OFFICIAL AND SEMI-OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY All persons giving instruction in the University in any of the languages, and all graduate students working in the languages, who have been accepted as candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, are eligible to membership in the Philological Society. Its officers are Professor William Gardner Hale, President; Professor Starr Willard Cutting, Secretary and Treasurer. The President and Secretary constitute the program committee. MUSIC ROBERT WATERMAN STEVENS, Organist and Director of Choir. ORGANIZATIONS The University Choir. The University of Chicago Glee Club. The Women's Glee Club. The University of Chicago Military Band. THE REYNOLDS CLUB The clubhouse is a gift of the late Joseph Reynolds through his executor, Mr. Joy Morton, and forms one of the Tower Group of buildings. The entrance doors open on a stair-hall which is a reminder of old English stair-halls of the Elizabethan period of architecture. To the left is a large reading-room, 36 feet wide and 68 feet long. To the right is the billiard room. The second story contains the reception room, clubrooms for various student organizations, etc. The principal feature of the third floor is the assembly room. The trusses of the roof are of open timber work of sycamore. At the north end of the assembly room is a small stage. The main rooms in the first and second stories have paneled wainscoting and beam-ceilings of oak. The friezes in the library and billiard room were designed after a careful study of wall decorations and applied designs in old stuffs and brocades of the period. The small theater on the third floor has a painted tapestry-effect curtain representing a fête-day in mediaeval times. In the basement are the bowling-alleys, barber shop, and check-room. With the aim of promoting unity and a sentiment of equality among the men of the University, more than a year before the opening of the Reynolds Club in October, 1903, a constitutional commission of fifty-eight students and nine members of the Faculty was organized. The commission prepared a constitution which was approved by the Board of Student Organizations and the University Council. The form of government provided for in this instrument aims to give due expression to the activities of the men students and to the 486 OFFICIAL AND SEMI-OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS interests of the University. The executive authority of the club is vested in an executive council composed of the five officers of the club, who are annually elected by the active members, and two members of the Faculty appointed by the Board of Student Organizations. All men who are students of the University in residence are eligible to active membership upon payment of moderate quarterly dues ($2.00); any officer of the University, or former member thereof, is eligible to associate membership, upon payment of $3.00 a year. The officers of the Reynolds Club for the year 1914-15 are the following: President, George Doney Parkinson; Vice-President, Milton McClellan Morse; Secretary, Samuel Webster Wells; Treasurer, Robert William Miller; Librarian, Cowan Douglas Stephenson. THE DAMES CLUB The Dames Club of the University of Chicago, composed of wives and mothers of students, meets on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 3:00 P.M., in Lexington Hall. THE BOARD OF RECOMMENDATIONS The Board of Recommendations is the official channel through which all recommendations to teaching positions are made. The work of this board is conducted by the secretary, in consultation with an official representative of each of the departments concerned. Students who have been in residence at least three quarters are eligible for regular registration. Candidates should file registration documents with the secretary at the central office, Room 5A, Cobb Lecture Hall. These include confidential statements from members of the Faculties and are preserved for use by the secretary in behalf of the candidate within a period of two years. No general testimonials are written by any officer of the University, and individual members of the Faculties do not nominate or support candidates for teaching positions except through the official representative of the department concerned, who in turn reports the action to the Secretary of the Board. ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS THE ALUMNI COUNCIL The Alumni Council was organized in October, 1909, by two delegates from each of the four alumni associations of the University. It maintains the office of the Alumni Council Secretary, and takes charge of all alumni matters which affect the alumni in general, such as the publication of The University of Chicago Magazine, the extension of the alumni clubs, and the like. In June, 1914, it was decided to increase the number of delegates from each organization, and the By-Laws were modified to this effect. Under this arrangement the Council for 1914-15 is composed of the following delegates: From the College Alumni Association: AGNES WAYMAN, HELEN T. SUNNY, JOHN F. MOULDS, ALBERT SHERER, CHARLES KENNEDY, ALICE GREENACRE, HAROLD SWIFT, F. D. BRAMHALL, W. SCOTT BOND, HUGO FRIEND, and JOSEPHINE ALLIN. From the Association of Doctors of Philosophy: DANIEL P. MACMILLAN, ROBERT J. BONNER, and HERBERT E. SLAUGHT. From the Divinity Alumni Association: EDGAR J. Goodspeed, Walter L. RUNYAN, and PETER G. MODE. From the Law School Association: CHARLES W. PALTZER and J. W. HOOVER. (One to be elected.) From the Chicago Alumni Club: G. RAYMOND SCHAEFFER, CHARLES F. AXELSON, and ALVIN KRAMER. From the Chicago Alumnae Club: (To be elected in October.) From the University: JAMES R. ANGELL. The officers of the Council for 1914-15 are elected in October; meanwhile the following officers for 1913-14 hold over: AGNES WAYMAN, Chairman. FRANK W. DIGNAN, Secretary. RUDOLPH E. SCHREIBER, Treasurer. LOCAL ALUMNI CLUBS All alumni and former students of the University are eligible to membership in the local clubs. The Chicago Alumni Club—CHARLES F. AXELSON, 900 The Rookery, Chicago. The Chicago Alumnae Club-FLORENCE G. FANNING, 3336 Park Ave.. Chicago. The Eastern Alumni Club-FRANK H. PIKE, Columbia University. The Minnesota Alumni Club-HARVEY B. FULLER, JR., 186 W. Third St., St. Paul, Minn. The Rocky Mountain Alumni Club, H. D. WARNER, 924 Eighteenth St., Denver, Colo. The Northwestern Alumni Club-MILO J. LOVELESS, 607 Oriental Blk., Seattle, Wash. The Utah Alumni Club-JAY H. STOCKMAN, 1010 Boston Bldg., Salt Lake City, The Northern Ohio Alumni Club-JOHN W. PERRIN, Case Library, Cleveland, Ohio. The Washington (D.C.) Alumni Club-ARTHUR MINNICK, Patent Office, Washington, D.C. The Philadelphia Alumni Club-EDWIN D. SOLENBERGER, 419 S. Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. The Rock Island Alumni Club—GEORGE G. PERRIN, M.W.A. Bldg., Rock Island, The Rockford Alumni Club-DUDLEY W. DAY, Ashton Bldg., Rockford, Ill. The Milwaukee Alumni Club-MARIAN SHOREY, Milwaukee-Downer College, The Japan Alumni Club-SAKAE SHIOYA, Higher Normal School, Tokyo. The Oregon Alumni Club—Mrs. PEARL HUNTER WEBER, Tillamook, Ore. The Kansas City Alumni Club-MRS. INGHRAM D. Hook, Kansas City, Mo. 488 OFFICIAL AND SEMI-OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS The Sioux City Alumni Club-JESSIE B. WESTON, 1511 Rebecca St., Sioux City, Iowa. The Springfield Alumni Club-HARVEY SOLENBERGER, 507 Ferguson Bldg., Springfield, Ill. The Des Moines Alumni Club-FLORENCE E. RICHARDSON, Drake University, Des Moines, Ia. The Anaconda Alumni Club—GEORGE E. NUNN, Anaconda, Mont. The Indianapolis Alumni Club-MARTHA ALLERDICE, 1212 Park Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. The Southern Ohio Alumni Club-ALONZO W. FORTUNE, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Mount Holyoke Club of Chicago Alumni—HELEN M. SEARLES, South Hadley, The Elgin Alumni Club-JESSIE I. SOLOMON, 320 Chicago St., Elgin, Ill. The California Alumni Club-MYRTLE COLLIER, 5330 Pasadena Ave., Los THE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AGNES WAYMAN, '03, President. OFFICERS, 1914-15 HUGO FRIEND, '06, First Vice-President. ALICE GREENACRE, '08, Second Vice-President. FRANK W. DIGNAN, '97, Secretary. Executive Committee: EDITH FOSTER FLINT, '97; HELEN GUNSAULus, '08; ALVIN KRAMER, '10; MRS. CHARLES S. EATON, '00; HAROLD H. SWIFT, '07; HELEN T. SUNNY, '08; GEORGE E. KUH, '13; Marie Ortmayer, '06; SamUEL MACCLINTOCK, '96; Mary PHISTER, '11. Delegates to Alumni Council: AGNES WAYMAN, '03; HELEN T. SUNNY, '08; JOHN F. MOULDS, '07; ALBERT SHERER, '06; CHARLES KENNEDY, '06; ALICE GREENACRE, '08; HAROLD SWIFT, '07; FREDERICK D. BRAMHALL, '02; W. SCOTT BOND, '97; HUGO FRIEND, '06; JOSEPHINE ALLIN, '99. THE ASSOCIATION OF DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY OFFICERS, 1914-15 DANIEL P. MACMILLAN, '99, President. THOMAS E. DOUBT, '04, Vice-President. HERBERT E. SLAUGHT, '98, Secretary-Treasurer. Executive Committee: The officers and HOWARD WOODHEAD, '00, and ERNEST L. TALBERT, '01. Delegates to Alumni Council: DANIEL P. MACMILLAN, '99; ROBERT J. BONNER, '04; HERBERT E. SLAUGHT, '98. THE DIVINITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS, 1914-15 WARREN P. BEHAN, '97, President. JUDSON B. THOMAS, '80, First Vice-President. MARK F. SANBORN, '09, Second Vice-President. PETER G. MODE, '14, Secretary-Treasurer. IRA M. PRICE, '82, and EDGAR J. GOODSPEED, '97, Biographers. Executive Committee: CLIFTON D. GRAY, '00, chairman; BENJAMIN F. MARTIN, '94; WAYLAND D. WILCOX, '07. Delegates to Alumni Council: EDGAR J. GOODSPEED, '97; WALTER L. RUNYAN, '07; PETER G. MODE, '14. THE LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS, 1914-15 ALBERT L. HOPKINS, '09, President. EDGAR J. PHILLIPS, '11, Vice-President. RUDOLPH E. SCHREIBER, '06, Secretary-Treasurer. Delegates to Alumni Council: CHARLES W. PALTZER, '09; JOSE W. HOOVER, '09. (One to be elected.) |