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18State Univer8ity of Washington.LIST OF TEXT BOOKS.GREEI{'Greek Lessons,Greek se.Goodwin.GoodWin.Boise.Goodwin.Goodwin.'Vhite.L TIN.Latin Lessons,Latin Grammar.Cresar,Virgil,Cicero,Ovid,Horace,. Livy,ChaseChaseChaseChaseChaseJones.Harkness.and Stuart.and Stuart.and Stuart.Harkness.and Stuart.and Stuart.MATHEl\IATICS . Algebra,Geometry,Trigonometry,Surveying and Navigation,Analytic ntwort.h. Tentworth.V\Tentworth.Hardy.V\Tood.NATURAL SCIENOE.Physiology,Botany,Natural Philosophy, .Cutter's Analytic.Gray.Avery's Elements.t:

State Universlty of ology,Astronomy,19Colton's Practical.Packard's Briefer.Avery's Complete.Dana' s Manual. Dana's Text Book.Snell's Olmstead.GEUl\IAN.German - Cumulative l"Iethod,German Grammar,German Reader,Wilhelm Tell,Dreyspring.Cook's Otto. Boisen.B chheim.FUENCH.Methode Berlitz,1er Li vre. .Methode Berlitz,2eme ' Livre.Petite Grammaire Fransm.ise pour les Anglais,L. mes' Elements.Political Economy .Ethics,Psychology .I{ellogg.I{jdd.Lessons in English,. Anglo-Saxon Grammar,Anglo-Saxon Reader,Rhetoric,English Literature,Elocution, . lISCELLANEOUS.General History,Civil Governme t,.Myers.Fiske.

20State UniveJwity of IVa.9hington.DEPAR'TMEN'TS OF INS'TRUC'TION.1.- PHILOSOPHY.j)8ychology.- Thi'S study presupposes a considerable acquaintance with the structure and functions of the brainand ncrvous system. Studen s acquire thi knowledge inthe laboratory undcr the direction of the Professor of Naturul History. During the past year the class also received. valuable im truction by means of lectures delivered byCasprtr W. Sharples, IV!. D., a specialist in this department.The Intellectual Faculties, the Sensibilities and the Willare carefully studied; the various schools of Philosophy. are criticised and compared, and theses are often requiredfrom members of the class.Logic.-Attcntion is given to the operations of the mindThein imple apprehension, judgment and reasoning.syllogism receives due attention, and the student is exer-'cised in classifying arguments and in showing whether theyare valid 01' fallacious.OiviC8.- The student is made acquainted with the various forms of govet'llment and the origin of our own·gOVCl'llment is carefully reviewed. Every cluuse of theconstitution of the United States is made the subject ofcomment and explanation. The c]usses are required tomemorize the -most important sections.EthiC8.- V\Tc strive to inculcate the principles embodiedin the clause of the Ordinance of 178'7, which asserts that"religipn, morality and knowledge are necessary to goodgovernment and the happiness of mankind." Freeclom ofinquiry is, however, encouraged.Economic8.-During the first term our aim is to familiurize the student with the principles of the science. The .last

21term is devoted plincipally to debates; informal discussionsand thesis work. Our library is well supplied with reference books in this department. Students are encouragedin original investigation. The labor question, socialism,taxation, Inoney and the ta 'ifi receive attention.Throughout the philosophic studies text-books are usedmainly as guides. The student is expected to master thetmbjcct under consideration and recite without the fOl'mality of questions.H.-CLASSICAL DEPARTMENT.IIn the first years of the course special study is given tothe grammar of the language, involving a thorough drill informs, constructions and idioms; thereby encouraging thestudent to aim at accurute scholarship and making easierhis subsequent readings. The· elementary principles· aretaught inductively. This is the most natural method andtends to an earlier understanding of the peculiarities ofsyntax.In the Sophomore year the grammatical principles arediscussed only so fnr as is necessary to interpret the text.More attention is then paid to antiquities, history, literature and derivation of words. In reading the poets, thearrangement of words, rhythm, poetic forms, literary qualities, and structure of poem are made prominent. Inthe historians and philosophers, attention is given to thecurrent events and sequence of thought. Supplementaryreadings are required from leading authors, plincipally,Grote, l\'Iommsen, Becker and Mahaffey . The course gives a knowledge of the structure of theLatin and Greek languages, a general histolical view of theplincipal epochs, an tlcquaintance with the pIivate life of.the Romans and Athenians, and un understanding of thephilosophical problems.In Greek, portions of the following authors are read:Xenophon, Homer, Herodotus, Aristophanes, Euripides,

22State University of.l ashington.Sophocles, lEschylus and Plato. In Latm, are read: Cresal', Virgil, Ovid, Cic'ero, Livy and Horace.The amount read of each author depends on the abilityof the respective classes.As far as possihle different selections will be read eachyear for the benefit of those wishing to continue their studyof the classics.IlL-NATURAL SCIENCE.The instruction in this department is designed to cultivate in the student habits of observation and the power ofge eralization.The instruction is given by daily recitations, familiar l ctures, with experiments and laboratorywork. Especial attention is also given to the "laboratorymethod" in the biological studies, the student being requiredfor one year to dissect and demonstrate from real tissuesand organs, through tL series of plants and animals thatgives them a comprehensive view of the unity of plan oflife, as well as the differences that have attained by virtueof their instinctive adjustment to constantly changing surroundings. Examinutions are required at the end of eachsemester, to which no student is admitted whose absencesfrom class work exceed 20 per cent.The University is provided with appuratus suitable 'forillustrating 'the physical sciences. The facilities for exper imenting in electricity are especially fine, among whichmay be mentioned a superb electrical machine, workingwith great force in all kinds of weather; a large forty-cellgal vanic battery, with which the beauties and wonders ofelectricity are illustrated; several very large and powerful magnets for illustrating. the earth's magnetism; together with many other yuluable pieces for illustrating the 'recent discoveries in the sciences, the latest ·addition beingsix fine compound microscopes, imported expressly for theU Iiiversity.Professor Johnson has placed in the cabinet of the

State University of Washington.23Young Naturalists' Society, for the benefit of all pursuingscientific studies, his entire private collection, consisting ofover twenty thousand specimens, distributed through the. valious branches of his department, mn.king a most valuable'addition to the already existing facilities for class work inthis direction. From the abounding wealth in fauna andflora of the Puget Sound basin, both upon land and water,Professor Johnson is making constant additions of wellprepared specimens to this beautiful and nicely arrangedcollection. He not unfrequently takes his class with himupon excursions into the woods or along the shores of theSound, to study nature and to instruct them in the art ofmaking collections and preparing specimens.IV.-MATHEMATICS.It is the aim in this department to lead the student. alongthe path of original investigation, and to teach him tothink and reason for himself.For admission the student must pass a satisfactory ex.ami nation in the following branches of study:1. Arithmetw.- The fundamental operations, Commonand Decimal FraQtions, Compound umbers, Multiplesand Measures, .Percentage, Interest and Discount, and theMetric System of weights and measures.13. Algebra. - Definitions and fundamental operations,Simple Equations, :Factors, Common Factors and Multi-.pIes, Fractions, Simultaneous Equations of the First Degree, Involtition and Evolution .The following outline exhibits the eight courses inmathematics arranged in order of sequence:1. Course in the Elements of Algebra.2. Course in Plane Geometry.3. Course in Advanced Algebra.4. Course in Solid Geometry and Conic Sections.5. Course in Trigonometry.6. Course in Analytic Geometry.

24State University of Wasltington.7. Course in Differential and Integrul Calculus.8. Course in lVlechanics.Each of these courses occupies one semester or half year,and must be completed hy the student in the order of arrangement.The following is a complete description of the work required in the department of mathematics, together w:ith themethod of instruction pursued:The first course includes Quadratic Equations, Simultaneous Quadratic Equations, Simple Indeterminate Equations, Inequalities, Theory of Exponents and RadicalExpressions. Logarithms, Ratio, Proportion and ariation, Series, Choice and the Binomial Theorem.The student is required to demonstrate every principleand illustrate each by original exercises. The method ofteaching is based upon nrithmetic, algebra being. regardedas 'univer8al arithmetic, and continual exercises are main- ,tained in mental arithmetic and mental algehra. . Constantpractice and repetition of the elements are kept up dUlingthe course.The second course embraces the first five books of Wentworth's New Geometry. Geometry is taught as a branchof practical logic, and great cure is used to leud the studentto nnderstnnd clenrly the nature of reasoning or passingfrom hypothesiti to conclusion. Many original propositionsare given for solution and demonstration. Experienceproves this to be the hest method for producing strong,vigorous thinkers.The course in udvanced Algebra embraces the followingsubjects: Chance, Continued Fractions, Scales of Notation,Theory of Numbers, Variables and Limits, Series, Determinants, General Properties of Equations, NumericalEquations, G neral Solution of Equations, and ComplexNumbers.The same method of instruction is' e ployed as in thefirst course, and the same thoroughness required. GreatV.

State llni'l'elwity of IV(u kington.25pains is taken to illustrute variables and the graphical rep-.resentatlon ?f functions u.s preparatory to the study of Analytic Geometry and Culculus.The C011rse in Solid Geometry and Conic Sections com-.plises the lust four books of )Yentworth's new text. Inteaching Solid Geometry it is constantly ·borne in mhlllthat the tencher should endeavor to produce images of thegeometrical figures in the minds of his students, so thatboth he and they will be looking menhllly at the sume orsimilar objects, and that neither 1vill be lost among the ahstract words of the demonstrations. Objective illustrationis used in presenting the subject, and considerable attentionis given to per pective. Thoroughness of application inmensuration i required. Conic Sections, in their syntheticform, are taught preparatory to Analytic Geometry.The" course in Trigonometry is divided into three s c tions. The first section consists of Plane Trigonometry.with its application to the solution of problems in mensu1'Ittion and sut·veying. The student is taught to use theinstrument" in laying out and measuring the sides andangles of triungles field measurements, plotting, chaining,leveling und computing.The second section consists of It course in Analytic Trigonometry or Goniometry, which is made a strong mathematical discipline, and lends directly to the third section, whichconsists of" a course in Spherical Trigonometry with itsapplication to Astronomy and Nayigation.The sixth course consists of gener:tl or Annlytic Geometry.Here good work done in the third course will lllnnifestits(llf. At the outset the student is taught hy means of illustrations nnd examples to comprehend clearly the connection between a locus and its equation. In this as inPlane Geometry many exercises for original thought arepresented, nnd the student is hrown more fully upon hisown resC?urces and encouraged to investigate for himself.When the student has a clear iden of rectungulnr coordi-

268eateUni'Der tyof Washington.nates and their application to th,e commoner properties ofconic sections, then he begins the higher gen ralizations.Severn1 Higher Plane Curves are studied, followed by abrief course in Annlytic Solid Geometry.The seventh course includes the Differential and IntegralCalculus. And while the calculus is taught with directreference to its application to the solution of practical problems in applied mathematics, yet its great importance as amental' discipline is constantly· borne in mind.The calculus is presented according to Newton's Methodof Rates or Fluxions. The general aversion for the studyof the calculus is. caused perhaps by the methods usuallyemployed in developing the fundamental principles of thescience. The" Infinitesimal lethod" lacks that logicalligor and exactness so essential to the mathematics, whilethe "Doctrine of Limits" is so difficult to comprehendthat few students ever completely master it. The directMethod of Rates, which treats variables in a state of changeand develops the ru es for differentiation from this point ofview, seems to be the most logical method of treatment.Experience has taught that the fundamental princi pIes ofthe calculus developed by the }Iethod of Rates may bemade as clear and comprehensible as those of ordinaryalgebra.'The work of the eighth course consists of a thoroughreading of 'Vood's Elementary Mechanics, supplemented,by lectures.V.-LITERATURE AND HISTORY.History is taught by outlines. The best exts are consulted and quoted. Discussions are held upon causes ofevents, laws, locntions, climate, famous men, which mRtkeor destroy nations. One recitation each week is given torew ling and critici:;ing papers prepared upon especial topics. To enable tU(.lents to form their own judgments fnations; to discover their style of thinking, acting, living;

8totAJ lhUW31'sity of ll'a8hington.27to inspire 'a love for thorough historical research, is themain object in the study of history.In English literature, as in history, the text-book is used'as a chronological guide. One or' more works from notedauthors are read, oral abstracts and quotations are given,and written reviews of the same are required. Chaucer'sCanterbury Tales, Spencer's Faerie Queen, Bacon's Essays,Shakespeare's Plays, Milton's Paradise Lost, Bunyan's Allegory and Carlyle' S Ess ys, comprise a partial list of thereading in English literature. American literature receivesdue attention. The books to be read are selected by theinstructor.Anglo-Saxon, the "Blood and Soul" of modern English,is made the basis of the language work of the students pursuing the English Scientific Course.The student will begin the grammatical study of OldEnglish, and in the first year will be required to do thework represented by Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader. Thegrammar will be supplemented by constant reference to thesubsequent development of the language in its grammatical forms and syntax.The second year will be devoted to the study of MiddleEnglish, its grammatical forms, syntax and literature aspresented in Sweet's Middle English Plimers.This work connects Anglo-Snxon on the one side with thelanguage of Chaucer on the other.VI.:-GERMAN AND FRENCH.The "Natura:l lethod " of learning language is u ed inthis deparment. Dreyspring's Cumulative Method furnishes the work in German for the first semester of theScientific Freshman. This is followed by the Grammar,which occupies the second semester. Boisen's GermanReader is the text for the first semester of the Sophomoreyear, and Buchh im' s 'Vilhelm Tell is read during the sec-

28State lTn.iJvelwity (if IVasltington.ond semester, supplement d by selections from the greatGerman masterpieces.Th

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