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

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© 1929 CAP AHD COLUn ColleMe Marshals aed Aides Robert ' . AIerrii.l, Uiiiz ' crsitv Marshal Marshals RussKLL Whitney, Head Charles Cutter Robert M. Fisher Harry H. Hagey Walter P. Kincaid Robert McKinlay George Morgenstern George B. Pidot Robert Spence MixoTT Stickney Lkila S. Willi . H •. .lidcs Annette Allen Charlotte Eckhart Dorothy Hartford Ellen Hartman Agnes E. Kerr Miriam F. Miller Jane Sheean Carolyn Teetzel Edwarda Williams Makjorie Williamson Sriiior Aide Ir- Pane Tuxnly-lhr

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) 1929 CAP f nD GOivn ( College Marshals aeid Aides The function and iniporlance of the College Marshals and Aides may best be summed up in the words of the formula pronounced by the President of the University at the University Sing when he conducts the ceremony of their investiture with the gown and the characteristic maroon-tasselled mortar boards : The College Marshals and Aides are appointed annually by the President of the University to act as his delegates and to represent the undergraduate student body in the conduct of the University ceremonies. Their appointment to this position of honor and responsibility is based on qualities of high intel- lectual attainment coupled with leadership in non-academic activities ; and each group has the traditional privilege of making recommendation for its successor. The Marshals and Aides are Seniors ; they serve under the direction of the Marshal of the University at the major University functions such as convoca- tions, official receptions and so forth. The President designates one of the men as Senior Head. It is his duty to supervise the work of the group. His dis- tinctive sign of office is an ebony baton with silver ferules. The retiring group of Aides elects one of the incoming women to th.e unofficial position of Senior Aide. Her duty is to supervise the work of the Aides.

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g) 1929 CAP f nV GOVLJtl (S The Ueiversity Chsipel Thanks to the genius of a great architect, the hope of the founder of the University that the Chapel provided for in his final gift might be the central and dominant feature of the University group, has been conspicuously fulfilled. The architects who come from far and near to see the Chapel pronounce it one of the great buildings of the nation, and the thousands who have visited it since its dedication last October seem to sense half-consciously the truth of this estimate. Though the novelty and curiosity of the first week, when people were turned away regularly from its services, has now passed, the Chapel con- tinues to be well filled twice each .Sunday. The attendance at the daily periods of organ music late each afternoon has meanwhile nearly doubled. It is plainly evident, therefore, that the Chapel is already one of the closest and strongest bonds between the life of the University on one hand, and that of the com- munity and city on the other. Meanwhile, the natural question whether this large attendance indicates any- thing as to the attitude of the University community itself toward the things for which the Chapel stands, finds partial answer in the steadily increasing use of the seats reserved for students at all services. There is also a perceptible tendency toward a more regular attendance on the part of many members of the faculty. Perhaps the most significant of all, however, is the very large share which the Chapel Council has had in all the developments centering around the Chapel. This group of prominent upper-class men and women has not only carried the considerable burden of guiding hundreds of visitors through the building during the Autumn Quarter, but has had a large part in the formation of the entire program for the Chapel. This program, for which there are no real precedents in the experience of this or indeed of any other university, is in a true sense a cooperative experiment and adventure. The active participation in it of so many of the students and faculty of the University is ;ni inipoi ' tanl clenK ' nt in .-my fstim;itc of its prospects. h ' atje Twenty-four