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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

of these subjects some familiarity with the sphere of philosophical speculation and with the philosophical method as applied to the principles and presuppositions of the various sciences. 3. To show the relation of philosophy to practical life and the value of its study as a means of general culture.

PUBLIC LAW AND ADMINISTRATION

See same in the College of Literature and Arts, p. 76.

PSYCHOLOGY

The object of this department is twofold. The aim is, first, to acquaint the student experimentally with psychic phenomena and to make him familiar with recent literature and standard authorities; and, second, to make contributions to the science itself. The student is from the first required to deal with the subject as an experimenter, and thus given a practical knowledge of the phenomena which he is to handle. The laboratory is well equipped with materials and apparatus for the continuation of this work through a large numher of classical experiments upon sensation, which the student is required to conduct himself and of which a careful record is kept. The higher mental functions are then studied in a similar way, and the experimenter held responsible for the purity of the experimental conditions and the method of procedure. The history of psychology is also taken up. A full line of periodical literature is made accessible by the University, and this serves as the basis of reports in the seminary. In order to give a comprehensive survey of psychic activities, the genesis of mind with its accompanying development of neural structure is traced from the lower forms of life to its culmination in adult man. For the accomplishment of the second aim of the department, that of original research, the laboratory is well equipped with suitable apparatus and every incentive is given toward a high grade of work. Investigations not immediately connected with the laboratory are also encouraged.