UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. III, NO. 43.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 15, 1�95.LeTTeR FHOM THe MeXICAN expeDITION.SCENES AND EXPERIENCES IN CHt\Pt\Lt\.The little village of Chapala lies on the northernshore of the lake of the same name, near its westernend. With mountains all about it, melting awayrange 011 range into the blue of the horizon, the lakein front with an island or two and the blue mountainson the farther shore, it is a place of rare beauty. Butas it lies about twenty miles from the railroad, fewAmerican tourists ever visit it.We arrived in Guadalajara 011 the evening of July19. The next morning we ran out on the MexicanCentral to the great hacienda of Atequiza, abouttwenty- five miles from the city. Here we got horsesand started on our ride across the mountain. An Eng­lish gentleman, Mr. Crowe, resident at Chapala, whoseacquaintance we made on the train, aided us in secur­ing our horses. But the horses for hire at a Mexicanstation are not" built for speed," nor the saddles forcomfort. The-latter have the stirrups permanentlyfastened at inconvenient and discordant heights,which is very tiresome to the rider. Th e longest manin the party drew the shortest pair of stirrups. Ourprogress was naturally slow, but was compensated forby the opportunity for observing the country.The hacienda, through the headquarters of whichwe passed, is one of the great properties of Mexico,having thousands of peons at work on its vast fields.The headquarters contain great storehouses, repairshops, a school building, the owner's palace, andother buildings, including a small hostlery. Theplace is lighted by electric light and is connected withthe railroad by a short line of its own. A street-carmeets every train. Several statues adorn the littleplaza in front of the palace. The peons were receiv­ing their noonday rations as we passed through ..Each received a torilla (a thin corn cake) filled withthe black Mexican beans. This is the food of thesepeople. If they receive their three rations of torillasand frijoles daily and two suits of the white cottonclothes they wear, per year, they are thoroughlyhappy. The owner allows each man to erect a huton the land-little dens of reeds, poles, a few boardsand a roof of red tiles, or thatch. Little is neededin the way of shelter in this climate. ' A t the end of an hour we had reached the summitof the pass and the lake, with little villages dottingthe shores, was spread for many miles before us. Inthe center was the village of Chapala on a point ofland, the tall spires of its church showing conspicu­ously. But it took us two hours and a half of hardriding to make our destination. From this summit inclear weather the great volcano of Colima is plainlyvisible above the mountains on the further shore.Chapala is the fortunate possessor of three hotels,being quite a resort for Guadalajara people duringthe wiu ter. The rooms in the house to which ourparty was directed were furnished with a chair ofrude design, a primitive unpainted washstand, and apocket mirror. The beds were made by placingboards across wooden horses, and a thin mattress onthese. This was the best hotel in town and verygood for the village. The floor was of rough tilesand the ceiling of loose slabs laid over poles; 011 theserats made a constant clatter at night. Fleas, iuevit­able in all Mexican hotels, save a few of the largest,made life miserable for a night or so, but these andother discomforts only add to the novelty of theexperience.Mr. Crowe has a pretty little villa a mile below thevillage, a white adobe with a great cliff behind-redrock streaked with green bushes. We spent a very. pleasant morning 011 the broad piazza which over­looks the lake, and got several fine photographs fromthe little tower. The gentleman has a sailboat on thelake in which he took us out sailing one morniug. OnSunday he dined with us at the hotel and the mealwas a revelation; such a meal at a hotel in any vil­lage of similar size in the States would be impossible.Course after course was served, a caviare sandwich,a soup, meat and potatoes, omlette, chicken, a salad,the inevitable beans, coffee, dessert, and fruit. The or­dinary meals are always good and of several courses,much more than one would suspect. After leavingthe table we climbed the little mountain behind thevillage, whence a beautiful view was obtained'; thedim outline of Colima was discernible above themountains across the lake.474 UNIVERSITY or CHICAGO WEEKLY.A few miles below Chapala is the hacienda ofAquiqui , We rode down one afternoon and on ourway encountered a native dance. A child of about ayear had died that morning and the parents andfriends, having returned from the grave, were danc­ing to the glory of God, because the child was anangel. The dance was the jaribi, the Mexican na­tional dance. One couple dance at a time, the manand woman 011 opposite sides of a circle aroundwhich they move. Both face in the same direction.The step is a curious and complicated movementwhich changes several times during the dance. Littleattention is paid to the time furnished by the musi­cians. Their instruments consisted of a violin, a flute,a curious harp and a three-stringed base-viol playedwith the fingers. Many of the men had donned cleansuits in honor of the occasion and made a picturesquegroup with their white clothing, great hats, vari­colored serapes and sandals, around the door of themiserable little house, half adobe, balf canes. Theirfaces were half covered by their blue rebosos and theysat as motionless as their Indian ancestors, save whenthe tiquila bottle reached them. Tiquila was plentyand several" jags" had attained to large dimensions.The 'musicians, at Mr. Crowe's request, struck up awaltz and two of our boys and our host danced withthe Indian girls-an amusing sight.The morning before we left we visited the publicschools. No village in Mexico is so mean that aschool is 110t maintained there by the state. T'hereare separate departments for boys and girls. Theboys' school was in a dark little room, the only fur­niture of which was a few benches, a small black­board and a desk. and chair for the teacher,-not adesk in the room for pupils. The room was lightedonly by a door and one window. Here some twentylittle boys were studying aloud. They read the na­tional hymn for our benefit. The girls' school nearby was presided over by a young lady who had herdiplomas from the government normal school dis­played on the walls. The furniture included a fewrude desks, and a number of frames around the wallbetokened instruction in needlework. There' was agrammar class on the floor, reciting in a most parrot­like fashion, with no apparent understanding of whatwas meant by the exercise.The Sunday market is a most picturesque sight.Fruit, wood, and a species of sugar-cane, that ischewed by the people, are the principal articles sold.The venders sit on the ground with their wares dis­played on a serape before them.' The people all as­semble here to buy, sell and drink, and before noonthe whole crowd are drunk. From a cell in the munic­ipal building a solitary prisoner looked out upon thescene. He seemed perfectly contented to stay in con­finement, as the bars that held him were simply of heavy wood, and he could easily have escaped by night.Even this little town, however, has its police, whosewhistles sound every hour throughout the night.After a four days' stay we rode back to Ate quizaand took the train for Guadalajara. Chapala was arest, with no work-the only period thus to be spent.We leave for Mexico in a day or so and thence pro-ceed south to Mitla. R. O. SHREVE.Guadalajara, Mexico, fuly 3I, I895.Bishop Vincent on Chautauqua.Bishop J. H. Vincent addressed a large audience inchapel last Thursday, speaking about Chautauqua.The Bishop said that over two hundred and twenty­five thousand people from every part of the worldhave been enrolled in the Chautauqua reading circles.This great school may be, to an extent, superficial inits work, but thoroughness in scholarship alone is notits great ambition. It desires to develop the spiritualas well as the intellectual faculties, and to producecomplete culture on every side. The school recog­nizes the loss to the multitudes who have been, forany reason, deprived of collegiate training, and triesto do something toward repairing that loss. Everyman and woman is offered the opportunity to study,and with no time limit.The promotion of sympathy is the greatest aim ofChautauqua. "What is education without sympa­thy? " \Ve may be ever so highly cultured, but if welack sympathy we lack the chief thing. College menand women ought to associate with those who havenot been to college. Such association develops sym­pathy; it teaches both to enjoy serving his fellow.Chautauqua aims, first, to bring into close associationthe educated and the uneducated; secondly, to de­velop self-mastery in �nen and women; thirdly, to de­velop sympathy, and fourthly, to encourage service.Goodspeed Party Return.Mr. T. W. Goodspeed, secretary of the board oftrustees, accompanied by Professor G. S. Goodspeedand family, and Messrs. C. T. B. and E. J. Good­speed, returned Saturday from Plum Lake, Wis.,where the party have been camping out for severalweeks. Secretary Goodspeed reports a delightfultime. He asserts that Plum Lake, a narrow body ofwater five miles long, is by far the most beautiful ofall the Wisconsin lakes. The WEEKLY representativeendeavored strenuously to secure some informationabout the" catch," but Mr. Goodspeed absolutely re­fused to make any official statement on this subject.The last ten days of the sojourn of the party wereoccupied in beginning the erection, on an island, of ahouse of upright logs, which will be completed andoccupied next season.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Nor Dian nor Astarte.If thou wert warm as thou art fair,o lady of the moon- beam fleece,Thou would'st sweet Love ensnare,Thou would'st his toils increase;But thou art cold as thou art fair.If thou wert good as thou art kind,o lady of the crimson snoodThou would'st in true heart shrinedWork riot in the blood;But thou art base as thou art kind.Come thou, whom Fate reserves for me,My lady, shy and sweet and good,My Jady, stoled in purityYet with the passion in her blood,Whom blessed Fate reserves for me.R B. C.Alumni Notes.'65 Joshua Pike, Superintendent of Schools, J ersey­ville, Il1., has just returned from a trip to the RockyMountains."66 Fred A. Smith is enjoying a tour in Europe.'68" Henry F. Frink spent two weeks at HighlandPark, 'Delavan Lake, Wis., 70 Rev. Catlett C. Smith is pastor of the SouthOmaha, Nebraska, Baptist church.'.74 Levi H. Holt is pastor of the Baptist church inGuthrie, 'Oklahoma.'74 George Sutherland, President of Grand IslandCollege, Nebraska, is in the city on his, way homefrom New York, where he has been in the interests of'-the college.'76 Cyrus C. Adams is in Europe representing theNew York Jourllal. He was for a numberof years onthe editorial staff of the Sun.'7'7'Arthnr D. Hopps has sold his property at Pan­ola and gone to La Moille, Ill.'77 Frank A. Helmer is taking his vacation at N ar­ragansett Pier. .'78 Prof. 'Thomas C. Roney, of Armour Institute,and family, are at their log cabin in the woods onLake Goebic. They will return early in September.'83.Eugene Parsons has been selected to write sev­eral articles for the new edition of Johnson's Encyclo­pedia, notably the one on Tennyson. This distinctionclearly' places him at the head of American scholars asan authority on Tennyson and his works.iI "'86 E. R. Rundell and family and '76 Dr. J. E.Rhodes, are sojourning at 'Belvidere, Lake Geneva.'86 ·Mrs. E. A. Buzzell and children are at theirsummer home in Delavan Lake, where Mr. Buzzellspends his Sundays. Professor Butler 'will Remain.Professor Nathaniel Butler, Director of the Univer­sity Extension Division, has decided not to leave theUniversity. It is known that for several weeks ColbyUniversity has been trying to secure Mi. Butler aspresident of that institution. But he has finally de­clined the call. His decision to remain will be gladlyreceived by his many friends here.Rich Gift to the University of California.Adolph Sntro, Mayor of San Francisco, has offeredthe State University regents thirteen acres of landwithin the city limits on which to erect buildings forthe affiliated colleges of the University. In additionto this he will' deed to the trustees of the city thir­teen acres adjoining as a site of the Sutro library ofover 200,000 rare volumes. The library and propertyare to be held in trust for the city, and the librarywill be free to all, irrespective of race or color. Thegift, which has not yet been accepted, is valued at$r,500,00',), and will be worth $2,000,000 when thecontemplated improvements are made. Mayor Sutrois said to own one-tenth of the total real estate inSan Francisco, city and county.' Most of it, however,is l1nimproved.-Clticag-o Record.Dr. Harper an Officer of the Orthographic Union.A conference of authors and literary men was re­cently held in Columbia College, New York, to con­sider the irregularities of Eng lish orthography, which,as stated in the call, "are an inconvenience to all who. read and write our language, a burden upon educationand an obstacle to the spread of Anglo-Saxon thought.Eminent scholars affirm that the sentiment in favor ofsimplification is now stronger than ever before, whileopposition from experts has long since disappeared."The call was signed, among others, by Dr. WilliamHayes Ward of The Independent, Professor BranderMatthews of Columbia College, and Mr. William DeanHowells. Letters were read from Mr. Howells, Pro­fessor March, E. L. Godkin, of the Evening Post, andothers. The meeting resulted in the formation of theOrthographic Union, with Professor Lounsbury ofYale University as president. Among the officers areProfessor March, Mr. Howells, Edward Eggleston,President Harper, Commissioner of Education W. T.Harris, President G. Stanley Hall, President FrancisA. Walker, Professor Francis J. Child, and ex pres­ident Andrew D. White. The secretary is Robert M.Pierce, 320 East Fourteenth street, New York.' Thereis practical unanimity among the members of theUnion in regard to moving cautiously and unitedly.No new types or cbaracters will be recommended . .' Itis proposed to have a list of revised spell ings preparedby eminent expert linguists and practical men, andthen to offer it for adoption by publishers and authors.Leading journals, such as the New York Times, the,Independent, the Post, the Net/ion, the Critic, the Sun-·day Sclzool Times. and the Popular Science Monthly,are said to be willing to consider this plan of co-oper- ..ation.- The Examiner. 47547G UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY piles the statistics and other information receivedfrom the members of the staff. The volume shouldbe in the hands of every professor and graduatestudent. Its publication is the indication of thebeginning of a closer fellowship among the universi-PURLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOEDITORIAL BOARD.FREDERICK DAY NICHOLS,WILLIA M PIERCE LOVETT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF- ASSISTANT EDITORASSOCIATE EDITORS:HENRY AUGUSTUS PALMER,GUSTAVE WILLIAM AXELSON,WALLACE WALTER ATWOOD,WALTER A. PAYNE,JOHN HENRY HELL,WILBUR WHEELER BASSETT, }HENRY 1'EFFT CLARKE,HARRY DAVID HUBBARD,ABRAHAM BOWERS, LITERARY- ATHLETIC- SOCIAL- REI�IGIOUSALUMNILOCALCALENDARCHARLES H. GALLION,WILBER M. KELSO, MANAGERASSISTANT MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),Office Hours, 8.30 to 5.30. $ 75-2 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.IT is nearly three months since Mr. J. J. Mitchell,.president of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank,offered to pay the bill for supplying the grandstand of University Field with chairs, but apparentlynothing has been done toward, securing these muchneeded articles of furniture. It would be a very pecu­liar circumstance if, after the generous offer of Mr.Mitchell, the football season should open with no bet­ter provision for seating the multitudes than was madelast year.THE new handbook, "Graduate Courses," hasjust been issued. It is a small, neat volume,containing valuable information about the prin­cipal graduate schools in this country. From each ofthe schools represented one editor is chosen, and theeditor-in-chief, elected this year from Harvard, com- ties of this country.IT appears that the change of hour for holding theSunday service of the Christian Union meets withgeneral favor. The everting service must comeinto competition with all the city churches, while thatof the afternoon permits members and friends of theUniversity to attend the meetings of both the Univer­sity and the churches. Some of the meetings of theUnion this quarter have more than crowded Kent The­ater. The wisdom of the change will be more evi­dent next quarter, when all the city churches will 'beopen for evening worship.FOR several weeks past the University has beenthe object of attack of many journals, becauseof the departure of Professor Bemis, the circum­stances o� which seem to have aroused SuspICIOnagainst the whole institution. Certain of the Easternpapers, especially the New York World, have beenvery open in their accusations, and no Chicago paperof prominence has refrained from comment on thematter. Although the desire for sensation is prob:;t­bly the motive of many of these discussions, yet bythem public opinion is being gradually influenced.Mr. Bemis has declined to speak freely of the matteruntil the position of the University is made known.Meanwhile the press attacks continue. It wouldseem that if Mr. Bemis' resignation was voluntary, ashas been unofficially reported, a statement to thateffect would be sufficient. If it was forced upon him,there must have been some reason for such action'.The University cannot avoid being wrongly viewedwithout making some official statement in answer tothese attacks.BISHOP J. H. Vincent, in his recent address here,disclosed one of the potent causes of the greatsuccess which the Chautauqua idea has met,­the development of sympathy. The great power ofthe Chautauqua movement lies, not in lofty scholar­ship, or great attainments in the fields -of science andletters, but in its endeavor to create a feeling of sym­pathy between the educated and the uneducated, andso among all men. Sympathy can hold society to-UNIVERSITY OF' CHICAGO WEEKLY.gether when all other powers and influences fail.Sympathy united the thirteen colonies successfullyagainst Great Britain. Sympathy among the peopleof this country is the only element which can save thenation from the evils which threaten it. All educa-Ition which ignores the value of sympathy will in timecome to naught. The immortal George Eliot wrote:" The only worthy end of all learning, of all science,of all l!fe, in fact, is that human beings should loveone another better. Culture merely for culture's sakecan never be anything but a sapless root, capable ofproducing at best a shriveled branch."THE most· exciting event of the tennis season ofthis year is now very near at hand - the con­tests for the championship, of the United States.Every tennis enthusiast has his attention fixed on thelittle state of Rhode Island. At Narragansett Pierand Newport it will soon be determined whether the.old-time game shall hold its position at the headanother year, or must give place to �ounger mettle.An intense interest centers about the result for theUniversity of Chicago. Carr B. Neel is entered inthe singles and the Neel brothers are entered in thedoubles. The former holds the championship of theW est and of the N or�h west; the N eel brothers havethis year gained the championship of the West andwill meet the winners in the Eastern tournaments.Frequent reports from the place of the contests showthat Western players are prominent in all classes, andit is generally expected that the West will claim someof the trophies which have always heretofore re­mained eastward. The Neels are in the pink of con- .dition and have hosts of backers. Last season theydefeated Foote and Howland, but were defeated inthe final championship match with Hobart and Ho­vey. Yet their work last season was of the highestorder. Taking into consideration their form or rec­ords, with the fact that they are now playing bettertennis than ever before, many expert players havepredicted' that the Nee1 brothers will defeat all com­ers this season and take the championship. Thereare certain peculiarities about the Neels' game thatmake them formidable opponents under any circum­stances. In the singles Carr Neel's wonderful headwork and precision in placing may be depended on tobring him out victor over his more brillian t ri vals.Success to the Neel brothers! The Summer Student.Stealthily he prowls aroundWith his eyes upon the ground,Thinking not of life or fun,But of majors just begun.Childish things are left behind,Thoughts important:fill his mind.When summer's over-all too soon-­His tasks as teacher he'll resume.Will there rise within his breast,When he stops, perchance, to rest,Any pleasant thoughts of thee,Our beloved U. of C. ?Will he love thy classic halls?Will he cherish thy stone walls?Will no tender friendship hereBring him back another year?He alone, I fear, will goQuite unscathed by Cupid's bow.Noone here can charm his life,For at home he has a wife.Howerth Succeeds Raymond.Mr. jerome H. Raymond, formerly secretary of theClass Study department of the University ExtensionDivision, left Chicago Tuesday. At the opening ofthe University of Wisconsin in the fall Mr. Raymondwill enter upon his new duties as instructor in sociol­ogy and director of the University Extension work ofthat institution. His successor here will be Mr. IraW. Howerth, A. M. Mr. Howerth was born inBrown county, Indiana, and received his early educa­tion in Columbus. He took a short course of studyat the Northern Indiana Normal School and enteredupon the work of teaching. He has been admitted tothe Illinois Bar, and has been connected with Hay­ward Collegiate Institute, Fairfield, Ill. He took hisundergraduate degree at Harvard, where he had thedistinction of being unanimously elected commence­ment speaker of his class. In 1894 he was awardedthe degree of Master of Arts by this University. Mr.Howerth is an energetic man of pleasing address, fullof enthusiasm. He has an enviable reputation as apublic speaker, and as a teacher lias met with greatsuccess. In his new office he may be expected topush Extension work with vigor.Quadrangle Club House.At a meeting of the Quadrangle Club held AugustI, it was voted that the council be instructed to pur­chase fifty feet south of the lot now owned by theclub, 011 the southeast corner of Lexington avenueand Fifty-eighth street. Bids are now being receivedupon the specifications for the club house, and it isexpected that ground will be broken during thismonth. 477478 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The Knights of the Pigskin.Professor Stagg is expected back. from the East thisweek and training for football will begin at once.The majority of last years" candidates will be onhand, yet several will be missed. Wyant will preachand Rullkoetter will probably go on the lecture plat­form. Knapp will play with the Badgers and Coy sayshe will not play at all. Still there are some left and newones are on the way. Allen, Roby, Nichols, Lamay,Herschberger, Tooker, Ewing, Gale, Chase and oth­ers will all be back during the coming term and canbe relied on to do good work. N ott Flint and CarrNeel will also probably be-found in line.Of new men there are several in sight. '( Phil"Allen, who is now in the University, and was formerlyof Williams College and the Chicago Athletic Asso­ciation, may stay and take his doctor's degree beforeleaving. Shotlld he decide to do so the University.will .probably have one of the best center rushes inthe West. Williamson and Conklin, of Ohio, WesleyanUniversity, both experienced men in handling t�epigskin, have signified their intention of coming here,and. so has Bustard, who played half-back at Brownlast year. As the University offers no salaries' toplayers some prospective candidates will .probably- belost, but Captain Allen is not worrying, and thechances are that U. of C. '( kickers" will be heardfrom when the season opens..Monday Cla�ke defeated Hill, 6-4, 2-0; 6-3; r)art-singh defeated Linn, 6'0; 10-8. .., , .After having made a rather good showing iri. theRavenswood tennis tournament, Lansing. and .Ange llran against a snag Friday, .and were completely snowedunder by Waldner and Slocum. Scor� 6-0, 6-2, 6-.1.Lansing h and Angell are the University represent- '.atives in the open tennis tournament. at Ravenswood ..Saturday they defeated the 'Bennett brothers ini.doubles by the score of 6-r, 6-4. t' ,From what can he gathered from the Record ofAugust 5, Northwestern University has leased or ac- 'quired by purchase the players of the .Chicago·Ath­letic Association and of the University of Kansas .football te31�s.· The players named as from .. the latterplace were known last 'year as the Baker University, team and as such played the Denver Athletic Club,butin its effort to get the whole lot 'such'a slight mis­take was seemirigly overlooked by the management."It is rumored that what little there is left of thesummer team will' soon receive its knock-out: blow atthe hands of the Board, of Physical Culture and Ath-1etics. Further restrictions are' to be enforced; and"the shelves are already dusted and cleaned for the reo'In the finals Rand and Linn defeated Hussey and' .ceiving of the goods. -Some hail it with satisfaction, ,.Lapnam 6-0, 3�6, 6-3, 6-4· but many claim, that athletics are being too muchInthe finals in -singles Wadsworth defeated Rand (( Roosevelted." As a cQnsequence the trip to De6-2: 6-4 6-2. Kalb may be indefinitely postponed. .Handicap Tennis Tournament.This week sa,w the last match in a very successfultennis tournament at the University, and our tennisexperts now "know where they ( are at." Rand andLinn played a rather erratic game throughout thetournament. In, the semi-finals, for instance, theyeasily beat Thurtell and Galt in the first set 6-0, butin the second set allowed their opponents to run up thescore to I2-ro. The final match with Hussey andLapham was an exceedingly interesting one, however,and the champions worked hard for victory. Theyhad no trouble in beating their opponents 6-0 the firstset, but in the second 'they let it down, and Hussey andLapham got the set by the score of 3-6. The thirdand fourth sets saw a fine exhibition of tennis, andthe vanquished fought valiantly, but to no avail; andRand and Linn took the sets and the match, 6-3, 6-4.Contrary to expectation Rand went down beforeWadsworth. Rand tried smashing but these tacticswere met by Wadsworth who returned them with in­terest. Rand also tried the net but after the first setconfined himself more to the .tape. Wadsworth playeda steady game 'throughout, at no time allowing hisopponent to surprise him. He used the lawford andsmashing to advantage and dropped a good many justinside the backline. Quite a large number witnessedthe match and it was one of the prettiest contests seenon the grounds this season.The summaries follow: -.Clarke defeated Hill 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.Wadsworth vs. L. Phillips.by default..Wadsworth defeated Bateson 6-3, 6-2.Rand defeated Thurtell 3-6, 9-7, 6-1.. Lansing h defeated Linn 6-0, ro-8.Wadsworth defeated Clarke 6-2', 6-3..Rand defeated Lansingh r-6, 6-3, 6-2.In doubles Phillips' brothers defeated Ball andBreeden 6- r, 6-3.Thurtell and Qalt defeated Wadsworth and Patten6-r, 6-3.-Hussey and Lapham defeated Phillips' brothers9-7, 6-1.Rand and Linn defeated Thur tell and Galt 6�o,12-10...UNIVERSITY' OF CHICAGO WEEKLY"T. H. Cobbs, left for his home, in Marshall, Mo.,this week. He will finish his studies at Harvard.Mr. "Thomas W. Moran called at the Universityrecently. He has just returned from an extendedEastern trip.Foster and Beecher Halls have been closed. Thewomen remaining the second term will all 1i ve inKelly Hall. Xhe number is about thirty.Last Wednesday evening thirty women from thehalls with Miss. Myra Reynolds visited Hull House.Miss A-ddams gave the ladies a very cordial receptionand explained the plans �nd methods of the House tothem. Refreshmen t was served in their new dining­room.Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Guerney returned to Chicagolast week. Since their marriage they have been trav­eling in the East, staying several weeks at Buffalo,N. V:, 'and Niagara Falls. They will now take uptheir residence in Chicago and Mr. Guerney will con­tinue his connection with' the University.Miss Martha L, Root has left the University to takeher vacation this term. She has completed her under­graduate work a nd will receive the degree of Bachelorof Arts. Next year she will teach in the high schoolof Union City, Pa. None regret' Miss' Root's de­parture more than, the WEEKLY. She has been avery ,efficiel1 t member of the staff.Last Monday eveningfrom eight until eleven o'clockthe Jackson Park Pavilion was the scene of the firstof a .series. of in formal parties to be given by the HydePark Dancing Club. Robert Law, Jr., is on the com­mittee of arrangements and the following Universitystudents and their friends were present: Messrs. Chas,S. Pike" _Marsh�l1, Sampsell, Wales, Rand, Stevens,Law; Misses Coffee, 'Cook, Kane, Gregg, Spray.The patrons and' patronesses were Mr. and Mrs. T.D. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford McKeever, Mr. andMrs. Walt�r 'Caleb, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Hughson,Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shubert, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mor­gan Colby." Star" Luncheon Party.There was a "star," luncheon party given by MissHarpham, of Smith College" at the Vegetarian Clublast 'Wednesday. The party consisted of Miss Byrd,director 'of tlie Astronomic�l Observatory at Smith;Miss Harpham, her 'assistant; Miss Cunningham, as­tronomical director at Swathmore College; Professor Doolittle, of the department of astronomy in theState University of Iowa, Professor Elder, of ParsonsCollege, .Iowa, and Miss Furness, of Vassar. MissByrd and Miss Cunningham have the distinction ofbeing the only women directors of observatories in theUnited States.The Stones of State Street.These stones we tread are smooth and worn, 'Their surface scarred, their edges torn,Yet deeper still this stony streetBy many thousand, thousand feet,Will wear away from morn till morn.The passing crowd these pavements scorn,They deem, alas, that they are shornOf things for thought; but oh, how sweetThese stones we tread.A ye, sweet to think a race unbornTo higher hopes aud causes sworn,Shall pass some day with measured beatAdown this way, where all too fleetWe, too, have walked. Let age adornThese stones we tread. C. S. P.Book Reviews.Gmduale Courses: A Hand-book for Graduate Students. I38pp. Compiled by an editorial board of graduate students.C. A. Duniway, Harvard, Editor-in-cb ief. Macmillan & Co.,Publishers.This handbook is an outgrowth of the conventionof graduate students held in NeVIl York in April last.It gives' in condensed form" what institutions alldwhat professors offer graduate courses; what has beenthe academic career of those professors; what amountof time is asked for each course; what numbers' ofgraduate students have been registered in the specificdepartments; what fees are required of graduatestudents'; what fellowships, scholarships, and otherpecuniary aids are open to them; what requirementsfor admission to advanced courses and for advanceddegrees are imposed, etc., etc.," .in twenty-one ofAmerica's leading colleges.One of the most' interesting features of the Hand­book is a tabular statement of the number of stu­dents, number of and what degrees conferred, andrequirements for the same, number of fellowshipswith the amount' they yield, and the number of vol­umes in library. In this table, and especially in thelist of graduate courses offered, the University of Chi-cago takes high rank. .The book will be valuable to graduate students, andis a credit to editors and publishers alike. It can beobtained in the press room for twenty fi ve cents.Come all ye men with tales of woe and heark en unto mine:I love a maiden madly and proposed-to her to-day,But I wish I hadn't done it,-for alas she had a cold,And being thus a little hoarse, she had to answer" neigh! "47n480 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Prof. Galusha Anderson filled the pulpit at theHyde Park Presbyterian Church last Sunday.The regular meetings of the Y. M. C. A. are nowheld at 7 o'clock each Friday evening. Leader forthis week, Mr. H. S. Galt.Mr. I. W. Howerth lectured Sunday morning atthe First Cumberland Church, Englewood, on thesubject" What is it to be a Christian? "Professor Terry preached Sunday morning andevening in the Second Baptist church. The pulpit ofthe Hyde Park Church of Christ was occupied by Mr.Willett.Rev. John R. Gow delivered an address before theChristian Union Sunday afternoon on the subject" The Present Christ." Music was furnished by theUniversity choir, with solos by Mrs. G. S. Dormanand Mr. W. P. Lovett.The New Testament Club met last Wednesdayevening. Professor Burton read a paper on the sub­ject " Old Testament Quotations in Matthew." Thefollowing named officers were elected for the ensuingyear: C. H. Votaw, president; Shailer Mathews,vice-president; E. J. Goodspeed, secretary and treas­urer.Cumberland Presbyterian Club.The Cumberland Presbyterians of the Universityhave organized a club for social intercourse and self­improvement, of which Rev. W. C. Logan is presi­dent. A meeting was held last Friday evening at theresidence of Mr. 1. W. Howerth, 6401 Yale Ave.Refreshments were served and Mr. Howerth read apaper on "The Evolutionist's Bible."An Old Fancy.She flings her spell about me yet,I see her face, I feel her power,Though years have flitted since we met,And then 'twas only for an hour.She never had a thought for me,She scarcely knew when I had gone;A day-I was a memory:A night-s-and even that was done.She walked her own flower-hidden way,Alas! it led apart from mine,And never knew that since that dayHer image was my only shrine.J. W. L. Majors and Minors.Dr. J. U. Nef returned from Switzerland Tuesday.Foster Hall will be thoroughly cleaned and recal­cimined this term.Professor Alexander Smi th left last week for theAdirondack Mountains.The amount at present of the Wordsworth Memo-rial Fund is fifty dollars. .Messrs. L. A. Bauer, W. M. Wheeler, Wild andChase left Saturday for Yellowstone Park.Mr. Albert D. Mead, fellow in biology, has been ap­pointed an instructor in biology in Brown University.James S. Stevens, Ph.D., instructor in sciences atthe Maine State College, has entered the Universityfor one year's work.Mr. Wardner Williams, director of music, will takehis vacation during the second term of this quarter.He left Monday for Colorado.Professor William Gardner Hale and Mrs. AliceFreeman Palmer received the degree of Doctor ofLaws recently from Union College.H The American School at Rome" was the subjectof the address delivered yesterday at the Universitymeeting by Professor F. F. Abbott.The State University of Kansas is without financialresources for the coming year, on account of the fail­ure of the state to make proper provision.Professor E. O. Jordan returned from an extendedeastern journey last week. Among other places hevisited Wood's Holl and the White Mountains.Last Thursday a meeting of the Department ofUniversity Extension was held in the chapel. Pro­fessor Butler talked briefly on the work and plans ofthe Department.Mr. I. W. Howerth, secretary of the Class StudyDepartment, addressed the teachers of Benton county,Iowa, Wednesday evening, Aug. 14, on the subject" Education as a Factor in Social Progress."In the absence of the Manager and Assistant Man­ager, during the next three weeks, Mr. W. P. Lovettand Mr. John H. Heil will have charge of the WEEK­LY. Mr. Lovett's office hours will be from 8: 30 to10: 30 A. M., daily.Chief Badenoch, of the Chicago Police Department,is looking for a young swindler who has victimizedseveral students in Chicago and vicinity by represent­ing himself to be a student, �he son of wealthy par­ents, caught away from home without funds. Asusual; the University has several representativesamong the dupes of this man. One member of: theUniversity entertained him over night.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.I The erection of Doggett Hall, the new women'shall to be built on the site between Beecher and KellyHalls, has been postponed for the present.Mr. E. A. Read, Head of South Divinity Hall, hasreturned to the University, after spending the firstterm of this quarter as his vacation in the East.The lectures of Professor A. B. Bruce of FreeChurch College, Glasgow, began yesterday at 4 P. M.in the chapel. These lectures are open to the pu blic.It is expected that in the near future KalamazooCollege will be affiliated with the University. It ap­pears, from the experience of Des Moines College andother schools, that such a movement affords great ad­vantages to the smaller institution.Charles H. Gallion, manager of the WEEKLY,Samuel W. Gamble of the Del Prado Hotel, WilburM. Kelso and Charles E. Kelso, left this week forYellowstone Park, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Vic­toria, B. C., and Santa Cruz, to spend their summervacation.The WEEKLY presents in this issue an interestingarticle written by Mr. R. O. Shreve, who is withProfessor Starr's Mexican expedition. At the lastwriting the party was preparing to go from Guada­lajara to the City of Mexico, and thence to Oaxacaand Nulta.The following students will be mem bers of the fieldclass in geology this term: Misses Zonia Baber, Lu­ella Chapin, B. M. Crandall, Emma Willard, A. M.Kra Kowizer, and Messrs. R. H. Hobart, J. H. Smith,D. P. Nicholson, C. F. Tolman, Jr., Louis Sass, T.O. Mabray, and J. Paul Goode. Three more are un­decided.Miss Julia E. Buckley, Associate Professor andDean of Women, will be the new Head.of Beecher Hall,beginning October I. The headships of the otherhalls-will remain as follows: Foster, Miss Reynolds;Kelly, Miss Talbot; Snell, Mr. Raycroft; GraduateMr. Von Klenze; Middle Divinity, Mr. Woodruff;South Divinity, Mr. Read.Innumerable complaints have been heard withinthe past week about the difficulty of getting good,cold drinking water in Cobb Hall. Ice-water is foundin the tank only on rare occasions, either because theiceman is irregular in his duties or the person incharge here is neglectful. During the hot weatherthis state of things is very annoying.In the year 1894, the degree of Doctor of Philoso­phy was granted by the leading American colleges asfollows: Johns Hopkins, 34; Yale, 20; Columbia,17; Cornell, 16; Harvard, 16; Pennsylvania, 12 ; NewYork, 8: Princeton, 6; Mich iganv g '; Clark, 4; Cali­fornia, Chicago, Brown, Minnesota, 2 each; Barnard,Bryn Mawr, Leland Stanford and Wisconsin, I each. As We 00 to Press.The registration for this term is about the same asthat of last term.Mr. C. 'V. Spencer, who has taken two years ofgraduate work here, and has been at Columbia Col­lege, New York, for the past year, has been appointedassociate professor of history at Colgate University.University night was observed Tuesday evening atthe Siege of Vicksburg. The most interesting specialpieces were the performing gymnast, the bicyclerace and the University pin, the last of which wasloudly applauded. The whole exhibition was suchas only Pain can produce.Mr. H. P. Judson is the author of a new book nowin the hands of the publishers, ., The Growth of theAmerican Nation," of which the advance proof sheetswere received yesterday. It will be one of the finestexamples of the printer's art. It will have 360 pagesof heavy paper, with the latest style of typography.There will be twenty maps, and about seventy-fivevery beautiful illustrations. The hook is now being. made by the Chautauqua Century Company, and willbe put first into the hands of Chautauqua Circlereaders:Fine 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 1 : 30 P. M. runs entire train through to New YorkCity with elegant sleeping cars to New York and Boston, ar­rives at Cleveland at II : 30 P. M. This train is supplied with'colored porters in uniform to attend to the wants of both firstann second class passengers. Night Express leaves daily at9: 20 P. M. with through sleeping cars to New York and Bos­tou. 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, at1 II Adams Street, Tel. M. 389. Depot, Clark and rzth Streets.Professor - " What was the difference between the charac- .ter of Gustavus Adolphus and that of Wallenstein? "Miss Coed - "Oh, I think Gnstavus was just as nice as hecould be, but I don't think Wallenstein was a bit nice."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 s lee ping cars from. Chicago to New York andBoston via the Fitchburg 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; ]. R. Rupp, T. A. Englewood, or J. Y. Calahan, General .Agent, II r Adams Street, Chicago, Tel. Main 389. Depot,tzth and Clark Streets. 481lV ADVERTISEMENTS.Classified Business Notices.BICYCLES.BICYCLE Repair Shop, 451, 55th St.,G. Drier, Electrician and Locksmith.ROOMS.To RENT.-Pleasal1t room, suitable for. two, with board. Also day board.5736 Washington Ave.FOR RENT.- TWO LARGE FUR­nished rooms suitable for three orfour, in private residence, Price veryreasonable, 5458 Ridgewood court.41-ItNICELY furnished rooms in private. family. Bath, gas, piano and allhome comforts. $1.50 per week. 6041Champlain Ave., MISS Lucy HAMILTON.TUTORING IN MATHEMATICS, AS­tronomy and Physics. AddressGraduate Student of Mathematics, 41557th St. 42-4tMISCELLANEOUS.A A. TATRO. BARBER; SHAVING• 10 cents. Laundry. 5703 CottageGrove avenue. 40-48tU �IVERSITY SHAVING PARLOR,556 55th St., between Elli:> and En­gleside. 35-48t.COLLEGE DOOKS BOUGHT, SOLD. and exchanged. Fulghum's Bookand Stationery Store, 291 E. 55th Street.HAVE YOUR WATCHES REPAIREDat Hinkley's, 210, 55th St. Cleaning.$1.00; mainspring, $1.00; crystals, 15c.38-tfHAVE YOUR SCREENS REWIREDnow, S. M. Hunter, 5524 JeffersonAve., carpenter and general jobbingshop, shelving, etc. 25-48tBOOK SHELVES MADE SO THEYcan be taken down and used for ship­ping boxes. Ingham & Dobe lman , Car­pen ters and Builders, 306. 57th St. 38 48tHAVE YOU A KODAK? DEVELOP­ing and Printing Kodak and PhotoSupplies for amateurs. Informationcheerfully given. Boston Photo Fur­_nishing Co., 126 State st. 38-IItWM. SACHEN, TAILOR, 300 55TH. St., offers great reduction .o n allgoods in stock during July and Aug.Eng lish Clay Worsted suit (blue or black)made to order [or $25.00. 36-8tUNIVERSITY EXPRESS CO.,' OF­fice in basement of Cobb Hall. Bag­gage to and from all depots. Goodsforwarded by all e-xpress companies.Money orders. Laundry office (specialrates).THE ONLY ESTABLISHMENT OFits-kind in the United States. Pantsmade to your measure, and we makethem to order at $-+.00 a pair, no more,no less; 500 of the best quality andstylish goods to select from. ApolloCustom Pants Mfrs., 16r 5th Ave., Chi­cago. 1-48tfFOR MILWAUKEE DAILY. STEAM­ship Christopher Columbus sailsevery day from north end of Rush streetbridge at 9: 00 A. M. and arrives in Mil­waukee at 2: 00 P. M .. Leaves Milwaukeeat 5 00 P. M. and arrives in Chicago at10: 00 P. M. Far e, $1.00 for rouud trip.Children under 12 years old, 50 cis.39-6t. Special Service t� Cleveland.The fast train on the Nickel PlateRoad, leaving Chicago at I: 30 p. m.,arriving in Cleveland at II: 30 p. m., isthe best. day train between Chicago andCleveland. Give it a trial and be con­vinced. Uniformed colored porters incharge of day coaches. Lowest rates toall points. For further information ad­dress J. Y. Calahan. Gen'l Agent, IIIAdams St., Chicago, Ill. 37-7tAnother Half-Fare Excursion.To Boston via the Wabash. On ac­count of the twenty-sixth Triennial Con­clave of the Knights Templar, Boston,Mass., the Wabash road will sell excur­sion tickets. Chicago to Boston. at thelow rate of $19.00 for the round trip. Fortickets via circuitous routes, a higherrate will be charged. Tickets will be onsale at Waba'sh ticket office, 97 Adamsstreet, Chicago, August 19 to 25, inclu­sive. The return Iirn it is September 10,but an extention to September 30 can beobtained at Boston. Ask your localagent for a ticket via Wabash NiagaraFalls Short Line. For maps, time tablesand full-information as to routes, etc.,write F. A. Palmer, A. G. P. A., 97Adams street, Chicago. 40-4tChoice of Routes,To Knights Templar Conclave, Boston,via the Nickel Plate Road, embracingChautauqua Lake, Niagara Falls, Thous­and Is'auds, Rapids of the St. Lawrence,Saratoga, Palisades of theHudson, Hoo­sac Tunnel and ride through the Berk­shire Hills by daylight. Tickets on saleAugust I9th to 25th iucluclus ive ; lowestrates; quick time and service unex­celled, including Palace Sleeping audDining Cars. Address J. Y. Calahan,General Agent, III Adams Street, forfurther in formation. 42- 3t�---cSpecial Excursion to Boston.The Knights Templar Conclave will beheld in Boston from August 26th to 30thinclusive. Tickets will be 011 sale viathe Nickel Plate Road from August r othto 25th inclusive. Rates always the low­est; through trains; drawi ng roorn sleep­i11g cars ; unexcelled d iu iug cars: sidetrip to Chautauqua Lake; NiagaraFalls and Saratoga without additionalexpense. For additional information callon or address J. Y: Calahan GeneralAgent, III Adams Street, Chicago, Ill.41 -3tShooting the Chutes.Sixty-third street and Cottage Grove.avenue. Open every afternoon and even­ing.NO'l'IcE.-Beginning Monday July 22,and u n ti l the close of school vacation,ladies and children will be admitted from2 until 6 P. M., excepting Sundays; at thefollowing reduce-d rates of admission(ride included): Children, 5C,- ladies, IOC.Extra rid es, 5C. .PAUL BOYTON CHUTE CO.40-5tNew Photograph Studio Near the UniveisityA. H. Armour & c.o. have opened a.new and commodious studio at 231 55thstreet and is prepared to take class andsociety photographs. His gallery is oneof the best on the South Side. The Knights Templar Conclave will beheld at Boston, Mass., during next Au­gust, and it will be of interest to SirKnights and their friends to note thatarrangements have already.been success­fully accomplished by the Nickel PlateRoad, providing for the sale of ex cur­sion tickets over direct Lines going andreturning or by circuitous routes, viz.,going one line and returning by another.By so doing, many of the following no­table resorts may. be visited, withoutadditional expense. Chautauqua LakeNiagara Falls, Thousand' Islands. Rapidsof the St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Pa lisade sof the Hudson and the Hoosac Tunnel.The above arrangements will no doubtmake the low rate excursion ticketsoffer ed by HI e Nick el Plate Road verypopular. Call un or address J. Y. Cala­han, Gen'l Agent, III Adams St., Chi­cago. . . 37-7t. $7.oo-Niagara Falls and Return-Via Wabash. Detrort Line. .Leaving Chicago, Wednesday, August14, 2 P. M .. by special train, arrivingNiagarg a Fallsj A. M., nextday. Wag­ner palace sleepers, comfortable daycoaches and parlor cars on all trains.Tickets good returning on any regulartrain up to one week from date of issue.Railroad ancl sleeping car tickets. maynow be purchased at Wabash ticketoffice, 97 Adams St.j.Chicago. ztSummer Excursion Tickets.To the resorts of 'Wisconsin, Minne­sota, .Michigan, Colorado, California"Montana, Washington, Oregon and Brit­ish Columbia, also to Alaska, Japan,China, and all Trans-Pacific points. arenow 011 sale by the CHICAGO. MIL­WAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY.Full and reliable information can be hadhy applying to Mr. C. N. SOUTHER,.Ticket Agent, 95 Adams Street, Chicago.Amusements."Ali Baba," that most brilliant andsuccessful of modern ext ravagauza andspectacular productions, h as. enteredupon its third edition at the ChicagoOpera House, and in the matter of pa­t rou age is beating all records. It isplaying to crowded house" at every per­formauce, and the" standing room only"sign is constantly in requisition. Withina short time the piece will have reachedits 700th pe rforrnance. In its third edi­tion it is grander and fin er t lian ever,The Siege of Vicksburg at the Colis­eum Gardens, 63rd street and JacksonPark, will continue through August togive three performances each week, Tues­day. Thur- day and Saturday nights.After the bombardment the gigantic dis­play of fireworks is made a special fea­'ture , typical of each night, such as"University night." "children's night,"" Tinus-Herald night," "Odd Fellows'night," etc.The Latest Sensation.The surprisingly low rates offered bythe Nickel Plate Road to Boston ann re­return account Knights Templar Con­clave and a choice of forty routes. Tick­ets 011 sale August 19th to 25th inclusive ;longest return. limit; service strictly firstclass. Sleeping car space reserved inadvance. For furtlier information ad­dress J. Calahan, General agent, I I I Ad­ams Street, Chicago. 4I-3t