Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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WIXTFRED AXTELL. E. XY. COX. 'I

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lil Department of English. IL H. W. BONVENS, Instructor. y The course in English covers four years ' cl -i l week throughout the entire course. s and pioxic cs for four recitations a The Work for the lirst three years embraces three lines of study, vizzl ety- mology, literature and composition. As far as possible these lines are pursued con- temporaneously. The Work of the Fourth year includes a general idea of English 'Litearture together with a minute and critical stud ' f f ' if l 's 't pieces. y o many o tie English master- Additional requirements to the above lines of work are Rhetoricals and Home .Readings. The Rhetoricals are orations, essays, and declamations which are de- livered before the High School. i . . OUTLINE CF COURSE. EiRST YEA1e:-- ' L Study of sentence, paragraph construction and development. Principals of clearness, coherence, sequence and unity. A review of grammar whenever neces- sary for intelligent class work. Narration and description, Word studies: composi- tion work. ' Critical Study: Julius Caesar, Lady of the Lake: selections from Bryant. Holmes, and Longfellow. A A S Home Readings: Qld Curiosity Shop, House of Seven Gables. The Spy. and Ivanhoe. SEcoNn YEAR :- A study of ligures of speech, qualities of style, continued study of the para- graph, oral and Written narrative, theme development. Sentences. loose. periodic. and balanced, Word studies, composition Writing. Critical Study: Merchant of Venice, Enoch Arden. Home Readings: The Pilot, The Traveller, David Copperlield. and Vicar of W'ake1ield. .