1913-1914 Academic Catalog

t uition fees . work offered. COURSE I ' OR \TORY \•.D P IIILOSOPIIY, ee t h Department of 1Iusic for t he nature of the ORATORY. PROFESSORS :McCHES ' EY AND PUTT. 137. PRI CIPLES OF PUBLIC PEAKING-This course includes : the fundamentals of effective speaking, study and practice of the principles of breathing, voice-production, enunciation, and action ; delivery of extracts from the works of writers and peakers. The text-book is Winter' Public peaking. Elective for all who have not taken t he course as a part of the required work in oratory. Three hours a week, one semester. 13 . ORATORY-In this course the aistinctive characteristics of oratorical style ar e studied; the masterpieces of r epresentative orator s are analyzed and the principles thus discovered are applied in t he writing and delivery of original orations. E lective for all ,rho have not taken the course as a part of t he required work in . oratory. Three hours a 1"eek, one semester. 139. ELECTIVE ORATORY-Elective work in oratory t o the amount of eight cr edits will be counted towar ds t he degr ee of Bachelor of Arts. One lesson a week for one semest er constitutes the work r equired for one credit. Student s electing oratory must pay t he usual fees for lessons in oratory in addition to their r egular collegiate t uition f ees. ee t he Department of Oratory for t he nature of t he work offered. PHILOSOPHY. PROFESSOR McCHEs EY. 140. I NTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY-The purpose of this course is to explain t he nature of philosophical t hought, to give a general view of the main problems of philosophy and of the more important t ypes of philosophical doctrine, to show the value of the study of philosophy and to give some practical suggestions as to the spirit and method of its st udy. The text-book is Fullerton's. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. 141. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY-The course consists of a pre– sentation of Greek, medieval, and modern philosophy from 600 B. C. down to t he present day. It gives a history of the rise and growth 54