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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SCHOOL OF LAW

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

EVENING COURSES OF COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
LINCOLN PREPARATORY SCHOOL

HUNTINGTON SCHOOL FOR BOYS

Northeastern University

Day Division

College of

LIBERAL ARTS

1940-1941

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

January, 1940

The Northeastern University Corporation

Robert Gray Dodge
Chairman

Frank Lincoln Richardson
Vice-Chairman

Carl Stephens Ell
President of the University

Galen David Light

Secretary and Treasurer

Charles Francis Adams

Wilman Edward Adams

Roger Amory

Earl D. Babst

Robert Baldwin

Arthur Atwood Ballantine

George Louis Barnes

Thomas Prince Beal

Farwell Gregg Bemis

Paul Codman Cabot

Winthrop L. Carter

Walter Channing

William Converse Chick

Everett Avery Churchill

Paul Foster Clark

Sears B. Condit

Albert Morton Creighton

Ernest Blaney Dane

William James Davidson

James Dean

Henry Sturgis Dennison

Paul Augustus Draper

Charles Francis Eaton

Lindsay Ellms

Josfph Buell Ely

Frederic FIarold Fay

Allan Forbes

Edward J. Frost

Franklin Wile Ganse

George Peabody Gardner, Jr.

Harvey Dow Gibson

Merrill Griswold

Henry Ingraham Harriman

Chandler Hovey
Howard Munson Hubbard

Sinclair

Maynard Hutchinson
Arthur Stoddard Johnson

Halfdan Lee

Edward Abbott MacMaster

John Russell Macomber

Joseph Patrick Manning

Harold Francis Mason

Hugh Dean McLellan

Irving Edwin Moultrop

Clarence Lucian Newton

Olaf Olsen

Augustin Hamilton Parker, Jr.

George Edwin Pierce

Roger Pierce

Matthew Porosky

Frederick Sanford Pratt

Harry Wendell Prout

Sidney Rabinovhz

Stuart Craig Rand

James Lorin Richards

Charles Milton Rogerson

Robert Billings Rltgg

Leverett Salstontall

Frank Palmer Speare

Russell Henry Stafford

Francis Robert Carnegie Steele

Charles Stetson

Earl Place Stevenson

Robert Treat Paine Storer

Frank Horace Stuart

Edward Watson Supple

John Edwin Toulmin

Bayard Tuckerman, Jr.

Eliot Wadsworth
Edwin Sibley Webster
Weeks

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Northeastern University

DAY DIVISION
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Conducted on the Co-operative Plan
Catalogue for 1940-1941

TABLE OP CONTENTS

Pages

The Corporation Frontispiece

Calendar for the College Year 1940-1941 4-5

Administrative and Instructional Staff 6-9

Purpose of Northeastern University 12-14

Co-operative Plan of Education 16-21

General Information 22-28

Buildings and Facilities 29-35

Student Activities 36-45

Aims and Methods of the College 46-47

Admission Requirements and Freshman Programs 48-53

Graduation Requirements 54

Curricula and Courses of Instruction 55-108

Laboratory Equipment 109-114

Index 115-117

Freshman Calendar, 1940-1941

SEPTEMBER

MARCH

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3 4 5

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4 5 6

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11 12 13

24 25 26

18 19 20

OCTOBER

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30

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APRIL

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12 3

8 9 IO

15 16 17

22 23 24

29 30 31

NOVEMBER

29 30

MAY

T W T

5 6 7

6 7 8

12 13 14

13 14 15

19 29 21

20 21 22

26 27 28

DECEMBER

27 28 29
JUNE

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1

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3 4 5
IO 11 12
17 18 19

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JULY

JANUARY

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12 3

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7 8 9

15 16 17

14 15 16

22 23 24

21 22 23

29 30 31

28 29 30

AUGUST

FEBRUARY

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5 6 7

4 5 6

12 13 14

11 12 13

19 20 21

18 19 20

26 27 28

25 26 27

Days on which college exercises are held are indicated thus: 1» 2> 3.
Sundays, holidays, and vacations are indicated thus: 1, 2i 3-

Upperclass Calendar, 1940-1941

SEPTEMBER

8 M T W T P 8

OCTOBER

T W T

12 3

8 9 10

15 16 17

22 23 24

29 30 31
NOVEMBER

T W T

1 2
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© 11 12 13 14 15 16
© 18 19 20 21 22 23
© 25 26 27 © 29 30

DECEMBER

8 M T W T F 8

@ 23 24 © 26 27 28
© 30 31

JANUARY

8 M T W T F 8

FEBRUARY

8 M T W T F 8

MARCH

8 M T W T

4 5 6

11 12 13

18 19 20

25 26 27

APRIL

T W T

12 3

8 9 19

15 16 17

22 23 24

29 30

MAY

T W T

6 7 8

13 14 15

20 21 22

27 28 29

JUNE

T W T

3 4 5

lO 11 12

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JULY

8 M

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© @ © © ®

AUGUST

8 M T W T F 8

@ © © © © © ©

Days on which Division A students are in college are indicated thus: 1, 2> 3-
Days on which Division B students are in college are indicated thus: -l» »» *>•
Sundays, holidays, and summer periods are indicated thus: ®i @i ©•

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Calendar for the College Year, 1940-1941

1940
August 28 Wednesday. Entrance condition examinations.

September 2 Monday. Labor Day. (College exercises omitted.)

September 5 Thursday. Registration and opening of college for
freshmen. Students failing to register promptly on
September 5 will be charged a late registration fee
of five dollars ($5).

September 9 Monday. Opening of college for Division A upper-
classmen. Co-operative work period begins for
Division B upperclassmen.

October 12 Saturday. Columbus Day. (College exercises
omitted.)

November 18 Monday. Opening of college for Division B upper-
classmen. Co-operative work period begins for
Division A upperclassmen.

November 27 Wednesday. College exercises omitted after 1:00
p.m.

November 28 Thursday. Thanksgiving Day. (College exercises
omitted.)

December 24 Tuesday. College exercises omitted after 1:00 p.m.

December 25 Wednesday. Christmas Day. (College exercises
omitted.)

December 23 \ , , . r r .
January 4 f Vacatlon for freshmen.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

1941
January 1 Wednesday. New Year's Day. (College exercises
omitted.)

January 27 Monday. Second semester begins for freshmen
and Division A upperclassmen. Co-operative
work period begins for Division B upperclassmen.

February 22 Saturday. Washington's Birthday. (College exer-
cises omitted.)

April 5 Saturday. College year ends for Division A upper-

classmen.

April 7 Monday. Second semester begins for Division B

upperclassmen. Co-operative work period begins
for Division A upperclassmen.

May 24 Saturday. College year ends for freshmen.

May 30 Friday. Memorial Day. (College exercises

omitted.)

June 14 Saturday. College year ends for Division B upper-

classmen.

June 15 Sunday. Baccalaureate Sermon.

June 16 Monday. Commencement.

June 17 Tuesday. Bunker Hill Day. (College exercises

omitted.)

July 4 Friday. Independence Day. (College exer-

cises omitted.)

September 1 Monday. Labor Day. (College exercises omitted.)

September 4 Thursday. Registration and opening of college for
freshmen. Students failing to register promptly
on September 5 will be charged a late registration
fee of five dollars ($5).

September 8 Monday. Opening of college year 1941-1942.

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

faculty

Executive Council

Carl Stephens Ell, A.B., M.S., Ed.M., Sc.D. President of the University

Office 186 West Building Res 21 Beaumont Ave., Newtonville

Frank Palmer Speare, M.H., LL.D. - President Emeritus

Res 90 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

Everett Avery Churchill, A.B., Ed.D. Vice President of the University

Office 138 West Building Res. 48 Long Ave., Belmont

Galen David Light, A.B. Secretary-Treasurer of the University

Office 115 West Building Res. 3 Preble Gardens Rd., Belmont

Administrative Officers

Wilfred Stanley Lake, A.B., M.A., Ph.D Dean of the College

Office 452 East Building Res. 69 Columbus St., Newton Hlds.

Harold Wesley Melvin, A.B., M.A. Dean of Students

Office 256 West Building Res. 44 Houston Ave., Milton

Winthrop Eliot Nightingale, A.B., S.B., Ed.M. Director of Co-operative Work

Office 253 West Building Res. 136 Dickerman Rd., Newton Highlands

Edward Snow Parsons, S.B., Ed.M. Director of Student Activities

Office 355 West Building Res. 19 Hardy Ave., Watertown

John Butler Pugsley, A.B. Registrar

Office 254 West Building Res. 23 Hardy Ave., Watertown

Milton John Schlagenhauf, A.B., B.D., M.A. Director of Admissions

Office 150 West Building Res. 96 Blakely Rd., Medford

Telephone: Mystic 6148-M
William Crombie White, S.B., Ed.M. Executive Secretary

Office 153 West Building Res. 30 Summit Rd., Wellesley

Myra Edna White Librarian

Library, East Building Res. 118 Hemenway St., Boston

Henry Arthur Kontoff, M.D. College Physician

Office 479 Beacon Street, Boston Res. Overlook Park, Newton Centre

instructing Staff

Professors

Charles Frederick Barnason, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.

Professor of Modern Languages and Chairman of the Department

Office 463 East Building Res. 122 Downer Ave., Hingham

Robert Bruce, B.C.S., M.C.S. Professor of Accounting

Office 350 East Building Res. 53 Harley Ave., Everett

Joseph Arthur Coolidge, S.B., M.A. Professor of Physics

Office 246 West Building Res. 20 Martin St., Cambridge

Stanley Goddard Estes, A.B., M.A., Ph.D

Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department
Office 256 West Building Res. 60 Pinckney St., Boston

Charles William Havice, A.B., M.A., S.T.B., Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology and Chairman of the Department
Office 357 West Building Res. 83 Franklin St., South Braintree

Wilfred Stanley Lake, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.

Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department
Office 452 East Building Res. 69 Columbus St., Newton Highlands

Harold Wesley Melvin, A.B., M.A.

Professor of English and Chairman of the Department
Office 256 West Building Res. 44 Houston Ave., Milton

COLLEGE OF LIBERIA L A?RVT S

Carl Frederick Muckenhoupt, A.B., S.B., Ph.D.

Professor of Physics and Chairman of the Department

Office 246 West Building Res. 332 Winchester St., Newton Highlands

John Butler Pugsley, A.B. Professor of Geology

Office 254 West Building Res. 23 Hardy Ave., Watertown

Joseph Spear, A.B., M.A.

Professor of Mathematics and Chairman of the Department
Office 325 West Building Res. 31 Matchett St., Brighton

Samuel Abbott Smith Strahan, S.B. Professor of Chemistry

Office 400(B) West Building

Res. 242 South Huntington Ave., Jamaica Plain
Arthur Andrew Vernon, S.B., M.S., Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department
Office 425 West Building Res. 30 Erie Ave., Newton Highlands

Associate Professors

Roger Stanton Hamilton, A.B., M.A. Associate Professor of Economics

Office 363 East Building Res. 1367 Walnut St., Newton Highlands

Frederick William Holmes, A.B., M.A. Associate Professor of English

Office 453 East Building Res. 43 Lincoln St., Dedham

Stanley Demetrius Miroyiannis, S.B., M.A., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology and Chairman of the Department

Office 209 South Building Res. 8 Cumberland St., Boston

Norris Whitfield Potter, Jr., A.B., M.A.
Associate Professor of History and Government and Acting Chairman of the Department

Office 363 East Building Res. 34 Medfield St., Boston

Assistant Professors

Elmer Ellsworth Haskins, S.B., M.A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Office 325 West Building Res. 213 Jackson St., Newton Ctr.

Carl David Johnson, A.B., M.A. Assistant Professor of Physics

Office 246 West Building Res. 24 Lunt St., Norfolk Downs

Everett Carter Marston, A.B., M.A. Assistant Professor of English

Office 453 East Building Res. 40 Hereward Road, Newton Ctr.

Waldemar Stanwood McGuire, S.B., M.A. Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Office 425 West Building Res. 33 Samoset Ave., Quincy

John Christie Morgan, S.B. Assistant Professor of Co-ordination

Office 253 West Building Res. 24 Walker St., Newton ville

Rudolf Oscar Oberg, S.B., Ed.M. Assistant Professor of Co-ordination

Office 253 West Building Res. 37 Walker St., Atlantic

Gerald Russell Tatton, S.B., M.B.A.

Assistant Professor of Physical Education

Office 355 West Building Res. 61 Almont St., Medford

John Wills Tuthill, S.B., M.B.A. Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance

Office 350 East Building Res. 1A Gibson Ter., Cambridge

George Baker Welch, S.B., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physics

Office 246 West Building Res. 876 Watertown St., West Newton

Instructors

William Thomas Cloney, Jr., A.B. Instructor in English

Office 352 West Building Res. 30 Lantern Lane, Milton

Edward Marks Cook, A.B. Instructor in Mathematics

Office 325 West Building Res. 64 Highland Ave., Arlington

Louis Cooperstein, A.B., M.A. Instructor in Modern Languages

Office 463 East Building Res. 31]Howland St., Roxbury

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Frank Edward Duddy, A.B., S.T.B., Ed.M., Ph.D. Lecturer in Sociology

Office 357 West Building Res. 112 Upland Rd., Cambridge

James William Dunn, A.B.

Instructor in Physical Education and Head Coach of Football and Basketball

Office 355 West Building
Herbert Wendell Gallagher, S.B.

Office 355 West Building
Laurence B. Heilprin, S.B., M.A.

Office 325 West Building
Paul Albert Hilli, A.B.

Office 246 West Building
William Carl Hultgren

Gymnasium Office, East Building

Res. 12 Mason Rd., Watertown

Head Coach of Hockey and Baseball

Res. 164 Cabot St., Newton

Instructor in Mathematics

Res. 14 Sacramento St., Cambridge

Instructor in Physics

Res. 201C Holden Green, Cambridge

Instructor in Physical Education

Res. 80 Woodside Rd., Winchester

Reginald Gage Lacount, S.B., M.A., Ph.D. Instructor in Mathematics

Office 325 West Building Res. 11 Cleveland Rd., Wellesley

Thomas Bryan Larson, A.B., M.A. Instructor in Government

Office 363 East Building Res. 35 Goodrich Road, Jamaica Plain

Robert Everett Laveaga, B.P.Ed., Ed.M.

Gymnasium Office, East Building
William Fay Luder, A.B., Ph.D.

Office 425 West Building
Donald Hershey MacKenzie, S.B., Ed.M.

Office 355 West Building
Rudolph Magnus Morris, S.B., Ed.M.

Office 153 West Building
Franklin Norvish, S.B., M.A.

Office 453 East Building
Ellis Merton Purinton

Office 253 West Building
Paul Everett Reynolds, A.B., Ph.D.

Office 453 East Building
Charles Arthur Sewell, S.B., M.S.

Office 325 West Building
Calvin Wesley Tenney, A.B.

Office 463 East Building
Alfred James Thomson, B.S.

Office 100 South Building

Instructor in Physical Education

Res. 91 Cross St., Belmont

Instructor in Chemistry

Res. 51 Symmes St., Roslindale

Instructor in Chemistry

Res. 34 Exeter St., Wollaston

Instructor in Education

Res. 66 Myrtle St., Boston

Instructor in English

73 Upland Rd., Brockton

Instructor in Co-ordination

Res. 7 Clark Ave., Beverly

Instructor in English

Res. 15 Linden St., Framingham

Instructor in Mathematics

Res. 316 Huntington Ave., Boston

Instructor in Modern Languages

Res. 98 Hemenway St., Boston

Instructor in Biology

Res. 20 Pierce Place, Canton

Graduate Assistants

Adam Martin Cook, S.B.

Office 246 West Building
Laurent Oscar Dubois, S.B.

Office 425 West Building
Mario Giella, S.B.

Office 425 West Building
Lyman Albert Keith, S.B.

Office 351 East Building
Harold Thomas Regan, S.B.

Office 452 East Building

Graduate Assistant in Physics

Res. 440 Summer St., Lynn

Graduate Assistant in Chemistry

Res. 1200 Great Plain Ave., Needham

Graduate Assistant in Chemistry

Res. 52 Hull St., Boston

Graduate Assistant in Business Administration

Res. 339 Lakeside Drive, Bridgewater

Graduate Assistant in Economics

Res. 84 Pemberton St., Cambridge

Office and Secretarial Staff

Florence Elsie Avellar

Secretary to the Treasurer of the University — 116W
Mabel Ellen Bean

Secretary to the Purchasing Agent — 117W

70 Fenway, Boston
61 Quint Ave., Allston

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

38 Lakewood Rd., Newton Hlds.

23 Brimmer St., Boston

30 Freeman Place, Needham

100 Linden St., Allston

254 Clifton St., Maiden

14 Holden Rd., Belmont

42 Brush Hill Rd., Milton

15 Wenham St., Jamaica Plain

Marjorie Elizabeth Bunker

Publicity Office— 352W
Virginia Cushing Darling

General Offices of the University — 115W
Thelma Gertrude Dunn

Bookkeeper, Treasurer's Office — 1 15(A) W
Daisy Milne Everett 1095 Highland Avenue, Needham Heights

Assistant Treasurer — 115 (A)W
Ruth Phillips Fiott 173 Marianna St., East Lynn

Admissions Office — 151 W
Mildred Curtis Garfield 2142 Commonwealth Ave., Auburndale

Secretary to the President — 152W
Edna Jane Garrabrant 8 Maynard St., Arlington

Secretary to the Director of Co-operative Work — 25 3W
Elsie Hinckley Hunt

Secretary to the Director of Admissions — 150W
Barbara Knight

Secretary to the Dean — 452 E
Helen Louise Kolderup

Cashier, Treasurer's Office — 115W
Florence Maskell

Co-operative Work Office— -25 3W
Dorothy Brett Mason

Registrar's Office— 254W
Dorothy Milne Murray 204 Fair Oak Park, Needham

Secretary to the Director of Student Activities — 355W
Alyce Ann Nichols 507 Chestnut St., Needham

Bookkeeper, Treasurer's Office — 115W
Myrl Alberta Orcutt 99 Hemingway St., Winchester

Admissions Office— 15 1W
Caroline Frances Pettingell 1654 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Bookkeeper, Registrar's Office — 254W
Marjorie Graffte Prout

Office of the President— 152W
Madelyn Edythe Ralph

Secretary to the Executive Secretary — J53W
Gretchen Douglass Randall

Registrar's Office— 254W
Jessie Paine Rhodes

Secretary to the Registrar — 254^
Priscilla Speare

Secretary to the Dean of Students — 256W
Ruby Kathleen Sweetland

Student Activities Office — 355W
Jeanette Thayer

Co-operative Work Office— 253W
Mary Dixon Turner

Student Union Office— 357W
Grace Liscom Watkins

Assistant Librarian — Library, East Building
Margaret Mary Weir

Admissions Office— 151W
Cynthia Worth

Assistant Librarian — Library, East Building
Louise Worthen

Admissions Office— 150W

1179 Boylston St., Boston

11 Coolidge Rd., East Lynn

48 Milk St., Newburyport

2 Perkins Sq., Jamaica Plain

69 Pelham St., Newton Ctr.

139 College Ave., Somerville

4 Hamilton Rd., Waltham

163 Forest St., Melrose

76 Glendale St., Dorchester

41 Stewart St., Quincy

82 Thorndike St., Brookline

127 Youle St., Melrose

10 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Convocation Lecturers

THORNTON W. BURGESS

Author

"Learning from the Wild"

J. ANTON DE HAAS

Professor of International Relationships, Harvard University

"Where Do We Go From Here?"

LLOYD C. DOUGLAS

Author, Lecturer
"Experiences of an Author"

H. V. KALTENBORN

Author, News Commentator

"Kaltenborn Edits the News"

JAMES M. LANDIS

Dean, Harvard University Law School

"The Securities and Exchange Commission"

HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR.

United States Senator from Massachusetts
"The National Outlook"

HARRY A. OVERSTREET

Head, Department of Philosophy and Psychology

College of the City of New York

"Ten Ways to Reach Wrong Conclusions"

G. BROMLEY OXNAM

Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church

"A Date with the World"

J. EDGAR PARK

President, Wheaton College

"The Secret of Success"

JAMES H. POWERS

Of the Boston Globe Editorial Staff

"The Engineer in the New World"

HARLOW SHAPLEY

Astronomer, Lecturer

"What Makes the Stars Shine"

RALPH W. SOCKMAN

Minister, Christ Church, New York City

"The New Patriotism"

ALLEN A. STOCKDALE

Editor, Clergyman, Lecturer

"The Future of America"

MAURICE J. TOBIN
Mayor of Boston
"City Government"

EDWARD A. WEEKS, JR.
Editor, The Atlantic Monthly
"An Editor Faces an Angry World"

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 11

Chapel "Treachers

DR. CHARLES N. ARBUCKLE
Minister, First Baptist Church, Newton

DR. RICHARD H. BENNETT
Minister, Payson Park Church, Belmont

DR. EDWIN PRINCE BOOTH
Professor of Church History, Boston University School of Theology

REVEREND ROBERT WOOD COE
Minister, Leyden Congregational Church, Brookline

DR. FRANK E. DUDDY
Minister, North Congregational Church, Cambridge

RABBI LOUIS M. EPSTEIN
Rabbi, Temple Kehillath Israel

DR. NEWTON C. FETTER
Minister to Baptist Students in Greater Boston

DR. C. LESLIE GLENN
Minister, Christ Church, Cambridge

REVEREND WILLIAM H. GYSAN
Minister to Unitarian Students in Greater Boston

DR. CHARLES W. HAVICE
Executive Secretary, Northeastern Student Union

DR. ARTHUR L. KINSOLVING
Minister, Trinity Church, Boston

REVEREND CARL H. KOPF
Minister, Mount Vernon Church, Boston

DR. ASHLEY D. LEAVITT
Minister, Harvard Congregational Church, Brookline

DR. ELMER A. LESLIE
Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Literature, Boston University

DR. BOYNTON MERRILL
Minister, Second Church, Newton

REVEREND SAMUEL H. MILLER
Minister, Old Cambridge Baptist Church, Cambridge

DR. PHILLIPS E. OSGOOD
Minister, Emmanuel Church, Boston

FATHER THOMAS R. REYNOLDS
Priest, St. Matthew's Church, Dorchester

THE RT. REVEREND HENRY KNOX SHERRILL
Bishop, Episcopal Church

DR. FRANCIS L. STRICKLAND
Professor of the History and Psychology of Religion, Boston University

DR. G. CAMPBELL WADSWORTH
Minister, Church of the Covenant, Boston

12 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

V^ortheastern University

General Statement

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY is incorporated as a philan-
thropic institution under the General Laws of Massachu-
setts. The State Legislature, by special enactment, has given
the University general degree granting powers.

The Corporation of Northeastern University consists of men
who occupy responsible positions in business and the professions.
This Corporation elects from its membership a Board of Trustees
in whom the control of the institution is vested. The Board of
Trustees has four standing committees: (a) an Executive Commit-
tee which serves as an Ad Interim Committee between the regular
meetings of the Board of Trustees and has general supervision of
the financial and educational policies of the University; (b) a
Committee on Housing which has general supervision over the
buildings and equipment of the University; (c) a Committee on
Funds and Investments which has the responsibility of administer-
ing the funds of the University; (d) a Development Committee
which is concerned with furthering the development plans of the
University.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University, from the outset, had
as its dominant purpose the discovery of human and social needs
and the meeting of these needs in distinctive and highly service-
able ways. While subscribing to the most progressive educational
thought and practice, the University has not duplicated the pro-
grams of other institutions but has sought "to bring education
more directly into the service of human needs."

With respect to program, Northeastern has limited itself:

— To offering, in its several schools, basic curricula from which

non-essentials have been eliminated;
— To effective teaching;
— To advising and guiding students;
— To giving students the chance to build well-rounded personalities

through a balanced program of extra-curricular activities.

The Northeastern Plan of Education is especially designed for
the student who must earn while he learns. In the main, it con-
sists of two definite types of education.

— Co-operative Education by Day,
— Adult Education by Night.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 13

New England States are concerned, Northeastern University is
the only institution whose day colleges, other than the School of
Law, are conducted under the Co-operative Plan.

The several schools and programs of the University are operated
either under the name "Northeastern University" or by its
affiliated schools — the Lincoln Schools and The Huntington
Day School for Boys. The following is a brief outline of the
principal types of educational opportunities offered.

1. In the field of Co-operative Education there are three day

colleges — the College of Liberal Arts, the College of
Engineering, and the College of Business Administration.
All of these colleges offer five-year curricula. The College
of Liberal Arts offers majors in the usual fields of the arts
and the sciences leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Science. The College of Engineering, one
of the largest engineering colleges in the United States, has
curricula in Civil, Mechanical (with Diesel, Air-Condi-
tioning, and Aeronautical options), Electrical, Chemical,
and Industrial Engineering. The College of Business
Administration has curricula in Accounting, Banking and
Finance, Marketing and Advertising, Journalism, Public
Administration, and Industrial Administration. The
College of Engineering and the College of Business Admin-
istration confer the degree of Bachelor of Science with
specification indicating the field of specialization. The
Co-operative Plan under which all of these day colleges
operate enables the student to alternate regular periods of
classroom instruction with supervised employment in an
industrial or commercial position, thus combining theory
and practice in an exceedingly effective manner. Apart
from the educational advantages of the Co-operative Plan
is the opportunity for self-support while the student is
pursuing his studies at Northeastern University. During
the co-operative periods, students not only gain experience
but are also paid for their services. Approximately three
hundred business and industrial concerns co-operate with
Northeastern University in making this program effective.

2. The School of Law conducts both a day and an evening

undergraduate program which prepares for admission to
the bar and for the practice of the law and leads to the
degree of Bachelor of Laws. It also conducts a graduate
program in the evening leading to the degree of Master
of Laws.

3. The Adult Education Program has been developed in the

evening work of the School of Law as indicated above, in
the School of Business, and in the Evening Division of the

14 N O R T HEASTERN UNIVERSITY

College of Liberal Arts. The School of Business has
curricula in Management — with Industrial and Merchan-
dising majors, Accounting, Law and Business Management,
and Engineering and Management. The School awards
the Bachelor of Business Administration degree with
specification and the Bachelor of Commercial Science
degree in Law and Business Management. The Evening
Division of the College of Liberal Arts offers an evening
program the equivalent in hours to one-half of the re-
quirements for the A.B. or B.S. degree, providing a general
education and preparation for admission to the School of
Law. The title of Associate in Arts is conferred upon
those who complete this program.

4. In order that larger groups of men and women might be

served through its evening schools, Northeastern Univer-
sity operates divisions of the School of Law and the School
of Business in co-operation with the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association in Worcester and Springfield and of the
School of Business in co-operation with the Providence
Young Men's Christian Association. With the establish-
ment of the divisions thorough-going methods of super-
vision were instituted and have been consistently followed
and improved, with the result that the divisional work is
conducted upon a highly efficient basis.

5. The Adult Education Program has also been developed

through the Lincoln Schools, which are affiliated with and
conducted by Northeastern University. The classes in
these schools are held at convenient evening hours. The
Lincoln Technical Institute offers curricula upon a college
level in various phases of engineering leading to the title
of Associate in Engineering; whereas the Lincoln Prepara-
tory School, accredited by the New England College
Entrance Certificate Board, prepares students for ad-
mission to college and offers other standard high school
programs.

6. The Huntington Day School for Boys, also affiliated with

and conducted by Northeastern University, is the out-
growth of a demand in the city of Boston for an urban
preparatory school with high educational standards which
would furnish thorough preparation for admission to the
leading colleges and universities. While easily accessible
to the various sections of Boston and to the suburbs, it
has the facilities of a country day school and offers a
country day school program. This School is one of the
leading preparatory schools of the country.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

D\(grtheastern University and

^Affiliated Schools

Statistical Summary

1938-1939

Administrative

Officers and

Faculty

Students

I. General Administration

II. Northeastern University

College of Liberal Arts

College of Engineering >

103

2112

College of Business Administration J

School of Law

50*

1461*

School of Business

105*

1550*

Evening Division, College of

Liberal Arts

A**

33**

III. Schools affiliated with and conducted by

Northeastern University

Lincoln Technical Institute

532

Lincoln Preparatory School

437

Huntington Day School for Boys

Regular Term

171

Summer Term

146

Total

353

6442

Less Duplicates

403

311

6039

*These figures include the administrative officers, faculties, and

students

of the Divisions of the University in Worcester, Springfield, and Provi-

dence.

**The Evening Division of the College of Liberal Arts admitted stu-

dents for the first time in September 1938.

16 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

cShe Co-operative Tlaru

How It Works

THE co-operative plan works in the following manner. Upper-
classmen are divided into two nearly equal groups, one of
which is called Division A and the other Division B. Each
man is assigned a job with some business or industrial concern.
So far as possible each man in one Division is paired with a man
in the other Division, so that the two, by taking turns, may occupy
one job throughout the entire year. In September the Division A
student returns to the University for ten weeks of classroom work.
At the end of that time he goes out to work ten weeks with a co-
operating firm. His place at the University is then taken by his
alternate, the corresponding Division B student. When ten weeks
more have passed, the Division A man returns to college, and the
Division B man returns to the co-operative job. The alternation
of work and classroom study continues throughout the year so
that an upperclassman has annually twenty weeks at college,
twenty-six weeks at co-operative work, and six weeks of vacation.

Faculty Co-ordinators

Students are assigned to a co-ordinator, who interviews them
periodically during their freshman year for the purpose of de-
termining their background, abilities, temperaments, and apti-
tudes. During these interviews the co-ordinator discusses various
fields of activity and answers such questions as the students may
have in regard to the many phases of business and industry.
Each student is studied in the light of his physical condition,
scholastic ability, and other factors affecting his probable success
in vocational life. These interviews culminate in an agreement
between the student and his co-ordinator regarding the field of
co-operative work in which the student is to be placed. During
his upperclass years the student continues to have frequent con-
ferences with his co-ordinator regarding vocational adjustments
and personal problems. In this way the progress of every student
is observed and co-ordinated with his college work to the end
that he may obtain maximum values from his training at North-
eastern.

Placement

The co-ordinator visits co-operative firms and arranges with
them for the employment of the students under his charge. The
range of opportunities available to Northeastern students is wide,

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 17

including practically all phases of industrial life. As a general
rule, sophomores are placed upon routine and laborious jobs
through which they may prove their fitness for more responsible
work. The jobs upon which Northeastern students are employed
are in no sense protected opportunities. They are regular jobs
under actual business conditions and are held in competition with
other sources of supply. The only special privilege accorded
Northeastern students is that of attending college on the co-
operative plan. The University expects every student to stand
on his own feet while he is on co-operative work, and advance-
ment to the more responsible jobs is based entirely upon merit.

Supervision and Guidance

While the University does not adopt a paternal attitude toward
co-operative work, it nevertheless assumes certain responsibilities
toward students and co-operating firms. Co-ordinators visit each
job in order that the employer may report upon the student's
achievement and that necessary adjustments may be made. Co-
ordinators supervise the assignment of students to various jobs
and in conjunction with employers arrange for promotions and
training schedules. Problems that arise on co-operative work are
adjusted by common agreement of co-ordinator, student, and em-
ployer. In the event of special difficulties or dissatisfaction, the
case may be adjusted by the Committee on Co-operative work,
which comprises several members of the faculty.

Through a series of co-operative work reports prepared during
their working periods, students are led to analyze their jobs and to
develop a thoughtful and investigative attitude toward their
working environment. A most important phase of co-operative
work is the opportunity afforded for guidance by the frank dis-
cussion of actual problems encountered on the job. The intimate
contact between co-ordinator and student is of great worth in
helping the student to get the most value from each co-operative
work assignment. While the University endeavors to provide
every possible opportunity for its students, it expects them at the
same time to take the initiative and to assume the responsibility
involved in their individual development. To every student are
available the counsel and guidance of the faculty, and every
resource at its disposal. But the faculty does not coerce students
who are uninterested or unwilling to think for themselves.

The co-operative plan is thus designed specifically to provide
actual working conditions which shall afford the student practical
experience, give meaning to his program of study, and train him
in reliability, efficiency, and team work.

18 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Correlation of Theory and Practice

Co-operating companies employ the students in the various
departments of their establishments. The training is thorough.
To derive the greatest value from his co-operative work the student
is advised to continue in the employ of his co-operating firm for
at least one year after graduation, since certain types of work which
would afford him valuable experience cannot be made available
to him while he is alternating between work and study. Statistics
compiled over a period of many years show that on the average
about fifty per cent of each graduating class do remain with their
co-operating employers after graduation.

Co-operative Work Reports

The values to be derived from the practical experiences are
further enhanced by required report writing. These co-operative
work reports are written during the working periods by all co-
operative students. A complete job analysis is required as the
first report written on any new co-operative work assignment.
Subjects of other reports are selected by the student after con-
ference with his Co-ordinator of Co-operative Work, by whom
they must be approved. The reports are designed to encourage
observation and investigation on the part of the students and to
help them to appreciate more fully the extent and value of their
experience. These reports are carefully read by the Co-ordinator
and are discussed with the student during the following college
period. Exceptionally valuable results are obtained from these
reports. The value derived must necessarily be directly propor-
tional to the conscientious and intelligent concentration of effort
by the student upon this phase of the work.

Co-operative Work Records

Complete and detailed records are kept of the co-operative
work of each student. They are based upon reports made by the
employer at the end of each working period; upon occasional
personal interviews between the employer and the Co-ordinator;
and upon various evidences of the student's attitude toward all
the phases of his co-operative work. It is not possible for the
student to secure a degree unless this part of the curriculum is
completed satisfactorily. These records of practical experience
serve as a valuable future reference for the Alumni Placement
Division of the Department.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 19

Positions Available

Because of uncertainties of business conditions, as well as other
reasons beyond its control, the University cannot and does not
guarantee to place students. Although the University in no way
discriminates among students of various races and religions, con-
siderable difficulty has been experienced in placing at co-operative
work the members of certain racial groups and students who are
physically handicapped. However, past experience has demon-
strated that students who are willing and capable of adapting
themselves to existing conditions are almost never without em-
ployment except in periods of severe industrial depression.

Earnings

The rates of pay for students tend to be low because students
are given the privilege of attending college on the Co-operative
Plan and because effort is made to provide the student with the
opportunity of being transferred, at reasonable intervals, from
one department to another of the co-operating company. It
should be understood that the primary purpose of the Co-opera-
tive Plan is training.

The minimum rates of pay will be governed to a very large
extent by prevailing wages-and-hours laws. To assist the student
in budgeting his expenses, however, the following scale of wages
may be considered as minimum rates received by students in times
of normal business.

$12 per week for second year students

$14 per week for third year students

$16 per week for fourth and fifth year students

Statistical records show that the pay actually received by
students averages appreciably above these figures.

Location of Work

It is the policy of the University to assign students to co-opera-
tive work within commuting distance of their homes. This is not
always possible, however, and at times it may be necessary for
students to live away from home in order to obtain satisfactory
and desirable co-operative work assignments.

Types of Co-operative Work

Insofar as possible students are placed at co-operative work
in that general field for which they express preference, provided
that aptitude, physical ability, temperament, and other personal

20 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

qualities appear to fit them for this field. Usually students are
placed first in the lower ranks of an organization where they may
learn the fundamental requirements of the business.

For example, a student interested in manufacturing might be
started as an operative on some machine in the plant. As his
progress and other conditions warranted he would be transferred
to other types of work such as shipping, inspecting, cost finding,
adjusting complaints, or bookkeeping, and so on, so that in the
course of his four years co-operative training he would have
the opportunity to acquire a substantial background in at least
some of the functions of factory administration. This progressive
type of training is more readily obtained in the employ of one
company. A change of company each year provides more a
change of environment than a progression of experiences.

Engineering firms, manufacturing companies, public utilities,
and many other types of enterprises are employing Northeastern
students. In some cases definite training schedules have been
established so as to permit the student one full year in each of
several important departments.

Typical Co-operative Training Schedules

These schedules are arranged with the basic idea of giving the
student a comprehensive training through the several different de-
partments, but must of necessity be varied in accordance with the
needs of those departments.

BOSTON &. MAINE RAILROAD CO.
One Year — Erecting Shop
One Year — Machine Shop

One Year — General work in Machine Shop and Erecting Shop
One Year — Mechanical Engineer's Dept.

BOSTON EDISON COMPANY
The schedule of the Boston Edison Company is divided into the following
general classifications. Very few co-operating students obtain experience in all
branches, but students progress from year to year in the respective branches
as conditions require.

Standardizing

(a) Testing and standardizing of electrical instruments

(b) Miscellaneous standardization

(d) Laboratory high voltage tests

Steam Practice

(a) Turbine, engine and boiler tests

(b) Instrument tests and repairs

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 21

Electrical Testing

(a) Testing and repairing of electrical instruments in power stations and

sub-stations

(b) Cable tests

(d) Checking up construction work

(e) Miscellaneous electrical tests

Chemical Engineering

(a) Fuel analysis

(b) Miscellaneous tests and analysis of oils, water paints, and other

materials

Photography
Office Work

HUNT-SPILLER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

One Year General laboratory and plant work, including preparation of
samples
Pyrometry
Use and care of Metallurgical apparatus

One Year Complete analysis of coal, coke, limestone, sand, iron, soil, etc.

One Year Keeping of general metallurgical records, filing, and making of
reports

One Year Analysis for combined, graphitic, and total carbon with a com-
plete knowledge of a carbon combustion apparatus

PEPPERELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
One Year Stock Records

One Year Production Analysis

One Year Inventory Control

22 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Qeneral ^nformatioru

Tuition

THE tuition for all curricula in the Day Division is $250 per
year, or $125 per term. Certain fees and deposits are also
required as specified in the following paragraphs. A com-
plete statement of tuition and fee payments is given on page 26.
Students who carry academic loads of greater or less than
normal amount may pay their tuition on a semester hour basis.

General Library and Materials Fee
All students are charged a general library and materials fee of
fourteen dollars *($14) each year. This fee is payable at the time
of registration and is included in the schedule of payments on
page 26.

Student Activities Fee

Each student in the Day Division is charged a student activities
fee of sixteen dollars ($16). This fee is payable at the time of
registration and is included in the schedule of payments on page
26. This fee supports in part certain student activities, and in-
cludes membership in the Northeastern University Athletic Associa-
tion, The Northeastern Student Union and subscription to The
Northeastern News, the college paper.

The services of a physician are also available for all students
under this fee. Minor ailments are treated by the college health
officers without additional charge. If the student shows signs of
more serious illness, he is immediately advised to consult a
specialist or return to his home, where he can get further treatment.

i
Chemical Laboratory Deposit
(Applies only to students taking chemical laboratory work)

All students taking chemical laboratory work are required to
make a deposit from which deductions are made for breakage,
chemicals, and destruction of apparatus in the laboratory. Any
unused portion of this deposit will be returned to the student at
the end of the college year. If the charge for such breakage,
chemicals, or destruction of apparatus is more than the sum
deposited, the student will be charged the additional amount.

Freshmen make a chemical laboratory deposit of ten dollars
with their first tuition payment at the beginning of the year;
upperclassmen make a chemical laboratory deposit of ten dollars
($10) at the beginning of each term.

*This fee is twelve dollars ($12) for students who were enrolled in the Day
Division prior to January 1, 1940.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 23

Schedule of Payments for Freshmen

Date Due Amount

"September 5, 1940 Tuition $125.00

Fees 30.00

$155.00
February 3, 1941 Tuition $125.00

Schedule of Payments for Upperclassmen

Division A

♦September 9, 1940

Tuition
Fees

Tuition

♦♦$125.00
28.00

♦January 27, 1941

$153.00
$125.00

Division B

♦November 18, 1940

Tuition
Fees

Tuition

♦♦$125.00
28.00

♦April 7, 1941

$153.00
$125.00

There will be a $2.00 deferred payment fee added to all bills
which are not paid by the Saturday following the date on which
payments fall due. When further extensions of time are given
on payments which have been previously deferred, an additional
$2.00 fee will be charged for each extension.

Failure to make the required payments on time, or to arrange
for such payments, is considered sufficient cause to bar the student
from classes or suspend him from co-operative work until the
matter has been adjusted with the Director of School Adminis-
tration.

Graduation Fee

A fee often dollars ($10) covering graduation is required by the
University of all candidates for a degree. This fee must be paid
before the end of the seventh week of the second term in the
senior year.

Payments

All payments should be made at the treasurer's office. Checks
should be made payable to Northeastern University.

♦Students taking chemical laboratory work pay a deposit of $10.00 additional.
♦♦This tuition payment is $100 instead of $125 for all upperclassmen enrolled
in the College prior to September 1, 1938.

24 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Refunds

The University assumes the obligation of carrying the student
throughout the year. Instruction and accommodations are pro-
vided on a yearly basis; therefore, no refunds are granted except
when students are compelled to withdraw on account of personal
illness.

Expenses

The following tables, compiled from expense returns submitted
by the student body, give an idea of freshman expenditures under
ordinary conditions.

Estimated College Expenses for a Freshman

Application Fee $ 5.

Tuition 250.

General Library and Materials Fee 14.

Chemical Laboratory Deposit 10.

Student Activities Fee 16.

Books and Supplies 35.

$330.

(Engineering students should add approximately $25 for drawing
instruments and equipment.)

Estimated Living Expenses Per Week for a Freshman
Residing Away from Home

Room Rent $ 3.75

Board 7.00

Laundry 1.00

Incidentals 2.00

$13.75

The figures given above are approximate and may not exactly
apply to any one student; however, they will be found to repre-
sent fairly well the expense of a freshman who lives comfortably
but without extravagance.

Textbooks and Supplies

The Northeastern University Bookstore, located in the Base-
ment of the West Building, is a department of the University and
is operated for the convenience of the student body. All books
and supplies which are required by the students for their work
in the University may be purchased at the Bookstore.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 25

A Northeastern Bookstore Discount Card will be issued to
every Day Division student at the time of registration and will
entitle him to a ten per cent discount on all Day Division text-
books which he purchases for his own use while in school.

The ten per cent discount will not apply on equipment, supplies
or novelties. It will be the policy of the bookstore, however, to
stock these materials and to sell them at the lowest possible prices.

Part-Time Work

Students who find it necessary to accept part-time jobs while
attending college may obtain such work through the Director of
Co-operative Work.

No student is justified in assuming that the University will take
care of his expenses or guarantee to supply him with work suffi-
cient to meet all his needs.

A student should have available a reserve fund adequate to
provide for immediate needs and unexpected contingencies. This
should ordinarily amount to at least the first year's tuition plus
the student activity and other fees, room rent, and board for
several weeks, or a total of about $500.

Examinations

Examinations covering the work of the term are usually held
at the close of each term. Exceptions may be made in certain
courses where, in the opinion of the instructor, examinations are
not necessary.

Condition examinations will be given in all subjects during the
week of July 7, 1941, for Division A students, and the week of
September 1, 1941, for Division B students. Condition examina-
tions are not given for laboratory courses.

Special examinations may be arranged for only by vote of the
Administrative Committee, and for all such examinations the
University requires the payment of a special fee of five dollars
($5).

Grades
A student's grade is officially recorded by letters, as follows:

A superior attainment

B above average attainment

C average attainment

D lowest passing grade, poor attainment (the faculty will

accept only a limited amount of grade D work towards

the Bachelor's degree)

26 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

F failure, removable by condition examination
FF complete failure (course must be repeated in class)
I incomplete, used for intermediate grades only to signify
that the student has not had time to make up work lost
through excusable enforced absence from class
L used in all cases of the removal of a failure by condition
examination or by attendance at summer term

A student who does not remove a condition before that course
is again scheduled, a year later, must repeat the course. A condi-
tion in more than one subject may involve the loss of assignment
to co-operative work.

The responsibility for the removal of a condition rests with the
student, who is required to ascertain when and how the condition
can be removed.

Dean's List

A Dean's List, issued at the end of each term, contains the
names of upperclass students who have an honor grade average
in all subjects during the preceding period. Freshman who
achieve high scholastic standing are included on a Freshman
Honor List, which is published at the end of each grading period.
No student under disciplinary restrictions is eligible for either of
the honor lists.

Report Cards

Freshman reports are issued at the end of each grading period;
upperclass reports, at the end of each term. In addition, a special
report on review subjects pursued during the summer term will be
issued immediately at its close. Questions relative to grades are
to be discussed with the student's faculty adviser.

Students are constantly encouraged to maintain an acceptable
quality of college work. Parents and students are always wel-
comed by the college officers and faculty advisers for conference
upon such matters.

Parents or guardians will be notified whenever students are
advised or required to withdraw from the University.

Conduct

It is assumed that students come to the University for a serious
purpose and that they will cheerfully conform to such regulations
as may from time to time be made. In case of injury to any building
or to any of the furniture, apparatus, or other property of the
University, the damage will be charged to the student or students
known to be immediately concerned; but if the persons who
caused the damage are unknown, the cost for repairs may be
assessed equally upon all the students of the University.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 27

Students are expected to observe the accepted rules of decorum,
to obey the regulations of the University, and to pay due respect
to its officers. Conduct inconsistent with the general good order
of the University or persistent neglect of work may be followed
by dismissal; if the offense be a less serious one, the student may
be placed upon probation. The student so placed upon pro-
bation may be dismissed if guilty of any further offense.

It is desired to administer the discipline of the University so as
to maintain a high standard of integrity and a scrupulous regard
for truth. The attempt of any student to present as his own any
work which he has not performed, or to pass any examination
by improper means, is regarded as a most serious offense and
renders the offender liable to immediate expulsion. The aiding
and abetting of a student in any dishonesty is also held to be a
grave breach of discipline.

Scholastic Year for Seniors

Seniors of either division who are candidates for a degree in
the current year must have completed all academic work, class
assignments, theses, regular and special examinations, before
twelve o'clock noon of the Saturday next following the close of
recitations for seniors.

Attendance

Students are expected to attend all exercises in the subjects they
are studying unless excused in advance. Exercises are held and
students are expected to devote themselves to the work of the
University between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except for a lunch
period, on every week day except Saturday. Saturday classes are
held only between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

No cuts are allowed. A careful record of each student's attend-
ance upon class exercises is kept. Absence from regularly sched-
uled exercises in any subject will seriously affect the standing of
the student. It may cause the removal of the subject or subjects
from his schedule. If he presents a reasonable excuse for the
absence, however, he may be allowed to make up the time lost
and be given credit for the work; but he must complete the work
at such time and in such manner as his instructor in the course
may designate.

Laboratory work can be made up only when it is possible to
do so during hours of regularly scheduled instruction.

Absences from exercises immediately preceding or following a
recess are especially serious and entail severe penalties.

Attendance at all mass meetings of the student body is com-
pulsory. Exceptions to this rule are made only when the student
has received permission from the Director of Student Activities
previous to the meeting from which he desires to be absent.

28 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Housing Regulations

The University endeavors to exercise due consideration and
care for the student's welfare while he is in residence. This
necessitates the adoption of the rules and regulations presented
herewith.

1. Assignments will be made when the student registers.

2. Students may inspect rooms before accepting an assignment;
after reaching a decision students must notify the office of the
Director of School Administration, 254W.

3. Students who accept room assignments must retain them
for the period of their residence, unless given permission by the
Director of School Administration to change.

4. Students are not permitted to live in unsupervised quarters.
Under no conditions are groups of students permitted to lease
apartments.

5. Students are not permitted to engage rooms without the prior
approval of the University. Those violating this rule will be
required to give up such rooms immediately and will be assigned
by the University to approved quarters.

6. Violation of any of the above rules is considered a breach
of discipline and will be dealt with accordingly.

Residence

It has been found to be much more satisfactory for the student
to live within easy access of Boston, especially during periods in
college, than to live out twenty-five or thirty miles. The saving
of time and effort more than offsets any increased expense.
Residence in Boston is advisable, as it gives the student oppor-
tunity to use the college facilities outside of class hours and to
confer more easily with his instructors about his college work.

Dormitories

At present the University does not maintain dormitories. Pro-
vision, however, is made for students to secure rooms in the
vicinity. Many freshmen prefer to take room and board at the
fraternity houses, which are all supervised by the University
through faculty advisers. For information relative to such
housing write the Director of Admissions.

Rooms in the dormitory of the Huntington Avenue Branch of
the Boston Y.M.C.A. may be secured only through the Housing
Department of the Y.M.C.A. The applicant must present him-
self in person to a representative of the Department before assign-
ment will be made.

Applicants desiring to room in the Association dormitory are
advised to write the Housing Department of the Huntington
Avenue Branch, 316 Huntington Avenue., Boston, Massachusetts.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 29

^Buildings and facilities

Boston — A Great Educational Center

THE fact that Northeastern University is in Boston broadens
the educational and cultural opportunities of its students.
Few other cities in the country are so rich in the finest
elements of American life. Many of its historic buildings, such
as the Old State House, Faneuil Hall, and the Old North Church,
have become museums for the preservation of old documents,
paintings, and other collections representative of early Colonial
life. The Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts,
both within a few blocks of the University Buildings, are widely
noted for their treasures of literature and art. Even nearer to
the University is Symphony Flail, home of the world-famous
Boston Symphony Orchestra. And the many churches within
Greater Boston not only afford the opportunity of hearing dis-
tinguished preachers but through their student clubs and young
people's societies make possible for students a fine type of social
and intellectual life.

Location of University Buildings

The Day Division of Northeastern University is housed in
three buildings located on Huntington Avenue, Boston, just
beyond Massachusetts Avenue and opposite the historic Boston
Opera House. The main administrative offices of the University
are located in the West Building, a four-story brick structure added
to the physical plant of Northeastern in 1938.

Transportation

The chief railroad centers of Boston are the North and South
Stations. From the North Station board a car going to Park
Street, at which junction transfer to any Huntington Avenue car.
At South Station board a Cambridge subway train for Park Street
Under. There change to a Huntington Avenue car and alight
at the West Building of Northeastern University.

West Building

The West Building contains over 100,000 square feet of floor
space for administrative and instructional purposes. In the base-
ment are the Mechanical Engineering offices, laboratories, and
machine shops; the University Bookstore; the Husky Hut, where
light refreshments are sold; several classrooms; and a large drafting
room used chiefly by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Ample area is also provided in the basement for a student check
room, lockers, and various storage rooms and vaults.

30 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

On the first floor are located the President's office, the General
Offices of the Secretary-Treasurer, and the offices of the Vice-
President of the University. A large public reception room adjoins
the main lobby, and several small classrooms are located in both
wings of the building. This floor was given to the University in
memory of Lieutenant Stafford Leighton Brown by his mother.

The Department of Physics has a suite of offices, laboratories,
and research areas in the south wing of the second floor. A large
lecture hall with raised seats accommodating over three hundred
people occupies the central area of the second floor. This room
is fully equipped for both lantern slide and motion picture pro-
jection, and is provided with up-to-date motor driven ventilating
equipment. The room is fitted with a lecture demonstration desk
having all necessary accessories including gas, water, various
types of electricity, and hoods for the removal of gases. A fully
stocked preparation room adjoins this lecture hall. The offices of
the Director of School Administration, the Director of Co-
operative Work, and the Dean of Students, a large number of
small classrooms, and several conference rooms complete the
layout of the second floor.

Student lounging and recreation rooms sponsored by the
Northeastern Student Union occupy the Huntington Avenue side
of the third floor, together with the offices of the Department of
Student Activities. This floor also contains a small University
Chapel, a lecture hall similar to that on the second floor but
slightly smaller, and a number of large classrooms equipped with
special tables for freshman drawing classes.

A group of large, fully equipped laboratories for Inorganic
Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis, Physical Chemistry and
Quantitative Analysis, and Organic Chemistry occupy the prin-
cipal areas of the fourth floor. The Chemistry Department has
its offices and a large lecture hall equipped especially for courses
in chemistry adjoining these laboratories. A number of research
areas for special purposes, a large central stockroom, a dark room,
and several balance rooms complete the chemistry suite. Three
large drafting rooms having blackboards especially equipped with
sliding T-squares, an Art Room, and the offices of the Drawing
Department, are also found on the fourth floor.

In the penthouse on the roof there are a faculty-alumni lounge,
a radio laboratory, and an astronomy laboratory.

South Building

The South Building of Northeastern University comprises a
basement and two stories. The Department of Electrical Engi-
neering occupies the entire basement with its offices, Dynamo
Laboratories, High Tension Laboratory, Electrical Measurements
Laboratory, Instrument Room, and research areas.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

MAP SHOWING NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND VICINITY

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Key to Map

Northeastern University and Vicinity

East Building

South Building

West Building

Symphony Hall

Horticultural Hall

Christian Science Church

New England Conservatory of Music

Boston Opera House

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

10.

Mechanics Exhibition Hall

11.

Back Bay Station

12.

Trinity Place

13.

Boston Public Library

14.

Trinity Church

15.

Museum of Natural History

16.

Boston Public Garden

17.

Boston Common

18.

South Station

19.

North Station

20.

State House

21.

U. S. Customs House

22.

Rowes Wharf

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On the first floor are located the Departments of Civil and of
Industrial Engineering. A Hydraulics and Sanitary Engineering
Laboratory, a Methods Engineering Laboratory, a Civil Engineer-
ing drafting room, and several classrooms complete the layout
of this floor. A large lecture room, several classrooms, the Chem-
ical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory, the Chemical
Engineering Department Offices, and the Biology Laboratory are
located on the second floor.

East Building

The East Building of Northeastern University is the educational
wing of the Huntington Avenue Branch of the Boston Y.M.C.A.
On its second floor are located the library, a branch library and
reading room, and several classrooms. The third floor contains
the office of the Dean of Business Administration, several de-
partmental offices, a laboratory for statistical work, and additional
classrooms. On the fourth floor are located the office of the
Dean of Liberal Arts, the Department of English, the Department
of Modern Languages, several large lecture rooms, and a Student
Union Reading Room.

Jacob P. Bates Hall, located in the East Building, has a seating
capacity of 400. The hall is equipped with a motion picture
machine and has a large stage suitable for entertainments of
various kinds.

Bates Hall is an important center for various student activities.
Here the band and the orchestra have their rehearsals, the glee
club gives its entertainments, and some of the dramatic work is
presented. Numerous student socials and small group dinners
frequently are held here.

Natatorium

The swimming pool, 75 feet long by 25 feet wide, is supplied
with filtered water and is heated to the proper temperature by an
elaborate system of pipes. It is one of the finest of its kind in
New England.

Gymnasium

This structure, the funds for which were provided by the
relatives of the late Samuel Johnson, is known as the Samuel
Johnson Memorial Gymnasium. The gymnasium provides the
following facilities: three gymnasiums, a twelve-lap running track,
two large exercise rooms, boxing and wrestling rooms, handball
and squash courts, bowling alleys, showers, steam baths, massage
rooms, and electric cabinet baths.

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Lecture Assembly Halls

Through special arrangement, Jordan Hall, Symphony Hall,
and the Boston Opera House are made available for assembly
purposes. These halls provide ample space for student activity
assemblies and for special lectures by noted men. All the students
in college at any period assemble for one hour each week through-
out the college year. More than half of the assembly sessions are
devoted to interests and activities developed by the students
themselves. The other assembly periods are devoted to special
lectures, sometimes under the direction of the student body and
sometimes under the direction of the faculty. The special lectures
are devoted to those elements of life which count most in the
development of a man's viewpoint and his character.

Equipment for Physical Training

Northeastern has exceptional facilities for all-round physical
training. The gymnasium is one of the most complete in New
England. Adjoining the West Building is a large field equipped for
athletics. Here are two tennis courts, an outdoor gymnasium, a
rifle range, a baseball cage, jumping pits, and a track with a 100-
yard straightaway.

Huntington Field

Northeastern University owns and operates a large athletic field
a short distance from the University. This field, known as the
Huntington Field, provides ample facilities for track, baseball,
football, and other outdoor sports. A bus service maintained
between the field and the University makes it possible for students
to get back and forth with a minimum loss of time. A new and
commodious field house has recently been erected at the field as
well as ten sections of stadium seats capable of seating 2,000
spectators.

Design and Drafting Rooms

The University possesses large, light, and well-equipped drawing
rooms for the carrying on of the designing and drafting which
form so important a part of engineering work. These rooms are
supplied with lockers containing the drawing supplies, files con-
taining blue prints, and photographs of machines and structures
that represent the best practice. Drafting room blackboards are
equipped with traveling straight edge devices which facilitate
speed and accuracy in blackboard demonstrations.

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Libraries

The library service of Northeastern University comprises the
following units:

1. The Main Library, located on the second floor of the East
Building, includes three reading rooms in which are available all
of the general reference books, many of the professional and
scientific volumes, and all of the periodicals (approximately 100)
to which the University subscribes. This library is under the
direction of a librarian and two assistants, all of whom have had
special training for the work. Main library hours are as follows:

9:00 A.M.

to 10:00 P.M.

Daily

2:00 P.M.

to 9:00 P.M.

Sundays

12:00 M

to 9:00 P.M.

Holidays

2. The Branch Library, also located on the second floor of the
East Building, houses most of the books on engineering and man-
agement with the exception of those in the field of chemical
engineering, which, for greater convenience of students in this
department, are kept in the Main Library. The Branch Library
is in charge of a corps of student assistants and is open from
8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. daily except Sundays. Students have access
directly to the shelves which contain books on reserve for par-
ticular courses as well as general reference works.

3. A general reading room and library is maintained by the
Northeastern Student Union in Room 356, West Building. The
books located here are chiefly non-technical works dealing with
contemporary affairs, religious problems, international relations,
travel, etc., among which students may browse during periods of
relaxation. A few of the literary and religious periodicals are also
available in this room.

Boston Public Library

All members of the University, whether resident or non-
resident students, have the privilege of taking books from the
Boston Public Library and of using the library for general reference
and study. Inasmuch as this is one of the best in the country,
it presents unusual opportunities to the students. Within a few
minutes' walk from the University, it enables students to have
unlimited reference at any time to books and periodicals bearing
upon their studies.

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Student ^Activities

NORTHEASTERN University regards student activities as
an integral part of its educational program. One of the
main departments of the University is charged with the
responsibility of co-ordinating the various types of activities and
of administering the social, musical, literary, and athletic organi-
zations in such a way as to enable each to contribute in a whole-
some, worth-while manner to student life at Northeastern. Every
student is encouraged to participate in such activities as may
appeal to him, although a standard of scholarship which is in-
compatible with excessive devotion to such pursuits is required of
all students.

Members of the faculty also are interested in the informal
aspects of the college program. Teaching loads are kept suf-
ficiently low so that the instructional staff may have ample
opportunity to mingle with students outside of the classroom in
social activities and on the athletic field. In fact, some member
of the faculty is appointed to serve as adviser for each student
activity. His function is not to dictate how the organization shall
be run, but to encourage the students in their extra-curricula
endeavors and to give them the benefit of his mature point of
view in solving the problems that inevitably arise.

One of the outstanding contributions of the co-operative plan
in the field of higher education has been its capacity to develop
in students those powers of social understanding that are so
essential to success in professional life. At Northeastern the
program of student activities is made to contribute to this end
in a very real way. It is a conscious aim of the student activities
advisers to develop among their advisees those qualities of per-
sonality and character which will enhance their usefulness as
future professional men and citizens. Students have splendid
opportunities to develop administrative and executive ability as
leaders of undergraduate organizations. No academic credit is
awarded for any student activity. This has been no deterrent,
however, to student participation in extra-curricula activities, for
a recent survey of the undergraduate body showed that over 90%
of the enrollment were engaged in one or more forms of student
activity.

Athletic Association

All students in the Day Division are members of the North-
eastern University Athletic Association. Policies of the asso-
ciation are passed upon by a Faculty Committee on Student
Activities appointed by the vice-president in charge of the Day
Division. This committee decides what students are eligible to

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participate in athletics, what the various sports schedules shall
be, and what students may be excused from classes to represent
the University on athletic trips.

The actual administration of the athletic program is in the
hands of a second committee, known as the General Athletic
Committee, which consists of the Director of Student Activities,
the captains and managers of all varsity teams, and the coaches
as ex officio members.

The University maintains both varsity and freshman teams in
basketball, baseball, football, hockey, and track. Intercollegiate
games and meets are arranged with the leading colleges in the
East. In addition to intercollegiate athletics the athletic associa-
tion conducts an intramural program in various sports.

Tennis Club

The Northeastern University Tennis Club is open to all under-
graduates. The Department of Student Activities appoints a
faculty adviser who assists the members in conducting an intra-
mural tennis tournament. Excellent facilities for tennis are
afforded on the courts adjacent to the East Building of the Uni-
versity. In the early spring members of the Tennis Club have
access to the gymnasium for indoor practice.

Mass Meeting

The hour from 12:00 to 1:00 on Wednesdays throughout the
year is set aside for mass meetings. Attendance is compulsory.
Arrangements are made to bring before the student body some of
the ablest and foremost thinkers of the day. A list of speakers
for the year will be found on page 1 1 of this catalogue. When
the mass meeting hour is not occupied by a University lecturer,
class meetings, concerts, or athletic rallies are held instead. Such
gatherings are under the direction of the Department of Student
Activities.

"The News"

A college newspaper, the Northeastern News, is published each
week throughout the college year by a staff selected from the
student body. The copy is prepared, edited, and published by the
students themselves with the counsel of a faculty adviser. Op-
portunity is afforded for the students to express their opinions
on subjects relating to study, co-operative work, social events, or
topics of the day. Positions on the News staff and promotions
are attained by competitive work. The paper is in part supported
by advertising, both national and local, and in part by a portion
of the student activities fee. The Northeastern News is a member

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of the Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association, and sends
one of its editors to the annual convention of this association
each year. Copies of the News are mailed to upperclassmen when
they are at co-operative work and to freshmen after the close
of their college year.

"The Cauldron"

The senior class publishes annually a college year book, The
Cauldron. It is ready for distribution in the latter part of the
second semester and contains a complete review of the college
year with class histories, pictures of all seniors, of the faculty,
and of undergraduate groups, as well as a miscellany of snapshots
and drawings contributed by students.

The Handbook

Each fall the Northeastern Student Union issues a conven-
iently sized student Handbook, which is sold to students at a
nominal price. The book contains information about the various
college clubs, athletic programs, fraternities, rules governing
freshmen, lockers, publications, and so on. The Handbook also
includes a diary for the college year in which it is issued.

Student Council

Student government of the Day Division at Northeastern Uni-
versity is vested in the Student Council, composed of elected rep-
resentatives from the various classes. The Council is the authority
on all matters relating to student policies not definitely connected
with classroom procedure. It has jurisdiction, subject to faculty
approval, over all such matters as customs, privileges, campus
regulations, etc. and meets regularly to consider and act upon
issues referred to it for decision. The Dean of Students serves as
faculty adviser to the Student Council.

Honor Societies

Three honorary societies are chartered by the University in its
Day Division:

The Senate, in the College of Engineering.

The Sigma Society, in the College of Business Administration.

The Academy, in the College of Liberal Arts.

Election to the college honorary fraternity is founded primarily
upon scholarship, but before a man is privileged to wear the
honorary society insignia he must give evidence of an integrity of
character and an interest in the extra-curricula life of the Uni-

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versity as well as an acceptable personality. The Societies have
memberships consisting of the outstanding men in the Day Divi-
sion. Election to the honorary society is the highest honor that
can be conferred upon an undergraduate.

Fraternities

There are at present ten local Greek letter fraternities chartered
by Northeastern University. Each fraternity is provided with a
faculty adviser who is responsible for the proper administration
of the fraternity house under the rules and regulations established
by the faculty. The list of fraternities in the order of their estab-
lishment is as follows:

1. Alpha Kappa Sigma 6. Phi Beta Alpha

2. Beta Gamma Epsilon 7. Phi Gamma Pi

3. Eta Tau Nu 8. Sigma Phi Alpha

4. Nu Epsilon Zeta 9. Kappa Zeta Phi

5. Sigma Kappa Psi 10. Gamma Phi Kappa

Elected representatives from each fraternity make up an Inter-
Fraternity Council, a body which has preliminary jurisdiction over
fraternity regulations. Its rulings are subject to the approval of
the Faculty Committee on Student Activities.

Professional Societies and Clubs

To assist in the promotion of social, cultural, and intellectual
advancement through informal channels, a number of professional
societies and clubs are sponsored.

Accounting — Law Club

All students interested in accounting and law are invited to
join this stimulating club. Problems and cases involving the
interrelations of accounting and law are presented and discussed
at club meetings. Although upperclassmen usually present prob-
lems arising out of thesis or co-operative work, speakers from the
professional world come to the meetings to present papers and
lead the student discussion.

Banking Club

The purpose of this organization is to increase among its mem-
bers the knowledge of the theory and practice of banking. Any
student of Northeastern University, while enrolled in any of the
banking courses of the College of Business Administration, is
eligible to active membership in this club. Meetings are held each
ten week period at which banking executives from Greater Boston
are invited to discuss current issues in the field of banking.

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National Engineering Societies

Students in the several professional curricula of the College of
Engineering operate Northeastern University Sections of the
appropriate national engineering societies. Chief among these
are the following:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Boston Society of Civil Engineers

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Society for the Advancement of Management

American Institute of Electrical Engineers

Members of the engineering faculty who hold membership in
the parent organizations serve as advisers to these student groups.
Meetings are held regularly, usually at night so that students from
both Divisions may attend, and practicing engineers are invited
to address the Section. Occasionally appropriate motion pictures
are shown, or the group visits some current engineering project in
the vicinity of Boston. The College of Engineering encourages
these student sections of the technical societies in the belief that
they provide a wholesome medium for social intercourse as well
as a worth-while introduction to professional life.

Affiliated Engineering Societies of New England

Membership in the student sections of the Boston Society of
Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
or the American Institute of Electrical Engineers also includes
membership and privileges of the Affiliated Engineering Societies
of New England. This organization is an affiliation of all the
major technical societies of Boston and vicinity and provides very
valuable lectures, smokers, and informal meetings with the out-
standing men engaged in engineering work in Boston and vicinity.

International Relations Club

The International Relations Club was founded in 1932 for the
purpose of studying and discussing those current national and
international events and issues which vitally concern our American
life and institutions.

It is the intention of the club to deal with all questions in an
impartial and broadminded manner, and to take an intelligent
and effective part in promoting international understanding and
harmony. The club maintains contacts with similar organizations
in other colleges.

Membership is not open to freshmen, and only to those upper-
classmen who maintain good scholarship.

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Astronomy Club

Membership in the Astronomy Club is open to all students in
the College of Engineering who maintain satisfactory scholastic
standing. The club has access to machine shops for the con-
struction of telescopes and other instruments. It also has quarters
in the penthouse on the fifth floor of the West Building. Meetings
are held twice a month for the purpose of making astronomical
observations and carrying on appropriate discussions.

Debating Society

The purpose of the Debating Society, formed in 1936, is "to
foster and promote an interest and facility in formal argumenta-
tion; to develop an impartial, unbiased, and intellectual considera-
tion of questions and issues of current interest; and to sponsor
intercollegiate relationships and competition in the debating field."
Membership is open to all students of the Day Division.

Radio Club

One of the most popular undergraduate activities is the North-
eastern University Radio Club. Members are provided oppor-
tunity for code practice and are encouraged to obtain their
amateur licenses. The Club owns and operates station W1KBN,
a short wave transmitter, located in the Radio Laboratory in the
penthouse of the West Building. Meetings are held about once
a month for the discussion of technical matters. Practicing
radio engineers are frequently invited to address the Club at
evening meetings, when students in both divisions may attend.

Dramatic Club

Students interested in dramatics have an opportunity to culti-
vate this art under faculty coaches who co-operate with the
Dramatic Club in the production of several pieces in the course of
each college year. Frequently the Northeastern Dramatic and
Glee Clubs collaborate with those of Simmons College in light
operas such as those of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Rifle Club

Organized a number of years ago, the Rifle Club was so success-
ful that in 1933 riflery was recognized as a minor sport. Members
of the club are given instruction in the art of rifle shooting. Those
students who excel in intra-mural competition are selected for
the team representing the University in intercollegiate contests.
Practice sessions are held twice a week in the University rifle
range. Membership is open to all students.

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Musical Clubs

The Department of Student Activities sponsors the following
musical clubs: an orchestra, a band, a glee club, a banjo club, and
a dance orchestra, for which all students with musical ability are
eligible. Membership in the various musical clubs is attained by
competitive effort.

Each organization has a faculty adviser and each elects a
representative to the Musical Clubs Council. The purpose of
this council is to co-ordinate the various musical activities of the
Day Division. At the annual Musical Clubs Banquet, held early
in the spring, charms are awarded to the leaders and managers of
the several clubs and to members who have played over a period
of three full years.

The various musical clubs, in conjunction with the Dramatic
Club, combine in an annual mid-winter entertainment and partici-
pate in occasional outside public engagements throughout the
college year.

Camera Club

The Camera Club welcomes all men interested in photography.
Weekly discussions and special evening lectures by guest artists
are part of the yearly program. Field trips, monthly photo con-
tests and a general exhibition add to the interest and progressive
work of this organization.

Mathematics Society

The Mathematics Society encourages the study of topics of
mathematical interest which are either outside or beyond the
scope of the regular mathematics courses. Membership is re-
stricted to those men who have completed one and one-half
years of study in mathematics and have an average grade of not
less than "C" in mathematics courses up through differential
calculus. The club meets once every five weeks in the evening.
Although membership is limited to upperclassmen, any student
is always welcome to any meeting, and freshmen especially inter-
ested in mathematics are always welcome.

The final program of the year is devoted to a dinner meeting
for which some prominent outside speaker is procured.

Class Organization and Activity

Each of the Classes in the Day Division elects its officers and
carries on activities as a class. Dances are sponsored by the
classes at regular periods throughout the year. One of the high
lights of the social program is the Junior Promenade, held each
spring at one of the Boston hotels.

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Seniors plan a whole week of activities just prior to Commence-
ment in June.

Freshmen are required to wear the red and black cap distributed
through the Department of Student Activities in order that they
may be readily distinguishable to each other and to upperclass-
men.

The Northeastern Student Union

The purpose of the Northeastern Student Union is to carry
out the work of a Christian association within the University.
It endeavors to deepen the spiritual lives of Northeastern men
through the building of Christian character, to create and pro-
mote a strong and effective Northeastern University spirit in and
through a unified student body, to promote sociability, and to
emphasize certain ethical, social, civic, intellectual, economic,
physical, vocational, and avocational values.

All students are encouraged to participate in the activities of
the Union, no matter what their religious faith, as the work of
the Union is entirely non-sectarian. A good moral character is
the only requirement for eligibility to membership. It is hoped
that as many students as can will participate in this ideal extra-
curricula work.

The Union conducts a weekly Chapel Service in the little chapel
in the West Building, to which all faculty members and students
are invited. The service, which is non-sectarian and voluntary,
is held on Thursday mornings from 8:40 to 8:55 o'clock. Many
eminent preachers of Greater Boston are engaged to deliver brief
addresses.

Awards and Prizes
Public Speaking Contest

Each spring the University conducts a Public Speaking Contest
for which all students in the Day Division are eligible. Prizes of
fifty, twenty-five, fifteen, and ten dollars respectively are awarded
to the four ablest speakers at a general mass meeting of the student
body.

Speeches are original in nature and about ten minutes in length.
The judges base their decision on appropriateness of subject,
content, and delivery. Preliminary contests are held during the
winter in each division.

Alcott Award

In 1934 the William Jefferson Alcott, Jr. Memorial Fund was
established by the faculty and other friends to perpetuate the
memory of Professor Alcott who was a member of the Depart-
ment of Mathematics in Northeastern University from 1924 until
his death in 1933.

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Each year the income from this fund is used for a suitable
award to the Northeastern University Day Division student who
has made some outstanding academic achievement during the
preceding year. The recipient of the award is chosen by a com-
mittee elected by the faculty.

Alumni Association

The alumni of the Day Division are organized to promote the
welfare of Northeastern University, to establish a mutually bene-
ficial relationship between the University and its alumni, and to
perpetuate the spirit of fellowship among members of the Alumni
Association.

Among the events sponsored by the Alumni Association are
the annual meeting and reunion; the annual alumni-varsity
basketball game; and class reunions. The Association also awards
a track trophy each year and contributes to the Alumni Student
Loan Fund.

The work of the General Alumni Association is supplemented
by the activities of regional alumni clubs. The local clubs meet
periodically in their respective centers to discuss matters pertain-
ing to the University and its alumni. Meetings are also held in
conjunction with the visits of Northeastern's athletic teams to
the various club centers.

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Officers of the cAlumni cAssociatioru

President
Lindsay Ellms '23

Vice President
George A. Mallion '20

Secretary
Earl H. Thomson '25

Treasurer
Willis P. Burbank '31

Executive Committee

Farnham W. Smith '24 Raymon D. Tellier '28

John W. Greenleaf, Jr. '30 George Davenport '28

James W. Daniels '25

Alumni Executive Secretary
Rudolf O. Oberg '26

Alumni Council Representatives

1913-1920 John R. McLeish
Harry J. Freeman
Perry F. Zwisler
1921 — Roger E. Spear
1922 — Richard B. Brown
1923 — Thomas A. Stevens
1924 — Farnham W. Smith
1925 — Rene G. Maurette
1926 — Earl L. Moulton
1927 — Rudolph A. Lofgren
1928 — William E. R. Sullivan

1929 — Harold L. Burton
1930 — Dexter W. Lovell

Alexander G. MacGregor
1931 — Donald H. MacKenzie
1932 — Sidney A. Standing
1934 — J. Lloyd Hayden
1935 — Hartwell G. Howe
1936 — Frederic S. Bacon, Jr.
1937 — John F. Shea
1938 — Chesley F. Garland

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THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
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THE Northeastern University College of Liberal Arts aims to
instruct men in the art of living and to lay down a systematic
foundation of knowledge upon which, as graduates, they
may continue with more specialized training, either by formal
graduate study or by independent learning and experience.

Liberal as this program is, however, it develops for the student
genuinely practical values. The student is encouraged from the
beginning of his freshman year to consider the problem of his
future vocation, to select courses having the most useful bearing
on his intended life-work, and to take advantage of opportunities
for practical experience in his chosen field.

Through the Northeastern plan of co-operative education for
upperclassmen, the student makes early contact with actual
working conditions and profits by the wholesome experience of
earning at least part of the money to defray his own college
expenses. Viewed as a whole, then, his college years surround
him not with an artificial atmosphere of cloistered scholarship
but with an environment very close to that which he will enter
after graduation. Having completed his course, if he has made
good use of his opportunities, he will be mentally capable and,
what is no less important, readily employable.

The Elective System

So that each student may plan a college program to suit his own
interests and aptitudes and to prepare him for the work he intends
to take up after graduation, a wide range of elective courses is
offered. This does not mean that students are free to select
courses indiscriminately. A definite series of basic courses in each
program of instruction is required by the faculty, in order that
every student may be insured a proper foundation in his major
field. These required courses are largely concentrated in the first
two years of the curriculum.

Throughout the college course the problem of the student's
vocational future is emphasized by the adviser. Together the
adviser and student consider possible careers open to the student.
If the latter expects to pursue graduate or professional studies, he
is guided in a choice of courses which will best prepare him for
his advanced work. If the student must begin to earn his liveli-
hood immediately after graduation, the various fields open to
him are carefully considered in the light of his ability and in-
clination.

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Students who plan to enter professional schools are urged to
familiarize themselves with the requirements for admission to the
particular schools in which they are interested.

Those students who wish to enter business directly after gradua-
tion from the College of Liberal Arts may take courses offered in
the Northeastern University College of Business Administration
for which they have the necessary prerequisites, provided they
fulfill all the curricular requirements of the College of Liberal
Arts in regard to freshman courses, language courses, and major
and minor fields.

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^Admission ^Requirements and
freshman Programs

Applicants for admission to the freshman class without restric-
tions must qualify by one of the following methods:

1. Graduation from an approved course of study in an accred-
ited secondary school, including prescribed subjects listed below.

2. Completion of fifteen acceptable secondary school units with
a degree of proficiency satisfactory to the Department of Admis-
sions.

3. Examinations.

(Certificate of entrance examinations passed for admission
to recognized colleges and technical schools may be accepted.)

Prescribed Subjects for Admission

College of Liberal Arts

The College of Liberal Arts offers courses leading either to the
A.B. or to the S.B. degree. According to the degree which he
expects to receive, the student will present for admission one or
the other of the groups of prescribed subjects listed below.

A.B. Curriculum

S.B. Curriculum

Units

English 3

English

Foreign Language 3

fMathematics

2 or 3

(Ancient or Modern)

Natural Science

Social Studies 2

*Electives

8 or 9

*Electives 7

Total 15 Total 15

A unit is a credit given to an acceptable secondary school
course which meets at least four times a week for periods of not
less than forty minutes each throughout the school year.

Entrance examinations are not required of students whose
transcripts of record are acceptable, but the Committee on Ad-
mission reserves the right to require a candidate to present him-
self for examination in any subjects that it may deem necessary
because of some weakness in his secondary school record.

*Not less than four of the "electives" must be in one or more of the following
academic branches: Languages, Natural Science, Mathematics, Social Sciences,
History.

fStudents expecting to major in chemistry, mathematics, or physics must
offer 3 units.

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Other Requirements
These formal requirements are necessary and desirable in that
they tend to provide all entering students with a common ground
upon which the first year of the college curriculum can be based.
But academic credits alone are not an adequate indication of a
student's ability to profit by a college education. Consequently
the Department of Admissions takes into consideration, along
with the formal requirements stated above, many other factors
regarding candidates for the freshman class. A student's interests
and aptitudes in so far as they can be determined, his capacity for
hard work, his attitude toward his classmates and teachers in
high school, his physical stamina, and most important of all —
his character, all these considerations are carefully weighed. In
this way the University seeks to select for its student body those
who not only meet the academic admission requirements but who
also give promise of acquitting themselves creditably in the rigor-
ous program of training afforded by the co-operative plan and of
later becoming useful members of society.

Personal Interview
Candidates for admission should communicate with the Director
of Admissions, who will advise them frankly on the basis of past
experience. A personal interview is always preferred to corre-
spondence, and parents are urged to accompany their sons when-
ever this is possible. Effective guidance depends in large measure
upon a complete knowledge of a candidate's background and
problems. Parents invariably are able to contribute much in-
formation that aids the admissions officer in arriving at a decision.
In general, a student is likely to be more successful in his college
work if he does not enroll under the age of seventeen.

Application for Admission

Each applicant for admission is required to fill out an applica-
tion blank whereon he states his previous education, as well as
the names of persons to whom reference may be made in regard
to his character and previous training.

An application fee of five dollars ($5) is required when the
application is filed. This fee is non-returnable.

The last page of this catalog is in the form of an application
blank. It should be filled out in ink and forwarded with the
required five dollar fee to Director of Admissions, Northeastern
University, Boston, Mass. Checks should be made out to North-
eastern University.

Candidates are urged to visit the office of Admissions for
personal interview if it is possible for them to do so before sub-

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mitting their applications. Office hours of the Department are
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily; Saturdays to 12:00 m. The
Director of Admissions will interview applicants on Wednesday
evenings but by appointment only.

Upon receipt of the application, properly filled out, the College
at once looks up the applicant's references and secondary school
records. When replies have been received to the various inquiries,
the applicant is informed as to his eligibility for admission.

Applications should be filed not later than May first, thus
allowing ample time for the investigation of the applicant's
secondary school records before he enrolls in the College.

The University reserves the right to place any entering student
upon a period of trial. Whether he shall be removed from trial
at the end of this time or requested to withdraw will be deter-
mined by the character of the work he has accomplished and his
conduct during this trial period.

Trustee Scholarships
Each year Northeastern University grants in the College of
Liberal Arts a limited number of full tuition scholarships to
entering freshmen who have demonstrated, throughout their
preparatory or high school course, superior scholarship. For
additional information relative to these scholarships, communi-
cate with the Director of Admissions.

Registration

Eligibility for admission does not constitute registration. Fresh-
men register at the University on September 5, 1940. No student
is considered to have met the requirements for admission until he
has successfully passed the required physical examination.

Advanced Standing

Students transferring from approved colleges will be admitted
to advanced standing provided their records warrant it. Whenever
a student enters with advanced standing and later proves to have
had inadequate preparation in any of his prerequisite subjects,
the Faculty reserves the right to require the student to make up
such deficiencies.

Applicants seeking advanced standing should arrange to have
transcripts of their previous college records forwarded with their
initial inquiry. Students admitted to advanced standing are not
eligible for placement at co-operative work until they have com-
pleted a full year of academic work at the University.

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Entrance Condition Examinations in Boston

Students who are deficient in required units for admission may
remove these deficiencies by examination. Such examinations
are held at the University unless special arrangements are made
with the Department of Admissions to administer them elsewhere.

Students are advised to take such examinations on the earliest
possible date in order that any deficiencies which they fail to clear
may be made up in time to permit registration with the desired
class and division.

The time of examinations is as follows:

10:00 A.M. to 12:00 M.
1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.

During the current year examinations will be given on the fol-
lowing days: June 5, 1940; August 28, 1940. All other examina-
tions will be given by special assignment.

Freshman Orientation Period

In order that freshmen may be ready to pursue their academic
work with greater composure and be somewhat acclimated
preceding the beginning of scholastic work, three or four days
prior to the first term are devoted to a freshman orientation
period. During this time freshmen are advised as to choice of
program, and assisted in every way possible in order that they
may be prepared to begin serious study and work on the first day
of the college term. All freshmen are required to attend all exer-
cises at the University scheduled during the orientation period.

An optional feature of the orientation program is the freshman
camp conducted under the auspices of the Student Union. The
camp is planned particularly for out-of-town students, although
commuters are welcomed. It aims at providing a stimulating and
wholesome environment under vacation conditions in which the
new men may become acquainted with one another and with
members of the faculty. The camp site on Lake Massapoag in the
northern part of Massachusetts is admirably equipped for this
purpose, having ample facilities for baseball, basketball, tennis,
boating, and swimming. The cost of the two days at camp is
nominal and most freshmen avail themselves of this opportunity
for recreation prior to the beginning of the college year.

Physical Examination
All freshmen receive a thorough physical examination at the
University during the orientation period. All students are
expected to report promptly at the appointed time for examina-
tion. Those who fail to appear at the appointed time will be
charged a special examination fee of two dollars ($2).

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Freshman Counsellors
At the time of his matriculation each freshman is assigned to a
personal counsellor, a member of the faculty, who serves as an
interested and friendly counsellor during the perplexing period of
transition from school to college. A personal record card is
prepared for each student, containing certain pertinent data from
his preparatory school record, the report of his physical examina-
tion at Northeastern, his scores on psychological tests, the results
of placement examinations, and any special notes which may be
of significance in counselling work. The aim of the freshman
counselling system is primarily to assist students in making an
effective start upon their programs and secondarily to acquire for
the later use of guidance officers a fund of significant informa-
tion relative to every freshman. Counselling is under the direction
of a Dean of Students, assisted by a clinical psychologist, who
handles the diagnosis and remedial treatment of problem cases.

Individual Attention to Freshmen

Not only is attention given to the problems of the student in
connection with his studies, but also the service is extended to
include help upon any problem in which advice is needed and
desired, the aim being to guide the student to the fullest possible
personal development.

The college record of each student is carefully analyzed in the
light of what could reasonably be expected of him, considering
his previous school record, his score on the psychological test,
and the other factors in his situation. If he is not doing his best
work, an investigation is made to determine and eliminate the
causes. If he is doing as well as could be expected or better, he is
encouraged to continue to do so. In other words, each student is
held to the most effective work possible, through advice, encourage-
ment, and assistance.

Outline of Freshman Courses
The first year is a period of full time study during which the
student must demonstrate his fitness for the program which he
has elected. Students who are unsuccessful in the basic courses
of the freshman year will not be permitted to continue with their
advanced program, but will be advised to change their goal and
type of training. In some instances this will mean change to
another curriculum at Northeastern; in others, transfer to another
institution. The freshman courses are so arranged as to permit change
of objective at the end of the first year with a minimum loss of time.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

freshman ^Programs

1. For Liberal Arts students majoring in English, Economics-Sociology, or
taking the Pre-Legal program.

Course

No.
H 1
Gv 1
P LA

E LA

G 1.F3,
orF5

Ps 1-A Orientation

PE 3-4 Physical Training .

S.H. No.

History of Civilization. . 4

American Government. 3
Survey of Physical

Science 4

English 1 3

German or French 3

Gv2

P2-A

E2-A

G 2, F 4,
or F 6

.— PE2

Course

S.H.

History of Civilization 4

American Government 3
Survey of Physical

Science 4

English 1 3

German or French .... 3

Hygiene . . . . 1

PE 3-4 Physical Training.

2. For Liberal Arts students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics-
Physics.

Ml, M3 Algebra, Trigonometry. 5 M 4

P 1 Physics 1 3 P2

Ch 1 General Chemistry 4 Ch 2

E 1-A English 1 3 EM

G 1, F 3, German or French 3 G 2, F 4,

or F 5 or F 6

Ps 1-A Orientation — PE 2

PE 3-4 Physical Training — PE 3-4

Analytic Geometry .... 5

Physics 1 3

Inorganic Chemistry. . . 4

English 1 3

German or French .... 3

Hygiene 1

Physical Training —

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l^equirements for Qraduatioru

The following requirements must be fulfilled by all candidates
for the A.B. or S.B. degree:

1. To be graduated, a student must have completed a total of not
less than 125 semester hours of academic work with a degree of
proficiency acceptable to the faculty. (One semester hour
comprises three clock hours of work per week over a period of
from fifteen to eighteen weeks.) Usually this represents one
hour of recitation or lecture and two hours of outside prepara-
tion. In laboratory work, however, a larger part of the time
is given to class work.

College attendance over a five-year period is normally needed
to fulfill this requirement, although the work may be com-
pleted in four years by students who elect full-time study in-
stead of the co-operative plan for one or more upperclass years.
Students who undertake co-operative work assignments must
also meet the requirements of the Department of Co-operative
Work before they become eligible for their degrees.

No student transferring from another college or university is
eligible to receive the A.B. or the S.B. degree until he has
completed at least one academic year at Northeastern im-
mediately preceding his graduation.

2. At least 30 semester hours must be completed in a major field
of concentration. Certain courses are required in each field
of concentration.

3. From 12 to 16 semester hours must be completed in each of
two other fields which are called the minor fields.

4. All candidates for the A.B. degree must offer at least three
units of foreign language for admission and complete at least
two full year courses in foreign languages in their college
programs.

5. All candidates for the S.B. degree must complete at least two
full year courses in foreign language in their college programs.

6. Candidates who have achieved distinctly superior attainment
in their academic work will be graduated with honor. Upon
special vote of the faculty a limited number of this group may
be graduated with high honor or with highest honor. Stu-
dents must have been in attendance at the University at least
two years before they may become eligible for graduation with
honor, with high honor, or with highest honor.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Curricula Requirements in Liberal Arts

The following fields of study are approved as fields of concentra-
tion, or major fields, in the College of Liberal Arts: biology,
chemistry, economics-sociology, English, English (journalism
option), and mathematics-physics. Required courses for students
majoring in these fields are listed below.

Biology
Courses in General Zoology, General Botany, Invertebrate
biology: Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology, Animal Histology,

Physiology, Vertebrate Embryology, History of
Biology, Histological Technique, and Genetics.

Courses in fifteen semester hours in chemistry and six sem-
other fields: ester hours in physics.

Chemistry
Courses in Qualitative Analysis, Qualitative Analysis Lab-
chemistry: oratory, Quantitative Analysis, Quantitative

Analysis Laboratory, Organic Chemistry, Organic
Chemistry Laboratory, Physical Chemistry,
Colloidal Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry. (N.B.
Thesis work is strongly recommended for all
qualified students.)

Courses in twelve semester hours in physics and six semester
other fields: hours in mathematics.

Economics-Sociology
Courses in Economic Principles, Economic Problems, Labor
economics: Problems, International Economic Relations,
Business Cycles, and Economic Systems.

Courses in Introduction to Sociology, Principles of Sociology,
sociology: Social Problems, Criminology, The Family, Social

Ethics.

Courses in sixteen semester hours in English, psychology and
other fields: government.

English
Courses in English Literature, American Literature, Shake-
English: speare, 18th and 19th Century Prose, Drama be-

fore Shakespeare, Chaucer, 19th Century Poetry,
Creative Writing, Great European Writers, and
Comparative Drama or History of the Novel.

Courses in sixteen semester hours in the social sciences.

OTHER FIELDS:

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English'] ournalism
Courses in English Literature, American Literature, Shake-
English: speare, 18th and 19th Century Prose, Comparative

Drama or History of the Novel, Journalism I and

Journalism II, Creative Writing.

Courses in sixteen semester hours in the social sciences.

OTHER FIELDS:

Mathematics-Physics
Courses in Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, Differen-
mathematics: tial Equations, Advanced Calculus, Theory of
Equations, and History of Mathematics.

Courses in Physics II, Physics Laboratory, Optics, Sound,
physics: and Modern Physics.

Courses in ten semester hours in non-science fields.

OTHER FIELDS:

Students may elect their minor fields of study after consultation
with their faculty advisers. The following subjects are available
as minors: biology, education, French, German, history and
government, physical education, and psychology. Any of the
major fields listed above may also be chosen as minors. Students
in the College of Liberal Arts may also elect a limited number of
courses from among those offered in other colleges of the Day
Division such as advertising, contracts, marketing, industrial
management, public administration, finance, accounting, and
similar subjects. For a complete statement of admission require-
ments and freshman programs see pages 48 to 53 of this catalog.

Pre- Legal Curricula

Effective September 1, 1938, by a ruling of the Supreme Judicial
Court of Massachusetts, in order to be eligible for examination
for admission to the Bar an applicant must have completed certain
general educational requirements before beginning his legal
education. Briefly, this general education must comprise gradua-
tion from a four-year high school and the completion of not less
than half of the work accepted for the Bachelor's degree in a
college approved by the Board of Bar Examiners.

Two separate programs of pre-legal study, both of which meet
one-half of the semester hour requirements for the Bachelor's
degree, are offered by the College of Liberal Arts.

One of these curricula is designed for young men who are able
to give their full time to college life for the two-year period neces-
sary to complete the pre-legal requirements. It comprises one
year of thirty-five weeks and a second year of thirty weeks and is
specifically adapted to the needs of full-time students. The

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academic work is articulated directly with that of the secondary
schools from which these young men have recently been graduated.
It is paralleled by a wholesome program of athletics and social
activities which contribute much to the development of young
college men.

The other pre-legal curriculum is built around the needs of
mature employed men and women who can give only part time
to college work. While this evening course of study meets the
same academic standards and includes the same number of
semester hour credits as that offered in the day, less emphasis is
given to student activities and the courses of instruction are chosen
to meet the needs of adult students. Class attendance three
nights a week, forty weeks each year, for three years is needed to
cover the curriculum requirements.

Both day and evening curricula lay much emphasis upon the
social sciences, English, and history, because of the value of
thorough grounding in these fields for the prospective student
of law.

On the pages which follow are given the synopses of courses
offered in the several curricula of the College. Courses offered
in the first semester bear odd numbers, and those offered in the
second semester bear even numbers.

The term pre-requisite indicates a course that must be passed
by a student before he will be permitted to register for an advanced
course.

Freshman courses extend over a full semester of 18 weeks.
Upperclass courses are uniformly 10 weeks in length each term.

The University reserves the right to withdraw any course in
which there is insufficient enrolment.

Unless otherwise noted all courses meet for three class periods
each week.

biology

Professor Miroyiannis; Mr. Thomson and Assistants

B 1 General Zoology
An introductory course dealing with the basic principles of
zoology. A survey of the main types of animals; their classifica-
tion, structure, life history, distribution, and economic value.
The laboratory work illustrates the lectures.

3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 3 lab.)

B 2 General Botany
An introductory course dealing with the basic principles of botany.
A general survey of the more important plant types throughout

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the vegetable kingdom; their classification, structure, life history,
distribution, and economic value. The fundamentals of plant
physiology are stressed. The laboratory work illustrates the

lectures.

3 semester hour credits (3 cl., 3 lab.)

B 3 Invertebrate Zoology
This course deals with the comparative development and structure
of the organic systems of invertebrate animals as represented by
the following phyla: Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora,
Platythelminthes, Nemathelminthes, Trochelminthes, and Mol-
luscoidea; their biological and ecological relationships. The
laboratory work consists of detailed dissection of representative
types.

Pre-requisite: B 1 2 semester hour credits (2 cl, 3 lab.)

B 4 Invertebrate Zoology
Continues and presupposes course B 3. In this part of the course,
the lectures deal with the comparative development and structure
of the various organ systems of invertebrate animals as represented
by the following invertebrate phyla: Coelhelminthes, Mollusca,
Arthropoda, and Echinodermata; their biological and ecological
relationships. The laboratory work consists of detailed dissection
of representative types.

Pre-requisite: B 1 2 semester hour credits (2 cl, 3 lab.)

B 5 Vertebrate Zoology
This course deals with the comparative anatomy of the integu-
ment; the skeletal, muscular, digestive and respiratory systems of
the principal classes of vertebrates. The laboratory work con-
sists of detailed dissection of representative types.

Pre-requisite: B 1 2 semester hour credits (2 cl, 3 lab.)

B 6 Vertebrate Zoology
Continues and presupposes course B 5. In this part of the course,
the lectures deal with the comparative anatomy of the vascular,
excretory, reproductive and nervous systems together with the
organs of special sense of the principal classes of vertebrates.
The laboratory work consists of detailed dissection of representa-
tive types.

Pre-requisite: B 1 2 semester hour credits (2 cl, 3 lab.)

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B 7 Animal Physiology

This course deals with the functions of vertebrates with particular
emphasis on mammalian and human physiology. Demonstra-
tions are given from time to time and are arranged to correspond
as closely as possible with the lecture work.

Pre-requisite: B 1, B 5, B 6 2 semester hour credits

B 8 Genetics

This course deals with the laws of variation and inheritance; their
application to man and to domestic animals and plants.

Pre-requisite: B 1, B 2 , 2 semester hour credits

B 9 Animal Histology
The lectures deal with the normal microscopic anatomy of the
cell; histogenesis; and the fundamental tissues of various inverte-
brates and vertebrates. The laboratory work illustrates the lectures
by means of microscopic preparations.

Pre-requisite: B 1, B 5, B 6 2 semester hour credits (2 cl., 2 lab.)

B 10 Animal Histology
Continues and presupposes course B 9. In this part of the course
a detailed study is made of the normal microscopic anatomy of
the organs of the lower and higher vertebrates. The laboratory
work illustrates the lectures by means of microscopic preparations.
Pre-requisite: B 1, B 5, B 6 2 semester hour credits (2 cl., 2 lab.)

B 11 Vertebrate Embryology
The lectures deal with the general embryology and the early stages
of development of Amphioxus and of theTeleost, frog, chick, and
pig. The laboratory work is devoted to the study of embryos in
toto and in sections of the early stages of the frog and of the chick .
Pre-requisite: B 1, B 5, B 6 2 semester hour credits (2 cl., 2 lab.)

B 12 Vertebrate Embryology

Continues and presupposes course B 11. In this part of the
course the lectures deal with the later stages of development of
the chick and the pig, and comparisons with the frog. The
laboratory work is devoted to the study of embryos in toto and in
sections of the later stages of development of organs and organ
systems in the chick and the pig.

Pre-requisite: B 1, B 5, B 6 2 semester hour credits (2 cl, 2 lab.)

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B 13 Mammalian Anatomy
An advanced laboratory course in the dissection of a mammal.

2 semester hour credits (I cl, 6 lab.)

B 14 Mammalian Anatomy

Continuation of course B 13.

2 semester hour credits (I cl, 6 lab.)

B 15 Histological Technique

This course is designed to present the fundamentals of histological
technique. Lectures deal with the various methods of fixation,
clearing, hardening, embedding, section cutting, and staining of
various vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant tissues. Emphasis is
laid upon the laboratory work, which consists of preparing
histological slides.

2 semester hour credits (I cl., 4 lab.)

B 16 Histological Technique

Continuation of course B 15.

2 semester hour credits (I cl., 4 lab.)

B 17 History of Biology

A course treating the development of biological sciences from
the earliest times to the present, and tracing the history of bio-
logical investigations.

2 semester hour credits

Chemistry

Professors Vernon, Strahan, McGuire; Dr. Luder;
Messrs. MacKenzie, Giella, and Dubois

C/i 1 Inorganic Chemistry
A course designed for those who have had chemistry before
entering college. The fundamental ideas of matter and energy;
the properties of gases, liquids, and solids; molecular weights,
equations; atomic structure; classification of the elements; ionic
reactions; and the chemistry of the non-metals are among the
topics covered.

4 semester hour credits (3 cl, 3 lab.)

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Ch 2 Inorganic Chemistry
A continuation of Ch 1 Inorganic Chemistry. Modern ideas
covering the theory of solutions of electrolytes are discussed. The
chemistry of the metals is covered thoroughly, and time is devoted
to an introduction to organic chemistry. The latter part of the
course is given to qualitative analysis with particular emphasis

on the laboratory work. 4 semester hour credits (3 cl, 3 lab.)

Ch 3 Inorganic Chemistry
A course intended for those who have not had chemistry in high
school. The content is similar to that of Ch 1, but the treatment
is such that no prior knowledge of chemistry is necessary.

4 semester hour credits (3 cl, 3 lab.)

Ch 4 Inorganic Chemistry

A continuation of Ch 3. 4 semester hour credits (3 cL, 3 lab.)

Ch 9 Qualitative Analysis
A study of various fundamental qualitative laws and principles
as applied to the separation of ions. Mass law action, ionic
equilibrium, and oxidation-reduction are among the topics

covered. 3 semester hour credits {4 cl.)

Ch 1 1 Qualitative Analysis Laboratory
Laboratory work on detection of anions and cations. The
experiments are designed to amplify the class work and give
experience in the analysis of unknown substances.

23^ semester hour credits (11 lab.)

Ch 12 Quantitative Analysis

Each of the major operations, such as weighing, measuring of
volumes, titration, filtration, ignition, and combustion, is con-
sidered from the standpoint of the theoretical principles involved,
and with due consideration of the manipulative technique
necessary. 2 semester hour credits (3 cl.)

Ch 13 Quantitative Analysis
A continuation of Ch 12. Advanced gravimetric analysis and
systematic mineral procedures are studied together with the
common technical methods. 2 semester hour credits (3 cl.)

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Ch 14 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory
Acidimetry and alkalimetry, and oxidation and precipitation
methods as used in volumetric work comprise the first part of the
laboratory work. This is followed by simple gravimetric analysis.

1 x/2 semester hour credits (7 lab.)

Ch 15 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory

A continuation of Ch 14. Advanced gravimetric, electrolytic,
combustion, and optical methods are used. In the latter half of
the course actual industrial technical methods are used.

2 semester hour credits (9 lab.)

Ch 31 Organic Chemistry 1
A study of the basic principles of the aliphatic organic com-
pounds. The resemblance of classes is stressed, and emphasis is
placed on genetic charts. The industrial significance of the sub-
ject is discussed to show the practical nature of organic chemistry.

2 semester hour credits (3 cl.)

Ch 32 Organic Chemistry 11

A continuation of Ch 31, dealing with the preparation and
characteristic reactions of the aromatic organic compounds.
Special attention is given to polymerization, diazotization, dyes,
and the use of catalysts, nitration, and sulfonation.

A few of the more important heterocyclic compounds are studied.

2 semester hour credits (3 cl.)

Ch 33 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1
Preparations and reactions designed to teach the laboratory
technique involved in organic chemistry. The method of keeping
notes in the work performed and reactions involved is stressed.

1 semester hour credit (5 lab.)

Ch 34 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 11
This is a continuation of Ch 33. The preparations in this course
serve to acquaint the student with such types of chemical reactions
as sulfonation, the Grignard reaction, the Perkins reaction,
Skraup's synthesis, the Friedel-Crafts' reaction, and the prepara-
tion of dyes.

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Ch 35 Organic Chemistry 111

A continuation of Ch 32, this course includes a study of the
preparation and reactions of heterocyclic and alicyclic com-
pounds.

2 semester hour credits (3 cL)

Ch 40 Physical Chemistry 1

This course begins with a short resume of the field of physical
chemistry and its relationship to the other courses in chemistry
and chemical engineering. Atomic and molecular weights, and
the properties of gases, liquids, solids, ionized, non-ionized, and
colloidal solutions are then taken up.

3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 4 lab.)

Ch 41 Physical Chemistry 11
A continuation of Ch 40, this course includes a consideration of
the following topics: rates of reaction, homogeneous and hetero-
geneous equilibrium, and thermochemistry.

3H semester hour credits (4 cl., 4 lab.)

Ch 42 Physical Chemistry 111

A continuation of Ch 41 including electrical conductance,
electrolytic equilibrium, electrolysis, photochemistry, and atomic
structure.

3>Y% semester hour credits (4 cl, 4 lab.)

Ch 48 Colloidal Chemistry
A study of the preparation and properties of suspensoids, emul-
soids, emulsions, and gels.

2 3-4 semester hour credits (3 cl, 2 lab.)

Ch 51 Sources of Information
This course is intended to acquaint the chemical student with the
constantly increasing volume of scientific literature pertaining to
the field of chemistry.

After a brief outline of the entire field of scientific literature and
a description of various methods of library procedure, the various
available sources of scientific information are investigated. A
series of individual library problems, in which the student is
required to apply the information obtained in the classroom,
forms a very important part of the course.

1 semester hour credit (1 cl.)

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Ch 52 History of Chemistry

A study of the development of scientific theories and contributions

of workers in the field of chemistry. Elective for students majoring

in chemistry.

2 semester hour credits (3 cl.)

Ch 63 Advanced Chemistry
A survey of the most recent developments in physical chemistry
and inorganic chemistry.

2% semester hour credits (4 cl.)

Ch 64 Advanced Chemistry
A survey of the most recent developments in organic chemistry
theory and practice.

2l/2 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

Ch 65 Thesis
Original experimental work carried out under the direction of
some member of the chemistry department staff. Elective for
qualified students majoring in chemistry.

Pre-requisite: Ch 42 3 semester hour credits (9 lab.)

Ch 66 Thesis
A continuation of Ch 65.

Pre-requisite: Ch 42 4 semester hour credits (12 lab.)

Co-ordination^

Professors Nightingale, Everett, and Morgan; Mr. Purinton

C 11 Vocational Conference
This course is designed to bring about analytical thinking and
systematic planning of the "after-graduation-employment" prob-
lem. It is conducted as an open discussion class by the Depart-
ment of Co-operative Work. Each Co-ordinator has in class
those students whom he has placed and supervised on co-opera-
tive work. Each student analyzes and applies to himself as the
"product" the fundamental principles of merchandizing. Prom-
inent men who are leaders in the fields of employment counselling,
business, or engineering present the employers' viewpoints. Thus
the graduating seniors are brought face to face during the year
with one of the most important and perplexing problems of life,
namely, how to "sell their services," thereby aiming to bring a
co-ordinated training of theory and practice to a logical conclusion.

}/2 semester hour credit (2 cl.)

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C 12 Vocational Conference

This course is the sequel to C 11 and consists of the practical
application of the techniques of job-getting which have been
analyzed and discussed in that course. It is conducted on a
conference rather than on a class basis, the major portion of the
time being devoted to the planning and writing of letters to and
securing interviews with prospective employers. It is intended
that this course shall culminate in the attainment by each student
of his after-graduation job.

J^ semester hour credit (2 cl.)

Economics

Dean Lake; Professors Hamilton and Tuthill; Mr. Regan

Ec 3 Economic Principles

A thorough grounding in the fundamental principles and laws of
economics is the aim of this basic course. The main topics in-
clude the nature and organization of production, the nature and
importance of wants, the relation of money and prices, the process
of exchange, and the nature of international trade.

2 semester hour credits

Ec 4 Economic Principles
A continuation of Ec 3. A careful analysis is made of the deter-
mination of price under conditions of competition and monopoly,
and of the distribution of wealth and income in the form of wages,
economic rent, interest, and profits. The elements of insurance
are discussed in connection with profits.

2 semester hour credits

Ec 5 Economic Problems
In this course the application of economic principles to some
of the major economic problems of modern society is emphasized.
The problems studied include consumption, protective tariffs and
subsidies, labor problems such as unemployment and labor
unions, and the business cycle.

2 semester hour credits

Ec 6 Economic Problems
A continuation of Ec 5. Among the problems considered are the
following: price stabilization, the agricultural problem, the re-
lation of government to business including control of monop-
olies and public utilities, insurance, public finance, and proposals
for the remodeling and improving of the economic system.

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Ec 7 Money and Banking
This course, amplifying the more general treatment of money
and credit in Ec 3 and Ec 4, considers the problems of monetary
and banking control with particular emphasis upon the policies
of the Federal Reserve System. Current developments are care-
fully considered.

Pre-requisite: Ec 3, Ec 4 2 semester hour credits

Ec 11 Labor Problems
An intensive study of the labor problems of modern industry con-
stitutes the content of this course. Unemployment and other
grievances of the worker, including industrial accident and
disease, inadequate wages, long hours, undesirable working con-
ditions, child and woman labor, etc., are carefully analyzed.
Labor unions, representing the workers' effort to solve the above
problems, receive extended attention with an appraisal of their
policies and accomplishments. Employee representation, profit-
sharing plans and similar devices of the employer to meet the
same problems are also examined critically. The attitude of our
government toward these problems and its attempts to handle
them are analyzed carefully. The suggestions of other groups and
agencies in respect to these problems will be treated, e.g. co-
operative movement, socialism.

Pre-requisite: Ec 3, Ec 4 2 semester hour credits

Ec 12 Economic Systems
After developing various criteria for evaluating the different
economic systems, the course proceeds to a comparative analysis
of capitalism, co-operation, socialism, communism, and fascism.
The problems of economic planning receive particular attention.
Pre-requisite: Ec 3, Ec 4 2 semester hour credits

Ec 13 Business Cycles
After a study of the conditions which underlie cyclical fluctua-
tions in prices, volume of trade, physical production, and employ-
ment, a careful analysis is made of the more significant theories
of the business cycle. The possibilities of controlling such fluctua-
tions and of initiating recovery receive extended attention.
Throughout the course emphasis is placed upon the current phase
of the business cycle and its peculiar problems.

Pre-requisite: Ec 5, Ec 6 2 semester hour credits

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Ec 14 International Economic Relations
A careful examination of the important principles of international
trade and finance precedes a critical survey of the international
commercial policies of modern nations, with special reference to
the United States. Such broader problems as the international
control of raw materials, exchange restrictions, international
cartels and the economic activities of the League of Nations and
other international organizations are considered.

Pre-requisite: Ec 5, Ec 6 2 semester hour credits

Ec 15 History of Economic Thought

A critical review of the origin and development of economic
thought. After a brief account of the contributions of Plato and
Aristotle, the early Christian fathers, and the writers of the
Middle Ages, each of the main schools of economic thought is
taken up in turn: the Mercantilists, the Physiocrats, the Classical
School, the Socialists, the Historical School, the Austrian School,
and that of Alfred Marshall.

Pre-requisite: Ec 5, Ec 6 2 semester hour credits

Ec 16 Advanced Economic Theory
The course introduces the student to the more complex aspects
of economic theory. Particular consideration is given to the
major modern theoretical problems.

Pre-requisite: Ec 15 2 semester hour credits

Ec 17 Statistics

This course is intended to give the student an understanding of
statistical principles and methods and their practical application
in the social sciences. A study is made of the nature, sources,
collection and organization of statistical facts; the presentation of
such facts in tabular or graphic form, the various averages,
measures of dispersion, and the construction and use of index
numbers.

2 semester hour credits

Ec 18 Statistics
The major portion of this continuation of Ec 17, Statistics, con-
cerns the analysis of time series, and includes the methods of
obtaining trends, seasonal indexes, and the measurement of
cyclical variation. The application of correlation analysis in
the field of social science is given extended attention.

2 semester hour credits

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Education

Professors Estes and White; Mr. Morris

Note: In addition to the courses listed below, Ps 5 and Ps 6, Educational
Psychology, may also be counted as courses in education.

Ed I History of Education
Education is considered as the means by which nations have
attempted to realize their social and spiritual ideals. This course
traces the history of education from ancient times through the
Greek and Roman periods, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and
Reformation, down to John Locke and the Enlightenment. The
course is concerned with the development of points of view as
well as with the details of organization and practice.

2 semester hour credits

Ed 2 History of Education

Beginning with the emotional reaction against formalism in life
as exemplified by Rousseau, this course takes up the immediate
background of modern education and traces the development of
national systems. The influence of such men as Pestalozzi,
Herbart, Froebel, Spencer, Mann, Barnard, Dewey, and others is
studied in detail. The course closes with a consideration of
present tendencies in education. 2 semester hour credits

Ed 3 Educational Organization and Administration

A study of the principles underlying the organization, adminis-
tration, and supervision of public schools in the U. S. A. The
course is illustrated with suitable problems taken from actual
practice. It should be of special interest to students who con-
template teaching as a vocation. 2 semester hour credits

Ed 4 Educational Measurements
The course concerns itself with current problems in the field of
educational tests and measurements. Most of the lectures are
given over to a discussion of the construction and use of new
type objective tests, with particular reference to the field of second-
ary education. The relative merits of the essay and the objective
examination are considered in connection with the problem of
grades and grading systems. Enough elementary statistics are
included to enable students to use intelligently the results of test-
ing. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of an accurate
interpretation of test data and upon the futility of indiscriminate
testing. 2 semester hour credits

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Ed 7 Comparative Education

A discussion of the educational background and current theories
and practices of England, France, and Germany. Emphasis is
laid upon the bearing of European education on American prac-
tice. Much of the assigned reading is in current periodical
literature, although a basic text is also used. Lectures, special
reports, and class discussions comprise the media by which the
course is conducted.

2 semester hour credits

Ed 9 Educational Sociology

The course considers the relationship between education and
sociology. Educational objectives are set up from the findings of
sociological research and the traditional curriculum is examined
in the light of these objectives with a view towards its recon-
struction. A critical attitude is maintained toward philosophical
implications which will inevitably arise in the course.

2 semester hour credits

Ed 10 Educational Philosophy
A study of the relationship between the science of education and
the philosophy of education is followed by a consideration of
philosophies of education in the light of basic theses of the history
of philosophy. Such topics as evolutionism, behaviorism, prag-
matism, instrumentalism, and progressive education are viewed
in the perspective of the history of philosophy.

2 semester hour credits

English

Dean Melvin; Professors Holmes and Marston; Dr. Reynolds;
Messrs. Cloney, and Norvish

E l'A English 1
The aim of this course is to help the student attain competence
in the understanding and evaluating of modern literature and in
written expression. It includes a review of the structural essen-
tials of the English language, various written assignments, and the
study of essays and informational articles.

3 semester hour credits

E 2-A English 1
Continuing the general purposes of E 1A, this course proceeds
to a study of the special problems of description and narration,
and to a critical reading of poems, short stories, and plays.

3 semester hour credits

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E 7 Creative Writing
For students interested in imaginative writing. Original papers
by the students will be discussed in class and in weekly conference
with the instructor. The principles underlying creative writing

will be carefully studied.

2 semester hour credits

E 8 Creative Writing
Continued practice in creative writing supplemented by an
analysis of the work appearing in the better magazines. The
shorter forms will be emphasized.

Pre'requisite: E 7 2 semester hour credits

E 9 Journalism I

The newspaper technique, with practice in re-writing. The
general tasks of an "inside" man and the functions of the editorial
department.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

E 10 Journalism 1

The problems of reporting and newswriting, with written assign-
ments in all types of spot news reporting.

Pre-requisite: E 9 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

E 11 Journalism 11

Editing the news. The writing of editorials, feature articles, and
columns.

Pre-requisite: E 10 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

E 12 Journalism 11
A general practice course in newspaper writing, the covering of
special assignments, and editorial problems.

Pre-requisite: E 11 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

E 13 Effective Speaking
This course offers practical training in the preparation and presen-
tation of the various types of speeches. The instruction is planned
to eliminate defects of voice, posture, and delivery, and to develop
in the student an ability to speak easily, naturally, and forcefully.

1 semester hoar credit (2 cl.)

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E 14 Effective Speaking
Continued practice in impromptu and extempore speaking,
organization of material, consideration of the audience, and
vocabulary building, form the basis of the course.

Pre-requisite: E 13 I semester hour credit

E 15 Survey of English Literature
A survey of English literature to 1800. After a brief study of the
social and political background of each literary period, the writing
of the period is considered, and the more important writers are
studied and read in detail. The purpose of the course is to give
the student an appreciation of English literature as a whole, and
an intimate knowledge of its major figures.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl. )

E 16 Survey of English Literature
A survey of English literature from 1800 to the present century.
The outstanding writers are read, studied, and related to the
general background of nineteenth-century England. The purpose
of the course is to give the student an understanding of the
writers who contributed most to the formation and development
of modern literature in England.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

E 17 English Drama Before Shakespeare
A study of the origins and growth of English drama from
its beginning to its culmination in the work of Shakespeare. A
discussion of the morality plays will be followed by a careful
consideration of the influence of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca on
the dramatists of the age. Plays by Lyly, Peele, Greene, Kyd, and
Marlowe will be read as a background for Shakespearean drama.

2 semester hour credits

E 18 Chaucer
An introduction to the language and literature of Chaucer and
his contemporaries, with special attention to the "Canterbury
Tales." The course includes a consideration of Chaucer's in-
fluence on the growth of the language, an examination of the
"roman de tiroir" form, and a survey of the chief types of Euro-
pean popular narrative which the "Canterbury Tales" represents.

2 semester hour credits

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E 19 Shakespeare
The Elizabethan period, sixteenth century London, the Shakes-
pearean stage and audience, and the actors' companies will be
discussed. Shakespeare's life and his development as a dramatist
will be carefully considered. Five plays will be intensively studied.

2 semester hour credits

E 20 Shakespeare
Lectures will be given on Shakespeare's language, the text of the
plays, Shakespearean criticism, editors' problems, etc. Four
plays will be intensively studied. The sonnets will be read and
discussed.

2 semester hour credits

E 21 "Nineteenth Century Poetry I
Background forces which shaped the Romantic period will be
carefully studied; the influence of German idealists, of the French
Revolution, and of the natural reaction from the classicism of
Pope and Johnson will be analyzed and evaluated. Poetry of
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley will be studied
critically.

2 semester hour credits

E 22 Nineteenth Centry Poetry 11
A study of the poetry of the Victorian era with emphasis on the
writings of Browning and Tennyson. The influence of the age
on its poets will be carefully considered.

2 semester hour credits

E 23 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Prose

A study of the important, non-fiction prose works of Bacon,
Browne, Swift, Addison, Steele, Johnson, and Boswell, among
others, with emphasis on the relationship of the literature to the
age. The various prose styles will be discussed. A written paper
will be required.

2 semester hour credits

E 24 Nineteenth Century Prose
An examination of significant nineteenth century writers as to
their social, political, literary, and educational ideas. Lamb,
Hazlitt, Carlyle, Macaulay, Newman, Ruskin, Arnold, Huxley,
and Stevenson are among those to be considered. A written
paper will be required.

2 semester hour credits

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E 25 American Literature to 1860
A survey of American literature from colonial times to the triumph
of the transcendental movement in New England. The work of
Bryant, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Lowell, Holmes,
Longfellow, and Melville will be emphasized.

2 semester hour credits

E 26 American Literature After 1860
Continuing E 25, the course will consider the rise of realism after
the Civil War, the development of American humor, the appear-
ance of local color writers, and modern trends since 1900.

2 semester hour credits

E 27 History of the English Novel
This survey will trace the development of the novel from the
18th century to the beginning of the Victorian era. It will deal
with the maturing of the novel form in the hands of Defoe,
Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett; the "Gothic romances" of
Walpole and Lewis; and the novel of manners as seen in Jane
Austen.

2 semester hour credits

E 28 History of the English Novel

This course will deal with the work of the Great Victorians,
particularly Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot, Conrad, and Hardy. A
few contemporary novels will be discussed. The student will be
expected to read widely in the field.

2 semester hour credits

E 29 Great European Writers
An introduction to the classics of Ancient and Medieval literature.
The purpose of the course is to acquaint the student broadly with
our literary heritage and to furnish him background for later
studies in literature.

2 semester hour credits

E 30 Great European Writers
A survey of the literature of Europe from the Renaissance to
the beginning of the twentieth century.

2 semester hour credits

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E 31 Comparative Drama
Through the analysis of plays of various origins, this course shows
the development of essential techniques in drama from period to
period, and demonstrates how a general type of drama manifests
special characteristics in accordance with the social and political
backgrounds against which it is set. During this term the emphasis
is placed on the classic literature of the Greek and Roman theater.

2 semester hour credits

E 32 Comparative Drama
This course, a continuation of the study begun in E 31, deals with
the representative plays of the Continent since 1600.

2 semester hour credits

E 33 Modern Literature 18954915

Beginning with a study of late nineteenth-century literature in
England and America, the course considers the principal literary
developments of the period 1895 to 1915. New forms and methods
in poetry, the novel, the short way, and the play are studied, and
are illustrated by the work of literary groups and movements and
by such major writers as Walt Whitman and Henry James.

2 semester hour credits

E 34 Post-war Literature
A survey of contemporary literature in England and America.
Outstanding writers are studied in detail. Some of the subjects
discussed are recent changes in form and technique; literary
experiments; the effect on literature of the World War, and of
recent social changes. During the course each student writes a
paper and presents a class report on a contemporary author.

2 semester hour credits

Qeology

Professor Pugsley

Gy 1 General Geology
A study of earth movements and various terrestrial applications
of solar energy. Lectures on fundamental general facts as to
origin and movements of the earth, weathering, work of winds,
underground and surface waters, glaciers and the glacial period,
lakes and swamps, and vulcanism.

2 semester hour credits

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Gy 2 General Geology

Course Gy 1 is continued with such topics as mountain forma-
tion, oceans, oceanic life, atmosphere touching upon meteorology.
A considerable portion of time is given to the study of igneous,
sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, supplemented by laboratory
and field work.

2 semester hour credits

Gy 5 Historical Geology
A review of the beginning of the earth, its development and
historical significance of rock characters. This is followed by a
study of the pre-Cambrian Paleozoic and the early Paleozoic
sub-era.

2 semester hour credits

Gy 6 Historical Geology
Continuation of the first semester taking in the late Paleozoic
sub-era, and the Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods, and continuing
through the geologic history of man.

2 semester hour credits

(government

Professor Bruce; Messrs. Larson and Keith

Gv 1 American Government and Politics
The study of our National Government with respect to its organ-
ization and function; its powers and limitations under the Con-
stitution; its legislative, administrative, and judicial machinery
under the party system of government and bureaucracy.

2 semester hour credits

Gv 2 American Government and Politics
A more detailed study of the relationships of our federal, state, and
municipal governments, including an analysis and comparison of
the various state governments and types of municipal government
with respect to state and local agencies for carrying out the exec-
utive, legislative, and judicial functions of government in a
democratic country.

2 semester hour credits

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Gv 3 Comparative Government
The older governments of Europe, those, principally of Great
Britain and France, but also of Switzerland and the Scandanavian
countries, are described and analyzed in this course. Institutions
are compared in these various states with reference to America
and the newer governments of Europe.

2 semester hour credits

Gv 4 Comparative Government
A study of the newer governments of Europe, as found in Ger-
many, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Democracy and dictatorship
are analyzed as different modes of life and rule. These states are
compared to each other, to the older governments of Europe,
and to the United States.

2 semester hour credits

Gv 5 American Constitutional Law
After a careful study of the influences affecting the framing of the
Constitution, attention is turned to the leading constitutional
principles of the American government as developed through
judicial interpretation.

2 semester hour credits

Gv 6 American Constitutional Law
A continuation of Gv 5. Primary emphasis is placed upon the
relation of constitutional law to present day problems with partic-
ular reference to such items as "due process of law" and "inter-
state commerce."

2 semester hour credits

Gv 7 Origins of Political Theory
A survey of political philosophy from Plato and Aristotle to
Bentham. The nature, origin, forms, and ends of the state and
government are covered.

2 semester hour credits

Gv 8 Modern Political Theory
A critical study is made of the major developments in political
theory since Bentham, with special reference to the influence of
these developments upon American politics and political institu-
tions. Attention is paid to the modern conflict between the
democratic and the totalitarian conceptions of the state.

2 semester hour credits

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history

Professor Potter and Assistants

H 1 History of Civilization

This is primarily a background course. Introductory lectures
deal with primitive society, the development of language and
writing, and the early contributions of Egypt and Asia. More
detail is given to the structure of Greek and Roman society, the
rise of the Christian Church, the barbarian invasions of the
Empire, the growth of Islam, and the life of the early Middle Ages.

4 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

H 2 History of Civilization
This course deals with the growth of the monarchies in Europe,
the medieval Church, the art and literature of the Renaissance
and Reformation, the economic revolution, the Age of Reason
in France and England, the Old Regime and the Revolution in
France, and the growth of science and industrialism.
As in H 1, the emphasis is upon the cultural rather than the

political history of Europe. 4 semester hour credits (4 cl)

H 5 Europe, 17894870

This course aims at describing and interpreting the development
of European states from the French Revolution to 1870. Major
topics include the Metternich system, the emergence of French
Republicanism, and the unification of Italy and Germany. Non-
political factors receive much attention throughout the course.

2 semester hour credits

H 6 Europe, 18704938
The international relationships which precipitated the tragedy of
1914 are considered. The rise of militarism and nationalism,
secret diplomacy, propaganda and the press, the "incidents"
which led to the World War, the conduct of the war, the peace
treaties, and the rise of socialism and fascism are discussed in

this course. 2 semester hour credits

H 7 England to 1688
This course surveys the political, social, religious, and economic
development of England to the Revolution of 1688. Political
history receives the major emphasis, but stress is placed upon the
rise of the English institutions which represented England's

Outstanding contribution to civilization. 2 semester hour credits

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H 8 England since 1688

A continuation of H 7. A study is made of Queen Anne's Eng-
land, the policies of Walpole, England's part in European politics,
the age of the first Reform Bill, English imperialism, and Victorian
society.

2 semester hour credits

H 9 The United States to 1865

This course is an interpretation of the events which shaped the
American nation to the Civil War. Social customs, economic
influences, racial contributions, and humanitarian movements
are not neglected, though the political history is stressed.

2 semester hour credits

H 10 The United States Since 1865

Major attention is given to the social, economic, and political
foundations of recent history in this survey of the transition of
America from an agricultural to an urban industrialized society
since the Civil War. Consideration is given to the problems
arising with the emergence of America as a world power.

2 semester hour credits

H 11 Latin American History

This course deals with the European background of Spanish and
Portuguese colonization in the New World, the exploits of the
conquistadores, the Indian civilizations, colonial institutions, and
the forces which gave rise to the revolutions in the early 19th
century.

2 semester hour credits

H 12 Latin American History

This course continues H 11, and describes the Wars of Inde-
pendence and the rise of the republics. A study is made of the
international relations of the Latin American countries, the
Monroe Doctrine, and the Pan-American conferences.

2 semester hour credits

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c^fCathematics

Professors Spear and Haskins; Dr. Lacount; Messrs. Sewell,
Dean and Cook

M 1 College Algebra

The study of algebra is scheduled to begin with the solution of
the quadratic equation, simultaneous quadratics, and equations
in quadratic form. However, a rapid but thorough review of the
fundamentals of algebra precedes this. The solution of the quad-
ratic is followed by a detailed study of the theory of exponents.
Then follow radicals, series, variation, inequalities, and the
elementary principles of the theory of equations. Considerable
time is given to plotting and the use of graphs in the solution of
equations. The elementary theory of complex numbers is also
covered.

3 semester hour credits

M 3 Trigonometry
This is a complete course in trigonometry and should enable the
student to use all branches of elementary trigonometry in the
solution of triangles as well as in the more advanced courses
where the knowledge of trigonometry is essential. Some of the
topics covered are the trigonometric ratios; inverse functions;
goniometry; logarithms; circular measure; laws of sines, cosines,
tangents, half angles; solution of oblique and right triangles;
transformation and solution of trigonometric and logarithmic
equations. Considerable practice in calculation of practical
problems enables the student to apply his trigonometry to prob-
lems arising in practice at an early stage. Additional work,
graphical and algebraic, is done with the complex number, in-
troducing De-Moivre's theorem and the exponential form of
the complex number.

2 semester hour credits (2 cl.)

M 4 Analytic Geometry and Introduction to Calculus
This being a basic course in preparation for any further study of
mathematics, it requires a thorough knowledge of the funda-
mentals of algebra. The course covers cartesian and polar co-
ordinates; graphs; the equations of simpler curves derived from
their geometric properties; thorough study of straight lines, circles,
and conic sections; intersections of curves; transformation of
axes; plotting and solution of algebraic equations of higher order
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loci problems. The general equation of the second degree is
thoroughly analyzed in the study of conic sections. Some time is
devoted to curve fitting from empirical data.
Explicit and implicit functions, dependent and independent
variables, some theory of limits, continuity and discontinuity are
given special attention from both the algebraic and the geometric
points of view. Some theorems on the infinitesimal are intro-
duced, and a study is made of infinity and zero as limits. Relative
rates of change, both average and instantaneous, and the meaning
of the slope of a curve follow. The differential and the derivative
as applied to algebraic functions with the geometric interpretation
are then studied. Tangents to curves of the second degree follow
here. Simple applications with interesting practical problems
help to develop the interest here and lay a solid foundation for the
study of the calculus. The introduction of the differential at the
same time with the derivative helps considerably to bridge the
large gap which usually exists when the student passes from the
study of the elementary analytic geometry to the infinitesimal
of calculus.

5 semester hour credits (5 cl.)

M 5 Differential Calculus
The differential is introduced at the outset of the course, together
with the derivative; geometric and practical illustrations are given
of both; and both are carried along throughout the course. The
work consists of differentiation of algebraic, trigonometric
exponential, and logarithmic functions, both explicit and im-
plicit; slopes of curves; maxima and minima with applied prob-
lems; partial differentiation; parametric equations; derivatives of
higher order; curvature; evolutes and involutes; points of inflec-
tion; related rates; velocities, acceleration; indeterminate forms;
expansion of functions; series. Although the subject matter
deals with considerable theory, constant sight is kept of the
practical application of the theory. The geometric interpretation
of every new subject is carefully defined, and problems are con-
tinually solved dealing in practical applications of the theory in
geometry, physics, and mechanics.

Prerequisite: M 4 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 6 Integral Calculus
This course, a continuation of Calculus M 5, deals with integra-
tion as the inverse of differentiation as well as the limit of sum-
mation. The topics covered are methods of integration; use of
integral tables; definite integrals; double and triple integrals; areas
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of inertia; length of curves; volumes of solids; areas of surfaces
of revolution; volumes by triple integration; practical problems
in work, pressure, etc., depending on the differential and integral
calculus for solution; solution of simpler differential equations.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 7 Differential Equations I

The elementary theory of differential equations and the method
of solution of certain ordinary differential equations are offered
here as a general course in mathematics. Although this is prin-
cipally a problem course in solving differential equations, prop-
erties of the equations and of their solutions are deduced, and
applications in the various fields of scientific work are analyzed.
Pre-requisite: M 6 2 x/2 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 8 Differential Equations U

Special cases of first order equations are considered, and a fuller
treatment of first order equations of higher degree leads to a con-
sideration of envelopes, special loci, and particular curves. The
general second order linear equation is studied, and the several
well-known methods of attack are presented. Solution in series
form of equations whose primitives are not made up of classified
functions is studied. Elementary partial differential equations of
the fitst and second orders, leading to a presentation of Fourier's
Series, conclude the course.

Pre-requisite: M 7 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 9 Higher Algebra

Complex numbers and the elementary theory of vectors start this
course. It continues with the solution of equations of the third
and fourth degree, Horner and Sturm theorems, the solution of
higher degree equations with the use of graphs. Some invariant
forms are studied. Then follow general systems of equations with
the complete study of determinants, and some of the elements of
matrices. A study is made of the theory of elimination, linear
dependence, and linear transformations. If time permits, a study
is made of probability and related subjects.

Pre-requisite: M 1, M 3 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 10 Curve Analysis
This course deals with the methods of approximation of roots;
plotting; empirical equations; and alignment charts.

Pre-requisite: M5 3 semester hour credits (4 cl. )

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M 11 Solid Analytic Geometry
The study of analytic geometry is extended here into three di-
mensions, mostly with rectangular co-ordinates, although cylindri-
cal and spherical co-ordinates and the transformation between
the three systems are also introduced. The equations of the first
and second degree are analyzed. A study is made of line segments
and angles; planes, linear equations in three variables; normal
forms; systems of planes and angles; surfaces in general; quadric
surfaces. Some work is done on general curves, certain special
curves, surfaces of revolution, locus problems, and homogeneous
co-ordinates.

Pre-requisite: M 4 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 12 Modern Geometry

This course offers a brief outline of the history of geometry through
the ages, especially the 19th century; analysis of geometry of the
triangle and circle; systems of co-ordinates, linear dependence,
transformations; principle of duality; poles and polars; harmonic
division, cross ratios; and conical projection. Certain special
theorems include those of Desargues, Pascal, and Brianchon.
Pre-requisite: M 4 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 13 Spherical Trigonometry

This is a complete course in the study of spherical trigonometry,
solving right and isosceles spherical triangles; Napier's rules; laws
of sines, cosines, half-angles, and half-side formulas; Napier's
analogies. A detailed solution of oblique spherical triangles
including areas follows. Considerable time is spent on the celestial
sphere and the astronomical triangle and on navigation, calcula-
tion of latitude and longitude, bearing, and time.

Pre-requisite: M3 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 14 History of Mathematics
In this course a survey is made of the development of various
branches of mathematics, and attention is given to the lives of
men who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical
science.

2 semester hour credits

M 15 Advanced Calculus
No student should choose this course unless he is thoroughly
familiar with the contents of courses M 5 and M 6. The subjects
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differentiation, vectors and differentiation of vectors, the complex
variable, differentiation and functions of the complex variable,
differentiation of integrals, envelopes.

Pre-requisite: M 6 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 16 Advanced Calculus
This is a continuation of M 15. The course starts with work in
differential equations and problems in damped vibration and the
potential function. Other topics are the hyperbolic function;
expansion in infinite series including, Fourier series; integration
of special forms with definite, multiple, and improper integrals;
probability integral; Gamma function; Beta function; Bessel's
function; line integrals and applications.

Pre-requisite: M 15 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 17 Series
Various types of series and their uses. Study of limits, infinite
series, tests for various types of convergence; divergence; algebraic
operations with series; integration and differentiation; applications
and use of special series.

Pre-requisite: M 5, M 6 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

M 18 Theory of Equations
This course is devoted more to the theory and analysis of equa-
tions and roots than to actual solutions. The properties of
polynomials and continuity are studied. The complex number,
algebraic and geometric form, is reviewed. The solutions of
quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations are discussed and analyzed
with various theorems on roots. Proof is given of the funda-
mental theorems; other theorems discussed are the remainder
theorem, Horner's and Newton's methods, limits of roots, Rolle's
theorem, Descarte's rule, Sturm's theorem, Budan's theorem, and
De-Moivre's theorem. Transformations are studied and an
analysis is made of rational, irrational, complex, and multiple
roots. Symmetric functions including the relation of roots and
coefficients are also taken up. Some work is done with discrimi-
nants. The course closes with the theory of least squares and
curve fitting. 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

^Philosophy

Professor Havice; Dr. Duddy and Assistants

Ph 1 Introduction to Philosophy
This introductory course combines the historical and systematic
approaches to the subject. The historical treatment includes a

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survey of the chief philosophers and the development of basic
philosophical ideas. The systematic treatment presents the
several types of philosophy, such as realism, materialism, idealism,
and pluralism. The place of philosophy is considered in its
relation to ethics, religion, and natural sciences. The course
both acquaints the student with facts about philosophy and trains
him to think philosophically. -

2 semester hour credits

Ph 2 Problems of Philosophy

The chief systems of thought are applied to what may be termed
the persistent problems of philosophy. The problems are to be
found in the fields of epistemology, teleology, and metaphysics.
The following topics suggest representative problems which will
be studied: the relation between mind and body, the nature and
extent of freedom of the will, the validity of knowledge, and the
bearing which the more recent views in physics and psychology
have upon related philosophical problems.

2 semester hour credits

Ph 3 History of Philosophy

Beginning with the early Greek age period, the course traces the
development of philosophical thought through the patristic and
scholastic periods. A study is made of the transition from
medieval to modern philosophy.

2 semester hour credits

Ph 4 History of Philosophy
The first half of the course is a study of the period from Bacon
to Kant; the second half begins with the time of Kant and ends
with a consideration of present-day philosophers and their
systems of thought.

2 semester hour credits

Ph 5 Philosophy of Religion
Fundamental questions of religious belief are examined in the
light of philosophy. Modern religions are compared with respect
to their views on the nature of the Deity, the meaning of life, and
the relationship between man and God. Further topics for study
include the question of the validity of mysticism and intuitive
knowledge of religious truth, the immortality of the soul, the
meaning of the supernatural, the presence of natural evil, and the
relation of morality to religion.

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Students may take Philosophy of Religion without having had
any other course in this department, although there is an advan-
tage in having had the Introduction to Philosophy.

2 semester hour credits

Ph 6 Logic

Formal logic is subordinated in this course to the more practical
consideration of the methods of critical and reflective thought.
Common fallacies in logic are indicated, and the student is given
frequent exercises in correct reasoning. Attention is given to the
principles of induction, deduction, verification, syllogism, and
assumption. To assist the student to think clearly and correctly
is the essential purpose of this modified course in logic.

2 semester hour credits

e!Modern Languages

Professor Barnason; Messrs Tenney and Cooperstein

FRENCH

F 1 Elementary French
A beginner's course stressing the essentials of grammar, practice
in pronunciation, and progressive acquisition of basic vocabulary
and current idiomatic expressions.

3 semester hour credits (5 cl.)

F 2 Elementary French
A continuation of F 1. Most of the time is devoted to the reading
of simple texts with oral practice based on the material read.

3 semester hour credits (5 cl.)

F 3 Intermediate French
In this course several texts of average difficulty are read and
studied. The work includes a thorough review of grammar, oral
practice based on the reading matter, memorizing of selected
passages, dictation, study of idioms, vocabulary building, and
outside reading.

3 semester hour credits (upperclass, 4 cl.)

F 4 Intermediate French
A continuation of F 3, with an increasing amount of both class
and outside reading.

3 semester hour credits (upperclass, 4 cl.)

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F 5 Advanced French
This course aims to develop further the student's ability to read
and speak French and to acquaint him with representative works
of modern French literature. Some of the texts to be studied will
deal with French geography, history, and civilization.

Pre-requisite: F 4 3 semester hour credits (upperclass, 4 cl.)

F 6 Advanced French
A continuation of F 5, The reading is mainly from writers of the
second half of the 19th century.

3 semester hour credits (upperclass, 4 cl.)

F 7 French Classicism

This course is designed to furnish a comprehensive survey of the
background and development of French literature of the 17th
century and to aid the student in a critical interpretation of the
most significant works of the period. The reading is mainly from
the dramatic works of Corneille, Racine, and Moliere. Collateral
reading and reports.

Pre-requisite: F 6 2 semester hour credits

F 8 French Classicism
A continuation of F 7. The works of La Fontaine, Descartes,
and Pascal receive the major attention.

2 semester hour credits

F 9 French Romanticism
A study of the origins and development of the Romantic move-
ment in French literature. The readings include significant
selections from the novels of the principal writers of the Romantic
school, as well as some of the more important Romantic dramas.
Pre-requisite: F 6 2 semester hour credits

F 10 French Romanticism
Continuing F 9, the course pursues further the study of the
Romantic drama. The latter part of the term is devoted to the
reading of selections of poetry from the works of Lamartine, Hugo,
Musset, and others.

2 semester hour credits

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GERMAN

G 1 Elementary German
A beginner's course stressing the essentials of grammar, practice
in pronunciation, and progressive acquisition of basic vocabulary
and current idiomatic expressions.

3 semester hour credits (upperclass, 5 cl.)

G 2 Elementary German
A continuation of G 1. Most of the time is devoted to the reading
of simple texts, with oral practice based on the material read.

3 semester hour credits (upperclass, 5 cl.)

G 3 Intermediate German

In this course several texts of average difficulty are read and
studied. The work includes a thorough review of grammar, oral
practice based on the reading matter, memorizing of selected
passages, dictation, study of idioms, vocabulary building, and
outside reading.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl. )

G 4 Intermediate German

A continuation of G 3, with an increasing amount of both class
and outside reading.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

G 5 Advanced German
This course aims to develop further the student's ability to read
and speak German and to acquaint him with representative works
of modern German literature. The texts to be studied consist
mainly of outstanding German "Novellen" of the 19th century.

Pre-requisite: G 4 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

G 6 Advanced German
A continuation of G 5. The reading consists chiefly of selections
from contemporary German writers of prose.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

G 7 The Classical Period of German Literature
This course aims to trace the development of German literature
during the second half of the 18th century, beginning with the
Storm and Stress period. The works of Lessing, Goethe, and
Schiller will receive the major emphasis.

Pre-requisite: G 6 2 semester hour credits

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G 8 The Classical Period of German Literature
A continuation of G 7. The readings will consist mainly of the
later works of Goethe and Schiller.

2 semester hour credits

G 9 German Literature of the Nineteenth Century
This course will consider the chief tendencies in German literature
from the beginning of Romanticism to the coming of Naturalism.
Representative works of the principal writers of the period will
be read and analyzed.

Pre-requisite: G 6 2 semester hour credits

G 10 German Literature of the Nineteenth Century

A continuation of G 9. Among the works to be read will be
some of the outstanding dramas of the latter half of the century.

2 semester hour credits

Thysical Education^

Professors Parsons and Tatton; Dr. Kontoff;
Messrs. Mackenzie, Gallagher, Kopp, Laveaga, Hultgren, and

Dunn

PE 2 Hygiene

One class hour a week is devoted to the study of information
closely related to the Physical Training work and to personal and
mental hygiene. For this class lecture, each student is assigned at
least one hour of outside study based on the required textbook.
The course includes enough of the fundamentals of physiology
and anatomy to enable the student to understand such parts of
the course as require some knowledge of these subjects.

1 semester hour credit

PE 3-4 Physical Training
All first year students are required to take Physical Training.
Health, strength, and vitality do not come by chance, but by
constant attention to good habits of living.

The work in the course includes a formal calisthenic program,
special exercise classes for the correction of postural defects,
participation in the regular athletic program, including baseball,
basketball, hockey, football, track, and many types of informal
games. All members of the class are also required to learn to
swim.

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Students wishing to be excused trom Physical Training because
of physical defects are required to present to the faculty a petition
supported by a physician's certificate.

PE 5 Principles of Physical Education
The course considers the place of physical education in the
educational program in the United States. The development of
physical education programs based on the changes in society from
primitive to modern times is discussed, careful attention being
given to the needs of the individual, as well as to the needs of the
group. Relationship between medical service and the physical
education department is considered, and methods of co-ordination
between these two important departments are investigated. The
history of physical education, in so far as it affects the modern
program, is included in the course. Factors such as economic,
social and political influences, which have an important effect
on the conduct of the program, are also considered. School
health programs are discussed, with particular emphasis upon the
medical and physical examinations and tests and the procedures
which follow. Diagnostic and remedial techniques, classroom
hygiene, and principles of preventive and corrective exercise are
discussed. The course also includes a consideration of the proper
place occupied by interschool and intercollegiate athletics in the
physical education program.

Required of all students electing Physical Education as a minor
field.

2 semester hour credits

PE 6 Play and Recreation

The purpose of this course is to prepare students for leadership
of leisure time activities. It considers the biological and socio-
logical aspects of play and its increasing importance in modern life.
From a practical point of view the course deals with the problems
faced by the director of leisure time activities in the community,
in the school, or on the playground. The course should be of
special interest to students who contemplate entering social work
or teaching.

2 semester hour credits

PE 7 History of Physical Education

To provide a valuable background for students in this field, this
course traces the whole history of physical education from the
days of the Greeks and the Romans up to the present. Attention
is given to a number of special systems of training which have
been developed in Europe.

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The course is required of all students electing Physical Education

as a minor field.

2 semester hour credits

PE 8 Administration of Physical Education

This course is designed to acquaint the student in the field of
physical education with many of the administrative problems
which are likely to arise in connection with his work. The sub-
ject matter includes a consideration of the objectives of the
physical education program, personnel required, and various
allied subjects such as gymnasia, athletic fields, and the con-
struction and maintenance of these units. The conduct of the
athletic program including requirements for equipment, arrange-
ments of schedules, coaching, meets, etc., is also included.
Required of all students electing Physical Education as a minor
field.

2 semester hour credits

PE 9 Football

This course is designed to furnish the student interested in foot-
ball coaching with a thorough knowledge of the sport. Careful
consideration is given to the fundamentals in discussing the plays
of each position in the line and backfield. Various well-known
offensive and defensive systems are discussed for the purpose of
considering their general merits, as well as adaptations to particular
situations. Training and conditioning, rules and interpretation,
and officiating are given proper attention.

2 semester hour credits

PE 11 Track and Field Events
The course considers the care and training of track athletes.
Practice schedules, selection of material, conduct of meets, etc.,
are discussed. The viewpoint from which the topics are treated
is that of the student of coaching technique. In connection with
this course, action pictures taken from actual performances by
world champions, together with moving pictures, are of great
value in demonstrating the style and technique of track and
field events.

2 semester hour credits

PE 12 Basketball and Baseball
Various systems in use throughout the country are compared
and contrasted. Team play, offense, defense, signal systems,
training and conditioning, rules, and officiating are among the
topics studied. The student in this course should acquire a
thorough knowledge of all phases of the sports.

2 semester hour credits

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Thysics

Professors Muckenhoupt, Welch, Coolidge, and, Johnson;
Messrs. Hilli, and Cook

P l'A Survey of the Physical Sciences
The purpose of the course is to give a definite conception of the
physical world to those students who ordinarily would not elect
a science course but who need to know something about the
contributions and the place of the physical sciences in contem-
porary civilization. This course begins with a study of the universe
and solar system. Consideration is given to the principles of
distance, mass and weight, and the simple dynamics of bodies.
The earth is studied from the viewpoint of its geological, meteor-
ological, and chemical aspects, these main fields introducing a
non-mathematical discussion of magnetism, heat, and electricity.

4 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

P 2-A Survey of the Physical Sciences
In this course, which continues P 1-A, the phenomena of light
are taken up. Following this, consideration is given to spectro-
scopy and matter structure, the periodic table, acids, bases, salts,
and organic compounds. The course concludes with a discus-
sion of certain aspects of physics which are of practical importance
in the household, such as heating, lighting, refrigeration, and
electrical appliances.

4 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

P 1 Physics 1
A course in the study of the fundamental principles of the me-
chanics of physics. Some of the topics covered are simple har-
monic motion, uniformly accelerated motion, friction, work,
energy, power, fluid pressure, angular velocity, centripetal force,
equilibrium under the action of a series of parallel forces, and
equilibrium under the action of concurrent forces.

3 semester hour credits

P 2 Physics I
This is a thorough course in magnetism and electricity, covering
all the details within the scope of standard college texts on these
subjects. All lectures are illustrated by means of lantern slides,
motion pictures, and special apparatus.

3 semester hour credits

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P 3 Physics 11
A course in the study of wave motion, sound, and light. Molec-
ular mechanics and other fundamental principles of physics are
stressed at the beginning.

Pre-requisite: M 1, M 3, P 2 2 semester hour credits

P 4 Physics U
The topics studied are thermometry, expansion of solids, liquids
and gases, calorimetry, change of state including latent heat of
fusion and vaporization (sublimation), triple point diagram,
conduction and radiation, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

2 semester hour credits

P 5 Physics Laboratory

This course consists of experiments in mechanics, light, electricity,
and magnetism performed by each student, supplementing the
lecture and classroom work of courses P 1, P 2, and P 3. The
experiments on mechanics include the use of the vernier, mi-
crometers, and spherometer; the calculation of true weights; the
funicular polygon; gyroscopic motion; simple harmonic motion;
and the determination of areas by means of the planimeter. Other
experiments in this course include plotting the magnetic field
about a bar magnet and the determination of the pole strength
and field strength of the magnet, the position of images in a com-
bination of lenses, and one experiment on electrostatics.

1 semester hour credit (2 lab.)

P 6 Physics Laboratory

A continuation of the experiments started in P 5, including ex-
periments on sound and heat. Some of the experiments of this
course concern the modulus of elasticity, the determination of the
velocity of sound, the coefficient of cubical expansion of mercury,
the air thermometer, the determination of the mechanical equiva-
lent of heat, the study of the maximum and minimum ther-
mometers, and the use of the spectroscope in the study of the
bright line and solar spectra. The experiments of this course
supplement the class work of courses P 1, P 2, P 3, and P 4.

1 semester hour credit (2 lab.)

P 9 Optics
This is a course in the more advanced forms of geometrical optics
and the study of physical optics.

Pre-requisite: P 3, M 6 3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 2 lab.)

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P 10 Optics

Continuing P 9, a detailed study is made of physical optics with
considerable time spent on modern spectroscopic theory.

Pre-requisite: P 9 3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 2 lab.)

P 13 Acoustics
A complete mathematical study of the modes of vibration of
strings, pipes, membranes; and a consideration of vibrating
systems in general.

Pre-requisite: P 3, M 6 3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 2 lab.)

P 14 Acoustics
A course in the application of the principles of P 13 to the prob-
lems of speech, audition, sound, filters, musical instruments, and
the acoustics of auditoriums.

Pre-requisite: PI 3 3 semester hour credits (3 cl., 2 lab.)

P 15 Modern Physics

Consideration is given to molecular relations, and then to atomic
structure, quantum mechanics, and allied subjects.

Pre-requisite: P 4, M 7 3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 2 lab.)

P 16 Modern Physics

Radioactivity, artificial transmutation, nuclear structure, and the
devices for studying these phenomena are here presented. Some
time is also given to the Stark, Zeeman, and Raman effects; and
to X radiation and cosmic rays.

Pre-requisite: P 15 3 semester hour credits (3 cl, 2 lab.)

ME 20 Applied Mechanics (Statics)
The subjects treated are collinear, parallel, concurrent, and non-
concurrent force systems in a plane and in space; the determina-
tion of the resultant of such systems by both algebraic and graph-
ical means, special emphasis being placed on the funicular polygon
method for coplanar force systems; the forces required to produce
equilibrium in such systems; first moments; and problems in-
volving static friction, such as the inclined plane and the wedge.

Pre-requisite: P 4 3 semester hour credits (4 cl)

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ME 21 Applied Mechanics (Kinetics)
The subjects treated are continuation of first moments as applied
to varying intensity of force and to the determination of centers
of gravity of areas and solids; second moments and the applica-
tion to the determination of moment of inertia of plane and solid
figures, radius of gyration, polar moment of inertia, product of
inertia, principal axes; uniform motion, uniformly accelerated
motion, variable accelerated motion, harmonic motion; simple
pendulum, rotation, work, energy, momentum, and impact.

3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

ME 30 Thermodynamics

In this introductory course in the fundamentals of thermo-
dynamics the following subjects are discussed: general theory of
heat and matter; first and second laws of thermodynamics;
equations of state; fundamental equations of thermodynamics;
laws of perfect gases; properties of vapors including development
and use of tables and charts; thermodynamic processes of gases,
and saturated and superheated vapors; and the general equations
for the flow of fluids.

Pre-requisite: P 4 3 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

EL 13 Electrical Measurements 1

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the theory
of precision measure as applied to electrical measurement in
particular. Some of the subjects covered are theory of measure-
ments, directly and indirectly measured quantities, recording of
observations, rules of significant figures, classification of error,
law of error, characteristics of error, and laws of average deviation.
Most of the problems studied fall in the following two general
classifications: (1) Given the precision measures of the directly
measured quantities, to determine the precision measure of the
indirectly measured quantity as calculated by the use of engineer-
ing equations which apply to measurements work. (2) Given the
prescribed precision to be obtained in the indirectly measured
quantity, to determine the precision measure of the directly
measured components which enter into its calculations.
In this course parts and theory of operation of resistance devices,
galvanometers, ammeters, and voltmeters are discussed, the
treatment of other instruments being taken up later in connection
with their use. This is followed by a detailed discussion of the
methods of measuring various electrical quantities: resistance,
resistivity, conductance; D. C. electromotive force, current,
power, and energy. This part of the work involves the student's
use of visual indicating devices.

2}/2 semester hour credits (4 cl.)

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EL 14 Electrical Measurements 11
Resistance, capacitance, inductance, magnetic induction, A. C.
power, and energy are treated in this course, with a detailed dis-
cussion of the methods of measuring them. This phase of the
subject involves the use of both visual and sound indicating de-
vices, and includes some work on the uses of circuits and bridges
designed for high frequency measurements and tube constant
determination. The student is given a thorough discussion of the
construction, theory of operation, method of use, sources of error,
etc., of the types of measuring instruments used in commercial
work and in the standardizing laboratory.

2 semester hour credits

EL 21 Electrophysics

The first part of this course is concerned with Faraday's Rule and
the extended Ampere Rule, divergence of electrical vectors,
Poisson's equation, and Maxwell's field equations and wave
equations. Study is then made of molecular activity, and various
properties of and measurements on electrons.

Pre-requisite: M 7 1 semester hour credit (2 cl.)

EL 22 Electrophysics
Continuing EL 21 the topics considered are photo-electricity,
X-rays, atomic structure and the spectrum, vacuum tubes, radio-
activity, and the modern physics of matter and waves.

2 semester hour credits

EL 23 Electrical Measurements Laboratory
This course consists of a series of experiments emphasizing the
principles developed in courses EL 13 and EL 14. The student
becomes familiar with the standard apparatus used in testing
laboratories. Particular stress is laid on the correct use of the
apparatus, and precision discussions are required throughout.

The general experiments cover various methods of measuring
resistance, resistivity, conductivity, electromotive force, current,
inductance, mutual inductance, capacitance, hysteresis, etc.

Further experiments are made in cable testing, magnetic testing,
wave form determination, and the use of special apparatus.

Thorough training in the principles of precision measure and
measurements technique is also given, and applied to each experi-
ment performed.

2 semester hour credits (3 lab.)

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EL 24 Advanced Measurements Laboratory
This course concerns the use of laboratory and secondary stand-
ards and precision methods as applied to the checking of resist-
ances, and the calibration of indicating and integrating instru-
ments of various types.

It involves the use of the potentiometer, Weston laboratory
standard instruments; precision model Kelvin Low Resistance
and Carey-Foster Bridges; Westinghouse portable oscillograph,
cathode ray oscillograph; ordinary, reflex, and logarithmic vacuum
tube voltmeters; Anderson Bridge, Edgerton Stroboscope; low,
medium, and high frequency oscillators; vacuum tube bridge;
potential phase shifters and rotating standard. The work in-
cludes testing for characteristics and investigation of the action
of multi-electrode tubes, thyratron, tungar rectifier, artificial
telephone line, and Piezo oscillating crystals.

Precision work is insisted on throughout. The student is trained
to develop speed and quickness of manipulation, but never at the
expense of quality and accuracy of the work.

2 semester hour credits (3 lab.)

Psychology

Professor Estes and Assistants

Ps 1 Introduction to Differential Psychology
An elementary survey of the psychology of individual differences
including personality differences, together with a presentation of
some of the practical applications of the findings of differential
psychology.

2 semester hour credits

Ps 2 General Psychology
An introduction to general experimental psychology. The topics
considered include learning, thought, memory, perception, and
sensation.

2 semester hour credits

*Ps 5 Educational Psychology
Considers the applications of psychological facts and principles
to educational problems and practices.

Prerequisite: Ps 1 and 2 2 semester hour credits

*Ps 6 Educational Psychology

Continuation of Ps 5. 2 semester hour credits

*May be counted for credit in either Psychology or Education.

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Ps 7 Social Psychology of Everyday Life
A course devoted to the psychological examination of some of the
phenomena observable in everyday social life. These include
customs, crazes, fashions, rumor, propaganda, crowds, leadership,
competition, and co-operation.

Pre-requisite: Ps 1 and 2 2 semester hour credits

Ps 8 Social Psychology, Theory, and Methods

A survey of the field of social psychological theory and an exam-
ination of the experimental techniques utilized in this field of
psychology. Special emphasis is placed upon attitudes and their
measurement.

2 semester hour credits

Ps 9 Psychology of Personality
Presents a survey of historical and contemporary theories of the
nature of personality. The problems of the generality of traits,
the consistency of expression, and the relation of cultural factors
to personality, growth, and integration will be discussed.

Pre-requisite: Ps 1 and 2 2 semester hour credits

Ps 10 Abnormal Psychology
An introduction to the field of psychopathology. The psychology
of the neuroses and the minor disturbances of everyday life are
emphasized. Interpretation of clinical findings in the light of
some contemporary schools of psychology is included.

2 semester hour credits

Sociology

Professor Havice; Dr. Duddy and Assistants

S 1 Introduction to Sociology
In presenting a survey of the origins and sources of human society,
this study provides orientation for the courses in principles and
problems which follow. The several theories of organic evolution
are discussed. The antiquity of man and basic anthropological
data are considered. The racial and ethnic groupings of man are
then studied in the light of biological, geographical, and cultural
factors.

2 semester hour credits

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S 2 Principles of Sociology
Facts and principles basic to a general knowledge of the field of
sociology are presented. The origins, forms, and forces of human
associations are discussed. Consideration is given the several
leading schools of sociological thought. The course is designed
to meet the needs of the student who desires only an elementary
survey of the subject, as well as the student who plans to take
advanced courses in social science.

2 semester hour credits

S 3 Social Problems

Attention is given the nature, complex causation, and inter-
relatedness of social problems in general. Cultural change with
its attendant lags, as well as other social forces and conflicts, are
studied. While sociological theory is occasionally introduced to
clarify the problem at hand, the course is essentially practical in
character. Such problems as poverty and unemployment, race
antagonisms, population pressures, and the broken home are
considered. Optional field trips to various institutions give
concreteness to the problems studied.

2 semester hour credits

S 4 Social Pathology
Similar to the course in Social Problems in background and
approach, this study deals with the maladjustments and ills of
human society. Emphasis is given those pathological conditions
which exist in relations between the individual and the group.
Typical subjects presented include mental defectiveness and dis-
ease, alcoholism and drug addiction, suicide, delinquency and
crime, and pathologies of domestic relations. The field trips
arranged for this course add to the practical knowledge of the
social ills which are studied.

2 semester hour credits

S 5 Criminology
Delinquency and crime are defined and classified, and their casual
factors indicated. The various theories as to what makes criminals
are dealt with, and a brief history of crime is sketched. Legal and
economic aspects of crime are summarized, but the study is
mainly sociological. Prevention and correction of criminal
behavior are stressed. Local institutions are visited.

2 semester hour credits

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S 6 Penology

Closely related to the course in Criminology, this subject begins
with an historical treatment of the punishment of criminals.
Time is devoted chiefly to an understanding of modern methods
and problems of dealing with offenders. Field trips are taken to
criminal courts and penal institutions.

2 semester hour credits

S 7 Principles of Social Ethics
To clarify the meaning of morality in social relations is the aim
of this study. Right and wrong conduct is analyzed in the light
of the highest values for human society. Moral laws are discussed,
and the various systems of ethics are evaluated. Scientific atti-
tudes are encouraged in order that one's moral judgments may
be compatible with one's best reflective thought.

2 semester hour credits

S 8 The Family
The historical development of the family is first traced, after which
the course focuses upon the modern family. The monogamic
family is contrasted with other types, and such unconventional
forms as companionate and trial marriages are evaluated. Then
follows an intensive study of family problems.
A constructive program is presented for strengthening the family
as a basic unit in society.

2 semester hour credits

S 9 Problems in Social Ethics
Problems arising from differences in moral standards found in the
various social groups will be examined. The question of ethical
relativism and determinism will be considered. A selected number
of specific problems in social ethics will be discussed.

2 semester hour credits

S 10 Social Progress
The historical development of the theory of progress, contem-
porary concepts of social progress, the agents of progress, and the
phenomenon of regression are several of the subjects for study.
The course is based on Hertzler's Social Progress, supplemented
with lectures and collateral readings.

2 semester hour credits

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S 11 Social Control
The methods by which social forces are controlled provide the
fundamental material of the course. External and internal
types of control of the social organism are discussed. The use of
violence, the power of public opinion, and the application of
certain principles of social psychology are examined.

2 semester hour credits

S 12 Sociology of Religion
Religious beliefs, practices, and institutions are examined and
evaluated in relation to their effects upon society at large. The
great religions of the world are compared in the light of their
contributions to the well-being and progress of mankind. The
social creeds of the several leading denominations in America are
discussed with respect to their attitudes towards race, industry,
war, and other social problems. The influences of organized
religion upon politics and educational institutions are given
attention. 2 semester hour credits

S 13 Population Problems
Population pressure, contrasts between urban and rural popula-
tion, migration, and pertinent types of social mobility are studied
in this course. After a brief survey of population problems in
several areas of Europe and the Orient, attention is then given
to a careful analysis of population conditions in the United
States. The many factors are shown which intensify the prob-
lem in our country in spite of its wide area. What principles have
superseded those of Malthus? What immigration policies are
most sound for our country in the long run? What methods can
be adopted which will relieve the population pressure in our great
cities? Such questions as these will be discussed.

2 semester hour credits

S 14 Urban Sociology
Upon studying the complex human society found in the various
cities of the world, this course then turns to an analysis of the
modern American city. Its types, social values, and pathological
elements are discussed. Methods of city planning are considered.
The belief on the part of some sociologists that democracy is
doomed by its cities is examined in the light of typical problems
of urban society.

2 semester hour credits

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 101

Theses
A thesis in the College of Liberal Arts is considered to be an
essay involving the statement, analysis, and solution of some
problem in a special field. Its purpose is to demonstrate a satis-
factory degree of initiative and power of original thought and
work on the part of the candidate. A mere resume of existing
knowledge in some subject is not acceptable. This, it is true,
must usually be made, but in addition thereto the student must
show his ability to deal constructively with the data he has
collected and his power to draw significant and reliable conclu-
sions from his investigations. The completed thesis will be
examined for acceptance or rejection from the technical viewpoint
by the Major Departments interested and then forwarded to the
Secretary of the Day Division. Final approval of the thesis rests
with the Dean. When it is accepted, the thesis becomes the
property of the college and is not so be printed, published, nor in
any other way made public except in such manner as the Profes-
sional Department and the Dean shall jointly approve.

Theses are not required of seniors in the College of Liberal Arts.
To certain students who wish to do so, however, the privilege of
writing a thesis may be granted by the Faculty Committee on
Theses in accordance with the following regulations:

1. To be eligible to write a thesis a student must have attained
a scholastic average of at least 2.0 or better through his middler
year and the first half of his junior year.

2. Students who have met this minimum requirement may
petition for the privilege of substituting a thesis for formal class-
room work.

3. In his petition the student must state the subject which he
proposes to investigate and give a brief statement of the purpose
and scope of the proposed thesis.

4. Petitions for the privilege of writing theses must be submitted
in writing to the head of the student's Major Department not
later than the middle of the second term of the junior year.

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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Courses of Instruction

1940-1941

Course
Number

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B 8
B 9
B 10
B 11
B 12
B 13
B 14
B 15
B 16
B 17

Ch
Ch
Ch
Ch
Ch
Ch

1
2
3
4
9
11

Ch 12
Ch 13
Ch 14
Ch 15
Ch 31
Ch 32
Ch 33
Ch 34
Ch 35
Ch 37
Ch 40

Course

BIOLOGY

General Zoology

General Botany

Invertebrate Zoology

Vertebrate Zoology

Animal Physiology

Genetics

Animal Histology

Vertebrate Embryology

Mammalian Anatomy

Histological Technique

History of Biology

CHEMISTRY

Inorganic Chemistry

Qualitative Analysis

Qualitative Analysis Laboratory . .

Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Analysis Laboratory .
Quantitative Analysis Laboratory .

Organic Chemistry I

Organic Chemistry II

Organic Chemistry Laboratory I . .
Organic Chemistry Laboratory II .

Organic Chemistry III

Organic Chemistry Laboratory III .
Physical Chemistry I

Semester
Hours

2V2

2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3

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Courses of Instruction

Course
Number

Ch 41
Ch 42
Ch 48
Ch 51
Ch 52
Ch 63
Ch 64
Ch 65
Ch 66

C 11

C 12

Ec 3

Ec 4

Ec 5

Ec 6

Ec 7

Ec 11

Ec 12

Ec 13

Ec 14

Ec 15

Ec 16

Ec 17

Ec 18

Ed 1

Ed 2

Ed 3

Ed 4

Ed 7

Ed 9

Ed 10

Course

CHEMISTRY (Continued)

Physical Chemistry II

Physical Chemistry III

Colloidal Chemistry

Sources of Information

History of Chemistry

Advanced Chemistry

Thesis

CO-ORDINATION

Vocational Conference

ECONOMICS

Economic Principles

Economic Problems

Money and Banking

Labor Problems

Economic Systems

Business Cycles

International Economic Relations .
History of Economic Thought

Advanced Economic Theory

Statistics

EDUCATION

History of Education

Educational Organization and Admin-
istration

Educational Measurements

Comparative Education

Educational Sociology

Educational Philosophy

Semester
Hours

3^
3^

2y2
1

llA

lxA

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Courses of Instruction

Course
Number

1-A

2-A

24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Course

ENGLISH

English I

English 1 .'

Creative Writing

Journalism I

Journalism II

Effective Speaking

Survey of English Literature

English Drama Before Shakespeare ....

Chaucer

Shakespeare

Nineteenth Century Poetry I

Nineteenth Century Poetry II

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century

Prose

Nineteenth Century Prose

American Literature to 1860

American Literature After 1860

History of the English Novel

Great European Writers

Comparative Drama

Modern Literature 1895-1915

Post-war Literature

FRENCH

Elementary French

Intermediate French

Advanced French

French Classicism

French Romanticism

Semester
Hours

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Courses of Instruction

Course

GEOLOGY

General Geology

Historical Geology

GERMAN

Elementary German

Intermediate German

Advanced German

The Classical Period of German Litera-
ture

German Literature of the Nineteenth
Century

Semester
Hours

GOVERNMENT

American Government and Politics
American Government and Politics

Comparative Government

American Constitutional Law

Origins of Political Theory

Modern Political Theory

HISTORY

History of Civilization

Europe, 1789-1870

Europe, 1870-1938

England to 1688

England Since 1688

The United States to 1865

The United States Since 1865

Latin American History

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Courses of Instruction

Course
Number

M 1
M 3

M 4

M 5
M 6
M 7
M 8
M 9
M 10
M 11
M 12
M 13
M 14
M 15
M 16
M 17
M 18

Ph 1

Ph
Ph
Ph
Ph
Ph

PE 2
PE 3-4
PE 5
PE 6
PE 7
PE 8
PE 9
PE 11
PE 12

Course

MATHEMATICS

College Algebra

Trigonometry

Analytic Geometry and Introduction to

Calculus

Differential Calculus

Integral Calculus

Differential Equations I

Differential Equations II

Higher Algebra

Curve Analysis

Solid Analytic Geometry

Modern Geometry

Spherical Trigonometry

History of Mathematics

Advanced Calculus

Series

Theory of Equations

PHILOSOPHY

Introduction to Philosophy .
Problems of Philosophy ....

History of Philosophy

Philosophy of Religion

Logic

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Hygiene

Physical Training

Principles of Physical Education

Play and Recreation

History of Physical Education

Administration of Physical Education

Football

Track and Field Events

Basketball and Baseball

Semester
Hours

5
3
3

IV*

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Courses of Instruction

Course
Number

1-A

2-A

1,6
ME 20
ME 21
ME 30
EL 13
EL 14
EL 21
EL 22
EL 23
EL 24

Ps 9

Course

S 1
S 2
S 3

PHYSICS

Survey of the Physical Sciences

Physics I

Physics II

Physics Laboratory

Optics

Acoustics

Modern Physics

Applied Mechanics (Statics)

Applied Mechanics (Kinetics)

Thermodynamics

Electrical Measurements I

Electrical Measurements II

Electrophysics

Electrical Measurements Laboratory . .
Advanced Measurements Laboratory .

PSYCHOLOGY

Introduction to Differential Psychology

General Psychology

Educational Psychology

Social Psychology of Everyday Life ....
Social Psychology, Theory and Methods

Psychology of Personality

Abnormal Psychology

SOCIOLOGY

Introduction to Sociology .
Principles of Sociology
Social Problems

Semester
Hours

4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

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Courses of Instruction

Course
Number

Course

SOCIOLOGY (Continued)

Social Pathology

Criminology . . . .'

Penology

Principles of Social Ethics

The Family

Problems in Social Ethics

Social Progress

Social Control

Sociology of Religion

Population Problems

Urban Sociology

Semester
Hours

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 109

Laboratory Equipment

Chemistry Laboratories and Equipment

The Hayden Memorial Laboratories

The Chemical Laboratories, located on the fourth floor of the
West Building and embodying the most recent developments in
materials and design, were given to the University by the Charles
Hayden Memorial Fund. The laboratories are adequately
equipped for undergraduate instruction in the major branches of
chemistry and consist of the following units: (1) General Chem-
istry and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory, (2) Organic Chemistry
Laboratory, (3) Quantitative Analysis and Physical Chemistry
Laboratory, (4) Research Laboratories, (5) Dark Room for
Photography, and (6) Service Rooms.

General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory

This large and well-lighted laboratory is fully equipped for giving
instruction in these undergraduate courses. A hydrogen sulfide
room, a well-equipped balance room, a coat closet, and a confer-
ence room are a part of this unit.

The laboratory tables are made of light oak and have alberene
stone tops. The usual services including water, gas, A.C. and
D.C. electricity, and steam are available to the students. The
large and well-illuminated fume hoods are of the open front
construction type with a special built-in drying cabinet in the
base. This cabinet is so constructed that a draft of filtered air is
drawn in through screened holes at the base and then passes into
the fume exhaust. The hoods are supplied with water, gas, steam,
steam cones, 110 V. A.C, 115-230 V. D.C, and also variable
D.C supplied by a battery system.

Organic Chemistry Laboratory

This laboratory is adequately equipped for undergraduate
courses in preparation of organic compounds and qualitative
organic analysis. The laboratory furniture is made of light oak
with alberene stone tops and so arranged that each student has a
working space of about six feet. A sink and steam cone are
available for each student as well as water, steam, gas, and elec-
tricity.

Eight large fume hoods, made of Sheldine stone with leadclad
steel bases, enable the student to work in a clean atmosphere.
The hoods are well illuminated and contain the same services as
the assigned table units. The bases of the hoods serve as drying
cabinets and are well insulated to make working conditions at
the hood more comfortable.

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A large evaporator unit made of alberene stone with ceramic
baths, stainless steel tops, and concentric rings facilitates evapora-
tion operations. Provision is made for twenty-seven simulta-
neous evaporations, arranged in three tiers of nine units. The
source of heat is steam. A special overhead glass plate provides
for the draining away of overhead condensate to prevent con-
tamination of the solutions being evaporated.

A multiple-unit organic combustion furnace, an ice storage
chamber, an ice crusher, cork presses, a Fisher micro-melting
point apparatus, a saccharimeter, and other accessories needed in
these courses are available.

Quantitative Analysis and Physical Chemistry Laboratory

The laboratory tables and fume hoods are similar to those in
the Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Abundant drying cabinet
space is available in the hood bases. A large evaporator unit,
similar to that in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory, and a sand
bath built into one of the hoods provide ample space for evapora-
tions. A large Freas drying oven is available for the drying of
analytical samples. The balance room is of modern design and
well illuminated by indirect lighting.

A small laboratory, adjacent to the Quantitative Analysis
Laboratory, is used for technical analyses such as the determina-
tions of coals, vegetable oils, lubricating oils, gasolines, dairy
products, textiles, rubber, and other industrial materials.

Some of the equipment available for this type of work includes
the following: a standard A.S.T.M. gasoline distillation apparatus,
a closed cup and an open cup flash and fire point apparatus, a
Conradson carbon residue apparatus, a muffle furnace, an Abbe
refractometer, a three objective B. <St L. microscope with an oil-
immersion objective, a Kjeldahl distillation outfit, a combustion
furnace for iron and steel determinations, rheostats, voltmeters,
ammeters, etc. This technical analysis laboratory has a fume
hood and several working tables with all the necessary services
such as water, gas, steam, vacuum, 110 V. A.C., 115-230 V. D.C.
and several variable D.C. circuits supplied from a series of bat-
teries through a distribution panel.

A special laboratory is available for electrolytic work such as
potentiometric determinations, electrometric titrations, electrolytic
analyses of metals, etc. For this work the equipment includes two
L. and N. student potentiometers, a Wilkens-Anderson electro-
lytic machine, and all the accessories necessary.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 111

V. D.C. A built-in tungar charger enables the batteries to be
kept fully charged at all times. The battery system is located in a
separate battery room adjacent to the electrolytic laboratory.

The physical Chemistry Laboratory contains working benches
equipped with water, gas, and electricity. A special table contain-
ing a thermostat and having D.C. and A.C. connections is used
for experiments requiring these services. Apparatus is available
for performing experiments on the properties of gases and liquids,
thermochemical measurements, and conductivity of solutions. A
supply of electrical instruments and special thermometers enables
a wide range of special tests to be made as directed.

Research Laboratories

The Chemistry Department has three research laboratories
equipped with A.C. and D.C, water, gas, and steam. In one
laboratory work can be done on the electrical properties of solu-
tions, solubility effect, and other physical chemistry phenomena.
Another laboratory is equipped for work in organic chemistry,
and the third can be used for research in analytical or physical
chemistry. Electrical instruments and glass apparatus of various
types are available for use in the laboratories.

Dark Room Equipment

The photographic dark room is equipped with all the common
accessories necessary in photography. A copying camera is
available and is especially useful in the making of lantern slides
for instructional purposes. An Ellwood enlarger taking a nega-
tive as large as 5 x 7 inches, siphon print washers, and several safe
lights with interchangeable green, amber, and red filters are
available. The room is equipped with gas, electricity, water and
distilled water. A large light-proof fan gives adequate ventilation.

Service Rooms

The service rooms consist of the following units: (1) the stock
room supplying the main laboratories; (2) storage rooms on the
fourth floor for the operating supply of chemicals and apparatus;
(3) storage rooms in the basement for the main supply of chemicals
and apparatus; (4) solution room; and (5) preparation rooms
adjacent to all main lecture rooms.

The stock room is centrally located to feed all the main labora-
tories. The wall tables, adjacent to the service windows leading
into each laboratory, are stocked with the materials necessary for
the servicing of those laboratories. The still, for the making of
distilled water, and a large storage tank are located in the stock
room. The water is piped from this tank into the various lab-
oratories, solution room, and dark room. The distilled water
outlets are tin-lined, self-closing bibcocks. Aluminum piping is
used throughout.

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A storage room for alcohol and inflammable solvents, a storage
room for chemicals, and a storage room for apparatus maintain
an adequate supply of materials for this stock room. These
storage rooms are all connected to the stock room.

The solution room is fully equipped with a laboratory table, a
hood, and all the necessary services including distilled water.
There is ample shelf room for maintaining a complete supply of
chemicals necessary for the preparation of solutions needed in the
various laboratory courses.

The two large and well-ventilated storage rooms in the basement
are used for storing the main bulk of chemical and apparatus
supplies. A freight elevator makes these rooms readily available
to the stock room on the fourth floor.

The preparation rooms adjoining lecture halls are equipped
with working tables, hoods, and steel storage cabinets. All
materials necessary for setting up of lecture demonstrations are
stored in these rooms. Tables mounted on wheels are used for
carrying the set-up demonstrations into the lecture room.

Visual Education Equipment

Classroom instruction is made more effective by the use of
motion pictures and lantern slides. For this purpose there are
available projectors for 16 mm. and 35 mm. films. Complete
sound motion picture apparatus is also available. New and
powerful Delineascopes project the lantern slides. Stationary as
well as portable day light screens enable students to take notes
while viewing the pictures.

Statistics Laboratory
Students have available for laboratory work in statistics all the
commonly used office machines. Principal pieces of equipment
include duplicators, typewriters, hand and electric calculators,
and both hand and electric adding machines. The laboratory is
in charge of a graduate assistant whose work is to maintain the
equipment in excellent condition and to give instruction in the
use of the various machines.

Biological Laboratory

The Biological Laboratory, a large, well-lighted room containing
six dissecting tables, can accommodate thirty-six students.

General equipment includes simple and compound microscopes,
binocular dissecting microscopes, microscopical stains, staining
solutions, physiological preparations, reagents, chemicals, and
glassware.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 113

The zoological collection is especially good. It includes a com-
plete series of invertebrate and vertebrate specimens for dissection
and also various demonstration specimens. Among these are
complete series of sponges, corals, flat worms, round worms, echi-
noderms, annelids, mollusks, arthropods, insects, and chordates;
a set to demonstrate the general survey of the animal kingdom; a
series of heart models of different types of vertebrates and human
heart; a series of brain models of the most important vertebrate
groups; a set of models to demonstrate the various cell types from
human tissues; a set of models to demonstrate the principal steps
in somatic mitosis; various other models of invertebrates and
vertebrates; zoological dissections in museum jars; skeletal prep-
arations of the most important vertebrate groups; and a complete
series of Leuckhart zoological charts.

The histological collection consists of some four hundred
mounted microscopical specimens illustrating various forms of
invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant tissues, while the botanical
collection includes a complete series of both preserved and
mounted botanical specimens.

Physics Laboratories
General Laboratory

The General Laboratory is fully equipped with large working
tables, each provided with gas, alternating current, and direct
current. Some also have water supplies for such experiments as
require a constant flow. A separate balance room, a spectrometer
room, a photographic room, and a photometer room are directly
connected with this laboratory. A large amount of apparatus
for all of the usual physics experiments is available so that the
students may work alone thus gaining confidence in laboratory
technique. The students work in groups only when the experi-
ment requires more than one person for its proper operation.

Advanced Laboratory

This laboratory is designed with a view both to precision and
flexibility. A special switchboard provides single phase and
polyphase alternating current and a variety of direct current
potentials to be fed around to various working points. Two
separate research rooms and a workshop with lathe, drill press,
grinder, and a full set of tools complement the laboratory. Typical
of the equipment available are a General Radio impedance bridge,
high frequency bridge, wave analyzer, cathode ray oscillograph,
and vacuum tube voltmeter, together with standards of resistance,
inductance, and capacity manufactured by the same company.
A communications type radio receiver, and a large number of
meters, amplifiers, discharge tubes, and vacuum tubes are avail-
able for electrical work.

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In the field of light there are spectrometers, photometers, photo-
cells, a Zeiss ECE330 microscope, polarizing equipment, pro-
jectors, etc. A Central Scientific cathetometer measuring to
0.05 mm. over a 97 cm. length is used for precision measurement
of large objects. Vacuum pumps, blower, and large amounts of
auxiliary apparatus give a well rounded set of equipment for the
Advanced Laboratory courses and for research.

Astronomy Laboratory

This laboratory is in the penthouse of the West Building, close
to a platform on the roof which gives a very good view free from
obstructions. Equipment is available for the grinding of mirrors
and the constructing of telescopes, and students are encouraged
to build their own instruments. The Astronomy Club holds
evening meetings in the laboratory regularly throughout the col-
lege year. The Club has made a good start in building up a
library in its special field for the use of its membership.

Radio Laboratory

This is also in the penthouse of the West Building and is a
completely shielded room high up from the street. Three masts
support three horizontal antennae and a vertical ultra high
frequency doublet. The transmitters operate on both radio-
telephone and radiotelegraph as permitted in the amateur bands
by the Federal Communications Commission. The maximum
allowable power is available on all bands except the ultra high
frequency ones. Full controls and safety devices make the opera-
tion simple and without hazard to the operators. Facilities are
provided for research. The Radio Club uses this laboratory and
supplies most of the operators.

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Absences 27

Academy 38-39

Accounting-Law Club 39

Activities 36-45

Administrative Officers 6

Admission Requirements 48-52

Advanced Standing 50

Aims and Methods 46

Alcott Award 43

Alumni Association 44-45

Application for Admission 49-50

Assistant Professors 7

Assistants 8

Associate Professors 7

Astronomy Club 41

Astronomy Laboratory Equipment 114

Athletic Association 36-37

Attendance 27

Awards and Prizes 43-44

Banking Club 39

Biological Laboratory Equipment 112-113

Biology 57-60

Books and Supplies 24-25

Buildings and Equipment 29-35

Calendar:

Freshman 2

Upperclass 3

Calendar for College Year, 1940-1941 4-5

Camera Club 42

"Cauldron," College Annual 38

Chapel Preachers 11

Chemical Laboratory Deposit 22

Chemical Laboratory Equipment 109-112

Chemistry 60-64

Class Organization and Activity 42-43

Condition Examinations 51

Co-operative Plan 16-21

Correlation of Theory and Practice 18

Earnings 19

Faculty Coordinators 16

How It Works 16

Location of Work 19

Placement at Work 16-17

Positions Available 19

Records of Co-operative Work 18

Reports 18

Supervision and Guidance 17

Training Schedules 20-21

Types of Co-operative Work 19-20

Co-ordination 64-65

Corporation Frontispiece

Counsellors 52

Courses of Instruction , 102-108

Curricula Requirements 55-56

Dean's List 26

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Debating Society 41

Degrees 48

Deposits, Laboratory 22

Design and Drafting Rooms 34

Discipline 26-27

Dormitories 28

Dramatic Club 41

East Building 33

Economics 65-67

Education 68-69

Elective System, College of Liberal Arts 46-47

English 69-74

Entrance Examinations in Boston 51

Entrance Requirements 48-53

Equipment, Laboratory 109-114

Examinations 25

Executive Council 6

Expenses 24

Faculty 6-9

Fees 22-24

Fraternities 39

French 85-86

Freshman Orientation Period 51

Freshman Programs 53

General Information 22-28

General Library and Materials Fee 22

General Officers 6

Geology 74-75

German 87-88

Government 75-76

Grades 25-26

Graduation Fee 23

Graduation with Honors 54

Gymnasium 33

Handbook 38

History 77-78

Honor Societies 38-39

Housing Regulations 28

Instructing Staff ' 6-8

Instructors 7-8

Inter-Fraternity Council 39

International Relations Club 40

Laboratory Deposits and Fees 22

Lecture Assembly Halls 34

Liberal Arts, College of 46-101

Libraries 35

List of Courses Offered \ 102-108

Location of University 29

Map of Vicinity 31

Marks 25-26

Mass Meeting 37

Mathematics 79-83

Mathematics Society 42

Modern Languages 85-88

Musical Clubs 42

Natatorium 33

"Northeastern News" ' 37-38

Northeastern Student Union 43

Northeastern University Alumni Association 44-45

Orientation Period, Freshman 51

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Part-Time Work 25

Payments 23

Personal Interview 49

Philosophy 83-85

Physical Education 88-90

Physical Examination 51

Physical Training Equipment 34

Physics 91-96

Physics Laboratories Equipment 113-114

Plan of Co-operation 16-21

Pre-Legal Curricula 56-57

Professional Societies and Clubs 39-42

Professors 6-7

Programs of Study 53

Provisional Acceptance 50

Psychology 96-97

Public Speaking Contest 43

Purpose and Program 12-14

Radio Club 41

Radio Laboratory Equipment 114

Refunds 24

Registration 50

Religious Activities 43

Report Cards 26

Requirements for Admission 48-52

Requirements for Graduation 54

Residence 28

Rifle Club 41

Scholarships, Trustee 50

Scholastic Year for Seniors 27

Secretarial Staff 8-9

Sociology 97-100

South Building 30-33

Statistical Summary 15

Statistics Laboratory Equipment 112

Student Activities 36-45

Student Activities Fees 22

Student Council 38

Student Union 43

Subjects for Entrance 48

Subjects of Instruction 102-108

Supplies 24-25

Tennis Club 37

Theses 101

Transportation 29

Tuition 22

University Lecturers 10

Visual Education Equipment 112

West Building 29-30

Yearbook 38

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Pages

The Corporation Frontispiece

Calendar for the College Year 2-5

Administrative and Instructional Staff 6-14

Purpose of Northeastern University 15-18

Co-operative Plan of Education 19-24

General Information 25-31

Buildings and Facilities 32-38

Student Activities 39-48

Admission Requirements 49-53

Graduation Requirements 54

Curricula and Courses of Instruction 55-113

Laboratory Equipment 1 14-133

Index 134-136

Freshman Calendar, 1940-1941

SEPTEMBER

MARCH

T W T

3 4 5

IO 11 12

4 5 6

17 18 19

11 12 13

24 25 26

18 19 20

OCTOBER

23
30

25 26 27

APRIL

T W T

12 3

8 O IO

8 9 IO

15 16 17

22 23 24

29 30 31

NOVEMBER

29 30

MAY

T W T

5 6 7

6 7 8

12 13 14

13 14 15

19 20 21

29 21 22

26 27 28

27 28 29
JUNE

DECEMBER

T W T

3 4 5

10 11 12

1© 11 12

17 18 19

24 25 26

JULY

JANUARY

T W T

12 3

1 2

8 9 10

7 8 9

15 16 17

14 15 16

22 23 24

21 22 23

29 30 31

28 29 30

AUGUST

FEBRUARY

T W T

5 6 7

4 5 6

12 13 14

11 12 13

19 20 21

18 19 20

26 27 28

25 26 27

Days on which college exercises are held are indicated thus: J-j /£} «$.
Sundays, holidays, and vacations are indicated thus: L 2> 3-

Upperclass Calendar, 1940-1941

SEPTEMBER

MARCH

T W T

10 11 12

4 5 6

17 18 19

11 12 13

(22)

24 25 26

18 19 20

OCTOBER

24
31

25 26 27
APRIL

T W T

12 3

8 9 10

8 9 IO

15 16 17

22 23 24

29 30 31
NOVEMBER

29 30

MAY

T W T

6 7 8

5 6 7

13 14 15

12 13 14

20 21 22

19 29 21

27 28 29

26 27 © 2

JUNE

DECEMBER

T W T

3 4 5

IO 11 12

17 18 19

24 © 26

JULY

JANUARY

T W T

7 8 9

14 15 16

21 22 23

28 29 30

AUGUST

FEBRUARY

T W T

4 5 6

11 12 13

18 19 20

25 26 27

Days on which Division A students are in college are indicated thus: 1, 2> 3-
Days on which Division B students are in college are indicated thus: -l» — »» «*•
1 Sundays, holidays, and summer periods are indicated thus: (i), (2)> (£)•