Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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PROF. E. E. WEIR, A.M. PROF. L. L. RICE. Ph.D. -21-

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SCIENCE. Prolessor HINDS. HE Science work in the University includes Chemistry, M ineralogy, Geology, Botany and Zoology. 1 In the elective and graduate courses, opportunity is offered to students to specialize in any branch, and the extensive laboratories in the new University building afford ample means for practical work. The study of the Sciences, gives to the mind an admirable training. When properly directed it enables the student (1) to get facts by observation and experiment, (2) to compare, (3) to classify and generalize, (4) to make inductions and deductions, (5) to systematize his own knowledge so that it may be always at com- mand. It is to these ends that the Science Department works in Cumberland University. The facilities for experimental work are excellent and constantly used. Mineralogical and Botanical specimens are numerous, and frequent additions are made to the collection. PHILOSOPHY. Professor WEIR. fN the undergraduate course the aim is to introduce the student to the study of philosophy. Texts are used which give elementary treatment in both the old and the new Psychology. Undergradu- ates are required to study only the phenomena and laws of mind, and a short course in the history of Philos- ophy. Graduate courses are given, leading to the degrees of A.M., and Ph.D. The object of these courses is to aid those who have taken a thorough collegiate course to prosecute systematically studies in the three branches of Philosophy, to-wit: Phenomenology, Nomology and Ontology. —20—

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prof. w. d. Mclaughlin, a.m. PROF. I. W. P. BUCHANAN, Ph.D.