I' UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. IV, NO.2.CHICAGO, IL�INOIS, OCTOBER 10, 1�95.OUR '\/I\RSITY.JAMES WEBER LINN.Chicago, name of all most dear,Thy sons and daughters far and near,To-day all proudly sing of thee.We sing the good that thou hast done,We sing the honor thou hast wou,We sing thy greatness just begun,Our own beloved 'Varsity! Their storied past let others praise,And boast the pride of by-gone days,The glories of their history:Behind thee lies no past, in sooth,For right thou standest, and for truthTriumphant in thy radiant youth,Our own beloved 'Varsity!TWO ELEMENTS OF OUR HISTORY.I. THE OLDEST DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY.SO much has' been made of the assertion that theUniversity of Chicago began its work with a fullequipment and a large endowment, that it did notstruggle through long years of humble growth, butsprang full-armed into the educational arena, thatmost people, including many of our own students andprobably some members of the faculties, suppose thatall the work had its beginning in October, 1892. Onthe contrary, the Divinity School had at that timejust completed a quarter century of honorable andsuccessful history.When Dr. Harper was considering the call of thetrustees to become the president of the University,he made it one of the conditions of acceptance thatthe Morgan Park Theological Seminary should beincorporated into the institution and become its div­inity school. The change was made. Faculty, stu­dents, library, alumni, history, interests, prestige­everything, in short, except grounds and buildings,was transferred. The .Seminary was merely continu­ing its work under the new name when the other di­vision of the University were beginning their career.Since, therefore, .it has had a continuous life from Oc­tober, 1 867; th�· .piyinity School must be recognizedas the oldest division of the University.'The heritage thus brought to the new and greaterinstitution has been of very great value in giving ita place in the active interests of the Baptist denomi­nation and of the public in general. A goodly bodyof alumni became thus at once the children of thisnew institution. The graduates of the old universitywere adopted, indeed, but it could be only an adop­tion, since there was never any corporate. connectionF. J. GURNEY,between the old University of Chicago and the pres­ent one; but the Divinity alumni are actual sons.And concerning them it is well said in the generalcatalogue published in March, 1892: "There is nocompany of pastors in the denomination who havedone more to bring things to pass in their churchesthan the alumni of this seminary. There are no bet­ter missionaries in foreign lands than those who havesat at the feet of the present president of the Mission­ary Union, Dr. Northrup. From no institution havethere gone forth during the last two decades moreable leaders in our denominational affairs."Furthermore, the University could not avoid build­ing on the the foundations laid by these institutionswhich had been earlier on the field,-the old univer­sity, which worked and died, and the TheologicalSeminary, which worked and lived. A heroic per­spective was thus gained for the work that is nowgoing on. It was the Seminary which begun withnothing; it was the Seminary which had struggledthrough long years of noble endeavor, on inadequate.support or almost no support at all; it is the careerof the Seminary which furnishes the heroic period ofour history, which to the partially informed observerseems conspicuously absent. The persistent labors ofthose who' had only their personal talents to giveand the generosity of those who gave largely out of.their small resources, endeared the cause of Chris­tian education to hundreds and thousands, and fos­tered that interest which made this city a suitable. place wherein to build a great university. The in­terest thus developed and the alumni thus graduated,with -the influences which proceed from them, form a: backing to the University's life which is 110 less real,546 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.no less effective because it has come to be ours in sounusual a way. The Seminary thus had a very im­portant part in preparing the way for the University,of which it now constitutes one division, and in caus­ing it to be located in Chicago.II. THE PERSONAL FACTOR.It is hardly too much to say that the University ofChicago came into being because of the labors ofthree men. Those three men are George W. North­rup, Thomas W. Goodspeed and William R. Har­per. Without disparagement of the many otherswhose efforts contributed to the result, it may trulybe said that each of these performed a part which wasindispensable. Most of the present students knownothing of those past labors, and it is worth while tomake mention of what was done by the first, as pres­ident of the Seminary; by the second, as its financialsecretary; and by the third, as professor of the OldTestament department.The Seminary had only one president. Dr. North­rup came from the chair of Church History in Roch­ester Theological Seminary to the presidency of thenew school then beginning in Chicago in 1867, andcontinued in the administrative office until the union.During this period he saw the institution grow froma beginning without library, building, endowmentor assured income, to a position of commanding influ­ence in theological instruction which wa? recognizedthroughout the land, with an admirable equipmentand an endowment that assured it permanent support.He had from the first a strong and intelligent grasp ofthe situation, its needs and its possibilities, and inthat formative period he presented these elements be­fore the board of trustees and before the Baptist de­nomination in a manner at once appreciative andbusiness-like, which furnished guidance to the oneand brought forth support from the other. His un­wavering faith, even atthe most discouraging periods,in the ultimate success of the undertaking, carried iton more occasions than one over the dead point offinancial stagnation.Meanwhile by his masterly ability as a teacher hewas doing the work for which the Seminary wasstruggling to exist, he was training for the Christianministry the increasing body of students who camefor instruction. He had the mental cast of a theo­logian and the spirit of a teacher. A vivid realiza­tion of the great underlying truths of life, a sympa­thetic recognition of both the importance of histheme and the needs of the student, a clear analyticmethod and a forcible style of presentation, made himan instructor whose impress must needs remain on allwho studied with him. The churches, too, of Chi­cago, and the North west came to know in him apreacher whose thought was always profound and living, and whose utterance was eloquent, clear andimpressive. His contribution to Christian thought byteaching others to think and showing them what tothink about is an important part of what he has ac­complished in the chair and in the pulpit. His un­ceasing labors as president and as professor were verylargely instrumental in causing the steady growth ofthe institution and of intelligent sympathy and prac­tical interest in the cause of Christian education.No institution can live long on only faith and hope.On New Year's day, 1876, Dr. Goodspeed left theassociate pastorate of the Second Baptist church ofthis city, a relation which had been greatly enjoyedby both parties, to become financial secretary for theSeminary, and undertake to raise an endowment. Itwas not an easy task. He left a work that he lovedfor one that was not pleasant; but the work neededto be done and it appeared his duty to attempt it.From that time to the presen t he has been engaged inwork of this sort and has therein accomplished some­thing remarkable. He has presented the spectacle ofa man who had been trained for the Gospel ministryand had his experience in that vocation, becoming an.eminent success as a business man, while at the sametime he retained and developed his sympathies andhis ability as a minister.The work of a financial secretary does not lend it­self readily to glowing description or interesting nar­rative, but the results of Dr. Goodspeed's work arereplete with interest of a most practical sort. Theperiod of princely gifts by millionaires to the cause ofeducation had not then begun. Subscriptions forcurrent expenses or endowment had to be obtained, ifat all, from people of small or moderate means. Thismeant the visiting of a great number of churches anda far greater number of individuals and presenting thematter to them in such a way as to arouse an intelli­gent, permanent interest. He had to ask for moneyin such a way as to make the donors the friends ofthe institution. It was a task both difficult and labo­rious, but he brought to it the right combination ofgifts.In prosecuting this work Dr. Goodspeed came tohave a wider and more intimate knowledge of theBaptist churches throughout the Northwest, than anyother man, while on the other hand he made thechurches acquainted with the Seminary, interested inits welfare and proud of its achievements. So suc­cessful had his persistent and well directed effortsbeen that when the first offer of $600,000 for a Uni­versity was made, on condition of the raising of $400,-000 more, the choice of a man for the new undertak­ing at once fell' upon him, and he it was who organ­ized that work and carried it to completion.The work of Dr. Harper was unique in kind as wellas remarkable in amount. With experience chiefly asUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.an academy teacher and with only local reputation,he undertook in 1879, one of the most neglected de­partments of study. Hebrew was then taught in veryfew institutions in America besides theologicalschools, and in most of them it was so little or sopoorly taught that a seminary graduate who had aworking knowledge of it was a great rarity. Withina short time this young professor proved to' be aprince of teachers, a remarkable scholar, and a genius. in methods. The Old Testatmeut department ill theSeminary rapidly became the best in any institutionof its kind. By means of correspondence and sum­mer schools he was soon instructing scores and hun­dreds outside the institution and the denomination.He obtained the co-operation of the ablest teachers inSemitics and the Old Testament. He establishedperiodicals which have had a constantly increasingcirculation and a constantly growing influence onthe study of Semitics and of the Bible, especially ofthe Old Testament. Becoming the principal of theChautauqua College of Liberal Arts, he extendedhis methods to popular presentation of his own andother departments of study. And to all this hecontributed a vigor, an enthusiasm and a freshnessof spirit that were not only contagious but simplyirresistible.In a Jew years a considerable number of young menof ability were zealously at work, more or less immedi­ately under his direction giving themselves to Sernit­ics. They had caught somewhat of his spirit,learned by his methods and come to see the fields ofresearch awaiting development. Already, thoughthese things took place but a few years ago, the de­partment of Semitics has ceased to be regarded asmerely a traditional and quite subordinate feature ofgraduate divinity study, and has an ihonored placeamong the departments of the best Universities inthe country.In 1886 came the call to Yale, where ampler means,more students, closer association with other Semiticscholars, and new lines of influence, furnished a field,more commensurate with his powers. From this posi­tion it was a natural step to the presidency of the newUniversity to be established in Chicago. This wasthe more natural because it was mainly his advice,incidentally, almost accidentally, gained, which de­cided Mr. Rockefeller to make the offer for Chicagorather than for New York.Behind that advice which seemed so casually given,there lay the history of Baptist educational effort inChicago, which had been so successfully maintainedby the Seminary, and the labors of the men whohad achieved the success. Results have not sprungfrom nothing in our history any more than in otherthings, nor have great events been wholly of suddengrowth. f)47The Greenland Expedition of 1895.PROF. ROLLIN D. SALISBURY.The North Greenland Scientific Expedition of r895,as the expedition which was to bring LieutenantPeary back to the United States has been somewhatpretentiously called, left St. John's, Newfoundland, onthe r rth day of July in the steamship Kite. 'While theprimary object of the expedition was as stated, thosewho took passage had aims of their own, and severalmembers of the expedition were interested in scientificstudy. An unfortunate delay in starting made itnecessary to curtail the work which had been plannedfor the earlier part of the voyage. I had hoped tospend a fortnight in the study of the glaciers of south­ern Greenland, but the late start made it impossible.Brief stops were, however, made at Holstonsborg,Godhavn and J acobshavn, all of which may be said toto be in South Greenland. At these points I hadopportunity to study, in a somewhat cursory way, thelocal, geographic and geologic features of interest.During the journey northward the water was, onthe whole, exceptionally free from ice, except bergs,until Mr. Peary's headquarters were approached.When within twenty-five miles of this point, furtherprogress was prevented by the almost unbroken sheetof ice which still covered the waters of Inglefield Gulf.While the ice was too nearly continuous to allow ofthe passage of the Kite, it was so much broken aboutthe entrance of Bowdoin Bay-a dependence of Ingle­field Gulf-that it could not be crossed by dog-sledges.An overland journey of something like twenty-fivemiles was therefore necessary to open communicationwith the lodge. This long tramp, requiring aboutthirteen hours, was taken by Mr. Diebitsch, Mr.Peary's brother-in-law, and myself. It would be diffi­cult to conceive of a more arduous journey, than thisproved to be. Throughout the whole distance therewas no trace of a path. There had recently been 'pro­longed rains, and much of our route lay throughmarshy tracts, into which our feet sank at every step.Considerable 'elevations, the slopes of which were,exceedingly rocky, had to be climbed. Streams ofice water of inconvenient proportions and prodigiousvelocities had to be forded. Three large glaciers, oneof which was crevassed to an extraordinary degree,had to be crossed, and as luck would have it, had tobe crossed in a fog which was often dense. Longdetours were frequently necessary to avoid the yawn­ing openings, on the brinks of which we occasionallyfound ourselves. We finally reached the edge of thelast glacier, only to find a sheer face of ice one hun­dred feet or more in vertical extent, and a long searchunder the most difficult circumstances was necessary,to find a place which could be descended. Even thenwe were obliged to cut steps for ourselves in the ice,in order to reach the surface of the land.548 UNIVERSITY -OF CHICAGO WEEKL v.The lodge was reached between one and two 0' clockon the 3d of August. Mr. Peary and his companionswere found asleep, and in spite of the current rumorsto the contrary, they were found in comfortable cir­cumstances. That they were not in want of food wassufficiently attested by the abundant 'meal which wasspeedily prepared for us. The remainder of - themonth was spent between the parallels of 75° 45', and78° 45', the latter being the most northerly latitudereached. During this time we touched at Pt. Foulke,where Dr. Hayes wintered in 1860-61, and also atCape Sabine, which has become historic as the pointwhere Greeley's party spent their last disastrous win­ter in the north.After the trip to Cape Sabine, and after Mr. Peary'seffects had been taken on board, we returned to CapePROF. ROLLIN D. SALISBURY.York, a few miles east of which we were fortunateenough to secure two meteorites, one weighing aboutthree tons and the other about one thousand pounds.These had been seen earlier by Mr. Peary. A thirdmeteorite of much larger size, forty or fifty tons, wasseen, but unfortunately we had not the facilities forhandling it.The east coast of America as well as the west ofGreenland was seen at close range -at various pointsbetween latitudes 78° 45' and 71° 30': We enteredJones Sound, and skirted the coast of Ellsmere Landfor a distance of about forty miles, where furtherprogress was blocked by ice. This may be said to bethe point where the Kite was turned homeward, andfrom this time, the evening of September I, but threevoluntary steps were made, two on the American coastand one on the island of Disco.Although the voyage was without accident, it wasnot without incident. All who were passengers willknow from this time forth the meaning of navigationin dense fogs, in seas that are studded with icebergs. There were several occasions when for many hoursat a time, we were unable to see more than a fewyards, or at most a few hundred yards in advance.Now and then huge bergs came into view but a fewyards in front of us, barely in time to be avoided.And it was not simply at sea that fogs proved incon­venient. The fickle behavior of this uncertain ele­ment was more than once observed on land, some­time to our great discomfort. For instance, duringthe stop at Godhavn, on our way northward, some ofthe party went inland to visit the neighboring glaciers,the lower ends of which are about 1,500 feet abovethe level of the sea. The visit was made during thenight hours, although in this latitude (69° 14') atthis season (July 22) there was continuous daylight.The glaciers had absorbed our attention fully untilabout midnight, when, looking back in the directionwhence we had come, we saw a huge bank of fogrolling rapidly up the valley toward us. It was buta few minutes before everything below an altitude of1,000 feet was enveloped by it. From our positionwe looked down on the perfectly definite upper sur­face of the fog bank, and realized in some measure,the difficulty which lay before us, in finding our wayback to the harbor, three or four miles distant. Therewas no path to guide us. The road over which wehad passed was so excessively stony that our feet hadleft no tracks which would enable us to retrace ourcourse by their help. We had not observed ourcourse by compass so that we were without help fromthis source. Finding our way in a pathless countryunder these circumstances, in a fog so dense as oftento limit vision to ten or twelve _ yards, was no easymatter, especially as the surface over which we wereobliged to pass was almost mountainous. More thanonce we found ourselves on the brinks of precipiceswhich we could not descend, and considerable detourswere necessary to avoid them. Fortunately we weremeasurably successful in keeping our bearings in spite- of the difficulties, and after three anxious hours inthe fog, reached the shore of the harbor.During the stop at Jacobshavn, accompanied byanother member of the party, I took a somewhat pro­tracted jaunt into the country, for the purpose ofstudying the local geology. The geology proved tobe not less interesting than was anticipated, but wehad not proceeded far before it was evident that amore pressing matter was to engage our chief atten­tion. Magnificent as the scenery was, and interestingas were its technical features, the most obtrusivething was the enormous numbers of mosquitoes. Ithink I am quite within the limits of truth in sayingthat the wildest things that have ever been said con­cerning the numbers of mosquitoes in that muchabused state, New Jersey, would not express the factconcerning their abundance in this region. A singleUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYaincident may illustrate something of their numbers.At one time my companion in torment pressed hishand against my sleeve. On removing it, fifty-ninedisabled mosquitoes adhered to his hand. There wasprobably an equal number left upon my sleeve, andjudging from other experiences, it is probable that alarge proportion of those which were under his handflew away when it was removed; for, as we had occa­sion to know but too well, the little pests were solean and so elastic that moderate pressure had littleeffect upon them, and we were frequently exasperatedby seeing them flyaway after we supposed they hadbeen crushed.At our first stop north of J acobshavn, at Ataniker­dluk, we anchored in a small harbor which appearedto be the embodiment of innocence. On returningfrom the adjacent bluffs whither we had gone, insearch of fossils, we were somewhat alarmed to findthe Kite aground. The tide had been at flood whenthe anchor was cast, and its ebb had been so strongas to lower the water many feet, and our vessel restedheavily on the sand. Not until the second flood tidefollowing-s-twenty-four hours after our stop-were weagain afloat. Fortunately the K'ite was not inj ured,and there WB':; 110 inconvenience beyond the delay.While in the vicinity of Inglefield Gulf we were fort­unate enough to see a large number of walruses, andall who were so disposed gave much time to the raresport of hunting them. Something like forty werecaptured. Reindeer hunting was also indulged in;and a number of these beautiful animals secured.On the return voyage there was but a single notableincident. This occurred not far from the Americancoast, in latitude 71° 30', where we encountered an ex­tensive ice pack. In the fog which prevailed at thetime, it was impossible to see what was before us, andere we knew the risks we were running, the Kite hadbeen forced a considerable distance into the ice pack,the edge of which was more or less open. As luckwould have it, the drifting ice closed in behind us, andfor the space of about fifty-four anxious hours wewere locked in its cold embrace, without knowing atwhat moment it might "pinch" the Kite. Even ifwe escaped the pinching, the prospect of being heldin the ice and floated southward with it, was not apleasing one. This would have meant a journeysouthward from latitude 71° 30', at the rate of a mileor less per hour" until the pack broke up-a rate muchtoo slow to be attractive at this season of the year.Fortunately after the relatively brief detention men­tioned, the ice shifted, under the influence of windand tide, so as to open leads, and, retracting ourcourse through them, we finally escaped from our im­prisonment. We were then obliged to steam back farto the north, in order to get around the eastern borderof the pack. This long detour cost us a day and a 549half of time, and what was even more significant, agood many tons of coal, for we were continually beingadvised that we were not likely to have coal enoughto get us back to St. Johns. After this incident wemade but two brief stops, and our further voyage wasfavored at every point by wind and current.Owing to the fact that the Kite was commanded bya captain who early inspired our confidence, therewere few occasions when we were anxious as to oursafety; but it was easy to see that the voyage mighthave been a most hazardous one, under the manage­ment of a less skillful skipper. All things considered,it was one of those voyages which it is very pleasant. to look back upon, but which one would hesitate totake a second time, unless there were urgent reasonsfor so doing.Vesper Services.The University announces a-course of twelve lect­ures by President William R. Harper, on" The His­tory of Old Testament Prophecy," to be given beforethe students of the University on Sunday afternoonsat 3 : 30 o'clock in Kent Theater.SUBJECTS.I. Events, Stories, Sermons, Predictions: the Contents ofProphecy; Definitions; Literature.2. Prophetic Situations, viz., Amos, Isaiah, Zephaniah;The Prillciples of Prophecy.3. Periods in the History of Prophecy; classification ofprophetic material according to the-e penods.4. Prophecy before Israel's occupation of Canaan.5. Prophecy during the time of the United Kingdom.6. Prophecy of the Northern Kingdom.7. Prophecy of Isaiah and his contemporaries.8. Prophecy of Jeremiah and hi" contemporaries.9. Prophecy ofthe Babylonian Captivity.10. Prophecy of the Restoration.II. The last days of Prophecy. .I2. The Prophetic Work as a whole, considering the 1ife andmethods of the Prophets, their history writing, their politics,their et�ics and their theology.The Glee Club.The Glee Club wi ll hold its first rehearsal nextMonday evening in the chapel at Cobb.Hall. Duringthe past two weeks, the leader, Mr. Lozier, has. beenbusy trying the new voices, and will possibly makehis final choice before that time. It is the policyof the club to have 16 or 20 members who shallmeet regularly three evenings in the week from 7to 8. Irregularity in attendence is not to be toler­ated. For anything of this kind, sacrifices must bemade, and it is hoped that the various candidates willenter upon their new duties with this fact before theireyes. The program will consist of entirely newpieces, both classic and popular. At present the out­look is very bright, for with the members of last year'sorganization and the number of promising candidates,the club under the able leadership of Mr. Lcz ie rshould easily do honor to this institution and holdits own with any other Glee Club in the country.550 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORIAL BOARD.FREDERICK DAY NICHOLS,WILLIAM PIERCE LOVETT, MANAGING EDITORASSISTANT EDITORASSOCIATE EDITORS:G. W. AXELSON, C. S. PIKE, ]. W. l_.INN,ELIZABE'fH MCWn,LIAMS, H. T. CLARKE,AGNES S. COOK, W. W. ATWOOD, MARTHA F. KLOCK,]. S. BROWN, W. A. PAYNE,ABRAHAM BOWERS, H. D. HUBBARD. election of one of their number should be possible, isto be deplored. That these men were totally indiffer­ent as to what means they employed was evident bythe fact that as soon as they had accomplished theirpurpose of electing their candidate president theyimmediately left the room in a body without electingthe other officers as is the custom. The presidingofficer of the meeting considered the election far froman honorable one and said that if it had been in hispower he would have declared it illegal. There wasalso a slight discrepancy between the number of votescast on the last ballot and the number of voters pres­ent. It is to be hoped that such an incident maynot be repeated, and that the principals in it, if pos-CHARLES H. GALLION,WILBER M. KELSO, BUSINESS MANAGER' sible, will, in the near future, remove the stigma that'ASSISTANT MANAGER is attached to them in the minds of many of the stu­dents.SUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter,One Year (Four Quarters),Office in Cobb Hall. Hours, 8:30 to 5:30. $ 752 50Address Communications to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY, 58th Street andEllis Avenue, Chicago.Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, III.ANNOUNCE- Keeping in touch with the increasing wel-MENT. fare of the University and its variousorganizations, the WEEKLY begs to announce thefollowing: The paper is primarily devoted to the in­terests of the students whose ardent support it has aright to expect; and while it is not a begging forfavors, it is hoped that the students will reciprocateby taking an equal interest in it, not merely in afinancial way, but also by handing in when convenientliterary material in the shape of sketches, announce­ments, short stories or poems. The WEEKLY hasbeen enlarged to a 24-page edition to meet the demandof the students and to raise its standard, until it nowranks among the best college papers in the land.1/ WIRE- The WEEKLY regrets very much to an-PULLING." nounce that "wirepulling" in the elec­tion of officers of a student organization has appearedfor the first time in the history of the University.At a meeting of the Academic College last Fridayfor the election of officers for the autumn quartermuch wrangling was indulged in and fair and openrivalry was conspicuous by its absence. That suchmeans as was used by a band of men to secure the OUR LEADING This issue of the WEEiLY is practicallyARTiCLE. a Divinity number. The leading articlepresents some facts that ate not generally known,even by university instructors and students. Thegraduate divinity school has taken such an activepart in the university life, that it has seemed onlyfair that this department recei ve some little attentionat the beginning of a new year's work.Attention is also called to the excellent article fromthe pen of Professor Rollin D. Salisbury on "TheGreenland Expedition of 1895."Grumbling is still heard on the campusGRUMBLING.about the high price of admission chargedby the athletic management to the football games.Who gives vent to it? Seemingly men, who, havingvery little college spirit, have made 110 personal sacri­fices for the welfare of the athletic organizations andwho are evidently laboring under the impression thatthe different teams undergo a season's hard trainingvaried by severe physical contests for their (thegrumbler's) own personal delectation. Persons whohave played football appreciate its hardship, andthe pleasure of watching a good game, and gladlypay the price of admission asked here; but men whojeer at the hard-working, though clumsy candidates,and who often, having the physical ability them­selves, are afraid of getting their nose bumped thesemen are the ones who are continually criticising theplayers or grumbling at the management. The samemen willingly pay a dollar or a dollar and a half forentertainments in the city which do not afford nearlyUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.the enjoyment which these games offer. It is to behoped that this spirit does not become chronic, for ifthere is anything which is disagreeable to the ordi­nary individual, it is a fellow-man who is continuallyand unreasonably dissatisfied with everything. Tosay the least, this spirit is very small.• Allied Divinity Houses.A most important and interesting feature of theUniversity's work in theological instruction is the op­portunity afforded to all religious denominations tohave the advantages of its varied courses of study.Not merely that individuals of all kinds of religiousDEAN H. L. WILLE'fT.views are admitted to its Divinity school-that goeswithout saying-but it is gratifying to some at leastto observe that the denominational attitude of theschool stands in such subordination to more vitalmatters of thought and life that an increasingly largernumber of non-Baptist students is yearly gathered intothe institution.But. the special feature to be emphasized is that de­nominational organizations, as such, not Baptist, aregranted a place and privileges in the sphere of theUniversity's theological work. This is done by thescheme of allied Divinity Houses. Any religious de­nomination can under proper regulations and on spec­ified terms secure aseparate home for students of itsfaith in the vicinity of the University and these studentswill be received and admitted to the Divinity schoolcourses which they may desire to attend. The headof the Divinity house is recognized as a member of the 551University Council and a consulting member of theDivinity faculty. He is privileged to give instructionto his students in the particular tenets of his denomi­nation and the students receive credit from the Uni­versity for all work thus done and are graduated fromit, receiving the University degree.Two religious denominations have already acceptedthe opportunity which the University affords. The" Disciples" have founded a Divinity House and hopesoon to erect a building which shall be at the sametime a church and a home for their students near theQuadrangle. Two officers of instruction have beenappointed, Rev. H. L. Willett, Dean, and E: S. Ames,Ph. D. The same course has also been pursued bythe Ii Cumberland Presbyterians" who have chosenthe Rev. W. C. Logan, D. D., secretary of their Houseand instructor in the doctrines and polity of theirchurch.When one thinks that the students have all the ad­vantages of residence in a great University with itsthoroughly equipped Divinity School and yet receivecareful training in their distinctive tenets of denomi­national belief, one cannot but be impressed with theadvantages in this plan of affiliation. It cheapensthe cost of theological instruction, while it immenselyraises its quality. The students will be well preparedfor their 'special work, while their minds will be broad­ened and their sympathies quickened by contact withthe larger world of religious life. The scheme thusoutlined should be speedily adopted by many otherreligious denominations. It illustrates both the un­selfish' desire of th e U ni versi ty to be useful to the larg­est possible number, and also the broad, human,thoroughly Christian, attitude of the theologicalteachers of our Divinity school. They are Baptistscertainly, but they are also Christians.Events.Notices for this column should be left at the WEEKLY officeor the Faculty Exchange before 9 : 30 A. M. Thursday.Thursday, Oct. 10.Y. W. C. A., Lecture Room, 1:30 P. M.Semitic Club, 8:00 P. M. with President Harper, Lexingtonavenue and 59th street.Friday, Oct. II.Y. M. C. A. Lecture Room, 6: 45 P. M.New Testament Club, '7: 30 P. M. with Associate ProfessorShailer Mathews.Saturday, Oct. 12.Administrative Board of Affiliations, Faculty Room, 8 : 30A. M.University Council Faculty Room, 9: 30 A. M.Faculty of Morgan Park Academy, II : 00 A. M.Football, Rush Medical. Marshall Field, 3: 30 P. M.Sunday, Oct. 13.Lecture, President Harper, subject: Events, Stories, Ser­_,. mons.-The Contents of Prophecy, definition; Literature.Chapel, 2 :�30552 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.An Easy Victory.The score in Saturday's gamewas 52 to o. The goose-egg be­longed to Lake Forest, and thetouchdowns to the 'Varsity. It wasnot quite a repetition of the events ofpreceding Saturday, for the Forestfellows were never in the hunt at all. The nearest thevisitors got to the 'Varsity goal, except on the kick­off, was the center of the field, and that-was gainedby alleged off-side plays. What makes the scoreHE;NRY T. CLARKE, QUARTER BACK.100m up still more in favor of the 'Varsity was thefact that only about half of the regular candidates forthe first team played. In the first half "Phil" leftthe field on account of a slight sprain in his shoulder,< and Lozier soon followed suit by reason of a twist atthe other extremity. Ewing shook hands withWoolsey'S feet and gave way to Dickey. Robyhugged the sidelines and Flint held the watch.Herschberger was at home and Neel officiated at full­back. Leighton who took Allen's place at center,soon became a favorite with the rooters by his plucky playing, and the judgments passed on Dickey was tothe effect that "he will do." Williamson, at theclose of the game, could have had anything in sightfor the asking. Rullkoetter not only played horsewith his man, but once was the first ,man down thefield on a kick, tackling Jaeger without a gain.Smith was right in line with big Woolsey and fora new man at the place did remarkably well. Clarkehandled his men in admirable sbape and made somegreat runs after catches .. The " old warhorse" waseverywhere and Bowers played all kinds of monkey­shines with Rheingans. Nichols and Gale eachmade long runs around the ends.The men most in evidence on the visitors' side wereWoolsey, Rice, Cragin and Rheingans. Woolsey wasthe only man in the Lake Forest aggregation who wasable to make a five-yards gain.Twenty-three minute halves were played and thescore at the end of the first half stood 32 to o. Thesecond balf was a repitition of the first and twentypoints were added to the score.The line-up:, Varsity. Position. Lake Forest.Gale . . Right end. . Rheingans.C. Allen Smith . . Right tackle. . Casey.Lozier, C. Allen . Right guard. . Stoops.P. Allen, Leighton . Center. . . Cragin.Rullkoetter . " . Left guard . . Brown.Williamson . .. . Left tackle . . . Woolsey.Bowers .... , . Left end. . . . Rice.Clarke. . . . . . Quarter back . . . Baker.Nichols. . . . . Right half back. . CarverEwing, Dickey. . Left half back. .. . W. Jackson.Neel. . . . .. . Full back . '... '; . Jaeger.Touchdowns-Nichols [5J, C. Allen [3J, Ewing, Williamson.Goals kicked on touchdowns--Ewing [4J, C. Allen [2].Time--Two twenty-three minute halves.Referee-Hayner. Umpire-Gould. Linesman Pike.A thletic Notes.Black is again in training and will try for a place in the line.'the game next Saturday' will be with the Rush Medicalteam.The 'Varsity eleven will meet Perdue on November 9, at La­Fayette.Captain Lea says a game between Princeton and Pennsyl­vania is out of the question this year.Hefflefinger played at Duluth, Saturday, with a picked teamfrom Minneapolis, mostly Minnesota 'Varsity graduates.Mr. Kettmann, of whom great things are expected, appearedon the athletic field in football array for the first time Tuesday.Northwestern, with Van Doozer back, played all aroundBeloit on Saturday. She may yet make a strong bid for thechampionship.So far Englewood High is the only team that has failed toscore on Madison. Last year only one eleven was able tocross Wisconsin's line.Mr. H. A. Palmer, who has played end for two years on theIndiana University team, and one year on Butler, came out to..practice yesterday, and will try for 'Varsity end.' 'UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Elsewhere is given.the Rozind Table's version of Hollister'sdefection from Beloit. This man is the most frankly andopenly ill the game for the money there is in it of anyone inthe West.So far every American team has been beaten in England,and every English team has succumbed in America. Therecan scarcely be a doubt that climate has everything to do withthese co-incidences.Grinnell for the first time iu six years defeated Minnesota,6-4. Unless Minnesota braces at once, she will be out of thehunt. Moulton is reported as being disgusted with the ma­terial he has to train.Herschberger has returned to the .University, but he will notbe seen on the gridiron again this season. This is by the edictof his family. There is no doubt but his absence will some­what weaken the team.Cornell failed to score on the Pennsylvania State Collegeteam on Saturday. On the other hand their defensive workwas clever, Pennsylvania State at no tiuie getting within hail­ing distance of the Ithaca goal. The old cry of unfair umpir­ing was raised by Cornell.- Michigan did well Saturday, shutting out the Orchard Lakeeleven, 34-0. Their gains were made mostly by end runs,though they bucked the line at will. Teetzel, half-back ofEnglewood High, played the game for Orchard Lake.Princeton beat Rutgers 22-0. Harvard beat Amherst 24 0and Yale won from Union 26-0. On Saturday Pennsylvaniadefeated Franklin and Marshall in spite of the reported vicioustackling of the latter team, 42-0, wh ile the Carlisle Indianstook Gettysburg into camp, 10-0.A daily paper endeavors to convey the impression that foot­ball is a game of chance and points out the 'Wisconsin-North­western-Ames contests to prove its assertion. The opposite,however, holds true, namely that the stronger team wins everytime, and except for an occasional streak of good luck, chancehas nothing to do with the game.Versicles.The Sowers.'I'here is a sower who is God;His seeds are strewn over earth jWherever beast or man have trodThey find the witness of their birth.There is a sower who is LifeHis touch is found in every flower,Whatever springtide maketh rifeHath been obedient to His power.There is a sower who is DeathAnd all his plants have come to bloom;What is of man, whate'er hath breath,Are garner in his ageless tomb.Each is a sower for himself.We plant our seeds in every deed;Some germ may sprout to noble bloom,Some spray may grow a pois'nous weed.Her Eye was Blue.Her eye was blue, her eye was blue(I say this twice, since she had two)She had a nose of Grecian line,Her mouth and chin were simply fine,Her hair the yellowest that grew. I loved her madly, wouldn't you?It is the only thing to doWith damsels like this one of mine'Whose eye was blue.We were engaged the summer through,Then,-'tis a story sad but true,I had to leave her by the brine,This fickle goddess, all divine.My heart was broke, and I was, too,And-I-was blue.Ballade of the Women's Houses.Where merry laughter used to ringAnd girlish faces used to glow,Where Cupid oftenest would bringThe victims of his fatal bow,Now there are pails and mops-hello!Is that new paper 011 the wall ?And pink at that-it must be so.The house is being cleaned for fall.Gone are the girls who used to flingDown roses to the youths below,Who sentimentally would singIn an enthusiastic row.Gone is the little blond; and oh !The dark-haired one, "divinely tal l."Their cozy rooms, dismantled, showThe house is being cleaned for fall.The girls we worshiped in the spring,Phvllis and Mabel, Maude and Chloe,Hav� passed from out our reckoningAs "people that we used to know."Scattered to all the winds that blow,Flitted away beyond recall ;Do we waste time in grieving? No.We simply clean the house for fall.Envoi.Prince, be it well or be it woe,Men's hearts are like the women's hall,Each spring the erstwhile tenants go,And then-we clean the house for fall.Dolce Far Niente.Idly rocks my shallop on the tide;Drift on, drift on, the wind my steersman be.o southwest wind, take helm and sheet for me,While soft waves lap along her shining side.Nay, stirring breeze, be gentler still; away!Be but a wraith, a sigh of spirit winds,Whispering among the fragrant tamarindsBy the warm shore. But let me drift to-day.'Of ports below the dim blue verge I dream,-Take me not there, my helmsman, Oh, 110t there­Of dark Sici Han daughters of the streamWhere Spring first saw the hawthorn in her hair,A thousand blithe-winged fantasies have hiedWith me to this far sea, where dreams abide.A. S. C.Mr. James Elverson, Jr., of the Philadelphia Enquirer, hasoffered a cup with $1,000, to be contested for by Princetonand Penusylvania. The offer, while a very liberal one, willhowever, probably not be accepted owing to the schedules ofboth colleges being filled. ,353J. W. L.554 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The Y. W. C. A. held a reception for women inKelly Hall last Thursday from three to six.Prof. Adolph C. Miller was married Monday toMiss Mary Sprague and departed this week for a tourof Europe.The receptions at the Women's Halls commencenext month, according to custom, not in October asannounced last week, the first one being at BeecherHall the first Monday in the month.The young women of Beecher Hall greeted theirhead, Miss Julia Bulkley, on the first Monday even­ing of the quarter. Dr. F. J. Miller, the housecounselor, was present and acted as host. Speeches,songs and flowers helped to make the welcome a cor­dial one. Miss Buckley has recently returned fromEurope and is now a dean of women and associateprofessor of pedagogy.The local chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternityheld high carnival last Monday night in its first ini­tiation of the year. The new Betas are Franklin E.Vaughn, Morton D. Harris, Allen Gray Hoyt and RoyC. Griswold. With these new additions to theiralready strong chapter, the Betas ate well fitted fortheir year's work. They take pleasure in welcomingback to school Horace G. Lozier of '94 and WilliamC. Vaughn of '97.Kelly Hall.The fall opening of Kelly is very encouraging.Sixteen of the old members are back and there aretwenty-three new ones. Chicago girls form a large pro­portion of the membership, but there are representa­tives from the extreme North, from the South, fromMaine and from Washington. Smith, Wellesley,Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, Colby, Cornell, AlleghanyCollege, Emerson School of Oratory, Michigan, LakeForest, Lawrence and Stanford are represented. Thereare three fellows, seven unclassified students andtwenty-two undergraduates. A spirit of bon comradriepervades the house, and "co-operation" is a pass­word. It is rumored that some new furniture is to beforthcoming. The first event of general interest wasthe reception given by the members of the Y. W. C. A.to the women of the University on Thursday after­noon. Many of the girls went away on Saturday.Those who remained here spent the first rainy Sunday,evening in the drawing room singing and readingaloud. The Associations.Nearly one hundred men attended the YoungMen's Christian Association meeting last Friday even­ing.In the past ten days about fifty men have appliedfor membership in the Young Men's Christian Asso­ciation.The Sunday evening meeting was conducted in theChapel instead of in the Lecture Hall, the usualplace of meeting.The Illinois State Y. M. C. A. Convention will beheld this year in Evanston, October 16-20. The lastthree days will be devoted to college work.The singing at both the Friday evening and theSunday evening meeting was good. Mr. Stewart as­sisted Sunday evening with his violin. The singingwill begin next Friday evening at 6 :40 o'clock.Some new workers reported at the Fisk Street Mis­sion last Sunday, yet others are needed. If you canhelp in the Sunday-school speak to Mr. R. B. David­son; if in the evening service, to Mr. V. O. Johnson.The Y. M. C. A. held a " stag" reception in' theparlors of Snell last Thursday evening from seven tonine-thirty, and a very pleasant evening was passed bythose present. College songs were sung, and refresh­ments closed the entertainment.The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. will hold their annualreception to new students in the chapel in Cobb Hall,next Saturday evening from eight to eleven. Manyof the dignitaries of the University-will be present anda musical program will be rendered; and refreshmentswill be served.The Y. M. C. A. meeting to-morrow evening willbe in charge of the Bible Study Committee. Prof.W. W. White of the Bible Institute will address theAssociation on Bible Study. Professor White speakswith force and conviction, and through his work atLake Geneva and Northfield, has become deservedlypopular with college men. Many University studentshave listened with pleasure to his lectures on thebook of john, which he has made an especial study., 'One of the things determ ined upon by the cabinetat its meeting Saturday night was the holding of sec­tion prayer meetings. Beginning next week thegraduates and undergraduates will meet separately,the former in the Faculty ROOtll and the latter in theLecture Hall. The Sunday evening meeting willcontinue to be a joint meeting of the entire associa­tion with the young women's association.'New Appointments.Dr. C. M. Childs has been appointed tutor: in anat­omy to succeed Dr. Albert C. Eycleshyrner. Dr.Mauerbach has been made assistant in the, ZoologicalUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.laboratory. A. W. Froley, graduate student inMathematics, has been appointed Professor of Mathe­matics in Add Ran Christian University in Texas.R. P. Baker was elected head of the department ofmusic and mathematics in the State University ofOregon. T. S. Elder has been made professor ofmathematics in Oklahoma University. StewartWel­lar has been appointed assistant in Palaeontology.Mr. Wellar is from Yale University.Majors and Minors.Frank W. Woods has returned to the University and willtake a divinity course.Professor Bolza, of the departmeut of mathematics has re­turned from Germany.Prof. W. W. White will speak on BibTe Study in the LectureHall, Friday evening at 6 : 45.The Y. M. C. A. has decided to appoint one of its membersto the position of General Secretary. .Chester B. Williams, buying agent for the department ofchemistry and biology, has resigned.Sunday's Tribtine contained a two-column illustrated articleon �'Girl Life at Chicago University."Mr. VV. C. Vaughn was thrown from his borse last Mondayand is suffering from a fractured arm.Up to yesterday, 320 new students had matriculated thisquarter, making a total attendance of r,085.Nee1 and Lansing are to play the championship match thisweek, which was postponed from last spring.Miss Edith Audrews, of Foster Hall, was called to her homeill Cincinnati Sunday by the death of her father.A member of elms are being placed in the space betweenKent and the proposed site of the Biological Laboratory.Arrangements are being made for a Pan-Hellenic Congress ofcollege fraternities at Atlanta, Georgia, at the Exposition,Nov: r8.At a meeting of the Academic College last Friday noon, Mr.M. E. Lee was elected president for the Autumn Quarter. Noother officers were elected owing to the sudden adjournmeut ofthe body.Next Monday night the Law Club will meet in Cobb Hall at8. All members and students who wish to join are requestedto be present.A long article appeared in yesterday's papers, giving Pro­fessor Bemis' complaint at being asked to resign from his pro­fessorship at the University.A few more volunteers for teaching at the University settle­ment are desired. Those who are willing to serve in this ca­pacity will please make the fact known at the WEEKLY office.During luncheon hour last Wednesday, a young manfound his way to the fourth floor of one of the women's halls.He thought he was in the men's dormitory. Poor Freshman!Notice is here made of the receipt of a pamphlet entitled,"German Declensions Made Easy for Beginners," and a volumefrom the pen of Harlow Godard: "Outline Study of UnitedStates History."Among the collections made recently for Walker Museum,are a box of ores from New Mexico, sent by Professor Penrose;a. collection of shells from the Pacific ocean, by Dr. and Mrs.Sheldon j a valuable trilobite collection, purchased by theUniversity; and a collection of valuable words for study; fromthe Glacial deposits of Iowa. 55,)The Tennis Association is to hold two tennis tournamentsthis quarter. The entries for the first will close October 8.The second is to be a handicap tournament for which the en­tries will close October 22.Mr. j ohu G. Fryer, who, in connection with Howard B.Rossa, founded the University of Clzicago News of '92-93, hasgiven up his studies in law and is now at a theological semi­nary at Chester, Pa., and expects to enter the Methodistministry.Mr. George E. Robertson, assistant registrar, has resignedfrom his position to become assistant secretary of the Amer­ican Real Estate Investment Union. Mr. Robertson will re­main here till January, after which be will be located in NewYork City.One thousand opera chairs have been definitely arranged forlately, and will be placed ill the grand-stand on the athleticfield in the near future. They will cost $800, three hundred ofwhich will be appropriated from the funds of the AtheleticAssociation.Professor von Holst is the author of a full-page, double­leaded article in the Times-Herald of last Sunday, on thepresidential third term. The article indorses Cleveland's ad­ministration, but is emphatically against repealing the" un­written law."Mr. Howard B. Grose, Registrar, will leave Friday for hisnew home at Welsley Hills, a suburb of Boston. He will enterimmediately upon his duties as associate editor of the Watch­mau, His resignation has not yet been accepted and will nottake effect until his successor is elected.The fall business meeting of Snell House was held Fridayevening in the club-rooms of Snell Hall. Officers for the en­suing year were elected as follows: Vice-head, W. O. Wilson;secretary and treasurer, John Lamay; house committee, Wie­land, Sawyer, Peterson Leiser; tennis committee, Linn, Rand,Clarke. After the meeting an informal reception was tenderedthe guests of the house.The Oratorial Association of the University has issued achallenge to the University of Illinois to meet in joint debateat Chicago, in the latter part of December. A meeting of theAssociation will be held in Cobb lecture hall next Mondaynight at 7 o'clock. A large attendance of new students is ex­pected. Students desiring to take part in the Oratorical con­test and debates should be present at the meeting.A joint meeting of the Glee and Mandolin Club's for the elec­tion of officers for the ensuing year was held last Friday. Mr.Harry R. Fling of the Glee Club was elected president and Mr.Jackson, of the Mandolin Club, secretary. Mr. RaymondDudley last year's assistant manager was elected manager andthe president was authorized to appoint a committee of threeto confer with him in regard to a trip. Another meeting washeld Tuesday at which some minor business was transacted.Mr. Lozier, the leader of the Glee Club, has been busy thelast week trying new voices and reports many good new ones.Vagrant Notes.How doth the little busy maidWith sweet anticipationHaste to her dean to registerFor a major in flirtation.The Beloit women of the freshman class subscribed in a bodyto the athletic fund. The students are now flat-footed for co.education.Butte, Montana. has an athletic club and wants to meet the'Varsity. They offered fifteen hundred dollars for a game lastyear, and renewed the offer-this fall.iv ADVERTISEMENTS.Classified Business Notices.Rooms.A PLEASANT FRONT'ROOM CON-venient to the University, 5600 Mon­roe Ave. 49-ItFURNISHED AND UNFURNISHEDrooms in very pleasant sunny housewith board. 5737 Madison avenue.LARGE NICELY FURNISHED ROOM.South exposure. Near Illinois Cen­tral and Cafes, 5720 Rosalie Court. 49-2tSEVERAL nice rooins to rent at 6I07Madison Avenue, second fiat south.2It* .FOR RENT-Until May furnished orunfurnished, r st fiat, hot and coldwater, Gas range, steam heat. MRS.CHAS. KUHNS, 5484 Monroe Ave. 2It*THREE PLEASANT ROOMS ,ONfirst floor, steam heat, hot water.Close to two car lines. 5445 Drexel Ave.49-2t*ROOM AND BOARD BUREAU.-Alist of desirable rooming and board­ing places, with full particulars, may beseen at the WEEKLY office.HOME COMFORTS FURNISHED TOfour young gentlemen. Rooms andboard reasonable. No other boarders.5749 Rosalie Court. 49-2tFOR RENT--:TWO FRONT ROOMS,upstairs. Hot and cold water.Near cable and Illinois Central. Mrs.Reid, 193, 54th Place. 49tf.SEVERAL LARGE LIGHT AND AIRYrooms, with, or without board, atreasonable rates. Heat. gas, hot waterand-all comforts, 5736 WashingtonAve.492t*fINELY FURNISHED ROOM FORstudent in private family. Gas,steam heat, hot water and conveuiences.Bicycle room, etc. 5607 Washi ngtonAve., rst fiat. 49-2tTO RENT.-FRONT SUNNY ROOMand back parlor. Gas, heat andbath. All modern conveniences. Nearto cable car. Rates reasonable. 53<) 55th.Mrs. M. W. Foss. 49-2tTO RENT.-FRONT AND BACK PAR-lor, singly or en suite. All modernconveniences, gas light, bath rooms,steam heat and grate. Rates reasonableand will furnish to suit. Only two blocksfrom the University. Four eating clubsin the building. Cable cars within ahalf block. 5488 Ellis ave., Mrs. O. L.Putman. 492t*Miscellaneous.GET YOUR SHOES REPAIRED BYLungren, 55th st., near Bowen's. 49tfD'ANCONA & CO:, CLOTHINGmade to order at wholesale prices.�See advertisement on last page.BARBER SHOP - FIRST CLASSshaving 10 cents, students' work aspecialty. Lake ave. and 57th. 49tfSMALL JOBS OF PRINTING QUICK­ly, neatly and reasonably done.Leave copy with the manager of theWEEKLY.TUTORING IN PREPARATORYGreek and Latin. Competent tui­tion at low rates. Address F. D., 5853Indiana Ave. 4921-*BOOK SHELVES MADE SO THEYcan be taken down and used for ship­ping boxes. Ingham, Carpeu ter andBuilder, 306, 57th St. 38-48t SM. HUNTER, CARPENTER, 5524• Jefferson Ave., has weather stripsfor sale; puts on storm windows; generalrepairs or alteration a specialty. Phone206 Oakland, or drop a postal. _UNIVERSITY ·EXPRESS CO., OF­fice in basement of Cobb Hall. Bag­gage to and from all depots. Goodsforwarded by all express companies.Money orders. Laundry (special rates).ARE YOU GOING TO THE ;0; YEL­lowstone" next year? Save a: gooddeal of money by providing for yourguide in advance. University people.ure recommended to correspond withAdam Gassert, Ciunebar, Mont. 45-4st*THESES TYPEWRITTEN, LOWESTprices, students' Supply Store, 47055th. Latest novels. 48-StC H. RICE, HARDWARE, 249 57th• St. Stoves and Household Articlesof every description. Duplicate Keysmade and locksmithing. We have stu­dents' light housekeeping utensils. 48-48tCOLLEGE BOOKS.College BooksBought,Sold,And exchanged.Fulghum,BooksellerAnd Stationer,291, E. 55th St. r-tfDancing.McDOUGALL'S DANCING ACAD­emy, Rosalie Hall. Sessions andInstruction every Thursday eveningfrom 7 : 30 to II: 30. Juvenile classesat 3: 30 P. M. Thursdays. For fu therinformation apply to R. J. McDougall,6406 Ellis Ave., or to F. O. Excell, 3814Rhodes Av.MR. AND MRS. ROBT. METCALFE'Sschool for Deportment and Danc­ing now open for the season '95-'96.Classes for beginners meet Tuesdaysand Fridays at 8 P. M. Advanced class,Fridays 9 P. M. Special rates given toUni versity students, Academy 6306Washington Ave., formerly Hope Ave.Personal interview preferable. 49tfWANTED TO PURCHASE-- THEfollowing numbers of the Uniue»:sity Daily News. Oct. 29, Nov. II, Dec.IO, 22, 23 of 1892. Jan. 3, 4, IO, Feb. J8,19, 24, 25 of 1893. Vol. 2, Nos. 36, 37,46, 47 and all ot the remaining file thatwas published after Vol. 3 NO.9ZELLA A. DIXSON, General Library.THE OPENING OF McDOUGALL'SDancing Academy at Rosalie Hall,Thursday evening, was largely attendedby Hyde Park and University people.The directors, Messrs. McDougall andExce ll; are unusually competent in­structors. For iuforrnatiou apply to R.J. McDougall, 6406 Ellis Ave., or to F.O. Excell, 3814 Rhodes Ave.Important to Your Heallh.Physical strength is necessary for astrong mind. Good, wholesome,· purefood is prerequisite to physical strength.There is no article of food which can soeasily be adulterated as milk, and noneso wholesome as pure milk. Membersof the, University can not afford to be. ignorant of the fact that during the pastseventeen years the dairy establishmentof Fred. Berkholtz, known as the Kanka­kee Dairy, has always furnished pure milk to the families of Hyde Park, andnot ouce, during the impure milk inves­tigation was the quality of his goodsquestioned. Mr. Berkholtz is one of twoin the city who have the latest improvedmachinery for bottling milk. A11 milkis bottled and delivered to his customersiu Hyde Park from six to eight hoursafter it leaves the Kankakee Dairy farm.The establishment at 5481 83 Kimbarkavenue is a model of cleanliness. TheSunday Inter Ocean of September 22,says: "One of the best appointed milkdepots is located at 5481 Kimbark av­enue. The proprietor of this modelplace is Fred. Berkholtz. His bottlingmachinery is of the latest improved typeand the sanitary conditions are perfect.During all his career he has never had acomplaint lodged against him by thehealth depart men t,"Through the Kankakee Dairy milkcan be delivered in the vicinity of theUniversity with the shortest possiblehaul and less handling, which is one ofthe necessities in retaining the purity ofmilk.Mr. Berkholtz guarantees the purityof his goods.------The Students' Exchange.For the convenience of new studentsand all others who wish to take advan­tage of such an arrangement, theWEEKLY will conduct for a few weeksa "Students' Exchange." Communica­tions between students may be left at theWEEKLY office where they will be takencare of until called for. The office willbe open from 8:30 to 5:30 and a pigeon­hole case has been provided large enoughto contain letters, papersand small pack­ages. Letters for students whose addresstbemail carrier does not know will beleft until called for. Subscribers whowish to get their copies of the WEEKLYfiat, in can oil ion to be bound, or who donot want to wait for them until the regu­lar delivery on Thursday, may call forthem at the Exchange Wednesday even­ing or Thursday morning. For this pur­pose the office will be kept open until9 o'clock Wednesday evening. A bookwill be kept in which students may regis­ter their addresses and hours of recita­tions for the benefit of friends who maywish to call on them. Students leavingthe University should leave their futureaddresses so that mail or express pack­ages addressed to them may be promptlyforwarded. An attendant will be pro­vided and everything done to make thisarrangement as much of a convenienceto students as possible. The office of theWEEKLY is in the basement of CobbHall.Amusernens.McVicker's Theater:" Henry IV," is one of the best playsShakespeare ever wrote and it containselements that appeal forcibly to publicsentiment. It is replete with comedyand tragedy, it is picturesque and fasci­nating, more so probably than any simi­lar Shakespearian work. The Falstaffianhumor that pervades the play is one ofits salient and distinguishing character­istics. This is one of the dements thatmake the playa popular attraction withall classes of theater-goers. In produc­ing a drama of such great merits JuliaMarlowe Taber and Robert Taber haveaimed to secure historical accuracy.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.There -were just the two of us, my friend and 1.We had long before voted the rest -of the skeletons adead lot, and except for a chilly sort of politeness toMiss Smith-that's the short one that hangs in thecorner of Dr. Trotter's room-we had little to dowith any of them. One evening, just before Christ­mas last, Tenny turned to me and said, with a cavern­ous yawn:"Denny, it's uncommon dull to-night. I amchilled to the marrow-it's colder than the grave inhere. Listen to the sleet against the alley windowsthere. I wonder, "can't we stir things up a little."He blew meditatively on his long fingers." A game of euchre ?;, I suggested.", Slow!" sighed Tenny. ." Besides, my headaches."" What would you say to a story?""I've heard them all, Denny, a dozen times."" Let's call on Miss Smith, then.""Anything but that," shuddered my companion,peevishly. "She wearies me with her airs about hergeneological tree. I'll bet' there wasn't a decentskeleton in the lot."" I have it ! " I cried. "The very thing! 'Anda .fool not to have thought of it before. Tenny, re­strain yourself, but I saw a quart of Irroy Brut in thematrons ice-box last night. We can get wet to thebone.on that and then-let come what comes! We'llmake a night of it ! "* * * * *Well; to cut it short, an hour later found Tennyand me across a little table from each other, and happy.My attenuated friend was in a golden humor, and as Ifinished my third glass and my fifth story, he leanedback in his chair, pressed his napkin against his breastand burst into an unearthly fit of laughter." Denny," he said at last, as he shook himselftogether and gently arranged an unjointed metacarpal," I feel that I am not long for this world. My bonesseem to be growing as chalky as a weather-beatenmilk can. In fact, I am disintegrating. I have astory, which I never expected to tell to another, but Ifelt it would be a relief to share it with you."I hastened to grasp his hand and to assure.him thatI would preserve the silence of death, should he see fitto part with his secret. Tenny seemed to be affectedby this ready sympathy, and his hand shook, despitehis efforts to steady it, as he lighted a cigarette, stolenshortly before from Dr Trotter's dissecting case." My friend, "he ventured after a moment of hesi­tation," I honestly believe my case to be unparalleledin history. I am in love.", -A sudden fear shot through my frame, my jawsparted, but no sound issued forth. My companionapparently did not notice my condition, so deeply moved was he in trying to still the emotions his wordshad summoned up."Liar!" I said, "you have no heart. How canyou love?""I lost my heart before I parted with my mortalframe," answered Tenny with a sad shake of hishead, "but not before I had taken hers in return."" And who is she? " I demanded fiercely," Miss Smith," returned the voice of my companion,but so changed as to be hardly recognizable."I rose with difficulty to my feet. " Let there beno mistake," I said, with what I felt to be a miserableattempt at self-control. "If you mean ImogeneSmith, formerly at the ribbon counter in Macy's, butnow hanging above in Dr. Trotter's room, then let meinform you, sir, that she gave me her heart years ago,*the other side of the grave, and I have never ceased toadore her."" Do you, speak truth? " gasped Tenny." As I am dead, I s�ear it, " I returned.My poor friend seemed to collapse. He wrung his, hands till the bones cracked and showed every sign ofthe acutest suffering."I knew that love crossed the open grave hand inhand with Death," he murmured, "and yet I knewnot that the deceit of woman lived on unhindered,immortal.""And yet even now, but an hour ago," I sneered,"you disparaged her.""I thought only to deceive yO?, Denny. Butyou? "" I was likewise guilty of a mere preteI1:se."How long the silence that followed, I never knew.Finally, vaguely conscious of an all-controlling im­pulse, I went over to the desk of Dr. Pystill and tookfrom the drawer a much thumbed pack of playingcards. With these I returned to the motionlessTenny. 559560 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY."-My friend," I said, "in the world which lies be­hind us there are given to men of honor many ways ofsettling an affair of the heart. To us, there remainsbut one. A duel is out of the question; poison, harm­less; death in any and every shape impossible. Play­ing cards, praise heaven, are ours. Let me deal, andthe best hand will win the stake, Imogene. Is itagreed? "Tenny's head sunk with listless assent upon hischest. I . shuffled. Tenny cut.A moment later, with a glad cry, my friend leanedback in his chair and held out to view a flush in clubs,topped by a king. Never will I forget how all the joydied out of him, as I threw upon the table, one afterthe other, the four aces I had won!In the days that followed Tenny drooped away. Iwould fain draw a curtain over the closing act of hislife. As I have already said, one winter's afternoonhe was' carried out from us forever, and all of us whohad, known and loved him, were glad to have himleave a scene which had brought to him little butsuffering. Imogene was never the same agairi. Fromthe moment that Tenny left us, she spoke no word,or smiled. She seemed to literally fall away, andafter the spring came and she could not gather herselftogether ---.I am alone now, and feeble. I live only in the past.Quadrangle �uiplets."Does Henry Cairns room in this building?"asked a stately gentleman."Yes sah, yes sah, right dere in dat corner room,sah," replied Uncle Joe, the janitor. "Youse kin'look in but I don't guess he aint in dis hour, sah."Uncle Joe unlocked the door' and Mr. Cairns steppedin. "What!" he exclaimed, " this isn't Henry'sroom, Henry J. Cairns?"" Guess 'tis, sah," chuckled 10e.By this time Mr. Cairns had spied several articlesthat looked familiar, and gradually he came to believethat this gayly decked room and the "den" thatHenry- had told about were identical. He stoodsquarely in the center of the room and gazed aboutwith eyes wide open. Over the window he read asign, "NQ visitors allowed," and the four sides ofthe room were covered with posters and announce­ments and signs and advertisements of all kinds.Thesiguswere what most attracted the old gentle­man's attention. True he saw suspended footballs,and tennis racquets and ribbons and pictures, butwhat chance could these objects stand by the side ofa card which pointed to the fire escape and said, "Thisway down stairs."One big pointer said, "Turn to the left," and turn­ing involuntarily Mr. Cairns read, "Get your baggagechecked down stairs." Over the door was a long sign advertising a mixture that would kill cockroaches,and over the bed was a sign, "Take this car to the'circus. "When Mr. Cairns had first peeped into the room hehad looked dumfounded, now he had almost begunto smile, and when he read, " Please do not touch anyof the specimens," he laughed outright. "Well, Iguess maybe this is the place," he said, and he hunghis hat on a hook, leaned his umbrella up in thecorner, and sat down to wait.It was a moment after the close of the Fall Convo­cation and the assemblage was just beginning to moveslowly'" away across the quadrangle, when a youngman suddenly stepped out of Cobb Hall and in a loudvoice, as if calling to the man seen hurrying downthe path towards' Ryerson, cried: " 0, 'Doctor I Doc­tor! I wish to speak to you! "Immediately, as if by magic, the entire assembly ofmen and women seemed to come to an abrupt haltand turning around, they all with one voice, said," Well, sir, what is it ? "The youth recoiled for an instant, struck speech­less; "I beg - beg your pardons," he finally mut­tered, with a gasp. "It was Dr. X- I was calling."The crowd wavered for a second, then with one smilewalked away. The thoughtless undergraduate hadforgotten for the moment that there were just eightypersons on the faculty of the U ni versi ty of Chicagoanswering the degree and name of " Doctor."A prominent 'Varsity football genius came saunter­ing into the gym. a few days after' the Eureka-Chi­cago game and planting himself on the scales in theoffice began to adjust the beam-weights. A crowdof on-lookers soon gathered around him intent on theresult of the weighing. The beam finally came to abalance at 185 pounds. "Now, that's strange," the-"athlete began, "on the morning of -Saturday's game,in these very same clothes, I tipped the beam at 190.L've lost five pounds somehow or other.""Yes," drawled the 'Varsity wit, "but you forget,Cap, you've had your hair cut since then! ".The University extension lecturer had just finishedannouncing the plan and purpose of his lecture courseto an audience of high school teachers and had con­cluded by saying, "And now, as to the cost of thecourse. It will be ten dollars for majors and five dol­lars for minors."" Humph," exclaimed one brainy bachelor-maidto another sitting next to her; "as if he didn't knowthat none of us were minors!"The sum of $20,000 has been raised toward the erection of awomen's college at Brown University. It is proposed to raisein all the sum of $50,000 before ground is broken for the newbuilding.UNIVERS1TY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Head Professor Eri B. Hulbert, D. D.Dr. Eri B. Hulbert, the present Dean of the DivinitySchool, was called from the pastorate to the professor­ship of Church History in the Baptist Union Theo­logical Seminary at Morgan Park, in the year 188r.He was a graduate of Union College in 1863 and hadshown while a pastor scholarly qualities of mind andan aptitude for teaching that marked him as a suitableincumbent of a chair in a theological seminary. Hemade a success as an instructor from the start andentered heartily into the life and work of the Sem­inary.When the health of President Northup seemed tomake it unwise for him longer to bear the burden oforganization and direction of the Morgan Park Theo­logical Seminary, the minds of many instinctivelyturned to Dr. Hulbert as the desirable successor ofthe revered and honored president. He has fullyequaled the expectations of his friends. Upon himfell the task of adapting the old form and methods,inherited from the past, to the new organization of theUniversity. The Seminary has become under hisguidance The Divinity School, but it has not onlyretained all of the vigor of life and freedom of thoughtcharacteristic of the old institution but has takengreat forward impetus in all lines of religious andscholarly activity.Dr. Hulbert is a wise planner and a vigorous exe­cutor. Somewhat abrupt in manner as he appears onfirst acquantance, he shows a hearty interest in theaffairs of his students from their studies to theirclothes. As a teacher of Church History he is simple,clear and forcible.His classes have to work. He does not lecture muchbut draws the material out of the student. This isan old-fashioned method perhaps, but it has its merits- since it secures one thing, that the student keeps busyand learns something definite. The courses in ChurchHistory are popular among the Divinity men. TheUniversity regards itself fortunate in having as theDean, of the Divinity School so energetic an adminis­trator, so broad-minded a thinker, and so capable ateacher as Dr. Eri B. H ul bert.GEORGE S. GOODSPEED.A Practical nethod of Teaching.Dean Bulkley, of the department of Pedogogy, is en­dea voring to make her class-room serve as far as pos­sible the purposesof a practice school. After a sub­ject has been thoroughly developed by a series of lect­ures, a volunteer from the class leads in an hour ofconversation for the purpose of review. During thishour Dr. Bulkley notes with care the ideas advancedand the manner of procedure, so that she may giveher criticisms on the day following. This methodseems to meet with the favor of the students, and has 561thus far resulted in animated discussion and individ­ual insight into the practical application of pedagogicprinciple.Vagrant Notes.One hundred -and fifteen Yale graduates have died duringthe year.Mr. Harry Cornish of the C. A. A. in a recent letter to thepapers, said that the defeat (8-0) of the Athletic team by the'Varsity had no bearing on the question of the merits of thetwo teams, being merely a practice game. Just so. Pleaselisten:In days of old when David boldGoliath overcame,The giant said as he felt his head,"This is only a practice game."When England tries to win a prizeAnd fails to do that same,They mutter low as off they go"This is only a practice game."And now you try the same old cry,But, Cornish, it is tame,Because you're beaten, to repeat," This isonly a practice game."The University of California freshman class is forty per cent."co-ed."The Sequoia last week reveled in poetry. One of the longerpoems, "When We Come Back No More," deserves a highplace in college verse. We clip one stanza:I wonder if among the leavesA voice will whisper low,A little dreaming voice that grievesOver the long ago;If new filled places will forgetWho loved them best before,Or stir a little with regretThat we come back no more.The suit against Stanford University for $15,000,000, hasbeen decided by the United States court of appeals in favor ofthe University. A last appeal may possibly be made to theUnited States supreme court.Mr. Van Doozer a few weeks ago definitely resigned from'the life-saving crew and has re-animated the drooping form ofNorthwestern's football team:The stormy springtime season throughHe's at his place upon the crew;He rescues lives at duty's call,And then-he takes them in the fall.The University of Michigan Daily says calmly that Chicagois weak at full-back, and, if better candidates do not appear,Brown of the C. A. A. will be secured. The Daily's usual goodsense is warped by the ordinary Michigan sentiment. Somefew colleges are so notoriously corrupt in their athletic man­agement as to secure their players from professionals or semi­professio�al aggregations, and Chicago is not one of thoseinstitutions. Apropos of this it might be well to quote thefollowing from the Beloit Round Table:"Mr. Hollister, in a rather unfair way, considering the late­ness of the day, informed the Board of Control that he hadbeen induced by the athletes of the Uni versity of Michigan tocomplete his law course at that institution, but that his brother,Chas. Hollister, would accept the position at Beloit if offeredhim on the same terms."562 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.INTERFERENCE In view of the fact that some com-IN STUDENT ment has been made upon the editorialPOLITICS. of last week relating to the election ofthe president of the Academic <?ollege, the WEEKLYdesires to state its position regarding combined inter­ference in student politics. The WEEKLY first wishesto put itself on record as endeavoring to be perfectlyjust in every matter pertaining to the affairs of thestudents of the University. It is opposed to no ex- -graduate life in the University, his genial bearing,isting fraternity or society whatsoever, nor does it and well-earned popularity, is peculiarly fitted for thework before him. The WEEKLY wishes the newUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPURLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITORIAL BOARD.FREDERICK DAY NICHOLS,WILLIAM PIERCE LOVETT, MANAGING EDITORASSISTANT EDITORASSOCIATE EDITORS:G. W. AXELSON, C. S. PIKE, J. W. LINN,ELIZABETH MCWILLIAMS, H. 1'. CLARKE,AGNES S. COOK, W. W. ATWOOD, MARTHA F. KLOCK,J. S. BROWN, W. A. PAYNE,ABRAHAM BOWERS, H. D. HUBBARD.CHARLES H. GALLION, . BUSINESS MANAGERWILBER M. KELSO, ASSISTANT MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION RATE:One Quarter, $ 75One Year (Four Quarters), 2 50Office in Cobb Hall. Hours, 8 :30 to 5 :30.Address Communications to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY, 58th Street andEllis Avenue, Chicago.Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Chicago, Ill.stand for one organization in preference to any other;011 the other hand, it does stand for the best interestsof the whole student body. Any action which seemsdirected against the highest welfare of student life inthe University will be criticised without respect toorganization or individual.That the editorial in question, entitled '( Wire­pulling," was interpreted by some as a direct personalattack, is deeply regretted. Because of this feeling,the WEEKLY wishes to acknowledge that some of theinferences which were drawn in the editorial in ques-.tion were too severe and unwarranted. However,after some investigation of the details of the elec- tion, it appeared that the bare statements of thearticle were true; but a lack of time prevented allthe facts from being known. That the candidate wasnominated by a student who has twenty-eight majorsto his credit, and thus not entitled to a vote even,gave a very questionable tone to the whole affair.The WEEKLY takes pleasure in announcing .thatyesterday in an Academic college meeting, Mr. Lee,in order to avoid the questionable legality of the pre­vious election, magnanimously resigned all claims tothe office, and was upon motion of one of his oppon­ents at the previous meeting, unanimously elected tothe position of President of the Academic College.THE GENERALSECRETARY. Perhaps the most important actiontaken by any of the Christian organ-izations of the University since the inauguration oftheir work is that of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation in the election of a general secretary whoshall give his time and attention to the work for whichthe association stands. There is now an almost imper­ative demand, for just such work as that officer cando. His work is among the students and demandsclose touch with the student body and war� sympa­thy with student life, especially undergraduate life.This, no member of the faculty can, in the properdegree, possess. That teacher is indeed rare who cancome into relationship with his students so closely andintimately as can student with student. The necessityfor an active, earnest student in this capacity hasclearly been demonstrated in our own institution.The members of the Young Men's Christian Associa-tion here are especially fortunate in their choice of aman. Mr. Abells, from his wide knowledge of under-movement all possible success.HONOR IN The action of Rush Medical College lastFOOTBALL. Saturday in arbitrarily canceling its en­gagement with the University for a football game wasnot only puerile but dishonorable. Definite previousarrangement had been made for the game. At eleveno'clock Friday night Mr. Stagg received a telegramsaying that Rush " could" not keep the engagement,but giving no reason for the action. Attempts tosecure another game were made Saturday morning,but owing to the lateness of the hour were unsuccess-UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.ful. It is now known that Rush played Saturday atMadison, Wis. This puts the matter in even a worselight. The game here was" canceled at the eleventhhour," without reason, and another game was playedwith another team on the same day. As a resultRush will now go on the list with a certain otherschool which cannot enter amateur sporting circleswithout leaving honor behind.DEAN It is with .pleasure that the W�EKLY pre-HULBERT. sents in this issue a cut of Dr. Eri B. Hul-bert, Dean of the Divinity School and Head Professorof Church History. A short sketch of Dr. Hulbert'slife appears in another column. By reason of his formerservice in the Union Theological Seminary he is one ofour oldest instructors. This quarter he is living inSouth Divinity Hall in order that he may come intoclose touch with his students. The WEEKLY wisheshim many more years of success in his labors.Events.Notices for this column should be left at the WEEKLY office?r the Faculty Exchange before 9 : 30 A. M. Tuesday.Thursday, Oct. 17.Meeting ofY. W. C. A., Lecture Hall, I: 30.Friday, Oct. 18.Chemical Club, Room 20"Kent Hall, 5 P. M.Y. M. C. A., Lecture Hall, 6: 45 P. M.Philological Society, B 8 Cobb Hall, 7 : 30 P. M.Graduate Y. M. C. A., Lecture Hall, 6: 45 P. M.Undergraduate Y. M. C. A. Club Room, Snell Hall, 6: 45P.M.Saturday, Oct. 19.Football. Northwestern, Marshall Field, 3 : 30.Administrative Board of the University Press, Faculty Room,8: 30 A. M.Administrative Boards of the Graduate School of Arts andLiterature, and the Ogden School of Science, Faculty Room,9: 30 A. M.Faculty of Arts, Literature and Science, Faculty Room, II: 00A. M.Sunday, Oct. 20.Vesper Services. Lecture by President Harper, Chapel 3:30.Subject, Prophetic Situations, viz., Amos, Isaiah, Zephaniah;the Principles of Prophecy.Circular Letter to Fraternities.The following letter, written January -rst, 1894, wassent by Dean Judson to the different fraternities:In response to your request for interpretation of the Univer­sity requirement that membership in a secret fraternity shallbe limited to the University College and to the second year ofthe Academic College, I would say that this is understood toimply those students in the first year of the Academic Collegemust not be admitted to membership, or pledged or invited tobecome members. You may regard this, if you please, as theinterpretation of the requirement. 563Friday Evening Meeting.The Young Men's Christian Association, as per an-nouncement in the WEEKLY, was addressed lastFriday evening by Prof. W. W. White of the Bible In­stitute. The sub­j ect was Bib I eStudy and the pro­fessor emphasizedthe fact that whatis needed now is abetter knowledgeof the facts of theBible. Many peo­ple have read the';t Bible a great deal:j and yet have nosystematic knowl­edge of it. He.,..... �� quoted from manyPROF. w, w. WHITE. literary men show-ing that they considered the Bible the most valuableof all books in forming their style. He argued espe­cially for Bible Study as a source of strength to theindividual.A large number of students attended the meeting.After the address the courses for the year were an­nounced as follows:1. "Life of Christ" -class organized by the SnellHall boys. Other undergraduates are invited to join.Meets in Snell Hall each Sunday morning at nineo'clock. Mr. W. B. Owen, Leader.2. "Life of Christ, based on Gospel by John"­course for graduate students, meets every Sundaymorning at nine o'clock in the Faculty Room. .Mr.T. H. Tucker, Leader.In addition to these, six group classes were organ­ized ; -three on the campus and three off.Association Notes.The undergraduate section of the Y. M. C. A. will meet inthe club-room of Snell Hall, each Friday evening at 6 :45.Last Wednesday evening an important business meeting ofthe Young Men's Christian Association was held in the LectureHall.Next Friday evening at 6 : 45, the Y. M. C. A. will meet forthe first time in sections. The graduate section will meet inthe Lecture Hall. The place of meeting of the undergraduatesection will be announced on the Y. M. C. A. bulletin. Eachsection will be in charge of a committee from its own number.About fifty new men were elected to membership. Delegateswere elected to the Y. M. C. A. state convention which con­vened at Evanston yesterday. Upon recommendation of theAssociation cabinet it was decided to create the office of Gen­eral Secretary, the occupant of which shall devote one-half histime to direction and supervision of association work. Mr.Harry D. Abells, vice-president of the association and captainof the 'Varsity baseball team, was elected to the position andwill enter upon his duties at once.564 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.No Game Last Week.Saturday was an ideal day for football-for thosewho played. At the University the day was as quietas a Puritan Sabbath, and all because the naughty littlebone-breakers over on the West Side try to act funny.Of course it is no use to take anybody who is afraidto pursue a manly course, seriously, still even theantics of schoolboys sometimes become troublesome.The failure of the doctors from Rush to appear lostto the 'Varsity team a couple of half hours of valua­ble practice. The time, however, was not entirelylost, as the team put in three hours of hard work, prac­ticing a new code of signal.The reason for the non-appearance of Rush seemedto arise from the fact that they were piqued at theconstant allusion in the daily press to " practice gameswith Rush" and took the underhanded way of show-.ing their disapproval by refusing to play with the'Varsity. Had they notified Stagg in time no onewould have found fault with them as we had offersfrom far better teams for the day. Instead they senta telegram to Professor Stagg Friday at midnight,which action requires no further comment. It is tobe hoped that the crushing defeat at Madison came asa balm to their torn and lacerated feelings.Saturday's Game.The Northwestern team has said nothing andsawed wood, lately, and from that fact alone it is rea­sonably certain that the Methodists mean businessnext ·Saturday. Van Doozer is again with the teamand so is Culver, and the "old warhorse" is notlooking for a walkover. The game is sure to be hard­fought as it is well known that Northwestern haskeenly felt its recent reverses and from now on expectsto make up for lost ground.The fact that Phil Allen will probably not be ableto play need not discourage the 'Varsity enthusiasts,as Ketmann, who will probably take his place, isproving himself in every way a valuable man. Withthe practice he has had so far this week he should bein good shape by Saturday.The Chairs Have Come.The long-looked-for chairs for the grand stand havefinally been put in place and patrons of the game cannow be assured of a comfortable seat. About onethousand have so far been put in, with probably more to follow. The chairs are of automatic design whichgreatly facilitate egress from the stand.The management has heeded the WEEKLY'S advicein the matter of better accommodations for its patronsand will improve the tick-et-selling facilities as well asmake the entrance more attractive and less danger­ous. An extra fence will probably be built at thenorth end of the grounds.Gymnasium Suits Will Be Required.The University council has passed a. motion favor­ing the requirement of a uniform sty le of costume,to be worn by all undergraduates who do the regularclass work of the gymnasium. 'This action will prob­ably be taken also by the Board of Physical Cultureand Athletics, and it will remain for the latter organ­ization to determine the style and quality of the suit.Athletic Notes.Pennsy's game Saturday was declared off-rain.Trainer Raycroft has been on the sick list for the last fewdays. .There is a dearth of geod goal-kickers this year, East andWest. .Baird is back at Michigan for a course in engineering thefootball team.Michigan believes it has a fighting chance with Harvard, No­vember 9. Well! well!Harry Coy is expected to appear on the football field forpractice after the 24th inst.Three games out of four in the High School league, Satur­day, were won by a score of 28 o.A room has been partitioned off in the gallery of the men'sgymnasium to be used for physical examinations.Minnesota is evidently not the team this year that it has beenfor so long. Six to nothing against the Minnesota Boat Clubwas not a very creditable score to the University.Wisconsin is keeping up its record. Every team it has met,except one high school eleven, has scored on it thus far. Piel'sdrop-kick of Saturday, in the Wisconsin-Lake Forest game,was noteworthy as being the first of the season.Northwestern continues at a great pace. She meets the'Varsity next Saturday afternoon. The game ought to be in­teresting, though it hardly seems possible for NorthwesternUniversity to score. However, stranger things have happened.Princeton and Harvard have finally come together, and anagreement has ·been reached to play two years and perhapsthree. Cornell gives up its date with Harvard, which rendersthe meeting possible. The game will be played November 9,and mutual concessions were made in the rules.Wisconsin and Grinnell have been at much pains to get agame together this fall since Minnesota lost to Grinnell, 6-4.Beloit had arranged a game with Wisconsin, OCtober 19, butagreed to take another date later in the season; and Grinnellalso succeeded in getting that day free. The game will nodoubt be interesting, as getting a line on the Minnesota team;but the changing of dates is to be regretted seriously. Har­vard �nd Princeton are setting a bad example in the East, andthe West is quick to follow. If engagements are made, it goeswithout saying that they should be kept, if possible.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Hyde Park High School team -defeated the Evanston HighSchool Saturday, on Marshall field, by the score of 28 to o.The athletic management has under consideration the build­ing of additional "bleachers" for the east side of Marshallfield;B. J. Wefers, who ran successfully against the English cham­pions in the International races, has entered Georgetown Col­lege, Washington, D. C.Bucknell, with Frank Hering at quarter, has been scored onby only one team in four games-U. of P: 40-0. All its othergames it has won in hollow fashion.John V. Crum, the Sprinter of Iowa University, expects tocompete in the revived Olympian games at Athens next Aprilunder the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association. Afterthese contests he intends to take part in a number of events inEngland.The following games in the Snell House tournament whichbegun last Friday have been played.Rand defaulted to Sawyer.McIntyre defaulted to Stern.Hulshart defeated Sincere. . . 6-0, 6-0Van Osdel defeated Wieland. . . 6-3, 6-1Breeden defeated Dickerson . . . 7-5, 6-4Breeden and Van Osdel defeated Peterson and Stern 6 I 5-7,6-0It is the belief of many that Champaign, in spite of its defeat,fairly outplayed the C. A. A. Saturday. But for the splendidgains of Slater unassisted, and the unfortunate retirement ofHotchkiss, of Champaign, the State University shonld havewon. Man for man they were entirely outclassed; bnt in teamwork, interference, and" the altogether," they were far aheadof Camp's men. Their qnarter-back hampered them to a mar­velous extent, his slowness sometimes being almost beyondbt;lief.S »me football scores Saturday:Michigan , 42 Detroit........ . 0Minnesota.... 6 Boat Club 0Wisconsin '. ,' 28 Lake Forest , 5Northwesteru , 44 Armour "',., .. ,, oDoane , , , 10 S. U. I .. " _. '0C. A. A........ .. 8 U. of I 0yale, ' ' 8 Crescent , .. , 2Harvard , 4 West Point 0Princeton '... .. . 14 Lafayette 0For some reason, Harvard aud Yale this year are not makingtheir usual strong showing against the lesser teams. TwiceH irvard has won by the narrow margin of oue touch-down, andYale has already been scored upon, besides narrowly escapinga tie and shnt-ont from Brown. Perhaps the leveling is towarda higher standard in the smaller colleges; but it would ratherseem that the big pair are letting down this year. At presentit looks as though Pennsylvania has the call for the champion­ship this fall; but Yale's well-known spurt at the fag-end of'the season may bring the blue again to the top.'the cold weather during the past week has somewhatcooled the ardor of the following tennis enthusiasts entered forthe Fall Tournament of the University Tennis Association ..In singles Lausingh, Given, Hussey, Galt, Adkinson, Winston,Moffatt, Keith, Van Osdel, Torrey, Bateson, Ickes, Hill, Payne,Dougherty. In doubles, Galt and Hussey, Angell and Lansingh,Adkinson and Ickes, Hill and Torrey. Thus far only the fol­lowing games have been played.Hussey defeated Galt. ,....Keith defeated Van OsdelTorrey defeated BatesonHill defeated Ickes. . . . 7-5,10-89-7,8-66-4,6-06-0,6-0 505Miss Helen Tunnicliff spent Sunday at Foster Hall.Miss Anna Wilmarth spent Sunday at her summerhome, Glen Arden, Lake Geneva.A reception was given by the local chapter of Sigmathe last Friday evening at their house on Kimbarkavenue.The fourth initiation of the <Jmega club occuredlast week. A banquet given on Friday eveningclosed the ceremonies. The initiates were M. D.McIntyre and Byron B. Smith.The reception of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. onSaturday evening was unusually pleasant. Prof. andMrs. Mathews assisted the presidents of the two asso­ciations in welcoming the guests. Fancy lamps,couches and innumerable cushions gave the chapel ahome-like appearance. Fappe was served.The "guests" of Beecher Hall are fast learningthe charm of hall life at the University. The chafing­dish is back from its summer vacation aud nineo'clock spreads are quite the order of the evening.Misses Breyfogle, Livingstone, Matz, Harding, Ager­ter and Foster have entertained during the past week.The festivities connected with the D. K. E. initia­tion were concluded last Saturday evening. On theevening of the r r th, six Sophomores were duly initi­ated into the Delta Delta chapter at the lodge 5835Drexel avenue. Many of the alumni members, in­cluding several from the faculty, were present to enjoyor assist in the ceremonies. Afterwards refreshmentswere served. The banquet and party to the newmembers came on the following night, the former wasat the Fraternity home, from whence they adjournedto meet at the dance hall. Professor and Mrs. Jud­son, Professor and Mrs. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Rob­inson, Dr. Mitchell, Ralph Webster and Harry Cara­way were present at the party besides the activemembers of the chapter and their young lady friends,who were the following:Misses Butler, Kennedy, Coffee, Ide, McMahon, Thompson,Jones, Rew, Reddy, Hannan. Sibley, Grace Sibley, Speer, Free­man, Ben, Schwarz, Burkhard, Smith, Collin, Clark.The present membership of the chapter is as fol­lows:Messrs. Minard, Pike, Vaughan, Gale, Chase, Dougherty,Walling, Atwood, McClintock, Speer, I... aw, Bliss, Swift, Waltz,Ogilvie, Broughton, Palmiter, Harms, Pomeroy. Furbeck ,Gauss. • '566 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY ..Box-Party to the Weekly.A very pleasant box-party was enjoyed by themembers of the WEEKLY staff last Monday eveningat McVicker's theater. They were the guests ofJulia Marlowe-Tabor and Robert Tabor, the leadingAmericans producing Shakespeare's plays. The rarecharm of Mrs. Julia Marlowe-Tabor as an actress whointerprets the character of Montague's child wife, liesin her sweet womanliness. In the representations ofJuliette and Rosalind by most of the leading actressesof to-day, one is often charmed by the excellent elocu­tion or dramatic poses, and it is the thought of "whata dear interpretation that was" or "what a splendidpose was that." With Mrs. Tabor it is different. Itis always Rosalind or Juliette that is before the audi-JULIA MARLOWE-TABOR.Photo copyrt by B. J. Falk.ence, never Mrs. Tabor. All the charm then, ofShakespeare's conception of his characters comes di­rectly to the audience, without being impeded by somearbitrary or artificial interpretation. As one followsthe play of Romeo and Juliette, from the first Mrs.Tabor disappears from view, and the beautiful Juliettealone is present, sweet, pure" helpless in her girlishpassion. Mr. Tabor as Romeo is thoroughly wellfitted to the character. He is scholarly and artistic,and his acting recalls the careful art of Mr. BeerbohmTree. The remainder of the company deserve com­ment. Seldom does an actress receive the supportwhich was given Mrs. Tabor. The character of Mer­cutio was especially well represented, and the' 'nurse"was perfect. Mr. and Mrs. Tabor were repeatedlycompelled to answer curtain calls, and at the end of thefourth act the latter carried a bouquet of AmericanBeauty roses, sent her with the compliments of herguests. Miss Talbot was the chaperone of the evening, andwith the members of the WEEKLY staff occupied thethree boxes at the left of the stage. Those presentwere Miss Talbot, Misses Klock and McWilliams', andMessrs. Nichols, Lovett, Gallion, Kelso, Pike, Bow­ers, Clarke, Hubbard, Axelson, Atwood, Linn, Payneand Brown. The WEEKLY wishes to thank Mr. andMrs. Tabor for their hospitality and hope that theymay have even greater success in the future than theyhave had in the past.Majors and Minors.J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., is a member of the junior class ofBrown University.The cut of W. W. White, printed elswhere, is from theYoung Men's Era. .Typewriting and stenographic work done at the WEEKLYoffice. Hours 8 : 30 to 5 : 30.Do not fail to take advantage of the opportunity to get aCap and Gown offered by the WEEKLY.C. J. Hobeke '95 is coaching the football team of WiltonCollege, where he is now a teacher.Mr. F. T. Gates, the secretary of John D. Rockefeller, was atthe University on Saturday and Sunday.The entire edition of Vol. iv. No. I, of the WEEKLY, con­taining Dr. Bruce's Portrait, is exhausted._ Dr. Harry Fielding Reed, of Johns Hopkins University, isvisiting the departments of Physics and Geology.Considerable verse from the WEEKLY columns is receivingthe attention of the college publications, East and West.Prof. Rollin D. Salisbury gave the Chapel address yesterday.He told in a very interesting way of the recent Peary Expedi­tion.Several University students have obtained situations asticket agents for the Illinois Central at 31st st, 50th st, 57th stand 60th st.Professor Burton and H. L, Willett, Dean of the Disciples'Divinity House, conducted a Bible institute at the Universityof Michigan Oct. 6-9.It is reported that for the first time in the history of theinstitution, Lake Forest University has now a full fledged fra­ternity within its doors.It is the intention of many students to keep the annuals ofthe University from year to year. Those who have not obtaineda copy ofthe first annual may do so from the WEEKLY.The Mathematical Club and Seminar met in a social gather­ing last Friday afternoon at Ryerson Physical Laboratory, inorder to become acquainted with the new students of the de­partment.Mr. William E. Chalmers, of 133 Divinity Hall, had his.bicycle stolen Monday, between 4 and 4 : 30 P. M. The wheelwas of 1894 pattern, number 52636. It was standing in front ofthe south Hall locked with a strong padlock. How the thiefcould have removed the wheel to any great distance withoutdetection is a mystery.During the past two weeks Shailer Mathews, H. H. Donaldand C. E. Hewitt, members of the faculty, with their respec­tive families have occupied their new homes just east of theUniversity campus. The WEEKLY has viewed with pleasurethe erection of these beautiful new homes, since they are. sig­nificant of the growth and prosperity of the University. '.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY�Glee Club rehearsals began Monday night. The new mem­bers made a fine showing, and a strong club may be expected.Regular rehearsals will occur on Monday, Wednesday andThursday evenings at 7 o'clock.The first of Dr. Harper's course of lectures on "Prophecy"was remarkably well attended Sunday. Kent Theater wasfilled to overflowing by those interested in the latest interpre­tations of" Old Testament Prophecy."Carl Lundahl succeeded Edmund Cappenden as ruler �f theGymnasium. Mr. Cappenden is a hunter and trapper by pro­fession-the last of his kind. He left his position at the Gym.to begin operations on the wild animals in the woods ofMichigan.Attention is called to a description of the annual, "TheCap and Gown" given elsewhere. This superb book, whichwould sell for three dollars if published under ordinary cir­cumstances, is given free with a. year's subscription to theWEEKLY.Snell Hall has decided to have a football team. Its oldopponent, South Divinity Dormitory, has been challenged to acontest. Snell began its practice Monday afternoon. Mr. JohnLamay was elected captain. The game is to take place on Fri­day afternoon.In the Biological Department alone there are ten studentswho are working for the doctor's degree; nine were at Wood'sHoll during the summer. Among this number are four youngladies. The WEEKLY intends to publish soon an article on theMarine Biological Laboratory. .The department of Chemistry, this week, received samplesof the two newly discovered elements, "Argon" and "Helium"from the discoverer, Prof. Ramsey of London. "Argon was ob­tained from the atmosphere and Helium from a miueral. Thesamples are in bulbs for a spectroscopic examination.Miss A. Robbins, who is assisting in the business departmentof the WEEKLY, will take a limited amount of stenographicwork and typewriting, and professors and students wishingwork done in this line at any time are invited to call on her atthe WEEKLY office between 8: 30 A. M. and 5: 30 P. M.Manager Dyer of the Hotel Del Prado is endeavoring tomake his hotel headquarters for University people. The fac­ulty club rooms are located there and the following professorsare guests at the hotel: H. P.Judson and family, John Deweyand family, R. M. Lovett and wife, E. R. L. Gould and W. V.Moody.Professor Barnard came to the University Tuesday. TheCalifornia institutions have of late been favored with visitsfrom the distinguished astronomer, and everywhere he hasreceived the most flattering receptions. The college papers ofthe Pacific coast are unanimous in expressing their regret atlosing Professor Barnard, and in congratulating the Universityon obtaining so valuable a man. Brofessor Barnard left yes­terday for Lake Geneva to visit the site of the new Yerke'sObservatory.The Monday lectures down-town were inaugurated Monday,October 14, the auditorium at Stein way Hall being filled on the�ccasion of the first lecture by Dr: Harper on the History ofOld Testament Prophecies. There were seven hundred peoplepresent who enjoyed to the utmost Dr. Harper's learned dis­course. The extension department is greatly pleased at thebright prospects of this division of the department. At theconclusion of the course given by Dr. Harper, Professor Smallwill begin a n�w course.Students desiring to consult a physician or oculist will dowell to see Dr. J. G. Sinclair, one of our graduate students,whose card appears in another column. You may consult him free of charge in steward Hammond's office Fridays from 9 to10 A. M., and if glasses are needed he will guarantee satisfac­tion in fitting. Those not able to arrange a meeting here willfind him at his residence, 4I01 Grand Boulevard, during hisoffice hours, for which see his card. Any information thatmay be desired as to Dr. Sinclair's experience or qualificationsmay be had npon inquiry at the WEEKLY office.Book Reviews.American. Law of Real Property, by Christopher G, Tiedeman, Professorof the law of real properly in the Law Department of the Universr"tyoJ NewYm'k. Second edition, pP. 96I. The F, H. Thomas Law Book Company,publishers, St. Louis, ,Mo.Among the treatises upon real property worthy of the stu­dent's attention is that by Christopher G. Tiedeman. Thebook now is said to divide the patronage of law schools with" Williams" upon Real Property edited, by Professor Hutchins.Tiedeman upon Real Property is written from an Americanstandpoint and is a more exhaustive treatise of the Americanlaw of real property than any other withiu the compass of asingle volume; occupying as it does about one thousand pages,ample room is given for an exhaustive treatment of the subject,It is subject to criticism common to all the modern treatisesupon real property, in that there is no original thought dis­played in reference to explaining the manner of holding realproperty in America, which might well divide the space withthe explanation of the Feudal system of tenures.. By way of apology the author throws in a short note illwhich he says that this chapter is constructed on the supposi­tion that the student is familiar with the history of the Feudalsystem as presented by Blackstone, but what the Americanstudent desires to obtain, and should obtain at the very outset,is an explanation of the American system of tenures. In thisrespect, however, Mr. Tiedeman is not singular, he but followsthe example of. others. In the twenty-three chapters whichcomprise the book, one may obtain� a very good idea of thetechnical rules in reference to the ownership, transfer, and en­cumbrance of property and the incidents to which the sameare subjected.The citation of authority is certainly sufficient in a volumefor an elementary work. Upon the whole, it may be said thatTiedeman upon Real Property is the best book in the field it isintended to occupy.A Treatise on the Law of Private Corpora/ions, by Henry O. Taylor; oJ theNew York Bar, third edition, pp. 942. Bound in Sheep, Kay 6' Brother,pllblis1zel's, PMladelplzia, Pa.The law of corporation is not patterned after the law ofEngland, or any other country, consequently American authorsfind the field open for such treatment as their own ingennityand conception of the subject suggests, and the best worksupon the law of corporations are those produced by Americanwriters. Of single volume treatises adapted for the use of stu­dents and instructors, none seem to be more clearly or carefullyprepared than «Taylor upon Private Corporations," consid­ering the magnitude of the subject the volume is not largerthan demanded.The idea of a corporation, its origin and entity, is clearlyobtained. Its position as a person in jurisprudence is estab­lished, and all the legal relations arising from promotion, sub­scriptions, and acts done ou behalf of corporations, relationsbetween the state and corporations, and the stockholders andthe corporatiom, creditors and the corporation and credit­ors and officers and stockholders are explained in the light ofthe best authorities up to the period of publication of the work.In this day, when so much commercial business is transactedby corporations, no one volume treatise can claim to be ex­haustive, but as an elementary treatise Taylor upon Corpora­tions seems to be well adapted and worthy of commendation.567iv ADVERTISEMENTS.Classified Business Notices.Rooms.�724 WASHINGTON AVE., ROOMSwith board. Also good day board.Terms reasonable. ztfFOR RENT-Until May furnished orunfurnished, tst fiat, hot aud coldwater, Gas range, steam heat. MRS.CHAS. KUHNS, 5484 Monroe Ave. 2It'*FOR RENT-TWO FRONT ROOMSupstairs. 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Laundry (special rates).'C H. RICE, HARDWARE, 249 57th• St. Stoves and Household Articlesof every description. Duplicate Keysmade and locksmithing. We have stu­dents' light housekeeping utensils. 48�48t ARE yOU GOING TO THE "YEL·lowstone " next year? Save a gooddeal of money by providing for yourguide in advance. University peopleare recommended to correspond withAdam Gassert, Ciunebar, Mont. 45-4sf*COLLEGE BOOKS.College BooksBought,Sold,.And exchanged.Fulghum,BooksellerAnd Stationer,291, E. 55th St. I-tfDancing.McDOUGALL'S DANCING ACAD·emy, Rosalie Hall. Sessions andInstruction every Thursday eveningfrom 7 : 30 to II -: 30. Juvenile classesat 3: 30 P. M. Thursdays. For furtherinformation apply to R, J. McDougall,6406 Ellis Ave., or to F. O. Excell, 3814Rhodes Av.MR. AND MRS. ROBT. METCALFE'Sschool for Deportment and Dane­iug now open for the season '95-'96.Classes for beginners meet Tuesdaysand Fridays at 8 P. M. Advanced class,Fridays 9 P. M. Special rates given toUniversity students,' Academy 6306Washington Ave., formerly Hope Ave.Personal interview preferable. 49tfThe Students' Exchange.For the convenience of new studentsand all others who wish to take advan­tage of such an arrangement, theWEEKLY will conduct for a few weeksa "Students' Exchange." Communica­tions between students may be left at theWEEKI.Y office where they will be takencare of until called for. The office willbe open from 8:30 to 5:30 and a pigeon­hole case has been provided large enoughto contain letters, papers and small pack­ages. Letters for students whose addressthe mail carrier does not know will beleft until called for. Subscribers whowish to get their copies of the WEEKLYfiat, in condition to be bound, or who donot want to wait for them until the regu­lar delivery on Thursday, may call forthem at the Exchange Wednesday even­ing or Thursday morning. For this pur­pose the office will be kept open until9 o'clock Wednesday evening. A bookwill be kept in which students may regis­ter .their addresses and hours of recita­tions for the benefit of friends who maywish to call on them. Students leavingthe University should leave their futureaddresses so that mail or express pack­ages addressed to them may be promptlyforwarded. An attendant will be pro­vided and everything done to make thisarrangement as much of a convenienceto students as possible. The office of theWEEKI.Y is in the basement of CobbHall.Amusernens.McVicker's Theater:Denman Thompson's beautiful play,"The Old Homestead," conies to Me­Vicker's Theater, Sunday, October zoth.Theater-goers seem to hunger for • 'TheOld Homestead" and each succeedingengagement proves its power of pleasing to be ever on the increase. Like goodwine, time seems to improve its quality.The piece has the advantage of beingwithout an imitator, its stands alone andoccupies a niche all to itself in the realmsof dramatic literature. It stands alone asthe only play enjoyed by all classes, andwhich the fashion of the great cities nevertire of seeing.Chicago Opera House."For Fair Virginia." a roman tic playby Mr. Russ Why tal, is at the ChicagoOpera House. This is the sallie produc­tion which created so much kindly com­ment last season in New York, where itattracted prosperous attention at theFifth Avenue Theater. While distinctlySouthern in tone and sentiment, as itstitle suggests, the play is said to furnishan original and ingenious treatment of anexceedingly interesting story, full ofheart and home, and absolutely void ofsensationalism.Mr. W. Waugh Lander, director ofthe piano department of the ChicagoNational College of Music, began aseries of piano talks and lecture recitals,in Kimball Recital Hall, 243 Wabashavenue, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 15, at3:30 o'clock, The present course willconsist of seven. Four will include im­portant works of Beethoven, Liszt, Tau­sig, Balakirew, Scarlatti, Bach, Clementi,Mozart, Haydn, Hummel 'and Weber,and three will comprrse operas of Wag­ner :-" Rienzi," "Parsifal," "Ring ofthe Nibelungs," "Tristan and Isoldi"and the "Mastersingers." Mr. Landerwill give these lecture recitals of specialworks in advance of their performanceby the Thomas orchestra and the Dam­rosch German Opera Company, so as toaid the musical public, teachers aud stu­dents who desire familiarifv with thecompositions an opportunity -for the pur­pose of a better understanding and ap­preciation, when hearing them played bya full orchestra, etc. The musical pub­lic, especially teachers and students, willbe admitted by card, which can be ob­tained of Director Perkins at the officeof the College, 26 Van Brown street."The Sphinx will be. followed byJerome, Wood and Shepherd's Broadwaycomedians in Mr. Jeromes laughablecreation en titled "Town 'Topics." J er­orne has written and sung more success­ful parodies than any other writer living.Last season "My Pearl is a Bowery Girl,"and" Little Bunch of 'Whiskers on hisChin," were sung in almost every theaterand home in the country. The organiza­tion playing "Town Topics" is an ex­ceptionally strong one, including Woodand Shepherd, the musical comedians,the three sisters Merrilles, Conroy andMcFarland, the Irish Lords, Nelly Sell­nett, Maude Nugent, Fanny Woolett,Dudie Wilson, Effie Loraine and others.• I Town Topics" will be seen at theSchiller for but one week, beginningOct. 27. It will then give up the Schillerstage to Minnie Maddern Fiske in "TheQueen of Liars," adapted by HarrisonGrey Fiske, from the French of AlphonseDaudet and Leon Lennique, and in arepertoire of standard dramas includingIbsen's "A Doll's House." MinnieMaddern's return to the stage after herlong retirement has been warmly wel­comed, the best critics declaring her artto be more subtle and refined than ever.