help make it more suitable.At the present time plans for a kitchen and diningroom, and for other radical improvements: are underconsideration.During the first quarter of its existence Snell wasvery well filled; but during the two succeeding quar­ters it was nearly depopulated. This was due partlyto the high rents in the dormitory and the low rentsoutside" and partly to the poor janitor service. Thehall sheltered a fair number during the summer, butthey were mostly school teachers who were here forthat sessiononly. With the return of the regular stu­dents last fall, Snell received a large influx of newstudents, and a good number of the old. The rentswere made somewhat more reasonable, and the janitorservice was much improved.As it is at present the only hall for undergraduatemen, Snell has naturally become the center of under­graduate life. The Snell boys are recognized as astrong factor in University life; and the" Snell Hallpush," has done much noble service at more than onehard fought game, or equally hard fought celebration.In athletics Snell plays a very important part. Ithas sent forth many of the strongest players the 'Var­sity teams have ever had. Of last fa lls eleven it pro­vided half, of this year's nine it sends out one-third;and in track athletics it has done nearly as well. Andthe members of Snell have always been very enthusi­astic in the support of the 'Varsity teams. They turnout at the games in good numbers, and their lungs arestrong and tireless. Some few of them· may prefer aseat on the roof to one in the grand stand, but evensuch interest is better than apathy.And when some athletic victory has been won, anda celebration is proposed, Snell is always the centre ofthe excitement. Its men have more than onceraided the Midway, baffled the watchman and carriedaway the necessary fuel for a huge fire. The clubrooms are ever ready for the reception of such ahungry, enthusiastic crowd, and the creature com-316 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.forts have never been found lacking. When the'Varsity eleven returned from its famous Californiatrip, Snell rose to the occasion, and showed itsappreciation of the team's work by giving the boys arousing welcome home.In the social life of the University the Hall has itsestablished place. For the promotion of goodfellow-MRS. HENRIETTA SNELL.ship among its own members and' residents it hasinstituted regular Friday evening meetings. At thesegatherings it occasionally indulges in an informal" feed." The Snell reception on the fourth Mondayof the month has become a recognized part of thesocial life of the quadrangles. And only lately theSnell boys showed their versit ility by branching outinto theatricals. Snell is also the possessor of thebest dancing floor on the quadrangle and the mina­ture informa1s at its receptions add much to the enjoy­ment of its guests.But sport and society do not by any means occupyall the time of the undergraduate. The members ofthe Hall find plenty of time to devote to their studiesand to their religious duties. They do their part ofthe work on' the different student publications, and anumber of them are regular and efficient workers in thevarious social settlements about the city.The life in a college dormitory is certainly some­thing unique. There is such a close and constantcontact between all sorts of men of every degree ofculture and intelligence and from all parts of thecountry that there is no chance for narrowness. Al­though conflicting types are present there is very littlefriction. There is a sense of fraternity permeatingthe whole body that makes possible the gradual smoothing of rough corners. Cliques and sets willinevitably be formed but they are neutralized by theharmonizing influence of a common dwelling place.And whatever else may be said of it, life in Snellis a jolly life. There is plenty of hard work done inits diminutive rooms, but its members will never be­come dull from lack of recreation. At almost anytime of day there is some sort of music going on some­where in the Hall; and often during leisure hours a" gang" will gather in one of the rooms and makethe air vocal with the latest popular songs. The boysalso have a habit of dropping down into the clubrooms just after supper and having an unconventionalgood time. Among so many fellows there can alwaysbe found enough to carry out any project,. be it"whooping her up " downtown, or taking up a col­lection for pie..Although Snell Hall is not yet two years old it hashad a varied history. It has had its dark days, andvery dark some of them were, too; but it now seemsto be on the high road to popularity, which meanssuccess. There has been formed a nucleus of old menwho have firm faith in Snell and in the system that itrepresents. They have enjoyed the benefits of thatsystem, and they have stood by the Hall throughROBERT MORSE LOVETT.thick and thin that others might profit likewise.They have worked hard for the glory of Snell andthe honor of the University. They have come tobelieve that Snell men can do anything that they maymake up their minds to do. With men of such spiritsupported by the' good intentions of the authorities,Snell House will undoubtedly become a permanentpart of the University equipment, and the pioneer ofthe undergraduate quadrangle.i!; UNIVERSITY OFI CHICAGO WEEKLY.To Pyrrha.(HORACE I, V.) ""Pyrrha, what youth, perfumed and slender,', Amid the roses woos thee now,- ,In the cool grot, in accents tenderRecords his vow?Sweet maid, thy golden tresses binding,What youth to thee has lost JlI.Hi heart?Alas for him! be'll soon be finding ');'" iHow false thou art.,O'er golden seas he now is sailing,He'll trust the breeze to hear his bark,Until he hears the storm-wind wailing,And all is.dark ,Happy am I, who still am living,/ Thongh ship-wrecked 011 thy treacherons shoreTo Neptune I'll my thanks be giving,And woo no more,F. W. DIGNAN. 'Northern, League Oratorical" Contest.The annual oratorical contest of the Northern Ora­torical League was held .Iast Friday evening at IowaCity, Iowa, and was one of the most successful meet­ings the League has yet held. 'Seve,ra1 of the collegesClaim to have been better represented at this time thanat any other time in' their history.Pres. Conrath, of .the State Norma! School of Min­nesota, acted as judge, in the absence of Hon. Ira J.Chase, of Indianapolis, Indiana. The other judgeswere: Pres. J. B. Pray, Stevensport, Wis.; Rev.�obt. Stapleton, Belle Pl aine, Iowa; Pres. J. B.McMichael, Monmouth, 111., and Victor E. Bender,Council Bluffs; Iowa.James H. Mays.t University of Michigan, spoke onInternationalism, and won first prize, Rodney A.Elward, of Wisconsin, taking second prize, and HarryW. Hanson, of Iowa, securing third place. Wiscon­sin's and Iowa's representatives both spoke on thesame subject, "'The Wandering Jew." Ob�rlin tookfourth place, University of Chicago fifth, and North­western sixth., Mr. H. F. Atwood, who represented the Universityof Chicago, never spoke better, and with his well­written oration and his fine delivery captivated theaudience as no other speaker .of the evening did.Prof. 'Trueb1�od, head 01 the department of elocutionat Michigan, in a letter, says that Mr. Atwood' cer­tainly deserved second place.'After the contest a banquet was given' by the stateUniversity of Iowa to the .representatives of ,the con­testing colleges, .at which W. O. Wilson, of Chicago,delivered an e�cellent toast on "T'i�e Fraternity ofColleges." " , ,- At the business meeting of the delegates to theconvention, held Saturday.. the following officers were elected: 'Pres., IF.; W' .. Beckman, U. 'of 1. ; Sec.c]'. H.Charles, U. of M.; Treas., Abraham Bowers, U. of C.;first Vice-Pres.j Kennave1, of Northwestern : secondVice-Pres., S. J:>. Orth, Oberlin; third Vice-Pres.,A. H. Schmidt, Wisconsin.The decision of' the judges at the contest on the,previous evening proved unsatisfactory, and resultedin an important amendment to' the constitution.Instead of five judges on thought, composition anddelivery, as heretofore, there will be three separatejudges. on thought and composition and three ondelivery. The latter three only will be present at thecontest .'Article V., Section I, of the, constitution, wasamended to read as follows:No resident of the state where the contest is held, nor of thecity in which any college is located, no relative of any contestant, no alnmnus of any college participating, no person whoholds or who has held any official connection with any of thecontesting colleges, shall sit as judge in a contest.Messrs. W. O. Wilson, Abraham Bowers and H. F.Atwood were sent as delegates by-the' Oratorical Asso­ciation here and report that they were royally enter­tained.Trouble at Stanford.The $15,000,000 suit of the United States againstStanford University, which has recently been begun,threatens to affect disastrously the affairs of that in­stitution. Stanford has an endowment of $20,000,-000, but much of this is in lands and real estate.The, serious difficulty has been to secure funds forcurrent expenses;.' For the past year the Universityhas been enabled to continue' open only by the per­sonal munificence of Mrs. -Stanford, who has" con­tributed very liberally from her personal income. Thepressure of the present suit by the United States bringsmatters to � climax, and may cause the suspension ofthe University. , Such aresult would involve great lossto the cause of higher education, not only in the Pacificstates; but throughout the country.THE U: if M. Daily has compiled the following '�g­tires from the World's Almanac: There are 451universities and colleges in the United States,' employ­ing 10,247 instructors, and with an -enrollment of122,555 students.' Of this number 55,553' are incollegiate 'departments, 44,054 are in" preparatorydepartments, 19,385 .are in professional departmentsand 3,565 in graduate schools. The total income ofthe universities and colleges is $r4,601,034. 'Harvardhas the largest total income of any institution; its re­ceiptsIast 'year amounted to $1,204,384.' There are5,319',602 bound volumes in -the. libraries of theseinstitutions.e=Z'«. ., 317318 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY' OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOEDITORIAL BOARD.FRANK W. WOODS, - EDITOR-IN-CHIEFASSOCIATE EDITORS:G. W. AXELSON, , - Al'HLETICWILBUR T. CHOLLAR, - SOCIALWALTER A. PAYNE, - - RELIGIOUSMARTHA L. ROOT, WOMEN'S HALLSWILLIAM P. LOVETT, } LOCALWILBUR W. BASSETT,JOHN H. HElL, - CALENDARCHARLES H. GALLION, MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter, '$ 75One Year (Four Quarters), 2 50Office Hours, 9.00 TO 12.00.Advertising rates made on application.Address all communications toU,NIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,58th Street and Ellis Avenue, Chicago.The WEEKLY may be found on sale at the office of the University Press,McClurg's, Brentano's, Curry's, and all News Stands South of 39th Street.Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, III.ONLY one defeat by a college team has as yetmarred the symmetry of our record of victo­ries in baseball. The game with the ChicagoLeague, Friday afternoon, resulted indeed in a scoreof five to two against US; but so small a defeat at thehands of so strong a' team was rej oiced over as avictory and deserves to be reckoned as such.The University put up a remarkably strong gameagainst the profes�ionals, and the large crowd thatwitnessed the contest were delighted at what theysaw. Clarke again distinguished himself byhis finework in the box and even Anson, "papa" Anson,fanned the air in a vain endeavor to find the cleverlypitched ball of the University twirler.Saturday'S game at Madison with the Universityof Wisconsin was a fine occasion, resulting in thescore of eight to two in our favor. Grant played astar game at short, dissipating misgivings as to theteam's weakness at that position.The boys were royally treated by the Madison team,but very discourteously treated by the spectators atthe game. The crowd hooted and yelled and press- ing down upon the base-lines, endeavored with openumbrellas in every conceivable way to disconcert andharass our players. Nor did they refrain from hurl­ing all sorts of personalities, gibes and flings at ourmen, many, of which were of a decidedly discourteousnature. The WEEKLY does not wish to seem fault­finding toward our friends at Madison, but it doeswish to protest against the marring of college sportby " muckery " at any institution. No charge, how­ever, of intentional discourtesy is intended, but ratherof thoughtlessness in this matter.THE Northern Oratorical "League at its recentmeeting at Iowa City, passed, what seems tothe WEEKLY, a very foolish amendment to itsconstitution. It has always been almost an impossi­bility to secure satisfactory judges for the contests.This has been, perhaps, the greatest evil of the sys­tem. Early in the season each year the secretary be­gins writing to prominent individuals inviting themto act as judges. Declinations come in as fast as hecan send out telegrams and letters, 'with the result,repeated over and over again at the Interstate con­tests as well as those of the League, that the oratorsmust perforce be content with whomsoever the desper­ate secretary can secure at the last moment. Why isthis? Simply because busy men of prominence can­not and will not spare the time and exertion to travela long distance to act as judg�s at an oratorical con­test. It is very natural that this should be the case,for the honor, which is the judge'S only recompensefor his time and trouble, is very small. The secre­tary's task in securing judges is thus well-nigh a hope­less one.Overlooking entirely this condition of affairs, theLeague amended Section I of Article V. of its con­stitution so that" no resident of the state where the'contest is held, nor of the city in which any collegeis located" "shall sit as judge in a con-test." This seems an extremelyill-considered action.The secretary's present difficulty in getting satisfac­tory judges is changed into a virtual impossibility.No substantial gain of any sort is secured by tlierule. The' history of the Northern League 'and theInterstate Oratorical Association reveals extremelyfew, if any, cases of alleged favoritism of the sortagainst which this action seems to be directed. Ifany such apprehension were felt, a resolution recom­mending the policy outlined in the amendment uli�htUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.have been inscribed upon the minutes of the Leagueand would have answered every purpose, But in­stead, there has been incorporated in the constitutionitself where it cannot be waived upon emergency,an inflexible rule, which will greatly hamper the sec­retary in his duties. Whenever, as very often hap­pens, word is received at the last moment that judgespreviously secured cannot come; the contest will haveto proceed without judges, for it will be too late toimport others from outside the state to fill the va­cancy. The rule is a very ill-considered one and willcause endless trouble and annoyance ..THIS issue of the WEEKLY contains a sketch ofthe life of the Snell House. It has long beenfelt by this paper that Snell is not appreciatedas it deserved to be. Snell House is in a very largemeasure the dynamic force of the student life of theUniversity. From it come much of the initiativesupport and leadership in our student enterprises. Init our best development of college spirit seems to befound. There, perhaps, if anywhere, must we lookfor the full success of the "house" system which isone of the unique features of the University of Chi­cago. And only those who live in Snell itself canknow of its inner life, the real spirit of fellowshipwhich is becoming more and more potent every day, theevenings of singing and story telling, the hard-foughtbattles between rival floors with icy pitcherfuls ofwater as weapons, the rolling of boxes and furnituredown the stairs and the tooting of the tin horn atmore or less seasonable hours of day and night. Allsuch manifestations of good spirits contribute to thegood times and good fellowship of life in Snell.The growing activity in the life of Snell House isillustrated by the delightful and completely success­ful Farce which was recently rendered by the mem­bers. To Mr. R. M. Lovett, the retiring "head," isdue much of this development of social life. He hasspared neither time, thought nor expense in workingfor the interests of the House. And his unassumingpersonal qualities have won the marked esteem andfriendship of his associates in the Hall. In this con­nection mention must also be made of the efficientlabors of Mr. Lamay who, as chairman of the Farcecommittee, worked night and day "to make the thinggo off well." It is superfluous to say that his effortsmet with complete success. 319University Calendar.Noticesfor the ensuing week, which are of general interest,may secure insertion in the Calendar by being lift with M,r.Heil in the Weekly box at the Faculty Exchange, before 9: 30a, m., Monday.Friday, nay 10.3 : 00 p. m. First Annual Outdoor Meet to decide winners inthe cup competition. Marshall Field.6: 45 p. m. Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Subject: "Reasons forPraising God." Ps. 103 : 1-5. Lecture Room, Cobb.Saturday, nay II.4: 00 p. m. Baseball, University vs. University of Iowa.Marshall Field.Sunday, May 12.4 : 20 p. m. Second of the Haskell Lectures by Rev. JohnHenry Barrows, D. D. SUbject:" World-wide Effects of Chris­tianity." Kent Theatre.7 : 15 p. m. Joint Meeting of Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. Sub­ject: "Am I my Brother's Keeper?" Lecture Room, Cobb.8: 00 p. m. An address to Divinity Students by Dr. Geo.Dana Boardman. Subject:" The Kingdom of God." Chapel.nonday, nay 13.3 : 00 p. m. Monthly Reception at Kelly.4: 30. Divinity conference. Assistant Professor Moncriefin charge. Subject:·· What should be the Attitude of theMi nister toward Popular Amusements?" Chapel.8 : 00 p. m. Lecture before the Press Club by Willis J. Ab­bott, editor of the Times-Herald, Subject:" The EditorialPage." Faculty Room, Cobb.Tuesday, nay 14.4 : 00 p. m. Baseball, University vs. Northwestern. Mar­shall Field.Wednesday, May 15.12: 30 p. m. Address to Graduate Students by Prof. Terry.Subject: "The College Teacher and the College Student."Chapel.. 4: 00 p. m, Baseball, University vs. Iowa College. Mar­shall Field.5 : 00 p. m. Musical Recital. Otto Pefferkorn, pianist anddirector of music at Armour Institute. Kent Theatre.Thursday, nay 16.I : 30 p. m. Meeting of Y. W. C. A. Subject:" Commun­ion with Christ." John 4 : 24. Lecture Room, Cobb.Friday, nay 17.4: 00 p. m. Baseball, University vs. Chicago League Clubatthe West Side Grounds.6: 45 p. m. Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Subject:" EndureHardness." II. Tim. 2: 3. Lecture Room, Cobb.8 : 00 p. m. J oint Debate, Oratorical Association vs. LakeForest University. Kent Theatre.Telford Story and Poem Competition.Through the generosity of Mr. John H. Telford,men's furnisher at 55th street and Kimbark avenue,the WEEKLY is enabled to announce thirty dollars ingold for a short story and a poem competition. Therewill be three prizes distributed as follows:For the best short story, $15.For the second best short story, $S.For the best poem, $10.For rules governing the competition see theWEEKLY of April 18.320 UNIVE,RSITY- ,OF- CHICAGO ':WEEKL,Y". . . .. \ ." " ....Unable to find, Clarke's delivery .and some sharpfielding of the 'Varsity tell the story of Friday'sgame. The pathos of the game can be, better .imag­ined than described when it is merely mentioned thatthe greatest of all" baseball captains' never h.�d,' a• � I " e. • r I )chance to sniff th,e invigorating breezes at, second6as�� : , .The story of the playing of the champions be­comes-more pathetic as the -record ·at bat of the 'greatcaptain himself is. seen in cold unvarnished facts andhere it is: Died at first, asecond death) flew out toGrant, struck out, left 'the ,field a, sadder' but a wiser,man. It is true "that some' of his confederates' madea better showing" .but it must be said to their creditthat with the' possible exception of, one' Innirrg' theydid the best they knew how. rIn that inning, Abbey, resplendent' in . a.' suit ofspotless white,' thought he might 'just' as well . fool,his brother collegians with a species of .slow drops.The experiment W3;-8 .disastrous, Three 'singles, .adouble, an error and two runs. tell the tale 'of" an­other fond hope blasted." Up to this inning, goose'eggs' were 'strung+out with' alarming 'frequency!, an�d"hits were almost as scarce as runs.As Nichols. ,stepped to the: plate he' was .presentedwith a bunch of roses. There were thorns among the,roses and the center fielder died at first .. Jones stowedone away among the pig weeds in left field. "Abel1�was the recipient of another bouquet, butperished at­firstrand Adkinson wishing no harmto the Minnesota( .," � ",man stayed where he was. Ryan got, .. his. base ;onballs, Dahlenhison .an error,. Wilmot struck out, and.Gra:pJ redeemed himself by throwing "vuncle ' out atfirst. Three men came up-in -the next inning for the''Varsity and all were- lost by-the -wayside. "Bill"Lange, the trooper! Q( the. plains, hit to, left,' Everettdid likewise, Stewart got tra.ns.p�rt�t1,on to first, ¥oransingled, "and' three runs carnein. ' '�A hit and an error,brought in one -�OrE� 'in the .next.' q'Vq ,a repetition ofthis sent ih another run In the fifth.' . This ended theOf • ...�, ,rungetting arid' but ten, men c all? e to 'Pat.'�n· the next,three innings for 'Chicago. . In' ,the 'sixth� "papa"Anson struck out, to the infinite delight of the smatlboy on the bleachers. ' .,' : " ', 'Thepitching of Clarke was superb arid hi's supportafter the first three innings was excellent.' 'Jones' workbehind the bat.was a feature, Nichols, althoughhehitthe ball every timehe cameto bat, was unfortu-J I " t :,.:, I· � • .1 l" ' � J, � '. • • �nate in placing it where the fielders could scoop it in.CaptainA'bells, "while at bat" in the third inning, �as'hit with a pitched bail and gave Way to Brown, whoinauguratedihis position ',by, a ,grandstand play toWit).$ton in the fourth. , , IrJ�:el,scQ�e: u . 'l >.' dChicagos .. R, . .H,.P.A.E. p.,<;>f Chicago. R.H.P.A.E.,Ryan, if: . .' .'". 0 '0 '2 0 0 Nichols, cf,: . 0 0 2 0 I'Dahlen,'.ss. ,'� .b'o 01'0 Jones"c. .023"1: 0Wilmot,)f ,j .. '0 o 1,0 I 4be))s, i b .. ,.0",0 2 ,0 0,Anson, lb. , , . 0 0 I2 0 0 Brown, rb '. . 7, I 7 I ILange.ref " .J',' • r J I' 'I b Adkinson, 21/, .6 0 4 4 "rEveritt, 3b . .2 2 I ,1.0. .Hering, ..if, . .. o.so. 0 Q ,0.Stewart, 2b.. . 2 I 4 2 0 Clarke, p , . I I 0 4 0Moran, .C ': ' , . J' 0 ,I ,6 2 0 ·Pike, If . � . 1; 0 '2, 0 0Howe, p .. .0 0 2 0 6, Winston, 3') . 0. I 3 2 0Abbey, p .", , , . 0 0 0 'r' o Grant, ss':, . ', 0 I" I 0 0Totals ,;: .. 5 8 27 14' i. Totals·.·. .. 2 6 24 I2 5Chicagos . . , . ;' . . . . . . 0 3 'I '0 I 0 0 0' *- 5University of Chicago .... 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 ',2-,2;Ear��d, run-:-:-Chicago. ,J'wo-pa�e hits=-Lange, HO'Ye, Win­ston. Sacrifice hits-c-Everitt, Nichols, Abells. Base on balls­Ryan, 'Wilmot, Stewart,' Clarke, Winston :(2). ;. Hit by pitcherAbells, 'Dahlen. Stolen bases=-Lange .(_2), .Nichols, Clarke.Double play--Winston to Brown. Struck out--Wilmot, An­son,' Howe, Adkirisou (2), Clarke (2), Pike, Grant. 'Passed balls'-Jones (2). Wild -pitch=-Clarke. Time-I:So. Umpire--,Tindill.Athletic Rules.The f?,llow�ng rules, resulting from the conferenceof college presidents last. Jan uary, were adopted.April 10, 1895,' by the 13oar'd of Physical Cultt�n;; andAthletics of theUniversity : .(In the absence of 'any recognized: court of appeal"among' the colleges, the Board of Physical ,Cultureand Athletics of the, University of Chicago, will be,compelle� to decide .t�pon eligibility,') "r. No one shall participate in any game or athletic sport,unless he be 'a bona fide student doing full work in a regular orspecial course as defined' in' the curriculum. ' '2. No person shall be admitted to .l:J.ny intercollegiate con­test who receives any gift, remuneration, or pay for hisservices.' ! I .13 ... Any student who shall be pursuing a regularly pre- .scribed resident-graduate course, whether for an advanceddecree o�- in anyone of the professional schools, maybe per- .mitted to play for a minimum number of years required beforesecuring the graduate ,or professional degree for which, he is a ,candidate. ' "..." "' '4. '; No person who has been employed in training a univer­sity team for intercollegiate contests shall be, allowed to par­ticipate in in'tercoliegiate contests as a member of and teamwhich he has trained- and no professional athlete shall play inany int�r�ol1e�iate contes�.". ', '5. No student shall play in any game under au assumedname.6. ' No student, shall be permitted to participate in any)intercollegiate contest who is found by the Faculty to be de­Iinquent in his studies, or shall be permitted-to participate in,any public performance of any, recog_niz,ed un�versity <?t:gatl- .UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.ization if he has a record in the Examiner's books of D or Ein any of his courses of the preceding quarter, or if he' fails tomaintain a rank of C in all his courses of the current quarter.7. All' football games shall be played- on grounds eitherowned by or under immediate control of one or both of thecolleges participating in the contest, and all football gamesshall be played uuder student management, and not under thecontrol of any corporation, association, or private individual.8. The electiou of captains of teams in the university shallbe subject to the approval of the Board of Physical" Cultureand .Athletics.9. No member of any university team sh al l compete inany contest as a member of any other organization.10. Ungentlemanly conduct on the part of any member ofa university team' while on the field will disqualify him fromparticipation in public contests for such a time as the Board-ofPhysical Culture and Athletics, shall determine.Divinity, 11; Snell",q.The-Divinity School' defeated Snell Hall in a hotlycontested- game of baseball last Saturday by a score of. 14' to 13.- Herschberger, Abernethy and Breedenwere the- battery for the Snell- boys; and Allen, Ewingand Smith inter-changed in the box for the gentlemenof 'the- cloth, while Behan acted- as backstop. Thetheologues could do nothing with the" kid" in thefirst half of the game, hut in the last inning they madelife miserable for the stocky twirler, and piled upseven runs, winning the game. The austere counte­nances of the clergy had a depressing influence on thecongregation from -Snell, and the clergymen's curvesseemed as mystifying as their theology, and runswere mostly made on errors. The features of thegame were Allen's pitching and the non-fielding onboth sides. On Tuesday the Snell boys tasted sweetrevenge by defeating the Divinities by a score of18 to 17.University, 8; Wisconsin, 2.Another victory was added to 'the long list of con­quests by Captain Abell's men Saturday. This timeit vyas aw�y from home and the Badgers were the,'victims. Our boys played one of the best games ofth� se�so'n, notwithstanding the slippery condition ofthe grounds. The final score was 8 to "2, and the''Varsity' played a perfect 'fielding g:ai:n�'" except anexcusable error' of Clarke's in' left." 'Nichols heldthe cardinals down to six hits, while Chicago securedeleven off Runkle's delivery., Jones smashed a.fing�ron his right hand in the fourth inning, and Pike tookhis place behind the bat. Grat;t played' an .errorlessgame at short accepting all of his seven chances. '.The score by innings: ',Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0,--2, -Chicagos r ••••••••••••• I 5 I 0 1 0 0 0 0-8University, 6; Rush, 4.The closest game seen on the, 'Varsity field thisseason, was played last Mondaybetween. Rush Medi-.cal and the TT riiversity , .' Blake and Sheldon officiated..as battery for the, ".Medics,�' and Clarke and Nichols , for the 'Varsity. The visitors were unable to findClarke to any extent, but aided by costly errors tiedthe score in the eighth. Clarke's single won the gam�,for the 'Varsity in the ninth after two men were out.The score by innings:University ' 0 0 2 I 0 I 0 0 2-6Rush Medical . . . . . . . . . 0 I. 0 0 2 0 0 I 0-4Hits-e-University. 2; Rt:sh,4:Struck out-By Clarke, 4; by Blake, 4·Base� on balls�Off Clarke, 4.; off BI�ke, 2.Umpire-Tindill.University Road Race.The second annual five-mile handicap road race ofthe University of Chicago Cycling Club was 'runSaturday morning around the meadow in Washington'Park. Capt. C. V. Bachel'le, starting fr'om scratch,won both the place and time prizes on-his-r'Bcudan"wheel. Gleason, with a handicap ,of thirty seconds,rode a splendid race and won second time and place.Bachelle won in 14. 12�, reducing .the 'Varsity recordof last �ear by 24 seconds; and receives two silvercups from the 'Varsity Club. Bachelles time wasexcellent considering the very: strong, wind that pre-,vailed.A Gastronomic Idyl."Have aBit ofOur spring ,Chicken ?- ",Asked the,WaiterBo�ingLow. '"Yes, andWaiter, .Dou't for­Get now,Make itThis spring,Don't youKnow."- University HeraJ��New, Di�ing Ca� Serv�ce.. It is a pleasure to note the addition of another im­portant feature to the. already competent train service; :of the Nickel Plate Road.. The dining car service ofthis popular low rate line has recently peen augmented, ,by which dinner will be served on train No.6, leaving,Chicago at 2 p. m. daily, and breakfast and dinner ontrain No.2, leaving Chicago daily at 9:20 p. m. withdirect connections for New York and Boston.. .Break­fast and dinner will be served on. train NO.5, arrivingin Chicago at 9:35 p. m. from New York and Boston •. \For full information, regarding routes, rates.. maps, .folders, etc., address ) OtU nearest .ticket agent, or} .. uY. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago,. Ill. 321UNlvERS1TV OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Payne, Hue and Johnson. Nu party was chaperonedby Professor and Mrs. S. H. Clark. W. A, Derrick. favored the party with several solos and ProfessorClark gave several pleasing recitations. Refresh-·ments were served.Miss Nixon, Miss Bertha Nixon and Miss Hana­ford are the guests of Miss Reynolds, at Foster.Miss Talbot spent a part of last week in St. Paul.She addressed the Minnesota Branch of the Associa­tion of Collegiate Alumnse.The Suicide Club at Beecher, had a strawberrywake Wednesday evening., The "Soother of Con­sciences" generously provided the fruit.A large number drove up to Evanston to see thegame Tuesday. Among these were Misses Kennedy"Messick, Keene, Stanton, and Messrs. Rand, Stevens,Tooker and Nott Flint.Misses Wilmarth ann Klock, in honor of Miss Bur­leson and Miss Cunningham, gave a dinner party atBeecher Monday night. The following guests werepresent: Messrs. Pike, Hollaway, W. W. Atwood,Nichols, Grant and Abells.On Saturday evening Miss Elizabeth Cook gave amusical and dance at the Hyde Park Hotel, at whichmany University students were present. The pro­gram consisted of violin, piano, and dramatic num­bers, given respectively by Misses Capen, Cook,Pershing, Kane, and Mr. Robert Law. Among thosepresent were Misses Rew, Kane, Pershing, Marjorieand Agnes Cook" Schwartz, Dougherty, Freeman,Ide Capen, Cooffer, Berry, Currier and Pierce.Messrs. Rand, Tooker, R. H. and H. R., Dougherty,Law, Chase, Gale, Pershing, Wilbur, Swift, Atwood,Vaughn, Hobart and Hewitt.Second Informal.The height of the temperature was evidently toogreat for the disciples of Terpsichore on last Saturdayafternoon; for, notwithstanding the fact that the floorwas like a mirror and Fitzgerald's music unusually in­spiring, the attendance at the second I "Informal " ofthe Assembly Club at Rosalie Hall was very small.However, as the afternoon advanced the number in­creased and the program of twenty dances was thor­oughly enjoyed.Sigma Nu Party.'I'he Sigma Nu fraternity gave a pleasant party attheir chapter house" 5728 Rosalie Court, Mondayevening. Those present were Misses Clark, Neil,Stapp, McBee, Seavey, Billings, Van, Kuren, HelenVan Kuren, Winston, Alice Winston, and Messrs.Torrey, Roberts, Mentzer, Kelso, Hobeke, Hogey,McLennan, Gallion, Marshall E. Gallion, Allen, The Snell Parce.:Snell Ha.ll was in gala attire on last Tuesday even­ing' and the many guests who responded to the cordialinvitations went away ardent admirers of Snell Hall,,and devoted friends of the members of the House whodid so much to entertain them.The occasion was the production of the farce "TwoCollege Chums," which was rendered in a mannervery satisfactory to the audience. The selection ofthe farce was a happy one. ,Mr. Raycroft as HarryMeredith, and Mr. Forrest Grant as Fred Parks.",Two College Chums" were the leading characters,and the plot hinged upon theirtransfer of personalities 'in orderto render it possible for FredParks to meet and woo his sweet­heart, Mollie Wainwright, whowas impersonated by Frank Her- .ing. ' The other characters wereMrs. Huntoon, Fred's aunt, whowas cleverly impersonated by Mr.Linn; Fanny Morrison, Mollie'schum, in the' person of Robert,Tooker; Muggins, a colored ser­vant, who sang" Girl Wanted"with a bit of local flavoring, Mr.F. D. Nichols; and Kate, an Irish, servant, played by Mr. Macomber.The most touching scene was the embracing of MissWainwright by Fred Parks. Both participants actedtheir parts in a very natural manner. The" Ohs "and "Ahs," when our two athletes, Raycroft andGrant, puffed their cigarettes, were doubtless the causeof their performing this action in such an amateurishfashion. Take it all in all however the performancewas very good and reflected great credit upon theactors, and Messrs. Lamay and Barrett, the stage man­agers. After the play, the audience surveyed therooms and sipped ices while the floor was being clearedand then, when a dance program of eleven numbershad been partially executed, the dancing was stoppedbecause the clock already indicated thirty minutespast the hour stated upon the invitations. Therewere some signs of discontent but then the" powersthat be " must know best and besides there was noappeal.The patronesses were Mesdames \�lillialll R. Har­per, Harry Pratt Judson and E. Hastings Moore.Mr. Wilson acted as floor manager and had as aidesMessrs. Abells, Wieland, Peterson, Herschberger,McIntyre, Van Osdal, Bachelle, Freeman and Breeden. I, IUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Dr. Barrows' First Lecture.Rarely has a larger or more appreciative audienceassembled in 'Kent Theatre than that which greetedRev, John Henry Barrows, D.D., Sunday afternoon inhis inauguration of the Haskell lectures on The Re­ligions of the World. The friends and students ofthe University were out enmasse, and in the audiencecould be seen many distinguished men from variousparts of the city.After an excellent rendition of " Consider the Lilies"by the University Choir, Prof, Geo. S. Goodspeed readthe twenty-fourth Psalm, and Dr. Boardman offeredprayer. The speaker was then introduced by Head­Professor Hulbert..' \In introducing the series, the lecturer paid a glow-ing tribute to Mrs. Haskell, applying to her the in­scription on the tomb of Dean Stanley in Westminster," Uniting many hearts in many lands and lifting all torealms above."The foundation of the .lectureship is being receivedwith great favor in Europe and, is welcomed in Indiaexcept that the Mohammedan priests are silent. Oneof the chief purposes of the course, according to thelecturer, is " to 'a waken a general interest in the relig­ions of the world and to guide and direct it wisely."Then Christianity and its four opposing religions,Mohammedanism, Hinduism, Buddhism; and Confu­cianism, were taken up in turn and the characteristicstending to make each a world-religion and the difficul­ties to the same were clearly and forcibly presented.He expects no new religion to arise, yet there must bean intelligent study of each system in order that eithermay triumph over the others. Comparisons are nolonger odious but have become the chief method ofscientific study: Then a vivid comparison was drawnbetween India, the larid of the Hindu, and England,the land of the Christian. Why the difference be­tween these two branches of the great Aryan race?Is it not religion? In India, religion governs mar­riage, social system, everything. The faith of theHindu has grown like an iron band about his spirit,while to the Teuton came a free, gentle and consciousspirit, ever to him an inspiration.It is not necessary to insist that God has left all na­tions save Israel without spiritual guidance. Scat­tered rays of truth have reached all nations. God'sSpirit works in all peoples. If Christianity is to tri­\1mph, it must be done, not by casting other religions aside, but by including an that is good within them.The severity of Jesus Christ blazed out against thePharisees and not against the Pagan.Buddhism and Islamism are both more or less mis­sionary in spirit. The Mohammedan to-day advisessending missionaries to protect the people against thegunpowder and whisky of the Christian nations.Then the lecturer bound together Christianity andJudaism, showing how the one is the outgrowth andculmination of the other. Israel, though struck downand smitten, never gave up her universal hope. Ju­daism refusing to accept the Christ and Christ spirithas sunk into a national cult.Christianity alone of the religions of the world pre­sents the aspects of universality. To-day Christianityholds the field. Over 400,000,000, or nearly one-thirdof the population of the globe, are to-day under thesway of Christianity,-a number probably twice asgreat as that of any other religion.Driving the Turk from Europe and breaking upChina into small parts and opening it up to modernprogress, then the world wil l number four-fifths of itspopulation as followers of Christ. This' may bebrought about within a generation, possibly within adecade.The next lecture on "World-wide Effects of Chris­tianity" will be deli vered Sunday at 4 p. m., in KentHall.Reception at Beecher.Special pains were taken at Beecher last Monday tomake their reception the most delightful one of theMonday afternoon receptions yet given. The ·roomswere decorated with violets and original Beecher songssung with fine effect.Railroads.The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. runsthe fastest and best trains to all points in the North­west. For any information apply to W. T. Chollar,representative at the University.Removal of Ticket Office of the New York, Chicago « St. LouisRailroad.-(Nickel Plate Road.)On May rst, the Chicago City Ticket Office of theNew York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. (Nickel PlateRoad) will be moved to No. I I I Adams street, oppo­site the postoffice. J. Y. Calahan, General Agent.A new dining car service between Chicago and Buf­falo via the Nickel Plate Road, has recently beenplaced at the disposal of the traveling public, wlrichwill enable patrons of this favorite low rate line toobtain all meals on trains when traveling on throughtrains between Chicago, New York and Boston. Forreservations of sleeping car space and further informa­tion see your local ticket agent or address J. Y. Cala­han, General Agent" Chicago. 323324 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Majors and Minors.'The office hours of the WEEKLY are from 9 to 1'2 every day.Foster Hall has ·organized a Glee Club and elected MissBingham 'as leader. . .Mr. F. M. Hammond, steward of the University, is soon toissue a petite volume of 'poems., .The Cap and Goto» is on sale at the University Press, whereall who have not secured copies may get one.A. W. Stratton, of joh�s Hopkins University, will be an in­structor in: Sanskrit during the summer quarter.Miss Maude Peck, pianist, and Mrs. Anna Morse Crane, so­prano, gave the Wednesday musicale this week., An Oberlin student was recently killed instantly at a practicegame 'hy being hit in the head by a pitched ball..: Prof. E. D. Burton delivered last Monday the annual addressbefore the alumni of Rochester Theological Seminary.Mr. Herbert E. Hewitt, leader of the Glee club, has left theUniversity and entered an architect's office down town.T. M. Hammond will read a paper 011' "Gladstone" beforethe Plymouth Club at Plymouth church, Saturday evening.. Owing to' the storm no meeting of the Christian Union washeld' last Sunday eveuing, and Dr. Boardman's address waspostponed. .Prof. Paul Shorey has an article in 'the current Forum on"Can the Olympic Games be Revived," which maqy studentswill be interested in reading.The faculty has decreed that all regular ball games shallcommence not earlier than four o'clock except on Saturday soas not to interfere too much with the afternoon recitations.A bulletin board has been erected over the carriage gate toMarshall, Field which is to be marked. off into spaces for thedays of the week to announce games and events for a weekahead.The Department of Athletics has printed a neat calendar ofall ball games for the rest of the season. Readers of theWEEKLY will find the same announcements in the issue ofMay 2.The WEEKLY is in receipt of a letter from a high school stu­dent in Wisconsin asking for the address of the firm recentlyreferred to editorially in this paper, which provides "essaysand orations for high schools."The affairs of the University Settlement are in a critical con­dition. Unless the students and professors accept the respon­sibility of its maintenance and decide more actively to supportit, the project may have to be abandoned.Prof. George S. Goodspeed, of the Department of Compara­tive Religions, is compil'ing a seventy-page pamphlet which issoon to be published, containing comments and' resolutionsregarding the Haskell lecture foundation iu India.The bust of Mr. Silas B. Cobb was mounted last week in themain hallway of Cobb Hall, under direction of the sculptor"Lorado Taft. The bust is of white marble and is placed on aniar15le·$helf about eight feet from the floor. No ceremony ofunveiling took place in connection with the mounting of thebust., Professor Laughlin has been writing daily editonials for twoor three weeks in the Times-Herald on the MonetaryQues­tion. Word comes from W ashington that President Cleve­land bas taken great interest in these editorials, has clippedthem out and commended them to' the notice of his cabinet as " doing a great deal to clear up the monetary question." Thisplan of getting leading specialists from the University to dealwith their own subjects in the editorials of the Herald is amost excellent one.Messrs. W. S. Bond, W. H. Jackson, G. A. Bliss, V. W. Sin­cere, and F. F. Steigmeyer attended the annual banquet of the"Sons of Connecticut" at the Auditorium Annex, Tuesdayevening, and played several mandolin selections.Dr. Boardman preached the morning sermon at the HydePark Baptist Church last Sunday. In the evening Prof. A. W.Small occupied the pulpit. Rev. P. S. Henson, D. D., willdeliver the morning discourse next Sunday, and ProfessorSmall will speak again in the evening.The Law Club held moot court in the faculty room Mondaynight. Mr. F. W. Hill, John Dorman, alias John PrudenceJones, and Howard Roosa were tried for conspiracy and arson.Mr. Roosa turned state's evidence and the jury brought in averdict of guilty against theother two. Mr. C. N. Crewdsonand Harrison Bernard were the leading attorneys in the case.Captain Abells and Pitcher Nichols of the Baseball Teamwere each presented with a large bouquet of roses at the gamelast Saturday. The" Mascot" handed a bunch to each of theplayers as he stepped up to the plate. Each bouquet was ac­companied by a card which read: "With the compliments ofC. H. Gallion, Frank W. Woods, G. W. Axelson, Wilbur T.Chollar, Walter A. Payne, Martha L. Root, W. R. Lovett, W.W. Bassett, John H. Heil."Book Revlews.Hand Book of Criminal Law, by Wm. L. Clark, Jr. WestPublishing Co., St. Paul, Minn. 8 vo., 450 pp. $3.75 ..An elementary treatise 011 the principles of criminal law,particularly adapted to the students' use. It contains a briefanalytical exposition of the principles and rules of crimi-nallaw which are themselves printed in heavy face type. Theseblock-letter paragraphs, running through the book, constitutea complete, though concise, synopsis of the l�w of the subject.These and other special features commend the book aboveothers on the same subject. Notes, containing a copious cita­tion of authorities, are added to still further illnstrate theprinciples. This volume has already been adopted by severalleading law schools as a text book. The work is written inlucid English and bound permanently in calf.The French Revolution, as tested 'by the Career of Mirabeau.By H. Von Holst. C�l1aghan & Co., Chicago. 2 vols. $3.50.These two volumes contain the twelve lectures delivered re­cently by our own Professor Von Holst, at the Lowell Insti­tute, Boston, concerning Mirabeau and his place in the FrenchRevolution. Those who have listened to Professor von Holstin the class room know the breadth of scholarship, the graspof historical principles, and the vigor of presentation thatcharacterize all his work. These volumes are not only a valu­able contributiou to historical literature, but their imagina­tive and forceful, almost passionate qnalities 'of style, make ofthem fascinating reading for the general public.. Professorvon Holst takes the more extreme view in favor of Mirabeauas a statesman and patriot, but his life-long familiarity withthe original sources and the cogency of his arguments havevery great weight in establishing his view. Nothing couldbe finer than the'compactness and completeness of his presen­tation of the conditions leading to the Revolution, in thefirst few Iectures, and the references to profound underlyinghistorical principles which he makes incidentally ,throughoutthe work are extremely suggestive. The binding and typog­raphy of these volumes are excellent. .1IUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.!1J Exchanges, Please Note!College papers are respectfully requested to quitpublishing the two "chestnuts" printed below. Ithad "been hoped that this custom would die out ofitself in the course of time,. but this fond expectationhas been blasted by their periodic appearance in someof our most reputable and esteemed contemporaries.They were in four college papers" for examples lastweek. The items are as follows:The Chicago University is the only large educational insti­tution in the United States that has no college colors.It is said that the Chicago University intends to publish amagazine similar to the Century. It will be called the Lake­side Magazine.Both are absolutely false. The University of Chi­cago has never been without a color for one hour.Orange was adopted by the trustees as the collegecolor before the University opened. A year ago thecolor was changed from orange to maroon.The magazine referred to above, issued one numberyear and a half ago under the title, Calumet Magazille.A student pursuing special studies at the time in theUniversity of Chicago, happened to be its editor. Ithad no connection with the University. The Univer­sity of Chicago has never for one moment contem­plated publishing" a magazine to rival the Century."Intercollegiate Debate.On next Friday evening, at eight o'clock in KentTheatre, Lake Forest University will meet the Uni­versity of Chicago in joint debate. The subject fordebate will be, "Resolved, that free coinage of silverat the ratio of 16 to 1 is desirable in the UnitedStates." "The University will uphold the affirmativeand will be represented by J. Karpen, J. N. Hughesand L. B. Vaughan. Lake Forest will support thenegative and C. G. Smith, A. D. Coulter and J. M.Eakin will be her representatives.The University Quartette will furnish music for theoccasion.Ex-Gov. John M. Hamilton will preside and JudgesOrin N. Carter and H. V. Freeman and Dr. SarahHackett Stevenson will act as judges.I,tIAt Wood's Holl.About thirty students in the Department of Biologyexpect to spend the summer quarter in the marinelaboratory of the University, lccated at Wood's Holl,Mass., on the Atlantic coast. The party will consistof graduate students, with the exception of Messrs.Woolley, Roby and Steigmeyer, from the undergradu­ate school. A baseball nine, a glee club, and a malequartette will be organized, the University yell andthe maroon will not be kept in hiding, and a heartyUniversity spirit will prevail throughout the contin­gent., The Secret.Cupid and I, one summer nightA secret shared; -the moon was bright,And silver sails out on the seaFlitted by so silently j.,--"Tell me, Cupid," whispered I,"What is Love'S dear penalty? "The silver sails sped to and fro,Adown the white mist moving-"Ah, maiden, you of all must know­Why, Love, 'tis in the loving! "A. S. C.nichigan = Iowa-Chicago,At the recent contest of the Northern OratoricalLeague, the representatives of the Oratorical Associ­ation of the University of Chicago were challengedby representatives of similar organizations at the Uni­versityof Michigan and the State University of Iowato joint debate at some time during the next collegeyear.The Oratorical Association accepted the challengeat its meeting last night and two contests are assured.A quasi-challenge has also been received from theUniversity of Wisconsin and it is probable that a sim­ilar contest willbe arranged with that institution.Divinity Conference." What shall be the Attitude of Ministers towardPopular Amusements? " was the interesting questiondiscussed at the Divinity Conference last Monday.Mr. E. D. Varney said that the discussion would beupon the three amusements most common in modernsociety, "card-playing, dancing, and theatre going,"and without committing himself to either side, reada few arguments given by other men who have foundno evil in these amusements. Mr. P. T. Dye thenspoke unfavorably to the question, advocating thatchurch members should guard against becoming tooworldly. He said that the church should not attemptto reform' the theatre by patronizing it, but shouldremain away until the theatre has been reformed bythose in whose hands it now is. Mr. Howland Han­son then read a paper treating the subject from bothpoints of view. He stated that the question of dis­cussion was a question of the method by which thechurch should oppose popular amusements, and ad­vocate the substitution of less questionable forms ofrecreation.In the open discussion that followed the prevailingopinion seemed to be that worldliness in the churchis an evil, and that those three amusements areworldly, and hinder spiritual growth. Arguments tothe contrary, however, were not wanting. Through­out the conference there was a general tendency toconsider the amusements themselves, rather than theministers' attitude toward them. 329PERTINENT to the course of lectures on jour­nalism now being conducted by the Press Club,is the question of the place of the college grad­uate in journalism.Without doubt there is a large field of misunder­standing between the average newspaper man andthe average college man who aspires to journalism.The editor complains that the college graduate isfrequently of no more use in the general work of anewspaper than a man without college training .. Theperson thus criticised usually replies by attacking thegrammar, style, and general methods of the news­paper, and by asserting that newspapers as a class areat a level too low to appreciate college education.Between these extremes there must be a middleground, where lies the reasonable solution of the330 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY this kind or we shall be left far behind our rivals.Support Friday's occasion with your presence.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,58th Street and Ellis Avenue, Chicago .. Infer Ocean, whose subject was, "Independence inJournalism." Mr. Busby said that the best educationa man can secure is not too good forjournalism, butcollege students, when applying for newspaper work,usually hold false ideas of the relation of the educatedman to journalism, and are over confident of their owntalents. According to Mr. Busby the first year in anewspaper office is as valuable to a young journalistas the four years in college. "Nine out of ten aspir­ing young journalists are weak in their knowledge ofpolitics and practical world affairs."From this it is. evident that the' difficulty lies asmuch, or more, with the man just from college as withthe editor. Most leaders of newspaper work admitthat the daily press does need improvement, not onlyin English, but in 'politics, in morals, and in generaltone. One reason why young and ambitious writers,fresh from school, are not allowed to assume the highpositions they covet is that they know relatively noth­ing about the business side of a paper, and seem toforget that there is such a side. Their chief hinder­ance is too little regard for matters of practice, and aninability to adapt what ideas they have to the workin hand. They think that ability to write an essaymakes the journalist, and are surprised to learn theirmistake.PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOEDITORIAL BOARD.FRANK W. WOODS, - EDITOR-IN-CHIEFASSOCIATE EDITORS:G. W: AXELSON, .WILBUR T. CHOLLAR,WALTER A. PAYNE, -MARTHA. L. ROOT,WILLIAM P. LOVETT, }WILBUR W. BASSETT,JOHN H. HElL, - - ATHLETIC- SOCIAL- RELIGIOUS·WoMEN'S HALLSLOCALCALENDARCHARLES H. GALLION, MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),Office Hours, 9.00 TO 12.00. .$ 752 50Advertising rates made on application.Address all communications toThe WEEKLY may be found on sale at the office of the University Press,McClurg's, Brentano's, Curry's, and all News Stands South of 39th Street.Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, III.ARRANGEMENTS for an interscholastic andan intercollegiate tennis tournament havebeen made. The next thing to be done is toget the tennis courts into fit condition for their use.Enough money has been invested upon the courts intheir construction and they only need a little judiciousand skillful work to make them unexcelled.FRIDAY night occurs the joint debate with Lake. Forest. In other large institutions, great in­terest is felt in these intercollegiate contests,and we should manifest a similar interest here. Ifwe do not, we shall get woefully beaten. The Un i-versities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa have al­ready challenged the University of Chicago to meeteach of them in joint debate, and these challengeshave been accepted. The matter is one worthy of thebest efforts of our institution. Meanwhile our successor failure in the debate with Lake Forest will do muchto establish our standing throughout the country withreference to future contests. It behooves this Uni­versity to begin to take an active interest i1;,l affairs of question. Considerable sound reasoning has beenpresented in the lectures mentioned above, especiallyin that of Mr. W. H. Busby, managing editor of theUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Charles A. Dana recommends an apprenticeship inbusiness for young journalists, regarding the. manage­ment of finances as necessary to success as ability towrite and to direct the writing of others. Such a prop­osition emphasizes at least, the greatest weakness ofthe college journalist. Every editor welcomes theopportunity to improve his paper, and there is littledoubt that the college graduate who is not visionaryin his ideas will be allowed to ad vance in journalismjust as fast as his qualifications permit. Not onlyjournalism, but the other professions, and, indeed, allwalks in life continually need men who can success­fully combine theory and practice.· The press, greatand powerful as it is, cannot be elevated by the in­fusion of university education and culture.Dr. Barrows' Lecture.Dr. Barrows delivered the second of his lectures on"Christianity, the "World Religion," Sunday at fourp. m. in Kent Theatre. The subject of this' lecturewas "World-wide Effects of Christianity." He in­sists that it is not necessarily true that each nationhas the religion which is .best fitted for it. In speak­ing of the tests of a religion he said:(I) Christianity must not be judged by those whohave not received it.(2 ) No religion is to be judged solely by its de­fects. The true test must include the fundamentalteachings and ideas of the religion, its vital relationsto civilization, enlightenment and progress.The lecture, from the nature of the subject, wasquite long, yet the attention of the large audiencewas held to the end.The subject of the third lecture is 'I The UniversalBook."The Illinois nusic Teachers' Association.The Illinois Music Teachers' Association will holdits seventh convention in Bloomington, June 25, 26,and 27, 1895. The officers of the Association are,Dr. H. S. Perkins, President, 26 Van Buren street,Chicago; Frederic Grant Gleason, General Vice­President, 74 Auditorium Building, Chicago; C. W.Weeks, Secretary, Ottawa, and Florence JosephineLee, Treasurer, Galesburg. Executive Committee,L. Gaston Gottschalk, Isabella Building, Chicago;Wm. F. Bentley, Galesburg, and Mrs. Harriet D.Packer, Bloomington. Programme Committee, O. R.Skinner, Bloomington; -Victor Everham, and E. De­Campi, Weber Hall, 241 Wabash avenue.The officers and committees are at work perfecting- arrangements for the coming meeting, which bids fairto be one of special interest and largely attended. 331University Calendar.Noticesfor tlte ensuing week, which are of general interest,may secure insertion in tile Calendar by being left with Mr.Heii in the Weekly box at the Faculty Exchange, before 9: 3Da. m., Monday.Friday, nay 17.3: 30 p. m. Baseball, University vs. Chicago NationalLeague, at the League Grounds, West Side.6: 45 p. m, Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Subject: I I EndureHardness." 2 Tim. 2 : 3. Lecture Hall, Cobb.8 : 00 p. m. Joint Debate. Oratorical Association vs. LakeForest University. Kent Theatre.Saturday, nay 18.2 :00 p. m, Triangular Athletic Meet, University, LakeForest and Northwestern competing. Athletic Grounds, 35thSt. and Wentworth Av.Sunday, May 19.4: 00 p. m. Third in the series of Haskell Lectures by Rev.John Henry Barrows, D.D. Subject:" The Universal Book."Kent Theatre.7 : IS p. m. Joint Meeting of Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. Sub­ject: "The Law of Kindness."8: 00 p. m. Address, Christian Union. Chapel.nonday, nay 20.3 : 00 p. m. Monthly Reception at Foster Hall.8: 00 p. m. Address before the Law Club, by James DeWittAndrews, Esq., of Northwestern University Law School. Sub­ject: "The Development of Jurisprudence." Facnlty Room.Tuesday, nay 21.4: 00 p. m. Baseball, University vs. Beloit. Marshall Field.Wednesday, May 22.12: 30 p. m. Address before the University College. Sub­ject: "Preparation for the Work of the Ministry." The Pres­ident and Associate Professor Shailer Matthews.4: 00 p. m. Baseball, University vs. Rush Medical. Mar­shall Field.5: 00 p. m. Musical Recital. Allen H. Spencer of theAmerican Conservatory of Music, pianist. Kent Theatre.Thursday, nay 23.I : 30 p. m. Meeting of Y. W. C. A. Subject: "The HolySpirit." Acts I : 1-8. Lecture Hall, Cobb.Friday, nay 24.6: 45 p. m. Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Subject:" LovestThou Me?" John 21: 15-17. Lecture Hall, Cobb.Saturday, May 25.3: 30 p. m. Baseball, University vs. University of Michigan.Marshall Field.New Dining Car Service.It is a pleasure to note the addition of another im­portant feature to the already competent train serviceof the Nickel Plate Road. The dining car service ofthis popular low rate line has recently been augmented,by which dinner will be served on train No.6, leavingChicago at 2 p. m. daily, and breakfast and dinner ontrain NO.2, leaving Chicago daily at 9:20 p. m. withdirect connections for New York and Boston. Break­fast and dinner will be served on train NO.5, arrivingin Chicago at 9:35 p. m. from New York and Boston.For full information regarding routes, rates, maps,folders, etc., address) our nearest ticket agent, or J.Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago, Ill.332 UNIVE�SITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Jackson; Chicago, H. E. Patterson, P .. G. Woolley,S. C. Mosser, H. D. Hubbard.Two hundred and twenty yards run-Lake Forrest,W. Jaeger, W. A. Newton, D. A. Jackson, A .. 0.Jackson; Chicago, Patterson, Woolley, Mosser, La­may, Holloway.Four hundred and forty yards run-Lake Forest,Jaeger, A. O. Jackson; Northwestern, A. H. Culver,R. E. Wilson; Chicago, H. C. Holloway, V. C. Dick­erson, McKeen.Eight hundred and eighty yards run-Lake Forest;H. B. Cragin, Jr., C. W. Lucas, J. J. j ackson ;Northwestern, D. L. Gates, D. B. McCurdy, A. V.Chapman; Chicago, E. W. Peabody, W. P. Drew.One mile run-Lake Forest, Cragin, W. J. Rice,C. S. Rankins, J. K. Anderson; Northwestern, L. C.Lane, H. W. Bloomington; Chicago, Drew, Peabody,C. L. J ohnson.One hundred and twenty yard hurdles-Lake For­est, J. J. Jackson; Northwestern, Jones, W. P. Kay;Chicago, L. Sass, C. B. Neel, F. Steigmeyer, W. B.Behan.Two hundred and twenty yard hurdles-Lake For­est, D. H.· and ·W. Jackson; Northwestern, Jones,Kay; Chicago, J. Lamay, R. Law, L. Sass, A. A.Ewing.Pole vault-Lake Forest, F. S. Mellen'; North­western, Culver, R. A. 'Vhiffen, R. E. Wilson. Kay;Chicago, C. B. Herschberger, Ewing.High jump-Lake Forest, A. S. Reid; Northwest­ern, Culver, Jones, J. Zaring; Chicago, Steig meyer,Hersch berger.Running. broad jump-Lake Forest, F. S. Mellen,L. H. Gilleland and W. Jaeger; Northwestern, E.R. Perry, Jones and Culver; Chicago, C. B. Neel, W.P. Behan, J. Lamay ana F. S. Steigmeyer.Shot put-Lake Forest, M. Woolsey; Northwest­ern, F. A. Brewer, E. R. Perry, J. P. Van Doozer and'Kay; Chicago, T. Neff, Steigmeyer and Hersch­berger.Hammer-Lake Forest, M. Woolsey and Casey;Northwestern, Brewer, Kay and King; Chicago, Neffand Herschberger.One mile walk-Northwestern, L. H. Foles, E. ,T.Gundloch, D. B. McCurdy, Peck; Chicago, F. John­son, Hancock.Relay-s-Lake Forest, Cragin, Jaeger, D. H. Jackson,J. J. Jackson, A. O. Jackson; Chicago, Holloway,Peabody, Drew, Dickerson.Lap bicycle and two-mile bicycle races-Northwest­ern, F. S., F. A. and W. B. Moore, Williams, S.Schenck; Chicago, C. V. Bachelle, G. A. Bliss, F.B. Gleason, C. F. Tolman, E. C. Hates, A. R. Barton.IUniversity. 40; University ?f Iowa, 6.Iowa champions in baseball were scattered as chaff­before the wind last Saturday. But even wind be-University Field Day.In spite of the serious drawbacks which the trackteam has experienced this spring the 'Varsity field daylast Friday was a great success. Four University" rec­ords were broken. As the track on account of recentheavy rains was not in very good condition, this be­comes the more remarkable. In the r zo-yard hurdleSass lowered his last year's record by one second,winning in : 18 2-5. Sass by faithful practice shouldbe a formidable competitor in the intercollegiate meet.Holloway won the quarter mile, and went the win­ner of last year almost two seconds better. F. John­son had it all his own way in the mile walk, Hancockdropping out after one lap. Johnson covered themile in 7 :55·The bicycle races attracted probably more attentionthan any other. Bachelle won both and reduced the'Varsity record in the mile-race to 2:32. Pattersoncaptured two events - the 35-yard and the 100-yard dash. Herschberger took the 220-yard hurdleand the hammer throw. Summaries:Thirty-Five Yard Dash-Patterson first, Steigmeyer second.Time :041-5. One Hundred and Twenty Yard Hnrdles-Sassfirst, Neel second. Time. :18 2-5. One-Mile Run - Johnsonfirst, Wilkins second. Time,5:13. One Hundred Yard Dash-Patterson first, Woolley second. 'I'imev iro 2-5. Four Hun­dred and Forty Yard-Run-H611oway first, Dickerson second.Time, :52 2-5. One-Mile Walk-F. Johnson, Jr., first. Time,7:55. One-Mile Bicycle Handicap- Bachelle first, Gleason,second.r Hales third. Time, 2:32 2-5. Throwing Hammer­Herschberger first, Garrey second. Distance,73.7. Two hun­dred and Twenty Yard Dash-Patterson first, Lamay second.Time, :23 3-5. Half-Mile Run-Peabody first, Drew second.'time, 2:14 3-5. Putting Shot-s-Steigmeyer first, Herschbergersecond. 32 feet 9 inches. Two Hundred and Twenty YardHurdles-Herschberger first, R. Law second. Time, :30 2-5.Running Broad Jump-Nee! first, Behan second, 19 feet 2inches. One-Lap Bicycle Race=-Bachelle first, Gleason sec­ond. Time, :382-5.The Triangular Meet.. Northwestern, Lake Forest and the University ofChicago will gather for their annual meet on the Chi­cago Athletic grounds, Wentworth avenue and 35thstreet, next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. 'I'heentries have been completed, excepting those for the100' and 220 yard dash, and the relay race. LakeForest will have no entries in the bicycle races. Theentries are:One hundred yards dash-Lake Forest, S. R. Brear­ley, A. S. Reid, D. H. Jackson, W. Jackson, A. O.UNIVERSITY' OF CHICAGO WEE1{L Y.came a scarce article, as our players lost all they hadaccumulated, in running around the bases; and theHawkeyes theirs in chasing "flies." Twenty-one runsin our inning is not bad, but when two home runs byour batter is included, it looks as if our men knew howto find the ball. Jones, who was regarded as a cripple,stowed away six safe hits, and others came near doingas well.Iowa had saved their best man for this game, andfor two innings it looked as if the score might beclose, and in the third Chamber's grape-vine curvesavailed him nothing and every ball coming withinhailing distance of the plate was laced and for one ormore bases, and with plenty of errors added, nettedtwenty-one runs. Bevan and Hopkins tried theirhand at fooling the 'Varsity and both were hammeredmore or less and the final score was 40 to 6. For the'Varsity, Brown and Nichols were the battery for fiveinnings, and Nichols and Pike for the remainder ofthe game, and neither was hit hard, but the listlessplaying of the field let in six runs. The score byinnings:University of Iowa. . . . .. 0 0 2 I 2 0 0 I 0- 6University of Chicago ..... 0 I 21 2 I 4 9 0 2-40Left on bases-Iowas, 7 ; Chicagosv a. First base on balls­Chicagos, 14; Iowas, 6. Struck out-By Brown, 2; by Nichols,I; by Bevan, 3. Home runs-Nichols (2). Clark, Two-basehits-Adkinson (3), Jones, Pike (2). Sacrifice hits-Pike,Jones, Clark, Winston. Stolen bases-Chicagos, 14; Iowas, 4.Double play-s-Hopkins to Gains. Errors-Chicagos, 7; Iowas,10. Wild pitches-Chambers (2). Passed balls-Nichols (3),Pike (I), Avery (6). Umpire-Tyndall. Time of game=-g : 00.Batteries-Brown and Nichols and Nichols and Pike; Chambersand Ingham and Bevan and Avery.University, 8; Northwestern, 9.The third game of baseball in the Northwestern­Chicago series went to the Athenians by a score of 8to 9. The University had a good lead for five inningswhen Northwestern rallied, and by some good hitting,aided by errors on the 'Varsity's part, kept scoring tillthe last inning. In spite of the fact that Nichols washit quite hard his all-round work was superb. Hisrecord was three runs" a like number of hits, sevenassists with no errors. The score:North western. R.H.P.A.E. U. of Chicago. R.H.P.A.E.Jenks, If 0 I I 0 I Nichols, P ·3 3 o 7 0Kedzie, c . I I 3 2 0 Adkinson, zb . . I I 6 0 0Griffith, P ,2 I 2 I I Abells, tb . .0 I 7 I 0Sickles, rb . . I 2 7 0 0 Clarke, 'If. .0 0 2 I IHousen, rf . .2 2 I 0 I Pike, c .0 0 6 r 0McWilliams,3b . I 3 2 2 I Winston, 3b . .2 I 2 I 2Ward, ss .0 I 0 I I Brown, rf ._ . .0 0 I I 0Coolingv zb .0 I 5 2 0 Hering, cf .0 0 2 0 0Witter, cf .2 0 6 0 0 Grant, ss .2 2 I I ITotals . . . 9 i2 27 8 5 Totals 8 8 27 13 4North western. . " . . .. . 0 0 2 0 0 3 I 2 1- 9University of Chicago. . . . . 0 0 2 4 I I 0 0 0-- 8Earned runs=-Northwestern, 5; University of Chicago, 2.Two-base hits-Sickles. Three-base hits-Housen, Nichols. 338Home run-Housen. Sacrifice 'hits-c-Or iffitb , Pike, Adkinson'Jenks. Bases on balls-Off Griffith, 8; off Nichols, 4. Hit bypitcher-Housen. Stolen bases-Jenks (2), Griffith, Witter.Donble play-Cooling to Sickles. Struck out- Clarke, Me­Williams, Witter, Brown, Cooling, Pike, Griffith. Passed bans-Pike, 4; Kedzie, I. Wild pitches - Griffith, I; Nichols, I.Time-2 : IS. Umpire, Tyndall.Notes.The game scheduled for last Thursday with AlbionCollege did not materialize, as the Michigan team failedto appear. No reason is assigned for their non-ap­pearance.According to reports in the daily papers, RushMedical College baseball team has disbanded.Base Ball Averages.The University nine had, at the end of last week,played ten important games, as follows:Apr. 20-v'S. Northwestern at Evanston 23-13" 22-VS. Rush at Chicago 18- 9" 24-vs. 8- 6" 26-vs. Northwestern at Chicago II- 5May I-VS. Lake Forest at Chicago 10- 4" 3-vs. League 'at Chicago 2- 54-vs. Wisconsin at Madison 8- 26-vs. Rush at Chicago 6- 4" 7-vs. Northwestern at Evanston 8- 9II-VS. University of Iowa at Chicago 40- 6The season is at least half over, and this is an op­portune time to make a statement of the record ofthe players. The team's strongest point is batting.Ryan, the leader, in this respect of the Chicagoleague team, has a percentage of but .365, and theUniversity's weakest batter has a better record thanseveral of the league players. On account of anambiguity in the wording of the rule, sacrifice hitshave been counted as a time at bat. If this is wrong,the averages of the players should be slightly in­creased. Through an imperfect knowledge of therules, not all of the stolen bases made by the playershave been accredited to them. The batting and field­ing averages are as follows. These computations arebased upon the scores of Mr. Howard Roosa, reporterfor the Inter Ocean, and while not official, are doubt­less correct.,.�� . en] � ,.t:l,o fIl ... 2 2 �;�;:Q ......... §:B:B :B gj 0Players. � � !3 � : § � --; � � � �� � S ::l � � 6 � ,0 � <l) EE E � .� 0 <l) 0 '" 0 ...ell � ",'" � � � � U) if)(j �.B � � if)Nichols. '... � � -;; I� --;- � -; -5- � -;-; �Jones .. ;.. 8 39 IS .384 16 0 0 4 I 10 3Abells ..... 10 45 16 .355 13 0 0 0 2 II 6Adkinson .. 10149 14 .286 II 0 0 6 I 5 4Hering. 9 43 6 .140 5 0 0 I 0 3 6Clarke 10143 10 .233 14 1 I I 2 5 9Pi�e 10 46 9 .200 10 0 0 4 3 .5 6Winston 101. 34 12 .353 14 0 0 4 I 4 5Grant 10 34 10 .295 IS 0 0 I I I 3Brown 7 � _9_ .310 7 0 0 2 �2 �2_ _l_409 122 I38 5" '2 2s 13 57 45151017206098054321732512IIII10103334 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.�---------- --- --_ --- --_ ---eliMol-<M�Name.SS ISS 3cf 61£ 7rfrb rf 4If 5cf 5cf 48106 o 1,000I .9093 .850o 1,0002 .968I .9003 .9644 .9319 .7806 .7392 .6002 .5007 .418o 1,000o 1,000o 1,0002 .8462 .8333 .769.750The work of the "batteries" follows. In all thetabulations made, a player is accredited with a" game played," though he only played in part of agame. The statistics, however, are exact for thetime the man was actually in the game. A compari­son of the statistics of the last two tables with thoseof the first two will show in most respects the com­parative merits of Chicago's players with their oppo­nents. A word of caution is needed. Individualrecords do not mean so very much after all in a gamewhich depends most of all on "a long pull, a strongpull, and a pull all together." A recent University 0/ Michigan Daily says:Michigan has so far met only the minor teams of the west,but in these she has shown great strength, especially in bat­ting. However, the game with Cornell clearly demonstratesthat our team will be able to meet Chicago and Wisconsin withevery possibility of success. Wisconsin has been defeated byChicago, and the latter team has also bested· Northwestern intwo contests. From this it can be stated that from the presentoutlook, Michigan and Chicago will decide the championship.Stagg's men are showing great strength with the bat, and inaddition to this they are well equipped with pitchers. Nicholsis again doing the bulk of work in the box and his record oflast season has been much improved upon the games thns farplayed.The University of Wisconsin baseball managementhas secured Fred Pfeffer as coach, who was until a fewdays ago captain of the Louisville League team. Thenew coach has already made several radical changesin the Madison team, but this seems to have lost themthe first game played under the new regime. LastMonday the Badgers practically presented a game toGrinnell College. It is, however, 'morally certain thatif there is any good material among the Cardinals,Pfeffer will bring it to the surface, and Wisconsinshould be well up in the race at the. close of the sea­son,A TOAST." Drink to me only with thine eyes! "She said, and he stands like a statueIn wonderment, dumb for a moment, then cries," Since you wish it, love, here's looking at you! "-Sequoia.ci.8.,,!:!(/)o�NlchulsBrown.Clarke .Pike.JonesNicholsAbellsAdkinsonWinstonGrantNicholsClarke.Hering.Hering.Pike.JonesBrownGrantClarkeNichols P 4P 3P 4c 3c 7c 2I b 102 b 103 b 10SS 5ss>. ., � Q)'0 ...... rd(/:'+-<eIi��$loo .... (1) �� °Cli <lJ+=o�:>..cca15::s � l-<(1) •• ...;<lJ 8E .... e�.8'O(.)0:> <lJp. § � �'§ i;l n;j � ";'0. � '�.!4 � .;;Name. lfJ � H (.) t) in � (.)13 � :>, � P< � � eoS � .� § � � 13 0 .0 �::g b:.o .5ro I� � � � (1) 1l."!:! til � U) � tio <lJ 1:lP� I=Q i-" i'i: �-------- ----_---_-----Nichols .. , .. 4 3 11.750 25 4.16032 2 II I 21 1,000 .447Clarke •....... 4 3 I .750 23 5 .21728 320 227 .850 .233Brown 3 3 01,000 15 3 .200 22 010 018 .909.310. -92--(;3 12--8;1541: 366---�<lJ Q)rd .:4 ci eo eo<lJ �l-< (1)� a; <lJ <lJ Mtil '2 .;; <lJP. .0 :>"d m �Name. (/) <lJ (/) eo<lJ (/) <lJ � eoS (/) (/) :.0 .�til tiltil � I=Q �0 ....i'i: tilI=QJones .Pike .Nichols . 732 18 .968 .3847 1.000 .2002 .900' .44724 27 Removal of Ticket Office of the New York, Chicago & St. LouisRailroad.-(Nickel Plate Road.)On May rst, the Chicago City Ticket Office of theNew York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. (Nickel PlateRoad) will be moved to No. 11 1 Adams street, oppo­site the postoffice. J. Y. Calahan, General Agent.We Have all been There." My boy, you look weary and wan;You are working too hard with your Greek.To try, from constructions obscure,Some plausible meaning to seek."" No, no," he wearily said,"The meaning I plainly can see;But I'm worn out trying to makeThe text and the pony agree."-5;. w. P. U. Iournat.H. R. A new dining car service between Chicago and Buf­falo via the Nickel Plate Road, has recently beenplaced at the disposal of the traveling public, whichwill enable patrons of this favorite low rate line toobtain all meals on trains when traveling on throughtrains between Chicago, New York and Boston. Forreservations of sleeping car space and further informa­tion see your local ticket agent or address]. Y. Cala­han, General Agent, Chicago.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Misses Crandall and Scofield entertained the girlsof their table with a Kipling evening, Thursdaynight. The guest of honor was Miss Crotty.Miss Marion Talbot was assisted in receiving byMrs. Flower and Mrs. B. S. Terry at Kelly Hall, lastMonday. Beecher Hall receives next Monday.On last Friday evening Miss Adelaide Ide enter­tained Misses Kane and Crotty and Messrs. Rand,Joe Flint and W. W. Atwood, at Beecher Hall.Miss Osgood, and her mother, Mrs. Osgood, fromVerona, N. Y., who is visiting her daughter, were"at home" to the Beecher girls Saturday evening.The Beta Theta Pi's entertained a number of theirlady friends from the Quadrangles and Englewood,with a "cinch" party on last Saturday evening attheir house on Lexington avenue.The" Fourth Floor Gang" of Delta, gave a "stag"whist party on Saturday evening at their club roomsin the Delta. Those present were: Messrs. Fox,Carpenter, Hesse, Hakes, Howard, Campbell, Pome­roy and Hoebeke.Rev. H. C. Woods, D. D., of Colorado Springs,Col., .has been spending the past week at the Univer­sity, the guest of F. W. Woods. Dr. Woods is Gen­eral Superintendent of Baptist Home Missions for theWest and left to-day for Saratoga Springs to attendthe National Baptist Anniversary meetings.The Mortar Boards, who have been giving a seriesof literary entertainments, varied the program by adinner Tuesday night. Nancy Foster Hall was dec­orated in blue and gold and covers were laid fortwenty-five. The dinner was a progressive one, thegentlemen changing places every two courses. Thosepresent were: Miss Myra Reynolds, Misses Cook,Dougherty, Freeman, M. Freeman, Hopkins, Jones,Thomas, Butler, Schwarz, Hewitt and Graves. Messrs.R. S. Dougherty, H. Dougherty, Wales, Stone, Free­man, Gale, Bliss, Manard, Sampsell, L. Jones, Hewitt,L. Brown, and Raycroft.. Graduate Club Banquet.The executive committee of the Graduate Club metlast Friday, and voted to change the place of holdingthe quarterly meeting and banquet from the ChicagoBeach Hotel to the Windermere, at the corner of Cor­nell avenue and 56th street. Owing to uncertaintyabout securing Rev. N. D. Hillis as the speaker of the 335evening, it is possible that the date originally fixedupon; May 24, may be changed also. At this banquetthe report of Mr. G. E. Vincent, the University dele­gate to the recent national convention of graduateclubs, will be received.Mr. F. W. Shipley was elected to represent thisUniversity on the board of editors of the new" Hand­book," which will be published annually by the na-tional convention. •Foster OIee Club.The Foster Glee Club has been fully organizedunder the leadership of Miss Bingham and consists ofthe following: First soprano, Misses Munson, M.Freeman a.nd Bingham; second soprano, Misses Tun­nicliff, Wood and Davenport; first alto, Misses Cook,Runyan; second alto, Misses Blaine, Marot and Kerr;accom panist, Miss Schwarz.Music Recitals.Mr. Otto Pfefferkorn, pianist, gave an excellentprogram at the Wednesday musicale this week. Theschedule of recitals for the remainder of this quarteris as follows: May 22, Mr. Allen H. Spencer, pianist;May 29, Mrs. Nealie Rider Crane, pianist; June 5,Mr. Harry Eames, pianist, and Miss Vina Avery, con­tralto; June 13, Quarterly Concert.Book Reviews.Short Studies in Party Politics, by Noah Brooks. Illustrated.Charles Scribner'S Sons, New York.It will be a pleasure to all who read these essays as they ap­peared in Scribner's Magazine to see them in more permanentform. They are of the sort that one. wants to keep ill hislibrary for frequent use; not content with a hasty perusa1. Mr.Brooks is a well-known and experienced writer and one alsowho has made American politics and history a life study, andwho, in his long life, has known the inner course of affairsfrom personal acquaintance with many of our great men.These interesting, scholarly and lucidly written essays sketchthe rise and growth of the political parties and issues down tothe present time.Evolution and Effort, and their Relation to Religion andPolitics, by Edmond Kelly. D. Appleton & Co., New York.$1.00.This work is scientific and valuable, yet altogether untech­nical and written for the plain and unpretentious reader as wellas for his more scientifically versed neighbor. In the progressof evolution, only one thing, Mr. Kelly holds, differentiatesman from other animals and may save himself from decayingand being superceded by higher forms, and that is the facultyof choice, by which we resist the appetites which, having onceraised us, would ultimately drag ns down. Religion as a forceand not an institntion is man's greatest ally in this struggle .The relation of religion to science is very suggestively dis­cussed and the principle of effort as opposing the law of natn­ral selection is applied to politics. The book is suggestive,entertaining and inspiring.A student who paid a visit to the dentist recently says thatthose dentists who advertise to extract teeth without pain,mean without pain to themselves.336 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The pulpit of the Hyde Park Baptist Church willbe occupied by Rev. L. A. Crandall, D. D., nextSunday morning, and in the evening by Prof. G. S.Goodspeed.Rev. Geo. Dana Boardman delivered the last of hislectures in the chapel of Cobb Hall, Sunday evening,subject, "Div�ne Forms .aud Human Figures." Thisis the last of Dr. Boardman's appearances before theUniversity students this quarter.On Sunday evening, June zd, Mr. L. D. Wishard,of New York, and Dr. John Henry Barrows will speakin the chapel of Cobb Hall. Mr. Wishard will speakon the work of the Young Men's Christian Associa­tion in India, and Dr. Barrows on the Haskell Lec­tureship in India.On invitation from the cabinet of the Young Men'sChristian Association, representatives from the asso­ciations of Northwestern and Lake Forest Universitiesmet with a representative from our own association inthe reading room of the Central Y. M. C. A. buildinglast Saturday evening for the purpose of arranging fora conference between the associations of the threeuniversities. A conference was arranged for Friday,May 24th, at 2 : 30 P. M. to be held in the lecture roomof Cobb Hall. After the regular session of the Y. M.C. A. at 6 : 45 P. M., a reception will be given to themembers of the visiting associations.Ground Broken for Haskell.Ground was broken last week and work begun onthe foundations of the new Haskell Museum. A largegang of laborers are engaged in making the excava­tions. The location is just north of -59th street andeast of the Divinity School dormitories.rIajors and, rIinors.Fifty new lockers have recently been put into the men'sgymnasium.Mr. Abbott, of the, Times-Herald, was unable to come Mon­day night. The lecture before the Press Club was postponed.T. M. Hammond, the steward, attended the Illinois StateSchool Convention at Elgin, Wednesday and Thursday of thisweek.Dr. E. von Holst, of the University of Chicago, was theguest of honor at the semi-annual banquet of the Chicago DeltaUpsilon Club given recently at the Union League Club. Aboutfifty alumui were present from seventeen universities and col­leges. Professor B. S. Terry, of the University, was toast- master. The Chicago Delta Upsilon Mandolin and Guitar Clubplayed.Three men have been suspended from the University ofMichigan because of their implication in the recent kidnapingsc:rape.The interstate contest of the Northern Oratorical League willbe held in Chicago next year, under the auspices of this Uni­versity.Dr. George Dana Boardman has concluded his term, of sixweeks' service as chaplain o'f the University, and left for Phil­adelphia Monday.Messrs. Gallion, Kelso, Bowers and Shreve attended a highschool reunion and banquet at St. Joseph, Ill., on Friday andSaturday of last week.One hundred dollars were pledged by the members of FosterHall, at 'a meeting held last week, toward the support of theUniversity Settlement., A quartette, consisting of Messrs. H. E. 'and H. H. Hewitt,Woods and Davidson, sang at an entertainment given atAuburn Park on Friday evening.Plans for a new building in which to house the UniversitySettlement have been drawn up. The Settlement now occupiesa very inadequate rented brick building.Dean E. B. Hulbert sailed for Europe last week. He willjoin his wife and daughters in Paris, and the family will spendthe summer in travel and study.Professor Burton's Bible class, which has been omitted forthe last two weeks on account of his unavoidable absence, willmeet in the Faculty Room Sunday morning at nine o'clock.The Illinois Club has arranged for a debate on the silverquestion between Prof. J. L. Laughlin of the University andW. H. Harvey, the author of "Coiu." The contest will proba­bly take place next Monday evening.At the Interstate Oratorical Contest held at Galesburg, Il1.,May 2, Illinois' orator, O. A. Haverbach, of Knox College,won first place; C. W. Wood, Beloit's colored orator, second,and A. C. Baldwin, of Denison University, Ohio, third. Mr.Baldwin stopped at Chicago on his way through a'nd wasbanqueted by the Denison Club at the University.Mrs. Helen Sherry is giving a series of six Talks on theart of conversation, at the Hotel Barry. The titles and datesof the four remaining Talks are as follows: May 9, TheRank of Conversation among the Fine Arts; May 16, TheUniversity Girl and the Art of Conversation; May 23, TheEthical Aspect of Conversation; May 30; Outline of Method.She will offer a classic volume as 'a prize to that Universitystudent, male or female, who shall acquit himself most cred­itably of the following indicated colloquial pe;formance:Mary of Burgundy and Mary Stuart are chatting in a grove inthe Elysian fields. After a few minutes conversation they arejoined by Voltaire. Put them en ,scene as in a play and supplythe dialogue. The factors of excellence which in this casewill deterurine the award, will be as follows: 1. Clearness;2. Concision; 3. Vivacity; 4. Congruity 'of tone of speechwith the historic character of the subjects; 5. Delicacy andhistorical accuracy of allusion; 6. Colloquial Imagination ;7. Wit; 8. Humor; 9. Aptness of repartee. The dialoguemust not contain more than three hundred words, must betype-written and signed with a nom de plume, on accompany­ing sealed envelope containing the real name of the authorand the nom de plume. Of course, no one person shall offermore than one solution of the colloquial problem. The dia­logues must be original with the nominal author. Manu­scripts must be handed in no later than June IS. 6 p. m. Com­petitors must be undergraduates in present attendance.