1936-1937 Academic Catalog

56 COURSES OF STUDY 5-6. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Instruction, constant practice, and criticism in actual public speaking. Elective. One hour a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Steele. 7-8. ADVANCED ORATORY Elective. One hour a week, one semester. Procfessor 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. 11-12. HOMILETICS Elementary Homiletics. A study of the theory and prin– ciples of the preparation and delivery of sermons. Two hours a week throughout the year. Required for candi– dates of the Gospel Ministry. Professor McChesney. 13-14. HOMILETICS Advanced Homiletics. Practice in the preparation and de– livery of sermons. One hour a week throughout the year. Required for candidates of the Gospel Ministry. Professor McChesney. PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR McCHESNEY 1. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Consciousness, sensation, perception, memory, feelings, 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 life. Various texts and lectures. Two hours a week, one semester. 4. EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Elementary experiments in the various phases of conscious phenomena. Elective. Prerequisite, General Psychology. Three hours a week, one semester. RELIGION PROFESSORS McCHESNEY, HOSTETLER, STEELE AND GUTHRIE 1. APOLOGETICS The evidences of Christianity and natural theology. Re– quired. Three hours a week, one semester.