Blackstone College - Acorn Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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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. .

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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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Blackstone College for Girls 25 ForEIGN LANGUAGE 101. Exementary Frencu.—Elementary French grammar and reading. Direct method used. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 201. ApvaANceD FrREeNcH.—Thorough and complete grammar review. Reading of some of the French classics. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 301. FREeNcH Crassics.—Composition work and a study of the seventeenth century classics. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 111. Latin Lirerature.—A survey of Latin Literature with emphasis upon the plays of Plautus and Terence, Cicero’s De Senectute and De Amicitia, the lyrics of Catallus, and Horace’s Odes and Epodes. Prerequisite: Four entrance units of high school Latin. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 211. Apvancep Latin Reapinc.—Books XXI and XXII from Livy, Horace’s Satires and Epistles, Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics, The Epigrams of Martial, and Agricola and Germania of Tacitus. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 121. Exementary SpanisH.—The fundamentals of Spanish gram- mar pee by readings. Pronunciation and conversation is stressed. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. 221. ApvaNcep SpaNisH.—Gtammar, prose composition and reading. Three hours per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours. Students who do not have these requirements may arrange their work with the head of Latin Department. Homes Economics 101. Trxtites AND Cioruinc.—A study of the characteristics, production, and manufacture of textile fabrics with reference to choice, cost, cate, hygiene, and design of clothing and of house furnishings; the making of a three-year clothing budget, and the planning of a wardrobe for one year. Practice in hand and in machine sewing; the care and use of the sewing machine; use of commercial patterns; the making, the care, and the repair of garments. Five hours combined lecture and laboratory per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours.. 102. Nutrition AND Cooxery.—A study of the fundamental principles of nutrition in health and under special conditions. The source, composition, nutritive value, and cookery of various foods; the serving of breakfasts. Five hours combined lecture and laboratory per week for the entire session. Credit three session hours.