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A SALUTARY INFLUENCE and friends of the college." By 1904 the seven topics mentioned above had evolved into six separate courses (human anatomy and physiology were combined), each with its own description. Perhaps more important, Stahley now announced them as courses aimed "to teach fundamental principles" and "calculated to interest and profit any student of nature, whatever his future calling is expected to be." To recapitulate, in 1904 Edward S. Breidenbaugh and George D. Stahley and their two assistants were responsible for eighteen science courses. Four of these were required of all candidates for the bachelor of arts degree: Botany of sophomores, Elementary Inorganic Chemistry of juniors, Physics of juniors, and Geology of seniors. The required course in anatomy, physiology, and personal hygiene was dropped in 1899. The four-year requirement in physical culture remained. In 1868 the fields of study which are now often called the social sciences were only beginning to emerge as separate and distinct disciplines in the college curriculum. Economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and anthropology had been in existence for a long time, but it took the impact of Darwinism and the example of the sciences just described to move them much beyond the stage of development which they had reached in the eighteenth century, and to give them clear identities of their own. The Gettysburg curriculum of 1868 included only two studies which fall into the category of political science: the Science of Government and the Constitution of the United States. The Latin professor, Martin L. Stoever, taught both. After his death they were assigned to the English professor, in whose custody the field remained in 1904. The description of the English department in the 1874 catalogue included the statement that "the Senior year is devoted to the subjects of Political and Social Science." Eight years later, the statement was more informative: "In response to the popular demand for instruction of College students in matters of public interest and duties of citizenship, two hours a week during the whole of the Senior year are given to the study of Political Economy [the old name for Economics] and the Science of Government." In 1887 Himes's title was changed to Graeff Professor of English Literature and Political Science, and the trustees began to supplement his work by engaging a lecturer to offer a course in the fields of law and government., All three of the men who served in this capacity by 1904 were attorneys, two from Gettysburg and one from Chambersburg. The titles of the courses which Himes offered were changed slightly from time to time. Those which he listed in 1904 under the heading History, Political Science, and Law were Political 29