In view of the recent revolutions in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Brazil, a course in the political history of the Latin American republics in the nine-teenth and twentieth centuries is especially important for an understanding of their background. While an intimate acquaintance with all of the periodical upheavals in some twenty states is not very interesting for the general student, the religious and agrarian policy of the Mexican government, the interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, and commercial relations with South and Central America are of international interest, and have been appearing frequently in the press during the last few years. Professor Haring's lectures and the assigned reading, though it is uneven in merit, are sufficient to give a general and somewhat superficial knowledge of the course of events below the Rio Grande during the past century. The absence of a required thesis may be an added attraction for some.

History 68

History 68, Professor Webster, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 10 o'clock.

History 68, under the able hand of Professor C. K. Webster of the University of Wales, provides a very interesting and instructive half year of work. It covers British Foreign Policy from the Congress of Vienna up to the end of the century, a chapter in international relations as engrossing as it is significant.

Professor Webster is admirably lucid and entertaining throughout; while his comprehensive and incisive insight enables him to present the giants of British diplomacy in a light which is peculiarly revealing. The character of the British nation comes in for close scrutiny, and those who take History 68 will find it useful for a great deal more than an understanding of foreign relations along. A better knowledge of all British lectures which give in turn something of the drama, humor, and thought which went into the external relations of the greatest empire in the world during the nineteenth century.

Philosophy 1

Philosophy 1, Dr. Wild and Dr. Miller, Monday, Wednesday Friday at 9 o'clock.

Philosophy 1 covers the Science of Logic, in a scholastic sense, both inductive and deductive. The consent of Professor Lewis is required. This course is taken by many with Phil, B to satisfy the requirements for Distribution, in place of a full course in the Philosophy or Math, departments. Though the course may teach thought and the development of Logic, the student may find himself paying more attention to the context of examples in Logic than to their syllogistic form.

Philosophy 3a

Philosophy 3a, Professor Lewis, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 11 o'clock.

The Philosophy of Evolution is a course which offers to the student a systemized survey of the more important theories of Evolution, historical and modern. It covers a wide scope of information, but the main points, how-ever far reaching are linked together in an interesting way by the instructor.

Although somewhat above the average in difficulty, the course is interesting enough to be recommended. It is probably more beneficial to students interested in the sciences, rather than to those concentrating in Philosophy.

Psychology A

Psychology A, Dr. Beebe-Center and Mr. Chapman, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9 o'clock.

Like several of the elementary courses in Philosophy, this course has always suffered from poor organization. Last year the lectures were ably presented and by the far the most interesting part of the course, while the section meetings were for the most part poorly handled and even of definitely negative value. The section meeting discussions, instead of leading to a better understanding or wider knowledge of the subject, more often led to confusion. The section men were generally well-grounded in their subject, but more interested in their own research than in the course, and took little pains to correlate their own knowledge and ideas with the material presented from the lecture platform or in the reading. It is conceivable that smaller sections would have enabled the individual students to get whatever problems bothered them from their reading or lectures straightened out satisfactorily.

This year the course will be in new hands. Dr. Beebe-Center and Mr. Chapman are listed as the directors of the course, and it is to hoped that they will reorganize the course in such a way that some of the glaring defects will be removed. By the very nature of the subject, the course is extremely interesting and well worth taking. It is probable that one can draw more from this course in comparison to the effort expended than in almost any other course offered at Harvard. It is hoped, however, that the statement here of the ensiness of the course will not lead to an arbitrary stiffening of the requirements. The effort would be better expended on careful and intelligent reorganization of the course.