University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Haskell fouinlatiini. a man wIkj whik- delivering his important tures at the I ' niversity in December endeared himself more th L ' niversity community, and whose death therefore has been by ovir institution as l)y the Iniim Thenld ical Seminar}-, i presided, (ieneral illiam r.(»ith if the Salvation . rniy while lean tour inspired an audience in Mandel with in- , creased respect for the courage and self-sacrific manifested by the members of his great body in thei effort to uplift the most despondent members o society. In addition to these lectures many on science might be listed. So numerous, however, are they that it is impossible to say more than that the Uni -ersity of Chicago was during the Christmas hol- idays the meeting-place of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The unusual suc- cess of this meeting as regards number in attendance as well as the quality of the discussions culminated in a distinctively University of Chicago triumph — the great dinner to Prof. Michelson on his return with the Nobel prize. At this dinner in the Auditor- ium all the prominent scientists of America were present. So close was their relationship tn tin- University during the days of the meetings that this convocation of scientists may be considered one of most interesting and important features of our extra- University interests during the past year. David Allan Rober-x-son. series of lec- an ever to the felt as ket nly -er wl ich he on his Amer-

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3lmprnwrmrnts mt titr (EamiJUH ri ' IlIX the last three years .$43,000 has been spent in improv- ing the University campus. It may be difficult to compre- hend how so large a sum has been invested, as improvements have been gradual, and ver ' often below the surface of the ground. It is this steady woik of the Department if lUiild- ings and Grounds that has converted the main campus from the original marsh and sand lot to its present beauty. A ' ork undergToiuid has included the laying of new sewer systems, water pipes, and steam heating conduits. On the surface new concrete walks ha e been laid; trees have been planted and lawns graded. The planting of a tree calls for the removal of over six feet of sand, this being replaced by rich soil. A foot of sand has been removed from the permanent lawns. The department is now engaged in planting sixty-four elm trees in two rows, along each side of the cement driveway between Cobb Hall and Le.xing- toii. The trees are fifteen years old and consequently about six inches in diameter. As soon as this has been completed all the lawns on the north third of the Quadrangles will be brought to grade and made permanent. This part of the campus will then be practically in a finished conditi(in. The next improvement which Superintendent McLean will undertake will be the building of an underground cement cellar behind Kent Iheaier to pro idc storage room for explosives and inflanimalilcs which are used in the laboratiiry. When this is completed the remainder ■ ] the season will he gi en over to building drixes, laying walks, and planting trees in the central open space in front of the laboratories. It is hoped that by the end of the season one may drive through the campus from llull gate on h ifty-fifth street to the new entrance on Fifty-ninth street.