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NEW HAVEN, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1900.
ACADEMIC. ELECTIVES
A Course Preparatory to Law Study
—MWMany Other New Courses.
The prospectus of elective courses of-
fered to the Junior and Senior classes of
Yale College for the years 1900 and 1901,
is the second specific evidence of the re-
arrangement of the Yale curriculum
upon which the Academic Faculty have
been at work for several months. The
Sophomore pamphlet was the first.
At the opening of the prospectus, the
change in regard to “Psychology, Ethics
and Philosophy” is indicated. The study
isno longer compulsory for Seniors, but
is retained as required for the Juniors, in
a course called “Logic, Psychology and
Ethjes,” taught by Professors’ Ladd,
Duncan and Sneath. It is rather notice-
able that, in spite of the marked change
of making this department of study en-
tirely optional for Seniors, there is no
very marked change in the courses
offered. Professor Sneath, however,
oiters a new two-hour course, “Elements
of Philosophy,” to Juniors. The course
by Professor Henry S. Williams on the
“Principles of Evolution,” which proved
very popular last year, is repeated.
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW.
In “Political Science and Law” there
area number of interesting changes and
additions. President Hadley’s name
does not appear among the instructors
this year. The course in “Economics,”
given last year by Professors Hadley
aid Schwab, is taken this year by Pro-
iessors Emery and Schwab; Professor
Emery having been appointed last Fall
to fill the vacancy in the Department.
He is now at Bowdoin, and begins his
work here in September. It is notice-
able that in this three-hour course, the
third hour is given to personal instruc-
tion, which was not attempted before.
This hour will be a quiz exercise, in
small sections, under Professors Emery
and Schwab and Mr. Robinson.
The course in “United States Indus-
trial History” will be in charge of Pro-
iessors Schwab and Emery, the latter
again taking the President’s place. A
new field in this course will be Professor
Emery’s instruction in “Speculation and
Modern Business Methods.”
A large number of new courses are
offered in this Department. These in-
clude a course on “United States Pub-
lic Finance,” by Professor Schwab;
“Commercial Policy,” by Professor
Emery; “Industrial Combinations,” by
Mr. M. H. Robinson, the latter being
principally a study of the modern ten-
dency towards the concentration of in-
dustry and the various plans for the
regulation and control of capitalistic
monopolies; a course by Dr. Bailey on-
“American Social Conditions”; a course
by Professor Emery on “Economic
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Theory”; and a course by Dr. Gregory
and Dr. Keller on “Environment: and-
Mental Influence on Man.” This last
course is intended especially to make
an economic and social study of the
contact’ of civilized with uncivilized
races as illustrated in the “history. of
colonial administration.”
But far and away the most significant:
change is the announcement of a three:.
hour course open to Seniors, under
Professors Wurts, Beers and’ Foster
taking up elementary law, contracts. the
law of real property and fraudulent con-
veyances. This course is distinctly and
specifically intended for those who wish
to begin the study of law as a profession
and generally in this way opportunity
is gi#%n those who intend to study law
to lay certain foundations for their pro-
fessional course, similar to those al
ready possible in medicine and some
other pursuits.
The course in “Jurisprudence and
Law,” which is non-professional, is re-
tained. This was the course in which
the late Professor E. J. Phelps gave
lectures in the second term. Mr. Gager
and Professor W. K. Townsend will
have it this year. Still another new
course in this Department is that on
“Comparative Politics,” under Mr. M.
H. Robinson.
A course in “Debates on Public Ques-
tions’ is offered, but the instructor is
not given.
HISTORY.
Professor Adams will return next year
from abroad and his work will once
more appear in the History Department.
Two new courses are offered in the
History Department by Mr. Fred-
erick W. Williams. One is a two-hour
course on “Ancient Oriental Nations
from the Earlier Times,’ and another on
‘“Kuropean Colonies in Asia and Africa.”
The latter, in connection with the work
on colonial administration offered in the
Political Science Department, means not
a little instruction for work which the
President has said that Yale should be
preparing herself. Professor Smith of-
fers a course in “Recent American His-
tory.”
__ Professor Richardson’s course on the
“History of Northern Europe from the
Reformation to the Death of Frederick
the Great,” has been somewhat re-ar-
ranged. | ean
MODERN LANGUAGES
The courses formerly offered by the
late Professor Luquiens in French, are
taken by Messrs. Sanderson and Taylor.
A notable addition to the Modern
Literature courses are those which Dr.
Andreen will offer on his return next
Fall to this country.
ENGLISH.
In English are a number of new
courses. These include one on “Verse
Composition,” by Professor Lewis; “As-
pects of the Drama,’ by Professor
Beers; “English Lyrical Poetry,” by Dr.
Reed; “Dante in English,” by Professor
Cook; “English Prose,” by Dr. Reed,
and “Milton and his Contemporaries,”
by Professor Beers. The course in
“American Literature,” by Professor
Phelps, offered in 1898-99, is again pre-
sented this year.
BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
Professor Torrey, the new appointee
in the Semitic Department, will offer for
rext year a two-hour course in Assyrian,
and a one-hour course called “A General
Introduction to Semitic Philology.”
FORESTRY
One course in the Forest School,
“Outlines of Forestry,” will be open
to undergraduates. It is described else-
where.
MATHEMATICS.
Among the many changes, those in the
Mathematical Department are perhaps
most notable. Prof. Phillips offers “Cal-
culus,” and Dr. Porter “Advanced Cal-
culus,” which latter leads up to courses
in higher analysis and geometry. Mr.
Hawkes offers courses in “Analytical
Geometry” and “Higher Algebra”; Prof.
Richards offers a course in “Spherical
Geometry and Trigonometry,” with ap-
plications of trigonometry to surveying,
navigation and nautical astronomy, and
also “Navigation and Nautical Astron-
omy,” intended’ as a sequel to the ele-
mentary course in Sophomore year.
Prof. Beebe’s course in “Surveying” has
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been broadened and he offers an entirely
new course, ‘Celestial Mechanics.”
Prof. Pierpont has two new courses,
“Finite Groups—Galois Theory” and
“Differential Equations and Function
Theory”; Prof. Gibbs offers “Advanced
Vector Analysis’; Dr. Gallaudet, “Ele-
inentary Mathematical Physics” and Dr.
Wilson, “Analytical Mechanics.” Ejigh-
teen courses in all, appear in the present
pamphlet where there were but ten last
year. Preceding the enumeration of the
courses there are a number of sugges-
{ions made to aid the student in his
selections.
OTHER CHANGES
A new Geology course, including field
excursions and laboratory work, is of-
fered by Dr. Gregory and Professor
Williams.
An important course in Classics ap-
pears this year as “The Athenian
Drama,” by Professors Perrin and Rey-
nolds.
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Phi Beta Kappa Banquet.
The annual banquet of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society will be held in New
Haven, Wednesday, March 28. A large
graduate representation is expected.
Prof. John C. Schwab, ’86, will act as
toastmaster. Prof. Arthur M. Wheeler,
57; Prof. Bernadotte Perrin, ’69, and
Prof. Charlton M. Lewis, ’86, will re-
spond to toasts. William S. Coffin, 1900,
will deliver the address of welcome to
the incoming members, and A. P.
Wright, 1901, will respond.
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Mr. Brown Recovering.
Robert Brown, Secretary of the Yale
Observatory, who was severely injured
by a trolley car on Forty-second Street
in New York about five weeks ago, is
recovering as fast as can be expected,
at his home in New Haven. Mr. Brown
had eight ribs broken, and for two
weeks was at the Presbyterian Hospital
in New York.
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’°61—Prof. F. B. Dexter, who has been
confined to the house for some time with
a bad attack of grip, is rapidly improv-
ing. It will be several week before he
takes up his duties again.
‘the Political Science staff,
GRADUATE ELECTIVES,
The Many New Courses Offered in
the School—The Forestry List.
The Graduate School prospectus of
elective courses soon to be issued, will
show many marked changes, and these
will be principally in the way of addi-
tions, made possible by. the return of
several professors, also by additions to
the staff. The notable additions of the
Forestry School are recorded elsewhere.
Professor Ladd, who will be back next
Fall after his trip around the world,
will offer again his “Introduction to
Philosophy” and “Abnormal Psychol-
ogy.” Professor Duncan in this Depart-
ment offers a new course, “The Phil-
osophy of Herbert Spencer,” and Pro-
fessor Sneath another on “The History
of Modern Ethics.” Other new courses
in this Department include “Experimen-
tal Phonetics” and “Theory of Statistics
and Measurements,” by Dr. Scripture;
“Lotze’s Microcosmus,’ by Dr. Green,
and “Modern Philosophical German”
and “French Philosophy in the Nine-
teenth Century,” by Mr. Montgomery.
In the Department of Economics,
Social Science, History and Law, Pro-
fessor Henry W. Farnam, who will be
back from Europe, offers “Social Poli-
tics.’ This will be a critical and his-
torical study of legislation designed to
better the condition of the weaker mem-
bers of society, considered in its rela-
tions to self-help and voluntary activity.
Professor Emery, the new member of
takes the
place of President Hadley in the course
with Professor Schwab on “Economics,”
as in the Academic Department. Pro-
fessor Emery’s course on “Commercial
Policy” appears as in the Academic
pamphlet, as well as his “History of
Economic Theory.”
Professor Blackman offers three
courses which were not given last year,
—a two-hour course in the first term on
“Social Philosophy”; another, one-hour
for the year, on “Anarchism, Socialism
and Communism,” and a one-hour first
term course on “Ethical and Social
Ideals in Modern English Poetry.”
Dr. Bailey’s “American Social Condi-
tjon” is also offered here as also the
course. by Dr. Keller on “Homeric
Society” and by Dr. Gregory and Dr.
