UNIVERSITY OF .CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, No . .32.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 23, 1995.ALceCIA "THe MAD.'-'FRANK BURLINGAME HARRIS.She was born in a mountain villa near Nice. Theynamed her" Alcecia," a dream. They called her thatbecause she was born in a dream. She never wakenedfrom it. There was one who did not believe she slept.The old nurse who tended her always insisted thatAlcecia was the one who was awake, all the others itWas that were in dreams. Alcecia saw what they didnot see, she said; Alcecia heard what their ears weredull to; Alcecia lived where they could never go.Perhaps the old nurse was right.The child had a wondering, far-away look in hereyes when she was born. She seemed to be peeringaway into the unseen. The child's' mother becameheart-broken. Her baby did not seem to love her.As the child grew stronger and more beautiful shenever fixed her little white arms about the mother'sneck and prattled; she never decked her pale facewith a smile; the great, black, dreamy eyes neverswam with tears; the little lips never timidly lispeda whispered "mamma." When the child did notsleep, she lay with her great eyes lost in a look Ofwonder and her white face rapt with an expression ofmystery. When she became stronger, she would lieout in the grass and gaze up into the sky as thoughshe saw something there. Sometimes, as she becameolder, she would steal away up the mountain-side, andthen the old nurse would have a hard time finding her.One day the old woman found her nearly on themountain-top, bilking with the brook, which answeredwith its ripple. It was not known before that thechild could talk. Again she was found laughing withthe butterflies in a copse, and once crying with athrush, whose little ones had fallen from their nestand been killed. "Then the old nurse said again thatAlcecia saw what they did not see, and' heard whattheir ears were dull to hear.As Alcecia grew older she became more beautiful.Her face remained white as marble and her eyesburned like coals of fire. Her hair grew long and lux­uriant till it fell like a cloud of darkness to her waist.Her form filled out to delicate proportions; a breathof wind, it seemed, could carry her away on its wings.The older she became the further she grew away from her surroundings. If she was conscious of the lifearound her, she paid it no heed. She loved the birds,the trees, the flowers, but most of all, she loved thebrook. She would steal away to it and sitting on itsbank would talk to it by the hour, or perhaps shewould sing to it, or perhaps she would lie lookingdown into it and listen to the brook singing to her.But human voices she never heard, or if she heardthem she never paid them answer.One day as she sat' singing to the brook a younghuntsman passed her. He stopped and listened toher song; then he spoke to her; but receiving no re­ply he went on abashed. The next day he cameagain and sitting down on the grass a little apartlistened to her. She did not seem to know that hewas there. Every day he came and watched her, butshe paid him no heed.One day he came, looking even more handsomethan be had looked before. He sat and watcbed herfor a long time, then springing to his feet he went ,upto her." Alcecia ! " he said softly.The brook was rippling a merry tune and she waslaughing at it and did not hear." Alcecia ! " he called again. There was a note ofpleading in his voice, but a thrush began caroling ina tree about ber and she turned with a smile toanswer it. He bent down and caught her hand. Shetrembled, shuddered, and looked toward him va­cantly."Alcecia, I love you!" he cried. "Answer me !Speak to me! I love you, Alcecia; I love you! "She looked at him in wonder." I do not know what you mean," she said, andturned to tbe brook again.He called to her repeatedly, passionately, desper­ately, but she did not hear. Sadly he turned away.It was thought, perhaps, a sea voyage would rouseher. Passage was taken on a great steamship. AI­cecia seemed happier. All day long she would hangover the stern and gaze down into the churningwaters below, and she would laugh and chatter andnod her pretty head and reach down her arms asWHEREAS, By giving part of our entertainment on Friday,June 14, and part on Saturday, June IS, we should both lack aproper attendance at our exercises and should be unable tocarry out the primary idea of an Academic Day; andWHEREAS, We believe that, in view of the preparations al­ready made by the committee and of the feeling in the Univer­sity in general, Academic Day must occur on Friday, June 14,or not at all ;Therefore, We, the Executive Committee for Academic Day,acting for the students of the Academic Colleges of the Uni­versity of Chicago, do hereby respectfully petition the Univer­sity Council to reconsider its former action and to set asideFriday, June 14, as a general University holiday and as Aca­demic College Day(Signed) FOREST GRANT, Chairman,C. R. BARRETT, Secretary,For the Academic Day Committee.In response to this petition the following letter wasreceived:CHICAGO, May II, 1895.Mr. Forest Grant, Chairman, Etc.:DEAR SIR :-The Council has taken the following actionregarding your petition:Voted, That in view of the fact that the former action of theCouncil in regard to Academic College Day was not communi­cated to the committee until recently, the Council reconsideredsuch action and set aside Friday, June 14. 1895, as AcademicCollege Day and a general University holiday, with the ex­plicit statement that this shall not be considered as a prece-dent. Yours very truly,(Signed) H. B. GROSE,Recorder for the Council.The following committee on Finance and Printinghas been appointed: . C. R. Barrett, C. V. Bachelle,J. W. Linn and G. S. Pomeroy. The engraved invi­tations for the day will be on sale next Monday.340 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.though she were talking with some one. They allthought she was mad and talked with a phantasy.One night when it was very dark and still and thevessel was pushing .its way through ripples a sailor�ame upon her hanging as usual over the stern. Hewent close up to her. She was looking down into thewater with a look of dreamy happiness on her face.He wondered with whom she was talking. He Iis­tened. Floating up from the sea came a delicatesound like the murmuring harmony of a sea-shell,and with it a voice like the ripple of water, singing:Come, my love with the great black eyesA·nd hair with the gloom of the midnight skies,Dream got maid with a naiad's charmsLeap to joy and a lover's arms.Come with me where the ripples playAt hide-and-seek with the sun all day,Where a norwha1 flirts with a deep sea shark,Where the sea-horse neighs aud the sea-dogs bark.Where a mermaid dreams in a coral lair,And a merman sings to a sea nymph fair;Where the dolphins jig and the porpoise pranceTo the sprightly tune of a dead mau's dance.Where the jelly-fish sing to the oysters pipe,Where the star-fish shine and the sponge is ripe.Leap, Oh, leap, and the cradling seaShall rock in its arms my love and me.The sailor as in a mist saw Alcecia reach herdelicate arms far down, then springing lightly uponthe rail, leap into the sea.Academic College Day.About the first of April a request was sent to thefaculty asking that a holiday be 'set aside for the ob­servance of Academic College Day. The authoritiessent no direct reply, and the Academic College organ­ization set about making preparations for the day.Two or three weeks later the officers of the AcademicCollege heard indirectly that their request had notbeen granted. The following petition was thereuponsent to the faculty:WHEREAS, The University Council has refused to grant ourformer petition for a holiday on Friday, June 14, but has de­cided in favor of Saturday, June IS; andWHEREAS, We having only lately by indirect means heardof this action of the Council, have already gone to consider­able trouble in engaging hall, music, etc., and tosome expend­iture of money in arranging for Academic Day on June 14 ;andWHEREAS, The opinion of the Council to the contrary not­withstanding, it was generally understood by the Universitythat by the action of the Council in giving us a holiday lastyear and by the undoubted success of that day, a precedent'for such a holiday had been established; andWHEREAS, By the departure of the University baseball teamfor Ann Arbor on Saturday, June IS, we should be deprived ofthe assistance of the President of the Day, the Chairman ofthe Athletic Committee and one of the prominent charactersof the play; and Joint Debate with Lake Forest." A very interesting debate on a very dry subject"was a frequent criticism heard in Kent Theatre lastFriday evening at the close of the argument betweenLake Forest University and the University of Chi­cago. 1010 points for Lake Forest and 1000 pointsfor Chicago, the final markings of the judges, indi­cate that the sides were evenly sustained. Interestwas aroused with the first speaker and increased untilthe announcement of the decision. It was evidentthat the debaters themselves were thoroughly in ear­nest. The points were presented concisely and weresupported by energetic, vigorous argument. Bothapplause and laughter were frequent, especiallytoward the close of the debate-applause at the pointwell taken, laughter at the cleverness or humor of thespeaker. The edged tools of sarcasm were only men­tioned, though both sides showed a wicked desire touse them, and the approach to an indulgence in per­sonalities was close enough to interest without dis­pleasing. The decision was received with a deafen­ing and prolonged outburst from the throats of ourvictorious rivals.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The debate was given under' the auspices of theUniversity Oratorical Association. The judges wereJudge Henry V. Freeman, Judge Orin N. Carter andDr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson. Each of the threespeakers on either side was given twelve minutes, andMessrs. Vaughan and Smith were allowed eight min­utes in rebuttal. A solo by F. D. Nichols and a well­deserved' encore were given while the 'decision wasbeing reached. Judge Carter also made brief remarks.Professor Terry introduced the presiding officer,ex-Governor John M. Hamilton, who offered a fewwell-chosen words. He expressed appreciation of thecompliment conferred on him, emphasized the signifi­cance of the subject of the evening, and announcedthat Chicago would affirm and Lake ·Forest deny thequestion: "Resolved, that the free coinage of silver inthe United States at the ratio of 16 to I is desirable."Mr. Julius Karpen, the first speaker, outlined theargument that would be made by the affirmative side.He himself would show that bimetallism is more de­sirable than monornetallism, J. N. Hughes wouldargue for the ratio of 16 to 1, and L. B. Vaughanwould prove that bimetallism at this ratio is not onlypossible but desirable for the United States ..Mr. Karpen said, in substance, that the presentstatus of industry necessitated a long-time contract;that contracts were impossible without confidence, andconfidence rests on a currency with an invariablestandard of value. If, with a bimetallic currency,either metal becomes dearer than the other, the de­mand. for money is turned from the dearer to thecheaper, this alternation of demand preventing fluc­tuations in the standard.C. G. Smith argued first for the negative that bi­metallism would lead to a single silver standard, andthat silver would always be subject to fluctuation.Where Mr. Karpen had stood for the general princi­ple of bimetallism, Mr. Smith argued not against in­ternational bimetallism, but against bimetallism forthe United States. His argument was clear and de­livered in a convincing manner.Mr. Hughes confined his discussion to the ratio, af­firming that 16 to I is about the commercial ratio thathas existed between gold and silver for centuries, andthat history shows that the ratio does not vary withproduction.Mr. J. M. Eakins then took the floor, and gave anexposition of the principle and the influence of Gresh­am's law, " Under free coinage the cheaper metal willdrive the dearer out of circulation." He also arguedfreely from history.Mr. Vaughan closed the affirmative argument in amanner that indicated careful study of the subject.He said that four-fifths of the world use silver, andits adoption by the United States would open to usthe commerce of the world, and at the same time stim- 341ulate home industries by a silver barrier against for­eign importation.A. D. Coulter then urged the virtues of a singlestandard, and defined the three functions of moneywhich could be fulfilled only by a gold standard: (I.)A medium of exchange; (2.) a common denominatorof value; (3.) a standard of deferred payment.As in the recent debate with Kent Law School, therepresentatives of the University grouped the pointsof their argument systematically, and by assigningcertain points to each debater avoided repetitions.This method of " team work" is often disconcerting tothe opposing side, and it was evident that Lake Forestdid not have a grasp of the subject as concise' as Chi­cago. The negative side, however, showed superiority'in delivery, and this fact, without doubt, is largelyresponsible for the issue of the debate. The affirma­tive presented good arguments, but relied more on the-arguments themselves than on the manner of theirpresentation. The negative referred constantly toGresham's Law, quoted freely from recognized author­ities, and seemed more at ease before the audience.'Yet it is true that the affirmative side of this was, inthe minds of most of the audience, the' weaker' side.The negative debaters appeared, from the first, moreconfiden t of success.I Marks of Judges. II Totals.;:i ;:i tliI) 0.!oi C\l � s H0 btl� Speakers. a 1:: � � C\lro. iI) H iI) U� iI) ro po iI) :EH () iI) ,!.4 ()� (j) roH1 Eakins, 77 85 95 2572 , Vaughan {gr 80 . 78 95 253} SII75 83 100 2583 Hugbes, 76 80 95 2514 Smith, {gr 77 82 90 24982 85 go I 257 5065 Coulter, .79 78 9° 2476 Karpen, 74 79 85 238Totals 1,010 1,000Messrs. Vaughan and Smith are ranked by theiropening speeches.Death of Prof. N. P. Jensen.By the death of Professor Jensen, the Dano-Nor­wegian department of the Divinity School is left,without a dean. He had been connected' with theDivinity School at Morgan Park since I88!, lately asProfessor of Systematic Theology and .Homiletics.He was one of the foremost Scandinavian Baptists inthis country, and had written extensively on theolog-ical topics. . .His failing health caused him to leave last fall forSouthern California where he was when he died.342 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPUBLisHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORIAL 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- RELIGIOUSWOMEN'S HALLSLOCALCALENDARCHARLES H. GALLION, MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION RATE:Jne Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),Office Hours, 9.00 TO 12.00. $ 752 50Advertising rates made on application.Address all co,mmunications toUNIVERSITY 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.THE editors of the WEEKLY are delighted to an­nounce that the next issue of the paper will bebrought out by the ladies, who will have ex"elusive charge of that number. Not a masculineword will deface its fair pages, and it will doubtlesseclipse anything ever 'attempted in journalism at theUniversity of. Chicago or anywhere else.NEXT Saturday is the last day set for the recep­tion of manuscripts in the Telford Prize Storyand Poem Competition. A large number aretrying for the three prizes of fifteen, ten and five dol­lars, and the contest will be one of the most interest­ing literary events that has ever taken place at theUniversity.. The winning stories and poem will bepublished in the WEEKLY in June.S- ATURDAY is the day appointed for the greatM�c�igati-Ch.ic�g� base�all game. .A� the Uni­.. '!z)i:Yszty of Mzchzgan Dazly says, Michigan and.Chicago will decide the championship of the West.This will ,be the most important and the most excitingga�e of the season, and a large and enthusiastic crowd will be present to follow every play with intense inter­est. No member of the University can afford to miss'this game, which will doubtless be the finest exhibi­tion of ball-playing of the year. Both teams have analmost unbroken record of victories. Michigan isespecially strong in field�f1g, and has a veryfine pitcherin Sexton.at the bat. Our team has made a very good showingWe expect to win, but we anticipate ahard struggle.IT IS not too much to say that the debate with LakeForest, in view of the circumstances, was prac­tically a victory for Chicago. The total mark­ings varied less than one per cent. The weight ofevidence was with the affirmative, but the deliverywas against us. Our men undertook knowingly theweaker side of the question, and entered the contestwith the assurance that the majority of the audiencewere against them. Where the margin in markingsis so small, a very little prejudice will often change'the result. Messrs. Vaughan, Karper, and Hughesare to be congratulated on the spirit and energy man­ifested throughout the debate. Mr. Vaughan, espe­cially seemed determined to win, if winning werepossible.In one respect our debaters have shown their weak­ness-in delivery, Bare argument is excellent, butwe cannot win by argument alone. A little more carein the presentation of the thought will always be anadvantage, and, in this instance, might have turnedthe decision of the judges in our favor.IT is an open question whether the college oratoricalcontest as now conducted is of more benefit thanharm to the average participants. The ability towin a prize is too often a criterion not of the eloquenceand oratorical power of a speaker, but of his receptiv­ity to elaborate training, resulting in a conventionalperfection that is utter failure as far as the true ends oforatory are concerned. The only true criterion oforatory is power to persuade and move-which isoften a very different thing from ability to win prizesin oratory.Take an example: In the intercollegiate contest ofa western state, some years ago, two speakers tookpart who were typical. One spoke upon the theme:"Radicalism and Conservatism." The orationabounded in glittering rhetoric and high-soundinggeneralities that carried great appearance of profund­ity, but interested no one. The speaker's rich voice IrjUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKL v.was perfectly modulated. His gestures were' the veryessence of grace-yet utter failures, for they not onlydid not emphasize his thought but, by calling atten­tion away from what he was saying to what he wasdoing, and challenging admiration of their ownbeauty, even detracted from the real effectiveness ofhis oration. The speaker, in fact, did not once gainthe full attention and interest of his audience, asidefrom a certain languid admiration for the perfection ofhis elocution. An Irishman, who had chosen a neg­lected Irish leader for his subj ect, succeeded himupon the platform. He was ungraceful, at times almostuncouth in gesture. His voice was rather shrill andungrateful to the ear. But. his whole soul was in hisoration. He was sublimely self-forgetful, and an audi­ence is apt to be interested in a speaker directly in pro­portion as he shows his lack of interest in himself.The orator's frame quivered with the intensity of hisearnestness and the tones of his voice were laden withmeaning. The tired audience leaned forward at thefirst sentence and waited for each word with intenseeagerness. Not a few furtively stole a hand acrosstheir eyes as they listened while he told of the hero'ssacrifices and sufferings for the fatherland. But whatthe decision of the judges would be was a foregoneconclusion, to those who were familiar with the typicalcollege oratorical contest. He had broken a score ofof rules of elocution. He was unconventional. Hereceived a low mark, while his rival easily won firsthonors. For the usual judge upon such occasionslays aside his native horse sense, and steeling himselfagainst the dictates of his own heart, renders his de­cision according to a conventional, artificial standard,which he imports for the occasion. If this character­ization seems unjust, picture any great speaker thatyou have heard and to whom the world delights tolisten, and question whether he would be likely to wina college prize in oratory. What sort of a chancewould a Talmage. for example, have in such a contest?The prize orator is in fact too often the man whohas submitted to a long and exacting drill upon oneproduction until he can reproduce that one piece withthe faultlessness and perfection of an automaton. Histraining has not become a part of the man, but a thingto be laid aside with the oration to which it belongs.But meanwhile the prize orator has saddled habits ofartificiality and self-consciousness. upon himself thathe will probably never be able to throw off,-ancr arti- 343ficiality and self-consciousness are suicidal-to a speak­er's influence. No matter how graceful and technic­ally faultless he may be, an audience will never failto detect their presence and to withhold its sympathyand confidence.Thus many a college prize winner has annihilatedforever his prospects in life as a power to move andinfluence his fellow men. Who of us has not heardpreachers, for example, with the possibilitiesof realeffectiveness, but with all their rugged originality andnatural forcefulness polished off until they present aninsipid and nauseating exhibition of Delsartean self­conscious grace that prejudices every audience againstthem at the outset and that .brands with insinceritytheir every utterance, deeply and earnestly as theymay in reality feel what they are saying.It is not our purpose sweepingly to condemn thecollege oratorical contest as a whole and elocutionarytraining in general. Contests are most excellentthings in their way, provided only that the aspiringorator who enters the lists has force of character anddetermination enough to refuse to allow his person­ality to be polished off, to flee the professional con­ventional elocutionist. as he would his worst enemyand to make it his primary purpose to convince andmove his audience, and his secondary, though no lessearnest object, to win the prize. Elocutionary train­ing also, so far as it is a freeing of the man to a fullerexpression of himself, a developing from within andnot an application put on from without, is a useful,indeed, a necessary preliminary to true eloquence.Mr. Tornlins' Lectures,The pleasure afforded by Mr. W. L. Tomlins andforty singers from the Apollo Club who sang in Kentlast Monday evening, was appreciated by all. ThePresident introduced Mr. Tomlins and remained asan enthusiastic listener. After a most finished ren­dering of several parts, songs and portions of theMessiah, Mr. Tomlins spoke of "The Ministry 0'£Music," and the chorus sang the Hallelujah Chorusfrom Handel's "Messiah."In Effect May roth,Remember the new service on the Nickel Plate Road goesinto effect May 19th. Afternoon train will leave Chicago at1 : 30 P. M., arrive Cleveland II : 30 P. M., Buffalo ji o'ClockA. M., evening train will leave Chicago at 9: 20 P. �., arriveCleveland 9 : 50 A. M., affording business men an excellenttrain service to those cities. Through trains between Chicago,New York and Boston, without change, Superb Dining Cars.City Ticket Office, III Adams Street; Telephone Main 389. 'High jump ..Shot put ...Hammer throw.Broad jump ..344 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The Triangular Meet.University of ChicagoLake Forest .....Northwestern . . . . Total Points.503939The weather was disagreeable and the scanty gar­ments of the sinewy athletes were soaked with rainlong before the winner in the relay race had enteredupon his last lap. In spite of this, the meet was asuccess and nothing unpleasant interfered with thevarious events. The surprise of the day was Patter­son's performance in running the hundred-yard dash(trial heat) in : 10 flat. D. H. Jackson, of Lake For­est, was looked upon by many before the contest as awinner, but it was evident from the start that thelittle University man outclassed the famous spinter ofthe suburb. Culver, of Northwestern, established anew record for the West by pole vaulting 10 feet 5inches, and Herschberger broke the University rec­ord by clearing the pole 10 feet 3 inches. The relayrace went to Lake Forest. Holloway was taken sickafter his great run in the quarter mile and this mate­rially weakened the University chances for the race.In the bicycle races one went to Chicago and oneto Northwestern. Bachelle had no trouble in winning. the one-third mile race, and he looked as a winnerin the two-mile race until the last twenty-five yardswhen a great spurt of W. B. Moore put Bachelle twoyards behind on the finish line. The mile walk wasan easy contest for F. Johnson, Jr., Gundlach, ofNorthwestern, finished second and Hancock of theUniversity, third.The prizes in each event were handsome silvercups for the winners in first and second and a silkbanner to Chicago as winner of most points. Thescore in points follows:Lake N'th-Chi- For- west-Events. cago. est. ern.Hundred yards ·5 2High hurdles. ·3 5 0Mile .0 8 0Lap bicycle. .6 0 2Mile walk .6 0 2Two-twenty dash .6 2 2Quarter mile .6 2 0Lowhurdle. ·3 0 5Two-mile bicycle. ·3 0 5Half-mile run . .2 5 IReiay .2 5 IPole vault . 2 0 6 5 o·3. I.0.2 o 7365oTotal '50and the summaries were: 39 39Track Events.One hundred yard dash-First heat: A. T. Patterson, Chi­cago, first; D. H. Jackson, Lake Forest, second-s-time, 0: 10.second heat: E. R. Perry, Northwestern, first; W. Jones,Northwestern, second-time, 0: II. Third heat: P. G. Woolley,Chicago, first; A. S. Reed, Lake Forest, second-time, 0: J I3-5. Final heat: Patterson, first; Jackson, second: Perry,third-time, 0: 10 2-5.One hundred and twenty yard hurdle-First heat: C. B.Nee], Chicago, first; J.J.Jackson, Lake Forest, second-time,0: 19. Second heat: Walkover for F. Sass and F. Steigmeyer,bothof Chicago. Final heat: J. J. Jackson, first; Steigmeyer,second; Sass, third-time, 0 : 18 2-5.One mile run-H. B. Cragin, Jr., Lake Forest, first; W. J.Rice, Lake Forest, second; J. K. Anderson, Lake Forest, third-time, 4: 54 1-5·One-third mile, bicycle-C. B. Bachel le, Chicago, first; W.B. Moore, Northwestern, second; G. A. Bliss, Chicago, third-time, 0: 474'5.One mile walk-F. Johnson, Chicago, first; E. T. Gundlach,Northwestern, second; Hancock, Chicago, third-t�me, 8: 06-2-5·Two hundred. and twenty yards run-First heat: P. G.Woolley, Chicago, first; J. Lamay, Chicago, second-time,o : 24 2-5. Second heat: H. E. Patterson, Chicago, first; D.H. Jackson, Lake Forest, second-time, 0: 24. Final heat:Patterson, first ; Jackson, second; W ooUey, third-time, 0 : 23.Quarter-mile run-H. C. Holloway, Chicago, first; A. O.Jackson, Lake Forest, second; S. C. Dickerson, Chicago,third-time, 0: 53 1-5.Two hundred and twenty yards, hurd le-c-F'irst heat: L. Sass,Chicago, first; W. Jackson, Lake Forest, second-time, 0: 3I-3-5. Second heat: W. P. Kay; Northwestern, first; J. Lamay,Chicago, second-time, 0: 29 4-5. Final heat: W. P. Kay,first; J. Lamay, second; L. Sass, third-time, 0: 30.Two-mile bicycle race-W. B. Moore, Northwestern, first;C. B. Bachelle, Chicago, second; G. A. Bliss, Chicago, third­time, 6: 41.Half-mile run-H. B. Cragin, Jr., Lake Forest, first; E. W.Peabody, Chicago, second; D. L. Gage, Northwestern, third-time, 2 : 08.Relay race-Lake Forest, first, with A. O. Jackson, H. B.Cragin, Jr., and D. H. Jackson; Chicago, second, with S. C.Dickerson, E. W. Peabody and W. P. Drew; Northwestern,third, with Brewer, Culver and D. L·. Gates-time, 4: 003-5 ..Field Events.Pole vault-A. H. Culver, Northwestern, first, clearing 10feet 5 inches; C. B. Herschberger, Chicago, second, 10 feet3 inches; R. E. Wilson, Northwestern, third, 9 feet 4 inches.Running high jump-A. S. Reed, Lake Forest, first, clearing5 feet 4 inches; C. B. Herschberger, Chicago, second,s feet3 inches; F. Steigmeyer, Chicago, third,s feet 2 inches.Putting I6-pound shot-F. A. Brewer, Northwestern, first,putting 36 feet 9 inches; E. K. Perry, Northwestern, second,35 feet 6 inches; T. Neff, Chicago, third, at 33 feet 9 inches.Throwing I6-pound hammer-Marion Woolsey, Lake For­est, first, with a throw of .103 feet 6 inches; W. P. Kay, North­western, second, 88 feet; F. A. Brewer, Northwestern, third,78 feet 9 inches •UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Running broad jump-E. R. Perry, Northwestern, first,clearing 20 feet 3 inches; C. B. Neel, Chicago, second, 20 feet2Yz inches; Davidson, Northwestern, third, 19 feet 14 inches.University t 21 ; Northwestern, 10.With plenty of runs to spare, the University of Chi­cago won the series in baseball from NorthwesternUniversity last week. Clarke pitched a great gameand Nichols caught him in a way that called for ap­plause from the grand stand. Nichols also batted ter­rifically, getting a couple of two baggers and a triple.His throwing to bases was superb, and but onebase was stolen off him. As the day was raw andcold, too many thumbs on the fielders' hands were re­sponsible for several errors. The 'Varsity showedtheir superiority over the suburbanites by hattingGriffith at will. Thirteen hits were secured off theleft- handed twirler and the total of bases earned wastwenty-two. Abells played a brilliant game on first,having eleven put outs to his credit. The score:U. of Chicago. R.H.P.A.E. Northwestern.Nichols, c.. . 5 3 8 5 0 Jenks, If .Adkinson, 2b . 3 3 4 4 0 Kedzie, c .Abells, rb . . 2 2 II 0 0 Griffith, p .Clarke, p .. . 2 0 0 2 0 Sickles, rb .Pike, rf . .. . 2 2 0 0 2 M'Will's, 3b .Winston, 3b . . 2 I 0 4 I Leesley, rf ..Brown, ss .. . I I I 0 I Cooling, zb .Rothschild, cf .. 2 0 I I I Van Do'er, ssGrant, If . . . . 2 I 2 0 I Witter, cf R.H.P.A.E..2 2 4 0 0.0 I 6 I I.1 2 0 7 0.0 0 8 0 3.1 I 3 I I.2 I 2 0 0.II2·II.1 0 0 I I.2 I 2 0 ITotals. 21 1327 16 6 Totals. .University of Chicago. .. . 4 0 2 3 3 0 I 3 5--2INorthwestern . 0 I 0 0 2 5 0 0 2-10Earned runs-'Varsity, 3; Northwestern, 1. Two-basehits-Nichols (2), Adkinson, Abells, Pike (2), McWilliams,Cooling. Three-base hits-Nichols, Adkinson. Sacrifice hits­Adkinson, Clarke, Kedzie, Cooling. First base on balls-OffClarke, 4; off Griffith, 9. Hit by pitcher-Rothschild, Grant,Cooling. Stolen bases-'Varsity, 6; Northwestern, 1. Doubleplay-Rothschild to Adkinson. Struck out-�y Clarke,.8;by Griffith, 7. Passed balls-Nichols, Kedzie (2). Wildpitches-Griffitb, 2. Time-3: 30. Umpire-Tindill.University vs, Chicago League.A small delegation from the University went out tothe west side Ball Park Friday to see the 'Varsity.wallop Anson's pets. Expectations, however, werenot realized as rain to some extent interfered with theproceedings, and after that was over Anson refused totake his colts out on the grass. The last half of thefourth inning saw the close of the game with thescore 6 to 3 in favor of the League. Poor playing anda case of " rattles" virtually gave the white-stockingsfive of their six runs, but after that they settled downto play and blanked the leaguers in the fourth. Inthis inning the University made it unpleasant forAbbey by getting two hits and three runs off the ex­collegian. Abells singled, Pike struck out, Winstonround to first on base on balls. Clarke brought bothin on a home run, hit to center field. This ended thegame. 345Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament.The Western Intercollegiate Tennis Tournamentwhich takes place May 29 and 30 ou our courts oughtto excite considerable interest as. the time approaches.The list of colleges cannot surely be made out until aday or two before the meeting, but at present it seemsreasonably certain that representatives 'of Minnesota,Northwestern, Wisconsin, Beloit, Lake Forest andKnox will take part. Last year three colleges sentrepresentatives; but this year double that numberwill be here.Mr. Neel has charge of all arrangements here, andhe and some one else, not yet chosen, will representus in the singles. Each college may have two playersentered in singles and' one team in doubles. Neel andBond will probably defend our claims in the latter.By the kindness of the authorities the contestants whocome from other colleges will be furnished with freelodging in some one of our dormitories. There willbe a preliminary· business meeting on the evening ofthe 28th to arrange the details of the tournament andform a permanent association. Efforts will be madeto have each college subscribe for the purchase of acup that can be contested for annually and become theproperty of the person who wins it five times. Ar­rangements for the first interscholastic tournamentwhich will be held on June 7 and 8 are also beingrapidly completed.Iowa College, 4.The 'Varsity found no trouble in disposing of theHawkeyes, Wednesday last, by the score of 18 to 4.Five hits were all Grinnell could get off Nichols andof these Heald, Iowa's short-stop, got three. Adkinsonsecured two triples and Clarke sent this ball into thenext 10t for a home run. Score by innings:University of Chicago.Iowa College. . . . . . . . ... 3 2 5 3 .2 2 0 I 6-I8. . . 2 0 0 0 ? 0 I 0 1-4Captain Thorne, of Yale football team, has 'de­manded an official apology from Harvard for allegedunjust criticism of Hinkey's playing in the last Yale­Harvard game. Should this not be forthcoming it isintimated that the chance for a game between the twocolleges this fall will be very slim.Walter Camp, Yale's great football coach, has re­signed from this position and will no longer be ac:t-ively interested in Yale's athletics. Health and bus­iness are given as reasons for his resignation.West Baden and French Lick Springs.Commencing Wednesday, May 15th, and continuing eyeryWednesday and Saturday night thereafter, a special SleepingCar will be run direct from Chicago to West Baden and: FrenchLick Springs via the Monon Route, returning Thursday andSunday nights. Tickets and Sleeping Car reservations at Ci'tyTicket Office, 232 Clark Street, Telephone Main 174.346 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Invitations are out for a dinner party at Beecher.The Misses Hancock, of Dubuque, Iowa, are spend­ing a few days at Foster.Miss Kennedy entertained her brother from LakeForest, at Kelly on Monday.Miss Stiles, of Beecher, spent Sunday at her homein Kansas City, returning Monday.Mrs. Flower, the newly elected trustee of the StateUniversity, took dinner at Kelly on Monday.Miss Weatherlow has returned to Foster, after a sixweeks' vacation spent in Adrian, Michigan.The Misses Marot and Bartlett gave the" j imhe " aspread as a farewell to Miss Wood, 'who left for herhome in Saginaw, Sunday night.Miss Stanton, graduate woman in the English De­partment, has left the University. She returnedThursday to her home near Scranton, Pa.The Cornell College Club of this city, which islargely represented in the University, will hold a re­ception at the Leland Hotel next Friday at 8 p. m.W. F. Durno, the first manager of the WEEKLY, nowof the Chicago Daily News, is president of the club.Ellerman=Hoenny.Mr. Ferdinand Ellerman, Assistant in the Astro­nomical Observatory, and Miss Herminia Hoenny, ofBelleville, Ill., were married last Thursday, May 16,in Belleville. They will reside in Lake Geneva,Wis., after June IS.Chafing=Dish Party at Beecher.Miss Anderson, and the graduate women of BeecherHall gave a chafing-dish party Friday night. Thefollowing gentlemen were present: Messrs. Kent,Triggs, F. N. Triggs, Dean Walker, Thatcher,Squires, Hussey and Raycroft.Graduate Club Banquet.Final arrangements have now been made for thebanquet of the Grad�ate Club. President Harper willpreside, and Dr. C. J. Little, acting-president of theGarrett Biblical Institute, will give the principal ad­dress. The banquet will be held May zoth, at theHotel Windermere, in place of the Chicago Beach, asoriginally planned.The French Club.The French Club met for the last time this year,last Friday .evening, at the home of Miss Louise Scovel, 3745 Ellis avenne. An' immense bunch of.Marguerites was presented by' the club to Miss Sco­vel.The French Club has been entirelyjsuccessful vinits work this year. The meetings have been wellattended, have been thoroughly enjoyed and no smallbenefit has been derived from the French conversa­tion.At this meeting Misses Teller and Johnston favoredthe club with a piano duet. The following were inattendance: Misses Johnston, Teller, Green, Rad­ford, Gene Radford, Robinson, Scovel, and Messrs.Lansingh, Pershing, Chas. Drew and Rudd.rIr. Sperans Leaves for Russia.Mr . Joel Sperans left Chicago for N ew York, on lastThursday, and sailed on Saturday, on one of the NorthGerman Lloyd steamers for Hamburg. From therehe will go direct to his home in Russia. 'Mr. Sperans,whose name, by the way, is not Sperans, but an un­pronounceable Russian one, has been in this countryfor about six years. Owing to his advanced ideasconcerning political questions he considered' the cli­mate of Russia, at that time, detrimental to his health,and believing America preferable to Siberia, came toNew York. He entered the University soon after itopened its doors and has worked continuously sincethen, principally in the English department. At thetime of the accession to the throne of the presentEmperor, amnesty was granted to political refugeesand on the strength of this ML Sperans 'determinedto return to his native land, first however, as a matterof precaution, taking out his final naturalizationpapers. Mr. Sperans hopes to secure an instructor­ship in English literature in some Russian institutionand at intervals will write letters for the WEEKLY onRussian life. During his stay here, Mr. Sperans hasmadehimself well known and well liked by all. Hehad become so much a part of the University here,that things will seem strange without him.The Foster Farce.Last Friday night Foster Hall indulged in the sec­ond of its "Faculty Dinners." Among the guestspresent were Professor and Mrs. Donaldson, Professorand Mrs. Blackburn, and Mrs. Reed, Dr. and Mrs.Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Dr. Tolman and MissTalbot. During the evening" A Box of Monkeys,"a farce full of bright dialogue and absurd situations,was presented. The little play ridiculed the presentdegeneracy of the American language and the fond­ness of the American society women for titles. Theplot concerned the noble resolve of an English girl,LadyGuiuevere Llandpoore, to acquire" a little slangand fascination" with which to capture a duke; forshe realizes that" it is time for the English girls torally round their young peers and save the honor ofUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.old England." For instruction in these noble arts sheapplies to Miss Sierra Bengaline, "a prairie rose,"who is well fitted to act as a model at least, althoughshe knows" it is hard to be fascinating in cold bloodand with a female." Lady Guinevere inadvertentlyremarks that she has heard that American girls are"more fun than a box of monkeys,' at which MissBengaline declares to herself, "when I get through- with her a box of monkeys won't be in it.".The parts were taken by the Misses M. Freeman,Bingham, Marot, S. B. Tunnicliff and Davenport.The success of the farce was in. a great measure due tothe untiring efforts of the chairman of the committee,Miss H. A. Wood.University Calendar.Notices for the ensuing week, which are of general interest,may secure insertion in the Calendar by being left with Mr.Heil in the Weekly box at the Faculty Exchange, before 9 " 30a. m., Monday.Friday, flay 24.6: 45 p. m. Meeting of Y. �. C. A. Subject: " LovestThou Me?" John 21 : 15-17. Lecture Hall, Cobb.Saturday, flay 25.3: 30 p. m. Baseball, University vs. University of Michigan.Marshall Field.Sunday, May 26.4 : 00 p. m. Fourth in the series of Haskell Lectures by Rev.John Henry Barrows, D.D. Subject:" The Universal Manand Saviour." Kent Theatre.7 : 15 p. m, Joint Meeting of Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. Sub­ject: "Steadfastness." Lecture Hall, Cobb.s: 00 p. m. Meeting of Christian Union. Chapel.non day , flay 27.4 : 30 p. m. Divinity Conference. Dr. C. E. Hewitt incharge. Subject:." Financial Aid for Ministerial Students."Lecture Hall, Cobb.s: 00 p. m. Meeting of Press Club. Address by John H.Sherman, City Editor of the Tribune, on "The City Editor."Faculty Room.Wednesday, May 29.12 : 30 p. m. Address before Academic Colleges, by HeadProfessor H. P. Judson. Subject:" Preparation for the Workof the Law." Chapel.5 : 00 p. m, Music Recital. Mrs. Nealie Rider Crane, pianist.Kent Theatre.Thursday, nay 30.3: 30 p. m. Baseball, University vs. University Club ofOmaha, at Omaha.Friday, nay 3 I.6 : 45 p. m. Meeting of Y. M. C. A. Subject:" Spirit­ual Diseases." Isa. I : 5. Lecture Hall, Cobb.Saturday, June I.General Meeting of Western Intercollegiate Press Associa­tion.10: 00 a. m. Baseball, University vs. University of Wiscon­sin. Marshall Field.2: 00 p. m. Annual Meeting of the Western IntercollegiateTrack Athletic Association. South Side Ball Grounds, 35thSt. and Wentworth Ave. 347Y. M. C. A. Mass=Meeting.Under the auspices of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation, a mass-meeting will be held in the Lec­ture Hall at 6: 45 p. m., May 31, to discuss the Sum­mer Students' Conference at Lake Geneva, June 21-30.The University of Chicago sent a large delegation lastyear, which was active in conference work and alsocarried off the honors of the athletic field. LakeGeneva is one of the most beautiful places. in theWest for a summer outing. A most attractive confer­ence program will be presented. Among the platformspeakers are: Mr. Frank Anderson, of Oxford Uni­versity, representing the Inter-University ChristianUnion of Great Britain; Mr. Fred O'Neill, of Queen'sCollege, Belfast, Ireland; Mr. Robert E. Spear, ofNew York City; Drs. R. A. Torrey, Harvard; Ag­new Johnston, and Wilbert W. White, of Chicago.All are urged to attend the mass-meeting.Y. M. C. A. Conference..The Young Men's Christian Association is activelyarranging for the first conference between the associa­tions of Lake Forest U ni versi ty, Northwestern U ni-. versity and the University of Chicago. Large dele­gations are expected from the neighboring institu­tions.. The conference opens at 2 : 30 Friday after­noon in the Lecture Hall, with following program:1. Paper.-" The Relation of the Association tothe Religious Life of the College," W. R. Shoemaker,U. of C. Discussion opened by Mr. R. L. Roberts,Lake Forest.2. Paper.-" How to Secure the Best Results fromthe Machinery of Organization," Mr. C. D. Lee,Northwestern. Discussion opened by H. D. Abells,U.ofC.3. Paper.-" The Relation of the Association tothe Social Life of the College," W. S. McCullagh,Lake Forest. Discussion opened by Mr. F. W. Gil­lette, .Northwestern.At 4 o'clock, Informal committee conference.6: 45, Devotional meeting, leader, Mr. Harry F.Ward, Northwestern University.8 o'clock, Informal reception in Faculty Room.Dr. Barrows on "The Universal Book."The third of Dr. Barrows' lectures had as its sub­ject, "The Universal Book." Among many otherreasons given why the Bible is fitted to become a uni­versal book were the following:348 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.I. Its original home is an epitome of. the wholeearth.2. The Bible also reflects the whole inner life ofhumanity.3. The universality of its stories and the varietyof its literature.4. It can be put into all languages without losingits glory. The poetry of the Psalter lies in thethought, and thought can go everywhere.5. It speaks through object lessons and reachesthe depths of all human need.6. The Bible is unified by a divine purpose­Christ is the unifying principle.7. We find divine teachings in many literatures,but in the Bible the sacred teachings of them all.8. The refinement of the Bible is its inner life ofholiness, not its outward polish. When it speaks ofsin -it paints it in all its ugliness.9. The Bible has in it a stamp from above-s-asupernatural seal-the book is thoroughly human aswell as richly divine. "It is all spirit and life i->Hinduism is all letters and death."Fellows.Following is the appointment of fellows for the en­suing year:Latin: -F. W. Shipley, D. J. Holmes, C. E. Dixon, F. A.Gallup, J. J. Schlicher, C. K. Chase, B. R. Hollams, G. C.Swearingen.Sociology: -Paul Monroe, Jacob D. Forest.Physiology: -Janette C. Welch.Political Economy: -Henry W. Stuart, Henry P. Willis,George Tunell, M. B. Waltz, Katharine C. Felton, R. F. Hoxie.Chemistry: -B. C. Hesse, F. B. Dains, J. B. Garner, L. W.Jones, Nellie E. Goldthwaite.Geology: -F. W. Ransome, Albert N. Purdue, Dexter P.Nicholson.German: -Jessie L. Jones.Romance : -T. L. Neff, Susan R. Cutler.Zoology:-Howard S. Brode, Cornelia M. Chapp, A. D.Mead, J. P. Munson, Virgil E. McCaskill, Wales M. Packard,A. M. Claypole. .Sanskrit: -Helen Searles, M. Victor Staley.Astronomy: -Arthur B. Hancock, S. B. Barrett.Semitic: -Hayden Evans Jones, Oscar Tunstal Morgan.Mathematics: -L. E. Dickson, George Lincoln Brown, Will-iam Gillespie, E.·B. Escott, Alice B. Gould, S. A. Joffe.English :-Gertrude Buck, Eleanor P. Hammond, VernonP. Squires.Political Science: -Carl Boyd, Ethel Glover.History: -Jas. F. Baldwin, Regina K. Crandall, John WalterFertig, Cora L. Scofield, Harriet S. McCaskey, H. L. School­craft, Chas, W. Spencer.Philosophy: -Louis G. Whitehead, Simon F. McLenuan,Amy B. Tanner.Comparative Religion: -F. J. Coffin.Physics: -G. F. Hull.Greek: -Wm. H. Kruse, Helen S. Lovell.New Testament: -J. S. Tanner, E. C. Woodruff.Church History: -F. T. Dyer, A. R. E. Wyant.Theology: -C. D. Case, E. A. Read. rIajors and rIinors.W. Xavier Sudduth has been engaged as a university exten­sion lecturer in biology.The ..di:gis, Wisconsin'S excellent bi-weekly literary paper,has been changed into a monthly.Herman G. Almstedt, formerly of the University of Missouri,has been appointed a reader in German.The Northwestern ball team when at Lake Forest recently,lost part of their money and valuables by a sneak thief.Mr. Allen H. Spencer, a pianist from the American Conser­vatory of Music, gave the Wednesday musicale this week.Prof. Albert White, of Puget Sound University, spoke beforethe Academy of Sciences last week, Wednesday, on the sub­ject, "' Ethnology."It has been decided to station benches at strategic points inthe shades of the quadrangles for the use of the students dur­ing the long summer evenings.Dr. Bayard Holmes, late Populist candidate for mayor ofChicago, addressed the Social Science Club Tuesday eveningon "Some Problems of Cities."Rev. T. G. Soares, of the First Baptist church of Rockford,who received his degree of Ph. D. last July. has returned tothe University for a term's work.Mr. Frank Hering has just returned from a week's visit athis home in Williamsport, Pa., and is once more seen at workupon the diamond in Marshall Field.Prof. Nels H. Marten, an Assistant-Professor in the Dano­Norwegian department of the Divinity School at MorganPark, has resigned from his position, to engage in ministerialwork.Dr. Olaus Dahl has been away for a two weeks' tour of theNorthwest, giving extension lectures on Ibsen and Bjornson.He spoke at Eau Claire, Menomonie, Stoughton, and other.places.Wednesday, May 14, Joseph Jefferson addressed Harvardmen in Sanders Theatre, on "Acting, as a Dramatic Art."Many here will remember that Mr. Jefferson once addressedthe students in the chapel at this University.Two more academies have recently been added to the num­ber of affiliated schools of the University. They are theRugby School, for boys, situated in North Chicago, and theHardy School, a young women's seminary, in Duluth, Minn.Both institutions are in prosperous condition.A service in memory of Dr. James Robinson Boise was'held in the chapel of Cobb Hall, Tuesday afternoon. Memo­rial addresses were delivered by Prof. Galusha Anderson, Prof.Ira M. Price, of the University, and Prof. M. L. D'Ooge, whosucceeded Professor Boise in the chair of Greek, at the Uni­versity of Michigan.Mr. James Dewitt Andrews, Instructor in Procedure, inNorthwestern University Law School, addressed the LawClub in the Faculty room, Monday evening, on the Develop­ment of Jurisprudence. Mr. Andrews handled this supposeddry subject, with a great deal of skill, and to those present whoare not making a specialty of law, the lecture proved interest­ing.The Cumberland Presbyterian church, a denomination witha membership of about 100,000, will open a "Divinity House"and begin work October I, in connection with the University.Prof. W. C. Logan has been appointed dean. Temporaryquarters will at first be occupied, but the purpose is to erecta suitable building, similar in architecture to the other build­ings of the University, and make this the graduate school ofthe Cumberland Presbyterian Church. .