1911-1912 Academic Catalog

COURSES IN ENGLISH in secondary schools. The text is DeGarmo's Principles of Sec– ondary Education, 3 volumes. Required of students in the Four– Year Normal Course. Elective for others. Three hours a week, one semester. 29. Tim AMERICAN Htcn ScHOOL-This course embraces a study of the history, function, curriculum, organization, manage– ment, government. material equipment, principals, teachers, pupils, class exercises, social life, problems, and relation to the community of the high school. The text is Brown's American High School. Required of students in the Four-Year Normal Course. Elective for others. Three hours a week, one semester. 30. THE AMERICAN R uRAL ScHOOL-This course considers the characteristics, problems, and future of the rural school. The text is Foght's American Rural School. Required of students in the Normal Courses. Elective for others. Three hours a week, one semester. 31. COMPARATIVE EDUCATION-This course consists of a com– parative study of the school systems of England, France, Ger– many, and other countries. Various texts are used. Required of students in the Normal Courses. Elective for others. Three hours a week, one semester. ENGLISH. PROFESSORS SMITH ANO MORGAN AND Miss CRESWELL. 32. GRAMMAR-The diagram, analysis, punctuation, transposi– tion, abridging of sentences, inflections, composition, with sugges– tions as to methods of presenting the subject of language, consti– tute the work. The text is Recd and Kellogg's. Required in the first year of the Two-Year Normal Course and in the Teachers' Review Course. Three hours :l week throughout the year. 33. RHETORIC-The fundamental principles of rhetoric, supple• mented by English classics, arc studied. The text is Kellogg's. Re– quired in the first year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a w~ek throughout the year. 34. LITERATURE-The classics prescribed by the committee of colleges and secondary schools are studied. Required in the second year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a week throughout the year. 45