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constructive rather than critical. Each student is assigned special reading and required to write an essay upon it.

20. Problems in sociology. Lectures, quiz, and assigned reading. Assistant Pro- fessor Cooley.

This course embraces a study of the laws of population, degeneracy, the liquor problem, poor relief (public and private), vagrancy, crime, and penology, the divorce problem and kindred questions, the assimilation of the foreign element in American population, the development of cities, the tenement question, slums, social settlements, and other sociological questions of present interest. The class is supplied with a list of about twenty-five topics, accompanied by references, and each studei tis required to choose one of these topics and write an essay upon it.

21. Historical development of sociological thought; study of Comte, Spencer, Ward, Giddings, and others. For advanced students. Assistant Professor Cooley.

This course is intended to furnish an opportunity for comparative study and dis- cussion of the writers who have contributed most to the growth of sociology. The class consists chiefly of graduate students and is conducted somewhat as a seminary.

22. Psychological sociology. For advanced students. Assistant Professor Cooley.

This course is similar in character to Course 24 and usually, though not neces- sarily, succeeds it. The views of Baldwin, Giddings, Tarde, Durkheim, and others are carefully studied, but, as in other courses, it is endeavored to make this study con- structive rather than merely critical.

2 la. Special work with graduate students. Assistant Professor Cooley.

HILLSDALE COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. Introduction to the study of sociology. Concrete descriptive study of American society will be made, dealing with the population, its groupings, institutions, and ideals. Wright, Principles of Sociology.

KALAMAZOO COLLEGE. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

I. Sociology. The organic conception of society. The social elements; land and population. The primary social group; the family. The life of society; social intelligence, social feeling, social volition. Morality and law. Professor Stetson.

OLIVET COLLEGE.

SOCIAL SCIENCE.

The first semester will give a general introduction to sociology, stating its prob- lems and indicating the methods for their solution. In the latter part of the course special attention will be given to the practical problems of charities and penology.

MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. Mr. SAMUEL G. SMITH.

SOCIOLOGY.

Course I. Elements of sociology. Course II. Social pathology. Course III. Social theory.