The University Courier.
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medica, structural botany, physiology, mineralogy, drug assaying, quantitative analysis organic chemistry, toxicology, microscopic examination of drugs, physiological chemistry.
The last half term of laboratory practice of the student in pharmacy is occupied almost entirely by original research in preparation of a thesis which is presented at the end of the second year.
To obtain a degree (Ph. G.) the student occupies four years, two of which are to be spent under a preceptor in actual practice in the drug business where medicine is dispensed. It must be seen that the studies in this department are those of a very practical character, and that they largely relate to the applied sciences, giving the student ample preparation for the responsibilities connected with the position of a pharmacist and for special work in the lines of analytical chemistry and the chemical examination of foods and medicines.
The existence of the School of Pharmacy in the Kansas State University is substantial evidence of the interest taken by prominent pharmacists in higher technical and scientific education and in those who would follow this responsible calling, the following of which without due preparation and equipment is not only a detriment to the practice of medicine but a danger to the public.
GERMAN AND FRENCH.
The departments of German and French, with two instructors in each department, offer both elementary and advanced instruction in those languages. Those who come to the University with preparation in German and French from their high school can continue it in the classes for which they are fitted. Those who do not offer these languages for entrance may begin them in any year after entering. By beginning them in the Freshman year they may reach such a proficiency in them the first two years of the course that they can use them in pursuing the studies of the last two years. Or by continuing either of them through the four years they may obtain a special mastery of it and an acquaintance with the literature written in it.
In the elementary instruction the aim is constantly to make the work thorough and give the student a solid and enduring foundation for all later acquisitions. As far as may be consistent with this end and as time will permit, regard is had from the outset to the purpose for which the student desires to use his knowledge of the language. Special classes are provided for students in technical courses of applied science who need especially to read German or French easily in following current research in their departments. And for all students it is recognized that they need to know the language rather than know things about it. After the foundation has been thoroughly laid, the classes are made to read rapidly and much, that they may acquire facility in reading and come as soon as possible to treat the foreign work as they would one in English, with full understanding of its thought and appreciation of its literary value. The result arrived at in the advanced instruction is especially an acquaintance with the masterpieces of the great periods of German and French literature and a vital contact with the intellectual life out of which they grew. So, a realization of the power and value of literature being always in view, the texts chosen for reading, even in the first years of study, are such as have a real and permanent literary value. For those who wish to make a special and more scientific linguistic study of these languages, advanced courses are offered in composition, historical grammar, and the older forms of the languages, and a normal course is designed particularly for those who wish to teach modern languages after graduation. The languages themselves are used as far as that is expedient in the conduct of the classes, and the ear is trained to recognize the spoken language as well as the eye to recognize it when written. Some classes also offer special practice in conversation, and clubs are formed among the students and instructors for the same purpose. A large number of photographs, busts, maps, charts, fac-similes of manuscripts, etc., have been collected to illustrate the literature and art of Germany and France.
opinions held by a portion of the brethren it is a sin to be manly, to take an active interest in athletics. A student is expected to do nothing but absorb great quantities of facts, and go to Sunday school. It is no matter if he breaks his health in study. He must not take part in vigorous games. One portion of the brethren have opposite opinions and have advocated football with more ardor than truthfulness, and are now undergoing the pleasure of a church trial for their pains.
The appointment of Lieut. E. V. Smith to the professorship of Military Science and Tactics at Baker University, at last gives us cause to congratulate our Baldwin friends. The work of similar
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