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SUMMER SCHOOL.

Announcement of Corses to be Given in 1896.

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This year, as has been the custom in the past, women will be admitted to all the courses of the Summer School with the exception of the Medical and Dental School courses and some advanced courses in Geology. The Foxcroft House will supply a restaurant for the accommodation of students at the School, and the rooms in Fay House, Radcliffe College, may be used by women attending the School. A list of lodging-houses will be published about May 1.

The committee in charge of the Summer School this year consists of Professors N. S. Shaler, H. C. G. von Jagemann, P. H. Hanus, T. W. Richards, and Mr. B. S. Hurlbut. Mr. M. Chamberlain is Clerk.

English Department: Messrs. B. S. Hurlbut, J. H. Gardiner, J. H. Boynton, F. E. Farley, and P. La Rose. Five courses to be given as follows: Two composition courses, elementary and advanced; three courses in Language and Literature: 1. Anglo-Saxon. 2. Chaucer. 3. English Literature in the 18th Century.

French and German Department: Professor G. A. Bartlett, F. C. de Sumichrast and H. K. Schilling. Two course to be given in each language, one introductory and the other advanced. No elementary course is to be given in either language.

Latin: A new course is to be given in this language. The course is intended for teachers, and will be conducted by Mr. C. P. Parker. The use of Beginners' Latin Book (Coller and Daniell). The object is to instruct in the best methods of teaching elementary Latin.

Mathematics: Three courses as usual.

Engineering: Three courses as usual, and a course in Freehand Drawing under the direction of Mr. P. A. Fox.

History and Theory of Fine Arts: (A new course). Professor Norton will give the first few lectures, and Mr. Richard Norton of Bryn Mawr will give the rest. The course will begin with a discussion of the nature of the fine arts and their mutual relations. It will then proceed to take up the special study of Greek Art. This course will be followed by one in 1897 (summer) in which special attention will be given to the arts in Italy from the 13th to the 16th centuries, inclusive.

Physics: Two courses, elementary and advanced, by Mr. J. T. Bergen on work to prepare pupils for college in this subject.

Chemistry: Four courses under the direction of Mr. Joseph Torrey, Jr. J. P. Sylvester has a course in Qualitative Analysis; H. G. Parker a course in Quantitative Analysis; and G. Oenslager a course in Organic Chemistry and General Chemistry.

Botany: Two courses at the Botanical Garden, by Mr. H. L. Jones, assisted by Messrs. F. O. Grover and A. R. Sweetser.

Geology: Three courses under the direction of the instructors of the University: 1. An elementary course in Cambridge, by Professor Shaler and assistants. 2. A course in field work in Cambridge, Southern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Meriden, Conn, by Professor Shaler and Mr. J. B. Woodworth. 3. A course in advanced field work, in field research and professional methods, by Professors Shaler and Wolff. The course will cover parts of New England, Southeastern New York, Southern Virginia and Northern New Jersey. A thesis will contain the result of the work done by each student.

Physical Training: A course by Dr. D. A. Sargent with the following lecturers:

Dr. M. H. Bailey, Assistant in Physics and Hygiene.

Dr. C. J. Blake of the Medical School.

Dr. E. G. Brackett of the Children's Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Walter Channing of the Brookline Private Hospital.

Dr. G. W. Fitz, of the University.

Dr. Lena V. Ingraham, of the Vincent Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Myles Standish of the Medical School.

Dr. I. G. Webber of the Adams Nervine Hospital and Tufts College Medical School.

Phisiography: An elementary and an advanced course by Professor W. M. Davis.

Physiology and Hygiene for Teachers: A course by Dr. G. W. Fitz.

In addition to the above named course there will also be given the regular summer courses at the Medical and Dental Schools.

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