Caption: Course Catalog - 1899-1900
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENTS 77 ship; and (2) to afford opportunities for advanced work to those who may desire more thorough preparation, either for active political life or preliminary to the study of law. To meet these ends, the work is so arranged that the subject may be pursued continuously for three years. The elementary courses are given every year, while the advanced courses are offered in alternate years. The courses, as a whole, are intended to cover the theory of the state, its organization, and practical operation. PSYCHOLOGY Besides the opportunity offered in this department for scientific training and original research, there is also given a basis for general culture. The student is taught to observe psychic phenomena in himself and in his social surroundings, both individual and collective, and is thus given a standpoint from which to approach social and ethical questions' intelligently. Historically, psychology is treated with a view to giving the student a connected idea of the development of the subject. Its experimental development and recent phases are given special attention, with particular comment upon the probable lines of its future development, and the place in human economy which it aims to fill. RHETORIC AND ORATORY The object of the courses in this department is to acquaint the student with the principles of rhetoric, to teach him correctness and effectiveness in the writing of English, and to give him some practice in the oral expression of his ideas. The subject matter is presented by means of text-books and lectures, though more emphasis is put upon practice than upon theory. ROMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES This department offers four years of instruction in French and one year each in Spanish and Italian. In the elementary courses the main object is to give the student
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