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Shr murrsitii of (Ebiragn rttlrmrnt TIK JTCIl sl..wly cliaii. inii- in the A ] details ijf its activity, the L ' niversity of iV I Chicago Settlement has been for the past year as ever the same vital effect- ive force for social righteousness in the sordid territory back of the yards. Aliss McDowell and her fellow workers ha e always aimed to perform the necessary func- tions of the community only as long as the com- munity has been unable to perform them for it- self. This year through the fuller utilization of Davis Square, the reaction against the saloon — one of which j et exists for every twenty-three voters, and the dawning consciousness of decency and social economy of the men and women for whom they labor, the residents of the Settlement have been able to devote more of their energies to developing new phases of their work. The School of Citizenship has been established, the scope of the kindergarten enlarged, and more attention social side of the institution. The outlook for next year is particularly bright becau interest aroused among the undergraduates by the two Settl last winter. ■ment socials oi
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ull)t iEgypttan iEx Ji ' Iiitinu of U}t llniurrattg nf (Eljiragn ARLY ill summer of 1905, the University of Chicago decided to enter Egyptian archeological research the following win- ter. Dr. James Henry Breasted, Professor of Egyptology, was selected as director of the expedition, and at once began td devise a plan for making the first complete and accurate rec ords of the Nubian monuments of the Middle Empire, with their inscriptions, so that their data might be available for scientific research. Christmas day, 1906, saw the expedition embark in its houseboat at Assuan, below the first cataract, for the 200 mile trip to Wady Haifa at the foot of the second cataract. Its equipment for measuring and photographing monuments and copying the inscriptions on them was more thorough than that possessed by any previous expedition, and the use of the camera, as planned and carried out, was successful to an extent never attempted before. The speed shown in making preparations was due to the cordial assistance rendered by the Egyptian government, the Sudanese government and the De- partment of Antiquities. It was, seemingly, unprecedented in this land of hnckra (tomorrow). The monuments between the first and second cataracts were recorded the first year, and during the second year the territory between the second and the fourth cataracts was covered, completing the work south of the first cataract. It is at the first cataract. that the ancient Egyptians believed the Nile sprang from the interior of the earth. The climax of achievement came with the discovery and exact location of the lost city of Amenhotep IV, Ikhnaton, the dreamer king, who knew but one God, although he lived centuries before Abraham. This wonderful cap- ital lay far to the South in the land of the Sudan and a few columns which still remain testify by their defaced inscriptions and reliefs to later efforts to stani]) out this heresy as well as to the extent and magnificence of this empire. Whether the expedition drifted down the placid Nile or remained for weeks before the great Clifif temple Abu Simbel, the inspiration of the work never slackened. Just the charm of the land is most powerful. Although birdless and treeless, the soft winds from the desert plains seem to whisper irresistible stories of enchantment. This fascination increased the eagerness with which photographic records were made of panel after panel of that great wall of the Abu Simbel temple which is entirely given over to the scenes of the battle of Kadesh, the oldest battle whose tactics are recorded. But Egypt, which has hidden its secrets so long, gives them up whim- sically and grudgingly, and its mysteries will continue to challenge the thoughtful efiforts of the world for centuries to come as it has done for mil- leniums past. Victor Persoxs, Engineer.
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