tolman - study of sociology in us 4

8/9/2019 Tolman - Study of Sociology in US 4

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/tolman-study-of-sociology-in-us-4 1/29

The Study of Sociology in Institutions of Learning in the United States. IVAuthor(s): Frank L. TolmanSource: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Jan., 1903), pp. 531-558Published by: The University of Chicago PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2762055 .

Accessed: 09/02/2015 15:08

Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at .

http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp

.JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of

content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms

of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected].

.

The University of Chicago Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to

American Journal of Sociology.

http://www.jstor.org

This content downloaded from 31.53.28.110 on Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:08:09 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=ucpress

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2762055?origin=JSTOR-pdf






http://www.jstor.org/stable/2762055?origin=JSTOR-pdf

http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=ucpress



532

TIE AMERICAN

JOURNAL

OF SOCIOLOGY

49.

Sociology.

A

study

f

socia] institutions,

ith pecial

reference

o American

conditions.

Social

problems

nd their

roposed

olutions.

Among the

subjects

dis-

cussed

are

immigration,

roblems

of city ife, mployment

f women

and children,

factoryegislation, efective nd delinquentclasses, socialism. References:Ward's

Outlines

f ociology,

airbanks's ntroduction

o

ociology,Wright's

ractical

Sociology,

Blackmar's

History

nd

Sociology, pencer's

Principles of Sociology,

iddings's

Ele-

ments f

Sociology,

mith's

tatistics nd

Sociology.

BROOKLYN

POLYTECHNIC.

DEPARTMENT

OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

Sociology.

Outline study

f social

evolution,

nvolving

nalysis

of past

and pres-

ent

societies,

f

projected

ideal

societies,

and a

determination f

the requisites

of

social survival,

ocial

efficiency,

nd

social control.

COLLEGE

OF

ST. FRANCIS

XAVIER.

Special

ethics ncludes

private

ownership,

ommunism,

ocialism, grarian

ocial-

ism,

Henry

George's

theories.

The combination f

capital

and labor organizations.

Domestic

society:

Matrimony,

ivorce,

elibacy,

ducation.

Civil

society: The

nature

nd

scope

of

civil

society.

Hobbes,

Rousseau,

the

schoolmen.

Aim and

scope

of civil government.

Hobbes,

Rousseau,

Kant.

CANISIUS

COLLEGE.

Special

ethics includes,

t.

at.,

the following opics:

society

n

general

nature

and constituentlements fsociety, ocial activity; hefamily.

ST. LAWRENCE

UNIVERSITY.

SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR

IsHER.

Elective.

Students

nterested

n social

science

and

already

well

grounded

n

the

principles

of

political

economymay,

on

application

approved by

the

instructor,

e

admitted

o the course

n

sociology.

(See

also Canton

Theological

School.)

CORNELL UNIVERSITY,

PHILOSOPHY.

I4a.

Social

psychology.

Dr. Washborn.

In the

first

art

of

this course

the

psychological

spect

of the

development

f the human

ace,

ncluding

the

growth

of

language,

the

origin

nd

development

f

myth,

f

custom,

nd

of art and

science,

will

be

considered.

In the second

part

the

psychological

haracter

f

civilized society

will

be studied.

HISTORY

AND

POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

The

course

n

elemeritary

ocial economics

ims

to show

the

significance

or

the

students

f

economics

and social

life of the theories

f evolution.

Attention

s

cen-

tered upon

the

social

group

rather

than

upon

the individual.

The

family,

s the

simplest

nd

most

mportant

ocial

group,

s first tudied

n itshistorical

evelopment

and

its

present

rganization

nd life. The

study

dvances

from

his

to the

elementary

study

f

the

more

complex

nd ill-defined

ocial

groups,

uch

as races and

the

several








STUD

Y

OF

SOCIOLOGY

/N

UNITED STATES

533

classes

of

social

dependents. Emphasis

is laid

upon the statisticalmethod as

an

aid

in

the study f social groups nd the measurement f social forces.

The course n elementarytatistics s an introductiono statistics s a method of

studying ocial groups nd social life. Emphasis s laid upon the resultsreached by

this

method n the simplest ieldswherethe chances of error n observation r inter-

pretation re least. Special attention s given, herefore,o the simple statistics f

population and the elementsof vital statistics. The methods of the United States

census

office ill be presented n detail, and a critical analysismade of the resultsof

the

twelfth ensus. The statistical aboratorys furnished ith nearly ll the elec-

trical

and

mechanical devices to facilitate tatisticalworkwhichwill be found n a

modern

census office. Two hours week of laboratory orkwill be required, n the

course

of

which tudentswill gain some familiarity ithpresentmethods f statistical

work.

The course n advanced statistics ives greater ttention o statistical heory, nd

aims to introduce he students o writers ike Galton and Pearson,whose work is of

especial importance s laying the statistical asis for he theories fevolution.

D. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLITICS.

36. The modern

6gime.

An analysis of the present ndustrial nd social order

as

contrasted iththatof the eighteenth entury.

(a) The industrial eorganization,he centralization f wealth, he growth f cor-

porations, he development f credit, peculation, tc.

(b) The effect f these changes on morality, ntelligence, ocial and political

ideals and institutions.

(c) Socialism and other plans for social reconstruction. Assistant Professor

Powers.

37. Social interpretationf art. A study of the evolutionof art, particularly

painting

nd

sculpture,

ith

special

reference o the

conditions, ocial,political,

nd

economic, revailingduring

he

periods

of

exceptional

rt

activity.

Assistant rofes-

sor Powers.

40. Seminary.

The

evolution

f

society.

A

study

f the

principles

of

organic

evolution s manifested

n

the formation f

groups.

(a) Causes determining he formation f groups and the conditions affecting

their

fficiency

nd

permanence,

ocial

organization,

he

nature

nd function f social

classes, group selection,

tc.

(c) Modificationsffected

n

individual haracter

s

the result of life

in

a

social

state,

ocial

sensibilities,

ocial

instincts,

he moral

sense, conscience,

tc.

Assistant

Professor

owers.

E. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND STATISTICS.

4I. Elementary

ocial economics.

An

introductory

ourse

upon

the

relation of

evolutionary

heories o

the

social

sciences,

with

pplications

o the

tudy

f

the

family,

race relations, mmigration,

tc. ProfessorWilcox.

48. Elementary

tatistics.

An

introductory

ourse

in statistical

methods,

with

practical

work

n

investigation

nd tabulation.

Special

attention s

given

to census

statistics

nd vital statistics. Two

laboratory

ours week. ProfessorWilcox.

49.

Advanced

statistics.

Open

to

those

who

have

taken

the

elementary

tatistics

or can

show

that

they

re

qualified

to

enter

the class.

Readings

and discussion

of

variousbooks

in

statistical

heory

nd results.

Professor

Wilcox.








534 THE AMERICA

N

JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

F.

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE.

55. Methodsn modern

hilanthropy.o acquaint he student

ith he

char-

acter nd

extent fcharitable,orrectional,nd certain ther ocialproblems,

nd the

methodsmployedn dealingwith hem. Nottechnical,ut ntendedor hegeneral

enlightenmentfthe itizen. At

east wodays ach semester ill be spent

n

visit-

ing nstitutions. rofessoretter.

35. Municipal overnment

n

Europe

and the United

tates.

A

study

f

the

governmental,inancial,nd social

problems resented y the modern ity. Lec-

tures,ssigned eadings,eportsn

selected ities.

Mr.

Brooks.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

FACULTY OF

POLITICAL SCIENCE.

SUBJECT

A

-ECONOMICS.

Economics

2.

Theories fsocialreform. rofessorlark. Thiscourse reats

of

ertain lansfor hepartial econstructionf ndustrialociety

hat ave

een

dvo-

cated

n

the

United tates,

nd endeavorso

determine

hat

reforms

re

in

harmony

with

conomic rinciples.

t treats fthe

proposedingle ax,

f he

measuresdvo-

cated

by

heFarmers' lliance

nd

of

those

roposed y

abor

organizations,

nd

the

general elation f the tate o

ndustry.

SUBJECT

B-SOCIOLOGY

AND

STATISTICS.

Sociology

5.

Principles f

sociology.

Professor

iddings.

This is a

funda-

mental

ourse,

ntendedo

ay

a

foundationor

dvanced

work.

In

connection ith

a text-booktudy f heory,ecturesregiven n the ociologicalystemsfAristotle,

Hegel, Comte, pencer, chaffle,

e

Greef, umplowicz, ard, Tarde,

nd

other

writers. tudentsre

required

o

analyze

nd

classifyociological

material f ive

interest

btained

rom

ewspapers,

eviews,

nd

official

eports.

Sociology

6. Racial

demography.

r.

Ripley. Two hours week,

econd

half-year. eing

n

analysis

f

population

n the

basisofgeography

nd

physical

anthropology;omparing

acial

phenomena ith

hoseof a

sociological

haracter.

It

is

primarilyoncerned ith he

nthropologynd ethnologyf he ivilized

eoples

of

Europe

nd America.

t

is

intended

o

subserve

hree

urposes,iz.: i)

as

an

introduction

o

advanced tatisticalnd

demographicesearch;

2)

as an

outline

f

the

acial nd

cultural

istory

f

Europe uring

he

prehistoriceriod;

nd

3)

as

an

essay nsocialgeography.With his, ractical emonstrationnd laboratoryork

in

graphic tatistics

ill

be

combined: eginning ith he echniquef

cross-hatching

by

hand nd

machine;

he

pplicationf color-shadingn both mall cale and

wall

maps;

the

reparation

nd

nterpretation

f

urves, iagrams,

nd shaded

maps

f ll

kinds;

and

the

description

f

processes

f

reproduction,y photo-engraving

nd

lithography.

Sociology 7. Statistics

nd

sociology.

This

course s intendedo train tudents

in

theuse

of

tatistics

s an

instrument

f

nvestigationn social cience. The

topics

covered

re:

relationf statisticso

sociology,riteria

f

tatistics,opulation,opu-

lation

nd land, ex, ge, and

conjugal ondition,irths, arriages,eaths,ickness,

andmortality,ace ndnationality,igration,ocialposition,nfirmities,uicide, ice,

crime,

ature

f tatisticalegularities.

Sociology

8.

Statistics

nd

economics.This

course overs

hose tatisticsf

most se in political conomy,ut

which ave lso a direct earing n theproblems








STUDY

OF

SOCIOLOGY

IN

UNITED

SYA

TES

5 3 5

of

sociology.

These

include

the

statistics f

land, production

f

food,

ondition

f

labor,

wages,

money, redit,

prices,

commerce,

manufactures, rade, imports

nd

exports, ational

wealth,public

debt,

and

relative

ncomes.

Sociology

9.

Theoryof statistics. This course tudiesthetheory f statistics,

averages,mean

error,

aw of

probabilities,

ules

for

collecting,

abulating,

nd

pre-

senting

tatistics,

raphical

methods,

he

value of the results

btained

by

the

statistical

method,

he

possibility

f

discovering

ocial

laws.

Sociology

0. Social evolution.

Professor

Giddings.

The

advanced

study

of

general

ociology

s

begun

n this

course.

It

includes three

parts,namely: (i)

a brief

preliminary

ccount

f

the

scientific

osition, cope,

concepts,

roblems,

methods,

nd

empirical aws

of

sociology; 2)

a

study

f

origins and early

history f

society,

with

special

attentiono the

early

forms nd

later

development f the

family;

o

the

origin,

structure,

nd functions f

the

clan; to the

organization f

the tribe, nd to the

riseof

tribalfederation; 3) a study f the origin, stablishment,nd nature of civilization,

with

special

attention o

the influence

f

ethnic

elements,

o

developments

f

social

feeling

nd

prevailing

eliefs,

o

the

policies by which ivilization as

been

extended,

and

to the

conditions hathave

produced rrested

ivilizations.

Sociology I.

Progress

nd

democracy.

Professor

Giddings.

The

phenomena

of

progressive s

distinguished rom

tationary ivilizations re the

subject

of this

course,which

ncludes three

parts,

amely: (I)

a

study

f the

causes

and

nature f

progress,

with

pecial attention

o

the

rise of

discussion,

o

the

growth f

public opin

ion, and to the

policiesby

which

ontinuing rogress s

assured;

includingmeasures

for

he

expansionof

ntellectual

reedom, or

he

repression

f

collective

violence, nd

forthecontrol f collective mpulseby legality nd deliberation;

2)

a study f the

genesis,

he nature,

nd

the

social

organization

f

modern

democracies,

nd

of

the

extent to

which

non-political

ssociations,

s

business

corporations,

abor

unions,

churches,

nd

associations for

culture nd

pleasure,

re

more

or

less

democratic,

with

special

attention o the

rise of

an

ethical

consciousness nd of

philanthropic

ndeavor,

and

to the

democratic deals of

equality nd

fraternity

n their

elations

o

social order

and to

liberty; 3)

a

study

f

the

conditions

nd laws

of social

survival,

with

pecial

attention

o

the nfluences f

character,

ccupation,

mental nd

social

activity,

hat

are

shaping

the

destinies f

the

American

people.

Sociology

2.

Pauperism, oor-laws,

nd charities.

Professor

Giddings.

This

coursebeginswiththe study f theEnglish poor-law, ts history, racticalworking,

and

consequences.

On this

foundation s built

study

f

pauperism

n

general,but

especially

s

it

may

now

be observed

n

great

cities.

The

laws of

the

different

om-

monwealthsn

regard

to

paupers,

out-relief,lmshouses,

nd

dependent

hildren re

compared.

Finally

the

special modern methods f

public

and

private

philanthropy

are

considered,

with

particular

ttention

o

charity

rganization, he

restrictionf

out-

door alms, nd the

reclamation fchildren.

Sociology23.

Crimeand

penology.

Professor

Giddings. The topics

taken

up

in

this

course re the

nature and

definitions

f crime,

he

increase of crime

nd its

modern

orms,

riminal

nthropology,he ocial

causes

of

crime,

urroundings,

arental

neglect,

ducation, he question of

responsibility,

istorical

methodsof

punishment,

the

history

f

efforts

o reform

rison

methods,modern

methods,

he

solitary ystem,

the

Elmira

system,

lassification f

criminals,

lasses of prisons,

reformatories,nd

jails.

Sociology 24.

The

civil

aspects of

ecclesiastical

organizations. Dr.

Bayles.








536

THE AMERICAN

JOURNAL

OF

SOCIOLOGY

The

purpose

of thiscourse

s to define

hepresent

elations

f theecclesiastical

nsti-

tutes

to the

other nstitutes

f American

ociety;

the state,

he government,

arriage,

family,

ducation,

nd public wealth.

An

analysis is made

of the

guarantees f

reli-

gious liberty ontained in the federaland commonwealth onstitutions;f thecivil

statusof churches

n terms f constitutional

nd statute aw;

of the

methods f ncor-

poration;

of the functions

f trustees; f egislative

nd judicial control;

f denomina-

tional

polity according

to

its type; of the

functional

ctivity

f churches

n their

departments

f legislation,

administration,

djudication,

discipline,

nd mission;

of

the influence

f churches

on ethical

standards;

of the

distribution

f nationalities

among thedenominations;

f theterritorial

istribution

f denominational

trength; f

therelation

f polity

o density f

population;

and of the

current

movementsn

and

between

variousorganizations

ending

oward

hangesof

function

nd structure.

Sociology

29.

Laboratorywork

in statistics.

In

connectionwith

Courses

17,

i8, and

I9.

The object of the laboratorys to train he studentn methods fstatis-

tical

analysis

and computation.

Each student

will pursue

a course

of laboratory

practice

dealing with

the

general statistics

f population,

he relation

f

classes, the

distribution

f

wealth,

nd the statistics

f crime,

ice, and

misfortune.

He will

be

taught

how

to

judge

current tatistics

nd to detect

tatisticalfallacies;

in short, o

become

an expert

n

judging

of the value

of sociological

evidence.

Each

year some

practicalpiece

of work

on an

extensive

cale is undertaken

y the

class.

Sociology30.

Seminar

n

sociology.

ProfessorGiddings.

Discussion

and papers,

theses,

nd

dissertations resented

n the seminarmay

be upon

any ofthe following

topics:

i.

Population: The distribution, ensity,and growth of population in the

United

States;

including

studies

of

birth-rates

nd death-rates,

f

immigration

nto

the United States,

of

the

migration

f

population

within

he

United

States, nd

of

the composition

f the

population

by age,

sex, nationality,

nd color.

2.

The social

mind:

Studies of like

response

to stimulus,

.

g.,

to a

call

for

volunteers,

r an

awakening

to some common

nterest;

studiesof mental

nd

practi-

cal resemblance,ncluding

types

of mind and of

character,

nd their

eographical

distribution;

tudies

f the consciousness f kind;

studies of conflict,mitation,

nd

the

progress

f

assimilation;

and

studiesof concerted

olition,

ncluding xamples

of

spontaneous

o-operation,

f

panics,

crazes,

mob

violence,

nd

insurrection;

xamples

ofdeference o tradition nd to authority; xamplesof thegrowth f public opinion,

of

the formation

f social

values,

and of deliberate ocial

action.

3.

Social

organization:

Historical

or statistical studies

of

family

rganization,

and

descriptive

r

historical tudies

of

peculiar,

xceptional,

r otherwise

oteworthy

communities

r

sections, specially

essays

in

the

sociological

treatmentf local

his-

tory.

Studies

of

voluntary rganization,

ncluding eligious

nd

other ultural

asso-

ciations,

business

associations

nd trades

unions,

uristic rganizations

nd

political

parties.

4.

Social

welfare:

Studies

of

the

growth

f

public

security

nd

of

social

order;

of

the

development

f

liberty

nd

equality,

f the formation

nd the distribution

f

socialeconomicclasses,

and of the

social life and

organization

f the

self-supporting

poor;

of

the

distributionf

culture;

historical

tudies f

the

origin,

rowth,

nd

forms

of

pauperism;

statistical

tudies

f the

extent nd

causes of

pauperism;

historical

nd

comparative

tudies

f

poor-laws

nd

public

relief;

historical nd

comparative

tudies

of the

methods

f

private

harity;

historical

tudies

of the

origin,

ncrease,

nd

forms








SYUDY OF SOCIOLOGY

IN UNITED STATES

537

of crime; statistical

tudies of the extent and causes

of crime;

critical studies of

criminal nthropology r criminal

ociology; historical

nd comparative tudies of

punishmentnd

reformation.

STATISTICAL LABORATORY

AND SEMINAR.

29. Two hours. Fortnightly,

ive members. The

work of the year devotedto

developing he

mathematical heory

f statisticswithpractical xercises.

SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR GIDDINGS.

30. Two

hours. Fortnightly,welvemembers.

The following apers

were

read

and discussed:

Types of Mind and Character n Colonial

Massachusetts;

Types

of

Mind

and Character n Colonial

Connecticut; Types of Mind and

Character n

Colonial New

York; Types of

Mind and Character n Colonial Pennsylvania;

Types of Mind and Character in Colonial Virginia; Types of Mind and

Character n the

Early Days of North Carolina;

Types of Mind and

Character

in

the Early

Days of Kentucky; Types of Mind

and Character in the Early

Days of Indiana;

Types of Mind and Character

in the Early

Days of Wis-

consin; An Analysisof the Mental

Characteristics

f the Population of an

East-

Side New York CityBlock;

A Statistical Study

of the Responses to Lincoln's

FirstCall forVolunteers; The

Charities of the

Five Presbyterian

hurches

n

Harlem; The

Poor-Laws of Connecticut;

Parochial Settlements

n England;

A

Critical nd

Statistical tudyof Male and Female

Birth-Rates.

WORK

OF FELLOWS.

THOMAS

JESSE JONES.

Mr.

Jones

worked under he

direction f ProfessorGiddings upon

his doctor's

dissertation:

A Sociological Study of the Population

of a New

York City

Block.

Professor

Giddings reportsthat this dissertation romises

to be

one of

the

most

minute

nvestigations

f modern city ife yet undertaken.

Mr.

Jones

lso

made the

annual

revision

of the list and

description f social settlements n

New York city

which s

regularly

xpected of a fellow n sociology.

MANHATTAN COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT OF

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

Sociology.

Psychology

f social and historicalaspects of social

organization,

ancient nd modern.

Studyof concrete ocial problems.

HISTORY

DEPARTMENT.

English

social

history. Organization

f earlyEnglish society,

nd subsequent

changes

n

social

development.

NEW

YORK UNIVERSITY.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

Principles f sociology.

Professor ohnson.

UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL

-DEPARTMENT

OF SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESsoR RUSSELL.

I.

Introductiono sociology.

An

introductiono

social science,with

n elemen-

tary

ourse

n

the origin f civilization nd the early

history

f institutions,

n

prepa-








538 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

ration for the scientific tudy f political and social economics. Spencer's Studyof

Sociology,umner's ocial Classes, eschel's Races

of

Man as text-books.

2.

Principles of sociology. In part a study of the Spencerian philosophy

f

evolution n the sociological aspects. A monograph n an appropriate heme equired

of each student.

ProfessorJohnson's ourse s with he sophomores, nd is intended o give some

conception f the meaningof social laws and progress, nd of the scope and methods

of modern elief nd reform gencies.

ProfessorRussell encourages research and original investigation, articularly

along the ines of housing f the poor, moral tenements,orrectional nd charitable

plants and enterprises,odging-houses,ramps, tc. Local strikes ave been investi-

gated,and something as been done, but not much, n thisdirection.

SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGY.

DR. MONTERIER.

Sociology

n

relation o education. The aim of this course s to lead the student

to view society s a vast and complex organism, o study

n a

general way

ts

struc-

ture nd functions,nd to see the relation f education o the other reat divisions f

social activity. Some of the topics treated re: the need of a social science,espe-

cially

from

he teacher'spointof view; preparation or uch

a

science;

the school as

a

social institution; he organic concept of society; in what sense

is the school

an

organism? he family s the primaryocial group, ts history, unctions,

nd

pathology;

social aggregates; structuralignificance f the public-school ystem;

the

school as a

social communicatingpparatus; its relation o the other ommunicatinghannels, s

the

press,public platform,nd social psychology; ocial reform;

are

of the

depend-

ent,delinquent, nd abnormal classes, with pecial reference o the treatment

f chil-

dren.

Throughout he course the observation f the student's wn

social environment

is stimulated, nd history,s well as current vents, s largelydrawnupon

for

llustra-

tions,with view of givingthe student clear and concrete rasp of the

fundamental

principles f the science. Dewey's Pedagogical Creed,whichgives

an

excellent

tate-

ment of the nature of education nd the school,viewed from he social side,

s read

and

discussed. Spencer'sStudyofSociology nd Small and Vincent re

also

used.

Social Psychology, rofessorMacDougall.

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER.

2. Special topics

n

economics.

5. Capital

and labor.

IO. Economic functions f the state.

The

sociological pointof view

s

largely dopted n connectionwith

the histori-

cal

studies, specially n connectionwith the study f the Roman

law in its

genesis

and

growth.

UNION

UNIVERSITY.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HISTORY

AND

SOCIOLOGY.

The

mutual relations f men

n

society

xamined

historically

o learn how

pres-

ent

conditions ave

resulted

from

past experience.

Present social

forces

nd

needs

consideredwith

the

purpose

of

training

he

student

for

good citizenship. Lectures,

collateral

eading,

nd

practical ociological nvestigation.








STUDY OF

SOCIOLOGY

IN

UNITED STATES

539

SYRACUSE

UNIVERSITY.

SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR HAMILTON.

The following ourses n sociology re designedto introduce hestudent oboth

the theoreticalnd

applied phases

of

the subject. They

are

open

to

juniors,

eniors,

and graduate

tudents.

I.

3. Practical

sociology. The more mportant f familiar ocial questions

as

immigration,he

integrityf the family, elations

between

labor and

capital, and

devicesfor he

encouragement f provident abits are examined n the ectures, nd

collateral

eading s required.

II. 3.

Degenerate social classes. Problems f pauperism nd crime re

studied.

The lectures re

supplemented y collateralreading and visits o institutions.

III.

Introductiono social theory. Lectures nd elementary eading.

IV. 3. Literatureof sociology. Critical reviews of publications by the best-

knownwriters. Studentswho desire to do so may elect

this course

for

wo semesters,

i.

e.,

n

both he

unior and senioryears.

V. 3.

Research. Students who have had sufficient reparation may

have

researchworkwith

the instructor. Among the subjects

investigated n recentyears

are: the

consumption f liquors n the United States, and the charitable

nstitutions

of

the cityof

Syracuse. The workfor he nextyear will

be announced

t

the

begin-

ning of the first

emester.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

MR.

HAWKINS.

V. 2.

Socialismand social reform.This coursepresents he various chemesfor

reforming odern

ociety, nd attempts o examine each one in the ightof

economic

and political

science. The topics discussed are: the

origin and development

f

property; ealthdistribution nder lavery, erfdom,

agedom; the modern heory

f

wealth distribution;

nequality n wealth; the social problem

nd the different

olu-

tions; socialism, ts eaders, history,nd economic

tatement; criticism;how to

solve

the

social problem.

PEDAGOGY.

PROFESSOR STREET.

IV. I. Social

phases of education. A studywill be

made of the relations

that

existbetween heschooland thecommunitynd the state. During a portionof the

timeDutton'sSocial

Phases of Education in

tze

School nd

theHome,Vincent's

ocial

Mind and Education,

and Dewey's School nd Societywill

be read.

NORTH

CA4ROLINA-

UNIVERSITY

OF

NORTH CAROLINA.

POLITICAL

AND

SOCIAL SCIENCE.

PROFESSOR

BATrLE.

I.

History

nd

principles

of

political economy

nd

sociology.

Text-books nd

lectures. Theses on

assigned topics.

2.

Current uestions. Seminarymethods n the

studyof economic and social

questions.

DAVIDSON

COLLEGE.

Much work s done

in

sociology

n the

department

f biblical

nstruction,

hich

is

a

three-years'ourse n the English Bible, with three

recitations week. Much

work s

also done in the

courseof economics.








540

THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

TRINITY

COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

PROFESSOR DOWD.

ib.

Giddings's Principles f Sociology.

2a. Lectureson practical ociological problems, uch as charity, he saloon, sani-

tation, enement ouses,child abor,etc.

2b. Same continued, overing such subjects as crime, ocial influences f art,

civilization f present nd past contrasted, tc.

4. History fPoliticalEconomny,lanqui;

Tariff

History f United tates, aussig;

Zistory

f

Currency, haw; Socialism, ly; Social Statics, pencer; Taxation, Selig-

man. Original papers required n topics assigned.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY.

PROFESSOR BASSETr.

9.

Social

development

n

America.

This

coursewill begin with he colonies

and

come down to

the present-day onditions. It will be the purpose to considerwith

some detail the chief forceswhich have entered nto the development f American

society.

The

colonies will be studied eparately, nd thenthe processby whichthey

were knit

nto one nationwill be followed ut. Special attentionwill be given to

the

conditions

f southern ife.

GUILFORD COLLEGE.

We are

doing nothing

n

sociology xcept

such

reference

o

it

as

grows

out of

political cience, psychology, nd ethics, nd an occasional lecture n the subject.

NOR

TH DA KO

TA-

FARGO COLLEGE.

POLITICAL SCIENCE.

E. Sociology. Principles f social evolution. A study f the development f the

various

forms

f

human ssociation,with ome attention

o such

practical problems

s

pauperism, rime, he slums, nd divorce. Professor nowlton.

UNIVERSITY

OF NORTH

DAKOTA.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL

SCIENCE.

PRESIDENT

MERRIFIELD,

PROFESSOR

PETERSON.

Sociology. A scientific nd historicalstudyof social forcesand phenomena,

with

analytic treatment of institutions

nd

origin and progress

of

civilization.

Giddings'sElements f Sociology.

Social

problems.

A

critical

study

f American social

conditions,

with

special

reference

o existingdangers

and

evils,

as

pauperism, rime, mmigration,

he concen-

tration

of urban population, etc. Wright'sPractical Sociology,

nd

Henderson's

Dependent, efective nd Delinquent

Classes.

OHIO-

BUCHTEL

COLLEGE.

POLITICAL ECONOMY

AND

SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR

ORTH.

(b) Sociology. An elementary ourse designed

to

introduce he student

o the

elementary rinciples

f human

ssociation

and to

develop

the

power

of

observing

and

analyzing

ocial facts. Fairbanks's Introduction

o

Sociology

s

read; essays

and

library

work.








STUDY

OF SOCIOLOGY IN UNITED

STATES

541

OHIO UNIVERSITY.

HISTORY, ECONOMICS,

AND POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

Historys regarded as a recordof the social, economic,moral, nd political life

of

the

people.

Immigration

nd its effect pon

the country. ProfessorHigley.

PHILOSOPHY AND PEDAGOGY.

2. Ethics.

Sociology or social

psychology. Thiswork is intended to

supple-

ment he ndividualistic

oint of view assumed n Ethics

I.

Professor oan.

UNIVERSITY OF

CINCINNATI.

SOCIOLOGY.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HUBBARD.

Ia.

The dependentand defectiveclasses. The causes of poverty; theEnglish

poor-law; public

relief

f destitution

n

American ities; alms-houses; homes

for he

aged; old-age

pensions;

the care of

dependent

children;

modern

rganizedcharity;

the

blind;

the deaf; the insane; the feeble-minded;

he epileptic. Text,

Warner's

AmericanCharities.

2b.

Criminology.

Criminal nthropology; unishment

nd reformation; rison

systems;

Elmira

Reformatory;convict abor; juvenile

courts; care of discharged

prisoners. Text,

Wines's Punishment nd Reformation.

3c.

Remedial measures. Social

settlements; tenement-house mprovement;

rapid transit; parks

and

playgrounds;

vacation schools; substitutes

or

the

saloon;

the mmigrationroblem; organized abor; factory egislation; the eight-houray;

the

negro problem;

treatment

f

tuberculosis;

he

protection

f

the

family;

marriage

and divorce; the church nd the social

problem; and other

opics.

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY.

Ethics ncludes, nt. l.. ethics

and socialism; ethical doctrine

n

its bearing

on

the

conception

f

society,

n

the

several divisions

of home

government,

nd

religious

observance.

There

is also

a

universityettlement.

WESTERN

RESERVE UNIVERSITY.

ADELBERT

COLLEGE. PHILOSOPHY.

PROFESSOR CURTIS.

7.

Graduate ourses.

Sociology

n the

ight

of

anthropology.

The

main

problems

and

bearings

f

anthropology

ill be discussed

n

systematic

rder nd their

ociologi-

cal

import

noted

in

such

works

as those

of

Morgan,

Brinton,Quatrefages,

aylor,

Pritchard,

arwin, Wallace, Ranke,

and Ratzel. Then

a course of lectureswill out-

line

a

more

ystematic

reatment

f

sociology

based

upon

anthropology,

fter

which

certain

spects

of the works

of

Comte, Buckle, Spencer,Sch-affle,

ilienfeld, tein,

Ward,

and

Giddings

will be discussed.

HISTORY, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

ASSOCIATE

PROFESSOR

WATKER.

I7.

Statistics.

Theory

nd

method. General

survey

of the field

of

economic

and

sociological

statistics,

ith

study

f

important

tatistical ocuments.








542

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF SOCIOLOGY

OHIO

STATE UNIVERSITY.

ECONOMICS

AND SOCIOLOGY.

The university,hrough he effortsnd generosityof its friends,s possessed

of

a

unique equipment

or

tudypurposes

n these

lines.

This

equipment omprises

a large

collection f

railroad,municipal,

nd school

bonds;

of stocks of

all

kinds;

of

letters

f

credit, rafts, oreign

illsof

exchange,

bills of lading,

checks, nclosures,

statements,nsurance policies,

trust

certificates, otes,mortgages,

nd all theneces-

saryforms

f

business

paper;

also

collections

of coins

illustrative

f various periods

in our monetary

istory,

oreign oins,

nd

scrip; also sets of maps

and charts, nd a

Kiepert-Commercial

lobe

8ocm.

in

diameter. Ample facilities or tatisticalwork

are provided,

nd a

seminary

oom et

apart

for

he use of laboratorymaterial,

ocu-

ments, tc.,

s

always open

to advanced students. It is the

policy

of the department

to make

the

statistical

nvestigations

nd

research

work

of

advanced

students ontribu-

tory

to the

permanent

quipment

of

the

department,

hus enriching he facilities

from ear to year withmaterial f

scientific nd

pedagogical value.

DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

PROFESSOR STONER, AsSOCIATE PROFESSOR SOUTHER.

5.

Lectures

on the industrial

nd

artisticevolution of society.

History f the

early

races

considered

with

special

reference o the

development

n culture

ained

through

andwork.

Practice work:

Preparations

of a

series

of models

comprising

the

different

titchesused

in

plain

hand-sewing;

ornamental titches nd

simple

embroidery.One

lecture

nd

three

practice

periods

each

week.

DEPARTMENT OF

ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR LARK,

AssIsTANm RoFESsoRHAGERTY.

SOCIOLOGY GROUP.

2.

The history

f industrial

ociety.

A

general

view of

the evolution

f

ndustrial

society; involving

a

study

f

the manorial and

guild systems;

of the rise

of

class

interest;

the formation

f

trading companies; land-holding;

the

development

f

capitalistic nterprise

nd

the

economic

egislation

nd

theories

hat

grew

out

of

these

conditions,

with

pecial

reference o

England.

Lectures and

assigned readings.

3.

Industrial

and financial

history

f the

United States.

A

complete urvey f

American

ndustries,

inancial

esources,

nd

policies.

4. Transportation.

A

study

f

the

development

nd

present

economic tatusof

roads, canals,

and railroads

n

their elation o

industry

nd to the state.

5.

Practical

problems: immigration,

oney,

and.

6. Practical

problems:

railroads, ariff,

rises.

7.

Practical

problems:

of

abor

and

capital.

ii.

Sociology.

Text-books, ectures,

nd

original investigations. Through

the

kindness

f

the various

officers

f

the Godman

Guild-House,opportunity

ill be

pro-

vided students

n

this

courseof

doing practical

work

at

the

guild.

The

course,

s

to

time

and subject-matter,

ill

be

arranged

to

suit

those in the city

who

may wish

scientific rainingalong the lines of charity nd philanthropicwork, nd thestate

board of charities

s well as the officers

f

the

Associated Charities

of the

city

re

enlisted

n

the

work

of this

course.

First term

Giddings's

Elements

f Sociology.

Second

term:

Henderson's

Dependent, efective

nd

Delinquent

Classes.








STUDY

OF

SOCIOLOGY

IN UNITED STATES

543

I2. The historynd theory f socialism.

A complete tudy f the

subject n its

historical, conomic,nd critical aspects. The socio-economic

octrines

f the phi-

losophers, heutopias

of Plato, More, Campanella, Cabet, etc., and the

theses of the

variousGerman, rench, ndEnglish schoolsofsocialists,will be treated. The origin

of privateproperty,heright o abor, ights

f ndustrial lasses, and the

fundamental

principlesof industrial ocietywill be analyzed.

Syllabus,

ectures,

nd collateral

readings.

I3. Sociology nd statistics. Lectures

and laboratorywork.

I6. Thesis work.

In this work,

as

far

as possible, only original sources are

used, and investigations ade from eal life.

The aim is to set before

ach student

the accomplishment f the task of extending

n some degree,however

slight, he

boundariesof economic

and sociological knowledge.

Meetings are arrangedwith

the

instructorhroughout

he year.

2I.

Growth nd development f social thought nd institutions.AssistantPro-

fessor

Hlagerty.

GRADUATE COURSE.

I7. Advanced economics.

The

aim

of

this course is to offer he student an

opportunityo specialize

to any degree he may desire along the various

ines within

the

field of the department.

Elections will naturally

all

underone of

the following

heads: (a) Theoretical

roblems. (b) Historical problems. (c) Practical

problems.

(d) Finance. (e) Commerce.

(f) Sociology theoretical

r

practical).

(g) Statistics

(h) Teacher's course

nd training orfellowship.

When several students

elect

the same

line

of

work, heymay

constitute hem-

selvesa group, nd a seminary ill be organized s a nucleusfor uchwork. A semi-

nary

n

sociology

i7f)

was announced

for he

year

9OI-2.

22.

Primitive

ociety.

Assistant

rofessor

agerty.

OHIO

WESLEYAN

UNIVERSITY.

DEPARTMENT

OF HISTORY.

D. Sociology.

An

introductory

ourse to

the

study

f

sociology.

The

various

schools

will be

presented

n

lectures.

Both

theory

nd

practice

will

receive

due

attention. Professor

tevenson.

HIRAM

COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT

OF POLITICAL

AND SOCIAL

SCIENCE.

In

course we require only

one

term

n

sociology. However,

other

tudies,

s

industrial

history

f

England,

are made

to bear

much

on

social

study,

nd

text-book

work

s

supplemented

y

lectures. Professor

. B. Wakefield.

In sociology

nd

political

science the

problems

f the

day

in

municipalgovern-

ment

nd

the various

reformmovements

re studied

n

the

ight

of historical

llustra-

tions

and the

social

phenomena

f

the

past.

Lectures

are

given

on the

pathology

f

society,

ommunistic

deals,

and

other

opics.

MARIETTA COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY.

Introduction

o

sociology.

A

study

f the

principles

nd methods

f

the

science,

with

consideration f

some of

the

practicalproblems

of social reform.

Small

and

Vincent, upplemented

y readings, eports,

nd

essays.

President

Perry.








544 THE

A

MERICAN JOURNAL

OF

SOCIOLOGJ'

OBERLIN

COLLECE.

I.

Sociology.

Two hours.

Associate

Professor ogart.

A

study f

the

elemen-

tary

principles

of human

association and the

development

f

the

differentorms

f

association. The purposeofthecourse s to develop n themind of the studentthe

powerto

observe and

analyze

social

facts,

nd

to

enable him

to trace

these

facts

o

the

elementary ocial motives and

forces,

aws,

and

causes.

Differentwriters re

studied each

year;

last

year

Fairbanks's

Introduction

o

Sociology

was

used,

and

in

19OI-2 Spencer's

Principles

of

Sociologywas

read.

A

comparative tudv

is also

made

of other

works.

I

I. Socialism

and

social

reform.

A study f

the

fundamental haracteristics f

industrial

ociety,

nd an examination

f the

proposed

plans

of social

reconstruction:

(i) those

that

propose

a

reconstructionf

society n

a

fundamentally

ifferent

asis

from

he

present;

2)

those whichare

merely alliative

n

their ims

and

tendencies;

(3) thosewhich propose the progressive mprovementnd rehabilitation f society

without

estroying

ts

present

oundations.

Morely's

deal

Commonwealthsnd

Ely's

French

and

English

Socialismwill be used

as

texts,

upplemented

y

ectures.

12.

Practical

sociology;

charities. A

study of the

problems

of pauperism and

its

relief;

causes of

poverty,

methods of

treatment,

haritable

nstitutions

nd

agen-

cies.

Visits will be made

by

the class

to

institutionsn

the

neighborhood f

Oberlin.

Warner's

American

Charities

will be

used as a

text,

upplemented y

lectures and

papers.

Practical

sociology;

criminology.

A

study

f

theproblems f

crime,

unishment,

reformation,

nd

criminal

nthropology. Wines's

Punishment and

Reformation

s

usedas a text. Lectures nd papers.

OTTERBEIN

UNIVERSITY.

ECONOMICS

AND

POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

5.

Sociology.

Some

attentionwill

be

given

to the

historical

development f

society.

The

greater

part

of

the term

will be

given to the

consideration f social con-

ditions

nd problems. Small and

Vincent's

ntroduction.

Professor

navely.

WITTENBERG

COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HISTORY AND

POLITICAL

ECONOMY.

PROFESSOR PRINCE.

5. Sociology nd socialism.

UNIVERSITY OF

WOOSTER.

DEPARTMENT

OF HISTORY,

MORALS,

AND

SOCIOLOGY.

I.

Sociology. Special attention

will

be paid

to the history

nd

principles of

socialism,

o various

questions

f

reform

nd

administration,nd

to the

amelioration

of

social conditions.

Text-books,

aried

according to the

growing

iterature f

the

subject,

will

be

used.

Text-book

work

will

be

varied by ectures.

Professor covel.

ANTIOCH

COLLEGE.

PHILOSOPHICAL

DEPARTMENT.

Sociology. The numerousocial questions hat are nowclaiming ttentionmake

this

tudy

ne of

great mportance.

OREGON-

ALBANY

COLLEGE.

Professor harles

J.

Bushnellgives

courseson

social economics

nd

sociology.








STUDY OF

SOCIOLOGY

IN UNITED

STAfES

545

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.

ECONOMICS

AND SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR

YOUNG,

MR. WHITTLESEY.

GroupV. Society is

confronted ith great

problems

that

challenge

a

recon-

struction

f

the

social organization

nd

a

revision f

the fundamental onclusions n

all the

ocial sciences. These

problems

re

appropriately

made the

subject

of

univer-

sity

nvestigation.

I. General

ntroductoryourse. The theory f

evolution n its

applicationsto

society;

the

process

n

connectionwith he new

elements

n

the

human

sphere; the

genesis

of

social life, mind, and institutions

onstitutes he scope of

this

course.

Lectures nd readings.

The

general ntroductoryourse

gives the student

he point of view of modern

thought

n

the

economic,

olitical,

nd

social

sciences, nd

outlines

he

generalcourse

of

progress

n

each line of social

achievement

hrough

he

ower

tages

of

civilization.

2. Modern industrial

organization.

The tendency oward

corporateorganiza-

tionsof industrynd

centralization, ith

resultingmodificationsf

the

conditions f

competition.

I.

Economic problems.

Labor and

capital,profit-sharing,

orporations,ocialism

I. Elements of

society. Society

s an

organization

nalyzed

for a

determina-

tionof

its

characteristics. Text-book

nd

collateral

eading.

I.

Principles of sociology and

theory

f

social

forces.

As

conceived of

by

leading

modern ociologists.

2. Anthropology. An

introduction o the

methods and

conclusions of

anthro-

pology nd ethnologyn their elations o the social sciences.

3.

The

social debtor classes.

Studies of questions connected with charities

penology,

nd

criminology.

4. Democracy. Its characteristicsnd

tendencies.

PACIFIC

UNIVERSITY.

DEPARTMENT OF

HISTORY

AND

POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

Sociology. Introduction nd study

f some

eading problems, uch as

charities

penal institutions,tc.

Giddings,

mall and

Vincent, pencer,

nd

others.

McMINNVILLE

COLLEGE.

Introduced sociology nto courses

three years

ago. Elective

in

senioryear of

collegecourses, wo

credits. Use

C.

R. Henderson's Social

Elements s a

class

guide

and

outline

f the work. Work limited

n

amount,

ut of

great

interest nd

value

Class

of

five this

year. Subject grows

in

interest

and

popularity. Teach it in

connection

with

political economy

nd

ethics.

Cover

the ground overedby

Professor

Henderson's

book.

WILLAMETTE

UNIVERSITY.

SOCIAL

SCIENCE,

ECONOMICS.

Course

125. Second

semester.

Sociology, study

f the

general

principles

of

sociology. Giddings, rincifles f Sociology.

GRADUATECOURSES

FOR

THE DEGREES OF DOCTOROF

PHILOSOPHYAND

MASTER OF ARTS.

Group :

Tylor, Anthropology;

Quatrefages,

The Human Species; Le

Fbvre,

Race

and

Language; Lubbock,

Origin of

Civilization; Starcke, The

Primitive








546

THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF SOCIOLOGY

Family; Westermarck,

istory

ofHuman Marriage;

Lubbock,

Prehistoric

Times;

Fontaine,Ethnology;

Peschel,

Races ofMan and

Geographical

istribution;

Demker,

Races of Man.

Group I: Cox, Mythologyf theAryan Nalions; Tylor,Early History f Man-

kind; Maine, Village

Communities; aveleye,

Primitive

Properly;Giddings,

Prin-

ciples

of Sociology;

Spencer,

Principles of

Sociology;

Mayo-Smith,

Statistics

nd

Sociology;

Wright,

raclical

Sociology;

Ward, Dynamic Sociology.

PENNSYLVANIA-

DICKINSON

COLLEGE.

SOCIOLOGY

AND

ECONOMICS.

Sociology.

One hour week

in

sociology

s

elective

throughout

he senioryear.

The

subject

is taught

n

its

broadest

and most practical

aspects.

The text-book s

essentially

he

text

upon

which the

body

of the work is based. Monthly

ectures

uponthe most mportantactors f thesubjectare given by the head of the depart-

ment,

nd these re

open

to the

public

as well

as

to the class.

Concrete problems

n

social

science are assigned

to members

f

the

class for

nvestigation,

evelopment,

and

report.

Professor

ilcher.

HAVERFORD

COLLEGE.

POLITICAL SCIENCE.

Economic problems.

The labor

problem,

ocialism,

nd

monopolies.

A

study

is

made

of

the

factory

ystem,

abor

organizations,

abor

egislation,

ourts f arbitra-

tion,

tc. The

history

f

socialism,

nd

the aims and methods

fsocialistic rganiza-

tions

are

investigated.

The

growth

f ndustrial

ombinations,

ffecting

abor,capital

publiccontrolndmanagement,s considered. Professor arrett.

iob. Ethics.

This course

considers urrent

uestions

n

practical

thics

nd soci-

ology,

uch as

politics,

emperance,

war, charity,

nd

prison

dministration,

he

labor

question,

tc.,

on their

moral side. President harpless.

FRANKLIN

AND

MARSHALL

COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT

OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

General

sociology.

An

elementary

ourse

dealing

with

he

structure

nd

function

of

contemporary

ociety

nd the conditions

nd forms

f social

progress.

Designed

also

to

acquaint

the student

with

existing

social

problems.

Giddings's

Elements;

lectures nd collateralreading. ProfessorHiester.

(See

also

Theological

Seminary

f the Reformed hurch.)

BUCKNELL

UNIVERSITY.

DEPARTMENT

OF LOGIC AND SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR

WILLIAM

EMMETT MARTIN.

7.

Sociology,principles

nd

theory.

8.

Charities

nd

reform.

9. Criminology

nd

penology.

IO. Sociology.

A

course of lectures on

sociology

from the

Christianpoint

of

view is giveneach yearbyLemuelMoss,LL.D., to the wholecollege.

ALLEGHENY

COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT

OF POLITICAL AND

SOCIAL

SCIENCE.

In

social

science

the

main

attention

s

given

to the study f the development








STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY IN

UNITED

STAT ES

547

of economic life and

institutions,

merican

conditions

being

specifically nalyzed.

Students re

encouraged

o

individual

research.

Sociology.

This is

a continuation

f economics.

The

text-bookwork is

based

on Giddings'sElementsof Sociology. Lectures and investigations f various social

problems. This coursewill be

alternated with

one on socialistic heories. Professor

Smith.

ALBRIGHT

COLLEGE.

Sociology.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE.

In

sociology we use a text-book, ollowing

with

it

immediately

fter

political

economy,

nd

taughtby

the

professor

f

economics.

Sociological

matters

re

also

largely aken up by himwith

the history f

civilization. So, also, with the study

f

general ethics.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA.

In this chool teach

sociologyto the

senior lass,numbering hisyear

about

140. It gets

four monthsof lectures on

social ethics. Then

come fourmonths

f

social

economics, ased

on

myPolitical

Economy

or

High

Schools.

To the

senior lass of our

department

f

pedagogy give

fourmonths f his-

toric

ociology

nd

four

months

f

ethical

sociology,

he

atter

devoted especially to

current thical

problems.

Both

by

ectures. PresidentR.

E.

Thompson.

UNIVERSITY OF

PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIAL COURSE IN SOCIAL WORK.

3. Social historyf England. A study f the organizationof society n early

England,

and of

the

subsequent

conomic

changes

nd

social

development.

Lectures

and

required

eadings.

7. Development f Englishcivilization.

A

study

f the

social progress f Eng-

land

during the

ast

three

enturies. The facts

in

regard

to each

great

industrial

epoch

are

presented,

nd their

nfluence

n

national

ife, hought,

nd

activity

onsid-

ered.

Special attention s

given

o those

phases of

English development

which hrow

lightuponthe trend f American civilization.

ASSISTANT PRoFEssoR

INDSAY.

20.

Sociology.

I. Study

of

ancient

nd

modern social

ideals, and of the pro-

jected types

of an ideal

society.

Social elements

nd

history

f

sociologicaltheories;

modern heories

oncerning

ocial

organization.

Plato's

Republic,

Aristotle's

olitics

and

Ideal

Commonwealths

onstitute

art

of

the

required reading

of the

course. II.

Study

and

analysis

of

historical

nd

existing

ocieties.

Special

reference o the

gen-

eral

stages

of social

evolution,

o

the factors n

social

psychology,

o the

requisites

f

social

survival,

ocial

efficiency,

nd

social control.

Lectures

follow

Manual

and

Outlines.

Assigned

readings.

23. Charities

and

correction.

A

study

f social

failures,

nd

of

the efforts

o

restore

ocial debtor lasses and individuals o social

efficiency.

The

causes

of

pov-

erty;

the

problems

f

pauperism;

the

development

nd

administration f

charities;

penology; publicand private genciesin dealingwithpauperism nd crime.

24. Social

reform

n

the nineteenth

entury.

A

study

f

the

writings

f four

groups of social reformers:

a)

the

utopists: Saint-Simon,

ourier,Owen, Bellamy,

Hertzka; (b)

the

moral and ethical

group: Kingsley, Maurice,

Carlyle, Ruskin,








STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY

IN

UNITED STATES

549

emphasize

heir

ociological rather han their trictly echnical ide, and thus

a

good

deal of nterests kept alive in current s well as permanent

ociological questions.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

PROFESSOR

WILLIAM I. HULL AND

DR.

GUSTAV A.

KLEENE.

Course . Elementsof economics. Industrial roblems f today, ncluding abor

organization; strikes and arbitration; co-operation nd

profit-sharing; ndustrial

betterment;aborers' nsurance; immigration; he unemployed; the eight-hour ay;

women

nd children n industry;monopolies nd trusts.

Course

3. Socialism; ts historynd claims. Industrial

eformersfthenineteenth

century. Municipalproblems. One hundred nd forty-four

ours.

Course4. Elementsof sociology. Social problems f today,ncluding rime and

punishment; he nsane nd feeble-minded; auperism nd charity;

enement ouses;

womanhood and the family; the childrenof the poor; social settlements; ntem-

perance and methods f temperance eform; he Salvation

Army's ocial work; the

negro; the ndian. In connectionwith he work in social science

visits re made to

neighboring haritable nd correctionalnstitutions.

RHODE ISLAND-

COLLEGE OF ST. THOMAS

OF VILLANOVA.

PHILOSOPHY.

5. Sociology. Definition nd origin f he ocial questions;the lementsfnatural

justice and morality n the acquisition of property;

socialism

defined;

different

schools of socialism; social democracy

n

Germany;

critical

xamination f the

origin

of socialism; social order

from

Christian tandpoint;

the

labor

question

nd

other

questions f the day.

BROWN

UNIVERSITY.

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

PROFESSORS WILSON AND DEALEY,

AND

DR.

WILLETT.

I2. Elementary

ourse.

I.

The principlesof sociology. Nature of society, ocial forces,

nd

environ-

ment.

2, 3. Social problemsand conditions. Relating

to

charity, riminology,tc.

4.

Social

philosophy.

Aims and

ideals

in

social

life,

ocial

well-being.

5.

Developmentof social theory. Tracing important heories, ancient and

modern,

n

regard

o social

conditions nd

development.

7, 8, 9.

Current ocial

theory

nd

practice. Throughout

he

year.

Elective for

graduates.

Practical

ociological investigations.

IO. Social institutions. heir development, orms,

nd

importance.

The

family,

church, tate,

tc.

I I. Demography. Dispersion

of

races.

A

social

study

f

race characteristics.

I3. Socialism. Ancient and modern,

with

especial

attention o

presentphases

of

the

theory.

14. Social statistics. Method

of

gathering

nd

handling

data

in the

study

f

social

problems

nd

conditions.








550

THE

AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF

SOCIOLOGY

SOUTH

CAROLINA-

COLLEGE OF

CHARLESTON.

i. General

sociology. The

organiccharacter nd

physicalbasis

of

society;

the

social mind;

the courses

and modes of social

activity; processes

of social

develop-

ment,

tc. Fairbanks's

ntroductiono

Sociology,

r Small

and

Vincent's ntroduction

to

the tudy f Society.

NEWBERRY

COLLEGE.

Introduction

o sociology

(Fairbanks). Two

hours a week, three

months,

n

department f

political science

about same

work

as

we require

n

political

conomy.

SOUTH DAKOTA-

UNIVERSITY OF

SOUTH

DAKOTA.

SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR

OUNG.

I. Theoryof sociology. A study f the principles fsocial organization, istory

of social

theory,

lements and

structure

f

society,

historical volution

f

society,

function

f the

state, ogether

with

a

considerationof

some

of the more

important

social

problems

f

the

present,

s the labor

question,

o-operation, harity rganiza-

tions,

he

iquor

problem,

tc.

II.

Criminal

ociology. A

study f

the psychology

f

criminality,

ith

psycho-

logical definition

nd

analysis

of

criminal

ypes. The data of criminal

nthropology

are

reviewed,

with

an

analysis

of

criminal

tatistics

rom

whichdeductions re

made

relative o

crime,

ts

punishment,

nd

its

remedies.

Practicalreforms

n

the

treatment

of criminals re

discussed,

and

recent

experiments

nd

modern

theories

xamined.

Critiques nd reports ponlibrarywork re a feature.

III.

Charities

nd

corrections.

A

study

f

hedefective nd

dependent lasses,

nd

the

problems

f social

organization

or

their are and relief.

The causes of

pauperism

are

discussed, ogether

with

n

attempt o

discriminate etween

proper

nd

improper

methods f

relief. The variousforms

f

charity rganizations nd theirmethods re

reviewed. The

history

nd

theory

f

public

philanthropynvestigatedbyextensive

library

work. Observation

nd

study

f

local

institutions o far

as time nd

oppor-

tunity ermit.

YANKTON

COLLEGE.

DEPARTMENT

ECONOMICS, POLITICAL

SCIENCE, AND

HISTORY.

Elements f sociology. An introductionothescientifictudy f society, esigned

to

furnish basis

for

he

ntelligentnvestigation

f

social

problems,

specially

on

the

part

of

those

who

propose

to

enter he

ministry

r the

work of

organized

charities.

Small

and

Vincent; Crafts;

and

Bascom,Social Theory.

TENNESSEE-

UNIVERSITY OF

TENNESSEE.

ECONOMICS.

PRESIDENT

CHARLES W. DABNEY.

5.

Problems

of

economics, ncluding

questions

arising out of the

relationsof

capital

and

labor,

ndustrial

rbitration,

nd

conciliation,

rofit-sharing,nd co-opera-

tion.

9. Principles

of

sociology. The

social theory, methods,

and problems

of

sociology;

the

structure f

society; the evolution f

society;

civilization;

progress;

democracy;

he

social

teachings

f

Christ; the nature

nd end of

society.








STUDY

OF SOCIOLOGY

IN

UNITED

STA TES 551

ROGER WILLIAMS

UNIVERSITY.

DEPARTMENT

OF

CIVICS, SOCIOLOGY, AND

ECONOMICS.

REV. PETER BUELL GUERNSEY.

Sociology. Presenting general

outline

of the subject,with pecial

study f

the

social condition

f

the negro race

in

city nd

country.

CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY.

PHILOSOPHY.

6. Sociology.

An

introductoryourse

n

the

subject.

ProfessorWeir.

VANDERBILT

UNIVERSITY.

HISTORY

AND ECONOMICS.

PROFESSOR

MOORE AND MR. DYER.

II. (a)

An

introduction

o

sociology.

The object of

this course is to give

the

student

synthetic iew

of social

phenomena,

nd to

acquaint

him withthe current

theories

f

social interpretation.

Text-books:

Small and

Vincent's

ntroduction

o

the

tudy f

Society;

Wright's

ractical

Sociology.

(b)

Democracy

n the United tates.

Text-books:

Hyslop's

Democracy; Godkin's

Unforeseen

endencies. Second term.

Two courses

in economics were

conducted

during

the year I900-OI, which

together

ounted

for

ne three-hourourse.

I.

More thanhalfthe timeof the class was devotedto a groupof problemswhich

may

be conveniently

ndicated

by

the

titles

of

the text-booksused:

Goodnow's

Municipal Problems,

haw's Municipal

Problems

n Great

Britain,

and

Bemis's

MunicipalMonopolies.

The workconsisted

f

ectures,

he

study

f

the

texts,

nd

the

investigation

f one

or more

questions

by

each student under the

directionof the

instructor.

Where

possible,

ocal

questions

were

selected.

SOCIOLOGY.

Introduction

o

the

study

f

sociology.

Half

course

n

Christian

ociology.

See

also

under

Theological

Schools.

UNIVERSITY

OF

THE

SOUTH.

SCHOOL

OF

HISTORICAL

AND

POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

I. Principles

f

sociology.

Ward's

Sociology.

Dr.

Ramage.

(See

also

under

Theological

Schools.)

TEXAS-

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.

ECONOMICS

AND POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

ASSOCIATE

PROFESSOR ROBERT

HousToN

HAMILTON.

E.

Social

science.

An

introductorytudy

f

society,

he

origin

of

civilization,

nd

the growth f social institutions.Map-drawing,llustratingocial growth,equired.

Small

and

Vincent.

In

the various ourses

offered

n the

department

f

history

heuse of the

socio-

logical

point

of

view

s

verypronounced.








STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY

IN

UNITED STATES

553

IV, V,

VI.

Industrial

problems. Competition;

abor; monopolies

and

trusts;

socialism;

taxation.

Lectures.

VII. Elementsof

sociology.

Lectures.

The work in this department s mainly economic, houghan efforts made to

present

t

from

sociological point

of view.

Pedagogy. Social

pedagogy.

Professor

oder.

WEST

VIRGINIA- UNIVERSITY

OF WEST

VIRGINIA.

SOCIOLOGY.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

CLARK.

Students

aking

ociology

s their

major

are

required

o have nine courses nd

a

thesis n this

subject. Their

minor of six

courses may

be taken in

economics or

political cience

or

history r philosophy.

i.

Anthropology.An elementary ourse on man as the unitof society, nd on

the

evolution f society nd social institutions.

The

general

purpose

of

the course s

to

point

out how

man has

developed

nto

his

present

ocial

state,

what the

nfluences

were

which caused this

development,

nd how these influences hemselves

have

evolved.

The general

subjects

discussed

are:

first,

he

antiquity

f

man,

and

the

place man occupies

in nature; second, the origin and early development f institu-

tions

whichhave made man what he is, and upon which

ontemporaryociety

s

based,

such

as language and

writing, he

arts

of life and of

pleasure,religion

and

science,

mythologynd

history,

he

family

nd

social

structure.

Tylor's Anthropology,upple-

mentedby ectures nd assigned readings.

2.

Elements ofsociology. A courseon the structurend functions fcontempo-

rary society.

Existing society

s

studied

as

an

objective

reality,

he

student'sown

world

being

his

aboratory.

The course

begins

with series

of

elementary

ectures

n

the

methods

f

scientific ocial

study;

the relation

of the

individual

o

society;

the

social

organism; the

physical and psychical

bases

of

society;

the social

forces;

the

field f

sociology

nd

its

relation o social reform.

Meanwhile

the ndividual

members

of

the class have been

assigned certain ocial

institutions

or

personal

observation nd

study, pon which

theyreport ully

n

the class.

The

purpose

is to

bring

out

promi-

nently he eading

features n the associated ife of humanbeings as it actuallyexists.

Lectures, ssigned

readings,

nd

reports.

3. A historical urveyof sociological thought. This coursetraces the gradual

development

of

sociological thoughtfrom antiquity

hrough

he

Hebrew, Greek,

Roman,

and

mediaevalwriters own

to

our

own

times,

he

larger part

of the

course

being

devoted

to

the

teachings

f

the most mportantmodern

ociologists. Lectures

and

assigned readings.

4. Contemporary

harities.

The

causes and conditions of

poverty,

methodsof

relief, istorical nd contemporary; pecial classes,

children,

he

aged, unemployed,

defective; charity rganization. Lectures, esearch

work.

5. The treatmentf delinquents. Causes of crime,

riminal nthropology, istory

of

methods of

treatment, reventivemeasures, uvenile

delinquents, egal factors.

Lectures

and

assignedtopics.

6.

Social movements

f

the nineteenth

entury.

A

study

f

organized

efforts

or

social

betterment,heir

principles and results.

This

includes

the

investigation

f

movements ffecting

very phase of social life,hygienic, conomic, artistic, duca-

tional,religious.

Lectures, eadings, nd the development

f

assigned topics.








554

THE AMERICAN


7. The family. The historical evelopment f the family;

its significance s a

social institution;

ts

organization;

pathological conditions

nd suggested remedies

for hese.

Inductive tudies, ectures, nd librarywork.

ECONOMICS.

6. Practical

economic

problems.

A

study

f

proposed

schemesof social reform

and methods

f social

improvement.

Trades

unions,

building nd loan associations,

insurance associations, profit-sharing

nd

co-operation.

Relation of the state and

municipalities

o

monopolies. History

f the

socialistic

movement nd a discussion

of the principles

f

socialism.

The economic

nfluence

f education nd Christianity.

8. Methods

of social reform. A

study

of

the

fundamental

haracteristics

f

industrial ociety

nd

an

examination

f

the proposed plans of social regeneration:

(i) Those

which

propose

the

reconstruction

f

society

n a fundamentally ifferent

basis from hepresent.

(2)

Those which re merely alliative n their ims and tend-

encies.

(3)

Those

which

propose

the

progressivemprovement

nd

perfection

f soci-

etywithout estroying

ts

present

oundations. Lectures and

library

work.

9. Economic legislation.

In

this course each student s expected to study ne

concrete problem thoroughly,

nd to

present

to the class a bill

drawn up

as if

for

legislative nactment. Upon presentation,ach

bill is to

be criticised,nd

the

framer

is to defend t against

all

comers. After horough riticism

nd discussion vote of

the class

is taken.

Among

the

subjects

so

treated

will be

trusts, ailway pooling,

banking,

he

standard f

value, employer'siability, actorynspection, ramps, trikes,

etc.

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY.

4. Ethics.

A

review

f

the

mental

processes

hat

control onduct;

fundamentals

of

morality,

he

moral

faculty, round

of

obligation,

moral

standard,

moral

aw,

moral

sanction;

moral

culture; practical

morality, ersonal

and

social

duties. Recitations

and

notes

by

the nstructol.

5. Applied

ethics.

A

study

f

the relation

f

ethics

to

religion, olitics,

conom-

ics, and individual

nd

social

culture. Lectures, ecitations,

nd collateral

reading.

WISCONSIN

-

LAWRENCE1UNIVERSITY.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

PROFE:SSOR FREEMAN A. HAVIGHORST.

6.

Municipal problems.

9. Sociology.

This course reats

f

the

fundamental

rinciples

of

social

organi-

zation and

the aws of

progress.

Giddings's

Elements

fSociology

s

used as text.

io.

Applied sociology.

Seminar

n

sociology

or

politics.

BELOIT

COLLEGE.

POLITICAL

AND

SOCIAL

SCIENCE.

PROFESSOR CHAPIN.

c.

Sociology

and social

problems.

The

principles

f

social

organization

as

seen

in its historic

orms, ollowed by

a consideration

f

current

ocial

problems,

uch

as

the wage system,monopolies, auperism.








STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY

IDV

UNITED

STA TES

5

5 5

UNIVERSITY

OF

WISCONSIN-SCHOOL OF

ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

SOCIOLOGY.

PROFESSOR

ELY, ASSISTANT

PROFEISSORMEYER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

SHARP,

MR.

Down, AND

SPECIAL

LECrURERS.

I. The

elements f sociology.

2.

Modern

ociological

thought.

A

criticaldiscussion

f

the works of

the

prin-

cipal sociologicalwriters

rom

omte

to

the

present

ime.

3. The

psychological

ociologist. This coursedeals

with

that

group

of

sociolo-

gistswho

approachsociology

from

psychological oint

of

view.

4. Charities nd correction.

The

course

will include

lectures

by specialists and

excursions o

state

and

local

institutions. This

course should

precede

Courses

5

and 6.

5.

Public

and private harity.

A

comparativetudy f

poor-relief

n

the

United

States, ngland,and theprincipal ontinental ountries.

6.

Charity

organization.

A

study of

poverty

n

American cities,

with

special

referenceo the work of

charity-organizationocieties.

7. Social ethics. This

course

treats

the

philosophy f

legal

institutions,

ith

special

emphasison the ethical

point

of

view.

It is

accepted as

a study

n

the politi-

cal-science

group.

8.

Seminary

n

sociology. Designed

particularly or graduate students

and

others f

suitable preparation.

Topics in

theoretical

nd

practical

ociology

will

be

selectedwith

reference o

the

needs

and

interests

f

the student.

9. Field

work.

Studentsare

encouraged to

study haritableand

correctional

institutionsn Madisonand vicinity,nd opportunitys afforded or continuouswork

during the

summer

months.

During past

years studentsfrom the

university

ave

engaged

in

fieldwork, nd

several of these tudents ave

taken

up

work

of thiskind

as a

career.

It

is

believed that

thismethod of

continuous

tudy, ollowed by field

work,yieldsthebest results. It

is the aim of this

department o furnish

ecretaries f

charity-organization

ocieties,

nd

other

rainedworkers.

ECONOMICS,

PUBLIC

FINANCE, AND STATISTICS.

PROFESSOR

ELY, PROFESSOR ScoTr,

ASSISTANT

PROFESSOR MEYER, ASSISTANT

PROFESSOR JONES,

DR.

KLEENE, MR. YOUNG.

5.

Economic problems.

Special attentionwill

be

devoted to the problem

of

labor.

Such

topics

as the

sliding

scale,hours of labor,

weat-shop and

tenement-

house

production,rades

unions,

o-operation,

rofit-sharing,nd labor legislationwill

be

considered.

Text-bookwith lass

reports

nd

lectures.

12.

The economic

functions f the state.

This

courseconsists f a

series of lec-

tures,

istorical nd

critical, n the state n

its relation

o industry,rade, nd the

pro-

fessions,

with

pecial reference o

pharmacy.

I8.

The

distributionf wealth.

Part I.

This course deals

chiefly ith

the fun-

damental

nstitutions

n

the

existing social

order and

their relation to

the

present

distributionf

wealth.

Open

to

graduate tudents nd

undergraduates

ho

have

had

suitable

preparation.

I9.

Distribution fwealth. Part I. A discussion f theseparate factorsn dis-

tribution,

uch as

rent,nterest, nd

wages, and

monopoly

ains;

the

equilibrium

f

the

factors

n

distribution;

ndividual

fortunes nd differential

ains;

modifications

in

the

distribution

f wealth, ctual and

proposed, ncluding

discussion

f

socialism;








5

5

6

THE AMERICAN

JO URNAL OF SOCIOL OG

Y

the distributionf wealth nd social

progress. May

be taken by thosewho have not

had Part , Course

I8.

22. Theories

of production nd consumption.

Theories of social

prosperity,f

population, nd of capital, and the theorieswhich concernthe operationof physical

forces, nd

the nfluence f the consumptionf wealth

on production nd

distribution.

23. Theories

of rent,wages,

and profits.

32. Government

tatistics.

The activity aken by variousgovernments

n the col-

lection f statistics

will be studied, pecial attention

eing given to the

growth f the

United States census.

33. Social statistics. The study

f the structure

nd the movements f the popu-

lation will be

followed y a summary

f the data contributed y the statistical

method

to the solution

f social problems.

34. Laboratory

work n statistics. Facilities will

be provided for the

pursuance

of originalworkunderproperguidance,with the aim of securingexperience n the

construction

nd criticism f schedules,the arrangement

f statistical

proofs, nd

graphic llustration.

SPECIAL TRAINING COURSES

IN THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND

POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

In

order

o offer pportunity

or areful nd systematic raining

n practicalpur-

suits,

he studies ffered

y

the school, ogetherwith

number f

allied

subjects,

have

been arranged

o as

to form our

pecial courses in economics

and political science,

viz.,

a course

n

statistics;

a

course

n

practical

ociology;

a

course

n

preparation

or

public service;

and a

course

n

preparation

or

ournalism.

The course in statisticswill give special training n the use and collection of

statisticalmaterial,with view of fitting he student

for practical

statistical

work

in

connection

with

public

administrationr

with the business of

railway

nd insurance

companies.

Numerous

tatistical

xperts

re at

present

mployed y

the

government

and by arge corporations. Consequently

he completion

f a thorough nd consistent

course

in

statistics

may

be

made

the

starting-point

f

a

successful

nd influential

career in

these

lines.

It is

also intended

that

the

students n this course should

familiarize hemselves

with he eading social, political,

nd industrial

nstitutions

nd

conditionswhich

furnish

he material or tatistical

work.

The course

in

practical sociology

onsists

of studies

n

modern

ocial and

eco-

nomicproblems,ocial theory,nd practical charitynd reform. The class workof

the

student s

to

be

supplementedby

the direct study

of social conditions,

nd

reformatory

nd

charitable institutions. The

course

is

primarily

ntended as

a

preparation

or

pastoralwork,

nd the activities onnectedwithorganized

charity

nd

other meliorative

gencies.

THE

COURSE

IN

STATISTICS.

Junior.-Economic

statistics,

ocial

statistics,nalytical geometry

nd

calculus,

drill in numerical

work,

conomic

geography,

American

ndustries,

conomic

prob-

lems,money

nd

banking,

lements f administration.

Senior.-

Railway

and insurance

statistics,government

tatistics, heory

of

probabilities,xpert ccounting,

nsurance, ailways,

ocial and economic egislation,

state

and

federal

dministration,

arkets

nd

securities.

Graduate.-Actuarial

science,

distribution

f

wealth, public

finance,

conomic

seminary,

eminary

n

administration,aboratory

work n

statistics,

ailway conomics,

public accounting.








STUDY

OF SOCIOLOGY IN

UNI1ED STA TES

557

THE

COURSE

IN

PRACTICAL

SOCIOLOGY.

junior.-

Charities

nd

crimes,

ield

work, lements

of

sociology,

history

f

edu-

cation,

municipal

overnment,hysiology, sychology,

thics,moral

education.

Senior.-Social ethics, ocial statistics, sychology nd sociology,modern social

thought, ieldwork in charities,

harity rganization,

ommunicable

diseases, biology

of

water upplies,Americanhistory.

Graduate.-

Seminary

n

sociology, advanced

ethics, anthropology, bnormal

psychology

lternating ithcomparative sychology,istributionf

wealth,

history

f

political hought,ocial and economic

egislation, conomic

nd

social

history,

abora-

torywork n statistics.

UNIVERSITY OF

WYOMING.

SOCIAL SCIENCE.

PROFESSOR MERZ.

The aimof thedepartments to familiarize tudentswiththe historyf social

development,nd

to encourage nvestigation f the

principles n which ocial

progress

depends. After

thorough

rounding n thefundamental acts he tudents

expected

to

observe he

social phenomena bout him

and to study he various problems

n

an

independent

manner. Inasmuch as

sociology is a study of recent

birth, nd its

theories re

constantly xpanding,muchof

the class workwill consist f ecturesand

theses.

I.

Principles

of sociology.

Small and Vincent, Giddings's

Elements,

Kidd's

Social Evolution.

Recitations, eadings, ebates, nd

theses.

2.

Social

problems. Study of crime,

punishment, nd reform;

poverty

nd

charities; the labor movement

wages,

strikes, co-operation, trusts, ocialism.

Lectures,

eadings,

iscussions, nd

theses.

Social philosophy. Lectures on social

theory, ld

and

new,

and on the

aims of

society. Discussionsand theses.

ADDITIONS AND

CORRECTIONS.

ARKANSAS-

UNIVERSITY OF

ARKANSAS.

DEPARTMENT OF


PROFESSOR

MILLIS.

9. Principles f

sociology. This

course considersthe elements and conditions

of social growth nd progress. Recitations, ectures, nd readings of assignedchap-

ters

fromSpencer's

Princifles

of

Sociology nd Giddings's

Princiziles

f

Sociology.

Text-book: Fairbanks's ntroduction o

Sociology.

IO.

Problems

of social growth.

Trade-unionism,

rbitration,nd conciliation;

communism,

o-operation,

nd

profit-sharing. ectures and reports. For

reference:

Ely, The

Labor Movementn America,

nd Ely, Frenchand German

ocialism.

Courses

in

genetic sociology,

nd

in

charities

and

correction, ill probably e

offeredater.

CALIFORNIA-

LELAND

STANFORD

JUNIOR UNIVERSITY.


Courses

6 and 8

are withdrawn nd the

following

ourses dded:

7.

Socialistic

theories.

History

f

the socialistic

doctrine nd

agitation, nd of

socialistic

xperiments; riticism f the doctrine,

specially n the light of

received








558

THE

AMERICAN


economic heories f value and distribution; istory nd theories f private

property;

study f the extension f state

activities nto the realm of ndustry; eadingfrom ead-

ing socialists nd their ritics.

Associate ProfessorHoward.

9. Problems f Americandemocracy. Discussions of the ballot, direct egisla-

tion,proportional epresentation,

he machine,political parties,

tc. Associate Pro-

fessorHoward.

PSYCHOLOGY.

6. Psychology f the social

relations. AssistantProfessorMartin.

EDUCATION.

Education and society.

The function f the school as

related to the home,

church,

nd

other educational nstitutionsnd agencies of the

community. Special

phases of education

n

large

cities and in ruralcommunities,nd special problems

n

connectionwith social education,

as relatedto defective nd criminalclasses, for-

eigners,negroes,

tc. Mr.

Snedden.

DISTRICT

OF

COLUMBIA-

COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.

Social integrationnd disintegrationn mediaeval nd modern

urope.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

TEACHERS COLLEGE.

The science of education

s

recognized as having ts basis

in psychology, thics,

biology, ogic,

and

sociology,

ince each of

these

sciences

has

significance

or

duca-

tion

n

so

far as it

throws ight

upon the nature f man both as an individual

nd

as a

member f

society. Pedagogy, herefore,

s

treated

not

simply

historically,

or

simply

systematically,

n a

general course,

but special courses nd lectures are provided

in

each

of

the

mportant

rancheswhich ie

at its

foundation.

History f education ncludes

also an account

of

the political

and social

theories

of

the

seventeenth,ighteenth,

nd nineteenth enturies,

n so

faras

they

ffected du-

cation.

Sociological pedagogy.

COLLEGE DEPARTMENT.

Sociology.

FLORIDA- FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE.

ETHNOLOGY AND

SOCIOLOGY.

2.

Sociology.

A

study

f the evolution of society

nd its present

state.

Pro-

fessor

Williams.

FRANK L.

TOLMAN.

THE

UNIVERSITY

OF

CHICAGO.

tolman - study of sociology in us 4

Documents