1896-1897 Academic Catalog

30 C ED A RV I L L E COLLEGE In the Sophomore year Remsen's Briefer Course in Ch em ­ istry is taken up and completed in two terms. A full line o f apparati has been provided for this departmen t and laboratory work will be conducted in the basement of the College. The third edition of Remsen is used. It presents the Atomic Theory, the Periodic Law , Systematic S tudy of the Elements, and Class­ ification of the Elements in accordance with the Periodic Law , as well as Common Compounds of Carbon, Qualitative Analysis and the Metallic Elements. These topics are discussed in a dd i­ tion to other subjects usually found in text-books on chemistry. Th ree hours in the week will be given to laboratory work and two to instruction. Olmsted’s College Philosophy is studied in the Senior year. This is an extensive, thorough and systematic treatise on Physics. It embraces the following s u b je c ts : Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics, Heat, Sound, Magnetism and Electricity. All the apparati necessary to the course have been provided and will be allowed use of fr e of charge Young ’s General Astronomy is studied as the text in Astronomy. S tudents are taught how to locate the stars and trace the planets. Among other topics it presents M a th e ­ matical Astronomy, the Nebular Theory, Asteroids, Comets, the Solar System in detail, Laws and other subjects usually found in modern texts. Testimonials declare it to be the best, latest and most scholarly text now taught in colleges. The subject of General Biology is completed in the Senior year. Sedgwick and Wilson’s text is used. Here the student is brought face to face with the g reat facts of life. Under eleven chapters are discussed the Composition of L iv ing Organisms, L iving Matter, Th e Cell, The Biology o f Plant Life, of an Animal, and Classification. The course is graduated, illustrated and complete. The course in Natural Science concludes with Dana ’s New Text-book of Geology.