Labette Community College - Parkan Yearbook (Parsons, KS)

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D. ENGLISH LITERATURE AND RHETORIC Sylvia Barnes-Des Moines U. CB. AQ, Iowa U. AJ. Hazel Davison-Okla. U. CB. AQ, Mich. U. QU. AQ. - 1. Rhetoric. Three hours credit. Constructive Eng- lish. Thorough review of grammar, punctuation, and the fundamentals of sentence and paragraph structure. Prob- lems of limiting of material to general subject Study of the underlying principles of all composition, leading up to work in analysis, outline making and the study of the or- ganization of material. Analysis of selections from Pro- gressive Readings in Prose. Study of words and the nicer , qualities of style. Daily use of the College Handbook of lg. VVriting. Tl1e writing of one long informative prose article with bibliography and foot notes is required of all college 5 freshmen. 2. Rhetoric. Two hours credit. Constructive Eng- lish continued. Study of text Writings by Types and the reading and analysis of appropriate selections. The writing of one or two ex- ercises each week. Required of all college freslnnen. 10. English Literature. Two hours credit. A basic study of the Odyssey and the Aeneid', as a review in Greek Mythology. The reading of a part of Paradise Lost,', the Alcestis of Euripides, Shakespeare's 'iHenry IVH part I, and Sheridan's Rivals.', 11. English Literature. Three hours credit. Continuation of course 10. The S reading of Mar-aulay's Lord Clive,', De Quint-cy's Joan of Arc and English Mail Coachf' Lamb's Essays, Carlyle's Heroes and Hero VVorship,l' Wordswortlfs Poems fselectedj, assignments from the Golden Treasury, Arnold's Essays in Criticism,', Arnoldis t'Poems', Cselectedj, Tennysonis Poems,' fselectedj. Z 12. History of English Literature. Two hours credit. First semester. A E comprehensive survey of English Literature from its very beginning through the E Elizabethan Period. Open to sophomores. 2 The purpose of this course is the study of tl1e development of English Literature 2 as a whole, rather than biographies and works of indi- vidul authors considered alone. The history of different forms and types is carefully traced, and the development and relation of periods defined. The reading of illustra- tions is directed to the same purpose. 15. History of English Literature. Three hours credit. Second semester. This follows course 12. A E comprehensive study of English Literature from the age of Dryden to tl1c present time. Open to sophomores. f 3. The Principles of Argumentation and Debate. Three hours credit. First semester. Study of the text Argumentation and Debate by Foster. A careful study of Burke's Speech on Conciliation witl1 America. Several class room debates and one public debate on some national question. Open to sophomores. 4. Advanced Composition. Elective, second semester. Class work, two hours. Two semester credits. Prerequisite, Rhetoric I, and Rhetoric II. Study of tl1e text Creative Prose VVriting by Jefferson and Peckham. Narra- tive and descriptive writing is studied in this course, both in their relation to other forms of composition and as independent forms. The writing of familiar and formal essays is required and special attention is given to the short story. flaw-14 ,mf -pw 1 '- ---aff r-.. -mu 1 9 2 7 mmmmummiig -sf

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.I C0 IA PUBLIC SPEAKING Margaret Smith-Baker U. B.jg Colorado U. 1. Principles of speech. Three hours credit. Both semesters. A study of the spoken word, types of speeches, action, posture, movement and gestures, a study of the voice. Speech making in the following types of speeches- introduction, presentation and acceptance, sales talk, after-dinner, nominative, political, social reform, school reform, argumentative, scientific, welcome and reply, farc- well and response, etc. . 2. Literary Interpretation. Two hours credit. First ' expressed through the medium of the voice: platform man- nersg an endeavor to portray thought and emotion to the audience, and to establish a common enthusiasm between reader and listener. 53. Dramatic Art. Three hours credit. Second semester. Open to students who have completed course 1. The study of the one act play. Reading and acting plays. Hints on stage technique, acting, producing, etc. BIATPIEINIATICS Edward Ploengcs-Butler AJ, hfich. U. CIW. AQ. Za. College Algebra. Includes a brief review of High School Algebra, together with a treatment of quad- ratic equations, solution of linear equations by determin- ants, theory of exponents, logarithms, progressions, and theory of equations. Prerequisites: One and one-half years of high school algebra. Credit three hours. -il semester. A study of the harmony of mood and thought as 2b. College Algebra: Ditfcrs only from 2a in that it includes a more complete review of elementary topics. This course may he taken by students who offer one and one-half units of entrance algebra, but for such students it gives only three hours credit. Prerequisites: One year high school algebra. Credit, five hours. 2 3a. Planc Trigonometry: The six trigonometric functions: principal formulas of plane trigonometry, trigo- nometric equations. Prerequisites: Must be preceded or accompanied by 2a or 2b. Credit, two hours. 44e. Analytical Geometry: The straightline, circle, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola, 3 transformation of equations, polar co-ordinates and higher plane curves. Prere- 5 quisites: College Algebra and Trigonometry. Credit, five hours. Calculus: Differential Calculus: fundamental principles, derivatives, physical and geometric applications, maxima, minima. Integral Calculusg integration, definite integral. Prerequisites: Courses :Za or 2b, 3 and 4-. Credit, five hours. 11. Theory of Equations: General properties of equations, solution of higher equations, transformation series, and determinants. Prerequisites: Course 5. Credit, three hours. Slide-Rule Computations: Theory of the operation of the slide-rule and suf- ficient practice in its use, so that the student can use it advantageously in making practical calculations. Prerequisites: Fair knowledge of logarithms. Credit, one hour. 5 63. Mathematical theory of statistics. 1 N4 Pig- : 3 .,