DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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The third year is given to qualitative analysis. At first the time is devoted to the theory of tl1e balance, methods of weighing, estimation of the capacity of measuring vessels and the preparation of standard solu- tions g afterwards to such problems-as, determining the quantity of acids, alkalies, oxidizable and reducible bodies in a substance. The other courses offered are : Determinative mineralogy, which is intended to present the most prominent physical and chemical characters of rocks and minerals as a basis for iield work. Crystallography and descriptive mineralogy. Physiological chemistry. This offers' an opportunity to study the normal and diseased tissues of the human body, the problem of digestion and the detection and eifect of poisons. ' DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Cor.. JAMES R. XVEAVER, A. M., B. D., Professor. Col. James Riley Weaver, the head of this department, has had great experience in this line by reason of his long consular service. He is a graduate of Allegheny College of the class of '63, and also obtained the degree of S. T. B. from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1866. After a few years' teaching-first as principal of the Dixon QI1l.j Seminary, and then as professor of mathematics i11 West Virginia University-he was ap- pointed United States consul to Italy in 1869. The following year he was transferred to Antwerp, and looked after the United States interests here for nine years. From 1879 to 1885 he ably filled the important office of co11sul-general to Vienna. Since his return he has occupied his present chair at De Pauw, and has published several syllabuses in political econ- omy as guides to students. This department embraces specifically the science and philosophy of the state or society politically organized. But as this depends so essen- tially on organized society in general, the science and philosophy of society fall naturally Witl1i11 its scope. Although the state springs logic-

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DEPARTMENT OP CHEMISTRY P. S. BAKER, A. M., M. D., Professor. The student who has never taken any work in this department usu- ally thinks of chemist1'y as a combination of vile odors and unintelligible formulas, but to the initiated it possesses a peculiar and delightful fasci- nation which increases the farther the work is pursued. This pleasure is in a great degree due to the personality of Dr. Baker, professor of chemistry. He has been connected with De Pauw for about twenty years. He graduated here in '74, received A. M. in '77, and has taught in various positions since 1879, with the exception of '82 and '83, When he studied at Harvard, and '88 and '89, spent in work at Johns Hop- kins. In 1879, M. D. was given him by the Indiana Medical College, where he is 11ow professor of chemistry. The first year's work in this department deals with general chemistry. During the first and second terms, particular attentionis given to the properties and relations of the elements with some of their most impor- tant compounds and the interpretation of phenomena by experiment. A series of lectures is supplemented by parallel work by the student in tl1e laboratory. During the third term the facts and considerations dealt with in the previous work are applied in an elementary way to the pro- cesses of chemical analysis by which the student is taught some of the usual and simpler methods of recognizing substances. In the spring Dr. Baker offers a course of forty-four experimental lectures as an introduction to the science for those who wish to obtain a general knowledge of the subject through a short study of the most com- mo11 chemical phenomena. Carbon compounds foften erroneously called organic chemistry J are studied during the second year. The lectures and the laboratory work are devoted mainly to the preparation of typical carbon compounds and the discussion of the doctrines of organic chemistry as illustrated by the work. Tl1e first term's laboratory -work is devoted to qualitative analysis. During the third term the class work is devoted to theoretical chemistry leading up to the che1nist's View of the constitution of matter.

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ally from organized society, yet, for the sake of clearness, the theory of state is studied before sociology, the latter, being more complex and indefinite, demands mo1'e intellectual maturity. Then follow the special phases of political science, viz.: those of law and economics. None of these subjects are divorced from ethics, and although history forms a distinct department, all social theory and philosophy must be tested by historical data properly interpreted. No special text-books are required. Particularly in sociological sub- jects the laboratory method has proven its superiority. Students are co-laborers With the instructor in the investigation of certain subjects. Syllabuses, when practicable, are utilized to supply bibliography and unify class work. A departmental library, containing the best literature of tl1e subjects taught, is placed at the fullest disposition of the student. Individual problems are assigned for special research, and co-operation in acquisition is utilized in class reports and theses. The courses are arranged as follows: Theory of state in general, sociology-principles and applications 3 socialism-history and philosophy 3 law--elements of jurisprudence, international law and diplomacy, eco- nomics-principles and applicationsg money and banking, history of economic theory 3 S0'WI.?'7lC!7'2 ll'77t in political science. DEPARTMENT OF GREEK REV. W. F. SWAHLEN, Ph. D., Professor. Human languages are great buildings 3 while they are used, the life of a living nation throbs within them g when fallen into disuse, they are the everlasting storehouses of the dead nation's thoughts. To the Greeks, the unequaled architects of all the ages past, belongs not alone the glory of having excelled in the construction of buildings of marble, but also to have excelled in the creation of a language, unrivaled in accuracy, matchless in beauty. If you would learn more about this Greek language, visit the genial D1'. Swahlen in his recitation room. Dr. Swahlen is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, of the class of '63. The following year he was chosen professor of Greek and