Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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aries of Michigan, and one on the Northern and Western boundaries, which was most favorably criticized by the German authority Ratzel. Miss Soule is a member of the American Historical Society, the Mich- igan Historical Association, and also of the Association of Intercollegiate Alumnae. In ninety-six Miss Soule came to Mount Holyoke, bringing with her the enthusiasm and progressiveness of university life, and the desire to do all that lay in her power for the college to which she had come. To those in her classes Miss Soule is an inspiration because of her enthusiasm for her subject and her scholarly methods, while all students find in her a ready helper and adviser, a woman who is both broad- minded and conservative.

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ANNAH MAY SOULE, M.L IN the fall of ninety-six occurred many changes in the college curric- ulum, the most notable being the enlargement of the Political Science department, which before this time had been under the direction of the Philosophy professor. At this time both departments were enlarged and placed under separate directors. Miss Soule, who became the Professor of Political Science, is a native of Port Huron, Michigan. Her grandparents on both mother’s and father’s side, coming from New York among the early settlers, were prominent in the affairs of the young state of Michigan. Patriotism and loyalty to principle displayed themselves early in the history of the family, for it is said that during the Revolution Miss Soule’s great-great-grandparents separated on account of political differ- ences. One being a Whig remained in New England, while the other, a Tory sympathizer, went to Canada. Miss Soule’s father served throughout the Civil War as captain and major. He now holds the position of Treasurer in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he makes his home. Miss Soule’s home was in Jackson, Michigan, until she attended the Normal School at Ypsilanti, where she came under the instruction of Miss Julia Ann King, whose influence led her to the study of History and Political Science, which she has since pursued. After leaving the Normal School she spent two years at the University of Michigan studying History and Constitutional Law. She then taught History and Civics for three years at the Normal School of Minnesota, and also three years at the Ypsilanti Normal School, after which she returned to the University to take the degree of M.L. Miss Soule is a contributor to the Political Science Monthly, having published two monographs, one on the Southern and Eastern bound- 17

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DEPARTMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY UNTIL recent years very little attention has been given by the college world to a study of United States History, so that Mount Holyoke was not behind others when she offered but one course in this subject. For some years, however, there was a desire on the part of the Faculty and Trustees to increase the amount of work in this line, so three years ago a beginning was made. At the same time it was decided to increase the work in Political Economy, and these two lines of work have since then advanced together. For three years now Mount Holyoke College has offered fourteen hours of work in United States History and eight hours in Economics. In addition to this, the department of Constitutional History and Political Economy offers a short course devoted to the development of the state from its beginning in the family to its present complicated form in Europe and America. In connection with this department, a Current Events Club has been organized, and to this students of all departments come, to hear what their co-workers have to recount of the world’s history for the past two weeks. The aim of all the work is not only to give culture, but to make good citizens and to help those who may train others for citizenship. For this reason the work is made as practical as possible, encouraging, in the line of History, a study of local and home history, and in Economics a study of actual social and industrial conditions, as well as of forms and theories. For this kind of work, in History particularly, many books are needed, and the department is constantly in search of documents, letters, and local publications. Several friends have “given of their garrets” for our use, and there are now frequent requests for the “New Hampshire Provincial Papers” and other publi- 19