New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-16
JOHNS HOPKINS.
THE GROWING INTEREST IN RHETORICAL AM
POLITICAL SCIENCE.

THE GROWING INTEREST IN RHETORICAL AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
baltimore Nov. 10 (special.-The increase IN the
number OF students In the historical and political de-
partnent the Johns hopkins University the last two
years shows the tendency Of the young American
men Of to-day to famiarize themselves with the history
and outlook of political institutions. Nearly $50 stu
dents are In the historical and political department
President Gilman in speaking OF the matter said One
reason for the eagerncss with which Young now
studying history and political economy is that proper
facilities for higher education I'm these branches are
new In this country The course Is an excellent one
especially for those who desire 10 become lawyers
teachers OF history or writer's OF historical WORKS
and in some degree it is an excellent
preparation for editorial work. Such, We ma
are the desunies mapped out for most OF the
students in the department l should regret If this
kind of instruction tended to superdcislty, but with
proper restrictions do not why II should not Dt
made thorough, afording high intellectual culture hho
training the student In the habits OF good Scholarship
Dr. Herbert Il. Adams the head OF the department
recently said that in his opinion the extraordinary III
terest of late years aroused In political study was que
to the development since the OF patriotic feeling
and inquiry for information regarding American MS
tory A German professor once told me- he SAID
that American students take 10 politics like ducks %
water An inquiry into the precedents and example
of the past is excellent preparation for understanding
thoroughly the problems Of the present. The sSi'ie
tendency has been noticed in Harvard, Coineh ana
other universities in the United States
In the historical and political course Inc STUDENT ue
votes three hours daily 10 lectures ana
and the remainder of the working time is improved w
sunnemeutal reading and outside research in the IL
brares OF the Peabody Institute the Maryland Historical
Society or the Capitol at Washington The nrst Se''
the student has one hour day III classici'i history
studying the works OF Herodotus, Tmcyddes' Lazy
and TacltnS and hour in German, when the Dooh'
of Goethe Heine and schiller are read with the prose
composltion The third hour is employed Win physical
geography English ESSAYS literature and classical OF
European history. The motto OF the liopKns ls'o1ea
department is History is past politics. politics Is
prc.ent history" During the second year the student
devots his time 10 the history OF the Church and Roman
Empire Italy, Germany, France, spain ana the Ne.e'
lands French reading with the grammar OF 'he pes
authors and political science. Each student has tc
write two essays year on political economy hteri"
,jonal law English constitutional history. LAuc
ethics psychology and laboratory work In chemistry
physic, and biology compose the third year course, al
the end Of which the young man has surely ea!heu lis
A. B. The historical seminary is prominent feature
o the mode of instruction. II is cooperative society
composed of instructors fellows scholars and graduate
students for the encouragement of original ihVesuSa
ton in American institutional, educational, economics
and social history. subjects are original TO students
for private research and public report III te SEMINARY
OF the weekly meetings. These reports d'er pen y
these or other papers which published in the hs
torcal pamphlets The students frequently MAKE ul>
10 old towns and places In Maryland and search records
mat sometimes antedate the Revolution.
so successful the pedagogical lectures gwen as
session 10 members OF the university who are engaged
in teaching or who expect to become teachers, tha'
President Gilman determined to give a second course
his session The first lecture given yesterday
morning by President Gilman =" Is II worth While u
uphold the idea OF liberal educaton?'