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Caption: Course Catalog - 1895-1896
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58 COLLEGE OF LITERATURE AND ARTS methods of presentation, difficulties, aims, and results are discussed. The members of the class do the work that they, as teachers, should require of their pupils, and at intervals take charge of the recitation. The Latin department is amply supplied with all necessary appliances for the successful prosecution of the work. MATHEMATICS The object of the instruction in pure Mathematics is to promote habits of mental concentration and continuity of thought, to develop the capacity to form and combine abstract conceptions, and to cultivate deductive reasoning. The course is so arranged as to meet the requirements of those who wish to fit themselves for instructors, and of those who study the science for the love of it. Parallel with the pure mathematics of the junior and senior years, two lines of associated work in applied mathematics— physical and astronomical—are offered, either of which may be, and one of which must be, taken by the student wishing to make mathematics his leading course. One of these lines leads from the physics of the sophomore year through the mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism, heat, light, and sound; and the other through surveying and mechanics to celestial mechanics and to general arid mathematical astronomy. For fuller information, see p. 97. MILITARY SCIENCE (See p.234.) Music The department of Music, during the past year, has been entirely reorganized, and offers superior advantages to those desiring a thorough musical education. The courses offered are- widely varied, and are arranged to meet the individual needs of students. The time that may be devoted to the subject, especially in the study of an instrument or the voice, is indefinite ; however, a regular course is laid out which can be completed by any student of average ability within the period indicated. The courses in music lead to graduation from the music department with a diploma showing the amount of work
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