1946-1947 Academic Catalog

34 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES Modern methods of officiating athletic contests. Local require– ment of forty hours of officiating and forty hours of coaching before grade is given for the course. One credit hour, both semesters. English: Professor Santmyer 1-2. Remedial English Remedial English for students deficient in reading ability and in knowledge of English Grammar. The course will include analysis of expository and argumentative essays or speeches, to give practice in reading, and a review of English Grammar, with practice in pars– ing, analysis and diagramming, and enough writing to encourage good English habits. Two hours a week, throughout the first semester. 3-4. Freshman English A course intended to develop in the student the power to express himself correctly, to think accurately, and to write effectively. Three hours a week throughout the year. 7-8. English and American Survey A study of the development of these literatures, by period and by type, directed toward developing in the student both knowledge and judgment of literature. English literature the first semester, American literature the second semester, 3 hours a week. ELECTIVE COURSES LEADING TO AN ENGLISH MAJOR: 6. Advanced Composition A course devoted to practice in writing, with class periods given to reading and criticism of student themes. Literature Courses offered in 1947-48 10. Shakespeare A careful study and analysis is made of some of Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies. Others are read rapidly, written critiques required. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. 20. M ii ton An intensive study of Milton's poetry in relation to the develop– ment of types of poetry: the Minor Poems in relation to the pastoral, the elegy, the Masque; Paradise Lost in relation to the epic, particu– larly to Dante's Inferno; and Samson Ogonistes in relation to Greek drama. Three hours, one semester.