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College of Literature and Science.

JUNIOB YEAE.

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Ancient History of Greece and Rome, with notices of other nations; Ancient Geography; Mediaeval History; Modern History; European Geography.

SJ5NIOB YEAR.

Constitutional History of England and the United States; History of Civilization; Analysis of Historical Fones and Phenomena, Notices of the Arts and of the Inductive Science; Political Economy. PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC.

The studies of this department require much maturity of powers and are therefore confined to the Senior year of the University Course. Mental Philosophy. Analysis and classification of mental phenomena; theories of perception, consciousness, imagination, memory, judgment, reason. Mental physiology, or connection of body and mind, healthful condition 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 tneir classification. Inductive and scientific reasoning; principles and methods of investigation. Practical applications of logic in the construction of arguments, in the detection and answer of fallacies, and the formation of the habits of thinking and common judgment of life. SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES.

ENGLISH LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.

Studies of the School.—In the arrangement of the studies the endeavor is to present a thorough and extended drill in grammatical and philological study, and in the authors and history of the English language, affording a training equivalent to the ordinary studies of the classical languages. This drill extends through three years of the course, but may be shortened according to the ability and preparation of the student.

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