Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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MODERN LANGUAGES. uaq HE Department of Modern Languages now gives instruction in French and German. The Chair of Germanic Languages will be set apart on the return of Prof. Howe, from Berlin, in Septem- ber, 1892. At present a student may take five consecutive years of German, the first being in the preparatory school. The first year ' s read- ing in college is of easy narrative prose, the second is to include history and biography, the third comprises classics in verse and prose, while the fourth is a study of the literature as such. Prose composition runs through the course, and metrical English versions of German verse are required. Two years of French are given, the first being spent in acquiring a vocabulary and a knowledge of pronunciation and grammatical forms, and the second in rapid reading and composition. Practice in conversa- tion is given. H. T. Miller, Professor. 24

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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. C§en?tBftp •:• and Pj sigb. HILE the course in Chemistry is not all that it might be or should be, it is being constantly extended, and improved methods of study and better apparatus are enabling the classes to do more and better work each successive session. A regular course of two years is uow prescribed, and opportunity is given besides for work not laid down in the catalogue. The regular work includes one term in theoretical and practical chemistry, one term in the detection of acids and bases, and one term in the examination of single and mixed salts, also metals and alloys. This work is done in the Junior year, and is done by the individual method so far as practicable, each student having his own desk and apparatus in the laboratory. Students are encouraged to find out all that it is possible to learn by experiments, and to discover for them- selves not only properties of substances but the laws which control their actions upon one another. In the Senior year an elective course is furnished in quantitative analysis by both gravimetric and volumetric methods, in examination of waters, of milk, etc., and one term ' s work in purely organic chemis- try. A text-book will not be used in the work in chemistry except for the first term, and then largely as a book of direction and reference. The valuable reference books of the library, as well as the chemical journals of the reading-room, supplement the lectures and class-room work. In physics the work done is not so extensive, although one full year of work in the study is required of all students. This is a regular Junior study and students entering this class are required to have com- pleted some elementary work on the subject, either in the preparatory department of the University or elsewhere. It is expected that by another year such additions will be made to the chemical and physical apparatus as to make it possible to do the very best work. T. M. Iden, Professor. 23

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PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. ® HE Preparatory School has been separated from the college proper. This was made possib le by employing additional teachers and building Burgess Hall. This is a handsome building, costing about $25,000. Aside from cloak rooms and halls it has eleven large and well-lighted rooms. On the second floor are the library, reading room and music room. The chapel is on the third floor. The other rooms are for class recitations. The house is warmed by furnace. As its name indicates, the work in this department aims to prepare students for college. English, Latin and Mathematics are pursued through two years. Greek and German begin in the second year. General History and Physics require but one year for both. Each be- ginning language class recites five times a week. These classes and the mathematic classes do blackboard work every day. Thoroughness is valued above speed. Large classes are divided so that each pupil may recite once or more every day. The extra classes are taught by tutors. Omar Wilson, Miss Hall, Professors. 25