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 STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY IN UNITED STA TES 1 1 1

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GREGORY AND DR. KELLOR.

31. Environmental influence on man. First term (Dr. Gregory): the relation of man to nature ; a study of topography, climate, distribution and character of fauna, flora, building material, etc., as factors which influence man's physical development and manner of life. Second term (Dr. Kellor): social environment, including the interrelation of primitive and early societies, and of societies unequally advanced in civilization. Especial attention will be given to the contact of civilized with uncivil- ized races consequent to national expansion and colonization. Seventy-two hours.

33. Colonization (economic and social). The economic and social questions of colonization. A preliminary sketch of ancient and mediaeval expansion and coloniza- tion, followed by a close study of the experiences of the various modern colonizing states. Investigation based on German and French sources is required, and ability to read Spanish or Dutch will be of advantage. Seventy-two hours.

YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL.

DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN SOCIOLOGY.

DR. BAILEY.

Practical sociology. A critical study of the principal social phenomena that are characteristic of American society. The problems connected with the negro, the concentration of population in cities, with the attendant dangers, immigration, organi- zations for charity and the relief of the poor, the liquor question, and kindred themes will be presented in lectures. Considerable attention will be given to the institutions for the punishment of crime and the reformation of criminals. Wright's Practical Sociology and additional books of reference. Seventy-two hours.

ALL CLASSES.

"The Lyman Beecher Course for 1901," by Rev. Dr. Gladden, will discuss spe- cial problems connected with the relation of the pulpit to present social conditions.

Further needs of students in this department are met by the courses of the Graduate School.

PRACTICAL WORK.

A number of general scholarships, averaging $100 a year, are given to students engaged in practical religious and social work in the city. The supervision of this work is in charge of the director of religious work, a recent graduate employed solely for this purpose.

New Haven, with its population of 120,000, offers a large and varied clinical field. It contains seventeen Congregational churches and strong churches of all denominations. The mission field includes the well-organized city missions, Wellcome Hall Mission, with its institutional features ; Lowell House Settlement, in the midst of a large foreign population ; the New Haven Hospital, where six students are used as chaplains; the jail, where work is done for discharged men in connection with the Calvary Industrial Home ; the almshouse, clubs for street boys and workingmen, and the large city Y. M. C. A. This system affords excellent opportunity for actual expe- rience in dealing with social problems, and is supplemented by a visit of two or three days to the charitable and correctional institutions of New York under Dr. Bailey's direction.

YALE LAW SCHOOL.

Group i#. The organization and working of human society. i#. Sociology: the self-perpetuation of society; evolution of domestic relations. Professor Sumner.