Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-07 | Page 8 | New 'U' Course in Oriental History

NEW 1' COURSE 111 OIML HISTORY Will Cover All SubjecU of Government, Religion, Industry In-dustry and Tradition. 4 Tho first course over offered in Oriental Orien-tal life in a Utah college will bo given at tho University of Utah during tho next session of summer f-cbool 'under tho direction of Elbert M. Thomas, who returned only lnst year from n six years' residence among tho peoples of the fur cast. Tho courte will be made popular or academic, according to tho. desires of tbo majority of the students irho will register for tho work. It will cover the study of the habits, custom, religions and traditions of tho peoples of tho near and fnr cast, with uomo attention at-tention to tho most important events in the history of China, Japan, ludia and Egvpt. Mr. Thomas has more than liiOO views takon in the east, which will be thrown onto a bcrccn for the use of Ktudonts bv means of a rcilcctoscojio. For students who wish instruction in far ami near eastern diplomacy and commercial questions, or on tho American Ameri-can policv and its effect upon tho pco- j firs of China, Japan, the Philippines or luwaii, epccial instruction will be fur-ninhod. fur-ninhod. Since it is expected that manv ot thosn intorcstod in tho work will he tcachore in elementary schools, om- fihasii will bo laid on geoszrnphj and he most salient points in Oriental his-torv. his-torv. Tho Oriental attitude toward tho Panama canal will also occupy some attention. at-tention. The course is now in tho west, but because of the prossuro brought to bear by Oriental questions during the past few yearn, authorities at tho university uni-versity believe tb course will proe popular. Mr. Thomas has spcut mx years in tho Orient and in that time traveled over fio.cdO miles of territory.