Identifier: historyofhighere00hask (find matches)
Title: A history of higher education in Pennsylvania
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870-1937 Hull, William Isaac, 1868-1939
Subjects: Universities and colleges
Publisher: Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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rs English Language, Anglo-Saxon, andMiltons Paradise Lost. Here begins the philological study of Eng-lish. It is not distinguished, however, in the above table nor in thefollowing one from the general Englisli studies. French and Ger-man were also introduced this year. In 1858-59 Shakespeare (JuliusCse.sar) was first studied, in the third term junior class. FROM 1859 TO 1865. Mathematics (as before) Ancient languages Mental and moral science, etc. (as beforChemistiy and natural histoiT Biblical _ Modern languages In 1877 the distribution was as follows: Recitations. Per cent. 587737439 63138 96 21.53 Mathematics, including astronomy and mechanAncient languages Biblical --..Vi\\V^)(\\V.\(\ Modern languages: English and Anglo-Saxon German and French Mental and moral science Political economy and Constitution Outlines of history Rhetoric and logic. Elocution Chemistry Geology ...V/.\V//^. Botany and zoology Natural philosophy Mineralogy Recita-tions. 34.26.3 7.36.34.3 2.7 1.42.81.21.2.9
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ARIO PARDEE, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.Founder of the Pardee Scientific Department. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. 121 Hebrew, Blackstone, archseology of literature, and chemistry wereelective in the senior year, with other studies, and in the case of stu-dents who elected them modified the above results in mathematics,Greek, and modern languages. In addition to the outlines of history, particular periods in Grecian,Roman, English, and American history are worked up along with thereading of representative authors, as Livy, Tacitus, Demosthenes,Shakespeare, etc. More than three hundred recitations of the courseare thus available as a means of special instruction in history. Classical geography, Greek and Latin composition, and Grecian andRoman antiquities come in as side studies, and are referred in the .above analysis to those branches to which they are most akin. The present schedule differs from the above mainly in the largernumber of elective studies. Beginning in the junior year, electivecourses in b

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