UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, No. 41.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 1, 1H95.ONe YOSeMITe TR/\IL.JOHN J. SHUTTERLY, JR.We were to see the" sun rise over the Half:� Dome and breakfastlost its dignity. Thelong p 0 r c h t hatstretches before therambling one-story-and-two-wings of Cook's was al­ready grey in the dawn. It looks across the valley,now shadowy, to its uplifting boundary, whence comethe incessant thunders of the Great Fall.We crossed the rushing little river, and wound'about among the bases of the cliffs. Now the horsesplashed liquid echoes into the silence as they wadedthe sounding waters of a dim ford. Now our noiselesswheels carried us between huge, solemn boulders inour way. � nebulous haze hung in the air when wereached the ,gathering point. The preceding arrivalswere scattered about in ghostly groups and knots,some on the margin of the little lake which still slept,with a misty dream in its "slumber of the impendinggrandeur above it.,I remembered how- different had been my last viewof this shadowy place when I had ridden over in thewarm brightness of the afternoon, and stretched upona tilting, flat-topped rock, stared up the polished faceof granite that rose sheer from the dreaming level ofthe mirror, seven thousand feet of majesty, into theglowing sapphire heavens. A'soft white cloud restedon its bosom like 'a great pearl.If any 'man doubts the tyranny of mental habit, lethim listen, to the second five-minutes conversation atNiagara or Pike's Peak' I was too late for the inter­jections, and found' the tourists happily engaged in dis­covering chickens and clothes. lines carved on the faceof the everlasting granite. ' -While my clerical fellow-traveller was upholdinghimself in this course by adducing Wordsworth as aprecedent, several of the others had kept their eyessteadily upon the cliff overhead." Look!" they cried. "Look!"A robe of dusk clothed the mighty wall, that liftedits bulk against the conquering east like a Titan, de­fender of Darkness, cowering at its back. But sud- denly there burned upon its dome a point of Iiving "light,-a rim,-a broadening disk; the great sunswept out from its borders, and the valleys burst into, splendor.We were .makiug' up our minds to the necessity ofleaving, and il1de�d had already begun to be scientific­ally packed away again, when a crackling roar drewall eyes upward. From the crest of the cliff a slendercolumn of snow was pouring like faIling water. Itseemed to hang in the air, so vast were the distancesour eyes saw without comprehending. It fell per­haps a quarter of a mile. The reverberations of itsthunder echoed solemnly from wall to wall. Everyone roused himself for good when this was past, andoff we rolled across the valley.At the entrance to the wild gorge from which issuesthe impetuous crystal waters of the Merced, we foundthe train of saddle horses tied to the trees. 'I lookedat themwith some-surprise, remembering the dismalbrutes of the days of Helen Hunt. Philosophical and'meditative these were, as one would expect, but well­.constitutioned andsleek.The thin' old clergyman had been pacing nervouslyabout on his nag for a quarter of an hour, when, thelast straggler having driven in, our caravan took upits line of march.' Like the Spanish sumpter mules,: these experienced beasts kept the track of the guiding, hoofs with extreme fidelity. The ,slightest attemptat controi by the reins produced a shudder and a start,and one soon learned to give himself as little concernfor locomotion, as though he were astride the Arabianprince's wooden steed.Travelling thus in single file we presently enteredupon a steep and craggy slope, stretching down in, Imossy coolness under the foliage of thick-growingpines. Rocks were piled about in the wildest style;their uncouth and fantastic polygons bristled onevery hand, starting up from the carpet of pine nee­dles, and lent a strange air of liveliness to the lonelyspur. From below, the tumbling rush of the torrentcame up to break the hollow silence. The sharpnessfailed and failed us as we wound higher. Natureunshorn of her strength it is that sits among those /450 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.solitudes; it was her finger that sent that giant pinecrashing down through the silence to lie over yourpath; and you must pass beneath its yoke, for Naturereigns here.In half an hour of climbing we reached a levelspace, which was merely an enlargement of the trail,at whose edge, under an enormous leaning rock, stooda time-crazy black cabin. This was the level of thefirst cascade, the Vernal fall, and a rough pathbranched off, down which the several members of theparty, having dismounted at the cabin, soon disap­peared. I stuck my switch between the leathers of thesaddle and followed them.'The path was short. Emerging from between twohuge cubical rocks, I was not prepared for the lovelyscene which came suddenly into view. The fallingmass of crystal was not a solid and thunderous bolt;its height was not over four hundred feet as I remem­ber it; the impression was not of insupportable vast­ness, such as we beheld later in the day.Rushing and leaping over its parapet, impetus andfall. lent grandeur; but half-way down, the shiningsheet broke and waveredv-=stormed over rocky points,shimmered in myriads of pearls, slipt purely down inglistening, arching divisions.It fell into a secluded, moss-rimmed basin, coveredwith a peaceful patchwork of light and' shade, whichshifted tremulously ov�r the great green rocks in themidst.Now the grizzled guide, in an indestructible suit ofleather, isin his saddle also. The athletic young fel­low whose place is next behind, reaches his seat inone elastic step. S� we fall into line.The grim mountain-side has a declination thatcauses one to look sharply to his horse in his footing,especially in that part of the trail which is the bed ofa brawling stream, with loose stones rolling freelyabout in the water. It is not pleasant to look downduring the passage of this interesting point.My companions bore the experience with variousdegrees of equanimity. ,The men who headed the linelaughed and enjoyed it. The calm old minister saterect and serious; his daughter, a spirited little mis­chief in a brown habit and a man's grey felt hat, witha slender whip-hand and a wicked face, was distractedbetween the struggles of her horse and the desire tolaugh at the fitful heroism of two nervous women,whose periods of unconcern regularly ended when. they looked over. It was not strange. Toss out afragment of rock from your snail's path, and countyour heart stout if it does not quail to see it float awayso softly, like a bird, into the abysmal depths of theheavens beneath. The tangled gorge lay diminutivein the bottom of a dizzy well. We were crawling tothe level of a field of hoary peaks that widened withthe rising eye-a stupendous outlook. It is said that at this stage in the upper trail, wherethe whole reward of vision bursts at once upon theeye, scenes of strange emotion have taken placeamong parties of travellers. A great orator was heremoved to irrepressible awe, "being cast upon theground in praise and gratitude." Here, certainly,the little bride of our party fainted from mere fright,while the rest of us shivered in the unearthly com­panionship of endless mountains, and looked for thelost valley, known to us only by the two torrents,whose differing voices, boiling up into the eternal si­lence which surrounded us, recalled the giant stairwayupon which we had clim bed to the roof of the world.Lines on the Return of Three Old Copies of Ovid, Danteand Herrick.Bound in parchment, richly dight,These dead of mine come back to me ;Oh, truly, 'tis a lucky wightTo be allowed so gay a spree.For now I sit alone to-nightAnd revel o'er these dead men's bones,I laugh and chuckle with delight,And mix mad laughs with grievous groans,And wonder if their deed atones.For two long months-it seemed a score­These three old men were worse than dead,For lodged within old Isaac's storeWhat man can tell the life they led?I wonder if they talked of me,And thought my act an awful deed,With faces cold and chalked at three,I wonder if they all agreed-So anxious were they to be freed.Well, Dante-now I do declare,You're looking just a trifle worn ;Old Italy is far more fairThan these dark skies of ours forlorn.And Ovid, man-why, what a timeYou must have had together there;I hope you will forgive this climeAnd take again that happy air,­Come, all together, truces swear.Here, Herrick,-what, you too, are, ill?Come, come, a song, a little song!Ah, yes, "to her, ,., --pray have your will,And make it short, or make it long.Come, come, you three are home again,Make merry all, and laugh at woe.You all have known a Runic's pain­Why look so sad at such a blow,You know you really have to go.I wonder if you e'er were broke?And had to pawn to make amends­I'm truly sorry that I spoke,Well, yes, 'tis true, I sold my friends­For paltry gold. 'Tis sad, alack!Bnt yet I fear 'tis all too true.But now old friends, again you're back',Pray let us all our love renew­The" devil "-Isaac's got his due.CHARLES SUMNER PIKE.Political and Social Effects of the Income Tax Decision.UNIVERSITY OR CHICAGO WEEKLY. 451On Wednesday evening in the Faculty Room Pro­fessor Miller, of the Department of Political Economy,discussed the recent Income Tax decision before anopen meeting of the History and Political ScienceClub. The room was crowded with students evidentlyexpecting to hear an unusually interesting discussion,and none went away disappointed.Professor Miller briefly called attention to the tax­ation clauses of the Constitution, one affirmative andthree negative. He then carefully reviewed the vari­ous methods of taxation, other than imposts, customs,and excises, etc., to which our government has atvarious times resorted,-the law of 1798 levying a taxon lands, houses and slaves; the bill of 1812, re-enact­ing the law of 1798 and providing for a personal prop­erty tax; the Corporation Act and also the directtax and income tax of 1861. The Professor pointedout that at the time of the enactment of these lawsthere was clearly no question as to their constitution­ality. In 1868 the validity of the Corporation Actwas tested and by an unanimous decision of the Su­preme Court was held valid. In 1880 in the case ofSpringer vs. United States, by an unanimous decisionthe Supreme Court sustained the Income Tax law.This law, however, had been repealed by act of Con­gress in 1872.Then the law of 1894 was briefly reviewed, atten­tion being called to the fact that it was very similarto the law of 1887, which had been passed upon andsustained by the Supreme Court in 1880. In testingthe constitutionality of this law in April and June ofthis year, the Attorney-General based his brief almostwholly on the custom of the Supreme Court to observethe principle of stare decicis, precedents having previ­ously been established covering similar cases.The effects of the decision were di vided into politi­cal and social.Political effects :-1. The failure at this time to ob­serve the principle of stare decicis may lead to theappointment of new judges who will act politicallyand not regard the precedents of former courts. Thusit makes an unfortunate and dangerous thrust at thestability, dignity, honor and respect of the SupremeCourt itself.2. Nearly all decisions of the Supreme Court haveInclined to a liberal interpretation of the powers ofCongress. Here a strict and narrow construction isput on the Constitution. The decision reads as if itwere made a century ago, and is in effect a reaffirma­tion of a theory almost completely outgrown.3. The Constitution was adopted to give a broadtaxing power. This decision seriously cripples thegovernment. Congress is henceforth limited to cus­toms duties and internal excise duties, and these areII'j inadequate in cases of emergency or disturbance.Foreign war largely stops income from duties on im­ports. During the Civil War, the income tax was themost solid support of the government.Social Effects :-The cost of modern civilization hasbeen borne by the consumers. Indirect tax has beenon consumption. The recent tendency is to bring usnearer to current social ideas. Prussia, Switzerland,Italy and England all have income taxes which aimto secure a more equal distribution of wealth. Forequitable government support, the tax on consumptionmust be supplemented by a direct or income tax.This decision, unfortunately, makes that impossible.It makes our Constitution inadequate to a progressivegovernment, and state of society.Principal Fairbairn's Lectures.During its brief existence the University has beenfavored with some of the most distinguished lecturersand public speakers of America and Europe. Butfew, however, have drawn larger audiences and com­manded closer attention than has Principal Fairbairnin his course of lectures, the last of which is deliveredto-day, on "The Philosophy of Religion." The lect­ures were first announced for the chapel, but the sizeof the audience at the first lecture determined theauthorities to change the place of meeting to KentTheater.Principal Fairbairn speaks without notes and yethis lectures are logical and couched in the best ofEnglish. His method of presentation is clear andforcible and at times he becomes eloquent. Thephilosophical nature of these addresses makes it im­possible_ to give any satisfactory idea of them in abrief review.The address of last Sunday afternoon, on "TheNatural and the Supernatural Christ," was steno­graphically reported and will be published in full inthe next issue of the Biblical World.The New Baptist Church.The members of the Hyde Park Baptist Churchmet last Thursday evening and voted to begin workat once upon the chapel of the new church building.The plans are completed and the contracts will beawarded in a few days. Ground will be broken thisweek. The total cost of the whole structure will be$100,000, divided as follows: main auditorium, $60,-000; chapel, $28,000; lot, $I2,000. The buildingfirst to be erected will be a combined chapel and par­ish house. It will be constructed on the most modernplans, with a large number of separate class-rooms, allof which may be thrown open to the auditorium.The location is at the corner of Woodlawn Ave., and56th Street.FORTUNATE are they who ca.n avail themselvesof the opportunity of hearing the lectureswhich the University presents this quarter tothe public. The names of these speakers are alonesufficient to attract anywhere. The capacity of ourauditoriums is proving continually inadequate to ac­commodate all who come.452 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY dents and instructors, except when" professor," byreason of fully accredited rank and recognized accom-plishments, is the true title of the person addressedPURLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOEDITORIAL BOARD.FREDERICK DAY NICHOLS,WILLIAM PIERCE LOVETT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFASSISTANT EDITORASSOCIATE EDITORS:HENRY AUGUSTUS PALMER,GUSTAVE WILLIAM AXELSON',MARTHA LOUISE ROOl', }WALLACE WALTER ATWOOD,WALTER A. PAYNE,JOHN HENRY HElL,WILBUR WHEELER BASSETT,}HENRY TEFFT CLARKE,HARRY DAVID HUBBARD,ABRAHAM BOWERS, LITERARYATHLETICSOCIAL- RELIGIOUSALUMNILOCALCALENDARCHARLES H. GALLION,WILBER M. KELSO, MANAGERASSISTANT MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),Office Hours, 8.30 to 5.30. $ 752 50Advertising rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY,58th Street and Ellis Avenue, <;. hicago.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.AT the close of this term Mr. E. W. Bemis, As­sociate Professor of Political Economy, willleave the University for another field. Pro­fessor Bemis' work here has been of the best. TheWEEKLY unites with his many friends in wishinghim success in his future labors.THE indiscriminat.e use of the word "professor,"applied to any man giving instruction, appears. to be the rule rather than the exception thisquarter. The circumstance is frequently amusing, aswhen the" professor" himself sits among the studentsand applies the term to the instructor at the desk,who has no claim to the title. In order to give thisword its, full significance the University has becomeaccustomed to the prefix" Mr.," used with both stu- THE difficulty of trying to keep up the athleticspirit while so many of our athletes are absenthas appeared in the effort this quarter to holdtogether the baseball team. The games opened aus­piciously but the gradual disappearance of the regu­lar men has caused a gradual increase of loose play,errors and defeats. In the game with the Cranes onlyone member of the nine played in his accustomedposition, and of the nine men who have been engagedthis spring in placing a long series of victories to thecredit of the maroon, only four were in the game.Under these circumstances team work is an impossi­bility. No amount of practice can prevent defeat;every contest becomes practically a game of chance.Consequently interest has waned till the attendancehas reached well nigh the lowest possible point. Afew more games, at irregular intervals, may be ex­pected, but it is understood that the" team," such asit is, lays no claim to representing the victorious nineof '95.THE Administrative Board of Physical Cultureand Athletics has under informal considerationthe question of adopting an uniform style ofsuit, which shall be required to be worn by every stu­dent who takes the regular work in physical.culture.Such a plan would certainly improve the appearanceof the classes on the floor, and would be a help to thedepartment. Before the plan is adopted, however,it should be provided first, that the students be al­lowed a word in regard .to the quality and price of thesuit, and secondly, that the men's gymnasium be putin a condition to harmonize with this innovation.Under the present circumstances there is great discom­fort attendant upon the use of the gymnasium, espe­cially in the winter, when the total lack of ventilationrenders the building both nauseating and unhealthy.If the personal expense to be entailed by those whoUNIVERSITY OF· CHICAGO WEEK�Y"must buy suits could be turned rather toward a fewimprovements in the building, the more immediatewants would be better met. And yet, it is admittedthat our present accommodations for indoor exerciseare becoming c�ntinually more inadequate, especiallyin capacity. One of the pressing needs of the Uni­versity is a gymnasium building. Until this needis met we must continue to be handicapped in theDepartment of Physical Culture.DURING the past week nearly all members of theUniversity have received a pamphlet issued inthe name of the American Book Company entitled" Who is Ed win Ginn? " The pamphlet is a severeattack upon the methods and manners of Ginn &Company, the well-known Boston pub�ishers, and is,in the judgment of the WEEKLY, exceedingly ill­advised and inopportune. The American Book Com­pany, or as it is perhaps better known, the SchoolBook Trust, has published the works of several of theUniversity Faculty, notably President Harper and Pro­fessors Burgess, Coulter, Laughlin, Small and Vincent,but this pamphlet, teeming with a profusion of suchwords as "hypocrisy," "Pharisee com peti tors, ""anonymous attacks, "viciousness," "cowardice,"" execrated," et cetera. ad nauseam, will tend to de­crease rather than increase the popularity of thehouse with present and prospective authors, and leadthem gently but firmly in the way of the" phariseecompetitor." The day of successful advertising bymeans of semi-humorous tracts directed against pio­neer competitors is happily over. University authorswill be won- and retained much more readily by in­ducements of a fair and legitimate nature than by" vicious" pamphlet. attacks addressed miscella­eously to the members of the institution.I 1� would be a source of infinite gratification to theinstructors if certain of the members of the Univer­sity should suddenly begin to cultivate the virtueof promptness. If such cultivation should be persistedin for a length of time, doubtlesss a vote of thankswould be unanimously passed by the faculty. Notsince October I, 1892, has there been a day when someinstructor, after beginning the work of the hour, wasnot interrupted by some late student. Frequentlythe tardy one has been threatened with being markedabsent, but this rule, unfortunately, is adhered to onlyrarely. 453Yet the students are not alone at fault. Eitherthrough mistaken conceptions of professorial dignity,or with the purpose of retaliating upon the delin­quents in the ranks, a few instructors seem to haveacquired the same habit of tardiness.In both cases the annoyance is equally great andequally inexcusable. An unnecessary waste of timeoccurs daily, and the loss must fall, not on the offender,but on the offended. An instructor habitually tardymay be relied on to keep his class habitually a littlebeyond the hour. Thus the disturbance extends overto the following hour and so on through the day.Probably there is. little hope of entirely obliteratingthis evil, but by very slight attention it may be mini­mized, so that there will be less friction at the timeof the changes of classes.Lectures by Hamilton W. Mabie."Literature as a Personal Resource" was the sub­ject treated by Mr. Mabie in his lecture Mondayeven­ing. He was successful in capturing his audience atonce. It was wholly a popular lecture. And yet,while humor and profuse illustration were prominent,the humor was always sincere and the illustration wasskillfully used as a point on which to hang a deepthought. Facility of expression and freshness com­bined with magnetism of tone and gesture to hold theattention of every hearer. Some of the audience wereunable to get sittings.Mr. Mabie said that as long as the world stands itwill never outgrow Homer. Every man who pretendsto culture should be required to read the Odyssey atleast once each year. If we had nothing beside, wecould get the real literature of the .world from thetranslations of Homer.The record of the contact of great books on the newmind would probably be the greatest possible creationof literature. "We have not yet begun to appreciategreat books as the revelation of human life." Depthof life we all need to-day, throughout our social fabric.Freshness of spirit is the rarest and most valuablequality that can be attained in literature. Illustrativeof this point Mr. Mabie mentioned the Cambridge boatcrew, "sweeping along with that master stroke­which has brought them so many defeats!" Glad-·stone v!as here made the subject of unqualified admi­ration. A man was once heard to say, in criticism ofthe Grand Old Man, " There are only two weaknessesin Mr. Gladstone which I fear may prove serious: hislack of physical stamina and of intellectual versatil­ity!" We· must have that vitality such as had Ho­mer's great hero, by which we shall be able to meetall the sirens, even those of modern days,-and over­come them!454 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Copious quotations from the world's authors werefreely used. The book "The Imitation of Christ"was characterized as one of the greatest, because itwas a book of life,-a book of a man's soul. Booksof information, knowledge and scholarship sink to thebottom of the great stream of literary flow, while thiswork translated into every modern tongue, remainsever on the surface.Victor Hugo once said that poetry must be with himeither easy or impossible. It is a pity that the word"poet" must be confined popularly to the man whomakes verses. None of us ever become great withoutbeing poets.This course of lectures continues every evening thisweek, closing Friday evening. The lectures are de­livered in Kent Theater at 7:30 P. M. The four re­maining lect tires are on these topics: Tuesday,"Literary Conditions in America;" Wednesday, "AFamiliar Talk on the Art of Writing;" Thursday,"Nature and Culture;" Friday, "Culture for To-day."The New Psychology.Professor Tufts delivered an interesting address atthe University meeting held Wednesday of last week,on "The Meaning of the New Psychology." Hesaid that while the study of psychology had formerlybeen considered as a part of the study of philosophy,it is now become a department by itself. Its enlargedscope has brought it past the point where it was re­garded as a mere appendix of one or another science.The new psychology is developing with a vitalitythat binds it closely to the great interests of human­ity which are becoming such important studies to-day.The History of Oxford University.Principal A. M. Fairbairn will deliver an address inthe chapel, Cobb Hall, Friday, at 12:30 p. m. on"The History of Oxford University." This addresswill close the series of lectures and addresses of Prin­cipal Fairbairn. The lectures have drawn out verylarge audiences, and have been of a high order.The American Journal of Sociology.The following interesting extract is taken from aleaflet just issued by the editors of the new AmericanJournal t?l Sociology, the only magazine in Americadevoted exclusively to this science:Although everything purporting to be " Sociology"is eagerly read by increasing numbers of people in allranks, there is no American magazine devoted exclu­sively to scientific treatment of the subjects properlybelonging to Sociology, or "the science of human so­ciety as a whole."Sociology is the most recent. the most difficult, themost complex and the most misunderstood of all thesciences pertaining to society. Every silly and mis­chievous doctrine which agitators advertise claims,-.:;-. Sociology as its sponsor. A scientific journal of So­ciology should be of practical social service in everyissue, in discrediting pseudo-sociology and in forcingsocial doctrinaires back to accredited facts and princi­ples.A journal of Sociology is needed as a means of cor­relating investigation in the specific .social sciences.There can be no valid Sociology which does not usethe results of Biology, Anthropology, Psychology,History, Comparative Economics, Politics and Ethics.A journal can be of great value by composing tenta­tive and partial products of these sciences into guidesfor further investigation and for immediate social ef­fort.A journal of Sociology is needed, on the other band,to work against the growing popular impression thatshort cuts may be found to universal prosperity, andto discountenance utopian social programmes.The increasing popular interest in plans for socialimprovement makes a peculiar demand for a journal ofSociology to be under the control of investigators whobelieve that science not only tolerates but demands in­telligent action, aimed at the progressive improvementof the conditions of human life. Sympathy and sci­ence ought not to work at cross purposes; and Sociol­ogy is advanced enough to assist in their cooperation.The University of Chicago has assumed the finan­cial responsibility for The American Journal of Soci­ology, which will aim to satisfy the requirements thusindicated. The head of the department of Sociologyin the University of Chicago, Professor Albion W.Small, will be editor-in-chief of the Journal, and theother members of the sociological staff will be associ­ate editors. Some of the most eminent sociologists inthe United States and Europe will be advising editorsand contributors.The new journal will not be the" organ" of anyschool of sociological opinion. While the editorialresponsibility rests with the Department of Sociologyin the University of Chicago, the Journal will serveas a clearing house for the best sociological thoughtof all schools. The editors hold certain very positiveopinions about sociological methods and principles,and will try to express these opinions from time totime with all possihle clearness and force, but thepages of the Journal will be equally free to theexposition of contradictory views, wherever the latterhave sufficient justification to deserve the attention ofcompetent thinkers.The Misunderstanding Extends.The following item clipped from an exchange isentirely without foundation in fact. Yet, owing torecent reports the false statement that the Universityhas lowered its standard will probably be widelycircula ted.It has been arranged to admit high-school gradu­ates to Chicago University without examination.The questions and examination papers are to be sub­j ect to inspection by the officers of the U ni versi ty,who may throw out papers they object to, but theconcession is thought by some critics to let down thestandard of admission somewhat, and is therefore re­gretted; the more so as the standard of the ChicagoUniversity has hitherto been the highest in the West.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.. : Handicap Tennis Tournament.A handicap tennis tournament was begun Mondayon the 'Varsity courts. Twenty-seven candidateshave entered, among whom are several who havenever been seen on the courts before. This fact, andalso the system of handicaps used, makes it extremelyproblematical as to who will be found in the finals.N early every tennis "shark" in the University hasentered and good sport is seen daily on the variouscourts. The contestants are handicapped accordingto "owed odds." The entries and their respectiveclasses are here given:.SINGLES.Hill, XII.Galt, IV.Clarke, IV.Wyckoff, VI.Lapham, VI.Hewitt, VI.Breeden, II.L. Philips, IV.Wadsworth, XII.Caterall, v.Rand, IX.Lovett, II.Payne, I.Linn, VI.Goodell, III.Hussey, VI.Lansingh, XII. Winston, v.Ball, IV.Bateson, III.Patten, x.Thurtell, VIII.A. Smith, III.Owen, VII.D. Philips, IV.McClintock, r.Thatcher, I.DOUBLES.Lansiugh, SAngle, XII. IBall, IBreeden, r. Il'hurtell, IGalt, VII. -ILinnRand vs,The games played Monday resulted as follows:Bateson defeated Patten, 7-5, 6-2; Owen defeatedPhillips, 2-6, 13-II, 6-4.Tuesday Winston defeated Ball, 6-3,' 6-1 ; Linn de­feated Payne, 8-6, 6-2. S Hussey.VS. I Lapham, v..� D. Philips,VS. (L. Philips, VI.{Wadsworth,VS. Patten, x.Neel Remains Champion of the Northwest.By his victory over Belden at Lake Minnetonka,Monday, Carr Neel retains the tennis championshipof the Northwest. Much had been expected of theMinneapolis expert, but Neel's great net game broughtthe Chicago man a rather easy victory. The styleof Belden's playing was the orthodox back-line game.He relied mainly on swift drives; a majority of which,however, went into the net. 455By this victory Neel emphasized the fact that hehas no superior in tennis in the West. His defeat ofChase in the invitation tournament in Chicago priorto his last victory was, it seems, but a forerunner ofwhat was coming, as Belden was regarded by many asmore formidable than Chase. The defeat of Neeland Myers by Jayne and Cook in doubles, July 24,could hardly be regarded as showing any particularweakness in the Chicago players, as both were evi­dently strangers to each other's style of play. Thequestion now remains, how will the University of Chi­cago fare at the Newport tournament. That our rep­resentative in singles will do justice to the institutionhe represents there is no doubt, and much is also ex­pected of the N eel brothers in doubles.Divinity 15; Snell 5.It was a tremendous conflict, but the Snell 'boyswere more adept at shooting the chutes, and theDivines won. Both sides were evidently afraid ofeach other as the game was postponed several times.Last Friday, however, the two teams met in thenational game for a few innings, and at the close thescore stood 15 to 5 in favor of the ministers. Allenand Crawford were the battery for the "theos," andEvans and De Swarte for Snell. Seven innings wereplayed and several scores of spectators along the sidelines kept the interest at fever heat. As the score'began piling up subdued charges of bribery began tocirculate in the camp of the enemy, but we are in aposi tion to know that the charges cannot be proved.We consider our umpiring- equally satisfactory to allconcerned, which is sustained by the fact that bothsides" cut us dead" when they saw that they coulduse us no longer.The 'Varsity summer team will play the Oak Parknine at Oak Park next Saturday. Jones and Clarkewill be the battery. This will be an interesting eventfor the 'Varsity nine. The Oak Park team is corn­posed of members of the Oak Park Club, and is a'strong aggregation of ball player". In the eveninga reception and dance will be given at the club housein honor of the 'Varsity nine.Arthur E. Foote, manager of the Yale footballeleven, is reported to have denied that Yale and Har­vard have had a reconciliation in the football contro­versy.New Appointment at Morgan Park Academy.Miss Jane K. Weatherlow, fellow in English, re­ceived Tuesday an appointment to the position of -in­structor in English and Head of the Women's Hall atMorgan Park Academy, the appointment to extendtwo years. Miss Weatherlow will leave Chicago atthe end of this term to spend her vacation at SenecaFalls, N. Y.456 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.H. F. Atwood is visiting here, to remain a fewdays.J. M. Flint spent Sunday at Fox Lake with' RobertTooker.Dean E. V. Hulbert and family have returned fromEurope. 'Miss B. V. Stiles is with a camping party nearPueblo, Col.Mr. Smart, from" Portland, Me., visited his wife atFoster over Sunday.Mr. W. E. Chalmers spent a day in Chicago on hisway East, last week.Miss Hamm entertained her sister from the NorthSide, at Foster, Sunday.Miss Hall entertained friends from St. Paul, at Fos­ter, last Saturday and Sunday.Miss Kirkwood, of the English Department has ac­cepted a position in Tiffin, Ohio.Mr. F. D. Nichols left Chicago last Friday for a twoweeks' visit at his home, Osage, la.Miss Agnes Cook called University Wednesday.She is taking an outing at Lake Geneva.A large representation from the Women's Hallslistened to Dr. Scott's sermon on the" Manxman,"Sunday evening.Misses Cornell and Kirkwood, of Foster Hall, at­tended the dance given by the Beta Theta Pi frater­nityat the Chicago Beach.On Friday evening the Foster. girls made candy.Miss Crawford was found to be an expert in this line,and now Foster is likely to become the Gunther's ofthe University.The members of Southern schools, of whom aboutone hundred are here this quarter, have received in­vitations for next Thursday evening from Presidentand Mrs. Harper.Many of the University students were in attendanceat the" Beach" party Saturday evening. No betterarrangements could be desired than those made byMr. Denison, manager of the hotel, for these parties.Miss Theodosia Kane entertained a few friends atthe" Beach" last Friday evening. A delightful din­ner followed by dancing made the evening very en­joyable. The following University students wereamong those present: Misses Kane, Rew, Spray;Messrs. Stevens, Atwood, Rand, Pike, Clarke •. Roy Miller, of the Extension Department, has beenawarded the honor of Grand Annotator of the SigmaChi fraternity. This puts him in closest connectionwith all the doings of the society. Chicago remainsthe headquarters for Sigma Chi.Receptions t.o Principal Pairbairn.A reception to Principal Fairbairn was given byPresident Harper at his house Tuesday evening. Mr.Fairbairn delighted the company by reading selectionsfrom" Under the Bonnie Briar Bush." A number ofthe trustees and members of the faculty were in attend­ance. Last Thursday afternoon Mr. Fairbairn wastendered a reception by the members of the Quad­rangle Club at their rooms in the Hotel Barry.rtrs. Crow's New Book.It will be interesting to Shakespeare and Eliza­bethan students, and to the general public to knowthat Assistant Professor Martha Foote Crow is editinga new book. The book is a series of Elizabethan re­prints called " Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles." Some ofthe sonnets have been inaccessible before this time,and the efforts of Mrs. Crow will be much appreciated.She will prepare the texts and write the prefaces andnotes. The book itself is to be an artistic little vol­ume, in the best style of the printer's art. Publishedby Kegan and Paul, London, and by McClurg'S. Thefirst volume is already in press and will be out for thefall quarter's work. A review of the "ElizabethanCycles" will appear in a later number of the WEEKLY.·New Reglstratlon System.Several yards of additional red-tape have been or­dered by the University authorities and the new sup­ply has been turned over to the athletic management.Like a penitent �enry at Can ossa the meek and low­ly aspirant for athletic honors will hereafter be com­pelled to wait expectantly in the antechamber whilethe following application is considered:To the Board of Physical Cultztre and Athletics of the TheUniversity of Chicago.GENTLEMEN: I hereby make formal application for permis­sion to represent the University 011 its -- team during the-- quarter of 189-. Respectfnlly,Should the candidate be fortunate enough to passthrough the ordeal he will get a notice like this:This is to certify that --, having passed a satisfactory phys­ical examination, and having maintained the required stand­ing in scholarship during the preceding quarter, and havingconformed to such other regulations as are provided in theAthletic Rules of the University, will be permitted to repre­sent the University of Chicago on any athletic team for whichhe may be chosen; this permission being conditioned on hisobservance of the rules of training and of the Athletic Rnlesof the University.For the Board of Physical Culture and Athletics.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.n�)--=====------ .Professor Mathews preached last .Sunday in theMemorial Baptist church.Mr. A. R. E. Wyant has accepted a call to the pas­torate of the Morgan Park Baptist church.Rev. Bissell, of Biddell University, Charlotte, N.C., addressed the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. meet­ing Sunday evening on "Some Phases of Negro Edu­cation in the South."Professor Butler will preach in the Fourth BaptistChurch, corner of Ashland and Ogden avenues, nextSunday. The same pulpit will be occupied Aug. 25by Mr. James H. Breasted.Professor Chamberlin will deliver the address nextSunday afternoon in Kent Theater, at the meeting ofthe Christian Union. The subject announced is"The Problem of Human Suffering."Communication.The proximity of Lake Michigan has had little orno effect upon University life thus far, but cannot failin the near future to become a factor in our social andathletic life. We should have a University boat clubfor rowing, swimming and sailing. The south basinin Jackson Park is a safe and open anchorage main­tained by the Park Commissioners. There, with theconsent of these commissioners, we could build a boathouse and have anchorage assigned. Outside a coursecould be laid out for rowing and sailing. East of thisbasin is a good bathing beach and a mile south isManhattan Beach. During the spring and much ofthe summer, shells and working boats would findsmooth water from the casino pier to the naval pier, inplain view of the U. S. Life Saving Station whichwould insure safety to all bathers, oarsmen and yachts-men. Let the movement be made and within a fewsummers we can have a crew, and can wave themaroon pennant from many a victorious peak. Thenone of the features of graduation week could be " FleetDay," given over to swimming and tub races, single,double and eight-oared shell races, and finally thehandicap race for the 'Varsity pennant, open to allmembers of the University, Alumni and Faculty sail­ing their own boats. The various clubs of the Uni­versity would take pride in their boats, and we shouldsoon have a valiant navy.W. W. BASSETT. To William Cullen Bryant.The rains descend upon the desert earthAnd soon are gone, but are not lost-For all, boon Nature brings in later birth,To brighter, fuller beauty burst-Since Bryant lived and wrote and left" to joinThe innumerable caravan that moves"To the unknown, and we are left to mournThe spirit that all Natnre loves,Our lives to higher, nobler goals attain;A new content smiles on our lot;Our clouds disperse, and quickly flees the pain.They say that thou with careless thought,Dost coldly gaze upon our suffering world,And little reck what Chance or FateOr Sin, upon devoted heads, has hurled.o kind philosopher and great!How shallow are their sympathies who seeIn thy good nature aught but love!Too close art thou to Nature's heart to beOther than might God approve-On "him, who in the love of Nature holdsCommunion" with her dearest bard,There steals a calming quiet that enfoldsAnd draws him sweetly heavenward.If he be soul-sick, worn with morbid grief,All racked in passion's fiercest throes,A soft and chastened spirit of reliefWill soothe the anguish to repose.Or if, in happiness, the lover seeksA song to grace his joyous mood,The brightest flowers that Spring's glad voice awakes,To Winter's dreary days are wooed;And birds and rippling brooks in chorus singSweet melodies of love and mirth;The gaunt bare limbs of trees. new-robed by SpringStretch o'er a green and smiling earth; .With fragrance heavy-laden sweeps the breeze,Low Whispering through the sunny fields,Or crooning love songs, midst the happy trees,To all the nymphs the forest shields-On mercy bound, his Muse goes ever forth,In sympathy with the oppressedThat languish, weary, heart-sick, midst this dearthOf feeling, virtue, truth or rest.Ah! would that I could speak some happy word,My love and veneration tell ;Make resonant the light, exquisite chordWhich, from his hand, so fondly fellInto my heart so cold-but that were vain.Though far too great to need my praise,My humble reverence he'll not disdain;All proudly, then, my song I raise. -Stet.Dr. Barrows Gone to Europe.Rev. J. H. Barrows and the Misses Mary and Kath­arine Barrows, sailed for Southampton on the steam­ship Paris, American line, yesterday. They will spendthe summer in England and Switzerland returning inSeptember. Dr. Barrows speaks at the GrindelwaldConference, August 29. The pulpit of the First Pres­byterian church will be supplied during Dr. Barrowsabsence and its prayer meetings conducted by theRev. S. M. Johnston, Evanston, Ill. 457458 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Annual Register Issued.The Annual Register for the year ending July,1895, has just come out from the University Press.It is a volume of four hundred pages.najors and ninors.Principal Fairbairn leaves for Chantauqua Friday.A. B. Price, professor of Latin in Des Moines College (affil­iated) has entered for graduate work in his department.Miss McWilliams, a former student here, and late of Stan­ford University, is taking a course in history and the classics.Mr. Maurice Rosenfeld, pianist, and Miss Edna M. Crawford,soprano, gave a musical recital yesterday afternoon in KentTheater.The A merican Journal 0.1 Sociology, The Biblical World andThe Astro-PhysicalJournal have just appeared from the Uni­versity Press.Prof. G. C. Howland will speak before the Romance Club inCobb Hall this afternoon on " Reminiscences of Three Mon ths'Travel in Italy."The illustrations which appear in this issue of the WEEKLYare loaned by the literary department of the Southern PacificRailway Company.Mr. R. M. Lovett of the English Department, win deliverthree lectures next weeks at the summer school of AppliedEthics, Plymouth, Mass.Rev.J. W. Conley, D.D., and Rev. L. C. Barnes, D.D., willbegin courses of lectures on August 5 and September 2 respect­ively. The subjects are not yet announced.Professor Von Holst has finished his work in the Universityfor this quarter. Having suffered from ill health during theentire spring he has determined to take a much needed rest.Mr. Max West, docent in Sociology, not Mr. G. M. West, asstated, has accepted a lectureship in Taxation and Finance inColumbia College, New York. The WEEKLY purposes to beaccurate and therefore makes the correction.Prof. S. S. Curry, Ph.D., instructor in Elocution for the sec­ond term of this quarter, will give public iutroductory lecturesin the chapel, Cobb Hall, August 6 to 9, at 4 P. M., upon thefollowing subjects: Development of Delivery; Training of theVoice for Teaching and Preaching; Vocal Expression as aMeans of Literary and Artistic Training, and Answers to Ques­tions.Professor Curry is Dean of the School of Expression, Boston,and Instructor of Oratory in Yale Divinity Scbool, and in theNewton Theological Institution, formerly in Boston Univer­sity and Harvard. He will offer three courses tbe secondterm of this quarter. This is a rare opportunity.Firie Train to Cleveland and the East.Passengers east from Chicago should bear in mind thethrough fast express over the Nickel Plate Road. from Chicagodaily at I : 30 P. M. runs entire train through to New YorkCity witb elegant sleeping cars to New York and Boston, ar­rives at Cleveland at II : 30 P. M. This train is supplied withcolored porters in uniform to attend to the wants of both firstand second class passengers. Night Express leaves daily at9: 20 P. M. with througb sleeping cars to New York and Bos­ton. Lowest rates on all trains to all points east. For addi­tional information as to time-tables, tickets, etc., call on oraddress, Thos. Collins, T. A., Grand Crossing; J. R. Rupp, T.A., Englewood, or J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago, atIII Adams Street, Tel. M. 389 .. Depot, Clark and tzth Streets. Dr. L. A. Bauer delivered a lecture yesterday in RyersonLaboratory on "Cyclones and Anti-cyclones."The bank deposits at the present time show that the member­ship of the University this quarter is richer than that of anyprevious quarter. This fact would seem to indicate that theSettlement may expect an increase of revenue.President D. B. Purinton, of Denison University, Granville,0., began Tuesday a course of four daily lectures on the gen­eral subject, "The Ethics of the State." The lectures are be­ing delivered at II: 30 A. M. in the chapel, Cobb Hall.The Rosalie University restaurant has inaugurated a series ofSaturday evening free concerts, and has replaced its coloredwaiters by a company of young women" of fair degree." Ageneral exodus of men from the other boarding places may nowbe expected.One of the men who accompanied the expedition to theNorth one year ago,. of which Professor Chamberlin was amember, has turned out to be a swindler. He has securedfunds dishonestly from many Chicago people, among themProfessor Chamberlin.One of the interesting developments of the Summer Quar­ter's work is the great number of students who have arrangedto carryon their work begun in the first six weeks of the quar­ter, in the correspondence department, which is now the chieffield of activity of the Extension Department.Mrs. Leland Stanford, Sr., has undertaken the task of pay­ing the running expenses of Stanford University, which haslately led a precarious existence on account of lack of funds.She is now selling at auction the fine stock from her ranch inorder to raise the necessary $16,000 per month.The University Press printed a history of the University fordistribution at the teachers' convention in Denver, which is thebest souvenir of the University which has yet appeared. Cutsof all .the University buildings and the biographies of theFaculty make it especially valuable. The remaining copiesare being given to all who desire them at the Press room inCobb Hall.The confidence placed in Miss McDowell, head of the Uni­versity Settlement, by her various neighbors, is strongly illus­trated by a recent incident. A woman with anxious face calledand urgently demanded to see the Settlement's chief J)fficer.She would state her business to no one else. After some timeMiss McDowell was found. "Are you Miss McDowell?""Yes." "Well, I came to see you on important business."" Very well, what is your business?" "Well, I want to seeabout getting a divorce! "Excellent Facilities Offered East-Bound Travelers.The Nickel Plate Road now offers greater facilities to thetraveling public than ever. The improved service in all itsdepartments, including powerful locomotives, prompt as totime; comfortable coaches, nicely decorated, richly uphol­stered and easy riding; dining cars in which the welfare ofthe inner man is carefully looked after and satisfied; Wagnerpalace buffet sleeping cars, and substantial stations. These,added to the fact of its being the shortest line between Chicagoand Buffalo via Fort Wayne, -Fostoria, Cleveland and Erie,with through sleeping cars from Chicago to New York andBoston via the Fitch burg and West Shore railroads, all com­bine to make it the popular low rate line between Chicago andany point east and south. For further information as to rates,time of trains, etc., apply to Thos. Collins, T. A., Grand Cross­ing ; J. R. Rupp, T. A. Englewood, or J. Y. Calahan, GeneralAgent, III Adams Street, Chicago, Tel. Main 389. Depot,reth and Clark Streets.