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The Cornell Reading-Courses 



Freshman courses 



English. — A study of representative works in English literature, includ- 

 ing three plays of Shakespeare, five modern novels, and selected lyrics 

 and essays. Practice in composition in connection with the reading, 

 with incidental study of the principles of writing. 



Introductory Inorganic Chemistry. 



Chemistry. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. — Qualitative work: 

 the properties and reactions of the common elements and acids and their 

 detection in various liquid and solid mixtures. 



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Quantitative work: the preparation and use of volumetric solutions 

 and work in elementary gravimetric analysis. 



Biology. — This is an elementary course designed to acquaint the general 

 student with the main ideas of biology through selected practical studies 

 of the phenomena on which biological principles are based. Both lectures 

 and laboratory work deal with such topics as: the interdependence of 

 organisms, the simpler organisms, organization and phylogeny, oogenesis 

 and ontogeny, heredity and variation, natural selection and adaptation, 

 segregation and mutation, the life cycle, metamorphosis and regenera- 

 tion, and the responsive life of organisms. 



