New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18
AND DEBATES PROVIDED FOR

AND DEBATES PROVIDED FOR
The School Of Political Science OF the b'ooN,! :"
Institute will enter upon its ninth year "ee
with the second week or October. Inc HIa'' u0
for the present season will be Frederick VI us
,r nautical economy money and hnance Professor
William G. Webster in American poilucS 'o.o"''''
history and Spanish history Milo r Mnltoie II,
civil government and the government OF cities M
William w Washington in sociology Inc cou' 20 ;
OF instruction are grouped under the -FOUR heauS -
government political economy, history ana Soo'
oloEy. iii, 49,
The School Of Political Science was primarily eS-
tabIished for the benefit Of large classes III '"e
,r,,,,i,,. who have not had the opportunity of
,borougb education along civic lines Among the
no,sons snecsllv addressed by the school are young
men who have passed the school age ana VINO "e
sire to be prepared for the Intelligent uischdi -
CT the duties Of citizenship; young women ol ..
s,rdious turn who have not had the privileges OF
full university or college training. nut are ueepi'
interested I'm public ouestons teachers In the pun
liz and private schools mechanics and artisans ana
citizens generally who are alive to the REQUIRE
ments Of American progress and desirouS VI ~
sstlne therein Several hundred people nave peeh
instructed in the school during the course Vi ''
work at,
As most persons wishing to attend have daily
oocr,,tio,e all tho classes are conducted I'm the
eveninc between and $50 y. m. Informal lectures
are given weekly by the instructors, ana these are
supplemented by the conferences In whch the ieo'-
ures and the material In the textbook are u'S-
cussed by the class. Occasional debates on con
trovertcI questions and issues Of the day In whch
the leading disputans are selected oy the i''S'i W.
tor give variety 10 the exercises.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
The course on municipal government. under DR..
Maltbie and on THE Rise and Fall or the spanish
Eron,re " under Professor Webster. are new IN
tho ..NuniripaI Government" course Dr. Maltple
will present a comparative study Of city govern
m.nts I'm Europe and America, DISCUSSING 'Iio'o
problems which arc peculiarly munici9al ana o'
supreme importance 10 the city. Attention VIII 10
devoted PRINCIPALLY 10 American conditions but
enough will b. said concerning European cities 70
show, IN what respects they diner from ours the
frat lecture on October "A. will take uD me
Ancient and Modern city" "rhe Growth OF Orpah
Centres" and THE Character Of city Populations
will next be considered after which the dine'eh-
organs OF municipal government VIII Ice 'ar"iui'y
studied What the CITY Does FOR the WORKING
man" and "Municipal Socialism viii he treated In
the next lectures Following these subjects ING
city ownership Of waterworkS sircl AZ 'I~s d -
lighting the housing OF tho poor. ana inc no"' -
dealing with the unemployed viii com" under con
sderaon. The course VIII close WIN HN,,,c,nai
Affairs" "Municral Home Rule ana 'lropoSr !
Methods NJ Municipal Reform. Those ~hp ~ ~
rrofcssnr Wc"drow wilson on The Government
OF CITIES extremely helpful
THE RISE AND FALL or SFAiN'
Persons VINO are Interested In current events will
ind a peculiar Thickness IN Professor Webster .
course ~ instruction The Rise and FAN OF tho
snanleh Empire" The fortunes " Spain I'm tho Old
World VIII first be discussed under comprehensive
headings and I'm Par' " u th" course he discoveries
~ Columbus and the conquesis ~ Cortez, In
Mexico and Pizarro in Peru. Will he handled before
taking no tho Spanish settlements IN the United
States and the discovery nv Magellan OF The route
around the world Other lectures VIII cover
.Sr,iu'q colonial Poiicy." "Th" South American
R.puhH.a "The Independence or Mexico, Spnll
aud me Monroe pocpipe'" and Tho IA" OF '''
among H. general lecture courses Of the de-
partmcnt of great value In mis- connection may '
,nenfi,red That by Professor Arthur VI WheelHr;
~ Vale on The Leading Powers OF Europc ana
lessor Albert bushnell Hart. ~ Harvard. on "lh@r
Spanlard and tho Angl0-SaNon In EuIope ana
Areri.a" and by Mrs. Florence Jackson Siodda o..
al New York ou spanish America aun no" -
Was Lost % the Mother Country.
students iu th" school Of Political science uaEe
mo urlyl,ge ~ attending an tho general le'tu,es
en- no Department of Political Science. Besides
those named the courses on I'D, 'utirlcS
ion IN the Tinted States" by Dr. Sidney Sher,
wood of Johns Hopkins University. on rocIa' ttlu
T.rti,ai Nov m.uis in tho tinted states by tr'-
ts.or p,,rick GedAes Of the University or Edln-
huron. on Switzerland and the Swiss People. 10y
William II McCrackon. VI a. of Ncw-N ork. on
subjects Of Great National Personal ana Hlstgt
cal Interest" by Garrett J.. Serviss aud on Inc
Cir World and The New "Eariy History and HIS
torc Towns OF New England" are especially note
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