1941-1942 Academic Catalog

66 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES PUBLIC SPEAKING PROFESSORS McCHESNEY AND NIESTRATH 1. ELEMENTARY PUBLIC SPEAKING A study of the fundamental principles of effective speaking with practice in the preparation and delivery of original speeches. Three hours a week, two hours credit, first semester. Required of all freshmen. 2. PUBLIC SPEAKING An introduction to the fundamental principles involved in the reading and interpretation of poetry and prose. Elect– ive. Two hours a week, second semester. Prerequisite, Public Speaking I. 3-4. DISCUSSION AND DEBATING Group discussion of timely questions. Study of argumenta– tion, analysis, evidence, and persuasion. Brief-drawing. Extemporaneous arguments. Practice debating. Inter– collegiate debating, Elective. Two hours a week through– out the year. 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 candidates of the Gospel Ministry. 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 th~ Gospel Ministry. RELIGION PROFESSORS McCHESNEY AND JURKAT 2. GENERAL COURSE IN MISSIONS The problems, possibilities, means and obligations of evan– gelizing the world and the motives, aims, and methods of the foreign missionary. Elective. Two hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Required of Seminary students. 6-6. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION A study of Pedagogy, History, Curricula, Principles, Organ– ization, and Administration of Religious Education. Three hours throughout the year• . 7-8. BIBLICAL THEOLOGY A study of the facts of revelation in the Scriptures and the development of doctrines of the Bible. Two hours a week throughout the year. Required of candidates for the Gospel Ministry.