1925-1926 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF COLLEGIATE ND NORMAL STUDIES Ability, comp!<'· numherl:', thco1·y of equations, clclcrminanlt•, and inftnil<' ~erie • Te>..t: Wentworth. El<'clive. l'r<'rcquisilc: 11/z units, High School Algebra. Four hours a wc<'k, one semc. ier. M2. TRIGONOMl~TRY Trii•onomctric funcliona in their relation to _th" Bolu tion of the trinn1de both plane and l'phcrical. Text: Wentworth and Smith. Elective. l'r requisite: II. S. l, 2, and 16. Four hour:; a week, one Acmcster. M3. ANALYTIC L GEOMETRY-Rectilinear and polar co-ordinateR, with their applications to the point, line, circle, conic RectionR, both in the plane anrl in spaC'c. Te.·t: ¥lentworth. Elective. Prerequisite: College Algebra and Trig– nometry. Three hours a wf'ck throughout the year. Not given every year. M4. CALCULUS Differentinl and integral calculus with special applicationR to physics. Text: Granville. Elective. Three hours a week throughout the year. Not given every year. M5. DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY-Elective, Prerequis ites, Ml-M4 inclusive. 3 hours a week. MISSIONS PROFESSOR ROBISON Il. GENERAL COURSE IN MISSIONS-The problems, possibilities, means; and obligations of evangelizing the world, and the motives, aims, and method:< of the foreign missionary. Elective. '1:hree hours a week. Not given every year. I2. THE NEW FOREIGN FIELD-A study of the effect of Christianity on social conditions and the modern methods of missionary activity, Elective. Three hours a week. To be given the second semester, 1924-25. I3. MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHY-The lives of noted miss ionaries of all Christian denominations and fields are studied for their inspiration and practical information. Elective. Three hours a week. Not given every year. MUSIC PROFESSOR TALCOTT Vl. ELECTIVE MUSIC-Elective work in music to the amount of eight credits will be counted towards the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in the case of students enrolled in the collegiate department or in case of graduates of the department of music who afterwards enroll in the collegiate department. One lesson a week for one semester constitutes the work required for one credit. Students electing mu sic must pay the usual fees for less ons in music in addition to the regular collegiate tuition fees. See the Department of Music for the nature of the work offered. PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR McCHESNEY Pl. LOGIC-Terms, propositions, syllogisms, fallacies. Text: Jevons-Hill. Required. Three hours a week, one semester. P2. ETHICS-Theoretical and practical ethics. Virtues, freedom, duty and individual and social obligations. Texts: Gregory, Drake, and Coffin. Required. Three hours a week, one semester. PHYSICS PROFESSOR FRASER Yl. GENERAL PHYSICS~M~chanics, heat, electricity, sound, and light. Text: Kimball. Prerequisites: One year of elementary physics , one semester of trigonometry and one semester of college algebra. Elective. Four hours a week throughout the year. Yla. Sa.me as Yl, except that laboratory work is not required. Elective after required work in science is completed. PUBLIC SPEAKING PROFESSORS McCHESNEY AND ROBISON 01. PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SPEAKING-The fundamentals of effective speaking, principles of breathing, voice-production, enunciation, and aotion; delivery of extracts from the works of writers and speakers. Text: :Phillips. Required. Two hours a week, first semester. (Professor McChesney). 02. ORATORY-The distinctive characteristics of oratorical style; the masterpieces of r epresentative orators are analyzed, and the principles thus discovered applied in the writing and delivery of original orations. Text: Phillips. Required. Two hours a week, second semester. (Professor McChesney). 03. ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATING-Argumentation, analysis, evidence, persuasion. Brief-drawing. Written arguments. Oral debating. The theory of argumentation. Text: Ketcham. Required. Two hours a week throughout the year. (Professor Robison). PAGE THIRTY-TWO