of thought in
relation to picture writing.

_b._ Spoken Language.--Articulate and inarticulate speech. Imitative
sounds. The phonology of languages. Universal alphabets. Logical
relations of the parts of speech. The vocabulary and the grammar
of languages. Distinctions between languages and dialects. Mixed
languages and jargons. Relations of language to ethnography.
Polyglottic and monoglottic peoples. Causes of changes in
language. Extent and nature of such changes. Examples.
Classifications of languages. Relative excellence of languages.
Criteria of superiority. Rules for the scientific comparison of
languages.

_c._ Recorded Language.--Systems of recording ideas.
Thought-writing. Pictography. Symbolic and ideographic writing.
Examples. Sound-writing. Evolution of the phonetic alphabets.
Egyptian, Cuneiform, Chinese, Aztec, and other phonetic systems.

_d._ Forms of Expression.--Rhythmical. Origin of meter. Poetry of
primitive peoples. Rhythm and rhyme. Characters of prose.
Relation of prose and poetry to national language and character.
Dramatic. The primitive drama and its development.

F. Folk-lore.

Definition, nature, and value of folk-lore. Methods of its study.
Relations to history and character of a people. Traditional
customs. Traditional narratives. Folk-sayings. Superstitious
beliefs and practices.

III.--_Ethnography._

A. The Origin and Subdivisions of Races.

Theories of monogenism and polygenism. Doctrine of "geographical
provinces" or "areas of characterization." The continental areas
at the date of man's appearance on the earth. Eurafrica,
Austafrica, Asia, America, Oceanica. Causes and consequences of
the migrations of races and nations.

_a._ The Eurafrican Race.--Types of the white race. Its first home.
Early migrations. The South Mediterranean branch (Hamitic and
Semitic stocks). The North Mediterranean branch (Euskaric,
Aryan, and Caucasic stocks).

_b._ The Austafrican Race.--Former geography of Africa. The
Negrillos or Pigmies. The true Negroes. The Negroids. The race
in other continents. Negro slavery.

_c._ The Asian Race.--The Sinitic branch (Chinese, Thibetans,
Indo-Chinese). The Sibiric branch (the Tungusic, Mongol