1896-1897 Academic Catalog

C E D A R Y I L L S COL LEGE 26 tein. The topics studied and discussed are Psychology and its relations to other Sciences, the Soul and its relations to Matter, the Human Intellect under the headings of Presentation and Presentative Knowledge, Though t and T hough t Know ledge, and Intuitions. The study o f Psychology “ promotes self-knowl­ edge and moral culture, disciplines to moral reflection, trains to the knowledge of human nature, is indispensable to educators, creates the study of literature ” and impels to general scientific research. It is the parent of all sciences. Upon it are based political, social, legal, icsthetic, theological, metaphysical and physiological studies. Even those branches th a t deal with the phenomena of the material world exclusively must make their final appeal to psychology before they can be stamped with the seal of truth. E T H IC S A N D C H R I S T I A N S C IE N C E S . The whole Senior year is spent in the study of Moral Science and Apologetics from theoretical and practical standpoints. Essays are required and class discussion is encouraged. Both ancient and modern systems of philosophy are investigated. The course is pursued by the recitation and lecture method. Th e student is constantly urged to search present history and appeal to the data of moral consciousness. G rego ry ’s Christian Ethics is the text in Moral Science and F ishe r’s Apologetics is the text in Evidences o f Christianity and Natu ral Theology. The subjects o f study in Apologetics are the Genuineness and Authen ticity of the Scriptures, Th e Superiority of Christianity, The Inspiration of the Scriptures, The Na tu re of God aud Ilis Existence. Moral Science presents the following themes : The N a tu re of the Moral Agen t, Th e Na tu re of Virtue, Freedom of Will, Conscience, Duties to God and to Man. No education is complete without a knowledge of the topics just named. H IS T O R Y A N D M Y T H O L O G Y . Th e course in History comprises U. S. Historv, General History, History of Europe and Sacred History. U. S. History is studied as a review, the student being sup-