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YALE ELECTIVE CHANGES
SEVERAL VIEW COURSES 10 DE OF
FERED IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTs.

New Courses in Philosophy by Professors
Ladd and Duncan-Slight Changes in
Courses in Economics-Course in Rail-
road Transportation Established-othe
New Courses.
The pamphlets of elective courses
for juniors and seniors in Yale next
year will be given out early in April.
1t win contain about seventy pages,
presenting a wide range of subjects.
Aside from the prescribed courses in
psychology and philosophy there are
offered twenty-five courses in philoso-
ply, thirteen in political science and
law, ten in history, thirteen in romance
languages, nine in Germanic languages,
fourteen in English, eighteen in the an
Gent languages, eight in Biblical liter
allure, three in the fine arts, sixteen in
natural sciences, eight in mathematics
seven in music, one in physical educa-
ton and one in military science.
In the department Of philosophy Pro-
fessor Ladd offers two new courses, one
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in metaphysics; Professors Duncan and
H. S. Williams offer one together on
the theory of evolution, and Professor
Duncan one in epistemology Mr..
Green offers a new course in the history
of ancient and medieval philosophy.
and also one in advanced logic.
The courses in economics have been
slightly changed. A course in railroad
transportation has been established and
those taking it must be able to read
with ease either French or German.
Professor A. T. Hadley and Professor
Schwab will have courses in United
States financial history and the history
of political and economic theories, re-
spectively. Professor Schwabs course
in economics, Professor Summers in sci
ence of society and Professor Phelps in
law will remain unchanged
In the history department Professor
C. H. Smith will offer a course in AM
erican history (constitutionaD and
Professor E. c. Bourne win offer two
new courses, one in American Colonial
history, the other in American Ma
tional history. The latter will be the
political history of the United States
from 1888 to 1885.
Among the modern languages Mr.. r.
l.. Taylor offers a new course in the
short masterpieces of French literature,
and Professor Luquiens one in French
literature Of the XVIII century. Pro-
fessor HI. R. Lang will have course in
Spanish literature of the XVI and XVII
centuries.
In English Dr. Charles S. Baldwin
will have a course in rhetoric fort-
nightly essays for juniors. The work
will be for the first term on argumenta-
tive and for the second on expository
essays Other new courses are: Eng
fish literature of the seventeenth CEN
fury. American literature, Browning,
offered by Prof. w. L. Phelps; English
literature of the eighteenth century,
literary criticism in the nineteenth CEN
fury, by Mr.. FL. A. Smith; English
verse narrative, by Prof. Beers. A
course in Victorian literature will also
be given.
Among the ancient languages new
courses by Prof Perrin in Greek Social
and Private Life; and by DR.. Guy V.
Thompson in Ovid and in Cato. Among
the courses on Biblical literature Mr..
H. w. Dunning will offer one in Old
Testament Wisdom Literature Eng
lish).
The courses in fine arts remain I'M
changed. Prof Gooch in natural scien-
ces has a course on chemical theory. In
mathematics Mr.. w. M. Strong and Mr.,
y. Westlund will have charge of the
work on analytical geometry, and Prof.
Pierpont Of the new course in advanced
calculus. The courses in music, ply
steal education and military science are
unchanged.
All members Of the class of SO are re-
quired to take a course in Psychology
and total of not less than fifteen nor
more than eighteen hours of elective
work per week. All members of the
class of '98 are required to take one of
four philosophy courses, and must Sc
1ect for their studies number of hours
per week which, in addition to those
chosen and passed satisfactorily at the
end of Junior year, will bring the total
number to thirty hours.
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