1943-1944 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 43 develop an ability for public performance and to acquaint the student with the best piano literature. Voice. Junior Department. A course for younger people whose voices have not fully developed, in order to develop the voice naturally with– out st rain or injury. Collegiate Department. Admission to this course will be based largely on the vocal equipment and aptitude of the student. Vocalises by Con– cone, folk song, German lied, American, English, and French classic songs, are used to aid the student in forming a repertoire for the home, concert or church performances. Pipe Organ. An intermediate piano course is pre-requisite. Pedal studies. Bach's Preludes and Fugues, Guilmant's sonatas, compositions by Baptiste, Lemare, Gounod, Dubois, Faure, etc. Acquirement of good pedal technique, good taste in hymn playing, ready sight-reading and accompanying are insisted upon. Public recitals in each department are given at intervals during the year. Philosophy: Professor McChesney 1. Principles of Philosophy Greek Philosophy, first and second periods; Philosophy of the Middle Ages, first and second periods; Modern Philosophy, first, sec– ond, third and fourth periods. Three hours a week, one semester. Required. 2. Logic Terms, propositions, syllogisms, fallacies. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. 4. Ethics Theoretical and practical ethics. Virtues, freedom, duty and in– dividual and social obligations. Required. Three hours a week, one semester. Physics: Professor Robinson 1-2. General Physics Mechanics and heat. Electricity, sound and light. Prerequisite one semester of trigonometry and one semester of college algebra. Elective. Three hours recitation and two hours laboratory a week throughout the year. Political Science: Professors Steele and Jurkat 1. International Law Elective. Three hours a week. First semester. 2. America and the Orient A study of the industrial resources of the Orient:-Asiatic mar– ket s ; relations of the United States and the Far East. Elective. Three hours, second s mest er.