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8. Introduction to political philosophy. Lectures on the development of political philosophy and the elements of legal history. The class will read Plato's Republic and Laws, Aristotle's Politics, Machiavelli's Prince, Hobbes's Leviathan, and other selections. Professor Loos.

9. The distribution of wealth. A study of modern theories of distribution, with an account of the fundamental social institutions that are regulative in the distribu- tion of income. Professor Loos.

10. Socialism and contemporary social legislation. A critical examination of contemporary socialism and current tendencies in legislation, 1860-1900. Professor Loos.

11-12. Political philosophy. Studies in political and social philosophy, with spe- cial reference to modern conditions and problems. The class will read Spencer's Man vs. the State, Huxley's Administrative Nihilism, Ritchie's Principles of State Interference, selections from the writings of Thomas Hill Green and other modern philosophers, and Schmoller's Einige Grundfragen der Socialpolitik, Professor Loos.

13-14. Graduate seminary in sociology. Designed to assist graduate students in specific lines of research. Professor Loos.

POLITICAL ECONOMY. PROFESSOR Loos, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PATTERSON, MR. THOMAS.

2. Recent economic history. A study of recent economic history with detailed analysis of the industrial revolution in its economic and social aspects. Special atten- tion will be given to the development of the individualistic philosophy and its reaction on practical politics and legislation the factory acts, trade-unionism, and the trust problem. Open to all students except freshmen. Professor Loos.

3. Debating course. Selected topics in economics, politics, and sociology. Open only to students who have taken at least one course in one of these subjects. Students may schedule for this course at the beginning of each semester. Professors Loos and Wilcox, Assistant Professor Patterson.

CORNELL COLLEGE. POLITICAL ECONOMY, SOCIOLOGY, TEACHING.

I. Sociology. The aim of the work will be to give a knowledge of the character and content of the science. Its principles and history will be discussed and some lectures will be given, and reports and book reviews will be required. Giddings's Elements of Sociology will be used as a text, other authors will be examined, and, in order to give the student some idea of the practical side of sociology, Warner's Ameri- can Charities will be read.

TABOR COLLEGE.

Sociology. This course will embrace the study of social problems, with special reference to the defective, dependent, and criminal classes. Communism, socialism, immigration, the factory system, and the tenement will be subjects for careful investi- gation. Students will be trained in research and in the review of books and special magazine articles. Wright's Practical Sociology will serve as the basis for class work. In the second term there will be a careful study of the criminal. Drahm's The Crimi- nal is the text. Professor Farnham.