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FOURTH YEAR.

Constitutional history of England and the United States, five lectures a week; history of civilization, analysis of historical forces and phenomena, notices of the arts and of the inductive sciences; political economy.

PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC.

The studies of this department are taught chiefly by lectures, with readings of specified authors, and written essays. These studies require much maturity of powers, and are therefore confined to the fourth year of the course. Mental Philosphy.—Analysis and classification of mental phenomena; theories of perception, imagination, memory, judgment, reason; mental physiology, or connection of body and mind, healthful conditions of thought, growth and decay of mental and moral powers; philosophy of education; theory of conscience; nature of moral obligation; moral feeling; the right; the good; practical ethics; duties; formation of character; ancient schools of philosophy; modern schools of philosophy. Influence of philosophy on the progress of civilization, and on modern sciences and arts. Principles of Logic—Conditions of valid thinking; forms of arguments; fallacies and their classification. Inductive and scientific reasoning; principles and methods of investigation. Practical applications of logic in the construction of argument, in the detection and answer of fallacies, and in the formation of habits of thinking, and the common judgments of life.

' COURSE OP SCHOOL OF E N G L I S H AND MODERN LANGUAGES.

Required

for

Degree of B.

YEAR.

X.

FIRST

1. 2. 3.

Cicero de Amicitia, or British authors; French; Trigonometry and Advanced Geometry. Livy, or American authors; French; Analytical Geometry. Rhetoric;-French; Calculus, or Drawing; Horace (optional, extra).

SECOND Y E A R .

1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

English Classics; German; Physiology or Botany. English Classics; German; Zoology or Botany. English Classics; German; Astronomy.

THIRD YEAR.

German; Chemistry; Ancient History or Geology. German; Physics or Chemistry; Mediaeval History. German; Physics; Modern History.

FOURTH YEAR.

Anglo-Saxon; Mental Science; History of Civilization. English Literature; Constitutional History; Logic. ^Esthetics; Political Economy; Chemistry of Geology; Thesis or Oration.

Graduating