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The establishment of an honor course in Political Science was a step in the right direction. To be sure the advisability of having a course in general history, like History X. or XI., count, while History VIII., which deals mainly, if not entirely, with political and legal institutions, may well be questioned. This, however, is but a question of detail and in no way affects the merit of the plan of having honor courses more general in their nature. Now that a beginning has been made in this direction there is one other honor course which might well be established and which would certainly lead to good results. There are many students who, either through a fondness for natural science, or acting upon the advice of the medical faculty, if it is their intention to study medicine, pursue a systematic course of study in Chemistry, Physics and Natural History. As the courses for honors are now arranged such men are debarred from taking honors unless they devote themselves almost exclusively to one of these three departments, which they may be unwilling to do. If, however, an honor course in Natural Science were established which should allow courses under all three of the above departments to be taken, this difficulty would be obviated, and men who had done good work in this great branch of science would obtain at graduation the recognition which they deserved.

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