8.—MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
Professor Tucker.—There are two classes in this school.
The junior class studies Rhetoric, Belles-Lettres and Logic,
the first half of the session, and Belles-Lettres and Ethics,
the last half. The senior, studies Mental Philosophy, the first
part of the session, and Political Economy the last. The examinations
are on the Professor's lectures and the following
books:—In Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres, Blair, Campbell and
Lord Kaim's Elements; in Ethics, Stewart's Active and
Moral Powers; in Metaphysics, Brown, Stewart and Locke;
in Political Economy, Say and Adam Smith. In discussing
the controverted questions in the last mentioned science, all
the ablest writers, both of Europe and America, are referred
to. The students in this school are required to exercise themselves
in composition.
