DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Department of. Political Science During the last score of years the study of the world's social position and the study of its economic problems have been taken from the exclusive possession of the advanced scholar and placed within the reach of the col- lege student. Keeping pace with this movement, the Department of Political Science at DePauw is now in a stage of growth and expansion. New courses are being added for further opportunities in general work and specialization. The expansion has made necessary a division of the present department, adding a new department to the Uni- versity, and with the opening of the coming year the Department of Sociology is to be instituted. The Depart- ment of Political Science will continue under the present director, Professor James Riley 'Weaver. It was through the efforts of Professor Weaver that the department has grown up from its infancy. By the selection of books that line the walls of the old 'iseml' in middle college, it was through the efforts of the Colonel that the inter- ested student was able to browse for a spare hour among the more popular studies of social and economic problems, or, if occasion demands, to dive into the limitless statistics of a latest government report. The Departmental Library has recently received a liberal endowment, and it is a just mark of appreciation that the donor has requested that the library be henceforth known as the 'ilames Riley lVeaver Library of Political Science. The characteristic of the department is the spirit of conservatism that accompanies the study of the vital prob- lems that present themselves. The external glamour of the new reform is thrown aside, and the basic forces are laid open in its place. The new Department of Sociology will have as its head Doctor North. Doctor North, as assistant professor, had charge of Sociology during the past year, and enlarged his branch of the department with several new courses. During the coming year still other courses will be added to the work in Sociology. Page 20

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epartment of' Public Speaking Public speaking as taught at DePauw is an art. It is not claimed that all who take the courses in public speak- ing will become great orators or debaters, but as the work in the art school helps to develop and refine the talents of a painter, or as practice in the School of Music aids in perfecting the abilities of the future musician, so does study in the Department of Debate and Oratory assist the man or woman whose future life will be spent on the platform, in the pulpit, or before the bar. The course in public speaking is planned especially for those who contemplate entering those professions.. The work to be had is i11 no sense of the word instruction in elocution. Rather, the student learns, so far as he can be taught, those essentials that make successful and practical lecturers, ministers or advocates. But, while of especial value to those particular professions, it is contended that no student can afford to neglect taking some work in pub- lic speaking. Everyone, whatever his occupation, is obliged occasionally to give public addresses. The depart- ment strives to give such students knowledge that will enable them to appear at ease, to maintain poise, and that will acquaint them with the etiquette of public A speaking. - - l For the students who intend to enter public life three years, instruction may be had. The first year can be devoted to the study of debate or argumentation. Various arguments and fal- lacies are brought to the attention of the stu- dent, and he is obliged to demonstrate their value in practical debate work. This work treats primarily of the intellectuality, and per- suasion is counted of less value than logic. The second year's work is primarily a study of persuasive processes. This work is divided into the logic, the psychology and the sociology of oratory. A model form for the oration is discovered, the psycholog- ical principles with which it deals are revealed, and the effects for which tl1e orator should strive are made known. The last year is given to critical interpretation of the oratorical masterpieces. Corresponding to the terms, this work is divided into ancient oratory, British oratory, and American oratory, Since public speaking is an art, it is considered that it can only be acquired by practice. Hence the student is obliged to write many orations and debates and do a pre- scribed amount of platform work. The value of this is proven by the high rank accorded to DePauw in oratory and the many eminent orators found in all walks of life that received their collegiate degrees from DePauw University. Professor Harry B. Gough, who is in charge of this department, was born in Newport, Kentucky. His boy- hood was spent in Newport, Georgetown, and Verona, and among the mountain folk of the southern commonwealth. The Professor received his preparatory training at Illi- nois IVesleyan University and in the Academy of North- western University, and was graduated from the College of Liberal Arts of the latter uni- versity in 1900. VVhile in college he devoted himself to the study of oratory and literature and won the distinction in both lines of work. Upon graduation, Professor Gough spent a short time traveling with Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell. In February, 1901, he accepted a call from the Central Illinois Conference, and in September of the same year he was elected president of Hedding College. He served in this capacity for tive years, resigning June 15. 1907, to accept the chair of Public Speaking at DePauw University. Page 19

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tminimum of Mathematics is required, the aim Department As long as man has been on earth he has been curious to know the laws of nature. It is the duty of Physics to explain the why and wherefore of natural phenomena. Physic has not served alone as a means of gratifying the idle curiosity of man. This is the age of science, and to defend the study of science would be worse than useless. Our nation is bound together by copper wires and parallel bars of steel. A message is sent to England instantan- eously as a result of mants progress in the study of phys- ics. IVires are even dispensed with, and ether, that mys- terious fluid which pervades all space, is made the servant of man. Science has earned as large a place in a liberal education as that held by literature, and no one can call its influence narrowing. DePauw University is well equipped for the study of Physics. The south wing of Minshall Laboratory, equipped with dark-rooms, constant temperature rooms, and piers, is assigned to the Department of Physics. This laboratory is especially well equipped with of Physics being to give the student such general scientific knowledge as everyone should have. The second and third year,s work is on a strictly scientific basis, while during the fourth year the student works on some special topic and prepares a thesis embodying the results of his work and reading. In this way tl1e habit of true scientific research is formed. Professor J. N. Naylor, A.M., was born at Malta, Ohio. He did his undergraduate work at Adrian, Michigan. He received the degree of A.M. pro merito at Indiana Uni- versity in 1885. He has taught two years at Indianapolis, was the Assistant Professor at Indiana University for three years, and since 1891 has been Professor of Physics at DePauw. Professor Naylor is a Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Sciences, a member of the Scientific Teachers' Association, and of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Wfhile at DePauw he has made his laboratory work very popular and profitable by standards for accurate measurements, gal- vanometers, interferometers, bridges, etc. The first year's work is devoted to a study of the fundamental principles of Physics. A the many pieces of apparatus which he himself has devised for certain experiments. His de- partment is a very popular one with the stud- dents, and his personality has endeared him to many who have taken work under him. Page 21