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Carleton College. 
 
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 give some facts as to the origin and life of Carleton College, to familiar- 
 ize those unacquainted with college work with ourcoursesof study and to 
 prepare the way for the fuller information given in our catalogues, which will 
 be furnished to any one on application, this hand-book is put forth, in the hope 
 that it may stimulate some to that larger preparation for the duties and enjoy- 
 ments of life, which can be gained only within college walls. 
 
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flTacultg anD Instructors. 
 
 REV. JAMES W. STRONG, D. D., 
 
 President. 
 
 HORACE GOODHUE, A. M., 
 
 Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, and Principal of the Preparatory 
 
 Department. 
 
 WILLIAM W. PAYNE, LL. B., 
 
 Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, and Director of the Observatory. 
 
 MISS MARGARET J. EVANS, A. M., 
 
 Lady Principal^and Professor of English Literature and Modern Languages. 
 
 REV. GEORGE HUNTINGTON, A. M., 
 
 Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, and Instructor in Elocution. 
 
 REV. ARTHUR H. PEARSON, A. M., 
 
 Professor of Philosophy and Biblical Literature. 
 
 LUCIAN W. CHANEY Jr. M. S., 
 
 Professor of Biology and Geology. 
 
 CHARLES H. COOPER, A. M., 
 
 Professor of History and Political Science. 
 
 MISS LOUISA H. RICHARDSON, A. M.,* 
 
 Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. 
 
 LYMAN B. SPERRY, M. D., 
 
 Non-resident Lecturer on Sanitary Science. 
 
 HERBERT C. WILSON, Ph. D., 
 
 Assistant Professor of Astronomy. 
 
 CLARENCE H. WHITE, A. B., 
 
 Instructor in Greek and Latin. 
 
 *Absent on leave in Europe for the year 1890-91. 
 
MISS CHARLOTTE R. WILLARD, A. B., 
 Instructor in Higher Mathematics and Astronomy. 
 
 MISS ISABELLA WATSON, B. L., 
 
 Instructor in French and English. 
 
 REV. DANIEL MAGNUS, A. M., 
 
 Instructor in Swedish and English Branches. 
 
 WILMOT V. METCALF, Ph. D., 
 
 Instructor in Chemistry, Physics and Mineralogy. 
 
 MRS. CAROLINE S. METCALF, A. B., 
 
 Instructor in Latin. 
 
 LOUIS C. STANTON, 
 
 Director of the School of Music and Teacher of Organ and Vocal Culture. 
 
 MISS ALICE M. HEALD, 
 
 Teacher of Piano and Harmony. 
 
 MISS MARY F. HALL, 
 
 Teacher of Piano and History of Music. 
 
 MISS GERTRUDE M. POTWIN, 
 
 Teacher of Violin. 
 
 MISS CAROLINE E. LINNELL, 
 
 Teacher of Expression, Elocution and Calisthenics. 
 
 MISS JEANIE R. SHERMAN, 
 
 Teacher of Drawing and Painting. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 MISS ANNA T. LINCOLN, PROFESSOR C. H. COOPER, 
 
 Matron. Librarian. 
 
 HARLAN W. PAGE, A. W. NORTON, 
 
 Financial Secretary and Loan Agent. Treasurer. 
 
 REV. ARCHIBALD HADDEN, 
 
 Field Secretary. 
 
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 Situation, ORTHFIELD, Minnesota, the seat ofCarleton College, is 42 
 
 History, ^ * miles southwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Two lines of 
 railroad pass through it, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul 
 and the Minneapolis and St. Louis, giving good connections with the outside 
 world. Through the town flows the Cannon river, and on abluff to the north- 
 east, overlooking a fine country, stand the college buildings on a campus of 30 
 acres. It is a community of 3,000 people with numerous churches, pleasant 
 homes, good schools and a stimulating climate, making it an almost ideal col- 
 lege town. The institution dates back to pioneer days and is a monument to 
 the educational enthusiasm and missionary zeal of the early settlers. It was 
 organized by the Congregational Association of the State in 1866. Its prepar- 
 atory department was opened in 1867. Its name was given to it in 1870 in 
 honor of Mr. Wm. Carleton, of Massachusetts, who gave it its first large dona- 
 tion of $50,000. In the same year Dr. J. W. Strong was made president. In 
 1874 the first college class graduated. The subsequent history has been one of 
 prosperity. There has been from time to time a large increase of means, effici- 
 ency and fame. Over 160 have graduated, and not less than 2,000 different 
 students have here received instruction. The catalogue shows 321 students 
 enrolled during the past year. The aim of the college is to provide a thorough 
 and liberal education with an intellectual and scholarly standard as high as 
 that of the best eastern colleges, and with such a spiritual and moral envir- 
 onment as will tend to produce a symmetrical Christian character. 
 
 The equipment of the college in buildings is as follows: 
 Buildings. Willis Hall, the main college building, containing the 
 chapel and recitation rooms; Williams Hall, devoted to scien- 
 tific work, and containing the cabinets, museums, laboratories and scientific 
 
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lecture rooms; the Astronomical Observatory, in building and equipment un- 
 equaled by anything of the kind in the Northwest; Gridley Hall, furnishing 
 rooms and board for one hnndred young ladies and table board for gentlemen; 
 a Music Hall, a Library building, and a Cottage for ladies. An enlarge- 
 ment of the scientific building and a physical laboratory are among our most 
 urgent needs. 
 
 College Hitherto the college and the preparatory department have 
 and had the same faculty; but beginning with the next college 
 
 Academy. year the two will be separated, each having a faculty of 
 its own. The preparatory department will be raised to the rank of a first-class 
 academy and fitting school, with enlarged courses of study, giving complete 
 preparation for college, under instructors especially skilled in work of that 
 character. The college will be able to offer a wide range of elective and option- 
 al studies. This will make the college course more elastic and attractive to the 
 student whose tastes and future work lead him to wish to vary the usual lines 
 of study. This arrangement will not affect the general social and religious 
 unity of the school. The students will meet as heretofore in the boarding de- 
 partment, and will unite in their religious exercises and in athletic sports, and 
 both schools will be under the administration of the college faculty. 
 
 Courses of Study WrtL a teaching force of 24 professors and tutors, instruc- 
 Entrance tion is given to students of both sexes in full classical, 
 
 Conditions. literary and scientific courses, also in music, art, elocution, 
 
 stenography and type- writing, in english and normal branches and in advanc- 
 ed work in pure mathematics and astronomy. The requisites for admission to 
 college are identical with those of the State University, so that a graduate of 
 any first grade high school in the State will be allowed to enter the Freshman 
 class on presentation of his State certificates. To the student graduating with 
 highest rank in any high school, or in Montevideo or Pillsburv Academies, 
 and coming here, a year’s tuition is donated. 
 
 In looking over the curriculum it will be found that the work required and 
 the possibilities of the courses of study are as follows. 
 
 To enter college the student must have read four books of Caesar, 
 Eatin. six and hereafter seven orations of Cicero and six books of the 
 
 Aeneid. In the classical course latin is required throughout 
 the Freshman year. After that it can be studied for six terms, the works read 
 including Cicero’s essays on Friendship and Old Age, and his De Natura Deo- 
 
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rum, Livy, Tacitus, Juvenal and Horace. To this some other work may be 
 added. The same amount of latin is required to enter either the literary or 
 the scientific course, but no more is read in the scientific course, while two 
 terms are required and seven are possible for the literary student. 
 
 WILLIS HALL. 
 
 The classical Freshman is required to have read three books of 
 Greek. Xenophon’s Anabasis and two books of Homer’s Iliad. Three 
 
 terms of greek are required, viz., Homer, Lysias and Xenophon, 
 and Thucydides and Herodotus. Nine terms are optional in which will be 
 read Plato, Sophocles, Demosthenes and Aristophanes. Greek Drama and Greek 
 Philosophy will be studied. 
 
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For those who wish to master these modern languages eleven 
 terms of German and nine of French are offered in the literary 
 and scientific courses, and eight of German and six of French in 
 the classical course. The instruction is designed to meet the wants of students 
 by securing fluency and correctness in speaking French and German, with 
 a good foundation in the structure of the languages and an introduction to an 
 appreciative acquaintance with the literatures. French and German are from 
 the beginning to the end of the course the sole language of the class room, all 
 rules and principles being given in the language taught, no English being used, 
 and no French or German lexicons being used for at least the first two years 
 of the study. Practice in speaking French and German is also secured at the 
 French and German tables at Gridley Hall. 
 
 To meet the 
 The Sciences. demand for 
 Scientific 
 instruction liberal provision 
 has been made, and while an 
 enlargement of buildings is 
 greatly needed, exceedingly 
 good work is being done 
 along several lines as will be 
 seen. Elementary work 
 must have been done in phy- 
 sical geography and physics 
 to enter the classical colle- 
 giate course. Anatomy and 
 physiology are added to en- 
 ter the literary course, and 
 astronomy and chemistry 
 are added to these for those 
 who enter the scientific course. 
 
 One term of Astronomical work is required of both classical and 
 Astronomy. scientific students, studying with both books and instru- 
 ments the earth, moon, planets, sun, comets, meteors and 
 stars. This is elective also in the literary course. One more term is optional 
 for the literary and classical student, and two for the scientific along the line of 
 practical astronomy, theory and use of instruments, observations, computa- 
 
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 SCIENCE HALL. 
 
 French 
 
 and 
 
 German. 
 
tions, etc. The observatory affords exceptional facilities in this study, being 
 equipped with fine instruments for doing advanced and original work. The 
 new equatorial telescope, with a clear aperture of 16 inches and focal length of 
 21 feet, is now in place under the large dome, and is ready for use. Few schools 
 in this country can afford so great attractions in this line. 
 
 OBSERVATORY. 
 
 The study of chemistry begins in the Sophomore year in the 
 Chemistry. three courses. One term is required of both classical and lit- 
 erary students while two more are possible for both. Two 
 terms are required of the scientific student and one more is optional. After the 
 elementary work to be done hereafter in the academy there are three lines of 
 work, Quantitative Analysis, or a study of metallic substances; Organic chem- 
 istry, or a study of the relations of different classes of organic compounds; and, 
 for the scientific student, minerology and blow-pipe analysis. The means of 
 instruction are lectures, laboratory work and the use of books of reference. 
 Facilities are also afforded for special work in qualitative analysis. 
 
 Elementary Biology is given to the scientific student in the 
 Biology. academy, but is taken in the Freshman year by the classical 
 and literary student who have three years of optional work, 
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viz.: General Biology and Microscopy, Morphology of Invertibrates andofVer- 
 tibrates. In the scientific course Biology is required through the entire Fresh- 
 man year, and four terms are elective. Besides the above there are two terms 
 on Types of Plant, and of Animal Life, one on Cryptogamic Botany and one 
 on Animal Physiology and Emlnyology. Lectures and laboratorv' work are 
 the main methods of instruction. 
 
 Following the work in Mechanics two terms of Physics are 
 optional in the three courses, studying Hydrostatics, Preu- 
 matics, Sound, Light, Magnetism and Electricity. One term 
 in Geology is required in the scientific course. 
 
 Physics, 
 
 Geology. 
 
 The Freshman in the classical and the literary courses must 
 Mathematics. have mastered university Algebra to Part III, and Pkme Ge- 
 ometry, while Solid Geometry is required of the scientific Fresh- 
 man. In college, three terms, completing Algebra, Solid Geometry and Trig- 
 onometry are required of classical and literary students, who also have as op- 
 tions Calculus, Mechanics and Analytical Geometry. The scientific student 
 must, besides these, take surveying, and may add Determinants, Advanced 
 Calculus and Quaternions. 
 
 To enter college Greek and Roman history are required of the 
 History. classical student, and general history of the literary and 
 scientific student. In the Freshman year one term’s work on 
 the History of Art is required of literary and scientific students. All college 
 students are required to take one term of English History, from the Norman 
 Conquest to the year 1689. Four term’s work are elective for all students in 
 the Junior and Senior years, taking up the History of Europe from the Germa- 
 nic Invasions to the Reformation, the political and constitutional histor\- of 
 America, and the later history of Europe. A special study of the U. S. Govern- 
 ment is made. One term in Political Economy is required of all students in 
 the Senior year, and one term is devoted to study of special problems, as Labor 
 and Capital, Socialism, etc. 
 
 Rhetoric, 
 
 Oratory. 
 
 Of all students in the Freshman and for two terms of the Soph- 
 omore year, work is required in this line. Lessons and drill 
 in elocution are given to the Freshmen. One term in Rhetor- 
 ical Science with text books is required of the Sophomores, and special rhetor- 
 ical studies are undertaken with the Juniors. Each student is required to write 
 
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an essay each term, and deliver an original part in public once each term dur- 
 ing two years of the college course. Private lessons are given by a graduate 
 of the Boston School of Oratory, employing the Delsarte system. 
 
 The literary students have one, and if they so elect, two terms 
 Literature. in the study of Early English and Anglo Saxon, and one term 
 in general literature, especially of Greece, Germany, France, 
 etc. Four terms of English literature are provided, of which one is required of 
 all college students. The entire course is very attractive, viz.: From Chaucer 
 to Spencer, the Elizabethan and Stewart literature, the period from 1780 to 
 1830, and Nineteenth Century authors of England and America. 
 
 Logic is offered to all students in the Junior year, but required 
 Philosophy. only of those in the literary course. Two terms in general 
 psychology are required of all students in the last term of the 
 Junior and first term of the Senior years. One term each is offered of the His- 
 tory of Philosophy, Pedagogics and the Philosophy of Religion to the Seniors. 
 Ethics is required of all Seniors. 
 
 A systematic study of the English Bible begins in the Freshman 
 Bible study. year, one hour a week, and extends to the last term of the 
 Senior year. It embraces a study of the Synoptic Gospels, 
 the Pentateuch, John’s Gospel and the Book of Acts, the Writings of John and 
 Paul, Old Testament Prophecy and Poetry, and Evidences of Christianity. 
 
 Students desiring to take selected studies in English will find a 
 other Studies. large number in the academy from which they may choose. 
 
 The English course has been discontinued, but a wide range 
 of studies are open to the one who can spend only a limited time at school. 
 Skandinavian students will find a teacher of their own nationality who will 
 instruct them in their own language and in the elementary English branches. 
 Type-writing and Stenography are taught by competent instructors. 
 
 The school of music affords fine opportunities for musical cul- 
 Music. ture. A separate building is devoted to the exclusive use of 
 
 this department, under the direction of teachers of music. 
 Instruction is given upon the piano, the violin, and the pipe and reed organs; 
 also in theory and in the cultivation of the voice, chorus singing and notation. 
 In each branch of musical study a systematic course will be pursued, the time 
 required for the completion of which will depend upon the ability of the pupil. 
 
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For full information as to prices, courses of study, etc., the reader is referred to 
 the catalogue. For the use of Art students a room is assigned in Willis Hall, 
 and instruction is given in Painting, both in oil and water colors, and in pencil, 
 crayon and charcoal drawing. 
 
 Degrees and The Degree of Bachelor of Arts, of Literature or of Science iscon- 
 Graduate ferred on those completing the classical, the literary or the 
 
 Studies. scientific courses. The Master’s Degree will be conferred on 
 
 graduates completing a satisfactory course of study of at least two years. A 
 Post-Graduate course of three years in pure mathematics and practical astro- 
 nomy is provided, and special facilities are afforded the student in this line. 
 
 Physical 
 
 Culture. 
 
 For both gentlemen and ladies provision is made for systematic 
 physical training under the supervision of a competent in- 
 structor, and after examination under the care of a physician. 
 Regular courses in light and heavy gymnastics are arranged, and military drill 
 is provided for the gentlemen. This is deservedly popular with the students, 
 and its benefits are obvious. Athletic sports, such as base ball and tennis, are 
 encouraged and in good weather are much in use. 
 
 There are three main items of expense to the young person at- 
 Expenses. tending school: 1 Tuition; 2 Traveling expenses, books, 
 entertainments, etc. ; and 3 Living. The first at Carleton will 
 range from $32 to $40 per year, unless private lessons are taken. The second 
 will vary greatly according to a students taste, economy and means. The 
 third, or living expenses will range from $3.50 to $5.00 per week. So that in 
 general it may be said that a student may attend Carleton College for the col- 
 lege year of 36 weeks for from $200 to $300. Opportunities for self-help are to 
 be found in the town, and many students have paid their way wholly or in part. 
 We make no promises to students before coming, but are glad to help in any 
 way practicable. There are beneficiary funds that will assist a limited 
 number. Self-reliant and industrious young men and women can help them- 
 selves to some extent without injury to health or scholarship. Let no young 
 person despair of getting an education on the ground of expense until full en- 
 quiries have been made. We invite such inquiry. 
 
 There is a vigorous and earnest Christian life among both 
 In General. teachers and students, so that the moral tone of the school 
 has always been high. The college is not sectarian, but it 
 has a positive chi'istian character and atmosphere. 
 
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