Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. English Language and Literature. HE purpose of English Literature in the schools is to lead the pupils to the field of literature in after years. In the elementary schools it should be tar more than it is, a course in the lighter classics, accompanied by a study of grammar and rhetoric for the sim- pler principles of literary expression. In our college work some attention is given to his- tory, but the main interest centers in a sys- tematic development of a knowledge of style and of literary art, with a view to the growth of that taste which enjoys and understands, and seeks converse with the masters. Harriet Noble, Professor. 21

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BIBLE DEPARTMENT. Jt?e Bible Department. The Bible Department was organized in 1889. The purpose of the work is to give the student a thorough drill in exegesis, a clear compre- hension of Biblical Theology, and also a preparation for practical pulpit work. The Old and the New Testaments are studied in their original lan- guages. Close attention is given to the construction and the exact meaning of the writer is sought out. Beck ' s Glaubenslehre is read in German as a text-book on theology . f In Church History, Augustine ' s De Civitate Dei is read. This is supplemented by a course of lectures on Church History in general. The Homiletical exercises do not con- sist of a set of dry lectures but of the preparation and delivery before the class, of sermons. The sermons are then discussed and the principles of Homiletics applied. The instruction is given in such a way as not to make the student a rule bound machine, but to teach him to think and interpret for himself. The work may be elected at the beginning of the junior year. This enables the student to get along with his language and Theological train- ing. Next year the course will be extended to work exclusively graduate. There are now eleven graduates, ten Seniors and three Juniors taking the work. H. C. Garvin, Professor. 20

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GREEK DEPARTMENT. partmen FTER one year of daily recitation in the Preparatory School, the student begins the study of Greek Literature. This work continues during the Freshman and Sophomore years, after which it becomes elective. It is the purpose to have students read several complete works of various authors, beginning from Homer and extending to Plutarch. To get the spirit of Greek Literature is one of the main objects. Greek Epic Poetiy, Greek Drama, Greek History, Greek Philosophy and Greek Oratory will be studied. It is hoped soon to have an opportunity to interest the students in Greek Antiquities and Greek Art. During the Junior and Senior years the more difficult points in Greek Grammar will be examined. During these years the students will be expected to search out points of interest for themselves, and to make special study of epochs of history. Graduate courses will be arranged on demand. It is the desire of the professor in charge to encourage special work in this field of study, and he will offer all inducements possible for this purpose. Following the suggestion of Prof. White, of Harvard, an at- tempt will be made hereafter to read the Greek, doing away as far as possible with translation into English. D. C. Brown, Professor. 22