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English 145. H. A. Advanced English Grammar.—12:15; L. B.
2. 2 hours. Mr. Wauchope.
Designed especially for high school teachers. No subject in the
curriculum is more unsettled than that of grammar which is now
in a transition stage. The multiplication of high schools in the
South has called attention afresh to the importance of English but
there is still little uniformity in methods of teaching it. An attempt
instruction in grammar.
Text-Book.—Joyne's Notes on the Teaching of English Grammar
(University of S. C. Press).
English 25. H. A. Rhetoric and Composition.—9:30; L. B. 2.
2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Myers.
Corresponds to first term English Literature A1 or A2 regular
session. Designed for those who seek University credit or desire
to improve their writing.
English 26. H. A. Rhetoric and Composition Advanced.—4:30;
L. B. 3. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Shumake.
English Literature A1 of the regular session or its equivalent prerequisite
for those desiring B1 credit in the University of Virginia.
Corresponds to first term of English Literature B1. Advanced rhetoric
and composition with study of minor forms of prose discourse.
About 400 pages parallel reading, 10 written exercises and one essay
required.
English 27. H. A. History of English Literature. Contemporary
British Poetry.—10:30; L. B. 1. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr.
Kent and Miss McVea.
Corresponds to second term of English Literature A1 regular
term. A survey of English Literature, with parallel reading and
composition, including a study of contemporary British Poets and
the tendencies of Modern Poetry.
English 28. H. A. History of American Literature.—8:30; L. B.
1. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Kent and Miss McVea.
Corresponds to second term of English Literature A2 regular session.
A survey of American Literature, with composition and parallel
reading, including a study of the contemporary movements in
American Literature.
Students completing satisfactorily English 25, 27 and 28 will receive
credit for English Literature A1 or A2 of the regular session.
English 29. H. A. Narration.—12:15; L. B. 3. 2 hours (one session-hour).
Mr. Myers.
Corresponds to the second term of English Literature B1. English
Literature A1 or A2 of the regular session or its equivalent prerequisite
for credit in the University of Virginia.
Narration, with special study of the short story, the biographical
sketch and narration poetry. About 400 pages of parallel reading,
10 written exercises and one essay required.
English 30. H. A. Exposition.—2:30; L. B. 3. 2 hours (one session-hour).
Mr. Shumake.
Corresponds to the third term of English Literature B1. English
Literature A1 or A2 pre-requisite.
Exposition, with special study of the history and structure of the
reading, 10 written exercises and one essay required.
English 31. H. A. Prose and Poetry of the Victorian Era.—3:30;
L. B. 2. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Sledd.
English Literature A1 or A2 pre-requisite. Corresponds to the
second term of English Literature B2 of the regular session.
About 500 pages of parallel reading, 8 written exercises, and one
essay will be required.
English 32. H. A. Contemporary British Poets.—4:30; L. B. 2.
2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Sledd.
English A1 or A2 pre-requisite. Corresponds to the third term
of English Literature B2 of the regular session.
About 500 pages of parallel reading, 8 written exercises, and one
essay will be required.
English 33. H. A. Contemporary English Drama.—8:30; L. B.
2. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Wauchope.
A survey of the modern drama, the most vital, social, and
artistic literary movement of the century. Representative play of
Ibsen, as the pioneer in the new dramatic school, Sir Arthur Pinero,
George Bernard Shaw, Henry Arthur Jones, John Galsworthy, Sir
James Barrie, and the Irish dramatists, William Butler Yeats, John
Millington Synge, and Lady Augusta Gregory will be read and discussed.
Text-Book.—Dickinson's Chief Contemporary Dramatists (Houghton,
Mifflin & Co.).
English 34. H. A. Shakespeare.—8:30; L. B. 3. 2 hours (one
session-hour). Mr. Sledd.
The work of this course embraces a critical study of Shakespeare
as a dramatic artist. Lectures on fifteen plays best representing
his work at different periods will be given. Other plays by Shakespeare
and his contemporaries will be read as parallel.
Text.—Any complete standard edition of Shakespeare.
Note.—Credit for only one term of English B, or B2 regular session
may be given without the written consent of Dr. Kent, obtained
before the course is taken.
English 146. H. A. The Teaching of High School Literature.—
9:30; L. B. 3. 2 hours. Miss Andrews.
Open to high school teachers, supervisors, and principals, to
teachers in college preparatory schools, to heads of departments
and teachers of English in normal schools. This course aims to
make each selection studied a concrete and suggestive example,
through demonstration, of acceptable material and method in the
interpretation and appreciation of literature from the standpoint of
high school pupils. These illustrative studies are supplemented by
library readings and practical discussions of the problems in teaching
literature in the secondary school. Especial attention is given
made to offer some practical suggestions, through actual classwork,
in modernizing high school literature.
English 147. H. A. G. The Teaching of High School Composition.—12:15;
L. B. 1. 2 hours. Miss Andrews.
Open to high school teachers and supervisors, to teachers of preparatory
schools, to heads of departments and teachers of English
in normal schools. This course presents some aids in making composition
a natural and serviceable subject in the high school, giving
special attention to organizing composition upon a social basis. It
discusses the following topics, among others: A definite and reasonable
aim in teaching composition; life needs as the controlling
standard in composition; life experience and activities as a basis of
composition; stimulative assignments; concreteness in presenting
technicalities of written English; the proper and improper use of
models; the right relation of literature to composition; the relation
of grammar to composition; scales of measurement in composition;
sympathetic criticism and corrections; coöperation of other departments
in oral and written usage; proper physical conditions for
teachers of composition. These discussions are accompanied by illustrative
and practice exercises in theme work by members of the
class.
English 35. H. A. Biblical Literature. The Origin, Characteristis,
and Influence of the Bible as a Book of Literature.—12:15; C. H.
5. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Forrest.
A study of the literary forms in which the messages of the books
are embodied will lead up to an examination of the teaching itself as
recorded in selected books of the Bible. Credit for one term Biblical
Literature B2.
Note.—The daily lectures will be open to all who desire to attend.
Only those wishing credit need take the examination.
English 148. H. A. Dramatization and the Production of School
Plays.—4:30; P. H. 2 hours. Miss Walker.
The course is intended to give teachers sufficient knowledge of
dramatization and play producing to meet the growing demands in
the schools for dramatics that have educational value. The practical
as well as the theoretical phases of the work will be considered.
Stories will be made over into plays in the classroom and
some suitable dramatic literature will be rehearsed.
English 149. H. A. Voice Training.—9:30; P. H. 11. 1 hour, first
three weeks. Miss Walker.
This course consists of exercises, both physical and mental, for
the development of pure tone, flexibility, melody and strength of
voice, clear enunciation, and for relief from high strained tones,
throatiness, and voice fatigue. Voices will be tested and, if necessary,
special exercises prescribed. The relation of the voice to
teaching will be emphasized.
English 150. H. A. G. Oral Reading.—9:30; P. H. 11. 1 hour, last
three weeks. Miss Walker.
The object of this course is to help teachers in the oral reading
of literature. There will be lessons devoted to interpretation of literature
with special attention to spirit rather than form. Each
member of the class will prepare individually one selection for reading
aloud.
English 151. A. G. Methods in Language and Grammar. Second
Year Summer School Professional Course, Grammar Grade.—
8:30; C. H. 5. 2 hours. Miss London.
Review of Emerson and Bender's Modern English, Book II. A.
Review of subject matter. B. Review of Methods.
English. Methods in Language, Primary Grades.—See Education
132 and 134.
English 152. Jewish Literature and History.—12:15; C. H. Auditorium.
Rabbi Witt.
A series on lectures on "Jewish Ceremonials, Life and Customs."
English 153. The Short Story.
For the benefit of any persons who desire a practical course in
the Short Story, arrangements have been made with Mrs. Elizabeth
Maury Coombs, whose stories, essays and verse have been frequently
published in the Century, Lippincott's, Strand, Outlook, The Continent,
Mother's Magazine and many others, to give a course of private
lessons in Short Story, its history, rise, technique, writing and
sale. Hours to be arranged. Fee, $5.00.
Special Lectures.—During the session there will be special lectures
on some literary subjects by Dr. C. A. Smith, Dr. Kent, Dr.
Wauchope, Prof. Sledd, and a series of three lectures on the Drama,
Literature and Life of the period from Plautus to Ibsen by Will
Hutchins.
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