WESTERN COLLEGE.

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY.

II. Sociology. Small and Vincent's text is used as a guide, while Giddings and other authors are studied. Bryce, The American Commonwealth; Gilman, ProfitSharing; Shaw, Municipal Government in Great Britain; and Mayo-Smith, Statistics and Sociology.

VII. Social science. This course makes a systematic introductory study of the origin, development, and scope of sociology, and aims at a scientific exposition of the "social organism" and its various functions. Small and Vincent's Introduction to the Study of Society is used as a text-book, supplemented by lectures on social reform. General sociology. Small and Vincent.

BAKER UNIVERSITY.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

B. Sociology. Three hours per week during second term of senior year. Study of the science of society, together with the nature and scope of sociology and methods of sociological study; the defective and delinquent classes; pauperism and charity; immigration; the family; the state; the nation.

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY.

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR Walter Gidinghagen,

Sociology. Origin and growth of sociology, sociology and ethics, social reform, social evolution; competition and combination, association, nature and stages of civilization, race psychology, social organization, natural selection in society, law of survival, nature and end of society. Giddings's Elements of Sociology forms the basis of the work. Reference is made to other works on sociology and articles found in magazines.

KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY.

Social problems. Introductory to the general principles of social science, including historical and critical views of various theories and ideals of society and the state.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.

SOCIOLOGY.

UNDERGRaduate COURSES.

I. Elements of sociology. This study includes the principles of sociology, and a careful survey of social laws, social theories, and social organization. Lectures and text-book, with collateral reading and investigation in the library required. Professor Blackmar.

II. Social pathology. A general study of pauperism, crime, charities and corrections, and social problems. Practical investigation and study required of all students. Written reports of special investigations required. Professor Blackmar.

III. Socialization and social control. Lectures upon principles, laws, and methods, with collateral readings and reports on same by students. Conducted on the seminary plan. Professor Blackmar.

IV. Social statistics. A practical course in social relations and social problems by the use of statistics. Practical study in the statistical determination of society. Conducted on the seminary plan. Professor Blackmar.

GRADUATE COURSE.

VIII. Criminology and penology. A careful study and comparison of the more scientific authors on crimes and punishments, with investigation of prison reports. The study of criminals and penal institutions by visitation. Professor Blackmar.

IX. American and European charities. Careful study of the conditions and methods of conducting charitable institutions. Library work and reports of same, and study by visitation of institutions. Professor Blackmar.

X. Social theories and social problems. Lectures on the various theories of society and social organizations, with particular reference to their bearings on present problems of society. Professor Blackmar.

SOUTHWEST KANSAS COLLEGE.

SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR GILSON.

1. General sociology. The aim of this course is to acquaint the student with the scientific principles of sociology. It is the basis of all subsequent work in the department. Very particular attention is paid in class-room discussions to the meanings, aims, methods, relations, and limitations of sociology as a science. A term thesis is required. Giddings's Elements of Sociology is used as a text-book.

2. Practical sociology. In this course the practical social problems of American society are studied historically and analytically. These include questions of population, family, poor-relief, labor, education, immigration, etc. A term thesis is required. Collateral reading and research is done by the class. Wright's Practical Sociology is the text-book.

3. During the third term, for the first half, Le Bon's The Crowd is used as a text, and an analytic study is made of the constitution, sentiments, ideas, and leaders of crowds. In the second half the text is Ely's Social Aspects of Christianity. Special attention is paid to class-room discussion on the text and on collateral reading.

WASHBURN COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR DANIEL MOSES FISK.

1. A brief general outline of the field and of the contributions from such sciences as biology and psychology, with critical attention to those facts of associated human life which give the necessary data for a science of society.

2. An advanced course on the social interpretation of history.

Sociology. Carroll D. Wright's Practical Sociology. Lectures on the advantages and duties connected with society. Essays by students on assigned topics. Spring term, five hours a week, every even year.

CENTRE COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY.

Senior elective in sociology. Third term, following a course in ethics. Second term. Instruction by text-book. Lectures and papers, covering a wide range of subjects, prepared by members of the class. Professor W. H. Johnson.

4. Comparative economic and social condition of workingmen. The labor question in Europe, Australia, and the United States.

5. Race problems. The Indian, the Chinaman, and the negro in the United States.

6. Economic and social history of the United States.

II. Research course. Competent students are encouraged to conduct investigations, under the guidance of the instructor, in such subjects as the economic status of the negro, economic aspects of colonies, etc.

2. Development of modern industry, and problems relating to labor and capital. Hobson's Evolution of Modern Capitalism. Lectures and assigned readings.

4. Economic and social history of the United States, from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present time, with particular reference to the history of commerce, manufactures, transportation, and agriculture, the currency and revenue systems, and the more important social and economic problems, such as slavery and immigration.

COLBY COLLEGE.

3. Sociology. The study of practical social problems, with special reference to the defective, dependent, and criminal classes, communism, socialism, immigration, factory system, the tenement, etc. Text-books, assigned readings, lectures, reports, training in research and book-reviewing. Professor Black.

BATES COLLEGE.

ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY.

The methods of instruction are similar to those pursued in the more advanced work in history. Students are trained to scientific habits of thought upon economic, industrial, and social phenomena, and are encouraged to independent thinking.

3. Social science. A study of the principles of sociology, together with living social problems; the family; immigration; pauperism; charities; crime; socialism.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMICS.

Economics. Labor problems. The group of movements having for their object the increase in the economic security of the laboring class. Each of the contingencies was considered in which workingmen are unable to earn wages, as disability, accident, premature invalidity, old age, and inability to secure work, and the efforts now being made in Europe and the United States for providing for them through insurance or otherwise. A few lectures were also given on the organization and practical work of statistical bureaus in various countries. Mr. W. F. Willoughby, of the United States Department of Labor.

Dr. J. R. Brackett, chairman of Board of Charity and Correction, Baltimore, conducted a course of ten lectures on "Public Aid, Charity, and Corrections." Attendance about thirty, including several physicians and trained nurses actively interested in philanthropic work, several clergymen, two or three colored, and students from graduate and undergraduate departments. Ten conferences of six students were held; subjects: English poor-law and charitable law and custom, reports of meetings, and reviews of important books and subjects.

HISTORY.

Associate Professor Vincent lectures to graduate students on the history of Europe. The courses direct attention to the social, economic, and constitutional development of European peoples since the fall of the Roman empire. The subjects follow in consecutive order, the topics for each year forming a complete and independent group. The whole series of courses requires three years for completion and offers opportunity for close study of medieval and early modern history of the continent and England.

Special ethics. The philosophy of religion; individual rights and duties; suicide; dueling; charity and justice; freedom of conscience; right of self-defense; ownership; socialism; society in general; the family; marriage; emancipation of woman; parental right; slavery; the state; origin of the state; false views of Hobbes and Rousseau; constitution of the state; powers and rights of the state; church and state; the school question; liberty of the press; international law; intervention; treaties; concordats; war.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Second term. The distribution of wealth; real and nominal profits; rents; wages; rich and poor; various proposals by communists, socialists, anarchists, for the division of wealth; rights of property; various social relations; needed reforms; revenue and expenditure of government; taxation; public debts; wider aspects of economic study; modern illusions.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, AND LAW.

PROFESSOR BALDWIN AND Dr. Fall.

5. Elements of social science. An introductary course in the principles of sociology and the history of institutions.

6. Socialism and social reform. A descriptive and critical course showing the development of socialistic doctrines, and the rise and progress of the movement in Germany, England, and America. Topical study of present problems of social reform. See also under "Theological Seminaries."

HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

PHILOSOPHY.

5. The ethics of the social questions. The problems of poor relief, the family, temperance, and various phases of the labor question, in the light of ethical theory.

Lectures, special researches, and prescribed reading. Professor Peabody and Dr. Rand.

206. Psychological seminary. Problems of comparative and social psychology. Professor Münsterberg.

20. Sociological seminary. Subject for the year: The Christian doctrine of the social order. Professor Peabody.

This course is designed for advanced students who have a special interest in the relations of the Christian religion to problems of social duty.

3. Principles of sociology. Carver.

ECONOMICS.

Theories of social progress.

Assistant Professor

Course 3 begins with a study of the structure and development of society as outlined in the writings of Comte and Spencer. This is followed by an analysis of the factors and forces which have produced modifications of the social structure and secured a greater degree of adaptation between man and his physical and social surroundings. The relations of property, the family, the competitive system, religion, and legal control to social well-being and progress are studied with reference to the problem of social improvement. Spencer's Principles of Sociology, Bagehot's Physics and Politics, Ward's Dynamical Sociology, Giddings's Principles of Sociology, Patten's Theory of Social Forces, and Kidd's Social Evolution are each read in part. Lectures are given at intervals, and students are expected to take part in the discussion of the authors read and the lectures delivered.

9'hf. The labor question in Europe and the United States. Half-course (second half-year). Mr. Willoughby.

Course 9 is chiefly concerned with problems growing out of the relations of labor and capital in the United States and European countries. There is careful study of the methods of industrial remuneration - the wages system, profit-sharing, sliding scales, and collective bargaining; of the various forms of co-operation; of labor organizations; of factory legislation and the legal status of laborers and labor organizations; of state and private efforts for the prevention and adjustment of industrial disputes; of employer's liability and compulsory compensation acts; of the insurance of workingmen against accidents, sickness, old age, and invalidity; of provident institutions, such as savings banks, friendly societies, and fraternal benefit orders; of the problem of the unemployed. While the treatment will necessarily be descriptive to a considerable extent, the emphasis will be laid on the interpretation of the movements considered with a view to determining their causes and consequences, and the merits, defects, and possibilities of existing reform movements. A systematic course of reading will be required, and topics will be assigned for special investigation.

9a hf. Problems of industrial organization. Half-course (second half-year). Mr. Willoughby.

This course will give a critical study of modern industry, with special reference to the efficiency of production and the relations existing between employers and employees. The actual organization of industrial enterprises will first be considered. Under this head will be treated such subjects as corporations, the factory system, the concentration and integration of industry, and the trust problem in all its phases. Following this, or in connection with it, will be studied the effect of the modern organization of industry, and changes now taking place, upon efficiency of produc