Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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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

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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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YEAR BOOK 31 will involve a careful study of Fitzgerald ' s translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, some selected poems of Matthew Arnold, and Tennyson ' s In Memoriam. Special attention will be paid to the attitude displayed toward the problems of life. PUBLIC SPEAKING. Course I. — Elocution. Two hours per week throughout the year. First Semester. — The physical aspects of public speech. Drill in pronunciation, enunciation, variety, directness, the development of vocal purity and of vocal energy. Second Semester. — The intellectual and emotional side o,f public speech. Daily drill on masterpieces of oratory, with the object of cultivating appreciativeness, poise, color, melody and mastery of an audience. .Course II. — A Study of Great Orators. Two hours a week throughout the year. This course combines a study of the lives and works of the world ' s greatest orators with a course in the application of the principles of public speaking. Declamations, briefs, discussions, topical speeches, based on the lives and works of the orator under discussion are assigned, and each student is given the opportunity to put into practice the theories of Course I. Open only to those who have had Oratory I and English I, or who have participated in any intercollegiate debate or oratorical contest. Course III. — Interpretive Reading. The class will analyze and interpret two plays of Shakespeare each semester. The plays will be chosen from the following list: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, the Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night ' s Dream, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, and Much Ado About Nothing. Only open to those who have had English I. and Oratory I. The Oratorical association of Albion College each year sends representatives to four state oratorical contests: The men ' s In- tercollegiate State Contest, the Women ' s Intercollegiate State Contest, the State Peace Contest and the State Prohibition Con- test. Each year the Association also conducts three intercollegi- ate debates. Students wishing to participate in any of these, are urged to take Oratory I. as early in their course as possible.