1930-1931 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF OLLEGIATE AND NOR.MAL STUDII;S 4. ETHIC - Theoretical and practical ethics. Virtues, freedom , duty a nd In– d ividual and social obligations. Required . Three hours a week, one srunest.er . PHYSICS PROFE ons K EHRMANN AND DAVI 1-2. GE ERAL PHYS! S- Mechanlcs, heat, electricity, sound, and light. Pre– r qulsltes: One year o! elementary physics, one semester of trigonometry and one semester or college algebra. Elective. Four hours a week throughout the year. 3-4. Same as 1-2. except that laboratory work Is not required. Elective after required work in science Is completed. POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR STEELE 1-2. INTERNATIONAL LAW- Elective. Three hours a week. First semester. 3-4. A.MERICA AND THE ORIENT- A study o! the industri:il resources o! the Orient :-Asiatic markets: relations of the United States and the Far East. Elective Three hours, second semester. PUBLIC SPEAKING PROFESSORS McCHESNEY AND STEELE 1. PRINCIPLES OF PUBIJC SPEAKING-The fundament11ls o! efl'ectlve speaking, principles o! breathing, ovlce-producinr;, enunciation, and action : delivery o! extracts from the works of writers and speakers. Required. Two hours a week, ftrst semester. Professor MoChesney. 2. ORATORY-The distinctive characteristics of oratorical style; the masterpieces of representative orators are analyzed, and the principles thus discovered applied In the writing and delivery of original orations. Required. Two hours a week, second semester. Professor McChesney. 3- 4. ARGillfENTA.TION AND DEBATING-Argumentation, analysis, evidence, persuasion. Brief-drawing. Written arguments. Oral debating. The theory of argu– mentation. Required. Two hours a week throughout the year. Professor Steele. 5-6. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING-Instruction, constant practice, and criticism in actual public speaking. Elective. One hour a week throughout the year. Professor Steele. 7-8. ADVANCED ORATORY- Electlrn. One hour a week. Professor McChesney. 10. PARLIAMENTARY LAW- Instruction in fundamental principles and actual practice in conducting public meetings. Elective. One hour a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Steele. PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR McCHESNEY AND MRS. SHEDD 1. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY-Consciousness, sensation, perception, memory, feel- ings, Imagination, thought, reasoning and the will. Required. Should be taken before Junior year. Three hours a week, one semester. 2. ADOLESCENCE--A scientific study of the development of the adolescent mind and llfe. Various texts and lectures. Two hours a week, one semester. 4. EXPERlltfENTAL PSYCHOLOGY- Elementary experiments in the various phases of conscious phenomena. Elective. Prerequisite: 1. Three hours a week, one semester. RELIGION PROFESSORMcCHESNEY 1. .APOLOGETICS-The evidences of Christianity and natural theology. Required. Three hours a week, one semester. SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR STEELE AND PROFESSOR BORST 1-2. INTRODUCTIO TO SOCIOLIGY-Social evolution, and sociological principles with special reference to modern social problems. Three hours a week throughout the year. Not given every year. 3. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY-Collective knowing, feeling, and willing; the psycho– logy of the crowd. Elective. Three hours a week, one srunester. Not givery every year. 4. AMERICAN PROBLEMS-Social institutions. A study of the problems of democr acy. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Prerequisite, Economics 1, or Sociology 1. Not given every year. PAGE FORTY-SIX