I charge you to remember that the safety of our free Republic depends above all on the sacredness of the home, and that every graduate of our higher institutions of learning should jealously guard his own life so as to cherish this essence of our civilization especially against the loose thinking of idle visionaries. I charge you to remember that as educated men and women you owe an especial duty to our country, not only if need be to give your lives to it in time of battle, but to guard its fabric from destruction at the hands of those whose ignorance or fanaticism makes them enemies within the gates. The Constitution of our land must be defended from all hostile action. Its changes should be permitted only under the orderly forms of law. Obedience to law is the first duty of a citizen of a free state, and our alumni should always be an embattled host in allegiance to this duty. These three loyalties, loyalty to Alma Mater, loyalty to home, loyalty to country, I charge you to heed as among those which you above all others owe without stint. I ask no pledges save such as you give spontaneously in your own hearts and consciences. Only, speaking for the University, I charge you as its sons and daughters to be faithful always in the great loyalties of life. THE PRESIDENT'S CONVOCATION STATEMENT' 1. ATTENDANCE The attendance of students during the quarter just closing is the largest in the history of the University. The largest heretofore was that of the Autumn Quarter of 1916 just preceding the entry of the United States into the Great War. In that quarter there were 3,768 in the quadrangles and 1,169 in the University College, being a total of 4,937. The registration for the current Autumn Quarter shows a total of 4,463 in the quadrangles and 1,219 in the University College, a total of 5,682, being a gain of 745 as compared with 1916. This considerable increase in attendance the University shares with other institutions throughout the country; and of course it is to be expected as resulting from the close of the war and the release of young men, especially from military duties. It has not been easy to provide adequate housing or adequate instruction, but at the same time these somewhat serious problems have been solved. 2. NEW GIFTS There have been several interesting gifts during the current quarter. Mr. Theodore W. Robinson, of Chicago, gives $500 for the use of the Oriental Institute of the University, to be used in purchasing museum material. A rare collection of portraits of contemporary authors, artists, and scientists lithographed by William Rothenstein, of London, has been given to the University. It is important not only as a record of personalities but also as an exhibition of the art of lithography. From Dr. Frank Gunsaulus the University Library received a very rare book which in turn the University gave to Cardinal Mercier for the library of the University of Louvain on the occasion of the Cardinal's visit to the University, October 22, 1919. The University preferred to give to Louvain the most valuable of its rare books rather than to send material which it did not need. I Read at the One Hundred and Fourteenth Convocation in Leon Mandel Assembly Hall, December 23, 1919. Mrs. Gustavus F. Swift, of Chicago, adds $8,000 to the previous endowment of the Gustavus F. Swift Fellowship, making the income from that fellowship amount to $925. This fellowship is awarded for the encouragement of research, and is given only to a student who has already proved his capacity for investigation. Mr. Charles R. Crane renews his gift of $13,000 for instruction and library materials in Russian language and institutions. A donor whose name is withheld gives $25,000 for the purchase of museum material for the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. This will be used by Professor James H. Breasted, who is now in Egypt on his way to Mesopotamia in prosecution of the work of the Institute. 3. PENDING developmENTS AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS This subject is treated at length in the autumn number of the University Record, which has just appeared from the press. Particular attention is invited to the topics discussed, as they bear on the immediate and pressing needs of the University. They will not be discussed further at this time. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY J. SPENCER DICKERSON, Secretary APPOINTMENTS In addition to reappointments the following appointments have been made by the Board of Trustees: Morris Kharasch, National Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry. J. E. Schott, Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry. Richard W. Watkins, Instructor in the Department of Anatomy. Emma Kohman, Instructor in the Department of Physiology. Bernard Raymund, Associate in the Department of Physiology. Mary Grace Hamilton, Teacher in the Department of English of the University High School. Robert David Highfill, Teacher in the Department of English of the University High School. Ruth Turnbull, Associate in the Department of Physical Culture. Margaret Burns, Instructor in the Department of Physical Culture. Catherine Campbell, Associate in the Department of Physical Culture. H. M. Weeter, Associate in the Department of Hygiene and Bacteriology. Vergil Claybourne Lohr, Teacher in Physics in the University High School. Harry B. Van Dyke, Associate in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology. Clay Judson, Instructor in the Law School. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Leaves of absence have been granted to: Professor James H. Breasted, Director of Haskell Oriental Museum, for one year from October 1, 1919. Assistant Professor Daniel David Luckenbill, of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literatures, for the Winter, Spring, and Summer Quarters, 1920. PROMOTIONS The following members of the faculties have received, by action of the Board of Trustees, a promotion in rank: Assistant Professor Fred Conrad Koch to an associate professorship in the Department of Physiological Chemistry. Charles O. Hardy, Lecturer in the School of Commerce and Administration, to an assistant professorship in the same school. Instructor James O. McKinsey to an assistant professorship in the School of Commerce and Administration. Instructor Leverett S. Lyon to an assistant professorship in the School of Commerce and Administration. RESIGNATIONS The Board of Trustees has accepted the resignations of the following members of the faculties: A. E. Hennings, Teacher of Physics in the University High School. Harold O. Rugg, Associate Professor in the Department of Education. C. S. Duncan, Assistant Professor in the School of Commerce and Administration. Frank H. Knight, Instructor in the Department of Political Economy. T. T. Crooks, Associate in the Department of Hygiene and Bacteriology. Emma A. Kohman, Instructor in the Department of Physiology. Kenneth B. Hunter, Teacher in the Department of English of the University High School. FELLOWSHIPS Mrs. G. F. Swift has contributed $8,000 in bonds as additional endowment of the Gustavus F. Swift Fellowship Fund in Chemistry. The fund now amounts to approximately $18,000. This fellowship, endowed by one of the most generous of the University's friends, "is for the encouragement of research; and the qualifications of the gift are: (a) that the candidate must have proved his capacity for research; (b) that the appointee is to be freed from the requirement of University service." The Fleischmann Company, of Peekskill, New York, has renewed its fellowship in the Department of Physiological Chemistry for two years from July 1, 1919, under the same conditions as during the previous two years. The company provides $750 each year. |