PREFATORY NOTE

The general exercises of the week of the installation of President James began on Sunday, October 15th, with special services in the churches of Champaign and Urbana, and a religious service at three o'clock, at which the sermon was preached by the Rev. James G. K. McClure, President of McCormick Theological Seminary.

On Monday, October 16, occurred the dedication of the Woman's Building and the University address by Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus. This address is withheld from publication.

Tuesday, October 17, was State and Nation day, and the general topic of the day's exercises was "The State and Education." The military reviews took place on this day. In the evening the English Club presented the old English play, Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay.

Wednesday was inauguration day. In the morning occurred the formal reception of delegates with the roll call of representatives of universities, delegates from societies and other bodies, with responses from the representatives of a number of such institutions.

The Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Pharmacy held their assemblies on the afternoon of Wednesday, and were addressed by Dr. John B. Murphy, the eminent surgeon, on "The Evolution of Surgery.'

After a review of the University regiment by the Governor of the State, the academic procession formed at half-past two and the inaugural exercises proper began in the Armory at three o'clock.

On Thursday assemblies of the various colleges were held. The College of Engineering was addressed by Dean W. F. M. Goss, of Purdue University, on "The Student Engineer;" the College of Science listened to an address on "The Scientific and the Non-scientific," by Professor T. C. Chamberlain of the University of Chicago; the College of Agriculture was addressed by Col. Charles F. Mills, of Springfield, on "The Services of Norman J. Colman to American Agriculture;' the address before the College of Law was by Hon. J. McG. Dickinson of Chicago, his subject being "International Arbitration;" the College of Literature and Arts and the Schools of Music and Library Science were addressed by Professor A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University, on "The Elective System."

Other exercises of the day were the students' meeting, and the historical meeting in recognition of those who have rendered distinguished services to the University. During these meetings the various conferences also held sessions.

PROGRAM OF THE GENERAL EXERCISES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15

10:30 and 11:00 A.M.-Special services in the churches of Champaign and Urbana.

3:00 P.M.-Religious Service at the Armory. Sermon by Reverend James G. K. McClure, President of McCormick Theological Seminary.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16

2:00 P.M. Dedication of Woman's Building. Exercises in the Woman's Gymnasium. Addresses by Dean James M. White; Hon. Samuel A. Bullard, President of the Board of Trustees; President Edmund J. James. Address of Dedication by President Lilian W. Johnson, of the Western College for Women: Subject-The Need of the Day: a Correlated Democratic Education. Informal reception and inspection of the building.

8:00 P.M.-University Address At the Armory. Reverend Frank W. Gunsaulus, President of Armour Institute: Subject-Heroism of Scholarship.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

9:00 A.M.-General Subject: The State and Education. At the Armory. Addresses by Hon. Richard J. Barr, Mayor of Joliet; Hon. James Hamilton Lewis, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago; Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois.

1:15 P.M.-Military Exercises. On Illinois Field.

Salute (13 guns) to Major

General John F. Weston, of the United States Army. Review of the University Regiment by Major-General Weston.

2:30 P.M.-Military Exercises. At the Armory. The Military Training of the Citizen Soldier. Addresses by Major-General Weston; Lieutenant-Colonel Julius R. Kline, of the Illinois National Guard.

8:00 P.M.-Presentation of Robert Greene's Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay by the students of the University at the Walker Opera House, Champaign.

Wednesday, October 18

9:00 A.M.-Formal Reception of Delegates. At the Armory.

Address of wel

come by Dean Oliver A. Harker. Roll call of Foreign Universities; Roll call of American Universities; Roll call of Learned Societies and Other Bodies. Brief Addresses by Dean Henry T. Bovey, of McGill University, for Foreign Universities; President James B. Angell, of the University of Michigan, for State Universities; President Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University, for Eastern Universities; Chancellor Frank Strong, of the University of Kansas, for Western Universities; President Edwin B. Craighead, of Tulane University, for Southern Universities; Dean Harry Pratt Judson, of the University of Chicago, for the Universities and Technical Schools of the State; President Charles H. Rammelkamp, of Illinois College, for the Colleges of the State; President John W. Cook, of the Northern Illinois State Normal School, for the Normal Schools of the State; Principal James E. Armstrong, of the Englewood High School, for the High Schools of the State; State Superintendent Alfred Bayliss, for the Elementary Schools of the State.

10:30 A.M. -Assembly of the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Pharmacy. In the Chapel. Addresses by Dr. Daniel A. K. Steele, for the College of Medicine; Subject, Relation of the College of Medicine to the University: Dean Bernard J. Cigrand, for the College of Dentistry; Subject, Dental Science and the Common Weal: Dean Frederick M. Goodman, for the School of Pharmacy. Address by Dr. John B. Murphy, of Chicago; Subject, The Evolution of Surgery.

1:45 P. M.-Military Exercises. On the Campus. Salute (17 guns) to the Governor of the State; Salute (11 guns) to the Adjutant-General of the State. Review of the University Regiment by the Governor of the State. 2:30 P.M.-Formation of the Academic Procession.

3:00 P.M. INAUGURAL EXERCISES. At the Armory. Addresses by Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois; Hon. Samuel A. Bullard, President of the Board of Trustees; Hon. Andrew S. Draper, former President of the University, and Commissioner of Education, State of New York. Inaugural Address by President Edmund Janes James. Conferring of Degrees.

8:00 P.M. Students' Torchlight Parade.

8:00 to 11:00 P.M.-Official Reception. At the Armory and Gymnasium.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19

9:00 A.M.-Assembly of the College of Engineering. In the Chapel. Address by Dean W. F. M. Goss, of Purdue University; Subject, The Student EngiAssembly of the College of Science. In the Physics Lecture Room. Address by Professor Thomas C. Chamberlain, of the University of Chicago; Subject, The Scientific and the Non-Scientific.

neer.

10:00 A.M.-Assembly of the College of Agriculture.

In Morrow Hall. Address by Colonel Charles F. Mills, of Springfield; Subject, The Services of Norman J. Colman to American Agriculture. Assembly of the College of Law. At the Law Building. Address by Mr. Jacob McG. Dickinson, General Counsel, Illinois Central R. R. Co., Chicago; Subject, International Arbitration. 11:00 A.M.-Assembly of the College of Literature and Arts, and the Schools of Music and Library Science. In the Chapel. Address by Professor A. Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard University; Subject, The Elective System.. 2:00 P. M.-Students' Meeting. At the Armory. Addresses by distinguished guests of the University.

1:00 to 4:00 P. M.-Inspection of University Buildings and Grounds. 4:00 P. M.-Historical Meeting. General Subject: Recognition of those who have rendered distinguished services to the University. In the Chapel. Addresses by President Edmund J. James; Hon. Emory Cobb of Kankakee and Judge Joseph O. Cunningham of Urbana, former members of the Board of Trustees; Mr. Henry M. Beardsley, of Kansas City, Mo., and Professor Arthur N. Talbot, alumni of the University; Professors S. W. Shattuck, N. C. Ricker and T. J. Burrill.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15

RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT THE ARMORY

Hymn: Duke Street.

PROGRAM

Scripture Reading: The Reverend Charles M. Stuart, D.D., Professor in Garrett Biblical Institute.

Solo: Mr. Benjamin W. Breneman.

Prayer: The Reverend Doctor Stuart.

Hymn: America.

Sermon: The Reverend James G. K. McClure, D.D., President of McCormick Theological Seminary.

Doxology.

Benediction: The Reverend A. J. Wagner, Pastor of Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Champaign.

THE SUMMARY OF RELIGION AS EXPRESSED IN LOVE TO GOD AND TO MAN

THE REVEREND JAMES G. K. MCCLURE, D.D.

President of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago

Text: Luke 10: 27. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thyself.

The appropriateness of this religious service to the great week on which the University of Illinois is entering needs no proof. The appropriateness is universally acknowledged. Our civilization as a nation is built upon the recognition of a personal God, through Whom life is given and supported, and to Whom every soul is responsible. Our history as a State is croweded with the recognition of God, for Illinois upon all its large occasions has never hesitated to bare the head and the heart in the Divine Presence and seek God's gracious favor. Education, too, rejoices in acknowledging the Most Wise, for education can have no greater mission than to discover the thoughts of God as expressed in the laws of physical nature and in the workings of the human mind, and then to apply God's thoughts to the welfare of the individual, the nation and the race.

In this University of Illinois may religion be a spur to study, an inspiration to research: may it put eagerness into the hearts and minds of all investigators: may it cause scholars to follow light, wherever light leads, with unflagging interest and devotion: may it

glorify every detail of investigation because such investigation deals with truth-with truth that, whatever its parts, is one truth-with truth that in any and in every manifestaiton is a declaration of God! Religion today and always would lift its hand in benediction and say to every student: Prosecute your search. Do your work. Only remember that truth, whether in physics, chemistry, or philosophy, is sacred-is of God. Therefore take the shoes from off your feet and stand in awe. You are on holy ground. Let not pride in the discovered, let not disdain toward the undiscovered, let not haughtiness toward predecessors be yours. But humbly, earnestly, reverently press on in the work God delights to have you do the work of uncovering and disclosing the thoughts of the Most High. Surely the scholar who can in any wise make God better known must be very dear to the heart of God!

I am to speak to you now concerning this God and concerning what we call His religion We never can be too thankful that when Christ was upon earth, He was asked a question that gave Him opportunity to state-in a sentence-what this religion is that the world calls Christianity, the religion of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He summed it up in two statements that so correlate and complete one another that they virtually are one statement— when He declared that religion is the loving of the God revealed as Almighty Creator and Blessed Protector, with all our powers of heart, mind, soul and strength, and the loving of our fellowman as we love ourselves.

After years of study of the Bible and of human society I do not hestitate to say that that summary expresses the essence of religion— that the living of that summary solves every problem of human welfare, rejuvenating the individual and saving the race. God is glad with the gladness of satisfaction when that summary becomes the theory and the practice of life. There are hundreds of aids provided to assist us in the carrying out of this summary, the aids of the Scripture, the Church and History-aids that vary in importance from least to greatest: but the aids are not the essence itself-the essence is devoted love towards God Himself and toward man. When we live that essence we fulfil the supreme requirement of existence; when we live it we most develop ourselves, we most bless others and we most please God.

The first distinguishing characteristic of our religion is its spirituality. Our religion primarily is not a matter of the hand, the mouth, the foot-but of inner sentiment, named love. Our religion never exists until love exists. The saying of prayers, by the lips or by the machine; the giving of the body to be burned; the sounding of declarations of devotion; the bestowing of all our goods to feed the poor; pilgrimages, ceremonies, creeds, sacrifices-these are not the essence