1912-1913 Academic Catalog

COURSES IN ENGLISH class exercises, social life, problems, and relation to the community of the high school. The text is Brown's American High School. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. 34. THE AMERICAN RURAL Scnoor.;.--This course considers the characteristics, problems, and future of the rural school. The text is Foght's American Rural School. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. 35. 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 Elective. 'rhree hours a week, one semester. 36. PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION-In this course, a scientific study of education is made from the biological and psychological points of view with the purpose of discovering underlying principles that may contribute to the solution of the every-day problems of the teacher and the parent. The text is Bolton's. Elective. Three hours a week throughout the year. ENGLISH. PROFESSORS SMITH AND CRESWELL. 37. GRAMMAR-The diagram, analysis, punctuation, transposi– tion, abriding of sentences, inflections, composition, with sugges– tions as to methods of presenting the subject of language, consti– tute the work. The text is Reed and Kellogg's. Elective in the Teachers' Course. Three hours a week throughout the year. 38. Rmrro1uc-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 week throughout the year. 39. LITERATURE-T he classics prescribed by the commitee of colleges and secondary schools arc studied. Required in the second year of the Preparatory Course. Five hours a week throughout the year. 40. HrsTORY OF ENGLISH LtTERATURo-Chaucer, Bacon, Shakes– peare, Milton, Dryden, Addison, Pope, Burns, Goldsmith. Johnson, Scott, Byron, Wordsworth, and Tennyson are studied. The text is Painter's. Required in the third year of the Preparatory Course. 41