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working day, workingmen's insurance, and employers' liability. Lectures, discus- sions, and a systematic course of prescribed reading ; one written report on a selected topic each semester. Dr. George.

LOMBARD COLLEGE. SOCIOLOGY.

SERIES A. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY.

1. An introduction to the study of sociology. An outline study of the character- istic concepts of recent sociological thought. Professor Kimble.

2. Pre-Comtean sociology. A careful study of the earlier theories concerning social relations. Professor Kimble.

3. Pre-Comtean sociology. (Continuation of Course 2.) Professor Kimble.

4. Modern sociological theory. The chief works of the more prominent modern sociologists are studied with a view to the characteristic positions of each author and the relation borne by each to sociological theory as a whole. Professor Kimble.

5. Modern sociological theory. (Continuation of Course 4.) Professor Kimble.

6. Types of sociological theory. The Utopians, the organicists, the psychologists. Professor Kimble.

SERIES B. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSOCIATION AND OF SOCIETY.

7. An introduction to the comparative study of association. The method, scope, and aim of comparative sociology. Professor Kimble.

8. Biography. A general sketch of the influence of " natural conditions " upon upon the associative activities of living organisms. Professor Kimble.

9. The development of association. A study of the lower stages of the associ- ative process, with especial reference to the earlier forms of food, sex, and conflict association. Professor Kimble.

10. The development of association. (Continuation of Course 9.) The investi- gation begun in Course 9 is continued among organisms of a higher type than those there studied. Professor Kimble.

11. The development of association. (Continuation of Courses 9 and 10.) The associational process as manifested among the natural races. Professor Kimble.

12. The development of association. (Continuation of Courses 9, 10, and II.) The associational life of a modern community. Study of the local environment. Pro- fessor Kimble.

13. Abnormal and pathologic variations of the associative process. An intro- ductory and outline study of the sociology of crime, pauperism, etc. Professor Kimble.

14. Abnormal and pathologic variations of the associative process. (Continua- tion of Course 13.) A study of the preventive, curative, and ameliorative factors of associate life. Professor Kimble.

15. Reproductive association. The family is taken as the most highly developed and best known example of this type of associational life ; attention is given to its origin, development, and significance. Professor Kimble.

1 6. The chief types of association. Food, sex, and conflict. The characteristic associational activities centering about each. Origin, development, and significance. Professor Kimble. For the most advanced students only.

17. The sociology of religion. A consideration, from the standpoint of sociology, of the, phenomena of religion. Professor Kimble.