Blackstone College - Acorn Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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Blackstone College for Girls 23 per minute, and transcribe rapidly and accurately. A minimum speed of 100 words per minute is required for satisfactory completion of the course. Prerequisite: Commerce 101 or its equivalent. Five hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 202. ApvaNnceD TypewritiInc.—Development of speed and accu- racy is stressed. The student is required to transcribe shorthand notes, to copy legal and usual business forms, and to do difficult tabulation. Standard speed tests are given weekly. At the close of the second term a pupil should write from 50 to 85 words per minute. A minimum speed of 50 words per minute is required for satisfactory completion of the course. Prerequisite: Commerce 102 or its equivalent. Five hours per week for two terms. Credit six quarter hours. 203. Accountinc.—A study of subsidiary ledgers and journals, controlling accounts, depreciations, accruals, and the entries and accounts peculiar to a partnership. Various accounting books and records necessary to the handling of a corporation are used. Two three-month practice sets are completed. Prerequisite: Commerce 103 or its equivalent. Five hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 206. SzcreTariaL Practice.—An advanced course in indexing and filing, from a practical standpoint. A note book is required. Practical training in dictation, transcription, mimeographing, and office routine. Effective composition of various types of business letters is stressed. Five hours per week for one term. Credit three quarter hours. 207. Commerciat Law.—A general course designed to give the student a comprehensive knowledge of the theory and purpose of law, and of certain fundamental legal principles underlying law. Thestudent is required to keep a note book containing solutions of case problems. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 208. EssENTIALS OF SALESMANSHIP.—Selling and the essentials of salesmanship are considered, and a study of the principles is followed by practical experience in selling. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. DRAMATIC ART 101. Exementary Expresston.—Work in the co-ordination of voice and gesture with special attention given to diction and speech difficulties. Individual instruction is given in order that the student may apply the principles to certain selections and thus acquire a reper- toire for platform work. One-half hour private lesson per week for the entire session. Credit one session hour. 102. Pxonetics.—The science of speech sounds applied to the art of pronunciation. The course gives special attention in aiding students to acquire a pleasing voice and cultivated diction. Drills in tone place- ment and variety of pitch and resonance are stressed. One hour per week for the entire session. Credit one session hour.

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22 Blackstone College for Girls 210. Huisrory or Art.—An appreciative study of the architecture, sculpture, and painting of the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern periods. Three hours of lecture per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. Laboratory fee $2.00 a term. COMMERCE 101. Brcinnrnc SHorTHAND.—A drill in the principles of Gregg shorthand, followed by dictation, reading, and transcription. The functional method is used. At the close of the first year, a 3p il should write from 70 to 100 words per minute. A minimum speed of 70 words per minute is required for satisfactory completion of the course. Five hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 102. Becinninc Typewritinc.—The care of a machine and the development of accuracy and a fair rate of speed in letter writing, addressing envelopes, carbon copy work, copying from rough draft, cutting stencils for mimeographing, and simple tabulation. Transcrip- tion of simple matter is stressed. At the close of the first year, a pupil should write from 35 to 50 words per minute. A minimum speed of 35 words per minute is required for satisfactory completion of the course. Five hours per week for the entire session. Credit two session hours. 103. Booxxrrrinc.—A study of the fundamental principles of bookkeeping. Various journals, statements, and the ledger are intro- duced through the working of a number of short exercises. The prin- ciples of accounting are more fully developed through the use of busi- ness papers in a proprietorship merchandising business. Five hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 104. CommercitaL ARITHMETIC.—A study of arithmetic from the business standpoint. Three hours per week for two terms. Credit six quarter hours. 105. Fininc anp CatcuLation.—Indexing and filing, and how to use adding and calculating machines. Three hours per week for one term. Credit three quarter hours. 108. Economics.—This course combines a thorough study of economic principles with a realistic treatment of the organization and processes of the modern business world. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 109. Bustness ORGANIZATION.—A study of those functions which are common to all business emphasizing their effect on the life work of the student. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 201. ApvaNncep SHorTHAND.—An intensive review of the prin- ciples of Gregg shorthand, functional method, together with drills for developing speed in reading and in writing difficult new matter. A student completing this course should write from 100 to 150 words

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24 Blackstone College for Girls 103. Pray Propuction.—A study of the various phases of play production with a practical application by actually directing and acting, designing stage models, making costume plates, and arranging light plots for study and presentation. A valuable repertoire of plays is acquired by parallel reading in contemporary and classic drama. One hour per week combined lecture and laboratory for the entire session. Credit one session hour. 201. Expresston.—A continuation of principles learned in Ele- mentary Expression. Advanced work in selections of more emotional depth and intensity, and of more difficulty. The student is required to appear in recitals from time to time, and the major in Dramatic Art makes a final appearance in a personal recital. One-half hour private lesson per week for the entire session. Credit one session hour. 204. Mopzern Drama.—A study of contemporary European and American Drama, beginning with Ibsen and including the work of Bjornson, Maeterlinck, Shaw, Yeats, Pinero, Barrie, O'Neill and others. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. ENGLISH 101. Composition AND RuHEToRIc.—An intensive review of English grammar for corrective purposes emphasizing sentence and paragraph structure. Practical work to enable the student to talk and write effectively. During the last part of the course there is offered abundant practice in writing letters, essays, episodes, sketches, gia dia- logue, verse, and short and long stories. Collateral reading of exem- plary literature is stressed. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 103. Commerciat ENcuisH.—A general review of the fundamental principles of English grammar. Emphasis is placed upon the correct usage in business letters, documents, and forms of various kinds. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 201. Encouisn Lirzrature.—A chronological survey of English Literature to the present time, with collateral readings, discussions, and reports. An original composition each term. | Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 202. JourNaLismM.—A practical course in the application of news- paper and magazine writing and the appreciation of circumstances surrounding such work. The fundamentals of the course are empha- sized. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. Offered alternate years. 204. Journauism.—The continuation of Journalism 202 with emphasis placed upon the application of the fundamentals and an appreciation of Journalism. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. Offered alternate years. .