The interest in philosophical studies is steadily increasing in this institution. The instruction in them was opened in the academic year 1884-85, and the growth of interest is well indicated by the fact that the number of students now annually electing these courses is more than double the number during the first and second year.
The Courses offered in Logic, Psychology, Ethics, and Philosophy, at this institution for the year 1890-91, are as follows:
1. A ELEMENTARY COURSE IN LOGIC. Two hours a week.
2. THE ELEMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY. One hour a week.
3. SCIENTIFIC METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY. Lectures with Laboratory Work. Two hours.
4. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. Lectures with Laboratory Work. Two hours.
6. A COURSE ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF ETHICS. One hour.
7. A COURSE ON THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. Two hours.
8. A COURSE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEALISM. Two hours.
1. COMPARATIVE, SOCIAL, AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. Two hours.
2. SPECIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. Lectures with Laboratory Work. Two hours.
5. HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY. Two hours.
Each course of undergraduate lectures will extend through half the year. Courses 1, 2, 3, and 7, will be delivered during the first term; Courses 4, 5, 6, and 8 during the second. Of the graduate lectures, Courses 1 and 2 will be given during the first and second terms respectively. Courses 3, 4, and 5 will extend throughout the year. The psychological laboratory is open at all hours to students engaged in special researches.
In addition to these courses, mention may be made of those delivered on Physiological, Abnormal, and Comparative Psychology in the Biological and Medical Schools of the University; and of the numerous courses, more or less directly ethical, which are delivered in the field of Sociology. In several of these there is a purposed effort to bring out the significance for ethics of the subject treated.
From the well-classified and thorough courses offered at Clark University, (conducted by Dr. Hall, Prof. Donaldson, Dr. Sanford, Dr. Boas, Dr. Cook, Dr. Strong, and others,) we select, for its uniqueness, an account of the instruction at that institution in—
Under this head, come among others, the different forms of abnormal and pathological humanity. The most extreme form is treated of in Criminal Anthropology, which takes up the study of man as criminal. As an introduction, the acts that would be considered criminal in man's case, are investigated, as they appear in the whole realm of nature. This division we call Criminal Embryology.