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M. A.

2. The class in Advanced Physics. In this course,
selected portions of the preceding one, (which may be
changed from session to session) are more fully developed
by the aid of the lower mathematics.

The Laboratory work in this class is more advanced
and extensive, aiming at the exact measurement of physical
quantities. This is the M. A. course in this School.

3. The class in Electricity. This course deals with Electricity
in theory and practice. Thorough study of approved
treatises is joined to laboratory exercise in the best methods
with good instruments.

Text-Books.—Elbert's Magnetic Fields of Force; J. J. Thomson's
Elements of Electricity and Magnetism; Ewing's Magnetic Induction;
Jackson's Alternating Currents.

The special courses offered to students preparing to be
teachers and to those who are candidates for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy will be announced in a circular to be
hereafter issued.