UNIVERSITY. OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. IV, No. 16.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 23, 1896.THE FI\R TRI\VELER.FLORENCE WILKINSON.Long ages since, upon the planet EarthWas his unconscious pilgrimage begnnAt roseate rising of the hill-top sun.A traveler from the moment of his birth,He hailed no inn nor hospitable hearthTo rest him ere his journey's end was won;And when the ways of earth he had outrun, He knew not what his journey's end was worth.Now, as he travels on from sphere to sphere,Before, behind him in perspective dim,The long road lies to meet the horizon's rim.But still his journey's end is no more nearThan at that first sun-rising, roseate-clear,Long ages since, when God's hand beckoned him.UNIVERSITY FIRSTS.,PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE" OLDEST INHABITANT," THEODORE M. HAMMOND ..Everything has, or had, a beginning'; and the Uni­versity of Chicago, though ,SO singularly unique inso many particulars, .is no exception to the rule. Itwould be difficult indeed to definitely locate the be­ginning of the University. Some say it was, the rais­ing of the four hundred thousand dollars to completethe first million, some go back of that and give creditto the American Baptist Education Society, back ofthat again were the individual efforts (and who cancall them futile?) of prominent Baptists; while stillfurther back, without even yet reaching the realms ofancient history, was the melancholy fate of the oldUniversity. But leaving out of the question the con­sideratio� of the real beginning, and passing over theperiod covering that beginning-s-the Baptist efforts,the Rockefeller pledge, the early subscriptions, theformation of the Board ?f Trustees, the election ofPresident Harper and the selection of the Faculty.­and coming down to the time of the awakening of lifeupon the University campus, it occurs to me thatthere may be a few items of interest to this latter gen­eration of students regarding the first days and firsthappenings upon the campus.I had watched the progress of University eventswith consuming interest for several years, and it waswith a peculiar pleasure that I visited the campusearly in the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1891,and watched the breaking of ground for the erectionof the "Recitation Building" now known as Cobb�5111. There was no blare of trumpets, no ceremony,no speeches. There was a gang of laborers, a fore­ma�, a plow and several teams, scoops and wagons,.and work was started. The first furrow turned was exactly where the main entrance of Cobb Hall now is.The four blocks of campus were then in a most de­plorable physical state. Fifty-eighth street, such as itwas, led through the grounds from east to west, andGreenwood avenue had been laid out, but through awilderness of swampy, boggy land, and was not usedas a street. To the north were the Home for Incura­bles and a few little cottages on Ellis avenue, whichavenue was then little else than a streak of sand. Tothe west, a lonesome cottage on Ingleside avenue andto the south the old Midway, which was. a pictur­esque natural grove, and was utilized as the "familypicnic ground" of the South Park system. There.were no buildings for several blocks to the east. Atthat time water .stood to a depth of several inches overall the eastern half of the campus: From that day the.grounds were in the hands of the contractors andwork was rapidly pushed, the chief delays being occa­sioned by the stalling of wagon-loads of building ma­terial in the sand and muck of the so- called streetshereabout.August 1St, 1.892, I moved to the campus, and was,the first University official to be located here. Thelittle wooden shanty now standing to the north ofWalker Museum then stood in the grove in front ofCobb Hall and was used as the joint headquarters. of the contractor, architect and myself. Under thedirection of Judge D. L. Shorey, representing theBoard of Trustees, work upon the filling and improve-,ing of the campus was immediately begun. I' wasinstructed to get together a ga�g of laborers andwell remember a trip I took to the Worlds Fairgrounds, then the camping out place of hosts of un-716 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.employed laborers, on a sweltering August morning,and my return via Fifty-fifth street at the head of aspicturesque a procession as one could well imagine.This gang of men did the first of the tremendous workwhich bas been done in grading, leveling and beau­tifying the grounds. Well nigh one hundred thou­sand dollars. has been spent in the prosecution ofthis line of work upon the campus, and the end isnot yet.At that time the girders of the roof of Cobb Hallwere being placed, and the basement, now occupiedin part by the sumptuous apartments of the WEEKLY,and the luxurious and elegantly appointed headquar­ters of the Superintendent, Engineer, Steward andPostage-stamp dispensary, contained about seven feetof rain water, and during a great part of the monthof August a city fire engine was vigorously engagedin pumping that water out and insinuating it towardthe swamp between the present sites of Foster Halland Haskell Oriental Museum.President Harper insisted that he should move hisoffice into Cobb Hall on the first day of September,and in accord with his resolution, work on the inte­rior of the building was rushed with tremendous en­ergy. The most that could be said, however, on theafternoon of August 31, was that a floor had beenlaid and windows were in place. There were nodoors, 110 stairways. Entrance to the building wasgained by means of a perilous trip along a twenty­foot plank stretched over a yawning abyss, at thebottom of which was mud and broken rock in endlessvariety. The official desks were moved in, however,and late that evening, by the light of a " penny dip,"I wrote a .letter to President Harper, informing himthat Cobb Hall was officially occupied. This wasthe first document ever written in and sent out fromthe University of Chicago.The next morning, September I, 1892, the Univer­sity came en masse, and moved into the press room,as that room was the only one which the carpentershad then gotten out of. The room was occupiedthat day, and a large amount of business transactedby President Harper, Recorder C. R. Henderson,Registrar Grose and his assistant, Geo. E. Robertson,Director George Henderson and Secretary Butler ofthe University Extension Department, Director Heathand Manager Kilborn of the Press Department, andmyself. In this connection it is an interesting com­mentary on the mutability of all human affairs thatof all the above persons, not one, the President aloneexcepted, to-day remains in the service of the Uni­versity in his original capacity. Others who beganwork here during that eventful month might beadded to the list, notably Dean Alice Freeman Pal­mer, Head Janitor Ellis, Miss Jessie Stover and thelate lamented Benbow. During the succeeding few weeks the executiveoffices of the University were successively in everyroom on the first floor of Cobb Hall, and in some rooms :several times. The number of times that I have per­sonally shifted these executive departments is almostbeyond computation. In those days it was a commonthing for the officers of the University to greet eachother with "Good morning, where are you to-day?"There was a constant good-natured rivalry to score afirst something, and there is not one of that originalband but claims the distinction of having done someone thing first in the University. President Harperis content with the inestimable distinction of havingtaken the first official bite at the first meal in the Com­mons, September 22. That day also noted the firstentrance examinations held in the building.The University Commons 'began operations, as Iha ve noted, ten days before the opening of the firstquarter, without gas, without equipment, withoutanything but appetites, in a dark and dismal under­ground passageway, totally at variance with anythingelse connected with the University, and it was a fail­ure. Its history, under various managements, and invarious guises, is one unbroken record of dissatisfac­tion, distress and disaster. If ever anyone thing onearth or under the earth was a "hoodoo," it was theUniversity of Chicago Commons. The less said of itthe better.The carpenters worked unceasingly through themonth and had Cobb Hall in fairly presentable shapeby the last week. During that week there arrived atthe University countless loads of schoolroom furni­ture, crated and burlapped, and it was stowed awayon the upper floors. The last of it came on the after­noon of September 30. I had advertised for thirtylaborers to come prepared to work all night. Theycame. Not only thirty, but ten times thirty, and Iwas nearly mobbed in making a selection. Just atdark the fun began, and it was a memorable night inthe history of the University. President Harper andMr. Grose with ten men on the fourth floor, Mr.Ellis with ten men on the third floor, and I with tenmen 011 the second floor, put in the entire night bythe none too brilliant light of tin lanterns, stripping,sorting and placing a quota of desks, chairs andtables in each recitation room and library, and sweep­ing out the crating, excelsior, burlap and dust. Ateight o'clock on the morning of Saturday, OctoberI, 1892, Cobb Hall, which twelve hours before hadbeen a gloomy wilderness of crated furniture andsawdust, was precisely as you see it to-day. We dis­missed our thirty laborers, washed our faces, swal­lowed some strong coffee, and came back at 8 : 30 toattend to the throngs of incoming students--and theUniversity of Chicago was open to the world. If Iremember rightly the first football practice was in-UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.'dulged in that same afternoon, in Washington Park.The first chapel service was also held that noon.This was an impressive service. The platform wasoccupied by the President, Deans Hulbert, Judsonand Palmer and Professor Galusha Anderson. Inone of the front seats sat the venerable Dr. WilliamDean, and in the chairs to the right of the platformsat that much talked of and widely heralded Faculty,its initial appearance as a body before a waitingworld. The audience rose and sang" Old Hundred,"and joined in the Lord's Prayer;" Nearer, my God, toThee," was followed by the responsive reading of theXCVth Psalm, and then Dean Judson read some pas­sages of Scripture appropriate to the occasion. ATe Deum was sung, and Dr. Galusha Anderson offeredprayer. "Hail to the Lord's anointed" was sungby the audience and the benediction was pronouncedby Dean Eri B. Hulbert. Not a word was spoken inthe form of an address, no lavish promises made, nofulsome self.congratulation indulged in, and while itwas precisely such a chapel service as has been heldhundreds of times since, every person present seemedimpressed with the solemnity of the occasion. Thefirst meeting of students was held that afternoon also,for the purpose of deciding on a college yell. Themeeting was led by Professor Stagg, assisted by JesseD. Burks, now of the University of California.The dormitories were not. so nearly completed aswas Cobb Hall. It was several weeks before theDivinity students enjoyed any such luxuries as doorknobs and transoms. Not the least of our troubleswas the unfinished condition of the Beatrice, whichhad been leased for a women's dormitory, and theDrexel, on Fifty-sixth street, which served the purposeof an undergraduate dormitory, the foundations ofSnell having just been laid at that time. I dare saythere are few young women who would care to repeatthe experiences of the first few weeks in the Beatrice-sleeping in blankets on bare floors and studying bydaylight, or not at all, were some of the least annoy­ing ; while life in the Drexel, with its almost totallack of accommodations, was" one continual round ofpleasure," to quote an early resident. The firstdeath in the University, that of Mr. Timothy Cun­ningham, occurred November 26, 1892. The firstmarriage of students, I believe, was that of LincolnHulley and Miss Eloise Mayham, in the summer of1893. The first edition of the WEEKLY appearedsimultaneously with the opening of the Universityand was edited by Emory M .. Foster, now city editorof the Washington, D. C., Daily Times, and pub­lished by Mr. W. F. Durno, now of the business staff 717of the Chicago Record. The first edition of the Uni­versify 0/ Chicago News, the University's ambitiouslittle daily, appeared during the first week of theUniversity. It was edited and published by HowardRoosa, now sporting editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean,and John G. Fryer, who is now at the Newton 'rheo­logical Seminary.The first regular sidewalk was laid in front ofDivinity and Graduate Halls October 13. Previousto that time the denizens of the buildings had beencontent with picking their way through heaps of mor­tar, sand and gravel. The first grass-seed was sownaround Snell Hall in April, 1893. The order of erec­tion of the buildings has been as. follows: Cobb,Graduate and Divinity, Kent, Snell, Library andGymnasium, Walker, Kelly, Beecher, Foster, Ryer­son, Haskell.Fire was first started in the boilers September 11,1892, and gas was first burned October 3. " StandardOil" was substituted for coal as fuel in October, 1894.The first letter was delivered oil the grounds on themorning of August 25, 1892, by Carrier Oliver J.Chenier, who still serves as University Mail-carrier.The mail-box now in the entrance of Cobb Hall wasfirst erected on a tree in the grove directly east of theChapel, on the first day of September. One collectionand two deliveries per day, however, would not suffi­ciently serve the business of the offices and for severalweeks, pending the action of the Post-office departmen t,Abraham Bowers, now of the WEEKLY staff, madebi-hourly trips to" and from the Hyde Park Post-office.Mr. Bowers, by the way, was the first student of "theUniversity in actual residence, and during that firstmonth served in the capacity of University Mercury.And so, by a reference to my memoranda, I mightenumerate firsts ad infinitum, but it would onlyweary the already patient reader. Suffice it to sayit is fairly overpowering to contemplate the enormityof the work done here in these four short years in apurely physical sense. I trust this article may befollowed by a better one from some more facile pen,detailing the firsts and the accomplishments in aneducational way.Certainly the one dominant feature of' the wholephysical history of the University has been push, andhow well that spirit has been maintained throughoutthe whole policy and history of the institution, everystudent to-day knows and realizes. Viewed in thelight of other days, what may we not expect to seeaccomplished when the twentieth century shall havebeen ushered in, "and what mortal mind can now graspthe scope of the University of Chicago, A. D. 2000?There is always sunrise somewhere!Though the night be round the dawn,Somewhere still the east is bright'riingWith the rosy flush of dawn, What though near the bat is flitting,And the raven croaks his lay,Somewhere still the sun-birds greetingflails the rising of the day! -Ex.718 UNIVERSITY OF, CHICAGO WEEKLY.A Resume of Horace's Odes.FERN' BELLERIVE.All praise to the fellow that doesn't imbibe,And his virtue for wine never barters;His glorified name, 'tis but right to inscribeWith the names of apostles and martyrs.But give me the lad that will frolic and playWith the heart of a true bacchanalian;Whopasses h is nights in the jolly old way,. And comes home with the gait of a Salian. I honor the girl from whose maidenly lipsNo kiss can be stolen by any;Like the mountains' exalted and snowy- capped tipsBe her glory through ages full many!But here's to the darling that sits on my knee,And responds to my kisses with laughter;MaY' her life be a happy and jubilant spreeBoth now and forever hereafter . ��IITHE lOW J\-CHICJ\GO DEBJ\ TE.The audience which greeted the debaters at IowaCity on the evening of the 17th was large and enthu­siastic. It was a typical western assembly, inspiringto address if sympathic, and disheartening if antago­nistic. In no other contest has the influence of anaudience as much weight as in a debate, without thehelp of the hearer the speaker is only half a speaker.There was a striking contrast in the methods of pre­senting the subject by the different sides. The affirma­tive 'appealed to the reason of the judges through anemotional audience, and they succeeded, as the resultshows. The negative argued the question and ap­pealed directly to the reason of the judges; but it wasin vain, and the lesson to be derived is a good one:carry your audience and nine times out of ten thejudges will go along.The question, "Resolved that further territorialextension by the United States is' undesirable,"was stated in rather an unfortunate manner, since theword "undesirable" makes the negative a doublenegative. The first speaker for the affirmative, Mr.Shorett, laid the foundation upon which was built theentire argument for the affirmative. The question re­ferred to the present, the speaker maintained, andtherefore the existing conditions in the country for­bade the consideration of annexation, and that thepresent evils would be increased by further extension.He also offered unrestricted reciprocity as a means ofenjoying commercial advantages with the countriestinder discussion.Mr. Shorett gave too much time to the present con­dition of internal affairs, he gave no reason why theannexation of territory would increase the difficultyof the I situation, he merely said it would. Mr.Whyte, the first speaker for the. negative, disagreedwith the first speaker for the affirmative upon thepoint that" the present" was to determine the desira­bility of territory, the question had to be taken as itwas stated. Mr. Whyte then went on to show whyCuba and Hawaii should be annexed, and made out astrong case for the negative. He answered the un­restricted reciprocity argument on illustration of bow Cuba is compelled to take flour from Minnesota viaSpain, because Spain has placed such high dutieson American flour that it is cheaper for the Cubansto buy from Spain than directly from the UnitedStates.Mr. Moon, the second speaker for the affirmative,started out by casting a look of scorn mingled withnarcotic pity at the gentleman who had just finishedspeaking. Mr. Moon's entire speech was containedin that lock-e-it was sarcasm, scorn and pity all theway through; he did not have to use argument, theaudience helped him out wonderfully. He re-hashedthe story of the internal condition of the country,condemned the Chinese and Portuguese of Hawaii, andbrought to life again that ancient joke which Chicagohas to listen to from all antiquarians, namely thatshe has the fever of annexation herself, and that wasa good reason why men hailing from the windy cityshould wish to inherit the earth.Mr. Baker, the second speaker for the negative,confined himself to reasons why Canada should be­come a part of the United States. Mr. Baker con­fined himself strictly to argument and presented factswhich were never denied by the affirmative. Hisposition was attacked by the next speaker, but to theunbiased mind the proof which the second negativepresented withstood all rebuttal. Mr. Baker failedin impressing his most important points, he did notdrive them far enough, and to the casual mind theywere ineffective as arguments.Mr. Hansen, the last speaker for the affirmative,opened with a reference to the foreign problem withinthe state, the old story of internal conditions. " Wecan live within ourselves, we fear no nation; let onecome, let them all come," he patriotically exclaimed,but very inconsistent with such a statement was anotherwhich he made a minute afterward-in talking of theacquisition of Canada he said that it meant war withBritain, the most powerful nation on land and sea inthe world. He attacked Mr., Baker's argument forCanada and made mountains out of molehills. Mr.Hansen was perhaps the most argumentative of thelJNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.i� speakers for the affirmative, he spoke deliberately andpointedly and was well received by the audience.Mr. Woodruff, in closing for the negative, madeone of the strongest arguments of the evening. Hisfree and easy manner was a welcome change from thedeclamation which preceded him. Mr. Woodruffsummed up the arguments for the negative. Heshowed the Greater United States on the map, itsexcellent boundaries, its commercial position, itslarger markets and wider opportunities. Not land­grabbing but self-preservation was his theory. Itwas a fitting close to the argument for the negativeChicago Public Library Station at the University.It is desired to make new students familiar with thefact that the General Library on the northeast cornerof the campus is also a . delivery station for the Chi­cago Public Library.Cards, entitling holders to free use of the additionalresources contained among more than two hundredthousand volumes, may be obtained at the GeneralLibrary of the University, the only delay occuring inthe first instance, when a certificate blank signedby guarantor must be deposited from two to four daysbefore the library card is issued. This requirement,easily complied with, places the resources of the Chi­cago Public Library at the disposal of students, andmakes unnecessary the purchase for the General Li­brary of books of fiction, to any great extent, thusallowing our own appropriations to be used for suchreference books as are needed in the pursuit of seriousinvestigations.The privileges of the City Library are also greatlyappreciated in connection with the use of Poole'sIndex and its supplements, as our own files of maga­zines are still incomplete. These latter, however,must be used at the City Library building as suchreference books do not circulate. Every facility forconsulting them is courteously offered and the refer­ence librarians at the City Library are always readyto furnish any assistance which may be needed bystudents of special subjects, and are prepared to ren­der such aid by wide and varied experience in thisdepartment of library work.The City Library agent calls at the General Libraryof the University each morning, about I I o'clock fororders and brings the desired books the day follow­ing. All students are cordially invited to take out,in addition to their University Library cards, thecards offered by the City Library, and as soon as pos­sible to familiarize themselves with at least the prin­cipal reference books likely to be of use to them intheir studies.Whatever a man seweth that shall he also rip.-- Yale Record, 719and clinched some points which were never assailed.The rebuttals were too short, for the negative Mr.White took point after point made by the affirmativeand showed their fallacy, no wit, no sarcasm, nobluff, but plain statement of fact. Mr. Moon in hisrebuttal for the affirmative used bluster and glitteringgeneralities, appealed to the audience for applause. and received it and gained the decision of the judgesthrough the audience.The decision of the judges was unanimous for theaffirmative. The debate was won on the way theargument was presented, not on merits of the facts.Glee and Mandolin Clubs.The Glee and Mandolin Clubs gave a concert Sat­urday evening at Riverside. A large and interestedaudience greeted them in the town hall. The pro­gram was the same as that given on the trip. Afterthe concert refreshments were served to the membersof the clubs and an informal dance was given.This was the last concert before the one at CentralMusic Hall on February the eleventh. The ticketsfor the big concert will be on sale some time in ad­vance at the University Press. The clubs are in bet­ter condition this year than ever before to give a fineentertainment, and a large crowd is expected at theannual concert. The program will be almost entirelynew, many of the pieces being the compositions ofstudents now in the University. The principalorig­inal songs which the Glee Club are now practicingare" To Arms," and the" Baseball Song," by Mr.Horace Lozier '95, and an arrangement of " LittleBoy Blue," by Mr. H. J. Smith' 97. There are ru­mors abroad that a reception and dance are to begi ven the clubs after the concert by a friend of theUniversity in the city. The managers, also, are spar­ing no pains and expense to make the concert a grandsuccess. It is hoped that the professors and studentswill do all they can to help them by their patronageand support.Graduate Club Meeting.At the President's house, Friday evening. at 7 : 30o'clock, an interesting meeting of the Graduate Clubwill be held. Merton L. Miller and Miss E. A.Glover, delegates to the recent national convention ofgraduate clubs, will tell what was done there. Dr.Ferdinand Schwill and Dr. W. C. France will lead adiscussion on the subject "Student Migration," orthe tendency to go from school to school for specialwork with specially known men, without remainingin one place.Of all sad words of tongue or penThe saddest are these: "Our women are men.-Cornell Era.720 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLYPUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOEDITORIAL BOARD.fREDERICK DAY NICHOLS,WILLIAM PIERCE LOVETT, MANAGING EDITORASSISTANT EDITORG. W. AXELSON, ASSOCIATE EDITORS:C. S. PIKE, J. W. LINN,ABRAHAM BOWERS, ELIZABETH MCWILLIAMS,AGNES S. COOK, W. W. ATWOOD, MARTHA F. KLOCK,J. S. BROWN, W. A. PAYNE,H. T. CLARKE, J' P. WHYTE, EDITH M. SCHWARZ,H. D. HUBBARD, H. T. WOODRUFF.CHARLES H. GALLION,WILBER M. KELSO, BUSINESS MANAGERASSISTANT 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.ANNOUNCEMENT. The WEEKLY announces this weekthe resignation from the staff, of Harry D. Hubbard,and the election of James P. Whyte and Harvey T.Woodruff.SETTLEMENT Next Thursday, the Day of Prayer forMEETING. Colleges, will be observed appropriatelyby the University, regular class exercises being sus­pended. In the afternoon a meeting in the interest ofthe University Settlement will be held. We bespeakfor this meeting a full attendance from the membersof the University,be made later. More definite announcements willROCKEFELLER It is interesting to note, in view of theSUPPORTS long-pending controversy over theVON HOLST. Monroe doctrine, that Professor vonHolst has received a letter from Rev. F. T. Gates,Mr. Rockefeller's private secretary, saying tbat bothMr. Gates and· the founder of the University com­mend the stand taken by Professor von Holst andsympathize with his view as expressed in criticism ofMr. Cleveland's Venezuela policy. Professor vonHolst refuses to show the letter or to discuss its con­tents, CENTRAL MUSICHALL CONCERT. The time is fast approachingwhen the Glee and MandolinClubs will give their annual concert, at CentralMusic Hall on Friday evening, February the r q.th ,The clubs have worked bard and earnestly for monthspast, and as a result they have a program whichcannot be excelled, and the presentation of which haswon enthusiastic plaudits from their audiences. Thiswill be the opportunity for the University students toshow their appreciation of the hard and successfulwork of our musica.l organization, by attending theconcert en masse. The attendance formerly has beenexcellent; this year, if all could hear the program inadvance, Music Hall would not hold the people.ANOTHER Liberties taken by guests in the Women'sNUISANCE. Houses on the occasion of recent hospital­ities offered to the University show that the member­ship of the University is not entirely free from personswho are either ignorant of generally accepted socialcustoms, or whose idea of fun is of a low order andout of place where self-respect and consideration forthe rights and property of others prevail as widely asin the University of Chicago. Visitors at the Uni­versity have frequently spoken of the courtesy anddecorum which characterize the social life and whichgive it more features in. common with well-orderedsociety than is usual in college communities, andany carelessness or bad manners should meet withsevere rebuke.UMPIRES Last Wednesday evening the 'VarsityAGAIN. basket-ball team was defeated ill a well-played game by the German Y. M. C. A. While itwas generally conceded on the whole that the teamwork of the Germans was superior to the 'Varsity,this, in large part, was counterbalanced by the 'Var­sity's brilliant individual playing. On the whole theevening was a very unsatisfactory one, a fact dueto the incompetent or partisan umpiring. As hasoccurred very often in our past athletic history, thosein charge of the teams failed to secure, as was theirjust right, equal representation among the umpires,indifferently permitting two men closely connectedwith the German Club to officiate. As a result therewas a marked favoritism shown to their own team,especially in the last inning when the tie was beingplayed off. While in the previous inning the num­ber of fouls had been evenly divided between the twoUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.teams, in the last inning there were five countedagainst the 'Varsity, the last one of which won thegame. Some of these were palpably unjust, whereasmany flagrant violations of the rules by the otherteam were left unnoticed. Negligence or indifferencein selecting umpires is fatal to the interests of anyathletic contest and is 'inexcusable.DEBATING. Twice we have met the representativesof sister Universities in debate and twice we havebeen defeated. The moment one of the Chicagodebaters stepped into the debating halls of the Iowasocieties he felt that the debate had been won onthe platforms of those halls, and the result of thedebate confirmed the thought. We have on handthree more debates. Our chances for winning arevery poor .. Our boys need more practice than merelythe preliminary debate. They must be able to adapttheir arguments to the points which the opposite sidemay present-and to do this, practice in extemporespeaking is decidedly necessary; no debater can af­ford to be compelled by lack of experience to stick soclosely to the committed production that he cannotconnect his points with arguments used against hisposition. The debater must be able to think on hisfeet-to think clearly, and to think to the end. Wehave no societies of supreme importance. At Iowathe weekly debate is one of the features of the college.It is largely attended and when the preliminaries areheld, not six men but thirty are ready to measureswords for the honor of representing their University.We need work.· Work means victory. What indig­nation there would be if our baseball team shouldhold preliminary practice games only before eachevent, instead of drilling for two or three hours everyday for three months before the season opens. We donot wish to be one-sided. We are not ashamed of ourathletic teams, and surely in this University above allothers, where graduate work is so important a factor,the brain ought to be of just as good material as thebrawn.President Harper Goes East.The vacation President Harper is supposed to betaking would not be a vacation for many people. Afew days ago he was suffering from a bilious attack,sufficiently serious to demand two visits from thephysician in one night. Tuesday he left Chicagoon the Nickel Plate R. R., for an important businesstrip eastward. He will return the last of the week. The Associations.Y. it. C. A.The topic for discussion at the next session of theYoung Men's Christian Association is "CollegeBlues." Friday evening, 6 : 45.An Original Plan.Perhaps many young men in the University arenot aware that an especially unique plan of meetingshas been arranged by the Young Men's ChristianAssociation for the present quarter. The plan issomewhat as follows: Each Friday evening duringthe' quarter some special phase of everyday collegelife is to be uniformly discussed. Everyone is in­vited to speak and express his opinions freely and dowhat he can to make the meetings practical and help­ful. Such subjects as "College Chums," "CollegeBlues" and" College Courtesies" will be discussedin their relations to everyday life. More about theplan may be learned by attending the meeting Fri­day evening at 6: 45. Graduate section, LectureHall, Undergraduate section, Snell Hall.Y. W.C. A.The topic for to-day's meeting is "Christ Within;"John IS. Next Thursday, "Wayside Ministries,"Gal. 6 : 2.Miss O. R. Spencer, the traveling secretary in theinterests of the Student Volunteer Movement, willlead the meeting on Thursday, January 26.There will be a meeting of the missionary commit­tee immediately following the prayer-meeting onThursday, to confer with Miss Spencer concerningthis work.Miss M. E. Ellsworth, 5620 Ellis avenue, the chair­man of the visiting committee, will be greatly obligedto anyone who will send her word of any case of sick­. ness among the young women of the University. In. the busy rush of University life, friends are often illfor days without our learning of it. It is hoped thatwith the co operation of the students this committeemay help to keep us informed of each other, and may­render assistance in keeping those detained from theclassroom informed of their work.The Association will hold special prayer-meetingson Friday, at I : 30 P. M., and Saturday, at 10 A. M.,of this week, and each noon, at I : 30, except Thurs­day of next week. Next week, beginning Monday,January 27, has been chosen by the Association astheir week of prayer. Thursday, January 30, is theDay of Prayer' for colleges. During this week MissSimms, International College Secretary,. and MissChandler, State Secretary, will be with us for at leastpart of the time. A fuller notice of the meetings willbe given later in the week. 721722 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.�A��F'¥'¥=i�;::::;Fi=i'���������F=F����, of bounds. The Iowa men settled down to some ofthe prettiest team work ever seen on a basket-ball·field, but their goal throwers were unable to land the,ball in the basket on account of the excellent guard­ing of the Chicago team. Cerney won considerableapplause by recovering the ball on trial from foul andtossing two goals. Alschuler threw one goal from;�����������������I the field; Hutchinson, four goals from fouls; and Free-man, one from the field. Fouls were frequent on bothsides owing to the strict enforcement of the new rules,Chicago winning one more goal from this source thanIowa. Hubbard threw two goals from the field dur­ing the second half, and five from fouls, making thescore at the call of time, IS to 12 in favor of Chicago.At no time during the game did Iowa lead the score.Taken all in all this game was one of the prettiestseen anywhere. Iowa appreciated the excellent workof the visitors, and dispatches to Chicago papers speakin the highest terms of the 'Varsity representatives.The victory was practically due to Captain Hubbard'smagnificent work both in tossing goals from the fieldand from fouls. Out of fifteen goals two went toAlschuler and the remainder to the captain. Theteams lined up as follows:Iowa. Position. Chicago.Cerney. . . . . . Right forward (Capt.) HubbardHutchinson. Left forward ..... , MullenBailey (Capt.) . . . Center . . . . . GaryFreeman . , . Right guard .. '. . ... PeabodyHowell. . . . . . Left guard. . . . AlschulerSummary of score: Goals from field: Cerney (2), Freeman(r ), Alschuler (2), Hubbard (3) ; Goals from fouls: Hutchinson(9), Hubbard (10).EFEA T on the platform was followedby victory in the athletic contest.The University of Chicago Basket­ball Team won the first intercollegi­ate basket-ball game ever played inthe West, last Saturday evening, by the close scoreof IS to 12. The game was played with the StateUniversity of Iowa, at the Armory in Iowa City.'The trip to Iowa City was the longest ever made by abasket-ball team, and its successfully establishes thegame among intercollegiate athletics.The team, together with the debaters, left Chicagoon Thursday evening, in charge of Mr. Butterworth,and arrived at Iowa City Thursday at midnight.Friday and Saturday were devoted to rest and lightpractice, and Saturday evening every member of theteam was in perfect condition. Too much cannot besaid in praise of the courtsey and enterprise of Mr.Ruggles, manager of the Iowa team.The arrangements for the game were excellent.Printed bills were posted everywhere and the gamethoroughly advertised. The city armory was secured,a field marked off, and goals hung, furnishing anideal floor for the game. The town brass bandenlivened the occasion, and at least five hundred peo­ple crowded into the galleries and on the side lines towitness the contest.After each side had taken a few preliminary trialsfor goal, and a little practice at passing the ball, Cap­tains Bailey and Hubbard tossed for choice of goal,Iowa winning the choice. The ball was put in playat 7 : 45. In two minutes Chicago had won the firstgoal, and then began to play faster. Goals weremade rapidly by each side, partly from fouls. Garreyat center was more than a match for Captain Bailey,and repeatedly secured the ball on the toss-up.Alschuler succeeded in breaking away from his manand tossed a neat goal in about the middle of the half.The excellent work of Hutchinson in throwing goalsfrom fouls was a feature of Iowa's side of the contestand won much applause. The Iowa men, however,were bewildered at first by Chicago'S manceuvres, andwere unable to follow the rapid changes of position.The half closed with the score 7 to 5 in honor ofChicago.The second half opened with perhaps the fastestplay of the game. The ball flew from one end of thefield to the other many times, affording abundant op­portunity for neat signal work in passing in from out Other Athletic Notes.NOTICE.Members of the Tennis Association,Inasmuch as the president elected January IS isunable to serve, on account of absence from the Uni-. versity, it will be necessary to have a second election.A meeting will be held in the Lecture Room of CobbHall Friday, January 24, at 12:30,P. M. All areurged to be present.WM. E. MOFFATT, Secretary.Eastern Athletes Challenged.Representatives from the Western IntercollegiateAssociation met last Friday in Chicago to formulateplans for the annual meet to be held in this city thisspring. The committee could not agree on anydefinite plan, and on what grounds the contest shouldtake place. The executive committee finally votedto place the matter in the hands of a sub-committeemade up of representatives from each college.By far the most important action taken was thedecision to confer with the Eastern IntercollegiateAssociation, and try to arrange a dual meet. It isproposed to pit the winners of the respective meets •...•UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.against each other, time and place to be arranged bya committee.The colleges represented at the meeting were theUniversities of Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Chicago,Lake Forest, Northwestern, and Grinnell College.Michigan has withdrawn from the association and isreported to be knocking at the portals of the EasternAssociation for admittance to the Mott-Haven games.Baseball.The large number of candidates who have enteredfor, regular baseball practice in the last few weeksaugurs well for a strong team this spring. Some ofthe men showed marked improvement while othersare still handicapped by a kind of stage fright inci­dent to the first few days of practice. Clarke andBrown have begun to limber up for the work in thebox. Saturday has been set apart for batting in thecage, while general practice marks the work duringthe other days ill the week. All the men of lastyear's team, at present in the University, have beenon hand, and the friendly rivalry of new candidatesgives spice to the practice. Among the new men.who deserve special mention are Sweet, Hirsch­berger, G. Clarke and Kennedy.Chicago Verse.A Measure of Contentment.A pretty dress,A stray caress,A husband or a lover;Some diamond ringsAnd jeweled things,A novel-yellow cover;A purse well filled,A handmaid skilled,A boudoir sweetly scented,A box of creams-And this bard deemsA woman is contented.ELIZABETH MESSICK.Romeo and Juliet.It was npon the stage they met,The beauty and the beau,She played unhappy JulietHe, luckless Romeo.They died together; then they met,Made hungry by their woe, 'And dined together, Juliet.. And Iuck less Romeo. i;-The hours grew small, and smaller yet,The bill it grew alsoBefore uprose fair Juliet,And luckless Romeo.. Before his eye� the bill was set,­He turned as white as snow;Twelve dollars for what [ul i-ezDid luckless Rome-a!J. W. L. Vagrant Notes.It has been definitely decided to have no professional base­ball coach at Yale this year.- Yale News.D. H. Jackson of Cornell has returned to Lake Forest Uni­versity for the remainder of the college year.J. V. Crum, the great hundred-yard dash man of the Univer­sity of Iowa, has announced his permanent retirement from thetrack. He will not therefore take part in the games at Athensnext summer.Henry T. Clarke, quarter-back and pitcher in the ChicagoUniversity foot and baseball teams will enter the Universitynext fal1.-U. of M. Daily.Moulton has been re-engaged to train the athletic teams ofthe University this year. Some attempt was made to installCaspar Whitney as Censor of Athletics, but the scheme failed;The girls of the University of the City of New York are aboutto organize a crew. A shell has been purchased and a trainersecured, and candidates for places are now all that is lacking.So far only three have shown up.Arrangements have been made whereby the Morgan ParkAcademy baseball team will have the use of the cage in the'Varsity gymnasium on Saturdays, for batting practice.They will commence work in the cage this week.The Harvard-Princeton debate this year will be upon thequestion, "Resolved, That Congress should take steps to retireall legal tender notes." The debate takes place at Cambridge,March 30, and Princeton has the affirmative side.The basket-ball team met defeat last week at the hands ofthe German Y. M. C. A. team. The game was close and ex­citing, the visitors showing the better team work. The finalscore was 8 to 9 in favor of the Germans.Many moons ago there was some agitation at Lake ForestUniversity, a small school farther up the lake, about affiliation.Havin&" recalled the circumstance, the paper purporting to,represent the students there makes its latest edition a Univers­ity of Chicago number. Many thanks. Anyone here desiringcopies may order through this office. 'The young women of the University of Chicago have beguntheir leap-year exercises, bnt. it remains to be seen whetherthey will carry them to the point of playing footbal1.-ChicagoE;ening Post. No; young women here go only so far as toplay basket-ball in the women's" gym." with doors closed,and none but Eve'S daughters admitted.Simpson.College, Iowa, although not the biggest institutionin the West, apparently as well supplied with brawn as well asbrains. She has already sent two good athletes to the Univer­sity. Sweet, one of them, is doing good work in baseballpractice, and Kennedy is a promising candidate for the foot­ball team. Sweet is also known in Iowa as a tennis" shark."Dean White, of the Cornell Athletic Council, recently gaveout the following official announcement as to rowing affairs:, "Cornell, having an agreement to row a race with Columbiaand Pennsylvania, and also an agreement to row with Harvardin 1896, proposed that these two races be merged in a singleColumbia-Cornell-Harvard-Pennsylvania race. It was there­up on agreed by Columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Pennsylvaniato join in a four-sided 'race in 1896 with the understanding thatno other crew shall be admitted against the objection of anyone of the four universities, parties to this agreement.", The agreement was proposed last year and finally announcedto-day. The date has not yet been decided upon, but will beabout the middle of June. The-race will either be rowed atSpringfield or Poughkeepsie, with the chances favoring Pough­keepsie, and is to be four miles. It is probable that the fresh­man crews of these universities will also row together. GeorgeC. Rives has been selected for referee. 723724 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.The members of Graduate House played whistMonday evening at a " stag" card party.The Dramatic Club has begun rehearsing on theplay entitled" Our Boys." Misses Wilmarth, Rainey,Rew, Kane, and Messrs. Nichols, Brown, Law, Me­Clintock and Vincent will take part.A "stag" whist party was held in Graduate Halllast Monday night. The first prize was won by A.Cumming, the second by J. W. Thompson, whileHarvey T. Woodruff captured the" booby."Graduate House will hold its second annual recep­tion -on the night of Friday, Feb. 14. The housecommittee has the affair in charge, assisted by specialcommittees on decorations and invitations. Threehundred invitations are to be issued.At a meeting of Graduate House last Wednesdayevening, preliminary steps were taken for the 'secondannual house reception. The evening of Lincoln'sbirthday anniversary, February r ath, was the favoreddate, although not yet finally decided upon.The debaters, together with the members of thebasket-ball team were the guests of Mr. Butterworthat a banquet, Saturday evening, in Iowa City. Mr.Harvey Woodruff was toastmaster, and the followingreplied to his call :Mr. Butterworth, "The Team."Mr. Whyte, "The Trip."Mr. Hubbard, "The Victory."Mr. Jordan, "From the Side Lines. "Mr. Mullen, "The Iowa Girls."The "Advertisement" party given by the BetaTheta Pi fraternity last Wednesday evening was avery pleasant event. In the prettily decorated clubrooms were gathered Misses McWilliams, Taylor,Hewitt, Lemiugton, Hull, Kennedy, Messick, Trum­bull, Graves, Hall, McClintock, Kane, Thompson andWinter; Messrs. Lozier, Trumbull, Hewitt, Wales,Todd, Dudley, Griswold, W. C. Vaughan, Sampsell,Smith. an? F. E. Vaughan.Leap Year Party.Fully forty young-ladies escorted their gentlemenfriends to the Kenwood Institute last Friday evening.It was the occasion of the first Leap Year party at theUniversity, and had been looked forward to withcurious interest. The young- ladies, a few of whomwere "stagging it," had made most extensive andexcellent arrangements for the event, and came fully enthused with a spirit of gallantry, determined toshow the young men how they thought things shouldbe done. Carriages were sent for the men, flowersprovided and their programs arranged for them. Theprograms afforded to the young ladies a novel andexcellent experience, and if the men forget the slightdelay and the fact that they found dances which theywere to have with them, it was a source of greatpleasure to them.This program of ten dances preceded a "cotilion Uled by Mr. Alvar Bournique. During the intermis­sion refreshments were served. The" german" wasa novel feature for University dances -and was a mostpronounced success. The young ladies should becongratulated for introducing it and, thus setting suchan excellent example. The event was a most brilliantand happy success. The committee in charge of theparty was composed of:Miss Elizabeth McWilliams, Chairman, and Misses Freeman,Reed, Cooke, Kennedy, Keen, Reddy, Rew, Capen, Allin,Schwarz, Kane, Butler.The Patronesses were:Mrs. W. R. Harper, Mrs. H. P. Judson, Mrs. G. E. Vincent,Mrs. J. R. Angell, Mrs. W. D. McClintock, Miss Marian Tal­bot.Those presen t were :Professors G. E. Vincent, W. D. McOlintock. MissesSchwarz, Clarke, Kennedy, Allin, Stone, Messick, Ide,Crafts, Cooke, Knight, Thompson, Wiser, Teller, Capen, Free­man, Hull, Stanton, McWilliams, Capps, Rainey, Rew, Han­non, Paddock, Hewitt, Reed, McClintock, Flood, Nelson,Winter, Keen, Kane, Butler, Wilmarth, Reddy, Bell, Jones,Spray, Tooker. Messrs. Minard, McClintock, Rand, Tooker,Page, Stevens, Brown, Henning, W. Atwood, Webster, Dough­erty, Hewitt, Kennedy, Flood, Walling, Speer, Goodfellow,Wilbur, Clarke, Raycroft, Law, Chace, Walling, Sampsell,Gale, Cornell, Woolley, Reed, Neel, Dougherty, Stone, Flint,Meloy, Pike, Adkinson, Atwood, Nichols, Eckhart, Dudley,Vincent, Lozier, Waltz.Settlement Notes.Every Sunday at 4 P. M., in University Hall, 4617Ashland Ave., the University Settlement gives a freemusic concert. On Sunday, Jan. 12, Herr Wagner,'cellist in Thomas' Orchestra played, and Col. F. W_Parker spoke of Art Education for Children. LastSunday the program consisted of ballads, and pianoand violin music. Next Sunday, "Com posers' Day,"the music of Bach will be studied; pianist, Miss J 0-sephine Large.An exhibition of about fifty paintings of great mas­ters was opened at the settle men t Jan. 12 and willclose Jan. 26. Exhibit open from 4 to 9 o'clock: ad­mission free. Every evening a vote is taken on whichis the favorite picture.Twenty members of the philanthropic committee ofthe Woman's Club of Chicago visited the Settlementlast Friday. Their criticisms were highly commenda­tory.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Majors and Minors.Mr. George E. Vincent is spending this week in New YorkCity.The first number of Terrestrial Magnetism is now on sale atthe Press room.Assistant Professor F. A. Blackburn will be the chaplain atvespers next Sunday.' .Major Henry A. Rust, comptroller, went East Tuesday andwill return the last of the week.Prof. Galusha Anderson occupied the pulpit of Hyde ParkBaptist Church Sunday morning.Pres. John H. Finley, of Knox College, Galesburg, was acaller at the University fast week.Mr. W. "V. Lauder gave a Beethoven Lecture Recital yes­terday afternoon in Kent Theater.Prof. Terry is preaching regularly on Sunday evenings atthe Bethel Mission on Fifty-fifth street.Tickets will soon be on sale for the Central Music Ha11 con­cert which will be given on February 14.! Professor McClintock addressed the monthly meeting of theUniversity Colleges in Cobb Hall) esterday.Owing to the fact that Professor Angell will be in Europe,the Tennis Club will elect another president Friday 12:30 P. M.in the Lecture Hall.A letter from Professor Starr, dated December 10, statedthat he was at the City of Mexico, and would start soon onhis overland expedition.The last Su ud ay 'e Tribune contained a three. column illus­trated biography of President Harper, by Frank WilliamWoods, of Divinity Hall.Col. F. W. Parker lectured Tuesday in the Chapel, on"Modes of Expression." Next Tuesday at 4 P. M. he willspeak on "Unity of Expressive Acts."The student waiters at two of the eating-clubs in StanfordUniversity campus struck for higher wages last week. AfterSOUle delay their demands were granted.Prof. E. E. Barnard is very busily engaged at the KenwoodObservatory in putting into permanent form for publ icationthe results of careful studies at the Lick Observatory.Prof. John Graham Brooks, of Cambridge, Mass., whocreated such a favorable impression by his University Exten­sion lectures last year, will return to Chicago in the fall.An inter-academic league of the Northwestern, Lake Forestand M�rgan Park academies was formed last Saturday. Con­tests will be held in baseball, football, track athletics andtennis.It is reported that all the literary societies of the Universitywill unite in a movement to perfect an active Oratorical Asso­ciation, which will be more representative than the presentassociation.The ann ual election of the Hyde Park baseball and trackofficers was held Wednesday. Ruel McGill was' elected base­ball captain; Burt Ford, track captain; Mortimer Parker,field manager; Wm. Lewis, baseball manager.The Broun: Herald of January IS, contained a column leiterabout the Uuiver. .. it yof Chicago, by F. D. Elmer of the Divin­ity School. Mr Elmer writes in very complimentary terms ofthe University. Drown has eight students here.Dr. Breasted recently received a letter from Mr. Petrie'sassistant, Mr. Quibhel, saying that they are working on thefunereal temple of Raineses lI. at Thebes. They hope to dis­cover valuable papyu.. The University will 'send Mr. Petrietwo hundred and fifty dollars to further this work. 725The class in Urban Life, under Prof. Vincent, visited thePullman shops last Thursday afternoon, and will, in sections,visit certain thickly populated districts of the city during thecoming week.January 30, the Day of Prayer for Colleges will be observedat the University as a holiday. Dr. Wm. M. Lawrence, of theSecond Baptist Church, will address the students in the chapelat II :30, A. M.Howard S. Galt and Mr. Simons have recently becomeresidents of the University Settlement. Mr. Simons is agraduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he studiedunder Professor Ely.Dr. Barrows lectured Sunday on "Confucianism and Chris­tianity." Next Sunday at 3:30 P. M. in Kent Theater he willdeliver the fourth in his series of lectures on "Christianity andOther Faiths Compared," the suhject being, "Mohammedan­ism and Christianity." This course is of unusual interest andis drawing out large audiences.Members of the Tennis Association: Inasmuch as the pres­ident elected at the meeting of January IS is unable to serveon account of absence from the University, another electionwill be necessary. A meeting will be heJd in the lecture roomof Cobb Hall, Friday January 24, at 12 : 30 P. M. All membersare urged to be present.-WM. E. MOFFATT, Sec'y.A soiree musical will be given Tuesday evening, January 28,in Kimball Hall. The artists are as follows: Miss KatherineBarton, Miss Jessie Hopk in s, Miss Meda Zarbell, Miss Flor­ence Norton, Miss Sybil Sammis, Miss M. Louise Robyn, Mr.George F. Gubbins, Miss May Morgan, Miss Rosa Cohen, Mr.Frank Bedlan, Mr. Henry Garrott, Mr. J. W. Rourke, MissesJulie Hoitt, Elaine DeSellem.At a meeting of the tennis association last week officerswere elected and the constitution amended. Hereafter mem­bers of the faculty will not be allowed to enter for the cham­pionship teams at the University. Matches for toe teams willbe decided on the score of best three sets out of five instead ofthe best two out of three matches.The following officers were elected: Prof. James R. Angell,president; W. E. Moffatt, secretary and treasurer. The exec­utive committee consists of C. B. Neel, G. B. Hussey and Prof.F. L. O. Wadsworth.The most successful debate yet held in the University wasthe Illinois preliminary contest in the Lecture Hall last night.Every man on the program acquitted himself in an excellentmanner. The contestants were Messrs, J. F; Voigt, S. S.·Mc­Clintock, M. P. Frutchey, W. o. Wilson, W. T. Wilson, H. F.Ickes and C. H. Sparks. Messrs.Voigt, McClintock, Frutcheyand Ickes were selected, Mr. Voigt to make the rebuttal andMr. Ickes alternate.The following was taken from the U. of. M. Daily, of Janu­ary I2:"There has been marked improvement in college publica­tions issued under direction of students during the past fewyears. In many cases this is in the face of the indifference ofthe co11ege authorities. No occupation demands such a nerv­ous tension as the editing and publishing of a newspaper orliterary journal, and most of this work in a college or univer­sity is carried on in addition to the editor's regular studies.However, some of the college publications, notably the Har­vard Advocate, University of Peunsylvania Courier, ColumbiaSPectator and THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY, willnot suffer at the hands of competent critics."A liberty Po1e-Kosciusko.-Lampoon.IVClassified Business Notices. ADVERTISEMENTS.Barbers.UNIVERSITY SHAVING PARLOR, 55655th St., between Ellis and Ingleside.Carpentering.SM. HUNTER, CARPENTER, 5524Jefferson Ave., has weather stripsor sale; puts on storm windows; generalrepairs or alteration a specialty. Phone206 Oakland, or drop a postal.Rooms.FOR RENT. - Two nicely furnishedRooms, 2 blocks west of Cobb. Mrs.E. Scott, 5836 Drexel Ave. 2t.Shoemaker.A N. LINDEROTH, 638 55TH St.• Custom work aud repairing. Workguaranteed.Tailoring.GO TO S. FRANKENSTEIN, THEArtist Tailor, 446 E. 63rd St. Wecater to fine trade. 3-48tSTUDENTS WILL FIND CRITTEN­den, The Un iversity Taylor, at 27Wabash Ave. Moderate Prices. 3-12tMiscellaneous.fIRST CLASS TIN TYPES TAKENat 2II E. 57th St. 16-48tC H. RICE, HARDWARE, 24957th• St. Stoves and Household Articlesof every description. Duplicate Keysmade and locksmithing. We have stu­dents' light housekeeping utensils. 48-48tARE YOU GOING TO THE "YEL­lowstone " next year? Save a gooddeal of money by providing for yonrguide in advance. University peopleare recommended to correspond withAdam Gassert, Cinnebar, Mont. 45-4st*KODAKS, PHOTO SUPPLIES, DE-veloping, and Printing. Stickitabit,the best adhesive monntant for albumsand squegee prints. Boston Photo. Fin.Co., 126 State St. 2-48tWANTED TO BUY FOR CASH SEV- 'eral old stamp collections, ChicagoStamp Co., 69 Dearborn street; base-ment. Write or call at once. 174t«-Instruction.JOSEPH H. CHAPEK, graduate of thePrague Conservatory of. Music, andmember of the Chicago orchestra, teach­er of violin. Residence 5821 JacksonAve. Down town studio, 220 WabashAve., at Clayton Summy's. 13 12tAttractions at the Theaters.The Chicago Orchestra.An opportunity for the student ofmusic to enjoy a rare treat will be af­forded by the Chicago Orchestra on Fri­day and Saturday of this week at theAuditorium. The "popular request"concert is to he given on these days inaccordance with the yearly custom. Theselections are brilliant, melodious andpopnlar, and will be certain to attract alarge audience. The most conspicuousamong them are the Grieg Suite, "PeerGynt," suggested hy Ibsen's dramaticpoem of that name, iu which the exploitsof the youthful SOil of the weak-mindedAase are reconnted; the TschaikowskyOverture" 1812," descriptive of the struggle between France and Russiaduring the Napoleonic Invasion-astormy piece, which introduces, theFrench "Marseillaise," a Russian folk­melody and other less important them­atic material and which closes with aperfect frenzy of orchestral and bandinstruments, great organ, cannon andchimes, the Russian National Hymn,victorious over the French air, whichhas completely disappeared; the trio oflight dances from" Henry VIII," writ­ten by the young English composer, Ed­ward German, which will be rememberedon the opening program of this season;the curious extravaganza "Till Eulen­spiegel; the brilliant Chopin Polonaise,A fiat, orchestrated by Theodore Thomas;the" Tannhaenser" March and Wag­ner's woodland piece, Waldweben, from" Siegfried."The program in its entirety is as fol­lows:POPULAR REQUES'l' PROGRAM ..March, " 'l'annhaeuser,"Overture, " Melusine,"Trauer-Marsch, - WAGNERMENDELSSOHN- SCHUBERT soprano, and Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield­Zeisler, pianist.The fourth concert, on Monday eve­ning, April 27, '96, the program will beAcis and Galatea, by Handel, and StabatMater, by Rossini. The soloists areMme. Clementine Devere Sapio, of NewYork, Mme. Marie Vanderveer Green, ofEngland, Mr. Ben Davies, of England,and Mr. Ffrangcon Davies, of England.Season tickets for these concerts areon sale at the box office at Lyon andHealy's, corner of Wabash avenue andAdams street. Prices ranging from $1.00to $7.50 for the four concerts.The American Conservatory of nusicis generally acknowledged to be one oflargest and most thorongh schools ofmusic in the United States. All branchesof vocal and instrumental music, theory,composition, dramatic art and oratoryare taught by a corps of instructors emi­.rent in the profession. Private and pro­fessional departments. Many free ad­vantages and terms of tuition moderate.Catalogue mailed free on applicationAmerican Conservatory, J. J. Hattstoe dt,director, 241 Wabash avenue.Quickest Lint: to the City.Below is given the time-table of Kintz'sUniversity Bus Line from 57th StreetStation to Cobb Hall, via Beecher, Kellyand Foster Ha11s, making connectionswith the Illinois Central Suburban Ex­press, putting you in the heart of thecity within 20 minutes, from Cobb Hall.Leave Cobb Hall for Leave 57th St. Station57th St Station. for Cobb Hall.A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M.8: 30 I : 50 8: 13 I : 339 : 15 2 : 30 8: 52 2 : 139 : 50 3 : 15 9 : 33 2 : 5310 : 30 3 : 50 10 : 13 3 : 33I I : 15 4 : 30 10 : 53 ' 4 : 13II : 50 5 : 15 II : 33 4 : 53P.M. P.M. 5:3312:30 5:50 12:13 6:13I : 15 6 : 30 12 : 53 6: 53Fare, 5 cents.- The Illinois Central Suburban Expressleaves 57th Street for the city every 10minutes from 6: 57 to 9 : 07 A. M., andevery 20 minutes thereafter on the hour:07. : 27 and: 47 until 6: 47 P. M. Arriv­ing at Van Buren Street in II minutes.ORCHESTRATION BY LISZ'l'.Polonaise, A fiat, CHOPINORCHES'l'RA'l'ION BY THEODORE THOMAS.Waldweben, "Siegfried." } W 'NMagic Fire Scene," Walkure," AG ER"Till Eulenspiegel," RICH. STRAUSSINTERMISSION.Suite No.1, "Peer Gynt," - - - GRIEGMorning, Aase's Deat.h.v An it ra+s Dance.From the Halls of the Mountain King:Air, - BACHSpring Song, MENDELSSOHNSerenade, SCHUBERTDance, .. Henry VIII," EDWARD GERMANMorris Dance, Shepherd's Dance, Torch Dance.Overture 1812 TSCHAIKOWSKYPare and a Thirdfor the round trip to New York City andreturn on the certificate plan has beenauthorized via the Nickel Plate Road onoccasion of the meeting of the CycleManufactnrers' Board of Trade, Jannaryt Sth to 25th inclusive. For further in­formation apply to J. Y. 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CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.Sold by Drug g ists, 75C.Halt's Family Pills ale the best,Reserved seats, afternoon, 25c., Soc., 7Sc. and$1.00; evening, 25c., Soc., 75c., $I.2S and $1..">0. Onsale at box office and Inter Ocean office.Mc Vickers.-Shakesperian Plays.On Feb. 3, at McVickers, CrestonClarke will begin a limited engagementin a series of Shakesperian and classicplay s. He is an earnest, Intellectualactor, suggesting though not imitatinghis uncle, Edwin Booth.Frederick Bancroft," The Prince ofMagicians," at Mc Vickers. One week,beginning Sunday, Jan. 26. MatineesWednesday and Saturday. He intro­duces with his wonderful dazzling mysti­fying production of magic, a number ofclever speciality artists. 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