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

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THE UNIVERSITY SING As a feature of the Homecoming Celebration in June, 1911, there was established the University Sing, which, from its repetition this year, may be regarded as a custom which, in time, will ripen into a. valuable tradition. The idea of an open air song festival has persisted in the University since its founding; and it is well recognized that around such institutions as the uSteps singing at Princeton and the Yard singing at Harvard gather the choicest memories of college life. In the early days 01' Chicago, the Senior Sing met this need, but the gradually diminishing attendance indicated that it lacked some element necessary for perma- nence. The University Sing, however, supplies strong motives for the presence of a large share of the undergraduate hody and a goodly representation of the alumni. The natural rivalry between different organizations in numerical representation is certain to produce a large attendance as long: as these organizations recognize their obligation to themselves and to the University, to bring out all available active and alumni mem- bers. The use of fraternity songs often insures the more melodious and accurate singing than is usual in untrained choruses. For many it is also far more pleasant to lounge on the grass through a warm Spring evening and listen to the songsters than to be forced to beat one's own undis- ciplined vocal chords in long continued exercise. It might be well to intersperse three or four widely known University songs among the more specialized fraternity or club songs. It might also be desirable to give some recognition to the Senior class, as a body, on this mcasion. A custom, such as that established at Princeton, where each member is toasted, would occupy so much time as to require an evening devoted entirely to this. But if, on the call to the Senior class, its members came marching from the different groups into the center of the hollow and there joined hands and sang, either their class song or some song established by custom as a Senior 50115:, a very effective addition might be made to the Senior's mem- ories of the last Springs: on the campus. The establishment of the University Sing was an inspiration and its successful continuance is assured from the realization by undergraduates and alumni that here is not a made-to-order tradition which will need artificial stimulation. but a genuine insti- tution, which has a reason for being, and a right to a long life because of its service to the University. DONALD R. RICHHERG. 15

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AND mo wig? UNIVERSITY CONVOCATIONS EIGHTY-THIRD CONVOCATION HARPER COURT TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1912 Owner: The Honorable Franklin MacVeagh, A. 13., LL. B., Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Trustee of the University of Chicago. Subject: Education and the Voter. Chaplain: The Reverend Professor Charles Richmond Henderson, Ph. D.l D. D. Receiving Linc: President and Mrs. Harry Pratt Judson. Dean and Mrs. James R. Angell, President Emeritus Angell of the University of Michigan, The Honorable Franklin MacVeagh, Mrs. William Rainey Harper, Miss Marion Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McLeish, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryex-san, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Burton, Mr. Charles A. Coolidge, and Mr. Charies L. Hutchinson. Degrees: 541 degrees and titles. or these 276 are bachelors' degrees, 164 titles of associate, :13 masters' degrees, 24 doctors of philosophy degrees, 5 LL. B., and 29 J . D. degrees. EIGHTY-FOURTH CONVOCATION LEON MANDEL ASSEMBLY HALL FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912 Orator: Henry Churchill King, D. D., LL. D... S. T. 13., President. of Oberlin College. Subject: 11The Contribution of Modern Science to Ideal Interests. Chaplain: The Reverend Professor Arthur Stephen Hoyt, D. I1, Auburn Theo- logical Seminary. Receiving Dine: President and Mrs. Harry Pratt Judson, President Henry C. King of Oberlin College, Professor and Mrs. Charles Hubbard Judd. Degrees: 186 degrees and titles. Of these 82 are buchelors' degrees, 38 titles of associate. 45 masters? degrees, 9 doctors of phiiosophy degrees, 4 LL. 3., and 8 J. D. degrees. EIGHTY-FHTH CONVOCATION LEON MANDEL ASSEMBLY HALL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1912 Omfm': Edwin Eric Sparks, Ph. D., LL. D.. President of Pennsylvania State College. Subject: Learning to Live. Chaplain: The Reverend Professor Theodore Gerald Scares, Ph. D., D. D. Receiving Linc: President and Mrs. Harry Pratt Judsbn, President and Mrs. Edwin E. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Holden, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Scott. Degrees: 120 degrees and titles. Of these 45 are hachelors' degrees, 65 titles of associate, 2 masters' degrees, 7 doctors of philosophy, and 1 J. D. 16