LINDEN KENT MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Professor Kent.
Adjunct Professor Johnson.
Adjunct Professor Whipple.
Mr. Gannaway.
Mr. Brewer.
For Undergraduates.
A Courses: 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. Advanced standing will be granted
only after examination.
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-book: Linn's Essentials of Composition.
2. Composition and English Literature.—Exposition; History of English
Literature, with class and parallel reading of prose and poetry. Textbooks:
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, Wednedsay, Friday,
10-11. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor Johnson.
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. Textbooks:
Cairns' 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 Johnson.
English Literature B1: English Literature A1 or A2, or the equivalent,
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. Text-book:
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: English Literature A1 or A2, or the 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 Undergraduates and Graduates.
English Literature C1: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
and of English Literature, prerequisite.
1. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist.
2. Contemporary British Poets.
3. Southern Literature. Professor Kent.
For Graduates.
English Literature D1:
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. 273.
Public Speaking.
Adjunct Professor Paul.
For Undergraduates.
Public Speaking B1: English Literature A1 or A2, or the 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. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-11; Minor Hall; membership is limited
to a maximum of twenty 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
of electives-at-large.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1-2; Minor Hall;
membership limited to a maximum of eighteen and a minimum of six.
Adjunct Professor
Paul.
