The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-12
Clark Summer School
Promises to Sur.
pass Itself.
SEVERAL FINE COURSES OFFERED
DR.. G, Stanley Hall Will
Lecture on Evolution
of the Soul"

between the two, comes the Clark Uni
versity summer school, which opens to-
morrow morning.
The final arrangements for the hours
of the several courses of lectures and
the receptions and outings which in
variably accompany the more rigid en-
gagements of the school, will be made
this evening at a meeting of the sum
mer school faculty.
! 1t is certain, however, that the gem
eral scheme of work will follow the
precedent of former years, although
| there will be considerable increase in
the number of courses given, and
whereas the work in psychology and
| kindred topics was limited to- portion
of the time last year, this summer it
mas been so extended and to cover the
| entire period of the school, which thus
! becomes a school of psychology. ped
agogy, anthropology and physiology.
The attendance promises to be large
and more interesting, and ADLER people
Will probably be gathered together than
at any preceding session of the school,
| one important change in the admins
| tration of affairs has been made by the
summer school faculty in relieving
from official duties the advisory board,
which In past years has done much
| valuable work along the social line in
connection with the school.
DR.. Halls observation-disclosures A ne
culiarly important one--to the pro-
gram, which will be an essentially new
| one, will be a new course of lectures
upon the Evolution. of the human
SOUL" which will consist of a+compara-
| tive treatment of the psychology of
children, savages and animals. DR..
Hale will refer occasionally to his lee
| lures upon allied topics in former
years, but the course will be distinctly
new.
| In giving it, DR.. Hall hopes to found
new philosophy Of education, which
while based upon the broadcast phases
and conclusions Of evolution, shall NOT
| be too indefinite or too technical to h.
of practical application to everyday
life. especially by the student and The
teachers. In four evening lectures, DIR
HAN Will speak upon the following pop
ular subjects: 1.-THE alcohol question
from the standpoint of psychology and
pedagogy" Mind and faith cures;
their history, truths and falsities j
Outline of the reformed and recon.
structed kindergarten" and "Sleight-
ot-hand and kindred popular diversions
phychologically treated, with illustra-
| tons"
In addition to those lectures. DR.
Edmund G. Sanford and DR.. Ernest H
Lindley will conduct courses in rsy-
chology. DR.. Sanford's course will deal
with comparative and individual
psychology, the first part summarizing
briefly the most important recent CON
| tributions to animal psychology and
| To- ~
while the second part will discuss the
different types of mental constitution
IN their relation to personality. Dr.
Sanford will also give an evening lee
| ture on Some practical aspects OF
psychology" DR.. Lindley's course will
consist of daily lecture and a daily
hour of Unconstitutional work in which
| experiments will be conducted and ap-
paratus and methods explained. Nor
NAL psychology and the more lmpcr-
| tant points of view of recent psyche
logical research will be subject Of
this course. A Unconstitutional course
on comparative psychology will also be
given by DR.. Linus W. Cline.
| DR.. w. H. Burnham and H. D, Shell.
don will conduct courses in pedagogy
and school hygiene from the point Of
view of psychology and physiology
with particular reference to the meth.
| DDS which have been determined by
the limited knowledge and ideals OF
| past centuries as viewed in the light
Of modern hygienic principles, and &c
the modifying and improving of pres.
ent conditions in hygiene and pedagogy
Mr.. Sheldon will furthrmore give six
lectures on Centralized control and in.
dividual initiative in modern educa.
ton"
| Twelve lectures by DR.. Adolf Meyer
upon the position of neurology in biol.
ogy, embryo1ogy, development of the
nervous system, causes of nervous dis.
eases, the disorders of speech and other
questions of great interest to the stu.
dent of the nervous system, will be ar
| interesting feature Of the session, es.
pecially as 1t will be accompanied by
work under DR.. Meyer and Mr.. God.
dard
In biology DIR. Clifton F. Hodge will
present a course OF IL lectures upon the
nature study of living things, with de,
monstrations. excursions and labratorS
and observation work. Insects anC
birds, snakes, turtles, plants, trees and
fishes will be studied, the purpose of the
| lectures being to bring out the great
educational value of the common things
of nature. Nature study books, ant
methods of developing the love Of ma.
ture, will also be discussed
Anthropology will be represented by
DIR. A. F. Chamberlain, who will pre-.
sent a new course on THE educationa
aspects Of human evolution" in which
the broadcast and deepest conceptions Of
| human phenomena will be considered
with such problems as culture, hered.
| ity and environment.
| Daily conferences will be held by the
several instructors for the discussion O,
the various problems raised by the lee
lures. While the list of topics is no
yet complete, it is at present planned
to have talks by DR.. Burnham OF
school hygiene and pedagogy DR.
Hodge on nature in the public schools
DR.. Sanford, on psychology in second
airy and normal schools; DR.. Chamber
lain, on Groos' doctrine of human play
and others by Dr. Hall and other lee
turers to be announced later.
Beside the four evening lectures b,
DR.. Hall, there will be lectures by DR.
Chamberlain, on 1.-The prophecy O.
childhood" and 1.-THE evolution of tn,
poet; by DR.. Burnham, on Convention
VS.. nature in the history and pres
ent practice Of education; by DR.. Johr
M. Tyler of Amherst college, on The
struggle for existence and by DR.
Hodge, upon Psychology and the nv
giene Of sleep" Dr. Hall hopes tina
Prof. Angelo Mosso may return from
his trip to Niagara and the west in tim,
to give one or two lectures before tn,
summer school prior to sailing, bu
whether these will be In the evening q,
the daytime, cannot now be determined
Other lecturers are also being arranged
for, who will add greatly to the bril-