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 448 A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO at 4630 Gross Avenue, was valued at about fifty thousand dollars. The activities of the Settlement for the welfare and happiness of the community were so many that they cannot even be listed here. From the first the University interest in the work not only con- tinued, but increased. The collections of the Sunday religious service were devoted to its use. One Sunday in each year was Settlement Sunday, when a special appeal was made for unusual offerings. A University Settlement League of Women was formed to assist in its maintenance. Concerts, dramatic performances, dances were given every year to secure funds for it. Students and professors were helpers of Miss McDowell on the field. Outside friends contributed money and personal service, and the University of Chicago Settlement prospered and performed a constantly grow- ing service for a great community. It was the purpose of the University to make the students, as far as possible, self-governing bodies. It was greatly to the credit of the students that one of the first traditions they established was that the hazing and student riots which disgraced many institu- tions should find no place in Chicago. If newcomers tried to start anything in the way of malicious mischief, they were not only admonished by the authorities that they had brought their wares to the wrong market, but were promptly discouraged by the public opinion of the student body. To look after undergraduate affairs, the Junior College Council and the Senior College Council were organized. These Councils were the representatives of the under- graduates with the authorities. In 1909 the students adopted a modification of the plan which somewhat enlarged the sphere of these Councils, and in particular provided for their acting together as the Undergraduate Student Council, to consider and act upon affairs affecting the entire undergraduate body. It must not, however, be supposed that no supervision was had over student activities. As early as 1895-96 the Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions was established, with the President of the University as chairman. In the Convocation statement for the Autumn Quarter of 1895, the President said: The Faculty of Arts, Literature, and Science has taken up for fresh con- sideration, in the light of the experience of three and a half years, the question