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8) The "Mary A. Roundy Scholarships," two of $3,000 each, the income to be used for the benefit of theological students approved by the Faculty.

9) The "Henry H. Hewitt" fund of $3,000, the income to be used for worthy students, "who give promise of becoming efficient gospel preachers."

10) The "Alexa J. Gates” fund of $10,000, the income to be used for the benefit of ministerial students.

NOTE.-Service in connection with some church or of some other sort will be required of those to whom these scholarships are assigned.

3. Scholarship funds.—In addition to the above the University has set aside the income from certain specific sources as a Divinity Scholarship Fund. The income from these sources is at present about $12,000.

From all the above-named sources, and by the co-operation of the Northwestern Baptist Education Society, the Graduate Divinity School is able to offer to applicants of specified grade in classroom work Annual Scholarships varying from $105 to $305 a year ($35 to $100 a quarter). Service under the direction of the Committee on Practical Work for Students will be required of all those receiving more than the tuition voucher of $35 a quarter. Detailed information as regards scholarships and funds can be obtained on application.

To applicants whose credentials are satisfactory, these scholarships and fellowships may be assigned before they come to the University. Students who desire to receive such aid are advised to make application in advance.

These scholarships cannot be assured to students who are present for the Summer Quarter only.

4. The Milo P. Jewett Prize for Bible Reading.—A prize of fifty dollars ($50) is awarded annually to the student evincing the greatest ability in the reading of the Scriptures. Contestants must have not less than eighteen (18) or more than twenty-seven (27) majors of graduate Divinity credit. Application must be made to the Dean before May 1.

5. The Northwestern Baptist Education Society.—Students who are members of regular Baptist churches, and who have not had sufficient experience to supply a pulpit regularly, may receive assistance from the Northwestern Baptist Education Society on condition that they render some appointed service so arranged as not to interfere with their work in the classroom. The Society may also at its discretion loan without interest to worthy students, especially those who desire to devote their entire time and energy to study, an amount not exceeding $100 a year, the same to be repaid in instalments after leaving the institution.

6. Remunerative religious work.-The Graduate Divinity School will aid approved students of satisfactory standing in their studies to earn at least $200 during the academic year composed of the Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters. This guaranty is in addition to the tuition voucher of $105, given to applicants who need the assistance and maintain the prescribed grade in scholarship.

1) The religious work open to students may be classified as follows: (1) Preaching, which may be engaged in to a limited extent, with the permission of the Dean, during residence and during regular or special vacations. There are frequent opportunities for supplying churches temporarily or regularly, in the city and surrounding towns, for which a reasonable compensation may be

expected; but such services can be rendered only by those who have had experience in preaching, and may be undertaken only under the direction of the Dean, and with the provision that it shall not occasion the absence of the student from any regular recitation or lecture. (2) City mission, Young Men's Christian Association, pastoral assistance, and Sunday-school work. (3) Work in co-operation with charitable organizations.

2) Arrangements for preaching or for religious work are made through the Dean and the Student-Secretary of the Divinity School.

3) Further opportunities for self-help.-In addition to the help which may be secured from participation in work of a religious character, students in the Divinity School may avail themselves of an employment bureau, conducted by the University for the aid of students desiring to earn money to assist them in defraying their expenses.

4) Remunerative work cannot be assured to students who are present during the Summer Quarter only. Assistance will be given in securing such work as may be available.

Correspondence regarding scholarships, aid from the Education Society, and remunerative religious work should be addressed to the Dean of the Divinity School.

EXPENSES

1. Tuition. The fee for instruction (including incidental and library fees) is $40 a quarter; except that in the Summer Quarter a merely nominal fee of $5 a quarter, $2.50 a term, is charged. To students entering the University for the first time there is a charge of $5 as a matriculation fee. (See paragraph 3, Scholarship funds, above, for statement as to scholarships and tuition vouchers.)

2. Room rent.-By the gift of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, two Divinity halls, accommodating 140 students, have been erected upon the University grounds in which furnished rooms are rented to students regularly matriculated in the Divinity School at from $8 to $12 a quarter, this charge being intended to cover the expense of heat, light, and care of room. Rooms cannot be subrented, exchanged, or transferred, except by permission of the Cashier. Applications for rooms should be sent to the Cashier of the University. No rooms will be reserved except upon deposit of $5. A fee of $0.75 a quarter is charged for the laundry of bed-linen and towels in the dormitories.

The University has also in the neighborhood of the Divinity School a building providing six apartments, of four rooms each, intended for the use of married Divinity students. These apartments can be engaged on annual leases, but they may be sublet under certain conditions. They are unfurnished.

3. Diploma and certificate fees.-The charge for the diploma of the University is $10, and for the certificate $5.

4. Payment of bills.-All tuition and laboratory fees are due and payable on or before the first day of each quarter. Delay on the part of the student may be avoided by sending a check for the amount due to the Cashier, who will return a receipt at once. All fees are payable to the Cashier, Press Building, Room 1. Registration is not complete until all University bills are paid. Those who fail to meet this obligation within the first five days of the quarter are not regarded as members of the University. After the fifth day, to secure membership in the

University, the consent of the Dean and the payment of a fee of $5 for late registration will be required.

5. General expenses. In the University Commons the service is à la carte and board will cost from $3.50 a week up. Board in clubs or private families can be obtained at $3 and upward.

THE LIBRARIES

The University Libraries consist of the General Library and departmental libraries for the several departments, and contain in the aggregate approximately 402,000 volumes. The General Library is open to Divinity students, and the Divinity School has its own departmental library, located in Haskell Oriental Museum. By the completion of the Harper Memorial Library, the Divinity Library is brought into immediate physical connection with the General Library of the University and with the Departmental Libraries of History, Philosophy, and Modern Languages.

Among the collections owned by the University, and of special value to the Divinity School, are the library of Professor E. W. Hengstenberg, late professor in the University of Berlin; that of Dr. George B. Ide; the Colwell Library of the American Bible Union, collected by Dr. T. J. Conant while prosecuting his work of translating the Bible, and said to be one of the finest translation collections in existence; and the original library of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, consisting largely of books in history, science, sociology, and literature. Large accessions are also being constantly made by purchase of books, especially for the departmental libraries of the Divinity School. The leading theological journals of Europe and America are also accessible to students.

The Public Library of the city of Chicago, the Newberry Library, and the Crerar Library, with their large and valuable collections, are within reach of Divinity students.

HASKELL AND BARROWS LECTURES

The University of Chicago has also foundations for the Haskell Lectures on Comparative Religion, to be given at the University, and the Barrows Lectures on Christianity, to be given in various centers in Asia. The lecturers on the latter foundation have been: John Henry Barrows, D.D., president of Oberlin University; Principal A. M. Fairbairn, of Mansfield College, Oxford; Charles Cuthbert Hall, president of Union Theological Seminary, and Professor Charles Richmond Henderson, of the University of Chicago. The Haskell lecturers have been: Karl Budde, of the University of Marburg; Duncan B. Macdonald, of Hartford Theological Seminary; J. M. DeGroot, of the University of Berlin; Morris Jastrow, Jr., of the University of Pennsylvania; Franz Cumont, Ph.D., of Brussels; A. B. Williams Jackson, of Columbia University; Maurice Bloomfield, of Johns Hopkins University; Carl Bezold, Ph.D., of Heidelberg University; Dr. Christian Snouck Hurgronje, of the University of Leiden.

CHRISTIAN SETTLEMENTS

Experience in religious work in cities has shown the necessity of close study of various elements of urban population and their needs. Only by personal acquaintance on terms of friendship can students acquire an insight into the spiritual life of people of various races, education, and economic interests. The

Social Settlement has established its methods in the confidence of leaders in city churches. Students will find opportunity for gaining knowledge of such methods in the University of Chicago Settlement.

Attention of students is also called to the work outlined in the Departments of Practical Theology and Practical Sociology.

RELIGIOUS MEETINGS

Religious services.-The members of the Divinity School participate in the work, and attend the services of the religious organizations of the University: Divinity Chapel, Thursdays, 10:15 A.M.; Daily Prayer Service, 8:00 A.M.; Religious Address, Half-Hour, Tuesdays, 10:15 A.M.; Dormitory Prayer-Meetings; Christian Union services, Sunday morning, and philanthropic work outside the University; the Y.M.C.A.; the Missionary Band; the Volunteer Band; Evangelistic Band. Home and group prayer-meetings are also held.

The University religious services on Sunday mornings afford opportunities to hear the leading preachers of the day.

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL

Besides the general regulations of the University, the following special regulations apply to the Divinity School:

1. Purpose. The purpose of the Divinity School is primarily and chiefly to fit men to serve the Christian church in: (1) the pastorate; (2) the missionary field; (3) Christian teaching; (4) other Christian work.

2. Constituency. The School is open without discrimination to students of all denominations. Women are admitted to the Divinity School upon equal terms with men.

3. Credentials.-A student entering the Divinity School is expected to present a ministerial license, or a certificate of ordination, or a statement from the church of which he is a member, or from a church official, approving his purpose to devote himself to the Christian ministry or other religious service.

4. Admission, registration, and withdrawal of students are subject to the general University regulations.

5. Full and partial work of the student.-Each student doing full work is expected to take three majors, or their equivalent, during each quarter. But

1) A student may be permitted to take only two majors or their equivalent. 2) A student acting as pastor of a church is not permitted to take more than two majors a quarter, or their equivalent, except by permission of the Dean.

3) A student may, with the consent of the Dean and the instructor, register in a course as a visitor without credit, but he may not apply for credit therefor after the completion of the course. A student registering for a course as a visitor may change to regular registration not later than the middle of the course, with the consent of the Dean and the instructor.

6. Absences.

1) It is expected that students will treat an engagement with an instructor as any other engagement, and the ordinary rules of courtesy apply in case of inability to fill an appointment.

2) Should the number of the student's absences in any case reach 25 per cent of the whole number of class exercises in that course, he will receive credit for only

half of the course. Should the number of absences in any case reach 50 per cent, no credit will be given for the course.

7. Public appearance of students.-The same regulations apply to students in the Divinity School as to those under the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science.

8. Libraries.-The libraries of the Divinity School, including those of Semitic Languages and Comparative Religion, occupy rooms in the Haskell Oriental Museum. They are administered as a reference library, but students may draw books for use outside the library under certain restrictions.

9. Physical culture.-Students of the Divinity School have the same privileges in the Gymnasium as other students of the University of Chicago. The gymnasium classes, locker-rooms, swimming-pool, and all the athletic privileges of the University are open to them, subject to the same requirements as apply to other members of the University. Basket-ball is a feature of Divinity School athletics. Two series, or schedules, are made up each season: one is the intertheological seminary schedule of different seminaries in the city, and the other the inter-class and inter-departmental series. Aside from this, there are the inter-hall and all-University tennis tournaments and the inter-hall baseball tournaments in which they may take part.

Instruction is given in applying methods of play and athletics to work with young people.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS OF THE GRADUATE DIVINITY SCHOOL Besides the general regulations of the University and the Divinity School, the following special regulations apply to the Graduate Divinity School: 1. Admission.

1) Registration in the Graduate Divinity School is in general subject to the same requirements as apply to the Graduate School of Arts and Literature.

2) Candidates for a degree.-Candidates for a degree in the Graduate Divinity School are required to possess a Bachelor's degree, equivalent to that given by the University of Chicago.

3) Unclassified students.-Unclassified students of sufficient maturity may be admitted to the courses of instruction without examination, provided that they can give evidence to the Dean and the particular instructor under whom they desire to study that they are prepared to undertake the proposed subject or subjects. In general such students must have had a considerable portion of a college course.

4) Students under other faculties.—(a) All the departments of the Divinity School are open to Graduate and Senior College students, the particular courses offered being determined by each department; (b) Senior College students intending to enter religious work as a vocation, who have completed nine majors of Senior College work, are permitted to elect the nine remaining majors in the Graduate Divinity School, and the majors so elected are credited toward the D.B. degree.

5) Admission to advanced standing.-Students coming from approved theological schools receive credit for work already done up to eighteen majors. No advanced standing will be given for any courses except those given by theological

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