Cornell College - Royal Purple Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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VVAILT.,IA,1VLSTAHT-4 ZEBERSCLE, , X - oDepertment of Greek Language and WILLIAM ,STAI-IL, EBERSQLE, gPr0f,6s,soI Greek, I1124T2hQIJ112lL?EviCS, being one of the eolclestfeelueafionel insfme ITIGTEIJUS, natllrelly took an impertant. lplaee in the GlJ.ITFi,CllhI1fll at CAOl'llC-311 college from the very beginning. first, as Was usual, it had Latin esseoeiated with it one chair. In 18551 each beGC3H16il'ldfC:19'GI1dEZI1fE of the other. During the Whole half eeentury different, profeoseolwe have been in charge of the Greek, three before and threeM afte,r'13heeseparafoiofll. graduates frem the clepei-mem are holding an the present of Greek in as many Iowa colleges, and at least one other eoolleege and one :aeoedemy have been so Supplied. Four of ,these graeleafoes have passed through the Ydepartmente during the term of the presfenfo oeepeuent of the chain The lfeet quinqeuennial oetalognte M9015 Shews that, during the ive yeerswbhen ending, more than eoneethird of the :graduates had taken three or efo'uf years of Greek, besides a Dumber who had taken less. The eourses offered in this departlnente are briefly ozutlined in the eataleguee. The aim. is tlmet the student Shall obtain thai serious disei: pline for which the study has elways stood, end also eg culture-a power of mind and heart-which may be acquired by 'Che study of literamlre, art

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Social Science journals, reports of societies of charities and correction, and texts treating of practical philanthropy give ample opportunity for the stndy of the dependent, delinquent and defective classes. Among recent additions of books- on economics are Fett-er's Principles of Economics, Seageifs lntroduction to Political Economy, Veditz's Revised Edition of Gide's Political Economy, Seli:gman's Principles of Economics, lVebb's Problems of Modern lndustry, Commons' Trade Unionism and Labor Problems, Bucherts Industrial Evolution, Ashley's Surveys Historic and Economic, Rae's Sociological Theory of Capital, H. Meyer's History of Railroad Rates, Hugo Meyer's Government Regulation of Railroad Rates, Cleveland's, The Bank and the Treasury, Conant's Wall Street and the Country, Dos Passo's Commercial Trusts and Montague's Trusts of To-day. In Sociology recent additions are lrVard's Pure Sociology, Blaclimar's Elements of Sociology, Stuclcenberg's Sociology, Small's General Soci- ology, Henderson's Modern Methods of Charity, Devine's Principles of Relief, and Hunter's Poverty. Complete files of all American Economic and Sociological magazines and reviews are available for reference and study, and are much used by those preparing for debates on economic and social questions. Books are often ordered for the use of those making a special study of a particular topic in financial or social lines. Five courses of political economy in the College and one in the Acad- emy are now offered. Additional Work in political economy as well as in sociology, will be given in the near future. The general course in each subject is followed by courses in descriptive economics and applied soci- ology. Recitations, lectures, class discussions, and the investigation of assigned topics by the class give variety, and add to the interest of the work. Many debates in classes have occurred and some valuable papers h ave been presented. The aim of the teacher is to give particular attention to present social and political problems, and to inspire students to become active in the discharge of all the duties of a noble and useful citizenship-.

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and philosophy second to no other. The study of Greek further commends itself to the student as the language which contains the original docu- ments of our religion, and through which have been inherited the greatest contributions to the higher life of the world. The methods of instruction are not stereotyped. Although a thorough mastery of the language is insisted upon, an effort is made to surround all the toil with a helpful atmosphere and to inspire all the Work with a knowledge of its value and setting. The room provided xvith maps, photographs, some plasters and other objects, 'and 'a stereopticon with some A600 views on Greek geography, history and art. A year course in Classic al Archaeology and Art, in English, is also given in this department, being a study cf classical ideals Cand their modern signiicanceD as expressed in the life, literature, philosophy, architecture, sculpture, painting, etc., of the Greeks. and Romans, with a survey of the older arts of Egypt, Chaldea and Assyria. The books in the library and its collection of marble and bronze statuary Qfull size copies of classical originalsj, and the equipment of the department afford excellent material for reference and illustration. The head, of the departinenti has had the advantage of graduate study at Yale university and in Germany, and of seven months of study and travel in Greece and of some time in Italy.