Andrews University - Cardinal Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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b Department of English S one of the factors in a liberal education, the study of English has a long and honored tradition for its right to exist. Nearly three hu'ndred years ago when Harvard was founded. rhetoric and allied subjects were integral parts of the rather attenuated curriculum. ln the establishment of subsequent schools and colleges. instruction in language arts assumed funda- mental proportions. and the reason is not hard to comprehend. Language is a Huid medium of thought, ever adapting itself to current needs. Although subject to recurring changes, it nevertheless has yielded to scientific analysis and accepted standards. This science of written expres- sion is made plain to the students in Rhetoric and advanced writing classes. English as a tool is the objective of all such courses. with artistic composi- tion as the peak of achievement. The Work of the English Department is projected as far as possible to- ward the needs of a world-wide evangelical program. journalism practice is afforded every theological student, suggesting ways and means of making the press serve the spread of the Gospel. The various writing contests inaugu- rated each year by the Ilvtlffllllldll, Signs, and Yozrflfs Izzstrzrcfor editors are entered into with increasing interest and success. Three classes in literature. three sections in rhetoric. two courses in journalism and advanced composition. and one in English Methods of teach- ing for secondary schools are being conducted by the department. lPage Fifty -onel

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Department of Expression HE Expression Department is qualified to serve every college student. It is one of the cultural clinics of the institution. Here individual needs are considered, and personal correction is prescribed. The students who are preparing to teach, those who are interested in art and music, those with scientific bent, those who are preparing for the nice work of the ministry,-all these and others are aided by this department. Here dictionary presentation is supplanted by artistic delivery, manner- isms are lost in the natural outilow of thought, and self is forgotten in the soul's outpouring of truth. The speaking voice is developed, manners are rehned, and all the expressive powers of the body are so harmoniously de- veloped that the student may present his specific message to the world in a forceful and pleasing manner. ' Expression is the revelation of truth. the window of the soul, the only approach of mind to mind. Of the two molds into which expression may be fashioned, written and spoken language. the spoken expression is the more transient and Heetingg yet when it is artistically presented it is the more commanding. lVe may have knowledge, but unless we know how to use the voice correctly, our work will be a failure. Students who expect to become workers in the cause of God should be trained to speak in a clear, straightforward manner ..... The truth must not be marred bv beinfr COl'lllHLll11lC'1fCd through . -5 C b detective utterance. Il':nge lfiflyl

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Department of Normal Training HE School of Normal Training at Emmanuel Missionary College oper- ates to serve the church by providing elementary teachers for its chil- dren. The ranks along this front in the service are constantly in need of recruits, and they come here from academy or high school to enter upon a two or three-year period of preparation. lYhile here the prospective teacher is taught how to sharpen his tools, for every teacher must be able to cut away the non-essentials. He is intro- duced to the best of tested procedures which he may safely follow during that otherwise uncertain period before experience has given him methods of his own. He learns something of how the mind operates, and becomes a critical, intelligent but sympathetic observer of human natureg for to his surprise, he Finds that the most important factor in the teacher's problem is the pupil. Along with the secular studies in the fields of English, history, language, science, hygiene, psychology, nature, geography, and art, the Bible is given a large place. An endeavor is made to correlate Bible truth with every other subject so that the teacher-in-training may see how the Bible is to be made the foundation of every study. The climax of this preliminary training comes when practical work in the training school is undertaken. Here the student-teacher has opportunity to apply and test his theories. Success depends largely upon accurate knowl- edge. keen insight, initiative, a love for children, and an understanding of their problems, together with a life worthy of the high calling of Christian teaching. IPage Fifty-twol