1898-1899 Academic Catalog

( ’edarriile (.'offeye. introduced to.a wider view o f the subject. He is led to the actual construction o f literature, finer principles o f literary taste and the subtler music o f rvtlim. Style, Diction, Figures o f Speech. Compo­ sition. Invention, Aptitude and Habits, Thought. Objects, Narra tion. Generalization, Argumentation and Persuasion are taken up separately and studied at length. Along with the Practical Elements, Genuug’s Handbook o f Rhetorical Analysis is used. This is designed to alternate front time to time with the Practical Elements. The student is next introduced to the Study o f Words by Trench as revised hv Suplee. This subject is taken up with discussions on the Origin of wi ids, Poetry. Morality, History, and Prophecy in Words, as well as the Rise, Distinction a -I Correct Use o f Words. The best writers o f English and American Literature are read, stml- ie l and comment d upon during two terms. In this work the student is taught to think lor himself and a taste for reading the Inst liters tore is developed. Large portions o f each author studied are ivijuiivd to he committed to memory and essays are written on each book as it is finished. Shaw’s idterature is used as the guide in ~tu iv The next and final study o f the English ( 'muse is Logic .Jovon's H ill’s text is used, and much stress and time are put up >u the S\llo gism. Fallacies. Induction, Deduction ami practied cxn nples. POL I T ICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. In this era o f government building, political change, and Repub­ lican tendencies, no student can afford to deprive himself o f a thorough education in tlm ii story and Nature o f our own and other nations. Economics, Law and Sociology. In the Fn sbinan year Political Economy is begun and completed. Economies and Wealth, Labor and Capital, Banks and Banking, Free Trade and the Protective Tariff are discussed and the best principles advocated. E ly’s text, heck is used. With the belief that a broad knowledge o f national principles should he inculcat'd, international Law is placed in the Junior year. Under this subject the following topics are investigated, Historical sketch o f the Progress o f International Law, General Principles and Sources o f International Law, The State, Neutrality. Arbitration and Commerce.