UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Single Copies10 Cents. VOL. IV, No. 19.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 1.3, 1896.-1\ SONG' OF dOY.CHARLES .SUMNER PIKE.I.Sing songs of gladnessMerry and gay,Mad, with the madnessOf life's roundelay;Lays tuned to lightnessSweet as the day,Full of the brightnessOf love's holiday. II.Sing songs of gladnessJoyous and free,Scatter life's sadnessMid jollity;Make music's measureRol lic and ring,Pent with the pleasureOf youth and the spring. III.Sing songs of gladnessMerry with mirtb ,Laugh away sadness,Gladden the earth;Burst out in singing,Sing all the day,­'Ere life may be bringingDeath to tby play.THE GLEE I\ND MI\NDOLIN CLUBS.The Glee and Man­dolin Clubs of the Uni­versity of Chi c a go.close a most successfulseason with their thirdannual concert at Cen­tral Music Hall, Fri­day evening, Februaryfourteenth, eighteenhundred and ninety-six.,The first Glee and Mandolin Clubs of the Univer­sity were organized during the winter of 1893-94.Mr. F. W. Eastman was the first leader of the GleeClub and also the manager of the combined organiza­tion. The Glee Club at this time consisted of seven­teen men. William Scott Bond was the first leader ofthe .Mandolin Club, which position he has held up toand including the present season. A:s soon as theworth of the two clubs was apparent they were con­solidated under one management and a trip wasplanned and successfully carried out. The seasonculminated in the first annual concert at Central Music Hall, which. was a pleasant; surprise to thefriends of the young university.With most of the old members of the former seasonback, and strengthened bythe addition of new mate­rial, the- prospects for the second year were verybright. The club was especially fortunate in secur­ing the services of Mr. Frank H. Blackman and Mr.Raymond C. Dudley as manager and assistant man­ager. And it was through their efforts that the firstextended trip was taken.On this tour the Glee and Mandolin Clubs, underthe respective leadership of Mr. Herbert H. Hewittand Mr. W. Scott Bond, were enthusiastically re­ceived in seven cities of Wisconsin and Illinois, in­cluding Milwaukee, Racine, Oskosh and Rockford.The clubs, however, did not realize the greaterexpectations of their friends at their annual concertowing to the crippled condition of. tile Glee Club"which was suddenly deprived of some of its soloistsand members, whose places had to be filled at the lastmoment.The clubs began the present season under themanagership of Mr. William C. Vaughan and Mr.752 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Horace Lozier, Prelude-Apostrophe to the U. of C. . ..... Lozier, '94who had been . PROGRAMmembers of thefirst year'sclub. Mr. Lo­zier also is lead­er of the GleeClub and Mr.Bond again ofthe MandolinC 1 u b. Themembers of� both organiza-1 tions were in­creased, theGlee Club toeighteen a � dthe MandolinClub to sixteenmembers. Theacquisition of awhistler, andalso a 'cello andflute have mate-. rially strength­ened the latter organization. The enthusiasm withwhich the entirely new program of the clubs has beenreceived testifies to its variety and excellent rendition.In addition to the cities favored last year, the clubsduring the present season included in their Christmastrip several new cities, numbering eleven in all. Inaccordance with the policy of the management, theclubs have not appeared in the city previous totheir annual concert on St. Valentine's evening,which, owing to this policy, is somewhat earlierthan usual.MR. R. H. FLING, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUBS.Concert Notes .. .The following is the program for the coming annualconcert. " The Apostrophe to the U. of C.," and twonumbers of the program, "To Arms," and" Base­ball' Song," were composed by Horace Lozier, thepresent leader of the' Glee Club. The latter cornposi­tion is expected to take the place on the programofthe" Football Song," also composed by Mr. Lozier,and has been one of the club's 1110st popular songsfor the last two years. Two other numbers 011 theprogram were arranged by the leader for the dub,"The Honeymoon. March," and the" Song of theOld Bell," sung by Mr. Fling. ,. Little Boy Blue,"sung by Mr. Davidson and the Club, was also corn­posed by a member of the Glee Club, Mr. HarryJustin Smith. With the exception of the ."AlmaMater" the program is entirely new and is asfollows: PART 1.I. Estudiantina . . .The Glee and Mandolin Club.2. La Czarine (Mazurka) .·The Mandolin Club.3. Dr. Jenks' Vegetable Compound ...The Glee Club. , . LacomeGanne. Macy4. Little Boy Blue. . . . . . .. Harry Justin Smith, '96Mr. Davidson and the Glee Club.S. Francis Gavote TomasoThe Mandolin Club.PART II.I. To Arms! ... LozierThe Glee Club.2. Song of the Old Bell (arranged)Mr. Fling and the Glee Club.3. La Diva ... . VisetteMr. Bain.4'. The Evening Star (Tan nhauser ) .. , .The Mandolin Club. . Wagner5. Annie Laurie. . . . . . . . . Harmon ized by BuckThe Glee Club.PART III.I. The Honeymoon March. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RoseyThe Glee and Mandolin Club2. Vienna Darlings . . . . . . . . . . .'. ,... Ziehrer3. Serenade . . ... GounodThe Mandolin Club and Mr. Bain.4. Bas�bal1 Song. .... . . . . . . Loziers. Alma Maler. . The Glee Club.. . Carmen ChicaginiensisThe Glee Club.HORACE G. LOZIER, LT·:AD!<;R OF THE GLEE CLUB.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.A new departure this year in the way of ushers hasbeen added by the managers. Prominent and recentgraduates of some of the larger institutions of. thecoun try have consen ted to act as ushers for, the con­cert. They are as -follows :Mason Bross, Northwestern '84 ;Louis Walter Crow, Beloit, '86 ;Oliver Stow Brown, Williams, '89;William A. Mc Laren , Columbia, '90;Lowrie McClurg. Alleghany, '90;Otis King Hutchinson, Yale, '90 ;John A. Jameson, Michigan, '91 ;William F. Gile!', Gottingen, '91 ;Mitchell D. Follansbee, Harvard, '92 ;Bradley M. Davis, Harvard, '93 ;Kinney Smith, Harvard, '94 ;Frank H. Blackman, Chicago, '94 ;Howard D. French, Amherst, '95 ;Edward F. Johnson, Yale,_ '95.WILLIAM SCOTT BOND, LEADER OF THEMANDOLIN CLUB.The patronesses for the third annual concert are:Mesdames-William R. Harper,Harry Pratt Judson,Herman T. Hall,Herman E. von Holst,II. H. Kohlsaat,Ferd W. Peck,A. A. Sprague,Augustus Eddy. Mesdames-Chas. D. Hamill,Eugene Lancaster,A. C. Bartlett,John G. G'essner,H. M. Wilmarth,P. D. Armour, Jr.,.Potter Palmer,Andrew MacVeagh.The boxes will be occupied by :President W. R. Harper,Mr. H. H. Koh lsaat,Mrs. H. M. Wilmarth,Mr. J. H. Lozier, of Iowa. Mrs. A. M. Vaughan, of Rich­mono, Ind.·Mrs. E. S. Pettijohn, of Alma,Mich.The following fraternities and clubs of the Univer­sity will occupy sections. The D. K. E.. Beta ThetaPi, Phi-Kappa Psi, Omega Club, Lion's Head, SigmaNu, and Three- Quarters Club, from among the men;\ and the Esoteric,M 0 r t a r-B 0 a r d,Quadranglers andSigma clubs, fromamong the women.A number of thefaculty in a bodywill occupy seats inthe parquet, as willalso Kelly, Fosterand Beecher Halls.Graduates, Snell,Middle and SouthDivinity Halls havereserved sections illt 11 e dress circle.Each section in thehouse will be dec- 753orated in maroonand the membersof the clubs will each wear the individual colors oftheir organization.Elaborate preparations are being made for the dec­oration of the stage-and: Central Music Hall will cer­tainly be a place of beauty next Friday evening ifgay dresses, bunting and flowers can make it so.R. B. DAVIDSON.Personnel of the Clubs.GLEE CLUB.Mr. Horace G. Lozier, director of the Glee Club and assist­ant manager of the clubs, is the composer of the famous" Foot­ball Song." "Apostrophe,"" Baseball Song" and "To Arms."T'his is his second ye-ar with the clubs, and this year's sue­cess is largely due to his energy and enthusiasm.Mr. S. R. Robinson, first tenor, is taking the course in theDivinity school. He formerly sang on the Colby College GleeClub.Mr. P: G.vVoolley, first tenor, has been a member two years.A member of the 'Varsity track team.Mr. William B. Cornell, first tenor. This is his first year onthe club.Mr. Hayden Evan Jones, first tenor. Divinity student. Firstyear on the-club. Catcher 011 the 'Varsity baseball team.Mr. Henry. Tefft Clarke, Jr., second tenor, is president of theGlee Club. This is his second year as a membe-r and be isalso a prominent member of the baseball and football teamsand an editor on the WEEKLY. He is president of the Univer­sity Colleges.Mr. Melvin E. Coleman, second tenor. Second year on theclubs.Mr. H. H. Hewitt, second tenor and secretary of club.Third year member.Mr. J. T. Campbell, secon.l tenor. Second year member.Mr. H. J. Smith, second tenor. Second year member.Arranged music to " Little Boy Blue."Mr. R.-B. Davidson, first basso .and soloist, has been one ofthe mainstays of the club during the past two year!'. Hissolos have everywhere created great enthusiasm and merri­ment. He is now studying for a Jegree in the Divinityschool.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.754_, .gaged in individual research in the biological department.Mr. Stacy Carrol Mosser, second basso, better known as thecomposer of the Snell Hall Two-step, is a member this year forthe first time.Mr. Frederick W. Hill, second basso; also flutist on theMandolin Club and a member of the tennis team.Mr. Robert B. Meloy, second basso, a member for two years,has been prominent among the students living iu the city.", Mr. Henry Gordon Gale, first basso, has been prominent in'athletics for the past three years, having played on both the'Varsitybaseball andfootballteams. Thisis 11 is firstyear on theclub.Mr. JamesScott Brown,first bas s 0,has taken apromi nen tpart in thedifferent de­partments ofthe Univer­sity life, hav­ing been onthe 'Varsitybaseballteam twoyears, an ed­itor of theWEEKLY,and a mem­ber of theDramaticClub. Thisis his secondyear on theclub. MANDOLIN CLUB.Mr. William Scott Bond, first man lolin, has been the leaderof the Mandolin Club since its organization and has made itwhat it is to-day. He has also conipo=ed several encores forthe club.Mr. Gilbert A. Bliss, first mandolin, is secretary of the Man­dolin Club, has been a member since the first year and is alsoa prominent member of track team.Mr. N. H. Jackson, first mandolin, is a third term memberand secretary of the combined organization.Mr. John Lamay, first mandolin, is a new member. He is alsoa 'Varsity football and track team man.Mr. Byron Bayard Smith and Mr. Frederick C. Vaughan;second mandolins, are hoth new members of the club.Mr. C. W. Stewart, second mandolin, is enjoying his secondterm in this club.Mr. V. W. Sincere, mandola, has played in the club threeyears. He is also a member of track team.Mr. Harry Wheeler Stone, guitar, is a third year man, andthe University gymnast.Mr. Arthur F. Smith, Mr. Frank L. Tolman and Mr. EdgarC. Lackner are new men on the club. The last two weremembers of the Banjo Club.Mr. W. C. Vaughan, guitar, was a member of the club thefirst year aud is now business manager of the combined or­ganization.Mr. Clarence P. D' Ancona, 'cello, is a member of the clubfor the first time this year. Heretofore the club has not had a'cello.Mr. Robert Chisholm Bain, whistler, is a this year's man.His whistling, which is an innovation on the club, has beenvery enthusiastically received in all the concerts. 'W_ C. VAUGHAN,Business Manager of the Combined Organization.Mr. Cecil Page, first basso, last year leader of the Universityof Michigan freshman Glee Club, is enjoying his first year asa member of this organization.Mr. H. R. Fling, first basso and soloist, is president of thecombined clubs; sang for years on the Bowdoin College GleeClub. He has been one of the club's mainstays for the pasttwo years. As a serio comic soloist he is inimitable and is'�verywhere received with rounds of applause. He is now en-THE GLEE CLUB CONCERT.JAMES WEBER LINN.II.1.My heart sings to-night,For to-night I will meether.Oh the world is all bright,And my heart sings to-night.The club is all right,But I think my songsweeter,For my heart sings "To­night,Oh, to-night, I will meether! ')The club sings to-night­Are they nervous, I WOIl­der?Hoping all will go rightWhen the club singe; to­night?GQd save the poor \\ ightWho by chance makes a,blunder!The club sings to-night­Are they nervous, I wOQ­der?Ill.She has said that I might.For eternity love her, .And the world sings to-night,Though the concert is over.The world sings to-night,Though the concert is oyer,Oh my heart is light!The whole world sings to-night.UNlVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY., The Recent Intercollegiate Rules.A. A. STAGG.The conference of delegates representing the ath­letic boards of the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin,Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue, Northwestern and Chicagowhich convened in this city last Saturday markedthe most important athletic movement which hasever taken place in the West. In a very large degreethe meeting can be said to have been a success. Thedelegates seemed to be posessed of a genuine earnest­ness for reform, for the conference from the beginninghad all the frankness of an "experience meeting."Under such favorable conditions it did not take longfor the delegates to get into sympathy with one an­other, and a spirit of friendliness and helpfulness pre­vailed throughout the sessions. At no time was thespirit nor manner of the politician manifest. Thedelegates seemed to vie with one another in introduc­ing . fair and comprehensive and practical rules to'cover all forms of abuse in intercollegiate athletics.Almost the first act of the conference was the unan­imous ratification, with slight changes, of the" presi­dents' "rules. These rules, it will be remembered,were adopted at a meeting of the presidents of thesesame Universities, held last winter, but they were notratified or were affirmed only in part by the variousfaculties.The chief work of the conference consisted in fram­ing rules which would prevent the reoccurrence ofthe abuses of the past few months. The points atissue were the question of eligibility to intercollegi­ate contests, the application of the rules to studentsnow in college and the method of enforcing them.Upon the question of eligibility all were agreed thatthe privileges of contesting for their university shouldbe given only to those who never had used, nor at the.present time were using, their knowledge or skill inathletics for gain. There was a slight division amongthe delegates regarding the time when this ruleshould go into effect and as to whether the rule shouldbe retroactive upon students now in college. Theprincipal discussion of the meeting centered uponthese two points. Some held that the reform shouldbegin at once regardless of the injustice which wouldbe done and despite the practical annihilation of someteams. The majority felt that it was manifestlyunfair to apply the test of eligibility to students nowin college, inasmuch as they had been given no warn­ing and had not broken existing rules.. All felt, however, that further athletic misdemeanoron the part of such students should be promptly pun­ished; so that after February 8, r896, the rules mustnot be violated by anyone now in these universities ifhe desires to engage in intercollegiate contests. Thisstatement is, of course, dependen t upon the adoptionof the rules by each university represented. The sense of the rules, then, is first, to draw a strictamateur line upon the future conduct of students nowenrolled in these universities; second, to apply thetest of eligibility to all who matriculate hereafter.In applying the test of eligibility, the student now incollege, when he becomes a candidate for a teammust give his word of honor that he has not brokenthe letter or spirit of the rules since February 8,r896, and the newcomer must prove that he has neverbroken the same. The. position taken is, that everystudent is ineligible. to a position on a team, until hegives his word that he has not broken any rule what­soever.In this particular the West has taken a big step in 'advance of the East. Many athletes in eastern col­leges would, be debarred 'if a test of that kind weregenerally applied. Theruethod of the East 'is to con­sider every man an amateur until he is proved a pro­fessional. The test adoptecllast'Saturday implies theidea that every man is' a professional until he proveshimself an amateur. This method doubtless will re­sult in some men perjuring. themselves, but there is noquestion that it will.come very lll�ch nearer purifyingour collegiate athletics than the eastern plan, whichmanifestly does not purify.As a further assistance to purification the right ofprotest is given to each university, and the Board ofAthletic Control is compeiled to investigate the recordsof all protested athletics and report the same to theAthletic Board of the university protesting. Thepractical result of this measure doubtless will be toplace every athletic board upon its honor to do its ut­most to keep the athletics of its university above sus­picion.The rules, while having here and there a small loop­hole for unfair practice, are, in my judgment, themost complete set ever formulated upon an amateurbasis. The most remarkable thing about them is thatthey represent practically the unanimous vote of thedelegates of the seven leading universities of this sec­tion of the Northwest. That it were possible for thesegreat insti tutions to come together and frankly discusstheir own shortcomings, and honestly and earnestlyseek to join hands in remedying the abuses whichhave sprung up, prophesies a healthy and happy de­velopment of western intercollegiate sport.Friendship.My lips say naught of love to thee,No love burns in my eye;My pulse knows no mad melody,My heart breathes forth no sigh.My lips and heart in ecstasyOf sweet and silen t strife,Try but to tell my love to thee,In lyrics born of lIfe!c. S. P.750756 tJNNERSITv OF CHICAGO WEEKL Yoyear in Chicago. This year the united clubs are University.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, 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 E. SCHWARZ,H. D. HUBBARD, H. T. WOODRUFF.CHARLES H. GALLION,WILBER M. KELSO, BUSINESS MANAGERASSISTANT MANAGERSUBSCRIPTION 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, Ill.Something should be done to im-IMPURE WATERAT THE GYMNASIUM. prove the condition of the drink-ing water in the gymnasium. It is a matter of nosmall complaint that the University students are com­pelled to drink impure lake water immediately afterexercising for their health's good. There is some­thing of a mockery in such a state of affairs, and theevils should be remedied at once by putting in anefficient filter or providing distilled water.THIRD ANNUALCONCERT. No uncommon perspicacity is neces­sary to predict that the Third AnnualConcert of the Glee and Mandolin Clubs to-morrowevening will not only eclipse all former efforts butwill be one of the best student entertainments everpresented in Chicago. The concert two years agowas a revelation of the latent ability in the Univer­sity available at short notice; though the programwas prepared in great haste, it was criticised by thecity papers as being the best of its kind given thatorganized with greater care than ever before; therules of practice have been rigidly enforced, andMessrs. Lozier, Bond and Vaughan have spared no time or labor in the effort to put the musicclubs of this University in a position second tothat of no other. The program of the cr annual"is carefully arranged, the advertising has been exceed­ingly generous, and the advance sale of seats assuresthat the house will be crowded. Every desirable sec­tion of the hall has been secured by some social organ­ization of the University.WHITNEY AND Whether or not Caspar WhitneyTHE CONFERENCE. will be vindicated in his attitudetowards western college sports remains to be seen, butone thing is absolutely certain, and that is the factthat the West will not be dictated to. That was madeevident by the stand taken at the college conferenceSaturday. Whatever may be said to the contrary, thefact remains that Mr. Whitney intended to attend theconference, which the telegram to Professor Buckclearly shows. The subsequent avowal of Mr. Whit­ney that his whole course of procedure was intendedonly to show his high regard for the western dele­gates and a desire to become acquainted with them,bears the earmarks of a studied finesse on the part ofthe oracle of amateur sports. Being unused to suchliberality it may be assumed the delegates were ratherskeptical in regard to Mr. Whitney's proffered hospital­ity, which did not blind them to the fact that the invi­tation had a string attached. It is hoped that Mr.Whitney will not regard his treatment as an insult,but there are reasons to expect that the West will standno dictation on the part of outsiders.To those who have read the columns over whichWhitney is the presiding genius, it has long been apatent fact that western athletics, however commend­able and whatever records have been made, have beenstudiously ignored by Harper's Week(y. The sectionalprejudice has been notorious, and the West will findno objection if Caspar Whitney continues to bolsterup the fast disappearing supremacy of the East.WOMEN'S The women's waiting-room in CobbWAITING-ROOM. Hall is a.serious drawback to the con-venience and peace of mind of the average student.As a room designed for practical use it falls farshort of the standard elsewhere maintained by theTwo years ago this room was perhaps a commodiousand agreeable resting-place for as many of the onehundred and fifty women students as chance wouldUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 757George Eustis Robertson,Mr. George Eustis Robertson, who was one of the"University Firsts" enumerated in last week's article,has closed his work in the University, and has goneto St. Louis to as­sume temporarycharge of the of­fice of the corpora­tion of which heis now assistantsecretary. He wi 11return to Chicagoin February, andlater will removewith his family toNew York City.Mr. Robertson'sfa c e is perhapsbetter known tothe students, fac-bring together at one time-a place to lay aside theirwraps and breathe a moment between classes. Atthat time one hundred cloak-hooks, a table, a couchand six comfortable chairs may have satisfied allneeds. Since the first year some improvement hasbeen made. Fifty small lockers, an umbrella-stand afoot square, and twenty-five hooks have been added.True, these hooks are like those intended to holdcloaks and hats, but it would be a grievous error toimagine that, fixed six inches apart, hooks could bedesigned to hold hats-and women's hats at that.To' appreciate more fully the shortcomings of thewaiting-room, one should see it on a rainy day.Take for example the case of some stranger who doesnot know any better than to think she can rest therefor a moment. Imagine her experience. She turnsthe knob and presses upon the door, which yieldsreluctantly, for at the end of the hour the struggling ulty, patrons andmass of maidens, anxious to change their books or to .friends of the Uni-find safe anchorage for their wraps, has swept a flood- versityof Chicagotide of rubbers, umbrellas, hats, and gossamers along than that of anythe muddy floor to the door. The chairs and window- other official. Heseats are piled breast-high with wraps. Books and was a model' of business capability and a veritablewell-spring of information on every topic connectedwith the University or the city, and it goes withoutsaying that he will be missed. Though others ascapable may succeed him, the members of the Uni­versity family will ever remember with pleasure thegenial face and courteous manner of "the little fel­low" behind the wicket who gave them information,took their money, cashed their checks, passed thecompliments of the season, or "roasted" them withequal facility and impartiality.Coming to Chicago in I89I in the capacity of pri­vate secretary to President Harper, he became im­mediately identified with the preliminary work of theUniversity; and at the opening of the institution hewas made assistant registrar and cashier, which posi­tion he has filled faithfully up to the present time­resigning to take up a line of work for which he isespecially adapted, a plan of accumulative invest­ways of avoiding them. One would be to secure per- ment which is based on a co-operative ownership inNew York real estate, whereby any man or womanmay save a fixed sum systematically, have it in­vested judiciously, share pro rata in the profits andaccumulate an investment that will provide a lifeincome.Mr. Robertson enters this field after a careful in­vestigation, in which he has been aided by some ofthe ablest members of the faculty, and the WEEKLYbespeaks. for him and his company ever:y success fenthe future. GEORGE EUSTIS ROBERTSON.papers on the table are ready to slip to a watery graveat the slightest jar, and four girls are sitting on thecouch, assorting nouns in Tacitus, oblivious, irl theirdespair, of the dense perfume of rubber goods. Asmall group is snatching a hasty lunch over the radi-ator and cramming history dates simultaneously.When the visitor recovers from the first shock of thescene, she sees that the place may have once been awaiting-room. The favored ones whom circumstancesbring here before half past eight have hurig: theirwraps on the one hundred hooks and their umbrellasand gossamers drip sociably into the cracks of thefifty lockers. The late-comers take what they canget, or pile up the tables of the class-rooms.Such are the difficulties. There seem to be twopetual summer and cloudless skies, to have hats goout of fashion and courses of instruction pursuedwithout the aid of notes or text-books. The other, tohave a place assigned the women appropriate to theirneeds and numbers.Hope College, a dormitory at Brown University, was dam­aged $5,000 worth by fire Feb. 4. The damage to the buildingis fully covered by insurance; students will lose about $r,oooaccordiug to the Brown Daily Herald,758 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Athletic Conference.A most important conference to western college ath­letes was held in Chicago, last Saturday. Important,because it is to be hoped that the result of the meet­ing will be the final disposal of the vexed question ofprofessionalism, and the too uncertain stand of westerncolleges towards what should constitute an amateur.The rules passed were considered liberal and broad,and in all cases were put through by a safe majority'of the delegates present. They now await the finaladjudication of the several college faculties, and ifagreed' to, will form the irrevocable law for westerncollege sports.. It is not expected that the rules will be sanctionedby the Amateur Athletic Union, and it probably wasnot the intention of the delegates to have them recog­nized by that body, as there has been a tendency inthe last few years to kick over the traces, and take anindependent stand in matters athletic. The adoptedrules make every student now in college eligible .forany team, regardless of past connections, and furtherextends the probationary period to October 1, 1896.It will be seen that the regulations added in some in­stances conflict with the president's rules, and espe­cially is that the case with rule 4, which was practic­ally supplemented by the first and second rules of theappended regulations. The rules as passed follows,with rule 4 inserted for convenience:President's Rules.1. No one shall participate in any intercollegiate game orathletic sport unless he be a bona fide student, doing full workin a regular or special course as defined in the curriculum.of his college, and no person who has participated in anymatch game as a' member of any college team shall be per­mitted to participate in any game as a member of another col­lege team until he has be en a matriculant in such a college,under the above conditions, for a period of six months. Thisrestriction ill regard to time, however, shall also apply to stu­dents who, having graduated at one college, shall enter anotherfor professional or graduate study.2. No person sh a ll be admitted to any intercollegiate con­test who receives any girt, remuneration or pay for his serviceson the college team.3. Any student of any institution who shall be pursuing aregularly prescribed resident graduate course within such insti­tution, whether for an advanced degree or in anyone of its pro­fessional schools, may be permitted to play for a minimumnumber or scholastic years required before securing the gradu­ate or professional degree for which he is a candidate.4. No person who has been employed in training a collegeteam for intercollegiate contests shall be allowed to participate in any intercollegiate contest, as a member of any team whichhe has trained, and no professional athlete, and no person whoqas ever been a member of a professional team, shall play inany intercollegiate contest.5. No student shall play' in any game under an assumedname.6. No student shall be permitted to participate in any inter­collegiate contest who is found by the faculty to be delinquentin his studies.7. All intercollegiate games shall be played on groundseither owned or under immediate control of one or both ofthe colleges participating in the contest, and all games shall beplayed under student management and not under the controlof any corporation or association, or private individual.8. The election of managers and captains of teams in eachcollege shall be subject to the approval of its committee onathletics.. 9. College football teams shall not engage in games withprofessional teams, nor with those representing so-called ath­letic clubs.ro. Before every intercollegiate contest a list of the men pro­prosing to play shall be presented by such team or teams tothe other or others, certifying that all members are entitled toplay under the conditions of the rules adopted, such certificateto be signed by the officer or officers designated by boards ofcontrol. It shall be the duty of the captain to' enforce thisrule .These rules and regulations were added:No student shall be eligible for any intercollegiate contestwho has ever used or is using his athletic skill for gain. 'I'hisshall not apply to any student now in college, February 8, 1896,for what he has 'done in the past. The rule above shall be op­erative on and after October I, 1896. [Adopted by five votes..two not voting.]No person who has received any compensation from the uni­versity for services rendered by way of regular i nstructor shallbe allowed to play upon any team. This rule to take effectDecember I, 1896. [Passed unanimously.]It shall be competent for the chairman of any athletic com­mittee, if he believes any university is violating the letter orspirit of the rule of agreement, to communicate with the chair­man of the athletic committee of the university under suspi­cion and make specific charges against said university. Ifthis is done it shall be the duty of the athletic committee of theinstitution under suspicion to investigate at once the charges'and report through its chairman a,s to their truth or falsity, 'and the report shall be accepted in good faith by the commit­tee which had brought the charges. If charges are found tobe true it shall be the duty of the athletic committee of the in­stitution concerned to suspend from further connection withathletics the persons found guilty of irregular conduct.It shall be competent for the chairman of any athletic com­mittee to lay before its own committee any charges of irregu­larity against the athletic committee of another college, and afull in vestigation, in which both sides are represented, must bemade, and the results shall then be laid before the faculty ofeach institution concerned.No student shall participate in any intercollegiate contestafter any year, who shall not have been in residence at leastsix months of the preceding year of his scholastic work.Each candidate for a team is to subscribe to a statement thathe is eligible under the letter and spirit of the rules adopted.It is agreed that all athletic associations' accounts shall beaudited by a committee, upon which there shall be a facultymember of the athletic committee.It is agreed that the following shall be the expenses toler­ated as legitimate expenses for an athletic association to bear.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 759The difference between ordinary board and training tableboard; traveling expenses; expenses of uniforms and otherarticles of clothing; medical expenses conuected with training,and for disabilities incurred in practice or contests; expenses. incurred in providing player with inexpensive souvenirs, suchas watch charms, etc.: sweaters, photographs, provided thereshall be no element of compensation for service rendered, ingiving such souvenirs.It is further agreed that the athletic committees of the in­stitutions here represented will do all tin their power, bothofficially and personally, to keep intercollegiate athletic con­tests within their proper bounds, making them the incidental.and not the principal feature of university and intercollegiatelife. All that is dishonorable, unsportsmanlike, ungentle­manly or unnecessarily rough in any branch of athletics isparticularly and expressly condemned.The conference took place at the Palmer House andlasted all through. the day. Conway MacMillan, ofMinnesota, was elected chairman of the meeting, andC. R,. Barnes, of Wisconsin, secretary. The otherdelegates were: Dr. Charles B. Nancrede, Universityof Michigan; ·John Scott Clark, Northwestern Uni­versity; H. H. Everett, University. of Illinois; W. E.Stone, Purdue University, and A. A. Stagg, Univer­sity of Chicago.Baseball Notes.The baseball dates for the coming season whichhave thus far been scheduled are as follows:'April 21, Rush Medical School at 'Varsity; April 28, RushMedical School at League grounds; May 6, Northwestern atEvanston; May 9, Michigan at 'Varsity; May 13, Michigan at'Varsity'; May 20, Michigan at Aun Arbor; May 22, Cornellat Ithaca; May 23, Orange Athletics at Orange, N. J.; May 25,Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; May 27, Yale at New Haven;¥.?-y 28, Harvard at Cambridge; May 30, Michigan at Detroit.If a tie with Michigan results in the series of fourgames a fifth game will be played at Ann Arbor todecide the championship. There will also be anothergame with Northwestern, but the time has not beenfixed. 0 A game will be played some time in the latterpart of May with the Chicago League team. Oberlin,University of Illinois, University of Indiana, Univers­ity of Iowa; Grinnell College, Beloit, Wisconsin, andLake Forrest all want games with Stagg's team, andit is probable that other games will be arranged.Will 00 to Europe.Prof. R. von Holst will sail March 7 for Genoa,Italy, to take a necessary rest. He will stay in Italytill well toward summer and then travel thence north­ward on his bicycle to Cassel and Berlin, to visit nearrelatives; and to Freibnrg, where he will remain aconsiderable time at his old home. The entire jour­ney is made on the advice of his physician, Dr.Edwin J. Kuh, who says the Professor must indulgefreely in physical outdoor exercise if he would re­cover from his nervous trouble. The time of his re­turn is not fixed, but will probably be in September,just before the opening of'.the fall quarter. Associations.Y.W. C. A.Prayer meeting in the Lecture Hall to-day at 1 :30r-. M. Topic," Mission Work." Topic for nextThursday, " Women of the Bible. Gal. 6: 10 ; Provo31: 10-31.Y. M. C. A.The meeting of the Y. M. C. A., this week is abusiness meeting. On account of the Glee Club con­cert, it will be held Friday, at 1 :30 P. M., instead. ofat the usual hour.The Sunday evening meeting of the Christian Asso­ciations will be addressed by Prof. T. C. Chamberlinon "Manifestations of God's Power through Na­ture ;" lecture hall, 7 P. M.At the meeting of the Young Men's, ChristianAssociation, Friday evening, the following officerswere nominated for the ensuing year, beginning withthe spring quarter: President, Marcus ·P. Frutchey;vice-president, Edward Rynearson; correspondingsecretary, Stacy C. Mosser; recording secretary,Clarence B. Hersch berger; treasurer, Allen T.Burns. The election will take place at a special bus­iness meeting to be held in the lecture hall, Friday,at 1:30 P. M.The New Debating Society.On Wednesday evening was effected the organiza­tion of a new debating society. Few organizationsof the University have ever begun with brighter pros­pects, and it bids fair to soon take its stand as one ofthe foremost in the University.After the adoption of a strong constitution the fol-lowing officers were chosen:President, John F. Voigt.Vice-President, H. F. Woodruff.Secretary, Burt B. Barker.Treasurer, H. L. Ickes.Sergeant-at-arms, E. M. Baker.Critic, W. O. Wilson.Advisor, S. H. Clark.Board. of Trustees; L. B. Vaughan, H. F. Atwood, C. W.Stuart.The membership of the society is limited and aboutone-half the number is already secured.This society has shown sound judgment in leavingits membership open to both graduate and undergrad­uate men. The primary object of this organizationwill be to train men for public work, the leadingfeatures of the program being debating and extem­pore speaking. The regulations require careful workand of a high order, and are intended to give specialemphasis to debating. It is hoped that care will betaken to secure such men as are especially interestedin this phase of work, and that in due time it maygive us men eminently fitted to represent the Univer­sity in her future debates.760 UNIVERSITY· OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Beecher Hall has -;- a: new resident in the person ofMiss Mary Burkhalter.Miss Agnes Cook, '96, will return to the Univer­sity, Saturday, to remain during the last term of thisquarter. She is to reside in Foster Hall.Miss Wilmarth gave a box party to Universityfriends on Saturday. Nat. Goodwin in " David Gar­rick," and" Lend Me Five Shillings," was the attrac­tion.Third Annual Washington Promenade.Next Friday evening the Third Annual Washing­ton Promenade will be given by the University Col­leges at the Chicago Beach Hotel. This is intendedto be an all-University affair and it is to be hoped thatthe members of the faculty, graduate students and allfriends of the University will grace the occasion withtheir presence. The evening will undoubtedly be avery enjoyable one.A Fraternity Question.From statements of Psi Upsilon men who partici­pated in the recent initiation of the Omega club intothat fraternity, it appears that for special reasons themembers of the local organization were kept entirelyignorant as to the manner in which they were to comeinto the possession of a charter; that not until theyhad been initiated were they told that it was not theaction of the fraternity as a whole, that the chaptershad not voted for this unanimously but that it was thedoing of the alumni of the old Omega chapter. Suchaction, which seems to be questioned as to its validityamong Psi U's, is certainly a surprise to the fraternityworld at large. Those who have taken this stepclaim, however, that the constitution of their frater­nity will permit it ; that it depends upon a technical­ity, and that the convention in May will, withoutdoubt, upon consideration, receive the Omega delegateand thereby settle the question of Psi Upsilon in theUniversity of Chicago.From the fraternity standpoint at the University,Psi Upsilon should be most welcome, for the estab­lishment of the stronger Eastern fraternities here willstrengthen and improve fraternity life in the U niver�it�.In the meanwhile if Psi Upsilon is here, or even If Itis not here until May, is it not fair to ask how,against the explicit rules of the University, freshmencan be members of that organization-if at presentbefore they have been two quarters in attendance, ifnot until May before they have completed their thirdquarter? Church Dedication.The new chapel of the Hyde Park Baptist churchwas dedicated Sunday afternoon with appropriateservices. Rev. P. S. Henson preached the sermon.The financial statement made is as follows:EXPENSES.Cost of lot (money borrowed on mortgage) .... '.' . $12,000Cost of building (exclusive of furniture, WhICh providedby the women of the church) . . . . . . . .. $22,500$34,500RECEIPTS.Sale Madison avenue lotsRaised by subscriptionsCost on mortgage . . . . .. $ 8,JOO10,20012,000$30,500Balance to be raised. . . . . • . . . $ 4,000Immediately upon the reading of the statementopportunity was given for further subscription, andin a brief time the necessary amount, $4,000, wasraised and $200 in addition. Steps are being takento secure a pastor.Francis l1urphy Here.Sonreone has said there are three kinds of publicspeakers ; those one cannot 'listen to, those one ca1_1listen to, and those one cannot help listening to.Francis Murphy, temperance evangelist, is of thethird kind. He held every moment's attention of hisaudience Sunday evening in Kent Theater. Wit,humor and pathos were freely and effectively used.Mr. Murphy has the Irish" gift 0' the gab" richlyand of a high order. He w('s new jokes and anec­dotes as pegs to haug II u.Ls ou.Mr. Rockefeller, a personal friend of his, he saidwas a good example for young men to follow, in thathe began life with twelve and a half cents and hadnever bought a cigar or a glass of whisky. AmongMr. Murphy's many forcible affirmations was that inthe home, love, truth and. goodness should be affec­tionately strewn as seed for the salvation of theyoung, the family and the nation.Gift to the Astrophysical Journal.Miss Catherine W. Bruce, of New York, has latelypresented to the University of Chicago the sum otone thousand dollars, to be used for the purpose ofproviding illustrations for the Astrophysical Journal.In view of the important part taken by photographyin astrophysical work at the present time, the possi­bility thus afforded of reproducing the best results ofrecent investigations may be expected to add materi­ally to the value of the Journal. Miss Bruce's numer­ous benefactions to astronomy in both Europe andAmerica have brought her the gratitude of many per­sons, among whom the editors and readers of theAstrophysical Journal may be counted.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEK! v• '[ 1ALMA MATER.�Words by EDWIN H. LEWIS. (For Male Voices.)§��� �r_;_ ��IV'I. To -night we glad-ly sing the praise Of her who owns us as her' sons,2. Her might-y learn-ing we would tell, Tho' life is something more than lore,3. The cit - y White hath fled the earth.But where the az - ure wa - ters lie� � F+---,...___JI.-'\-E_L_.r______j-�-E--i---��E =)- EI+ f--===---r-=Et �==I==a�E�: �==f � -- E�� �)�=s:t==E��.==t-�=E�.===tj--. t=E��f= �=J=t--.�-= )�==E�--.-E��_!_--=E---.-e.=#r-E3�--.�'=t==• . 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OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.Major and Minor.Prof. R. D. Salisbury acted as judge in an oratorical contestat Beloit, last week.V. R. Lansingh has gone for a course of study to the BostonInstitute of Technology.The Deunison Club meets at the home of Dr. T. W. Good­speed, Monday evening, February 24.Professor E. D. Burton preached Suuday evening in theFirst Baptist church, Ann Arbor, Mich.The Chicago Evening Post prints all the news of the col­leges. It forms one of its most interesting features.The Oratorical Committee met Tuesday to 'revise the constitu­tion, but adjourned without accomplishing anything.Prof. C. R. Van Hise stopped at the University, Thursday,on his way from Washington, D. C., to Madison, Wis.A petition for a course of sculpture and painting, to be givenby Lorado Taft, is being circulated among the students.Dr. Barrows delivered his sixth and last lecture Sunday inthe course on "Christianity" and " Other Faiths Compared."Professor and Mrs. W. D. McClintock will spend the summerquarter at Chautauqua, devoting part of their time to teaching.Professor Edmund J. James arrived at the University Mon­day. He will enter immediately upon his duties as head of theExtension Department.The basket-ball game with the University of Wisconsin,which was to have been held in the gymnasium, next Satur­day, has been postponed for two weeks.The Annual Oratorical Contest has been set for February 28.The oratio�s must be limited to 2,000 words and must behanded to the Oratorical Committee by February 18.Rev. N. T. Rubinkam, pastor of the University Congrega­tional church, delivered a brief, interesting address last Thurs­day at chapel on the subject, "Religion and Religions."Ellstaetter's "History of the Indian Currency" translatedby J. Laurence Laughlin, is the name of the latest volume ofthe University Economic Series. It came from the press lastweek.An important indoor track and field athletic meet has beenarranged with the University of Illinois, to be held at Cham­paign, March 7. The University of Illinois has one of the bestindoor tracks in the United States.Professor' .Starr W. Cutting of the Germanic department,lectured at iIndianapolis Sunday evening on, ,. Das DeutscheHaus," before a meeting of the" Sozialer Verein." His sub­ject was " D�e Dichter-freundshaft Goethes und Schillers."The Glee: and Mandolin Clubs gave a concert in GrandCrossing 1asl Friday evening under the auspices of the Brook­line Presbyterian church. The merriment of the clubs com­municated itself to the audience when extemporaneous toucheswere added to the program.A1znounce·ment.-The next issue of the WEEKLY will con­tain an excellent half-tone picture of Justin A. Smith, recentlydeceased, fqrmerly editor of the Standard, and two specialarticles, one; of which will give President Harper's account ofMr. Smith's: very intimate relation with the University andwith its president before the University was founded.The special design used for the cover of this number of theWEEKLY is the work of Herbert E. Hewitt, architect and de­signer. Mr. Hewitt is well known ill the University as a stu­dent last year and leader of the '94-'95 Glee Club. He is agraduate of the Boston Institute of Technology. A sampleof his' work in architecture is the new Hewitt residence onWoodlawn avenue. " Christianity's' Messenger to India," the Rev. Dr. JohnHenry Barrows, was warmly greeted and bidden Godspeed,Sunday night at a mass meeting in Central Music Hall. Rev.N. D. Hillis presided; the speakers were: Reverends F. W.Gunsaulus, F. M. Bristol and H. A. Delano, of Evanston,Thomas C. Han and Bishop Fallows; also H. N. Higinbotham,W. J. Onahan, and the University representative, Prof. C. R.Henderson.Last Friday night the clubs appeared before the MarquetteClub on the North Side. The occasion was a regular clubnight. A debate was held in which L. Brent Vaughan of theUniversity took the negative and Mr. Ward of Northwesternthe affirmative of the question, "Should the president of theUnited States be elegible to re-election?" No vote was takenas to the result of the debate. Music was furnished by theclubs during the discussion, after which all were treated to aninformal lunch.The Glee Club last week sent the following communicationto Mr. Harry J. Smith, on the death of his father. a trustee ofthe University:UNIVERSITl OF CHICAG:.O, February 6, 1896.To Harry J. Smith: 'The members of the University of Chicago Glee Club wishto express to you and your mother their sincere sympathy inyour present sorrow. HENRY GORDON GALE.ROBERT BAILEY DAVIDSON.JAMES SCOTT BROWN.For the Club.]Last Tuesday night a Republican caucus was held at 5546Jefferson avenue, for the purpose of nominating congressionaldelegates. A number of students were present, and wereunanimous in opposing the candidates nominated by the" Ring." In defense of itself, the" machine" refused to rec­ognize the votes of the students.' Accordingly the studentsand those who sympathized with them, decided to bolt thecaucus, and present a ticket of their own. At the caucus heldimmediately after the adjournment of the first meeting,Messrs. Voight and Vaughan were nominated as congressionaldelegates.Vagrant Notes,Tim Keefe is to coach the Harvard baseball team, thisspring.Yale college received last week a gift or' $154,000 from theStorrs estate.Yale's wealth is variously estimated by the various ex­changes at from four to six millious.Haverford college will send a cricket eleven to England thissummer to play the teams of the English public schools.The January Review of Reviews gives space to the item thatMrs. Elizabeth Kelly is to present the University with a chapel.The West lost one of its foremost college athletics in thedeath of A. C. Clark, of the University of Illinois, January 29.As a hurdler Mr. Clark had few equals in the West; as a highjumper, none.At the recent indoor athletic games held by the BostonAthletic Association, in a series of relay races between variouscolleges, Amherst defeated Williams, Howard defeated U. ofPennsylvania, and-most startling of all-Princeton wonrather easily from Yale.It is going the rounds of the college papers that no one atAmherst is eligible for competition for college honors whoseexpenses have exceeded $500 for the previous year. 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