and a private laboratory. The third floor contains two laboratories for advanced workers in Physiology, a laboratory for beginners in Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, a balance-room, and several smaller rooms for work in Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology. The fourth floor contains two rooms with cages for animals and two operating rooms. In addition, two laboratories for work in Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, a combustion room, and a room for work in gas analysis. The laboratories are well equipped both for general instruction in Phys. iology, Physiological Chemistry, and Pharmacology, and for advanced and research work in these sciences. THE BOTANICAL LABORATORY The Botanical Laboratory is a building 102 by 52 feet, four stories high, with basement, and roof greenhouse. The basement contains rooms for the preparation of material, and for general storage. The first floor contains the general lecture-hall, one general laboratory for elementary work, offices, and the general storerooms of the Biological Departments. The second floor contains three laboratories for work in the Morphology of seed plants, three private research-rooms, two offices, and a clubroom. The third floor is arranged for work in the Morphology of cryptogams, and in Ecology, containing three laboratories, and eight private research-rooms. The fourth floor is used for plant physiology, with two general laboratories, accommodating thirty-two students, photographic and physiological dark-rooms, workshop, two research-rooms, and a storeroom. The roof greenhouse is intended for experimental work in connection with the physiological laboratories. It also serves to furnish material for the morphologi cal laboratories. A limited amount of ground for experimental work has been secured. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD* The Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions is charged with the execution of all University regulations bearing upon University Houses, student secret organizations and societies, and student publications. It has also the general supervision of all student entertainments and exhibitions, and the public appearances of students in University and intercollegiate contests, except those in athletics. The Board has assigned the supervision of the different branches of its work to persons who are ex officio members of the Board, as follows: (1) contests in public speaking and dramatic exhibitions to the representative of the Department of Public Speaking; (2) musical exhibitions to the Director of Music; (3) social affairs to the Dean of Women; (4) student publications to the representative of the Department of English. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS For the general regulations governing student organizations and University Houses see the Undergraduate Course Book. THE UNIVERSITY HOUSES For a list of Houses already organized within and outside the Quadrangles see the Quarterly Address Book. STUDENT EXHIBITIONS RULES GOVERNING THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF STUDENTS 1. During the Quarter in which he takes part in any public exhibition or any intercollegiate athletic contest, or serves on the editorial board of any student publication, the student must be taking full work, which must be sustained at a satisfactory grade. 2. The student must have completed the full work of the two preceding Quarters of his residence, and his absences during that period must not have been sufficiently numerous to reduce his credits, but less than full work in a fourth Quarter of residence after three consecutive Quarters of full work will not disqualify a student. PRIZE DEBATES, ORATIONS, AND DECLAMATIONS 1. The Annual University Debate, open to all members of the University, is held during the Autumn Quarter of each year. The rules controlling it will be found in the Undergraduate Course Book (§ 30, No. 3), pp. 25, 26. 2. The Annual Freshman-Sophomore Debate, open to all members of the Junior Colleges who have less than eighteen Majors' credit in any of the colleges, is held during the Spring Quarter of each year, under the rules to be found in the Undergraduate Course Book. 3. The Annual Contest in Oratory, open to members of the University who have never taken an асаdemic degree and who have not done more than four years of college work, is held during the Winter Quarter of each year, under the rules found in the Undergraduate Course Book (§ 30, No. 2), p. 24. 4. Contests in Declamation, open to members of the Junior Colleges who have less than eighteen Majors' credit in any of the Colleges and who are eligible for public appearance, are held during the Autumn and Winter Quarters, under the rules found in the Undergraduate Course Book (§ 30, No. 1), pp. 22, 23. Concerning Scholarships for Public Speaking, see the Undergraduate Course Book, §32. 5. Participants in the contests above mentioned are subject to the following regulations: a) No professional teacher of elocution shall be eligible to participate in a contest. b) A successful competitor entering in any of the final contests of any School or College will not be permitted again to compete in that particular School or College. c) The winner in any preliminary contest in any School or College may, if he does not win the final contest, compete in subsequent preliminary contests upon the condition that, if he be awarded first place in such subsequent contest, he may again enter the final contest, but shall not receive the preliminary prize, which shall be awarded to the student whose rank shall be second to his. *For the Administrative Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, see p. 48. THE UNIVERSITY PRESS* ORGANIZATION AND SCOPE The University Press constitutes one of the five Divisions of the University. It is organized primarily to do educational printing and publishing, the scope of its activities being defined by a constitution adopted by the Board of Trustees. In general, the lines of work are as follows: manufacturing, publishing, the retailing of textbooks and supplies, and purchasing of library books and office stationery for the Departments of the University. The management of the Press is in the hands of a Director appointed by the Board of Trustees, while the general administration is in the hands of a Board appointed by the Trustees from members of the Faculties. The manufacturing plant is equipped to do all kinds of printing and bookmaking. In the composing-room, aside from the common fonts of book and job type for hand composition, machine batteries of Lanston monotypes and Mergenthaler linotypes are employed. Complete assortments of accents, mathematical and astronomical signs, and large fonts of Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, and Ethiopic, are utilized extensively. The press-rooms contain job and cylinder presses, and the bindery is equipped with paper-cutters, folders, sewing-machines, backers, embossers, gilders, and other machinery necessary for the production of firstclass book work. The scope of the Publication Department includes the business management of the various departmental journals, the publication of books and pamphlets, and the distribution of all official documents of the University. A catalogue is issued giving detailed information regarding all publications. The list of book titles now numbers about 375, and twelve journals are issued at regular intervals. Many important publications have been printed as series, and have formed departmental contributions. Among these may be mentioned: Contributions to Philosophy; Contributions to Education; Studies in Classical Philology; Germanic Studies; English Studies; Historical and Linguistic Studies in Literature Related to the New Testament; Economic Studies; Bulletins of Anthropology; Divinity Studies; Contributions from the Hull Botanical Laboratory; Contributions from Walker Museum; Bulletins of the Yerkes Observatory. DECENNIAL PUBLICATIONS The most important publishing enterprise yet entered upon arose in connection with the recent De cennial celebration of the University. In connection with this event two series of publications were planned under the editorial supervision of a special committee appointed from the Faculties. The first contains two volumes of reports and eight of investigations, the latter consisting of a collection of articles representing the work of research of the several Departments of the University organized during the first decennium. The volumes of this series are quarto, bound in cloth, each article appearing as a reprint in paper binding. The second series includes eighteen volumes, embodying original research. The volumes of this series are octavo, bound in cloth. DEPARTMENTAL JOURNALS The list of departmental journals is as follows: The School Review, monthly except July and August. The Elementary School Teacher, monthly except July and August. The Botanical Gazette, monthly. The Astrophysical Journal, monthly except February and August. The Journal of Geology, semi-quarterly. The American Journal of Sociology, bi-monthly. The Journal of Political Economy, quarterly. The American Journal of Theology, quarterly. The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, quarterly. Modern Philology, quarterly. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS The list of official publications is as follows: FEBRUARY Circular of Information, Preliminary Summer Bulletin of Information, Lecture Study. MARCH Circular of Information, Summer Quarter. Announcements, Commerce and Administration. APRIL Circular of Information, Graduate Schools. Bulletin of Information, Fellowships and Scholarships. Announcements, School of Education. MAY Circular of Information, Colleges. Announcements, Law School. JUNE Bulletin of Information, Correspondence-Study. Announcements, Courses in Medicine. For the Administrative Board of the University Press, see p. 48. †This schedule is subject to change only by vote of the University Council. THE ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FOR BOYS MORGAN PARK, ILL. THE FACULTY WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER, PH.D., D.D., LL.D., President of the University. WAYLAND JOHNSON CHASE, A.M., Dean, and Assistant Professor of History. ISAAC BRONSON BURGESS, A.M., Professor of Latin. FRANK MELVILLE BRONSON, A.M., Assistant Professor of Greek. ERNEST LEROY CALDWELL, A.B., Instructor in Mathematics. HARRY DELMONT ABELLS, S.B., Instructor in Physics and Chemistry. ARTHUR WILLIS LEONARD, A.B,, Instructor in English. HAYDN EVAN JONES, PH.D., Associate in History. JOSEPH MADISON SNIFFEN, A.B., Assistant in Botany and Physiography. HENRY H. PRATT, Assistant in Physical Training. JOHN THOMAS LISTER, A.B., Assistant in German and French. GENERAL INFORMATION The Academy is situated at Morgan Park, on the line of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and the Chicago Terminal railroads, about thirteen miles south from the center of the city, and eight southwest from the University site. It is also connected with the city by the Chicago Southern Electric Traction Company. The buildings of the Academy, all of which are constructed of brick and stone, are as follows: Blake Hall, which contains the chapel, the recitation rooms, and the administrative offices; the George C. Walker Library, containing 6,000 well-chosen volumes; and having also a reading-room well furnished with current literature; the Science Laboratory, with two lecture-rooms. The Gymnasium, which contains a large room 100 feet by 70 feet, with high roof and earth floor, equipped for baseball practice, basket-ball, hand-ball, running and jumping, and other indoor sports; an apparatus room, 70 feet by 45 feet, fully equipped; locker and dressing-room with shower and tub baths; a pair of first-class bowling alleys; boxingroom, trophy-room, and offices of the physical director. Morgan Hall, West Hall, and East Hall, the dormitories, providing accommodations for one hundred and seventy students. The rooms in these are steam heated and well lighted and, varying as to size, are all of them sufficiently large for comfort. In East Hall is the dining-room of the Academy Commons. Adjacent to East and West Halls and to the site of the gymnasium is the athletic field of eight acres. This is thoroughly drained and has been graded to a perfect level, and around the edge of the oval an excellent bicycle and training-track one-fifth of a mile in length has been laid. It offers the best of facilities for football, baseball, and other outdoor sports. Five excellent clay tennis courts are also provided. ADMISSION Applicants for admission to the Academy must bring from schools most recently attended certificates of work done. These certificates must show explicitly both the amount and the character of the previous work, as these will be important in determining the entrance status of the new students. The two days preceding the regular opening of school will be devoted to ascertaining the character, purpose, and attainments of new pupils, and to this end both oral and written recitations and conferences in and out of the classroom will be employed. THE CURRICULUM The Academy offers three courses of study based upon the requirements for the degrees of A.B., Ph.B.; and S.B. at the University of Chicago. The A.B. course contains four years of Latin, one year of History, three years of Mathematics, three years of English, one year of French or German, one year of Physics, three years of Greek. In the Ph.B. group, two years of German or French and one year of History are substituted for the three years of Greek in the A.B. group. In the S.B. group there are substituted for the Greek of the A.B. two years of German or French and one year of Science; and, in addition, two years of Science may be substi tuted for two years of Latin, this course thus offering either four years of Science and two of Latin, or two of Science and four of Latin. Four years are required to prepare for the best colleges by students well grounded in the common English branches, and five years by those whose grammarschool education is defective. To supply defects in previous preparation, classes are formed in English Grammar and Composition and in Arithmetic for the Autumn Quarter. Delinquent students of the firstyear class are thus prepared to begin Latin and Algebra at the opening of the Winter Quarter. Manual Training.-A course in Manual Training is included in the curriculum, not with the purpose of fitting for a trade, but because of its general educational value. It is so planned as to cover two years of work, and includes shop-work and freehand and mechanical drawing. The work is largely individual, and begins with each pupil at that point to which he has progressed in previous work. It is at present an elective course, not being included in any of the three groups mentioned above. course. Bible Study.-Five courses are offered in the study of the Bible, and every pupil is required to take one The study is literary, historical, and ethical, dealing with the great essentials, but avoiding controverted matters. The methods employed are those of the regular classroom. Public Speaking.-An elective course is given in this subject once a week throughout the year. The principles of vocal expression are studied and applied, the students of the course being required to speak at each recitation, with the object of developing direct, earnest, and self-possessed utterance. Physical Culture.-The school provides gymnasium advantages and a competent gymnasium instructor. Regular class work in the gymnasium is required of all. This is not considered merely as exercise, but rather as an indispensable part of a proper system of education. EXPENSES The fee is $40 a Quarter. There is an additional laboratory fee for students taking the courses in science, as follows: in Chemistry, $3 per Quarter; in Physics, $1.50 per Quarter; in Botany, $1 per Quarter. The general expenses of the student fairly approximate to some one of the following estimates: $280, $400, and $500. The elements of cost on which the variations depend are (a) room rent, which varies from $6 per Quarter for a small single room to $60 for a two-room suite; (b) board, which is furnished in the Academy Commons at $48 per Quarter, and at the Students' Boarding Club at $30; and (c) sundry expenses, which would include laundry, books, and stationery and other incidentals, and may vary from $30 to $70 for the year. SCHOLARSHIPS 1. Academy Scholarships.-The Academy at present offers fifteen full Scholarships and fifteen half Scholarships, in addition to the Walker Scholarships (see 2 below). The full Scholarships are equivalent in amount to the tuition; the half Scholarships, to half the tuition. To those who need them these Scholarships are granted solely on the ground of merit. 2. Walker Scholarships for residents of Morgan Park.-Mr. George C. Walker has provided, in addition to the above, five full and ten half Scholarships for the children of residents of Morgan Park. These Scholarships are awarded on the same basis as the Academy Scholarships, except that they are assigned without regard to financial need. Scholarships are awarded, as vacancies occur, at the end of each Quarter, and terminate January 1 of each year. A Scholarship may be withdrawn at any time in case of unsatisfactory standing or conduct. The term "Scholar" is applied both to those who receive a remission of tuition for excellent work and also to all others of equal rank. 3. Scholarships for success in public debate.-There has always been in the school much interest in debate, and for the last three years this general interest has been quickened through the Inter-Academic Debating League. To recognize the value of this sort of training, and to stimulate and encourage interest in it, three full Scholarships, to be enjoyed for a year, are given to three students who win in competitive debate the right to represent the Academy in the InterAcademic contests, and to a fourth student, the alternate, a full Scholarship for one Quarter is awarded. |
