New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-07

,oro 80, .-ou,agrs OF the two paris between which
II Is locnied The grounds themselves will be most
attractive The main entrance viii be imposing.
In tho .n,ro will stand fountain, and on the four
CORNERS xiu he dormiiogcs. built in the form OF
m,drapco. Fronting tho plnisance will be- the
women,s houss Nearby Will be beautiful chapel.
thanked nv a museum on one side and Cymna sul
on the other Then there Will be very complete
astronomical binding, great central building 10 b.
called University Hail. the Sllas Cobb lecture hall.
the Kent Laboratory building IN. Field Biological
Laboratory Science Hall and the library building.
fortunate circumstance for the university Is that
all these buildings Ia be- planned By one architect,
who viii fms be enabled TO consider their relations
u rach other and their effect Il completed whole.
The entire group +, to be built Of Bedford buestonc.
ard no Palms will be spared t. make each building
correct accidentally. n well perfectly adapted
to the purposes Of the university
It Is already certain that when the institution opens
i'm October there will he an attendance of more than
1,oU0. Already nearly $500 candidates have ap-
Piled for admission and IT is expected that this list
will be very much increased during the next two
months. This is a remarkable showing for an nstltn-
ton not vet opcn. and prompts the inquiry where
this immense clieDtage comes from II docs not seem
to have been drawn from the constituency Of the other
great colleges for they all report the usual number
Of applications thus far 50 that apparently the Uni
versty OF Chicago has performed the additional feat
1t may be observed, in passing, that the requirements
for entrance are near may he equal 10 those Of
Harvard and Yale and That certificates from other
colleges will be acc' pied
As already limited at. there will be n number Of
features in the university. Indeed, If this wero
the case Is suspected that the people Of Chicago
would not feel much interest in il. IL will be in
sion for exactly fory eight weeks in the year. The
scholastic year viii be divided into four quarters with
n week intervening between them. The various
courses Of study are 50 arranged that students may
begin the any quarter, or in fact any time In
the YEAR The academic and university courses con-
si,t of four years, thirtysX weeks being rcconed
years work. The result Of this Is that students, who
desire do will be able to get degree In three
year, by studying fory-eght weeks In the yenr. 1t
Will be required however that such students present
a certificate from physician. certifying that their ply
steal condition such that they safely engage in
thi, amount Of study. ON the other hand students
who for any reason desire 10 do 50, may take longer
than four years TO get their degree, without feeling the
stigma involved IN falling behind their "class' In
fact many students will not have any class at all.
Though this Innovation may revolutionary Ia old
college men. 1t Will have many good results For one
thing if will disabusc the minds Of people that in a
college all men who enter certain year must
nece-.arily get ia lr diploma ar yar thtrei e. Un'r
the baefu operation 0i this tradition, the Brilliant the
stupid and the commonplace have all been thrown III
the same mould. ana OHcIaiy labeIeo WIN oAa' "'
The same ticact.
Moreover the arrangement at the University Of CHI
caco /, A good oro Tor young men who have to pay
their way through college tor they can taAo 'heir
three months vacation in any quarter In whch they
can most easily find rcmuncrative employment. IL
VIII also rebound t. the advantage Of the ms ltutiol
because VIII enable IL to cn1as" IN" 'pecal services
Of tho l,moa, scholar, Of other American AID Euro
pean universities during the summer months ITO
regular instructors If the university Will have oae
quarter ont II cvcr olr for their vacation, AMI they
can take their vacation ON any quarter they choose
II ;lry prefer 10 teach iOl whole year CONTINUOUSLY
they may take .iX months vacation the next year
nud by teaching continuously fr three years. they can
iahc an entlrc year on The possibilities Of study and
irvc.ilsaion for professors III ths arrangement are
o0yloI, to every ouc.
Each quarter Of twelve wrcks Is divided into two
terms o; six WEEKS H. aid in every department
the term viii be- regarded tie unit Of work. Every
.t.a.at VIII pursue only t"o studies at II given
.lmc a major and minor To the " major
STUDY Will De- devoted ten hours Of recitation a
v.o. anc 10 the minor i've ~ each study az
least a Term viii be- given. The theory underlying
to-, arrangement i- that student can do great
deal mo.r ID concentrating AL hi attention on TWO
stGdlcs or a short time than b. scattering the ener'
gI. over i've or ia subjects Tor Longer une. IL
/, hardly Necessary To say that ia" various Studl's
ar Is largely elective possible. During the m l
tN" years th" c"nr'H j. 81 .tNc' ana ulrlhs inc t
two Years NE ''t!'.' are ''',IF'. l"c T'A" rN,n
Tor tfl. j. tai uHilhS III" la'l TWO y'"I' 81 W.,
cour-c d." student /, presumed to huow Jcst what
De- wants 90 study MOI >NnPA - m"t'F oi laa",
Dag Nih ifi t'h'c L. 10 '",ult ~ r"" am u," ,,
tuch circumstances thcrr {, little danger mat h" VIII
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