Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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YEAR BOOK 29 First Year. First Semester. — History of Education (see Pedagogy.) Credit three hours. Second Semester. — History of Modern Language Teaching. Elements of Phonetics. Analytical-inductive method ol teach- ing French Grammar. What and how to select for a reading course in French. Credit two hours. During the entire year the student is required to attend be- ginning language classes as observer. Second Year. First and Second Semesters. — Methods in French. The student is expected to attend the beginning class in French, as- sist in looking over and correcting written work as well as the work on the black-board for the purpose of personal prepara- tion and teach a class of pupils of high school strength in the afternoon in the presence o,f the instructor. Discussion and criticism once a week. Credit two hours. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Course I.— The Elements of Logical Composition. Three hours per week throughout the year. Required of all Fresh- men. A study of the principles of Rhetoric, together with prac- tice in the construction of exposition and argumentative dis- course. The work is divided equally into recitation from text, writing and criticism of standard examples of English prose. This class will be divided into three sections. Students deficient in the rudiments of composition will be required to do special work to make up the deficiency. Course 11. — The Elements of Literary Compo sition. Two hours per week throughout the year. Required of all Sopho- mores. The study and practice of persuasion, description and narration from the artistic standpoint. Reading and criticism of novels, short stories and lyric poetry. Course III. — A study of English Prose Style. Two hours per week throughout the year. An inductive investigation of the Masterpieces of English prose from Bacon to Emerson, sup- plemented by a study of the various theories of style.

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28 ALBION COLLEGE Construction. — Pronunciation; study of the parts of speech; conversation. Second Semester. — Reading of easy prose continued. Construction. — Grammar; French composition; Conversa- tion; The study of Modern Prance. Course II. — Pour hours per week throughout the year. Pirst and Second Semesters. — Reading. Such books as Sand ' s La Mare au Diable; Erckmann-Chatrian ' s ' Madame Therese, Le Conscrit; some easy Prench plays are read and interpreted in Prench. Construction. — Grammar; Prench composition. Conversation. — The study of Prance; its customs and in- stitutions. Course III. — Pour hours a week throughout the year. Pirst and Second Semesters. — Duval ' s History of Prench Literature will be taken up and studied with appropriate selec- tions from Prench authors. The study of the history of Prench Grammar will also be begun. . Course IV. — Two hours per week throughout the year. Prench conversation. Baumann ' s ' Pictorial Prench Course and Prench Daily Life serve as the basis for the year ' s work. Special attention is given to the idioms of the language . Re- production, on the part of the student, of Prench stories, dicta- tion, etc. Note. — Only students having had at least one year of Prench and who are taking Prench at the time wil be permitted to en- ter the class. NORMAL WORK IN PRENCH. In order that every prospective teacher of Prench may have the opportunity to train professionally before going into the active work of teaching, it has been decided to add this fea- ture to the Department of Romance Languages. Every student, desiring to avail himself of this opportunity, is expected to take regular work in the department while en- gaged in the Normal work. The Normal Course is intended to cover the Junior and Senior years of the college course.

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30 ALBION COLLEGE Course IV. — Writing. One hour a week throughout the year. This course is designed to furnish practice for those students who wish to develop the art of writing. No limit is placed on the range of subjects. Open only to those who have had two years of work in the department of English language. The instructor reserves the right to limit the number of this class at his discretion. Course V — Debating. Three hours a week throughout the first semester. Weekly drill in speaking and the drawing of briefs upon assigned topics. Open only to those who have com- pleted Course I. ENGLISH LITERATURE Course I.— -Pour hours throughout the year. First Semester. — English Literature. Prom the beginning to the Revival of Romanticism. Special attention is paid to Chaucer, Spencer, Shakespeare, Milton. Second Semester. — English Literature. Periods studied in- clude Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century in prose and poetry. The text used in both semesters is a Pirst View of Eng- lish Literature by Moody and Lovett. In the Masterpieces the Lake edition is preferred. Note books are made throughout the course. Collateral reading in the college library is required. Course II. — The Romantic Poets. Two hours. Origin and influence of the Romantic Movement. Classicism and Roman- ticism contrasted. Special study, in first semester, of Words- worth and Byron; in second semester, of Shelley and Keats. Course III. — -Prose Masterpieces. Two hours. A study of English prose from Bacon to Emerson, supplemented by a study of the various theories of style. This course is also listed under English Language. Course IV. — The Elizabethan Drama. Three hours. A study of English drama in the age of Queen Elizabeth, its origin and tendencies. A large number of the plays of Shakespeare and of his contemporaries and predecessors will be read and dis- cussed. Course V. — Victorian Poets. A. Two hours. The char- acter and tendencies of English poetry in the reign of Queen Victoria. A special study of Tennyson in the first semester and of Browning in the second semester. Some attention paid to the poetry of Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne. Course VI. — Victorian Poets. B. Two hours. This course