Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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YEAR BOOK 23 studied include Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century in prose and poetry. The text used in both semesters is A First View of English Literature by Moody and Lovett. In the Masterpieces the Lake edition is preferred. Note books are made throughout the course. Collateral reading in the col- lege library is required. GERMAN. Course I. — Four hours per week throughout the year. First Semester. Reading. — Haesters Deutsche Fibel (a three weeks drill in letters and the most difficult combinations of letters) and Gluck Auf ' serve as a basis for the semester ' s work. Every effort is made to lead the student to think in German. Expression. — The student, from the very first, is led to express himself in German. He learns to answer questions in German. Great care is exercised to cause the student to acquire the German idiom. Writing. — A well arranged series of copy-books is used. The student is require d to use the German script in all his work. Construction. — The laboratory method is used, thus en- abling the student to study the structure of the language in the concrete, a delightful change from the old method. Span- hoofd ' s Lehrbuch der Deutschen Sprache is used for the work at home, but in the class room only exercises, specially prepared by the instructor, are used. Second Semester. Reading. — Continuation of the work in the first semester in Gluck Auf. Writing — Continuation of the work in the previous semester. Construction. — Continuation of the work in the previous semester. Course II. — Four hours per week throughout the year. First Semester. Reading. — Easy stories by modern authors, such as : Storm, Zschocke, Baumbach, and others.

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STATEMENTS IN REGARD TO THE FOREGOING. ENGLISH. Course I. — Five hours per week throughout the year. English Grammar. Maxwell ' s Advanced Lessons ' in English Grammar is the text used. Kimball ' s structure of the English Sentence is the text used. Course II. — Four hours throughout the year. The fundamental principles of Rhetoric. Study of Fig- ures of Speech. Theme Writing, with Outline in Narration and Descrip- tion. Course III. — Five hours throughout the year, of which three hours are devoted to American Literature and two hours to English Composition. In this course the aim is to make the student ' s work in composition and his work in lit- erature helpful to each other. A. First Semester. — Scott and Denny ' s Composition- Literature is the text used. Special practice in spelling. Aber- nethy ' s American Literature is the text adopted in that sub- ject. Masterpieces, indicated in College Entrance Require- ments, by American authors will be studied in connection with their respective periods. B. Second Semester. — Original work in Exposition and Argumentation. Forms of English poetry. Theme writing. Spelling. American Literature. Masterpieces. Course IV. — Four hours throughout the } ear. A. First Semester. — English Literature. From the be- ginning to the Revival of Romanticism. Special attention is paid to Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton. B. Second Semester. — English Literature. Periods

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24 ALBION COLLEGE Construction. — Thorough review of the work of the first year. German composition. Specially prepared exercises in language structure. Conversation. — Wiedemann ' s Biblische Geschichten serve as the basis for this work. Second Semester. Reading. — Continuation in the work of the first semester. Construction. — German composition, beginning with the simple sentence and the expansion of the same. The student must compose simple letters and essays. Conversation. — The study of Germany; its geography, resources, government, etc. LATIN. Course I. — Five hours per week throughout the year. First Semester. — An introductory study of the Latin lan- guage, supplemented with selections from connected writ- ings. In this semester emphasis will be placed on forms and vocabulary. Second Semester. — Continuation of the work of the first semester, with emphasis on the syntax. Course II. — Four hours per week throughout the year. First Semester. — A graduated series of selections from Fables in Latin, Roman history and biography, including se- lections from Nepos and Caesar. Supplementary studies in ILatin prose composition. Second Semester. — Selections from the Orations of Cicero. Continuation of supplementary drill in Latin prose composition. Course III. — Four hours per week throughout the year. First Semester. — Virgil ' s Aeneid, with especial attention to poetics, an appreciation of Virgil ' s style and work, his place in literature, etc. Supplementary review in grammatical principles, and drill in prose composition and in sight read- ing. Second Semester. — Continuation of the study of Virgil,