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A. � ,�������������������'Ulnf"ersit� of <tbicago 'Ul!leehl�SINGLE COPIES 5c. -,,---VOL. X: No.27�HICAGO, ILL., MAY 2, 1901.jftien�Iess H <rut" $�stem.- In the edition of April I I th. of the WEEKLYthere appeared a lengthy communication froma student attacking the "cue' system;_ at pres­ent in vogue at the University. The articlewas vigorous enough and placed in a sufficient­Iy prominent position to hav-e merited the at­tention of most of our readers. Yet in re­spo nse to the editor's invitation for a refuta­tion of the article, not a single such communi­cation has been received by the WEEKLY Boardin the past two weeks. In fact as far as couldbe judged from the campus gossip the articlearoused nothing but sympathetic comment.-The logical conclusion is that the present sys­tem of marking absences at the University isnot in favor with either our professors or stud­ents. One is lead to believe, therefore, thatthe system is an intellectual orphan and whilesuch unfortunates excite pity a-nd sorrow they. can hardly deserve a place in such an ad­vanced institution of learning as the Univer­-sity of Chicago.How long then, the students ask, is this un­sponsored ruling to hold sway? The studentshave-been protesting for years against it. Oneby O:1e the instructors have corne to realize itstroublesome 'inefficiency. Some have, madebold to express such sentiments in the classroom. 'The student publication 'comes out�ith a direct attack upon it, and', asks thatthose who believe in it shall reply. T NO weekspass and not a single word of refutation writ­ten or spoken, comes to the Board. If no onecan defend the system, common sense askswhy should it remain? If no one will; if no- has sufficient interest in the w'_ltare 0 fthe stu den t s in t his ph as e ot U n i­versity training, as they see it, to corne for­- ward and explain the great benefits to be -de­rived from obtaining a college education de­spite this heavy handicap, 'as we consider it,, why should it remain' a constaut disturber ofthe student's peace of mind? This is the student view of the question andshould as such, be respected and considered.If our uneducated minds are not able to copewith this problem and evolve a great good outof such a seeming evil, it is only just to askthat we should be instructed .If those who believe thoroughly in the sys­tem, and were doubtless too much occnpied tocommunicate witn the WEEKLY, can turnish nomore consistent delineation of its merits thanis furnished by its varying application by dif­ferent professors every day, it is doubtful ifmuch light Can be shed on the situation by anyone.The question naturally arises, what do youpropose to substitute for this system? Our an-swer is, that we do not propose. We await forsuggestions, confident that almost any systemof excused absences, increased number of cutsor a total disregard of cuts, except as affectingclass markings, would be preferable to thestudents to the present one. As a matter 0 ffact the student at present looses credit torevery absence with almost all instructors, and-has to pass the course despite these badmarks--and then possibly have an extra minorto do.Looking at the situation squarely the stu­dents teel that something ought to be done--achange of some kind should be made. What_ it should be, the wisdom of the university a u­thorities should be sufficient to decide, only asa courtesy the student councils might be con-sulted.To put the matter in a nutshell, the presentcut system is inconsistent and thoroughly un-popular. It is time for the student and facultycouncils to take action for the good of the U ni­versity, and make a change. Will they do it?THE OMNIPRESENT 0 BSERVER very bad, after Jack had spent an hour talkingwith him about people with extra toes, andfingers, that he mentioned his ideas to the as­tute "Butter", and thereafter Jack was slylywatched by all- the physical culture depart­ment.For two weeks this vain search continued,but finally, just as Jack was despairing of thetask and thinking of going back to his legiti­mate work again, the long hoped for oppor­tunity arrived. Going down in the expressone day Jack suddenly found his gaze rivetedon the ungloved hand of a man opposite him.'One, two, three, four, five, six, he counted themseveral times. Yes there were six fingers.Just between the little finger and the third wasa small attenuated digit of unusual thinness butof proportionate length. Jack wanted to rushover and shake the man's hand with bubblingjoy, but luckily prudence came to him in, time.All the way down to Randolph he tried invain to think of some method of finding outthe man's name. Every plausible plan re­quired so much nerve that he dared not try it,for fear of having his prize slip away.At Randolph he got off after the man andfollowed him 'down the street, trusting thatif he kept him in sight long enough he would'probably eventually learn his name., Throughthe maze of the down town streets he followedthe "example" closely. He had.the man's pic­.ture perfectly impressed on his mind by thistime, back, front and sid.e views, all indeliblystamped. What a chase the man led him! Heseemed to have endless business to transactwith people who did not know him and neveronce did he write or speak his name. At lasthe turned into a large dry-goods house. "Moreshopping," groaned Jack, "I thought onlywomen did this sort of thing." Straight tothe elevator the man went and Jack fervently.blessed the bargain day crowd which separatedhim from his victim. He had been up in fourelevators before with the man and was afraidthat the cpincidence might become embarrass­ing if repeated many more times. On one ofthe upper floors the man got off and walkedleisurely down the aisles towards a brass rail­inged office space, taking off his coat as he didso. Jack's heart beat high with hope.There was .a vacant desk there marked plain-, III, I The Professor had one day requested hisclass to bring to his notice as many' unfortu­nates possessing six toes or fingers as theyshould happen to know of. He had pledgedhis word that, at their request, he should not di­vulge the names of his informants, when writ­ing to the persons burdened with extra ex­tremities. He had, he announced, somethinglike three hundred and thirty such cases on hislists and wished to add one hundred and seventymore before drawing his final conclusions in thematter. A few days later he said at the open­ing of the class hour, that he was highly grati­fied at the industry of the class and at the ex­tent of- the acquaintunce ot many ot its mem­bers with extra fingered people. He had infact received the names of six splendid casesfrom one member of the class alone. All thisnaturally stirn ulated the energies of even themost reposeful. Particularly was this true ofone generally lazy member, who may as wellbe known by the peculiar title of Jack. Likeall the rather lazy students Jack felt that herewas an opportunity to make up for weeks ofscanty preparation and so.h e bestirred himselfmightily in the quest of a sexdigitist. First,he scanned all his personal acquaintances soclosely that one by one they carrie to regardhim as a most unpleasant companion and towish they had washed their hands more care­fully. Then he ma<fe guarded remarks amonghis intimates about sexdigitism and watchedvainly for betraying blushes. Nothing result­ed from all his talking except bad opinionsof him on all sides. He then took up thepractice of bathing long and often in the"gym,'" shower baths. Still no results exceptthat Ned put him down on his mental books asone of the biggest fools that ever asked for atowel. That was. 9- pretty severe verdict, forNed had seen several freshmen classes.toil overthe elusive combination locks and had watchedover countless preparatory school meets, tosay nothing of seeing Stagg's winter trackclasses exhaust themselves daily on the run-ning track, under the impression that. theywere getting easy credit in "gym" work. Infact, Ned's opinion of the young man grew SQ 906 \ ----\ . -907ly with a brass sign C. M. G.--Manager. Atthis the man paused, hung his coat on a near byhook and sat down in the desk chair. Jackcopied carefully the name, from behind aneighboring post, and then started back forthe elevator with a head held high with vic­tory."Anything I can do for you?" asked a clerkstepping forward."N 0, it's all right. I've spotted him-Imean it. Oh it's all right anyhow," he replied,hastily making for the stairs as he saw theclerk's eyes open wide with coming questions.Once on the street he drew a deep sigh ofrelief, took out his note-book and carefullyread the name, replaced it in his innermostpocket and started for the train in an exstacyof self-congratulation.On reading the slip handed in by the youngman the next day the Professor smiled grati­fiedly and beamed on the discoverer of a sex­digitist in the person of this man of eminence.A few days later the Professor dispatched oneof his usual letters of scientific inquiry to theprominent merchant in question. A week orso later he received the following reply:Professor---,Dear idiot:-On returning from a trip East,yesterday, I found you r m os t surpris­ing letter on my desk, marked 'private'and so, the powers be praised, unopened. Ihave not as you allege six fingers or six toes.N either, I might add, have I three eyes, fourears or any other bodily extras. I have ex­am ined myself closely and fail to detect anydifferences in my anatomy from" that of anordinary man. Of course, if, 'in the interestsof science' you wish to come down and exam­ine me you are at perfect liberty to do so. Ishould however, advise that you carry thecard of your favorite hospital with you andmake arrangements for a temporary leave ofabsence from your loving classes, as I am nota perfect angel when aroused and feel some­what excited at present. If, however, you sodesire you might send a substitute in the per­son of that 'friend of mine' who so kindlyfurrnshe d you with information as to my physi­cal additions.Yours in hopes of a speedy acquaintance,C. M. G.--­Written with a five fingered hand. P. S. My private secretary, who left meshortly before my return from the East, had anextra finger or two I believe. I should be de­lighted to give you his address and will directyou to him as soon as the police findhim-in the interests of science. You pre­sumably know the way to the county jail,where he will doubtless be at home to you in afew days."* * *A short and stoi my interview was held re­cently between the Professor and Jack, subse­q uent to which Jack changed his registration.This is considered to be very bad policy in themiddle of the quarter, but may have beenjustifiable under the circumstances; at least sothe Observer, who was in a nearby room dur­ing the "consultation," believes.Sophomore Meeting.At a meeting of the Sophomore class heldlast Thursday it was voted that the date forthe Freshman-Sophomore Track meet bechanged from May 4 to June 8, on account ofthe sickness of Captain Horton, who" is ex­pected to be in trim by that time. The meetwas postponed once before on account of thesickness of one of the strongest Freshmancompetitors, D. W. Hopkins. It was furtherdecided that it was the opinion of the class" that all "C" men should be allowed to competein interclass athletic contests. The class de­termined to organize a taseball team, and forthis purpose elected Roy Merrifield, captain.Both the captains, Merrifield of the �opho­mores, and Sunderland of the Freshman havewon their "C's.' It is very probable that bothof them will have to resign their positions, asStagg will not be able to spare them from the'Varsity practice and games long enough forthem to organize and play with their classteams. Besides these baseball and track con­tests there is to be a Freshman-Sophomoretennis tournament.The Junior Council Takes Action.At a meeting of the Junior College Councilheld last Tuesday it was decided to petitionthe faculty to make tennis a regular course tobe registered for in the usual manner.\N 908, ). r 1I 1 hI.. MOLONe. '1(,�fI'lS 5�A1'iP<"orj IlDI\;t\JM��. nI'l �I\-II�' I}I "ff;lt N.�n.l\� '1\1H(._\-----•A SUGGESTION FOR SOME SENIOR CLASS, 909Inter-Fraternity Baseball League. A committee was appointed to solicit fundsfor the support of the Northern OratoricalContest for next year. This future contest isscheduled for Chicago. Mr. Bingham, treas­urer of tne local association, is chairman of theCommittee.Last Friday afternoon representatives fromthe different fraternities met at the house ofPhi Delta Theta and reorganized the baseballleague. Walter Hudson was elected President,and R. L. Henry Secretary-Treasurer. Thedrawings of the games were as follows:Sigma Chi vs Chi Psi }'D. K. E. vs Psi Upc;ilon.Alpha Delta Phi vs Phi Kappa Psi. }Beta Theta Pi vs Phi Delta Theta.Delta Tau Delta vs Delta Upsilon.The winners of the first two games play to­gether; the winners of the second two together;and the winner o t the fifth game draws the"bye." The winners of the second round willdraw lots to see which will play the "bye."Then there will be two _teams left to play forthe championship. A handsome banner w il lbe given to the champion team. Last yearPhi Delta Theta won' the banner, which nowadorns their house. All men who have everplayed, with one or two exceptions, in a sched­uled 'Varsity game will not be allowed to play.Those who have played battery positions onthe "scrubs" will not be allowed to play thosepositions. The preliminary games must beplayed on or before Saturday, May 4·Oratorical Association.At the meeting of the Oratorical Associationon Thursday, April 25, it was decided to sup­port the claims of Wisconsin in regard to thepresidency of the Northern Oratorical Asso­ciation. As stated in a previous article in theWEEKLY, Michigan has contended that throughthe resignation of the president, a Wisconsinman, the office becomes the property of thevice-president, at present a Michigan man.Wisconsin, on the other hand, has reserved theprivilege of filling the vacancy, and has ap­pointed William C. Carr to succeed to theoffice. Chicago has decided to instruct its del­egates to sustain Wisconsin; on the ground,that, inasmuch as the colleges receive thehonor of the presidency by rotation, the officeis one of collegiate and not individual author­ity; the resignation of the .individual, thereforedoes not affect the location of the honor. The Civic Club.The Civic Club had a meeting last Fridayevening, April 26, in the Y. M. C. A. Room inHaskell for members and invited guests.There was no public announcement. The pro­gram of the evening included an open debateon the question, Resolved that the Civic Clubof the University ofChicago should take an ac­t!ve part in politics.------------------Northern Oratorical League.The program of the Northern OratoricalLeague contest at Iowa City, May 3d, is as fol­lows:President's Address Wm. J. Carr.Hungarian Dance Brahms.University Orchestra.I. Otto Bracket Iowa2. B. G. Nelson Chicago3. E. J. Marshall Michigan4. Thos. D. Schall ' .. '. . MinnesotaUniversity Orchestra.5. H. O. Enwall. Northwestern6. C. M. Woodruff. . . . . . .. . Oberlin7. Miss Louise Loeb WisconsinBolero .. ; MoszkowskiUniversity Orchestra.The Pan-Hellenic,The Committee appointed to prepare theConstitution for the Social Combination is hardat work, but has not yet completed its manu­script. There will be a meeting in a few daysat which the Constitution will be submitted forapproval.They Sing.The lower Juniors are singing at their divis­ion lectures in accordance with the plan pro­posed by President Harper, published recentlyin the WEELKY. The singing has been goodand enthusiastic and should promise a large at­tendance for the senior sings which will com­mence shortly., I tion with its .del inquent subscribers has beeninjured; as this portion of the paper seems tohave escaped their attention- entirely.But not' so with the other readers; as was at­tested by the 'fact that the notice with theoffending word carefully' underscored waspasted on a postal card and sent to PresidentHarper. Beneath the clipping was written that \favorite' High School legend, "0 tempor�o mores!""[�£ 'Ulnt"erett\) of <tbtcago 'ijijleekl�.EDITORIAL BOARD.DONALD R. RICHBERG,CHARLES W. COLLINS. Managing EditorAssociate EditorASSISTANT EDITORS.CHARLES MACKAY VAN PATTEN, 'or.CHARLES SUMNER HAYES, '02.HERBERT EASTON FLEMING, '02.THOMAS JOHNSTON HAIR, '03.WILLIAM RALPH KERR, JR., '03WOMEN EDITORS.LOUISE DODGE, '02. EMMA DOLFINGER, '03.REPORTERS.CORNELIA S. SMITHJOHN A: LIGGETTH. WILKENSON FORDEDITH B, WILESM. COULTER CRAIG FRANK R. ADAMSR. L. HENRY, JRWALKER G. McLAURY- MARY I. BRUSHN ORMAN MOORE CHIVERSD. A. ROBERTSON,A. T. STEWART,FRED M. BOBO - -- -} Staff ArtistsLEON P. LEWIS, Business ManagerBYRON G. MOON, Associate ManagerOffice Hours: 9:30 to 11:00 m. daily.SUBSCRIPTION RATE.One Year, (Four Quarters) -One Quarter, payable in advance, -OFFICE-BASEMENT, q-oBB HALL,A11 business communications should be addressed to theBusiness Manager.r En�ered as Second-Class Matter at the Post-office, Chicago, Ill.Subscribers who are in arrears will oblige the"Weekly" by paying their subscriptions. Thewrapper will tell you date to which you have paid.In the above notice to subscribers, which wasinserted last week, the word "paid," thanks tothe printer's ability toAn Expla- mis-read copy, appearednation. "payed." Judging from,the responses to the notic�,the WEEKLY need have 110 fear that its reputa-$1.75.50 While we think our critic has gone ratherfar back into the classics to find fitting lan­guage by which to express his horror atthe typographical condition of the WEEKLY,'the frequency with which typographical errorsappear in the WEEKLY, demands as a matterof justice to the editors, some explana­tion. In the case in point, the notice with theword "paid,'" correctly.' spelled and legiblywrittenwas given by the business manager tothe printer, and as it would probably have beena matter of hour 0.1' two before the typesetterwould have gotten to this particular item, werelied upon the foreman to see that it ap­peared correctly, with the above result.I t must be confessed that quite a number ofthe errors in the WEEKLY must be charged tofaulty proof-reading on the part of the edi­tors, but human nature is fallible, and we haveeven seen typographical errors in the officialjournals of the University of Chicago, whichare looked after from beginning to end by thebest talent the University can obtain. Thereare, however, many errors, inc.luding frequentlythe most glaring ones, which must be laid atthe door of the printer. Besides faulty proof­reading, mistakes may be made bythe printerin correcting the proof, in making up thepag�s, in locking the forms, and even in thepress work 'itself, letters' frequently being dis­lodged while the paper is being printed.As the managing editor receives no Uni­versity credit for his work, and must therefore�-':�.��_:,.. -�....__ �-- -_=-' � - - ---. -- - - - - - . -- -_ � •, .911i�;wEtiWJi:,8I,%?N:>r�·:,:/�)\·<t,;·:;::;!:,,)::+;��4t§;:Ef4?T/i*:"<;\:�f:,)':;:r::;::;( �M�·d'l¥¢}\'ij+\�n'f:QY:k/$}wLX**J.�}'j.${:;N''(*!'V1carry his three majors as usual to keep up with be predicted, ahead will add greatlyhis regular work, such close supervision. over to the numbers on the bleachers. The presentthe mechanical processes of the paper is impos- attendance makes up for its 'lack of quality,sible, when we remember that it requires fromtwenty to twenty-five hours of his time eachweek to supervise the "WEEKLY" under thepresent regime.As for securing more careful and intellect­ual work on the part of the printers, we mustconfess that the task seems almost hopeless.The editors and business manager have ex­pended time enough to pass several extra ma­jors in a vain indeavor to impress upon themthe necessity of avoiding these blunders, butabout the only result of these efforts has beenthe valuable scientific discovery that in tracingthe process of evolution back from the presentcondition of man, we discover the order to besomething like this, first, human beings, thendumb animals, then inanimate objects, andfinally printers.In conclusion, let us hope that the time isnot far distant when the erection of the PressBuilding will enable us to have the WEEKLYprinted by the University Press, and when theeditors of the WEEKLY will receive credit inthe English department according to the workthey do on the paper, so they may give it theattention it deserves without fear of falling be­hind in their University work. .The cheering at the baseball games this yearhas practically marked arevolution in the Varsitybaseball rooting. The lastImprovedRooting.few seasons have bee nplayed through by our baseball team with al­most 110 encouragement from the grand stands.This year, however, the students have takenan active part in the games and clearly dem­onstrated the well known fact that it oftentakes more than nine men on the diamond towin a closely fought game. The attendanceat the games has been rather scanty but doubt­less - 'the successful season, 'which can however, in its superfine quality, and tor thisgood enthusiastic cheering too much creditcan not be given. In this connection R. B.Davidson our loyal "grad" deserves to beawarded especially "honorable mention."Social Notes.Miss Bertha Iles sailed for Europe lastThursday. She will return about the middle ofSeptember.The Misses Campbell will entertain the HydePark High School Club, Saturday evening,May 4th.One of the most enjoyable events of the pastweek was the luncheon at Ingham's given byMr. Henry and Mr. Kohlsaat. Those presentwere: Miss Belden, Mr. Kohlsaat, Mr. Henry.The Dramatic Club held its initiation inGreen Hall last Saturday evening. The newmembers are: Miss Wayman, Miss Buck;Messrs. Hayes, Sawyer, Sills and Sardarn.The Mortar Board entertained on Fridayevening, April 26, at Kenwood Hall. A cotil­lion followed a short dance program. Decora­tions were in the society colors, Goldsmithplayed.The First Annual Assembly given by GammaAl pha Chapter of Delta Tau Delta washeld at tne Chicago Beach Hotel on Fridayevening, April zoth.The patronesses were: Mesdames FrankWieland, George M. Bard, Edward B. McKeyAnna H. Ray, Henry W. Mahan, Ransom KeIJ­nicott.Besides the active chapter those presentwere: The Misses Shelley, Hunter, GoodrichEhert, Halman, Wiles, DeCampi, Childs, Ho­gan, Stetler, Belknap, Leonard, Taylor, Darby,Tuthill, Ray, Kendall, Warner, Woods, Corbin,Graves, Sibley, Mahon, Witwer, Rankin, Gur­ley, Johnson.Messrs. Alexander Smith. Kennedy, Black�welder, Nuckols, Allbright, Wieland, Richards,Speed, Sheldon, Ballinger, Zimmerman, Young,Mal vern, Eldridge, Dietz, Dennis, J anns, Faust,Witwer, Sibley, Field, White, Westlake.912The Women's CommonsA few days ago an article appeared in oneofthe daily newspapers to the effect that thewomen of the University. had, won an "anti­hash fight." The article stated, in sensationalstyle, that President Harper had recently senta communication to Miss Talbot in which headvised that the fare, at present provided forthe women in the dormitories, should be inves­tigated and improved. It was alleged that thisletter of the President was sent in response tonumerous appeals from the "coeds" who werebeing served up most unpalatable meals at aprice which should have warranted a betterdiet.So much for the articl'e. On investigationby the WEEKLY a peculiar state of affairs wasfound to be existing. Many of the girls com­plain loud and long against the food in no' mildterms, They say that the supply is poor and'that it is still' more poorly cooked. On theother hand as many are found to, assert that allthe objections are mere ,exaggerations. Thesesay that the food provided by the University ismuch superior to that furnished by most board­ing schools and women's colleges, and that ob­jecting to it is more of a humorous fad than aserious rebellion.Between these two points of view the out­sider cantake his position wherever his fancyor "particular fciend" dictates.' As to whetherPresid�nt Harper s�nt s�ch a letter to DeanTalbot or not is als6 an open question whichofficial secrecy wIll not allow us to investigate.Here, however, is' an opportunity which theUniversity women should not neglect. If thereare serious objections to the food provided,held by a majority of the women in the halls,the WEEKLY would be glad to know of the mat­ter. If, on the contrary the women are practi­cally satisfied at pltesent, imformation wouldbe also gratefully received. 1£ the youngiadies 'will only talk the matter over and form­ulate some definite opinions and hand them into the WEEKLY, we shall be glad to take a cer­tain position in the controversy in the nextissue in furtheren�e of wh�tever ideas theWomen should ad vance. Track Athletics.Although it is more than a month beforetheelection of a captain for the track team nextyear, the contest for that honor has alreadybegun. There' are two candidates who are be­ing pushed by their friends, Fred. G. Moloneyand Harvey Lord. Both of these men havedone hard work for the success of the Univer­sity of Chicago in track athletics and both aredeserving of honor at the hands of their fellowathletes. Each has a number of energeticfriends both among- the athletes and in the un­dergraduate body, and these friends are work­ing for all they are worth. The contest is go­ing on in the best of good teeling, and each' of­the candidates declares that the' other is a goodfellow. One interesting phase of the situationis that the track captaincy is being made apivotal factor in nearly all the politics of the"undergrads." and it is doubtful if many dealswill be made or favors shown between now andthe day the track team picture is taken and theelection held, that do nothave some bearing.up­on the election. For the good of the track teamit is hoped by those epecially interested that nohard feeling will result from the contest andthat the man defeated will accept the situationwith grace, and a realization that it is some­thing even to have been considered for a cap­taincy at the "U. of C.,,-* * *Director Stagg and the relay runners, whowere defeated by Yale in the one mile relay atPhiladelphia last Saturday, have an excuse tooffer, but in a characteristically sportsmanlikeattitude, say that Yale had the superior team.All agree that if they had been better postedon the relative strength of the different menon the Yale team, the Chicago man could havebeen run in a different order, which wouldhave given "Bill" Moloney a better chance onthe last relay. Thinking that the opposingteams would have strong men on the first re­lay, Stagg put Fred Moloney in for our first.Fred, himself says that thisrelay was a loaf­ing race, and that if he had cut out hard fromthe start and run a "ding-dong" race, that hemight have gained a big lead instead of mere­ly two yards. But he also says that the weatherhere has not been right �,?r a man to get into'wF,m'*:�*E\':�\'*�:<!l')�\-;':;F;r}:�;:::;;#�W;f.!Y>t_/:*�i'i:i:j-':r---:x:i:·-¢.t;{�'Uf.i);W-f:\\r.;A�:-�h'tfiiXIMt>1Jwk-�;'-Z)$; -:;.*.�:�-I!batip-top shape and that the maroons were good was slow. The principal source of satisfactionfor about 330 yards instead of 440. Pettit took to the Chicago runners was that to be a goodthe second relay and although he fought with second in that race, and to scare several bighis usual game spirit, lost six yards to Clapp, eastern universities out of entering, is worthwho won the Yale relay trials. Pettit says while. Chicago has the best continuous recordthat Yale gained every time in taking up the in this event having won first twice, secondrelay. Harvey Lord, running against Hunter once and third once; Yale has taken first oncewho was considered Yale's second fastest man and second once; and Harvard first once.until Clapp defeated him recently, made good * * *time, running in 51:1-5; but even at thatadded a yard to the gap. When "Bill" Mo­loney took up the last relay Boardman. theEastern Inter-collegiate champion, had a tenyard lead. "Bill" overtook him after the first200 yards; stayed until after the last turn, andthen when he saw that Broadman was pullingaway from him and that Syracuse and Penn­sylvania men were way back, he took it easyfor second place. His time was not taken.Fred's was 0·53 3· 5 and Pettit's 0·53· The trackwas very _ heavy, having been covered withwater the day before and Yale's time. 3: 27 I 5 913Harvey Lord did not return with the othermen. He is visiting at Hill School, where hedid his "prep" work, and other places in theEast.* * *The Divinity students of the University haveaccepted a challenge from the Sarrett "Bibs"at North western for a game of ball on Sheppard­field at Evanston Monday. This accounts forthevarious sights and sounds on the campus infront of "Grad" hall every afternoon. H. B.'Woolston IS the captain of the "Divinity"MAJORS AND MINORS. team.Mr. Frank R. White, '00, has accepted a position inthe Philippine schools. He is at present one of the su­perintendents of the Chicago Bureau of Charities.Lombard College celebrated its fiftieth anniversary atthe Palmer House last Friday evening. Dr. Harper wasamong the speakers.Willoughby Walling and Ralph Hamill visited the uni­versity last Wednesday. Mr. Walling will not return toHarvard where he- has been studying for the last twoyears.A conference of the presidents of State universitieswill be held at the University of I linois commencingMay r.Mr. Tom Hair led the Y. M. C. A. meeting Wednes-day, April 24. -Mr. Troop gave his second lecture on "Canadian Uni­versities" last Wednesday to the Upper Juniors.The University Dramatic Association of Yale pre­sented Thomas Heywood'," Fair Maid of the West"- last Tuesday evening.- 'The annual banquet of the Chicago Alumni Associa-tion of the University of Michigan will be held in theAuditorium next Friday evening. President James B.Angell will be among the speakers.The Chicago Alumni of the University of Pennsyl­vania gave a banquet last Friday evening at the Uni­versity Club. Professor James and Dr. Hirsch spoke.Mr, Bruce Arnsbury gave a reading from present dayauthors in Kent Theater last Friday: . Mr. France Anderson attended the Beloit game.The Rev. 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Offers a three-year course of study in private and public lawleading' to the degree of LL. B. Graduates of colleges and scien­tific schools in good standing are admitted without examination.All persons other than such graduates must be elgible for ad­mission to the Sophomore Class of Columbia College, or pre­sent the academic diploma of the Regents of State of NewYork, or a certificate-acceptable to.the Regents in lieu, thereof,Beginni1tg with the academic year I903-I904 no person willbe admitted to the school except graduates oj colleges and scien­tific schools in good standinf{, or persons presenting satisfac­tory evidence of equivalent training.For circulars containing full information address the Secre­tary, Columbia University, New York City. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF' PHARMACY,SCHOOLCHICAGOCourse for the degree of. Pharmaceutical Chemisty, occupying two fullschool years, aggregating- about 76 weeks. 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