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For Graduates Only.

A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy may select English
Literature for his secondary minor, his primary minor, or his major
subject. For 1907-1908 the courses are as follows:

Course 6D: or secondary minor: This is the same as Course 5C
with such supplementary work, both in reading or writing, as may be
required.

Course 7D: or primary minor: The candidates, who must have
completed satisfactorily Course 6D, will pursue the following courses:
1. Colonial Literature in America; 2. Browning and his Poetry; 3. The
Drama in England since 1740; or any three of the following courses
the Professor may deem advisable, with such supplementary reading
and writing as may be prescribed:

• History of Lyric Poetry.

• British Essayists from Bacon to Burke.

• British Essayists of the Nineteenth Century.

• Literary Tendencies in the Nineteenth Century.

• Victorian Poetry.

• American Poets and Poetry.

• Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist.

• Milton and his Times.

• Tennyson and the Nineteenth Century.

• Myths and Traditions in English Poetry.

• Dr. Johnson and his Times.

Course 8D: or major: The candidate who has completed satisfactorily
the work mapped out for the secondary minor, and the primary
minor, will select, with the Professor's approval, a subject for his dissertation,
and will then proceed to the careful investigation of his subject, and
the preparation of his thesis. Collateral reading will be prescribed and
required. A written record of all the reading done throughout these three
years will be preserved, and, with the examination and thesis, will constitute
the test of the whole Ph. D. course.

Course in Public Speaking.—The course in public speaking
offered by Mr. Charles Wakefield Paul, Instructor in Public Speaking,
organizes a new course and modifies an existing course in the School

of English Literature, and also trains men from the Literary Societies
for several intercollegiate contests.

The course deals with the theory and practice of Public Speaking.
Its aim is to prepare the student to express his thoughts and
feelings clearly and effectively before an audience. No attempt is
made to give the more elaborate discipline necessary for the public
reader and impersonator. In order that emphasis may fall upon improvement
in form, speeches from the great orators are used as material
for drill work. At each lesson, every member in the section is
called in turn before the class to render his lines and receive suggestions
for further progress. The theory is not set forth by lectures,
but by comments upon the efforts of the individual student and upon
the end sought by the author of the oration under interpretation.

The regular English course in Argumentation, if time permit,
will be supplemented by practical experience in debating before the
class and will deal not only with logical structure and effective tactics
but also with manner of delivery.

From the Literary Societies, by the sifting process of preliminary
trials, candidates for three oratorical and three debating contests are
chosen. The successful men will then be eligible to individual instruction
in daily rehearsals until the final competition takes place.