Texas A and M University - El Rancho Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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nhe 19 2 8 EL RANCHO Pine Arts ART—Our aim in this department is to see, to know, and to appreciate the beautiful; and we endeavor with pen, crayon and brush, with lines, shadows, and colors, to interpret the beautiful that others may enjoy it with us. MUSIC—This department strives to bring music to all, and all to music. Supervisors of school music are developed and sent out from col- lege; the organizations appear in many towns of this section; and the regular Wednesday morning chapel period given to assembly singing has become a vital period in the student life. Whether or not the student studies music or belongs to one of the organizations, he comes under the broadening and inspiring influence that the subject has. DRAMATIC ART—The purpose of this department is to stimulate thought, to train the observation, to create an atmosphere in which people can work together. We aim to develop the individual through a study of mind, voice, and body. The “Footlight Club,’' organized this year, aims to develop poise, stage presence, better speech, and an appreciation of the highest drama. The department offers an opportunity for anyone who may desire to express himself and to develop his unused talents.

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1928 EL RANCHO English The Department of English offers courses in grammar, composition, journalism, literature, and materials and methods. The freshman work stresses fundamentals of correct writing and speaking, with extensive reading in a variety of literary forms. The journalism gives a practical knowledge of newspaper work, with experience in writing for publication. In literature are offered a survey of English and American literature, early, EJizibethan, and recent drama, romantic, Victorian, and recent poetry, nineteenth-century and recent prose, mythology, the short story, the novel, and such individual authors as Shakespeare, Browning and Tennyson. To provide materials and methods for teachers in the public schools, well- graded courses in children’s literature and in the teaching of English are offered. When the demand is sufficient, historical English, including Anglo-Saxon, Chaucer, and history of the English language, will be sched- uled.

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 Hh e 1918 EL RANCHO Languages Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.” —Bacon. The Language Department aims and endeavors to attain a high degree of co-ordination with all the other departments of the institution by foster- ing the powers of accurate observation and rational comparison, by incul- cating a finer taste for correct and agreeable speech sound, thus strength- ening in the student the analytical, the synthetical, and the artistic, the philosophical, the scientific, and the aesthetic faculties of the mind Elementary and advanced courses in French, Latin, and Spanish are offered.