 | University of Virginia record March, 1914 |  |
GRADUATE COURSES IN THE ACADEMIC SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY.
Professor Mitchell.
Mr. Graham.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Astronomy C1: Practical Astronomy: Course B1 and Mathematics
B2 (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Spherical Astronomy and theory
of astronomical instruments, with practical exercises in making and
reducing astronomical observations. Hours by appointment. Cabell
Hall and McCormick Observatory.
Astronomy C2: Celestial Mechanics: Course B1 and Mathematics
B2 (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The principal subjects considered
are rectilinear motion, central forces, potential, problems of two,
three and n bodies, perturbations, determination of a preliminary
orbit. Hours by appointment. Cabell Hall.
Primarily for Graduates.
Astronomy D1: Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Course C1
prerequisite.—Determination of the positions of the fixed stars, use
of transit instrument, equatorials and measuring machines. Hours by
appointment.
Astronomy D2: Theoria Motus: Course B1 and Mathematics B2
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Determination of the position of an
undisturbed body from known elements, determination of the elements
of an undisturbed orbit, theory of special perturbations. Hours
by appointment.
Astronomy D3: Advanced Celestial Mechanics: Course C2 prerequisite.—Problem
of three bodies, and theory of general perturbations.
Hours by appointment.
Astronomy D4: Photographic Astronomy: Course C1 pre-requisite.—Theory
and reduction of astronomical photographs, including
spectrograms. Hours by appointment.
For information in regard to Fellowship in Astronomy, see page
125, General Catalogue.
The Astronomical Observatory is situated upon Mount Jefferson,
which furnishes an unobstructed horizon. The principal building is
a rotunda forty-five feet in diameter, and contains the great Clark
refractor of twenty-six inches aperture. The instrument and building
are the gift of Leander J. McCormick, Esq., of Chicago. The telescope
stellar photography. The computing rooms adjoining contain a
clock, chronograph, etc., and an excellent working library. In a
smaller building are a three-inch transit and a six-inch equatorial.
A temporary Students' Observatory, erected in the rear of Dawson's
Row, is intended primarily for the use of students in Course B1.
THE JOHN B. CARY MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF BIBLICAL
HISTORY AND LITERATURE.
Professor Forrest.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Biblical History and Literature C1: New Testament History
and Teaching: Courses B1 and B2, or the former of these and one B
course from the schools of English, prerequisite.—A study of the history
and literature of the times between the close of the Old Testament
and the opening of the New Testament will introduce students to the
life and literature of the closing period of Hebrew national history.
A more detailed study of New Testament history and teaching in
relation to the preceding period will acquaint students with the facts
and forces of the beginnings of Christianity and the early development
of the church. Instruction will be given by lectures, assigned
readings, and discussions. Frequent written exercises will be required.
Each term an essay giving the results of the student's research
into some question related to the main subject of the course
will be called for. Hours by appointment. Rotunda, S. E.
Biblical History and Literature C2: Formation and Literary
Value of the English Bible: Courses B1 and B2, or either of these and
any B course from the schools of English, prerequisite.—A study of the
history of the Text and the Canon will lead up to a study of the
history of the English Bible. Special attention will be given to the
various English versions that culminated in the Authorized and Revised
versions. The earlier versions will be examined, their sources
will be considered, and the literary value of both the earlier and later
versions estimated. In addition to a study of these versions in original
copies or reprints, a wide range of reading will be required in
the voluminous literature of the subject, reports and papers will be
called for on assigned topics, and an essay demanding original investigation
will be a part of each term's work. Hours by appointment.
Rotunda, S. E.
But one C course will be given each session; C2 is offered for
1912-13.
Primarily for Graduates.
Biblical History and Literature D1: or secondary minor. Course
C1, or its equivalent prerequisite.—Historical and Literary Criticism of
the New Testament. Hours by appointment. Rotunda, S. E.
Biblical History and Literature D2: or primary minor. Courses
B1, B2 and C1 prerequisite.—Historical and Genetic Study of the
Teaching of the Old and New Testaments. This course will occupy
three hours per week for two entire sessions. Candidates for the
Ph. D. degree may use the first session's work for a secondary minor,
or the entire course as a primary minor. Hours by appointment.
Rotunda, S. E.
But one D course will be given each session.
Further advanced work may be arranged to meet the needs of
students.
MILLER SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY.
Associate Professor Kepner.
Mr. Taliaferro.
Mr. Cash.
Mr. Williams.
I. Botany.
Associate Professor Kepner.
Mr. Taliaferro.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Three courses are offered in Plant Morphology, one of which
will be given each session; each course comprises two lectures and
two laboratory periods of three hours each weekly; participation in
the weekly biological seminar is also required. The course for the
year may be withdrawn if not elected by at least four students. Lectures
on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 2 p. m.; laboratory periods,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Botany
B1 is prerequisite for entrance upon either of these courses. The
courses offered are as follows:
Botany C1: Thallophytes.—This course will be devoted to the
study of the Fission-Plants: the Green Algæ (in the limited sense),
the Confervales, and Charales: the Bacillariales, Brown Algæ, and
Dictyoltales: the Red Algæ: the various orders of the Fungi, and
the Lichens. The Green Algæ will be studied in greatest detail, on
account of their morphological importance as exhibiting a varied and
instructive differentiation of forms from unicellular plants to colonial,
coenocytic, and thalloid plant-bodies; and as the group to which
the higher plants are most nearly allied.
Botany C2: Archegoniates.—The work of this course will comprise
the study of the Liverworts: the Mosses: and the Fern-like
the latter, the anatomy and morphology of the various orders being
discussed and studied at length, together with their relations to the
acquisition of the seed-habit.
Botany C3: Spermophytes.—The study of the Seed-Plant will
comprise a discussion and examination, both physiological and morphological,
of the various orders of Gymnosperms and of the two
great divisions of the Angiosperms: and a study of representatives,
as far as possible, of each of the great orders of the latter group: in
addition, a few representative families will be discussed and studied
in detail.
II. Zoölogy.
Associate Professor Kepner.
Mr. Taliaferro.
Mr. Cash.
Mr. Williams.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Students taking a graduate course in Zoölogy are required to pay,
in addition to the regular tuition fee, a laboratory fee of $20.
Three courses are offered in Animal Morphology, one of which
will be given each session: each course comprises two lectures and
two laboratory periods of three hours each weekly; participation
in the weekly biological seminar is also required. The course for the
year may be withdrawn if not elected by at least four students. Lectures,
Monday and Wednesday from 1 to 2 p. m. Laboratory periods,
Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Botany
B1 or Zoölogy B1 is prerequisite for either of these courses. The
courses offered are as follows:
Zoology C1: The Lower Invertebrates.—In this course a detailed
study will be made of animals representing various classes and
orders of Protozoa, Coelenterata, Platyhelmia, Nemertini, Nematelminthes,
Trochelminthes and Molluscoida, involving their comparative
anatomy, their embryology, and their affinities. Students will
be required to collect the available material of the vicinity for class
work; to make a collection of histological preparations; and to report
at regular intervals upon the progress of their work.
Zoology C2: The Higher Invertebrates.—A similar detailed study,
under similar requirements, of animals, representing various classes
and orders of Echinodermata, Mollusca, Annulata and Arthropoda.
Zoology C3: The Vertebrates.—A detailed anatomical and histological
study of animals representing various classes, sub-classes,
and orders of the Chordata. The physiology of the organs of the
Chordata will be discussed. Vertebrate embryology as represented
will be required to make collections of local material for classroom
work and to make histological preparations representing the fundamental
tissues of representatives of the group.
III. General Biology.
Associate Professor Kepner.
Mr. Taliaferro.
Mr. Cash.
Mr. Williams.
Primarily for Graduates.
Students taking a graduate course in Comparative Anatomy are
required to pay, in addition to the regular tuition fee, a laboratory
fee of $20.
Biology D1: Cytology and Comparative Histology: Botany B1,
Zoölogy B1, and one of the advanced courses in Plant or Animal Morphology
prerequisite. This course begins with a study of the phenomena
of cell-organization and cell life in both plants and animals;
this is followed by a comparative study of the elements of structure
and their embryological development in the lower and the higher animals,
or in a similar series of plant forms; the work of each student is
individually assigned in great measure. It includes practice in the
more advanced methods of technic, and a critical discussion of the
microscope and its intelligent use, as means to the ends in view.
It is accompanied by the consideration of the fundamental laws
of General Biology as founded upon cytological study. Hours by
assignment; the number is not limited.
Opportunity will be afforded to individual students for further
advanced work chiefly along the lines of this course.
A biological seminar will be conducted weekly at an hour that
will be assigned at the beginning of the session, participation in
which is required of all students in courses above Botany B1 and
Zoölogy B1.
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.
Professor Bird.
Associate Professor Edgar.
Mr. Carter.
Mr. Diggs.
Mr. Brown.
Mr. Keyser.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Chemistry C1: Physical Chemistry: Course B1 and B1 Anal., or
their equivalents, prerequisite.—Some knowledge of the Calculus is required,
and previous work in Physics is desirable. This course will
include work upon such topics as the gas laws, kinetic theory of
gases, the properties of dilute solutions, osmotic pressure, the determination
equilibrium, electrolysis and electrolytic dissociation, the phase rule,
etc. The laboratory work will consist of a thorough course in
physico-chemical methods, including the measurement of electrolytic
conductivity, electromotive force, etc. Toward the end of the course
the student will be required to do a limited amount of research on
some chemical problem suggested by the instructor. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Edgar.
Chemistry C2: Advanced Organic Chemistry: Courses B1 and B2,
or their equivalent, prerequisite.—The work of the first term consists
of lectures and recitations on the History of Chemical Development
and Theory, with laboratory work illustrative of fundamental chemical
laws.
The second and third terms consist of lectures, laboratory work,
etc., on advanced organic Chemistry, making use of the most recent
and comprehensive treatises on this subject. During the third term
the student will be required to do a limited amount of research on
some subject suggested by the instructor. Hours by appointment.
Associate Professor Edgar.
For Graduates.
Chemistry D1: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Courses B1, C1
and Analytical Chemistry C1, or their equivalent, prerequisite.—The
lectures deal with the fundamental theories and laws of chemical
action. Parallel reading in the history of Chemistry is required.
In the laboratory the study of chemical reactions is taken up in an
advanced way, and when the student has shown proper fitness he
undertakes work upon some special problem in Inorganic Chemistry.
Hours by appointment. Professor Bird.
Chemistry D2: Advanced Physical Chemistry: Courses B1, C1 and
Analytical Chemistry C1, or their equivalent, prerequisite.—This
course will be given only as occasion demands and the nature of the
work will be arranged for the individual student. It is intended for
those seeking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who elect to do
work in Physical Chemistry. Hours by appointment. Associate Professor
Edgar.
The Chemical Journal Club.
The Chemical Journal Club meets every other week, on Tuesdays,
11-12, in Dr. Bird's lecture-room, for the critical review
and discussion of various topics of interest in current chemical literature,
and of such chemical researches as may be in progress in
the university.
All instructors and advanced students in Chemistry are expected
to participate in these meetings and to take part in the discussions.
The privileges of the club are extended to all persons in the
university or in the vicinity of Charlottesville who are interested
in the progress of Chemistry.
SCHOOL OF ANALYTICAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY.
Professor Dunnington.
Mr. Dinwiddie.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Analytical Chemistry C1: Quantitative Analysis: Analytical
Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—The work of this course is also given in three
lessons a week throughout the session, each being followed by four
hours or more of practical laboratory work. After some training in
manipulation and gravimetric estimations, the class pursues volumetric
estimations and a full course in Quantitative Analysis of minerals,
ores, coal, soil, iron and steel, technical products, and so on
Weekly written exercises are required. As the student advances in
the course he is encouraged to undertake original research and assist
in its prosecution; and in determining his fitness for graduation,
work of this kind is considered as having much weight. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Laboratory hours by appointment. The
laboratory is open to students six days in the week, during all the
working hours of the day. Analytical Laboratory. Professor Dunnington,
Mr. Dinwiddie.
Industrial Chemistry C2: Chemistry B1 or Analytical Chemistry
B1 prerequisite.—The work of this course is given in three lectures a
week throughout the session. A detailed study is made of the chemical
principles and processes of the more important manufacturing industries,
upon which, in large measure, depend the development of
the natural resources of the country.
Among the more important subjects discussed are: the metallurgy
and uses of the principal METALS and ALLOYS, the manufacture of
acids, alkalies, salts, glass, pottery and fertilizers; the preparation and
preservation of FOOD, including bread, meat, sugar, etc.; the chemical
arts relating to CLOTHING, such as bleaching, dyeing and tanning; the
chemistry of arts concerning BUILDING, including the manufacture of
brick, lime and cement; the production of artificial lights and heating;
disinfectants, soap, paper, etc.
A clear comprehension of all lines of Industrial manufacture is
the aim proposed in this course, a preparation needed by students
who expect to enter upon any branch of such work. Since these
with which every one is concerned in daily life, it is judged
that they will afford a valuable addition to a general education.
The subjects specially related to Agriculture are treated of in different
portions of this course. There is a weekly quiz and weekly
written exercises are required. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3-4.
Analytical Laboratory. Professor Dunnington.
Text-Books.—F. H. Thorp's Outlines of Industrial Chemistry; Roger and Aubert's
Industrial Chemistry; Huntington & McMillan's Metals, their Properties and Treatment.
Recommended for reference: Richardson and Watt's Chemical Technology;
T. E. Thorpe's Dictionary of Applied Chemistry; W. E. Roberts-Austen's Introduction
to the Study of Metallurgy; Sadtler's Hand-Book of Industrial Organic Chemistry,
etc.
The collections of the University in illustration of the processes
and products of Industrial Chemistry have been procured at much expense
and pains in this country, England, France, and Germany, and
are unusually extensive and good; among the best on this side of the
Atlantic.
Students who accomplish the work of classes B1, C1, C2, in this
school, together with Chemistry B1, B2, C1, are prepared for entering
upon work in these several lines of industry.
Primarily for Graduates.
Analytical Chemistry D1: This graduate course is designed for
those seeking the degree of Ph. D., and also for such students as
desire to increase the range of their experience as analysts, and to
cultivate their powers of original investigation.
It is required for those who enter this course that they shall have
previously completed courses Analytical Chemistry B1, Analytical
Chemistry C1 and Industrial Chemistry C1, in this School and Courses
B1, B2, and C1 in the School of Chemistry, or that they shall have
previously made equivalent attainments elsewhere.
Laboratory work will be conducted daily, and suggestions and due
assistance will be given in its prosecution.
While the work is adapted to the special aims or tastes of each
student, it will in all cases comprise some practice in the more
elaborate processes of analysis, ultimate and proximate organic analysis,
some study in analytical methods and some original problems,
also the reading and the summarizing of extracts from current journals,
and, for all who are seeking the degree of Ph. D., a dissertation
embodying the results of some original research. Professor Dunnington.
The Analytical Laboratory is a building planned and erected for
the purpose. It is warmed throughout by hot water, completely fitted
materials, and specimens. The main working-room is furnished
with work-tables, gas, water, and all proper fixtures; smaller rooms
are devoted to weighing, evaporations, assaying, etc.
THE JAMES WILSON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS.
Professor Page (Thomas Walker).
Adjunct Professor Hunley.
Mr. Didlake.
I. Economics.
Professor Page (Thomas Walker).
Mr. Didlake.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Economics C1: The Growth of American Industry and Commerce.—This
course attempts to show how American experience
illustrates economic principles, and how American social and political
development has been influenced by economic conditions. The
work is mainly topical and the topics receiving chief emphasis vary
from year to year. This course alternates with Course C2, and will
be given in 1915-16. Professor Page.
Economics C2: Public Finance, Money and Banking.—The first
term of the session deals with public finance, emphasizing the principles
of taxation; the second term takes up the financial history of
the United States; and the third term is devoted to a study of money
and banking. Students may register for one or more terms of this
course at their discretion. The course alternates with C1, and will
be given in 1914-15. Hours by appointment. Cabell Hall. Professor
Page.
Primarily for Graduates.
Course D1: A Course of Research.—In this course competent
students are guided in the intensive and methodical investigation of
selected topics and the results are presented for discussion. Hours
by appointment. Professor Page.
II. Political Science.
Adjunct Professor Hunley.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Political Science C1: Political Theory and Practice.—The nature
of the state and a general survey of political theory form the
basis of the first term's work. The second and third terms are devoted
to a study of constitutional development in the United States
and other countries. Instruction is given by lectures, journal meetings,
where the students report on current political studies and events,
and special assignments for reading. Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
1-2. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor Hunley.
THE CURRY MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
Professor Heck.
Professor Maphis.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Education C1: Evolution, Heredity, and Education.—First term,
stages and factors of organic evolution; second term, heredity and
eugenics; third term, biological aspects of education. Hours to be
arranged. Education Building. Professor Heck.
Education C2: Educational Hygiene.—First term, measurements,
defects, and hygiene of development; second term, hygiene of school
buildings, equipment and management; third term, personal and
community hygiene. Hours to be arranged. Education Building.
Professor Heck.
Recommendation of Teachers.
The recommendation of teachers from the School of Education is
in charge of the Bureau of Appointments,—Professor Kent and Professor
Maphis. Through this committee positions are secured,
not only for students of the School of Education, but for students in
other departments, where they are known to be fitted to fill the vacancies
reported. In response to requests from the proper authorities,
teachers are recommended for positions as instructors in colleges
and normal schools, as superintendents, as supervisors in special subjects,
as principals or department teachers in high schools, and as
principals of elementary schools. The demand for teachers has been
greater than the supply. Correspondence with regard to this matter
may be addressed to the Bureau of Appointments, University, Virginia.
EDGAR ALLAN POE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH.
Professor Smith.
Mr. Harrison.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
English C1: American Literature: A Study by Types.
1. A Survey of the Eleven Types. The Epic, the Drama, the
Ballad, the Lyric.
2. The Lyric concluded. History, Biography, the Essay, the
Oration, the Letter.
3. The Novel, the Short Story. Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
9-10. Cabell Hall. Professor Smith.
For Graduates Only.
English D1: Old English Poetry.
A rapid reading of the extant body of old English Poetry. Professor
Smith.
English D2:
1. The Ballad. Professor Smith.
2. The Morte d'Arthur. Professor Smith.
3. The Rossettis, Morris, and Swinburne. Professor Kent.
LINDEN KENT MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE.
Professor Kent.
Adjunct Professor Myers.
Mr. Beaty.
Mr. Church.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
English Literature C1:
1. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist.
2. Contemporary British Poets.
3. Southern Literature. Professor Kent.
For Graduates Only.
English Literature D1 or primary Minor.
1. The History of English Prose Rhythm.
2. Great Letter-Writers and Diarists.
3. The Beginning of Fiction. Professor Kent.
English D2: Third Term. The Rossettis, Morris, and Swinburne.
Professor Kent.
THE CORCORAN AND ROGERS SCHOOLS OF GENERAL
AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.
Professor Watson.
Associate Professor Grasty.
Mr. Cline.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Geology C1: Petrology: Course B3, or its equivalent, prerequisite.
—This course aims to give a thorough knowledge of the determination
of minerals and rocks in thin sections under the microscope.
It includes:
(A) Physical Crystallography.—A full discussion of optical and
microscopical mineralogy, with especial reference to the behavior
of minerals as constituents of rock masses.(B) Petrography.—A discussion of the microscopic structure, mineralogical
composition, genetic relations, and distribution of
22igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. The laboratory
work supplements the lectures, and enables the student to become
familiar with the various groups of rocks by means of the
polarizing microscope. Lectures and laboratory work to the
amount of 19 hours a week throughout the year. Hours by
appointment. Professor Watson, Mr. Cline.
Geology C2: Geology of Ore Deposits: Course B1, or its equivalent,
prerequisite, and course C1 in addition is recommended.—
This course is designed to give a general but comprehensive account
of the origin, nature, distribution, and uses of the metallic
products, with especial reference to those of the United States.
Lectures, collateral reading, laboratory and field work, to the amount
of twelve (12) hours per week throughout the year. Hours by appointment.
Professor Watson.
Geology C3: Geology of the Nonmetallic Minerals: Course
B1, or its equivalent, prerequisite and course C1 in addition is recommended.—This
course gives a comprehensive account of the origin,
nature, distribution, and uses of the nonmetallic products, with
especial reference to those of the United States. Lectures, collateral
reading, laboratory and field work, to the amount of twelve (12)
hours per week throughout the year. Hours by appointment. Professor
Watson.
As outlined, Courses C2 and C3 make up the subject of General
Economic Geology. Each is a full year's course and may be taken
independent of the other. The two courses are planned to be given
in alternate years; course C2 will be given in 1914-15.
Geology C4: Geological Field Methods.—This course is designed
to familiarize the student with the methods employed and the instruments
used in making topographic and geologic maps. The
structural relationships of rocks and the proper cartographic representation
of these occurrences in nature are especially emphasized.
Special course for students in geology and engineering. Lectures
and field work. Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Grasty
Mr. Cline.
Primarily for Graduates.
Geology D1: Advanced Geology: Courses B1 and B3 prerequisite.
—This course aims to fit the student for independent and original research.
He will study as thoroughly as possible the broader problems
of the science, involving the knowledge of stratigraphical principles.
Especial attention will be given to imparting a practical
knowledge of the various rocks, and of the animal and plant fossils
of the different eras, with a view to using them in determining unknown
formations. Stress will be laid upon field work, and the
To impart such knowledge the student will be required to work up
some particular region or formation, and report his results. Topics
involving a knowledge of the literature and growth of opinion in
relation to particular questions may be assigned to form the subject
of theses. Hours by appointment. Professor Watson, Associate Professor
Grasty.
Geology D2: Advanced Mineralogy and Petrography.—Adapted
to the needs of the individual student. Properly qualified students
may pursue work directed in the line of crystallography (crystal
measurements and drawings, and crystal optics), chemical mineralogy
(mineral or rock analysis), or petrographic research. Hours
by appointment. Professor Watson, Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D3: Advanced Economic Geology.—Lectures, laboratory
and field work, reading, reports and theses. Open to those students
who have had Courses C2 and C3 or their equivalent. This course is
designed to supplement Courses C2 and C3 by giving advanced students
an opportunity to follow out more thoroughly special topics in
mining geology. The course will necessarily vary with the needs of
the individual student. Hours by appointment. Professor Watson,
Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D4: Economic Geology of the Southern Appalachians.
—Open to those students who have had Courses C2 and C3 or their
equivalent. In this course the mining geology of the region, especially
that of Virginia, is covered in considerable detail. Excursions
to various parts of the region will be taken and individual
reports required. Original investigation of an assigned area, based
upon field work, is required of each student. Hours by appointment
Professor Watson.
Geological Seminary.—Review and discussion of the more important
current geological literature, and the preparation of papers
on special subjects based on field and library investigations. All instructors
and advanced students in geology are expected to take part
in the discussions at these meetings. Time to be arranged.
THE LEWIS BROOKS MUSEUM.
The Lewis Brooks Museum contains collections illustrating the
main subdivisions of Natural History. Each of the collections is
arranged so as to exemplify the principles of the science, and at the
same time offers a large variety of subjects for advanced study. In
Geology the specimens show all the different kinds of rocks, classified
according to mineral character and the formation in which they
occur; the collection of fossils, plaster casts, maps, etc., is exceptionally
the principles of the science are made plain by well-chosen suits of
specimens, models of crystals, etc. The general collection of minerals
contains all the important species, and many of the rarer ones,
in good specimens. In addition to the above, a beginning has been
made of a collection to illustrate the geology and mineralogy of the
State of Virginia, and this is being increased as rapidly as possible.
SCHOOL OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES.
Professor Faulkner.
Mr. Steger.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Two courses are offered, given in alternate years. Courses B1 and
B2, or the equivalent of both, prerequisite.—In these courses all lectures
and class-work are in German. Hence students desiring to enter
the course, with advanced standing, will be required to give
satisfactory evidence of ability to understand spoken German. The
work of the courses is arranged as follows:
German C1: First Term: Der deutsche Roman in seinen typischen
Erscheinungen; Second Term: Die Tragödie der Klassiker; Third
Term: Goethe's Faust, I. and II. Teil. Seminary-work: First Term:
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre; Second Term: Wallenstein; Third
Term: Faust. Hours by appointment. To be given in 1914-1915.
Cabell Hall. Professor Faulkner.
Students with adequate preparation may register for any term
of this course.
German C2. Goethe: Leben und Werke. Seminary Work:
Dichtung und Wahrheit; die Leiden des jungen Werthers; Faust I
und II. Hours by appointment. Not given in 1913-1914. Cabell Hall
Professor Faulkner.
For Graduates Only.
The following courses are open only to candidates for a doctor's
degree in one of the schools of English, English Literature, Latin,
Greek, Romanic or Germanic Languages, who have already completed
not less than one year of graduate work as candidates for
that degree. Only one course will be given in any one session. The
selection will depend on the wishes and needs of the applicants.
Graduate students, therefore, who wish to enter any one of these
courses are requested to notify the head of the school not later
than June 15, preceding the session in which they desire to enter
the course.
For all of these courses German C1 or C2 is a prerequisite.
German D1: Gothic and Old High German. Three hours a
week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D2: Middle High German, with readings in the Nibelungenlied.
Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D3: Middle High German, with readings in Walther von
der Vogelweide. Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor
Faulkner.
German D4: I. A half year's course in German grammar. Given
in 1913. II. A half year's course in the phonetics of German and
English. Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
SCHOOL OF GREEK.
Professor Webb.
Adjunct Professor McLemore.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Greek C1: Course B1 and B2 prerequisite. Thucydides, Book iii;
selections from Theocritus; Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus; Aeschylus'
Prometheus; Aristophanes' Frogs. Collateral reading: Greek Religion
and Philosophy. Hours by appointment. Cabell Hall. Professor
Webb.
Primarily for Graduates.
Greek D1: This course is intended for those who wish to prosecute
the study of Greek beyond Course C1, especially for those seeking
the degree of Ph. D. The content of the course will vary according
to the amount and the nature of the work already done by the
student, and the object he has in view. In general, the course will
consist of the rapid reading of Greek authors, and of an intensive
study of some particular field of Classical Philology. Hours by appointment.
Professor Webb.
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF HISTORY.
Professor Dabney.
Mr. Earnest.
Mr. Parrish.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
History C1: History of the United States. Courses B1 and B2
prerequisite.—In addition to a considerable amount of reading, essays
or reports, based upon the sources as well as upon secondary authorities,
will be required. This course is required of students electing
History as one of their subjects for the Master's or Doctor's degree.
It may also be taken as an elective-at-large for the Bachelor's degree.
Dabney.
Primarily for Graduates.
Only one of the two following courses will be given in any one
year. The first is broad and extensive, the second, minute and intensive.
History D1: Courses B1, B2 and C1 prerequisite.—Intellectual,
Moral, Religious and Social Development of Europe.—In addition
to critical discussions of, and written examinations upon a large
number of historical works, a critical essay upon each of them will
be required. Hours by appointment. Professor Dabney.
History D2: Courses B1, B2 and C1 prerequisite.—History of
the Reconstruction of the Southern States. A close study of the
sources as well as of the secondary authorities on this period. Hours
by appointment. Professor Dabney.
SCHOOL OF LATIN.
Professor Fitz-Hugh.
Adjunct Professor McLemore.
Mr. Barton.
Mr. Nelson.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Latin C1: Course B1 and Course B2 or the equivalent of both, prerequisite.
I. In Language: History of the Latin Language (Whitney's
Language and the Study of Language, Bennett's Latin Language), with
oral and written exercises (Moore, Bennett, Nettleship).
II. In Literature: Historical and epistolary, Tacitus' Annals
and Cicero's Letters—dramatic and satirical, Plautus' Captivi, Terence's
Phormio, and Horace's Satires and Epistles, with study of the
meters of the drama—critical, Cicero's De Oratore and Orator, and
Tacitus' Dialogue on the Orators.
III. In Life: The literary life of the Romans (Mackail's Latin
Literature and Laing's Masterpieces of Latin Literature).
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1. Cabell Hall. Professor Fitz-Hugh,
Adjunct Professor McLemore.
Latin C2: Course B1 and Course B2 or the equivalent of both, prerequisite.—Either
Course C1 or Course C2 may be offered as one of
the three distinct subjects required for the M. A. degree, and the other
may be offered as the fourth, or elective-at-large.
I. In Language: History of the Latin Language (Whitney's
Life and Growth of Language, Grandgent's Vulgar Latin), with oral and
written exercises (Moore, Bennett, Nettleship).
II. In Literature: Historical and epistolary, Tacitus' Histories
and Pliny's Letters—dramatic and satirical, Plautus' Mostellaria, Terence's
Andria, and Juvenal's Satires, with study of the meters of the
drama—philosophic, Lucretius, De Rerum Natura and Cicero's De
Natura Deorum.
III. In Life: The philosophic life of the Romans (Mayor's History
of Ancient Philosophy from Thales to Cicero and Pater's Marius
the Epicurean).
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-1. Cabell Hall. Professor
Fitz-Hugh, Adjunct Professor McLemore.
Primarily for Graduates.
Latin D1: Course C1 or Course C2 or the equivalent of either, prerequisite.—This
course extends through three years and is intended
for those who desire to specialize for one, two, or three years in
classical philology. It contemplates especially the needs of those
who choose Latin as their major elective for the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy. Roman civilization is the vital link between the
Hellenic and the Romanic, and hence Latin philology, which is the
science of Roman civilization, has vital points of contact with Greek
philology on the one hand and with Romanic on the other. If the
candidate's major elective be Latin, a respectable familiarity with
Greek is required, since the language, literature, and life of the Romans
are saturated with Greek influence. If the candidate's major
elective be Romanic, the technical Greek requirement is waived as
far as practically possible, and he is guided into the history of the
Roman popular vernacular, the common source of the Romanic
tongues, and into an acquaintance with the authors illustrating the
Vulgar Latin in literature.
Plan of Work.—It is the aim of this course, as far as the teaching
force and resources of the School permit, to prepare the candidate
to investigate independently the sources of our knowledge
of the language, monuments (literary and objective), and life of
the Romans. The following is therefore an outline of the course:
I. In Language: Elements of comparative grammar (Giles,
supplemented by Hirt and Sommer on Sounds and Inflections and
by Brugmann and Schmalz on Syntax)—introduction to Latin historical
grammar (Lindsay, supplemented by Landgraf)—systematic
grammar (Kühner) with stylistic exercises, oral and written, in conjunction
with Cicero's De Oratore—reading of epigraphic and literary
monuments illustrating the history of the Latin Language.
II. In the Literary and Objective Monuments of the Romans:
Reading of authors in groups systematically planned to illustrate
the literary life of the Romans—history and interpretation of texts
—elements of palæography (Johnston, supplemented by Thompson),
epigraphy (Lindsay, supplemented by Egbert and Cagnat, numismatics
(Gnecchi, supplemented by Hill), topography and remains
(Platner, Petersen, Huelsen, Mau, Strack, Furtwængler).
III. In Roman Life: Constructive study of Roman culture-history—reading
of authors illustrating the development of Roman civilization—study
of modern authorities in Roman culture-history
(Philippson, Nissen, Mommsen, Marquardt-Mommsen, Wissowa,
Preller-Jordan, Springer-Michaelis and Winter, Schanz, Windelband,
Sandys).
Friday, Saturday, 12-2. Cabell Hall. Professor Fitz-Hugh,
Adjunct Professor McLemore.
Aids.—For the sake of first-hand access to important modern
authorities in Latin philology, the candidate is urged to acquire a
good reading knowledge of German, French, and Italian. Such a
mastery of German and French is imperative.
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.
Professor Echols.
Professor Page (J. M.)
Mr. Oglesby.
Mr. Graybeal.
Mr. Shull.
Mr. Tucker.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Mathematics C1: Courses B1 and B2 prerequisite.—This course
begins with the study of Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions.
The Differential and Integral Calculus is taken up, at the point left off
in Course B2, and is systematically studied along broad lines. A
course of parallel reading on the History of Mathematics is assigned
and an examination held in this subject. The course closes with the
study of Ordinary Differential Equations. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
11-12. Cabell Hall. Professor Echols.
Text-Books.—Charles Smith, Solid Geometry; Echols, Differential and Integral
Calculus; Williamson, Differential Calculus; Williamson, Integral Calculus; Murray,
Differential Equations; Cajori, History of Mathematics.
Primarily for Graduates.
Mathematics D1: A Course in Differential Geometry: Course
C1 prerequisite.—In this the year will be devoted to a course in the
applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus to Geometry,
with special reference to the theory of the General Space Curve,
the Surface, and the Surface Curve. Hours by appointment. Professor
Page.
Mathematics D2: A Course in Differential Equations: Course
C1 prerequisite.—In this there will be presented a course in Ordinary
and Partial Differential Equations. In the discussion of the Ordinary
Differential Equation particular attention is paid to the theory of
integration of such equations as admit of a known Transformation
Group, and the classic methods of integration are compared with
those which flow from the Theory of Continuous Groups. A similar
method is adopted in the study of the Linear Partial Differential
Equation of the First Order. As far as the time admits, the theories
of integration of the Complete System, as well as those of
the General Partial Differential Equation of the First and Second
Orders, will be discussed. Hours by appointment. Professor Page.
[Only one of the Courses D1 and D2 will be offered in 1913-14.]
Mathematics D3: A Course in the Theory of Functions: Course
C1 prerequisite.—In this class is offered to advanced students a course
in Mathematical Analysis. The treatment of the subject is arranged
under three heads, as follows:
The design of the numbers of analysis and the laws of the operations
to which they are subject are studied after the methods of
Dedekind and Tannery, Cantor and Weierstrass, as introductory to
the study of functions.
The study of the Theory of Functions of a Real Variable, including
series, products, and continued fractions.
The General Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable is
studied after the methods of Cauchy, Riemann, and Weierstrass.
A special study is made of the series of Taylor and of Fourier.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11-12. Professor Echols.
The work in Courses D1, D2, and D3 is carried on by means of
lectures, notes, and the systematic reading of the standard authors
in texts and in journals.
SCHOOL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Professor Thornton.
Mr. Lapham.
For Graduates Only.
Applied Mathematics D1: Analytical Mechanics:
Lectures are given in alternate sessions on the following topics
Hours by appointment.
A. Theoretical Dynamics; Theory of Attractions (1914-15).
B. Theory of Elasticity; Hydrodynamics (1913-14).
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
Professor Lefevre.
Adjunct Professor Balz.
Mr. Diggs.
Mr. Hurt.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Philosophy C1: The History of Philosophy: Course B1, or B2,
or B3 prerequisite.—This course is intended primarily for those who
wish to know something of the history of thought and the influence
which philosophical ideas have exerted in the development of civilization.
The lectures will give a general account of philosophical
speculation from its beginnings among the Greeks to the present
time. The endeavor will be made to present the various philosophical
systems in their relation to the science and general civilization
of the ages to which they belong, and to estimate their social
and political significance. A large part of the year will be devoted
to the theories and problems of modern times. Reading of texts
and commentaries, lectures, discussions, and essays. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Rotunda, N. E. Professor Lefevre.
Philosophy C2: Social Psychology.—(Open to students who
have taken Courses B1, or B2, or B3, or their equivalents.) In this
course, general psychological principles will be applied to the study
of the social relations of the self, and the influence which determine
feeling and action in the individual as a member of the group, e. g.,
the sentiments of religious, political, and social crowds. The attempt
is made to approach social facts from the mental side. The study of
social consciousness, as involved in the genesis and growth of social
institutions; the psychology of education; the psychology of religion;
and the evolution of social consciousness will engage the attention
in this course. Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10. Rotunda, S. E. Adjunct Professor
Balz.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
Primarily for Graduates.
Philosophy D1.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course C1.) Empiricism and Rationalism. The empirical movement
as represented by Locke, Hume, and Mill, and the rationalistic
movement as represented especially by Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz,
will be studied with reference to their distinctive methods.
Reading of texts and commentaries, lectures, discussions, and essays.
Professor Lefevre, Adjunct Professor Balz.
Philosophy D2.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course C1.) The Critical Philosophy of Kant. The greater part of
the year will be devoted to the careful study of the Critique of Pure
Reason and the Critique of Practical Reason. Collateral reading of
will be required. Special attention will be given to Kant's relation
to previous philosophical systems, to the development of his
own philosophy, and to the interrelation of his three Critiques.
Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports. Professor Lefevre,
Adjunct Professor Balz.
Further advanced work in Philosophy, including the critical study
of recent tendencies, will be arranged in accordance with the needs
of individual students.
[Courses D1 and D2 will be given in alternate years.]
SCHOOL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Associate Professor Hoxton.
Adjunct Professor Sparrow.
Mr. Dingledine.
Mr. Emmett.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Physics C1: Electricity and Optics. Physics B1, with the addition
of either Physics B2, Mathematics B2, B3 or the equivalent of these
courses prerequisite.—Electricity is given during the first half-year,
Optics during the second. The elements of the mathematical theory
and outlines of some of the modern conceptions of physics connected
particularly with these subjects are presented in the lectures. In the
laboratory, especial attention is paid to methods of measurement,
supplemented, however, by first-hand experimental studies of important
phenomena and principles. Laboratory work, four to six
hours per week. Hours by appointment. Rouss Physical Laboratory.
Associate Professor Hoxton.
Primarily for Graduates.
Physics D1 and D2: The work of these courses is of an advanced
type, designed to bring the student into touch with modern
methods of physical research. With this end in view the contents
of the courses will be varied from year to year, ranging over the
more important fields of physics in a cycle of about three years.
The formal preparation necessary for these courses will vary
somewhat with the nature of the subjects treated. What is necessary
is a certain maturity of mind with reference to the subject.
The student who has not had training in mathematics equivalent to
Course C1 will probably be unable to follow with profit any D course
dealing with the mathematical side of physics, while the student
who has not had the equivalent of the corresponding C course in
physics, will be unable to pursue a D course dealing with the experimental
side. For the session of 1913-1914 courses will be offered
in Advanced Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory, and in
Hoxton, Adjunct Professor Sparrow.
The Rouss Physical Laboratory is a commodious building, specially
designed for and devoted to the work in physics. The building
throughout is characterized by structural stability. The rooms
are abundantly lighted, while some may be darkened at will. There
is a general distribution of water over the building, while all the
rooms are supplied with steam heat, gas, and electricity.
The equipment includes an exceptionally rich set of demonstration
apparatus, and a good stock of apparatus for elementary laboratory
instruction. In addition to this there is a special line of electrical
and optical instruments, a 21½ foot concave grating with Rowland
mounting, photographic dark room, liquid air plant, and storage
battery, and a machine shop for the repair and construction of physical
instruments. For advanced work in some lines the facilities offered
are excellent.
SCHOOL OF ROMANIC LANGUAGES.
Professor Wilson.
Adjunct Professor Bardin.
Mr. Taylor.
III. Graduate French and Graduate Spanish.
For Graduates.
Undergraduates of exceptional ability, who desire to continue
their studies in the Romanic languages, will be allowed to follow
these courses after having completed the collegiate courses described
above.
French C1: French B1, and one other of the B1 or B2 courses in
Romanic languages, prerequisite.—The Course is conducted in French.
The tendencies of modern French fiction are studied. French life is
analyzed, and a general survey is made of the nineteenth century.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11-12; S. E. Rotunda. Professor Wilson.
Spanish C1: Spanish B1, and one other of the B1 or B2 courses
in Romanic languages, prerequisite.—The literature of one or more of
the Latin-American republics will be studied. A general survey will
be made of Spanish-American life and literature. Hours by appointment.
Adjunct Professor Bardin.
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