Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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26 THE LLAIVIARADA Heath Volume Courses of Stud Qliuglisb COURSE I. Rucliments and quantities of style, studies in expedition, digression and notation, student lectures and concussionsg study of paper models especially pre- pared for this department by former members, weakly themes. COURSE 2. Principles ofArgumentation 5 careful and diligent study of Butch- er's lflements of llisputationuz aboriginal lengths once in a while, the subject vary- ing inversely as the while. Open to those who have obtained credit in five-fourths of their work. CoURsi5 3. llourly Themes. Designed for the accentuation of irrational, con- versational acceleration. 'l'his course is offered to those who Find any spare moments of unoccupation amid the busy whirl ofthe social functions of college life. Any stu- dent expecting to teach should take at least three semesters of this work. An excel- lent aid in the compilation of home letters. COURSE 4. Press Club. Newspaper correspondents only admitted to this course. Observations, discussions, and imitations carefully considered, taking a model newspaper as the basis ofthe work, usually the New York Journal or World. The club meets once a week for consultation on the topics of the clay and the reme- dies or aids thereto. COURSE 5. Theories of Style. This course is intended for only such students as need it. Girls who are proficient in the art of making elaborate pompadours, or fastening belts without safety pins, need not apply. lfashion papers such as the Delineator or La Mode 'particularly considered, as the fashions of the times change. Suggestions, practical illustrations, demonstrations, and alterations. Anyone taking this course is fitted to cope with The Lady from Philadelphia or Ruth Ashmore in her great and benilicent work of advising young girls on any matter whatsoever. Open to graduates, or those making up Gym Cllfs.

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N s Tenth Volumel THE LLAIVIARADA 25 IKBQIUEEUIBIICS for the 9lI5atlJeIor's Hbegtee The present arrangement, leading fit' the student is fortunatej to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, consists of four years of work. The unit Qftime is the semester hour, more than fifteen of which will I1Ot be allowed by the Faculty, QLaboratory hours forming a large exceptionj. The schedule of studies is as follows :--- FRESHMAN YEAR Figures indicate approximately the number of hours per week. 4' means unlimited. First Semester Secaml Semester Tutoring W' Same as first Mathematics 4' Latin Prose 'F Entrance Conditions 'F SOPHOMORE YEAR Second Semester First Semester Ph sics Chidmistry 4-l-ik Bible 2 Training for Llamarada Course on Grinds 4 History of Wit 4, Electives W' JUNIOR YEAR First Semester Child Study 4 Wormology 4. fSee course of studyj Training for Basketball 4' Practice Course in Top-Spinning 4 Physics l Chemistry i 4-Pk Bible 2 Llamarada Course 4 Cmnlinnedj Training for Dramatics Second Semester Child Study 4 Wormology 4 Course in Acquirement of Senior Dignity 4 Electives 'I' Electives 'I' SENIOR YEAR Fin, Sgmgsrgr Second Semester Gym Cuts 'F E Practical Course in Rope-jumping 4 Electives 'V Electives 4' It is desirable thatzthe prescribed work of the Hrst three years be taken as indicated in the schedule. Students desiring to repeat a required course may do so upon obtaining special permission from the Board of Advisers.

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Tenth Volumel THE LLAMARA DA 27 COURSE 6. Llamy l'reparation. Designed to lit students for the large work of writing the l.lamarada. One ohject of this course is the development of dis- crimination as to choice of suhjects. Only such suhjects will he considered as can suitahly he published-as for instance, lfaculty grinds and their applicationg remarks concerning ehapelg food complaints and their direct hearing on our daily life. Con- stant practice in concealing points, hlunting thrusts, and sheathing stings? From those failing in this course are chosen Llamarada editors. Open to Sophomores. Qtaatbtzmttirs To ohtain a degree all students are required to have a perfect mastery of the following Disif1N1'rloNs ANI: Axloms A college is a figure bounded hy a line, all points ofwhich are equally distant from a point within called the l'resident. 'lihe hounding line is said to he the Student Body. Any one ofthe equal lines from the l'resident to the Student liody is miscalled a hac- ulty. An examination used merely as a preliminary to another examination is some- times called a dilemma. A single room has position hut no magnitude. A wrangle is the disinclination of two students to each other. A sophomore is a fact assumed as self-evident. POS'I'Ul.A'l'lES AND l'Rovosi'rioNs The four meals on either side of a dinner are altogether less than one square meal. Any platter of fish on a tahle may he freely moved ahout on that tahle without change of size or shape. Pie is seldom produced. The cocoa on one Sunday and the chocolate cake on the next, if produced ever so far each way, will meet at a common point midway hetween, called chocolate pudding. - The numlwer of times one may cut chapel is a variahle approaching an unknown limit. 'Ural explanation of jokes.