UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JUNE 20, 1�N5. VOL. III, No. 36.-:'�THe IVY POeM.1. VINNIE M. CRANDALL.This ivy plant is a tiny thing,Its stem is short and its leaves are small,It shrinks away from the stern grey wall,So cold a neighbor not welcoming.Until the present it has been keptSheltered and warm in its hothouse home,Where fierce winds ne' er were allowed to comeBut buds and blossoms in sunshine slept.Its infant strength has been kindly trained,To cling and twist and entwine and rise,And, watched o'er ever by heedful eyes,Its present stature it has attained.We take it now from its soft, warm bedAnd plant it close to the tow'ring wall ;The sun will smite it, the loud winds brawlAbout its pretty defenseless head.Do you, its gard'ner tend it well,With cord and props give it help to riseFrom grassy sward toward azure skies,Despite harsh blasts and tempests fell.II.A child life too. is a tiny thing;, Tis made for joy and belief and lightAnd love and sunshine and petty might,To laugh and cry, and then laugh and sing.And safe at home on its mother's breast,The child is like to the ivy vine,That in sheltered nook doth grow and twineBy warmth and by tender care caressed.But all too soon comes the fateful hourWhen the child from the shelter of home mustgo,'Where beats the storms and the harsh windsblow, .To find its place and to test its power.*This poem was read by Miss Crandall at the planting of the ivy onAcademic Day, June 14, 1895. Will strengthening soil feed the roots of life,Will the clinging tendrils find hold secureOn Truth's strong wall, which shall yet endure,Though battered by lie and scarred by strife?If the Life of life but fill the soul,Then to the heavens doth it aspire;Climbs each day by a little higher,Till it come at last to reach its goal.III.Do we think, while we are plantingThis small vine, that we are grantingChance of growth and upward risingTo a thing of strength surprising?Feebleseeming, yet 'tis growingAnd will grow, forever showingInfant leaves newborn and tender,Spiral tendrils long and slender;Ofttimes in the grey stone sinking,Its small strength with greater linking,Grace to sternness firmly binding;Round and round and up 'tis winding,Ever toward the roof-top heading;Its green gladsomeness widespreadingWhether sunshine gently scathes itOr a rainstorm weeping bathes it.When the raging wind is blowing,Forest monarchs ruthless mowingIn its path, the ivy swingingLoosely, mindeth not the stingingOf the blast, before it bendingWhile its furious force 'tis spending.When at last the storm is over,Leaflets peep from under cover;A new lease of life is taken:Thirsty branches now awakenAnd shoot upward; dead leaves droppingAre replaced by newborn, toppingEach twig's end. The vine increases,From its growth it never ceases,Till, when the whole wall disappears,Over the roof the ivy peers.390 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.IV.See in this tiny ivy vineBoth prophecy and laws of life.It fills the heart with courage fine,And arms us for the vexing strife.This plant a whispered message speaks:" However small, however frail,You yet may mount to topmost peaks.Aspire and climb; you shall not fail.You, too, shall know the troublous blastWhich tears away accustomed things-The dead leaves of an outgrown past­And new life to the sufferer brings.Fear not! the wall up which you growIs buttressed strong and shall endure;Though fiercest storm about you blowOn its broad breast you are secure.The tendrils growing from your soulAround the changeless truth shall twine,And lift you upward toward that goalWhere stand for aye, the" One Divine."V.We've watched the ivy's upward way,. Beheld it clambering toward the sky;The roof-top reached, some sunlit dayIt on the passing breeze doth fly.And, swinging there in lofty brightness,A thing of supernatural lightness,It brings forth blossoms rarely sweet,As if kind Nature found it meetTo make the first buds us to greet,With dainty gracefulness replete.VI.Dear friends, assembled here todayTo plant this simple ivy vine,Bethink ye how few years we stayIn this short life of thine and mine.Mayhap we old and hoar shall beBefore this wall is mantled green;Mayhap we none shall live to seeThe blossoming, so rarely seen.But if we strive with earnestnessTo climb the steeps which rise so high,To make for good, and not digressFrom duty's path, then you and IShall some day reach our blossoming time,When, darkness giving way to light,We calmly rest in the sublimeAnd awful safety of God's might. Summer Plans of the Faculty.At the end of a busy University year we. all turngladly towards seaside and summer resort, cool pi­azza and shady river bank for a few months of restand recreation.Only the" grind" and the" grad" stay on throughthe summer moons.The students disperse to the ends of the earth andtheir ways are unknowable, but by diligent mind read­ing we have been able to decipher the following prob­abilities among the faculty:President Harper, Professors Pierce, F. J. Miller andS. H. Clark and Messrs. Vincent and Lewis will beat the Chautauqua summer school.Professor Moulton will spend one week there andthen go to Philadelphia to lecture on the Greek drama.On the 13th of July he leaves for his home in Eng­land where he will remain.until the last of September.Professor Shorey will be married and go to Europeon his wedding trip; ditto, Professor Laughlin; ditto,Mr. Lovett; ditto, Mr. Herrick. 'Prof. A. H. Michelson will go to his summer homeon the coast.Prof. R. D. Salisbury goes with the scientific expe­dition to Greenland.Prof. Starr will carryon field work in MexicanArchseology in Mexico .Professors. S. W. Stratton, C. R. Henderson, Deweyand Castle will spend the summer in Europe.Professors Shepardson and Chandler and Mr. Chaseof the University press will represent the Universityin Denver at the meeting of the National EducationalAssociation from July 5 to 12. Over a thousand edu­cators are expected to attend.Miss Talbot, Dean of women, will pass the summerat Holderness, N. H.Mrs. Palmer will spend fifteen months in Europe.Dr. Watase and Prof. Whitman will be at Wood'sHoll, Mass., at the Marine Biological laboratory .Prof. Iddings is in Orange, N. J.Prof. Penrose will be in the western mining regions.Prof. A. A. Stagg will visit his parents in Orange,N. J., until the middle of September, when he willreturn to look for football material.Prof. Geo. S. Goodspeed will be at Plum Lake,Wis., with his family until the middle of August.Henry A. Rust will take a steamer trip across theAtlantic and back for the sake of the voyage.Prof. Wm. Gardner Hale will be the first head ofthe new American School of Classics in Rome.Prof. W. C. Wilkinson will lecture at the Colo­rado Summer School of Science, Philosophy and Lan­guages.Prof. George H. Mead goes to Germany.Mr. Grose will spend the summer at Cottage City,Martha's Vineyard.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY"Dr. C. E. Hewitt will build a house.Professor Tarbell will travel in Europe.Prof. Nathaniel Butler will deliver the commence­ment address at the seventy-fifth commencement ofColby, and will return July 12.Mr. William Hill will be in Naples.Prof. A. H. Tolman will summer in Chicopee Fall,Mass.Mr. Raycroft will have charge of the departmentof physical culture at the Indiana Chautauqua atEagle Lake.If the weather permits Mr. Hammond will take atrip to West Englewood and return some time duringthe summer.The Finals.The Senior class is in the midst of its celebrations,and if the other events meet with the same success asdid" The Finals" last Monday evening, the week issure to be one of profit and enjoyment.On Monday evening the University college tend­ered a program and reception to such of its membersas are about to take degrees. The following was theorder of exercises :I. . Prelude ' Bach's Fugue in QMr. Loren M. Russell, Organist.II. The Approach: Schneider's Band. . . . Herr SchneiderThe Mighty Clearer of the Way. . , . . . D. M. RobinsonThe Grand Tooter of the Golden Horn, etc., etc. J. P.WhyteThe Valedictorian A. S. CookThe Expounder of the Law . . . . . . . . . . H. G. GaleThe Dispenser-in-Chief of Glorious Opportunities........ (alias" Juddy") W. W. AtwoodNo. I. ... (alias" Old Sol ") E. P. Brown" NO.2. . . (alias" Little Mac") Louis SassThe Official Guests.The Aides to the Grand Tooter.III. The Unwritten Law.The Expounder of the Law.IV. The Valedictory.Miss Agnes Cook.The Reply and Bestowal of Trophy.Paul F. Carpenter.V. Music. Fantasie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RubensteinVI. At this point the Dispensers will get in their work.a) Dispenser II.b) Dispenser-in-Chief.VII. The Grand Inquisitor aided by Dispenser No. III."Jolly the Fresh." ..... Appropriate MusicVIII. Solo by the G. T. of the G. H., etc., etc., etc.IX. L' En voi ,The Expounder.X. The Escape. . . . . . . . . . . . Andante in gee whiz[The" Final's Reception" to the members of the graduatingclass will be held on the campus after the" Escape."]The entertainment was unique and interestingthroughout. The" grinds" were witty and pointed,but not unpleasantly personal.The interest in the program centered largely aroundthe" Fairwell Address" of Miss Cook and the" Re- sponse " of Mr. Carpenter. Miss Cook said that not­withstanding the fact that we lament the lack of col­lege and class spirit, there had been not a few eventsin which the two parts of the University college hadbeen privileged to participate. These events, hadbound us together, and it was with regret that theremaining members of the University college sawtheir fellow-students take their departure from ouruniversity life.Mr. Carpenter, in reply, assured the University Col­lege of the genuine gratitude of Ninety-five for thewarmth of their farewell. He could do this with allthe more pleasure because, having no traditions, hefelt that the" Farewell" was an expression of gen­uine feeling and not a mere matter of formality.Mr. Carpenter, in fitting words, then presented tothe University college a maroon cap-and-gown to bekept by them in trust for the next senior class and inturn again to be handed down by its representativeand the representatives of succeeding classes.After conferring a number of honorary degrees uponmembers of the senior class and the welcoming of in­coming students, the college adjourned to the Chapelwhere a general reception was given in honor of themembers of Ninety-five.Quadrangle Day.Quadrangle Day was appropriately observed byNinety-five, and for future classes will probably be animportant event in the exercises of "Senior Week."At three o'clock, on the lawn in front of GraduateHall, the class met and called "The Examiner" totrial for past misdeeds. Harry C. Howard officiatedas Judge of the Court, R. W. Webster and J. W. Wil­liams as prosecuting attorneys, and R. L. Hughes andF. C. Sherman as attorneys for the defense. An at­tempt was made to lynch the Examiner, but this wasfrustrated. The jury, having heard the evidence,pronounced the death penalty an eminently just andproper sentence. Executioner Hancock did his workin excellent style and eleven minutes after the trapfell, the body of the Examiner was pronounced life-.less.The interment followed immediately, Thos. W.Moran delivering the funeral oration, Class recordswere buried with the Examiner's body.The class colors, Maroon and Gold, were raised onRyerson tower and the exercises of the day closed withthe class song and the class yell.House Parlors to be Fitted Up.The University has decided to forward m�ney forthe fitting up of House Parlors in Middle and SouthDivinity Halls. 391inexcusable and unjournalistic. The sentences, "itwas evident that the Chicago boys were outclassed.They could not hit Sexton," etc., which appeared inSunday's Times-Herald regarding the Michigan-Chi-­cago game, were both false and absurd. This is butone example. Visiting teams at Chicago receive fairertreatment at the hands of the University correspond­ents.392 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY team of their own college. But the ridiculously un­fair accounts that eminate from certain institutions arePUBLISHED 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, ATHLETIC- SOCIAL- RELIGIOUS. WOMEN'S HALLSMARTHA L. ROOT,WILLIAM P. LOVETT, }WILBUR W. BASSETT,JOHN H. HElL, LOCALCALENDARCHARLES 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 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, Ill.THE Telford Prize Short Story Contest is againreopened. Some time during the Fall Quarterof 1895, a first prize of not less than $15 and asecond prize of $5 will be awarded �or the best shortstories written by undergraduate students of the Univer­sity. The conditions will be practically the same asobtained during the preceding competition as an­nounced in the WEEKLY of April 18, except that thelimit for length of stories will be extended to 2000words instead of 1600. More complete announce­ments will be made later. It is hoped that manywill avail themselves of this opportunity. The sum­mer vacation will afford .an excellent opportunity forpreparation.A VERY provincial spirit is shown by certain.University correspondents of the daily papersin reporting home games with rival institu­tions. It is understood of course that these reporterscan scarcely refrain from a certain bias toward the THE WEEKLY takes great pleasure in announcingthe election to its editorial board, to fill vacan­cies occasioned by the expiration of the SpringQuarter, of Messrs. Frederick Day Nichols, Henry A.Palmer, Wallace Walter Atwood, James Scott Brown,Harry David Hubbard, and Abraham Bowers. Theeditorial board beginning with next issue will be con­stituted as follows:Frederick Day Nichols. . . . . . Editor in ChiefWilliam Pierce Lovett _ . . . . . Assistant EditorASSOCIATE EDITORS.Henry Augustus Palmer. . . . . . . . .Gustave William Axelson .Martha Louise Root tWallace Walter Atwood f .... - . . .Walter Allen Payne .John Henry Heil .Wilbur Wheeler Bassett (James Scott Brown I .Harry Dean Hubbard )Abraham Bowers. . . . . . . Literary. Athletic... Social. Religious. Alumni. . Local. . . . ... CalendarWITH this issue the present incumbent of theeditorial chair lays aside his pen and be-. queaths it to a successor. 'On this last occasion, it may not be inappropriatefor the outgoing editor to make some acknowledgmentof the kindness and consideration that have uniformlybeen shown him. He feels especially grateful for thefrequent words of commendation and encouragementand the assistance that the officers of the University andso many among faculty and students have given. Ex­cept for a certain lack of active' support among a por­tion of the women, his work has been made delightfulby the interest and spirit of helpfulness which havebeen manifested on all sides.Whatever measure of success the WEEKLY maypossibly have had is due largely to the faithfulness,enthusiasm and capacity of those who have been theassociates upon the staff. The manager especiallyhas shown uniform courtesy and generosity and de­serves credit for bringing out a paper unexcelled inUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.college journalism, it is believed, in point of illustra­tion and general typographical make up. With butone exception, they all came to the WEEKLY boardwith previous experience in practical newspaper work.The staff this quarter comprised reporters upon theRecord and the Chronicle, a former city editor of theDecatur Review, a former managing editor of the Cen­tralia Sentinel, a former reporter upon the Des MoinesDaily News and the Iowa State Register, a writer forthe Chicago Tribune and a whilom member of the staffof the Cambridge Enterprise.THE great ga:me Michigan has taken place andChicago has lost. This leaves the champion­ship undecided, with the advantage with us.Chicago has lost but three college games; Michiganhas lost four. Chicago beat Michigan' by a score ofthirteen to one; Michigan won from Chicago withBrown in the box by the score of six to four.It was a great game, a battle of the giants. Brown,who has been considered rather a: second choice in thebox, pitched a grand game, showing promise soon ofbecoming one of the great college pitchers of theWest. Sexton pitched a magnificent game but washit almost as freely as at Chicago, receiving, however,much better support in, the outfield. Chicago's menshowed fine nerve at critical periods, although theimmense crowd evinced the greatest excitement andcheered wildly.Our team met with great courtesy at the hands oftheir entertainers at Ann Arbor. Chicago is eager toplay another game to decide the now unsettled cham­pionship of the West. Manager Stagg telegraphed achallenge Sunday. It was agreed by Michigan, whenthe dates were first arranged, that a third game shouldbe played in case such was requested to settle a tie.It is understood that Michigan is trying to get out ofthis agreement on the plea of disbanding her team.Her term however, does not close until the l:;tter partof June, ana it is to be hoped that Mr. Stagg will in­sist upon a third game.Of course it is idle now to prophesy what mighthave happened had Clark been in the box or had acertain easy fly not decended among the bushes anddirt heaps that disfigure the field, letting in two men,or had Nichols' liner not taken an extraordinarybound into Watkins' hands. We were beaten in agame so closely contested that the merest trifle wassufficient to swing the balance to one side or to the other. We are confident however, of possessing thestronger team and are anxious to have this miserableuncertainty as to the championship definitely settledby getting a chance to win another game. Hereafterthe games with Michigan should be earlier in the sea­son and should be three or five in number and nevertwo.The WEEMLY received full telegraphic reports ofthe game, such as for completeness and accuracywould compare very favorably with the reports of theYale-Harvard football game received by the Chicagodaily papers last fall. The telegrams were posted asreceived in front of Cobb Hall amid great excitement.Alumni Day.Saturday, June rst, will be Alumni Day at theUniversity. At one o'clock will occur the UniversityLuncheon, tendered to the Associated Alumni byPresident Harper. Following the luncheon, businessmeetings of the three distinct branches of the Associa­tion will be held as follows: The Collegiate Alumni,in the Lecture Hall; the Graduate Alumni, in 7 B ;the Divinity Alumni, in 8 B.At seven o'clock the Alumni dinner will be servedin the chapel, where toasts, responses and reminis­cences of "days gone by" will be the order of theevening. It is hoped that a stronger Alumni Unionthan at present exists may be perfected. The follow­ing is the program for the banquet:TOASTMASTER.President, Wi11ia� Rainey Harper.TOASTS.The Old University Professor J. J. Halsey.The Investigator. . Rev. C. W. Barnes.The Old Seminary Rev. R. L. Halsey."B. D., '95" . .'. . . . . . . . . . Mr. ---.The Orient ..... Rev. John Henry Barrows, D. D.The Trustees.. . . . . . . . Mr. Martin A. Ryerson.The Class of '95 Mr. Frank W. Woods.Yale Mr. Edward G. Mason.Harvard. . . . . . .. . .... Mr. ---.The Secondary Schools Supt. A. F. Nightingale.The University Professor Emil G. Hirsch.Auld Lang Syne.New Appointments.Mr. William Vaughn .Moody, Harvard '92, hasbeen appointed instructor in English to take the placeof Mr. Herrick who goes to Europe upon leave ofabsence.Mr. A,. W. Whitney has been appointed to workin Physics in the' University Extension division; Mr.V. E. McCaskill has been elected to a similar positionin Zoology, and Miss Ella A. Moore, in English. 393394 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.WALTER A. PAYNE. W. P. LOVETT.EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE.:" WEEKLY."JOHNQH. HElL.G. W. AXELSON. FRANK W. WOODS. MARTHA L. ROOT.Prof. E. E. Barnard Accepts.Prof. E. E. Barnard of the Lick Observatory atMount Hamilton, Ca1., has formally signified his ac­ceptance of the position tendered him by the Univer­sity 'of Chicago on the astronomical staff of the YerkesObservatory faculty.For two years the University of Chicago has beentrying to rob Lick of this famous explorer of thestarry heights. A formal offer was made ProfessorBarnard last February. The acceptance was an­nounced by Secretary Goodspeed at the UniversitySaturday morning. Prof. Barnard's action gives theUniversity of Chicago perhaps the ablest corps ofpractical astronomers in the world. Germany leadsin theoretical and mathematical astronomy I and sev­eral institutions in this country have done superbwork, Harvard being especially active in the work ofclassification; but to the University of Chicago mustbe conceded the honor of having the three leadingmen in nebular astronomy, double stars and solar an­alysis-viz.: Professor Barnard, ?rof. S. W. Burn- WILBER T. CHOLLAR.CHARLES H. GALLION. WILBER W. BASSETT.ham and Prof. George E. Hale, who is to be directorof the Yerkes Observatory. These three have no su­periors in their respective lines.Medallions in Snell and Ryerson.Bronze memorial tablets, similar to that which. hangs in Kent, have been secured for Snell and Ryer­son Halls. The Ryerson tablet, which has just beenerected, reads:PHYSICAL LABORATORYERECTED IN MEMORY OFMARTIN RYERSONBY HIS SON,1893.The Snell tablet is inscribed:DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OFAMOS JEROME SNELLBY HIS WIFE,HENRIETTA SNELL.1892•UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The baseball season did not close entirely in ac­cord with the \VEEKLY'S wishes, as the score Saturdayindicates, but atthe same time the,WEEKLY hastensto congratulate thebaseball team on itssplendid work forthe whole season.A comprehensives k etc h of e a c hplayer's work forthe year would bedesired, but the ac­companying tableswill give a fair ideaof what each one'swork has been.The compiler 0 fthe tables, Mr. C.K. Bliss, officialscorer for the team,has compiled thetables which will be found as correct as it is possibleto make them.The work of the team, as a whole, has been noth­ing short of brilliant, and the only real blot upon anotherwise clean escutcheon, was the game Saturday.The defeat was not a bad one, by any means, but theloss of it precludes the possibility of our team claim­ing the championship and leaves the West without achampion team now that a third game with Michigancannot be secured.The team has played twenty-two games during theyear and lost but five, only three of these being col­lege games. Of the non-college games the one withAnson's team easily leads and was almost as good asa victory with the close score of 5-2 in" favor of theleaguers. The other game lost was at Omaha wherewe lost by a score of lItO 12. The three collegegames lost were with Northwestern, Wisconsin andMichigan.The team which has represented the University ofChicago 011 the diamond for the past season has prob­ably been one of the finest collection of ball tossersthat a Western college has ever had the good fortuneThe Baseball Season.CAPTAIN ABELLS. 395to possess. The spirit of loyalty has pervaded thewhole team and what was good in one has benefitedall alike.The most important position on the team has beenamply cared for by Nichols, Clarke and Brown. Thework of Clarke has been gilt edged all through theseason and although Nichols showed poor form at thestart his recent work has clearly demonstrated "that heis fast getting in his old-time form and can be reliedon to do some good work during the summer.Brown is fast becoming one of the great pitchers,and in the games he has played has pitched winningball. J ones, behind the bat, has supported all threepitchers in a style that has made him the idol "of the" rooters" and l;is work with the stick.: has been" over-the fence" order. Abells. Adkinson and Win­ston have all played surprisingly good ball, and Her­ing, Grant and Pike, in the outfield, have chased theelusive "scorcher" in a way that always delightedthe enthusiasts on the bleachers. The position ofshort stop has been the bugbear to Professor Stagg,but Nichols has improved at this point until he maybe counted among the best..In batting strength the team ranks among the bestin the country, b,ut their fielding has not. been uni­formly strong. Nichols. easily leads with a percent­age of .505 and Jones comes second with .386 percent. Jones stands at the head in fielding with anaverage of .978 percent., and Abells follows with .944.As 110 official record of the" Reserves" is at handa computation of their work is impossible, but it ismore than likely that some of its members will beformidable candidates for the first team next year.Following are given the games played and theirscores:April 20-VS. Northwestern at Evanston. . 23-13" 22-VS. Rnsh at Chicago. . . 18- 9" 24 - vs." . . . . . . . . . . 8- 6" 27-VS. St. Thomas .. - . . . . . . . . S t- 5" 29-vs. Northwestern at Chicago. . . . . II- 6May I-VS. Lake Forest at Chicago. . . . . . . 10- 43-VS. League at Chicago _ . . . . . . . 2- 5" 4-VS. Wisconsin at Madison . . . ... . . 8-- 26--vs. Rush at Chicago . . . . . . . . . 6- 47-vs. Northwestern at Evanston. . . . . 8- 9" 1I-VS. University of Iowa at Chicago. . . . . . 40- 6" 14-vs. Northwestern at Chicago. . 21-10" T 5-vs. Grinnell at Chicago . . . 18- 4" 25-vs. Michigan at Chicago. . . 13-- I" 30-VS. Omaha at Omaha. . . . II- 631-VS. . ....June I-VS. Wisconsin at Chicago ..5-vs. Lake Forest at Lake Forest ." IO-VS. Northwestern at Chicago _ ." II-YS. St. Johns M. A. at Chicago ..15-vs. Michigan at Ann Arbor . . . . . .Games Played, 22. Won, 17. Lost, 5. · 11-12· 5-16.26- 5.26- I.27- 3· 4- 6The following is the batting record of each player,and the table below gives the fielding averages:396Unlversltyv a; Michigan, 6.Players. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Nichols .... 20 97 491� � '8 5' 13 -2 2r 3Jones I7 88 34 .386 38 I I 2 4 14 5Adkinson .. 21 104 37 .356 40 0 6 II 7 9 IIAbeJls 21 97 32 .33() 31 0 I 4 0 4 10Brown 161. 69 22 .319 23 I I I 3 9 6Winston 21 78 24 .308 34 I 0 4 2 3 10Hering 181' 84 24 .286 23 I 0 8 4Grant 19 77 20 .260 36 0 0 I 3 12 4C�arke 20 Ii 81 20 .247 30 4 0 5 7 3 18Pike 18 87 18 .207 22 0 0 6 4 4 13Sawyer. . .. 3 12 4 .333 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Total .. � 284 343 16 I4 48 33 87 84Players.Jones, c. rf.AheJls, r- t .Pike c. rf. 1 f. .Niclio ls, c. ss. cr. p.Adkinson, zd ..Wi ns ton , 3dBrown, p. 1St. rf.Clarke, p, ss. rf.Gran t, If. ss. .Hering, 5S. cf. .S8 wyel', ss. rf . . en.0 �(J� p �;>., CIl eoCIl .r:: en .2P.. u 1-00 P(/J !"(j l-< �� � l-< (JS .j.J � l-<P. �CIl � p.,o (J(J-- �--17 136 3 .97821 170 10 ·94418 36 3 .92320 87 10 .89721 120 15 .88821 62 14 .81616 40 ]0 . 80020 43 II .79619 37 II ·77I18 33 . II ·7503 2 .667The 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.->, � d)-ci � en O[)'- rei ui ,- .. l-< ri. CIl eo� 0 p o � � � � � � 1-0 Cll;>, <Ii � � .r:: .r:: � l-<CIl ...;� l-< ::I .::1 H .0 0 ;> �P. ::i ...; ..... - 0 1-0 �l-< � H CIl i>0 (/J - l-< (J '1j '0 .� p 's., � CIl0 <lJ 0 (/J <lJ'1jPlayers. if) � H (J+-I (/J <lJ (J <lJ � 0 (J eo .5[)Q) l-<.� P ;>, if) '1j ::l pS P l-< l-< P 0 .0 <lJ - l-< ;0�i> ::l C<! <lJ l-< (/J +-I �� U) +-ICIl � �p.,� +-I � Q) +-Io � CIliI; P=l---- - --- -- - - - -- - - - _- -- --Brown ...... 7 6 I .857 34 14 .412 50 528 5 38 .800 .520Clarke .... " 8 6 2 .750 47 12 .256 62 9 33 4 44 .848 .222Nichols. .. 7 2 2 .714 29 � .552 48 9 0]__] 45 .963 .48817 5 11042 160'2394 16 127<lJ d).0 b[).:d ci CIl ec<lJ CIl;>., � <lJ l-< 1-0CIl '3 Q) <lJ..D i>0.. CIl ;>Players. !"(j ffJ b.() CIl(/J Q) (/J ::I eo<lJ (/J <lJS rfl rfl ;.a 'SCIl C'lCIl p., P=l Q) +-I0 iI; CIlP=lJones " . . 16Nichols.... .. .. .. 3Pike 4 1446 29 ·977 .3633 1.000 .4677 .917 .23824 39 Chicago went down before Michigan, and the cham­pionship in Western college baseball is sti11left unde­cided. No fault can be found with our own team, asthey played winning ball from the start. The cheer­ing was of course one-sided, but it can hardly be saidthat it affected our players in the least, as not one ofthem seemed to be rattled at any stage of the game.The only thing that put our men at a great disadvan­tage was the bad condition of the outfield. This wasin miserable condition and greatly bothered our men.Luck also favored the Wolverines to some extent, butthe victory was mostly due to the great head work ofSexton in the box. Brown played championship ballfrom the start, but the hits made off his delivery wereas a rule put where the fielders were unable to gettheir hands on them. Both pitchers received goodsupport, although Michigan's outfielders did slightlybetter on account of their familiarity with the grounds .No unpleasant feature marred the contest in theleast and once or twice when the crowd felt inclined tojeer our men, they were promptly reprimanded by theMichigan players. The weather was oppressively hotbut over two thousand people viewed the game, andthe grand stand was packed from the back tier to thefront railing with ribbon-bedecked" co-eds."Michigan went to bat first with Sexton facing.Brown. He batted a slow one to Winston who threwhim out at first. A. short bit by Deans and his splen­did sprint gave him first, and a sacrifice hit by Wat­kins advanced him to third. Watkins was forced outat second and Shields went out from Nichols to Abells.Nichols sent a scorcher to right field-which lookedlike a homerun, but the ball struck a minature Pike'sPeak, bounding high in the air allowing Watkins toget it on the bound and a single was all that the shortstop got. On Jones' infield hit, Nichols was thrownout at second, as was also Jones a minute later. Afreight train occupied Adkinson's attention at firstand he forgot to hug the bag and was thrown out bySexton.More than a third of the total number of Michigan'shits gave the" angels" three ruus in the second andone more ill the fifth by Watkins' three-base hits andan error by Nichols. The eighth was productive ofmore runs for Michigan by hits of McKenzie and Sex­ton and a steal by the latter after Abells had caught afoul fly among the "rooters" on the side-lines.Abells slightly sprained his ankle, but resumed playafter a short time. This ended Michigan's run-get­ting.Chicago earned a run in the third on hits by Her­ing and Brown and two more in the fifth by Brown'striple and Condon's ern?r.Chicago tied the score in the seventh, and the soundof a pin dropped in the grand stand reverberate-d allUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.along the line. It . looked as if there would be runsfor Chicago in the eighth. Jones started in with atriple but Adkinson fouled out. Winston was calledout on strikes and Clarke after a determined- effort tosend the ball out in the woods followed the examp1eof Winston. Both sides went out in one, two, three,order on the ninth, and the great contest was over.The feature of the game was the all-around play­ing of both teams and the special feature was Brown'ssteady work in the box and his good support by Jones.Watkins and Shields played a star game. Barring amuffed fly, Nichols did great work at short and Ad­kinson covered a lot of territory at second. The score:Michigan.Sexton, p ..Deanv gb ...Shields, cf .Watkins,rf..Russell, ssBl'mi'gs'n, zb,Condon, c ...Waterman, If.M'Kenzie, lb. R.H.P.A.E.2 2 0 3 0o 2 130002201 1 4 0 0o 1 002005301 164 11 2 0 0 0.. 12901 Chicago. R.H.P.A.E.Nichols, ss. o 2 2 3 1Jones, c. o 1 6 2 0Adkinson, 2b .. o 1 5 0 IAbells, lb. 00 5 1 0Winston, 3b. o 0 0 1 1Clarke, rf. 1 0 1 2 0Hering, cf.. I I 7 0 0Grant, If. . I I 1 0 0Brown, p .. 1 3 0 2 I-----Total. 6 I I 27 15 4 Total . . . . . 4 9 27 9 4Michigaus . . . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0-6Chicagos 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0--4Earned runs-Michigans, 5; Chicagos, 1. Two-base hit5-Sexton, McKenzie. Three-base hits-Sexton, Deans, Watkins,Jones, Brown. Sacrifice hits- Shields, Nichols, Hering,Grant. Stolen bases-Sexton, Deans, Watkins,· Russell, Nich­ols, Abells, Hering, Brown. First base on balls-Off Sexton,4; off Brown, 5. Hit by pitcher-Watkins. First base onerrors-Michigans, 3; Chicagos, 2. Left on bases--Michigans,12; Chicagos, 5. Struck out-By Sexton, 5; by Brown, 4.Double play-Brown to Jones to Abells. Ttme-i-z : 45. Um­pire-C. W. Stage.Baseball Captains Elected.After the Michigan game at Ann Arbor, Saturday,the team held its annual election to select a captainfor the ensuing year. From the first Captain Abellswas clearly the popular candidate, and after a prelim­inary ballot received an almost unanimous vote. Mr.Abells has been the successful captain of a successfulball-team, and his re-election seems to meet with popu­lar favor.Captain Abells did not return to Chicago with theteam, but started from Ann Arbor for his Easternhome, where he will spend the summer.In view of arranging a series of games for the SU111-mer quarter, Nichols was elected to the position oftemporary captain, to have charge of the team in theabsence of Captain Abells. It is hoped that duringthe summer a number of good games may be hadwith some of the best city and suburban teams.Enclose a stamp to any agent of the Nickel Plate Road foran elaborately illustrated Art Souvenir, entitled "SummerOutings." Address J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, III Adamsstreet, Chicago, Ill. R97The Students in nexico.A party from the University, under the direction ofProf. Fredrick Starr, will spend the summer in Mex­ico studying the archseology of the country. Mexicois the Egypt of America, but more foreign to theUnited States than almost any country of Europe.No land offers a more interesting field for research, beit in archaeology, religion, sociology, geology or bot­any. The party consists of Prof. Starr, his boy com­panion, Herman, Mr. Lang, a photographer, Mr. J.N. Hughes and Mr. R. O. Shreve, who will contributearticles to the WEEKLY descriptive of the country andthe work of the party. The students receive twomajors credit forthe course.The party willleave ChicagoJune 8, and pro­ceed to A g n a sCal i e n t e sandGuadal aj ara,where some timewill be s pen t ,thence to the Cityof Mexico and theValley 0 fAn a -huac, where thestirring scenes ofthe Conquest andthe war with theUnited States were 'e n act e d . LewWallace's "FairGod" will prob- ROYAL OMAN SHREVE.ably finda placein the luggage of most of the party and be rereadwith renewed interest in the places where its eventsare supposed to have occurred. In the City of Mexicoand surrounding towns are museums containingmuch archae . .ilogical material of especial interest, tothe study of which some time will be given. Whilein the part of that country the party will also make theascent of the volcano of Popocatepet1. Leaving theCity of Mexico a trip will be made to Oaxaco, nearwhich city are the famous ruins of Mitla, which wereruins when the Spaniards visited the place. Oaxaco isalso the most Mexican city of Mexico reached by rail.So far the party will have been in the highlandswhere the temperature is that of spring, seldom get­ging above 85° ; but before leaving the country a tripwill be made to Tampico, on the Gulf coast, that theymay experience the heat of the tropics; a regard forthe truth prevents our saying anything concerningthe heat of the town.The party will return the first of October ready forthe work of the autumn quarter.sails for England next week. She is to spend theyear studying in Paris and Berlin.398 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Miss Hopkins is entertaining a Wellesley friend,Miss Faulke, for a few days at Foster.Miss Anna Wilmarth and Miss Martha Klock at­tended the Ann Arbor game on Saturday.Mrs. Fales and her daughter from Lake Forestwere the guests of Mr. Grant on Academic Day.Miss Lee from Oxford, England, who is visitingAmerican schools, is spending a week at BeecherHall.Mrs. Dorman and Miss Davenport, of Foster Hall,started Saturday for a two weeks' trip around theLakes.Miss Anderson, who is Head of Beecher House, isto spend her vacation at Lake Geneva and in Chau­tauqua, N. Y.Misses Payne, Provine, Root, Grote, Stiles, Parker,and Mrs. Squires formed a picnic party and spent theday on the" Virgina" taking the trip to Milwaukeeand return.Miss Thompson, matron of Beecher Hall. enter­tained the young women of the Missionary TrainingSchool, and the University Society of Volunteers onThursday evening.Graduate rIatutinal.President and Mrs. Harper will give a " GraduateMatutinal" Friday morning at 8: 30 o'clock. Theguests of honor will be Mr. and Mrs. Ryerson, andMr. and Mrs. Hutchinson.Esoterics and Mortar Boards" At Home."The Esoterics and the Order of the Mortar Boardswere informally at home from 8: 30 until IO o'clock,Friday morning. The entertainment of the Esotericsand the Mortar Boards is always delightful, and the" at home" was very cordial on Academic Day.Lawn Pete.The Quadranglers entertained on their grounds atfive o'clock Academic Day; pillows, divan covers andsmall tables scattered through the clump of trees gavea unique artistic effect. The lawn-fete" was a prettyaffair and refreshing. Strawberry frappe and cake.were served.Portraits Presented to Beecher.Miss Esther Witkowsky, fellow in the Romancedepartment, has kindly given four pictures to adornBeecher. They are portraits of Rembrandt, VittoriaColonna, and other group portraits. Miss Witkowsky " Coffee House" Entertains.The new club, the" Coffee House" served Welchrare- bit, at high noon 011' Academic Day. The par­lors of Graduate Hall were gay with the roses, vio­lets, ragged-robins, bachelor buttons, purple iris,daisies, sunflowers and ivy leaves, which adornedthe girls' hats. The ocassion was informal and de­lightful. The gentlemen entertaining were Messrs.Flint, N. Flint, Grant, Tooker and Rand ..Academic College Day.The day in general was a great success, althoughthe morning athletic entertainment was a. disappoint­ment to some, especially because the greased pig,which had been advertised as the star attraction, didnot materialize.The farces, a full preliminary account of which ap­peared in last week's WEEKLY, were a huge success,and were undoubtedly the feature of the day. One ofthe faculty was heard to remark, "I never saw anamateur play go off more smoothly." Kent Theaterwas crowded, and held an appreciative audience. Theacting was, without exception, extremely good, beingunaffected and effective. The" Uncle's Will " was alittle the better play, and the acting of Miss Ide andMr. W. Walt Atwood was very strong, showing realhistrionic talent. Mr. Law, as "Mr. Barker," wascapital. In" Which is Which," Miss Williston wasa better Mrs. Mills than even that lady herself couldpossibly have been, and took off the Irish brogue toperfection. Mr. Pike as " Capper" was also excel­lent.Immediately after the farces the President of theDay, orator, poet, committees and officers, in cap andgown, assembled and marched to Cobb Hall, to assistat the Ivy exercises. Mr. Nott W. Flint read the Ivyoration. He discussed "college spirit" in choiceand simple language, bringing out some excellentpoints. His statement that we should scarcely beable to attain the college spirit here that we wish foruntil "athletics were managed by the student's up­wards instead of by the faculty downwards," caused asmall sensation.Mr. W. P. Lovett then sang, in a round, full bari­tone, "The Ivy Green," and was accorded hearty ap­plause. The planting of the two small shoots of ivywas followed by the reading of the Ivy Poem by Vin­nie M. Crandall. The Ivy Poem appears upon an­other page.The social events of the day were the Esoteric­Mortar Board and the Quadranglers' receptions aridthe Academic Promenade. They are described else­where in this issue.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY...��)����Dr. W. M. Lawrence, pastor of the Second Baptistchurch, will preach in the Hyde Park Baptist churchnext Sunday. In the evening at 7 : 30 a brief addresswill be given by Dr. A. W. Small.Brotherhood of Stephen.A new and unique society has been formed in theundergraduate department. Its name is the Brother­hood of Stephen and it consists of those men who areconsidering some kind of religious work as a vocationin life. It is not necessary that a full decision shallhave been made in order to become a member. Theobject of 'the brotherhood is to strengthen the purposeof those who are thinking of entering upon ministe­rial, or other religious labors, and to present the claimsof these lines of effort to other men. There will be asocial side to the organization, but its chief methodof work will be to conduct conferences and informaldiscussions, and to secure addresses from men whohave already accomplished something in religiouswork. President Harper and Prof. Mathews arecounselors of the brotherhood and have shown a greatinterest in the organization. An active campaignwill be begun next October and the organization maybe made closer. Harry D. Abells is president and C.B. Williams, secretary.The Young nen's Christian Association.The Young Men's Christian Association held itslast meeting for the quarter Friday evening. Theassociation began its work last autumn not under themost favorable circumstances, a number of the oldworkers and efficient committeemen not returning tocollege this year. The officers and committeemen,however, under the leadership of their president. Mr.A. T. Watson, proceeded with the work of the yearand at the close of the association year, March 3 I,there was an active membership of about ninety-sixand an associate membership of fifteen.At the close of the winter quarter the followingofficers were elected: president, Walter A. Payne;vice-president, H. D. Abells; recording secretary,Forest Grant; treasurer, Abraham Bowers; corre­sponding secretary, W. E. Chalmers.Most of the committees have done efficient workthis quarter, the membership committee having addedseventeen new men, and made a religious canvass ofthe men in the colleges. Both the Finance and theReligious meetings committees have done much diffi­cult work. During the year, five very successful 399social events have been provided. Eight men willleave for the Geneva summer conference to morrow.The work of the association will be continued dur­ing the summer quarter. An active campaign hasbeen arranged for the autumn quarter.English Theological Seminary.The English department of the Divinity School,which has thus far accommodated such as have nothad a collegiate degree, will be conducted at the Uni­versity hereafter only during the summer quarter.During the rest of the year, courses by correspondenceonly will be given.Majors and Minors.Prof. E. Sandell, of the Swedish Theological Seminary, hasresigned.The WEEKLY has just turned out a large edition of the Cata­logue and announcements for the Kenwood Institute.Mr. H. C. Murphy, formerly editor of the WEEKLY, hasbeen appointed sporting editor of the Chicago Evening Jour­nal.Secretary Goodspeed has invited the mayor and his cabinetto be present at the Convocation exercises and to occupy seatson the platform.Dr. Kurt Laves left Wednesday for Germany, to spend thesummer in stndy. He will return in October to undertakework at the Yerkes Observatory.Mr. Isaac A. Hourwich, recently a docent ill the Universityof Chicago, is going to New York to practice law among theRussian population of that city.A conference of teachers of English will be held in connec­tion with the Convocation and prominent professors from allover the country will be present.F. G. Cressey goes this week to Tiffin, Ohio, where he hasaccepted the call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church.Mr. Cressey finishes his work in the University this quarter.Mr. Koch, captain of the California track team, was seen inthe Examiner's office Monday morning collecting informationregarding the Graduate School. He will come East next yearto school and may come to the University of Chicago.Mr. S. H. Clark left last Friday for Ann Arbor, where hegave a readiug Friday evening. From there he goes to Bos­ton, as the chairman of the Literary Committee of the NationalAssociation of Elocutionists, which holds its convention June24-28. Mr. Clark then leaves for Chautanqua, where he will beat the head of the School of Elocution there.Messrs. Bowers, Breeden, Macomber, Evans, Ebersole, Hen­derson, and Mosely will leave Friday morning on theirbicycles for Lake Geneva. Messrs. Mosser, Axelson, andPayne will go by the Chicago and Northwesteru R. R. iu theafternoon .. Mr. Geo. S. Pomeroy will drive over from hissummer home at Delevan and join the delegation at LakeGeneva. They will represent our Y. M. C. A. at the Students'Summer Conference June 2I-30.The WEEKLY wishes to make acknowledgments to Mr. J. W.Braam, the telegraph operator at the University, for his kind­ness in giving a half.day's time to receiving the bulletins of theMichigan game for the WEEKLY; and for his prompt and accu­rate reports of the same. Thanks are also due the boys of theSigma Alpha Epsilon House in Ann Arbor for tendering theuse of their telephone to the WEEKLY'S correspondent, Mr.400 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Summer Homes and Tours.Axelsou, for the purpose of transmitting the reports from theball grounds to the telegraph office.Mr. Jerome H. Raymond, secretary of the Class Work de­partment and lecturer in Sociology in the University Exten­sion Division, has accepted a full professorship in Sociology atthe University of Wisconsin and will begin work there nextfall.Rev. Fred T. Gates, Mr. Rockefeller'S private secretary, vis­ited President Harper on his way home from Minneapolis lastweek. He attended the Qnarterly Concert at Kent Theater'tuesday evening. Mr. Gates was the first secretary of the Bap­tist Education Society that established this University, andwas, with Dr. Goodspeed, instrumental in raising the first mil­lion and has been an active friend of the University since. Heis a man to whom this University owes much.Mr. Victor O. Johnson is the writer of an excellent article inthe June number of the American University Magazine, on"Undergraduate Life at the University of Chicago." 'thearticle is quite comprehensive, treating of both the theoreticaland practical side of every phase of student life. The Cap andGown for '95 receives acknowledgment in a foot-note for theuse of several of its illustrations, of which two are full-page.As would be expected, they are creditable to our annual and tothe University.Another and an old kind of thief has been plying his artduring past weeks in the University and neighborhood. Heposed as a religious man and a Y. M. C. A. worker, and in this,guise has succeeded in "working" several Y. M. C. A: people.He represented himself to be a Harvard graduate withoutfunds, and frequently elicited aid by his story of destitution.Mr. C. A. Lemon of the Divinity School, temporarily loanedhim an overcoat some time ago. The garmeut was pawned forone dollar. Last week Mr. Lemon fouud the man in the houseof a friend, singing gospel hymns. "How is this?" mid Mr.Lemon. "Why, I'm caught; that's all," was the reply. Atpresent the deeds of this exhorter are in the past tense,-helanguishes ill jail.The Nickel Plate Road has published a map of Boston,Mass., showing the location of the Christian Endeavor Con­vention Hall and State Headquarters of the rath InternationalConvention, July 15th to r6th, and presenting the merits oftheir through Drawing Room Sleeping Car Line between Chi­cago and Boston. Write for a copy to any agent of the NickelPlate Road or J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, III Adams street,Chicago, Ill.Solid through trains to New York City were placed in serviceMay 19th over the Nickel Plate and West Shore Railroads.This will enable both first and second class passengers to gothrough without change of cars. A colored porter is in chargeof first and second class day coaches to attend to the wants ofour patrons, and to insure scrupulously clean cars en route.This is an addition to the porters that always accompany thethrough sleeping cars. Rates continue the lowest. J. Y. Cal­ahan, General Agent, III Adams street, Chicago, Ill.The Christian Endeavor Convention for r895, will be held atBoston, Mass., next July, and the Nickel Plate Road haseffected arrangements by which the lowest rates will be offeredeither going and returning by direct lines or returning by dif­ferent routes. The following points of interest may be visitedwithout extra charge, Chautauqua Lake, Niagara Falls, Thou­sand Islands, Rapids of the St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Palisadesof the Hudson and the Hoosac Tunnel. For further informa­tion address J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, III Adams street,Chicago, Ill. The enterprising West Shore railroad has just issued a 2DOpage book descriptive of the scenery along its line. The workis a fine specimen of the printer's art and is full of interesting in­formation. It is a work of history and description combined,pointing out and illustrating all the old spots made famous bythe notable occurrences in the early history of our conntry.The first page of cover is embossed in four colors and is itselfa model of typography. It contains the announcement," Homes and Tours on the West Shore Railroad, Season 1895."The work is illustrated with seventy splendid half-tone en­gravings, most of them full page and all of them rare worksof the engraver's art. Some of the most striking of them are"The Haymakers," "The Summer Girl," "A Native," "RipVan Winkle's Cottage," and a" Quiet Day on the Lake." Thebook starts out with a detail account of the many points ofinterest that the West Shore route touches, which is valuableinformation to the tourist who desires to visit along the Hud­son and in the Catskills. This is followed by a chapter ongeneral information stating facts about living and travelingexpenses, when and where to have your baggage checked andat what points you can buy yonr tourist tickets at best advan­tage. A map of the Hudson River. The Catskills and thesurrounding country is inserted, showing the trend of themountains and the exact location of every place of interest.Then comes the interesting stories descriptive of the presentand the past; up Hendrick Hudson's river, nnder the shadowof the Catskill mountains, haunted by the shades of Rip VanWinkle and the merry men of the old Dntch days, past Haver­straw, West Point, Saratoga, Mt. McGregor and up into theAdirondacks.No other trip can give as many soul-stirring sights as a tourover the West Shore route. This book, if carried with you onsuch a journey, points out all such places. There's the houseaud Gallows Hill that tell the sad story of Major Andre, andnear by the honse that Washington occupied; on a hill-topstands the old colonial mansiou of Colonel King and a boulderof rock against which Hamilton fell; "Treason House," whereArnold and Andre prepared their treasonous plot j "StonyPoint," the" House of the Good Shepherd," and the lighthousethat marks the site of the revolutionary fortifications whichwas taken by the British and retaken by "mad" AnthonyWayne j and there's" Anthony's Nose," 110t" mad" Anthony'sbut Van Corlear's, a trumpeter of old Peter Stuyvesant, andturning to this book the legend is beautifnlly told by Washing­ton Irving. There's Newburg, and it's here where Washingtonwas tempted to assume kingship, and flung the proffer backwith more than kingly scorn, and it's here the rank and fileof the army chanted the words which are the tocsin of Americanliberty, " No King bnt God! "And so continues the description of each town and historic'spot, fully illustrated and with poems by Holmes, Wallace,Bruce, Henry Abbey, Wm. Cullen Bryant and Laura Sanderson,each telling about some noted incident or spot, until we cometo the legendary story of Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by eighthalf tone pictures.Not least is the illustrations of Niagara Falls, which place isreached by the West Shore route. In the last part of thisexcellent book ou "Summer Homes and Tours" is found acomplete list of excursions and the price for round trips fromleading points. This includes not only all points on the WestShore route but points in Canada and the New England states.In connection with the Fitchburg Railroad the West Shore has'a direct line from Buffalo to Boston. This book entitled"Homes and Tours" can be had free by applying to Wm.Cadwell, G. W. P. A., West Shore R. R., 236 Clark St., Chi­cago, Ill.