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STORY TELLING.

1. Classic Stories.—Some great classic tales and their place in education
will be taken up in this course. The following have been
selected: Hiawatha; Beowulf; Seigfried; Ulysses; King Arthur; folk
and fairy tales; Uncle Remus and Southern folk-lore; Bible stories.

Daily, Professor Wyche, at General Assembly.

2. The Art of Story Telling.—Origin of story telling and the story-sagaman
and minstrel; the story in language, grammar, song, creative
work, dramatization, etc.; the formal and expression of the
spiritual; how to tell a tale—psychological principles.

Daily, from 4:30 to 5:30. Professor Wyche. Cabell Hall, Room 1.

Note.—An informal gathering for the purpose of singing and telling
stories will be held at twilight on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
evenings, on Cabell Hall steps. For the first five evenings, one
of each of the following stories will be rendered by the instructor:
The Story of Ulysses; The Story of King Arthur; The Story of St.
Francis of Assisi; The Story of Martin Luther; The Story of John
Wesley. After this program has been completed, the members of
the local branch of the National Story Teller's League will take
charge of the program.