LINDEN KENT MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE.
Professor Kent.
Adjunct Professor Myers.
Mr. Beaty.
Mr. Church.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The general
entrance requirements.
For Undergraduates.
A Courses: Entrance examination, or its equivalent, prerequisite.
—These courses are designed to meet the needs of students preparing
directly for professional studies, and of college students who have
had a four year high school course.
English Literature A1: Recommended to students who have satisfied
the minimum requirements for entrance.
1. Rhetoric and Composition.—A thorough review of the principles
of rhetoric; and constant practice in composition, with special
attention to Description and Narration. Text-books: Linn's Essentials
of Composition.
2. Composition and English Literature.—Exposition; History of
English Literature, with class and parallel reading of prose and
poetry. Text-books: Long's History of English Literature; Manly's
English Prose and Hutchinson's British Poetry.
3. Composition and English Literature.—Argumentation; History
of English Literature, with class and parallel reading of prose
and poetry. Parallel reading and written exercises are required
throughout the session. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor
Myers.
English Literature A2: Recommended to students with good
preparatory training in English and especially those who expect to
pursue further courses in English Literature.
1. Advanced Composition.—Theory and structure of the paragraph;
description and narration; composition of the paragraph and
of longer discourse, and investigation of standard prose. Text-books:
Scott and Denney's Paragraph-Writing (Revised Edition), Nutter,
Hersey, and Greenough's Specimens of Prose Composition.
2. Composition and American Literature.—Exposition; History
of American Literature. Critical study of American prose and poetry.
Text-books: Cairns's American Literature; Bronson's American
Poems. Parallel reading in prose and poetry is required.
3. Composition and American Literature.—Argumentation; History
of American Literature. Critical study of American prose and
poetry. Parallel reading required. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11-12. Cabell Hall. Adjunct
Professor
Myers.
To students entering from four year high schools advanced standing
will be granted only after examinations.
English Literature B1: Course A1 or A2, or the equivalent of
either, prerequisite.
1. Advanced Rhetoric and Composition with special study of the
structure of modern prose. Text-books: Winchester's Literary
Criticism; Genung's Working Principles of Rhetoric; the Atlantic
Monthly.
2. Narration; with special study of the short story and the biographical
sketch. Description as ancillary to Narration.
3. Exposition, with special study of the literary essay. Textbook:
Poetry and Poetic Forms. Text-book: Alden's English
Verse; and the Professor's Notes. About 900 pages of parallel reading,
24 written exercises, and 3 essays, one each term, will be required.
(B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, 11-12. Cabell Hall. Professor Kent.
English Literature B2: One A Course, or its equivalent, prerequisite,
and A2 strongly recommended.
1. History of Lyric Poetry.
2. Essayists from Bacon to Burke.
3. The Poetry of Tennyson. Text-books will be assigned at the
beginning of each term.
About 1,000 pages of parallel reading, 20 written exercises, and
3 essays, one each term, will be required. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3
session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10. Cabell Hall.
Professor Kent.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
English Literature C1:
1. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist.
2. Contemporary British Poets.
3. Southern Literature. Professor Kent.
For Graduates Only.
English Literature D1 or primary Minor.
1. The History of English Prose Rhythm.
2. Great Letter-Writers and Diarists.
3. The Beginning of Fiction. Professor Kent.
English D2: Third Term. The Rossettis, Morris, and Swinburne.
Professor Kent.
For summer-school courses in English Literature, on which college
credit will be allowed, see p. 293.
II. Public Speaking.
Adjunct Professor Paul.
For Undergraduates.
Public Speaking B1: English Literature A, or equivalent, prerequisite.
—Writing original speeches and addresses; the content and structure of
the speech of introduction, of presentation, of acceptance, of welcome,
of farewell, of the after-dinner speech, and of various other types;
the distinctive principles of oral style. Delivery of written, original
speeches; individual training in the effective use of the voice, in platform
deportment, in bearing, in the use of gestures; principles of
vocal and physical expression. Extemporaneous speaking from outlines;
impromptu speaking on topics of the day. History of oratory
from Empedocles to Bryan. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Section I, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 3-4; Minor Hall; membership
of each section limited to a miximum of twelve and a minimum of
six. Adjunct Professor Paul.
Public Speaking B2: Public Speaking B1, or its equivalent, prerequisite.—Principles
of argumentation and debating, including analysis of the
proposition, evidence, brief-making, and tactics of debate. Practical
debating by opposing teams that each week study a public question
and draw briefs in preparation for the debate. (B. A. or B. S. credit,
3 session-hours.) Section I, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3-4; Minor
Hall; membership of each section limited to a maximum of eighteen
and a minimum of six. Adjunct Professor Paul.
