Vol. 8 AUGUST 15, 1912 No. 16 UNIYERSITME PITTSBURGH I BULLETIN WJG 16 1912 > tfj PRESIDENTS i , % OFFICE ^ COURSES IN Sociology, Philanthropy, Religion and Education. Planned Especially for those Interested in Social Service. 1912 - 1913 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE UNIVERSITY Entered June 4, 1910, at the Post Office at Pittsburgh, Pa., as second class matter under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 Pittsburgh Printing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. ittsb ur BULLETIN VOL. 8. AUGUST 15, 1912 No. 16 In issuing this special bulletin, it is the purpose of the University to direct the attention of prospective students to the courses offered within the fields of Sociology, Phil- anthropy, Social Service, and Religion, during the academic year 1912-1913. These courses are designed to meet the needs of those desiring to fit themselves as social workers, of students for the ministry, of Sunday-school teachers, and others con- nected with church activities, and of all who desire a first- hand knowledge of social conditions and the modes of dealing with the great social problems of the present day. Pittsburgh offers exceptional opportunities for the study of social and economic problems, and the University has been particularly fortunate in securing the hearty co- operation of the recognized leaders in sociological and phil- anthropic movements in the city. Doctor Crafer Theory of Sociology Three Terms, 2 credits each term A study of the development of Sociology, its importance and place in the social sciences, and of the underlying biological, physical, and psy- chical factors in Sociology. Theory and methods of the science of sta- tistics, with special application to the study of social life. 3 In the Winter and Spring terms a critical study will be made of the main contributions to sociological thought. Special attention will be given to American sociologists, including Ward, Giddings, Small and Ross. The laws of progress as outlined by the various writers will be considered and discussed. Text-book, lectures and reports. Evolution Fall Term, 2 credits A critical study will be made of Darwin’s “Descent of Man”, and the recent studies that have been made in variation, heredity, and evolution, and their application to race problems. The modern interest in Eugenics, and the contributions of Galton and Pearson. Text-books : Darwin’s De- scent of Man, Locke’s Variation, Evolution, and Heredity. Lectures and reports. Race Development Winter Term, 2 credits A Study of the human race and its divisions, with special reference to the sciences of anthropology and ethnology. Ethnic groups, language, the early family, marriage, social life and customs, and other factors which en- ter into race development. Colonial policies of England, France and Germany and their effects on native races. Collateral readings, lectures, and reports. Race Problems in the United States Spring Term, 2 credits In this course, special attention is given to race problems in the United States, the Negro, his distribution and progress; the Indian, the Asiatic, the new Hindu immigration and its problem. A study of the immigrants now coming to the United States and their probable effect on American social life. Lectures and reports. Social Economy Three Terms, 2 credits each term Problems of the dependent, defective, and delinquent. A study of charity, the pauper, the insane, the feeble-minded and the dependent child; the best method of dealing with them. Problems of crime; the criminal, jails, prisons, reformatories. A study of the preventive and educational measures now developing for the betterment of social conditions. Trips will be made to organizations and institutions in Pittsburgh and vicinity. Lectures, assigned readings, reports, and participation in the Psychol- ogical Clinic in connection with the classes in Experimental Psychology in the College. Research in Social Economy Three Terms, 2 credits each term Original research work in the field of social economy. Each year some specific social problem in the city of Pittsburgh will be intensively investigated. 4 This course is open only to those undergraduates doing superior work in Social Economy and to graduate students. Social Legislation Fall and Winter Terms, 2 credits each term A study will be made of the historical development of social legis- lation in the leading European countries as well as in the British colonies, but particular emphasis will be laid on the development of such legislation in America. Laws pertaining to the family, the school, the mine and the workshop will be carefully analyzed with a view to showing their bearing upon efficient citizenship. Lectures, recitations, assigned readings and reports. Social Settlements Winter and Spring Terms, 2 credits each term This course will embrace a study of the aim and purpose of the social settlement ; organization and conduct of settlement activities, summer outings, etc. Students taking this course are required to participate in the regular activities of social settlements established in the Pittsburgh District. Lectures, assigned readings, field work. Administration of Poor Relief Three Terms, 2 credits each term This course is designed to give the student a comprehensive grasp of the problems involved in the administration of poor-relief, both public and private. A study will be made of the development of systems of poor-relief, but particular attention will be directed to the organization of relief-work in America. Students taking this course with a view to fitting themselves as social workers have a rare opportunity of doing effective field work in Pittsburgh, under the direction of the officials of the various charitable organizations. Lectures, assigned readings, discussion of ‘'cases”, field work. Socialism One Term, 2 credits The origin and historical development of communistic and socialistic theories ; an intensive study of the works of Engels and Marx ; recent in- terpretations and criticisms of the Marxian doctrines. Particular attention will be given to the present status of Socialism in Germany, Great Britain, France, and the United States. Lectures, recitations, readings, and reports. Professor Flocken Economics Fall Term, 3 credits A brief resume of economic theory. Discussion of practical economic problems; wages, interest, rent, currency, banking, taxation, trusts, tariff, socialism. Text-books and lectures. 5 Labor Problems Spring Term, 3 credits The characteristic features of American industry and immigration with reference to the supply of labor. The organization, machinery and methods of the trade-union and the employers’ association. The planning and conduct of strikes and boycotts. The open and the closed shop. Ar- bitration and conciliation. Industrial efficiency. Labor legislation. The Federal and State laws and decisions relating to labor, the factory and sweatshop, and employers’ liability. Text-book and assigned readings. • Doctor Holds worth Municipal Problems Three Terms, 2 credits each term An intensive study of the socio-economic problems of the modern municipality. Doctor Thorpe Government, Federal and State Three Terms, 2 credits each term The development of government in America. Charters and grants. Colonial organization. Formation of the United States of America. The civil organization; State, Federal. Administration. Text-book, lectures, assigned readings, and reports. Prerequisite to all succeeding courses in Political Science. Municipal Government, Citizenship Three Terms, 2 credits each term The municipality a corporation. Organization and administration. Municipal functions. City charters. Initiative, referendum, recall. Gov- ernment by commission. Municipal systems of Europe. American citizenship. Status of the family. Naturalization. Civil and political rights. Expatriation. Party organization, the caucus, the suffrage. Text-book, lectures, readings, and reports. Required of Sophomores. Short Course in Government One Term, 2 credits This course will embrace a study of the forces and factors active in state formation, the fundamental principles underlying government and the expansion and specialization of governmental functions. Lectures, assigned readings, recitations. Doctor Wallin Clinical Psychology and the Study of Exceptional Children Fall and Winter Terms, 2 credits each term Present-day interest in child-welfare, modern child-welfare agencies ; method and standpoint of clinical psychology ; aspect of a clinical examin- 6 ation ; the nature and aims of psycho-clinical diagnosis ; general directions for the conduct of psycho-clinical tests and observations ; principles of classification of exceptional children ; the Binet-Simon method ; distribu- tion curve of human capacity; physical defectiveness in relation to physi- ological, mental, and moral deviation ; pedagogical retardation ; the social menace of the feeble-minded; causes of mental deficiency; the school nurse, social worker, and dento-medical inspector. Lectures, reference readings, reports, visits to institutions, and demon- stration clinics. The Care and Education of Exceptional Children Spring Term, 2 credits A course devoted to the educational aspects of course i. Concept of the exceptional child ; five standards of measuring individual deviations ; multiple-age concept; type of special children — deaf, blind, crippled, speech defectives, morally and emotionally unstable, developed or incipient neurotics and psychotics, supernormal, subnormal, etc. ; history of the scientific study and training of exceptional children in schools and institu- tions ; the care and training of feeble-minded and backward children ; the Montessori system ; the orthophrenic effects of removal of physical de- fects ; the nature and treatment of speech defects. Lectures, reference readings, and reports. The Psychology of Mentally Deviating Children Fall, Winter and Spring Terms, i credit each term This course is devoted to a consideration of the mental peculiarities of deviating children, such as the blind, deaf, rickety, speech defective, crippled, neurotic, psychotic, epileptic, feeble-minded, and backward. Lectures, discussions, reports. Dean Chambers Elementary Child Study Fall Term, 4 credits A presentation of the most important results of the modern child- study movement in its investigations of the physical, mental, and social nature of children, their educational significance, and their application in school and home. Some account of the history, scope, and present condi- tion of the child-study movement. Text-book, lectures, readings, reports, and investigations. Educational Psychology Summer and Spring Terms , 4 credits An elementary course in the study of some of the problems of educa- tion as affected by certain principles of ^psychology. Such topics as the relation of mind and body, native and acquired instincts and capacities, imitation, memory, attention and interest, feelings and their training, ap- perceptive reasoning and thinking, individual differences, etc., will be studied. Text-book, lectures, reference readings, reports, and experiments. 7 Biological Aspects of Education 4 credits A study of the educational significance of the principles of evolution, heredity, instinct, play and work, genius and stupidity, etc. ; the parallel between ontogeny and philogeny; eugenics and education. Education as a development of the traits which man has by virtue of his being an animal is the main thought of the course. The principles which have been so im- portant in biology for the development of life are studied as fundamental in education. A graduate course, open also to undergraduates who have had satis- factory preparation in biology. Professor Sies Educational Sociology Fall and Winter Terms, 2 credits each term A study of education as a social institution. The social function of education and its place in sociological theory. Interrelations between edu- cation and form of government. Mediation of the school between the child and society. Social significance of education as adjustment. A critical consideration of moral education. The sociology of teaching, supervision, and administration. Education as an agency in social economy. Potential power of educa- tion in ameliorating the condition of the masses. Heredity versus the so- cial environment. A consideration of modern educational movements from the standpoint of social economics. Professor Robertson Adolescence and the Problems of Secondary Education Summer or Winter Term, 4 credits A critical study of some of the vital problems of curriculum, method, discipline, morals, ideals, social relations, physical health, industrial train- ing, fraternities, etc., of high school pupils in their relation to the natural traits and interests of adolescence ; lectures, readings, reports, and text- book. A graduate course ; may be substituted for child study by undergradu- ates preparing for secondary teaching. Elements of Pedagogy Two Terms, 2 credits each term A resume of child study from the standpoints of biology and psy- chology, and applying the principles to religious education. A discussion of the subject matter, its adaptation and modes of presen- tation to the needs of the child in his various stages of mental and moral development. Lectures, reference work, and observation. 8 UXiVcWall Y Or iULUMo., Biblical Pedagogy I Two Terms, 2creaits each lUim The chief characteristics of the various periods gress from childhood to manhood will be made the guide in the organiza- tion of the subject matter of the Bible to meet the needs of these various stages of development. A study will be made of the principles of selection and methods of presenting this material. Lectures, reference work, and demonstrations. Mrs. Carmalt Primary Methods Fall, Winter and Spring Terms, 2 credits each term A course dealing with the first five school years and designed for ele- mentary teachers in rural, town, and city schools. The course includes a study of the aims of primary instruction, the selection and organization of subject matter, a special analysis of units of study, and the preparation of lesson plans. Particular attention is given to reading and language. Lec- tures, readings, reports, observation and demonstration, and conferences. Miss Kennard The Structure of Society Fall Term, 2 credits A brief course especially designed for playground teachers and work- ers. It summarizes and describes the fundamental social institutions af- fecting the community in which the playground teacher works under the following headings: The Family. The patriarchal family: the feudal family; American and European families; the industrial family. Civil Life and Industry. The nature of work; primitive industries; the development of craftmanship ; the conquest of machinery; organization and co-operation; the family and industry. Government. The rule of force and the rule of law; the source of authority in government; benevolent despotisms; aristocracy and honor; the meaning of democracy. Social .Organization. The individual and society; group cpnscious- ness and social order ; the growth of social consciousness ; social unity. Doctor Johnson Play Winter Term, 3 credits This course first attempts to determine what are the essential forces that underlie the instinctive activities of children and the relation of these forces and activities to education and social progress. It then considers child nature more in detail and attempts to interpret the meaning of childhood and its relation to racial development. 9 Thirdly, it discusses play, its nature, functions, and place in education, so far as education is concerned with the development of right interests and powers. It deals next with the practical problems of play in education, in home and school, in the playground and social center, including the practical con- duct of social centers, playground administration, the problem of adult recreation and public amusements, and their bearing upon social and civic life. Finally, it suggests an outline of a course in plays and games which is worked out and demonstrated by experts in their several departments. Miss Corbin Theory and Practice in the Education of Childhood Fall and Winter Terms, 2 credits each term This course aims to present the principles of development as applied to children under ten years of age. Periods of infancy and childhood are studied. from the genetic point of view and play programs are formulated for three periods : those from two to four, four to seven, and seven to nine years of age. A study is made of the educational methods, materials, and apparatus of Froebel and Montessori for the purpose of adapting the best in both systems to the problems of each period. One hour per week is *given to lectures and discussions of required readings, and one hour to plays and games and experimentation with ma- terials. Dean Fettermann and Mr. Johnson General Biology Fall and Winter Terms, 4 credits each term This course is an introduction to the field of biological science and aims to teach the fundamental principles of Biology as well as to furnish a large amount of instruction in laboratory practice. For students wishing to spend but a limited amount of time, it affords the opportunity for se- curing a good knowledge of the subject. Instruction is given by means of text-books, lectures, quizzes and laboratory practice, with special stress upon the last. Careful attention is given to the final form into which the results of the laboratory work is cast, and note-books prepared according to requirements constitute in them- selves a certificate of work performed. The course includes the study of the lower organisms, both plant and animal ; detailed study of cryptogranic and phanerogamic plants, dissec- tion and study of animal types. Dean Fettermann and Assistants Civic Biology One Term, 2 credits This course deals with the consideration of various urban and munici- pal problems such as the fly nuisance ; conditions of milk and water supply ; 10 cause and epidemiology of infectious diseases ; conservation of useful prant and animal species. Many other topics are included. Lectures, laboratory practice, and field work. Bacteriology Fall and Winter Terms, 4 credits each term This course is intended for students taking regular courses in Biology, and also for those who may elect the work in Sanitary Engineering. Stu- dents are expected to become familiar with the methods of detection, iso- lation and identification of various micro-organisms. Lectures are given on the classification, morphology, structure, reproduction and cultural characteristics of bacteria. Instruction is given on the principles of sterili- zation and disinfection, special emphasis being laid upon their practical ap- plication. In the latter part of the course special attention is given to the study of the bacteria occurring in soil, water and milk. The manner in which bacteria produce disease and the production of immunity are ex- plained. Text-books: Jordan; Abbott; Muir and Ritchie. One lecture and six hours laboratory each week. Advanced Bacteriology Spring Term , 4 credits This course is a continuation of the course in Bacteriology. The ob- ject is to impart a practical knowledge of the bacteriology of water, milk and sewage. Bacteria are studied in their relation to the dairy industry, and water supply, and also with reference to the part they play in the puri- fication of sewage. One lecture and six hours laboratory each week. Mr. Johnson Eugenics One Term, 2 credits A course devoted to the consideration of those influences which tend towards the improvement or degeneration of the race. Includes the study of the manner in which the various classes of society of ancient and mod- ern times have contributed to civic usefulness to the population at various times; the inheritance of ability. The work of the leaders in this field will be carefully studied. Doctor Wallgren Personal Hygiene Fall Term, 2 credits Lectures with the purpose of bringing out a general but accurate idea of the care and the operation of the human organism. They will touch on Anatomy, with a discussion of functions of the various systems, empha- sizing effects of muscular fatigue and bad air upon the body, also the right use of body and methods of maintaining proper efficiency through choice of foods, recreation, rest, sleep, exercise, clothing and bathing. 11 Sanitation of Buildings Winter Term, 2 credits Ventilation, heating, lighting and plumbing are considered, chiefly in their relation to health and disease. Other topics which receive considera- tion are the causes of disease, regulation of body temperature, sources and remedies of discomfort in private rooms and public halls due to bad air, over-heating and over-crowding. Municipal Sanitation Fall Term, 3 credits (a) Water Supply; including the study of the various methods of procuring water from wells, springs, creeks, rivers and lakes, and also the methods of water purification, (b) Disposal of sewage and refuse, (c) Meat and milk supply, (d) Epidemiology, prophylaxis, hygiene, disinfec- tion and control of transmissible diseases, (e) Vital statistics, (f) Hous- ing conditions. Required of all students taking the course in Sanitary Engineering. One lecture and four hours laboratory each week. Doctor White Philosophy and Psychology Fall, Winter and Spring Terms (1) History of Philosophy. Fundamental principles of Philosophy, stages in their development, and present-day applications. (2) Principles of Psychology. This course includes Experimental Psychology. Discussion of principles, with experiments and demonstra- tions. Practical application to play-ground and social-center work. (3) Child Nature. A study of child nature. The nascent periods with their characteristics. Practical applications. Dr. White and Dr. Snyder General Psychology Fall, Winter and Spring Terms, 3 credits each term An introductory course designed to give a general survey of the whole field of Psychology so as to serve as a part of a liberal education, and as a preparation for more advanced work in Psychology and other subjects which deal primarily with the phenomena of mental life. The work of the Fall, Winter and Spring Terms forms a continuous course. The work is supplemented throughout by demonstrations and experiments before the class. An additional hour’s work may be arranged, the time being devoted to free discussion and supplementary reading on the topics of the main course. Comparative and Genetic Psychology Winter and Spring Terms, 2 credits each term This course deals with animal psychology, and with mental develop- ment in the race and in the individual. 12 The work of the Fall Term is concerned with the psychic phenomena and psychic development in typical forms of life from the protozoa to the highest animals. Review of literature' on the experimental study of ani- mals. The Winter Term’s work deals with racial and individual mental de- velopment Relation of the psychic life of the group to the group activi- ties at different stages of civilization. Mental traits of different races, epochs and social classes. Contact of races. Child development, with special attention to heredity, the instincts, motor development and training, social, moral and religious development, and characteristics of the nascent periods, especially adolescence. Text-book, lectures, reading and original observations with reports. Social Psychology Fall Term, 3 credits A course dealing with the individual differences of character and in- telligence, their causes and their practical significance in life ; common- ality; the individual and society; suggestion and choice, fashions, custom, conventionality, imitation, communication, competition, and co-operation, the psychology of advertising, the psychology of the gang, the crowd, the mob, the audience, etc. Psychology of Religion Winter Term, 2 credits A genetic interpretation of religion in the light of modern psychology and philosophy. Special emphasis is placed upon the nature of the religious needs and of the right religious training in each stage of development in child-life. Abnormal Psychology Winter Term , 3 credits The phenomena of hypnotism, automatic writings, hallucinations, fa- tigue, sleep, dreams, old age, intoxication, double-personality. Character- types and the factors, hereditary and otherwise, in their production. The psychology of the insane, the feeble-minded, the neurasthenic, the criminal, and other types. General Psychology — Introduction One Term, 2 credits A course giving a brief survey of the principal fields of psychology, and aiming to serve as a basis for further study in psychology, education and philosophy. Frequent laboratory demonstrations. Regular laboratorv experiments. Doctor Dyess Historic Movements Three Terms, 2 credits each term This course will embrace a comparative study of the contributions made to civilization by the leading nations of ancient and modern times. 13 This course will deal particularly with the historic religious, social and economic movements in the United States. Lectures, recitations, readings, reports. Doctor Lin hart History of Ethics. One Term , 3 credits An historical study of the origin and development of moral ideas, and of the leading types of ethical theory with especial consideration of their application to the conditions of modern life. Comparative Study of Religion Two Terms, 3 credits each term A study of the origin and development of religion with a review and comparison of the leading features of the great historical religions. Doctor John McNaugher The History of the English Bible Winter Term, 2 credits The review will cover the original sources of the text — manuscripts, early popular versions, and patristic quotations ; the transmission of the text in the Latin Vulgate; the first translations in Anglo-Saxon times; Wycliffe’s Manuscript Bible; Tyndale's printed Translation; Coverdale’s and the Great Bible ; the three rival versions — the Genevan, the Bishops', and the Rheims-Douai ; the Authorized Version of 1611 ; the Revised Ver- sion of 1881 ; the American Standard of 1901 ; an exhibit of the advances secured in these recent revisions and, at the same time, of the substantial integrity of the New Testament text throughout its entire history. Doctor W. R. Farmer The Social Teaching of the Bible Winter Term, 2 credits After an introductory discussion of the social teaching of the Prophets and the condition and structure of society in the time of Jesus, the course takes up the teaching of Jesus as it bears upon the conditions and problems which must be met in the task of establishing the Kingdom of God upon the earth, and concludes with a study of the application of the teaching of Jesus to the social order of the Graeco-Roman world, as set forth in the Acts and the Epistles. 14 3 0 12 105661265