 | University of Virginia record March 15, 1916 |  |
ENGLISH.
The courses in English are designed to meet the needs of the following
groups of students; present or prospective high school teachers;
professional or technical students who have entered upon their
professional courses and found that their training in English is so
defective as to interfere with their prospects in their chosen professions;
college students preparing for college entrance examinations;
students conditioned on their entrance examinations or in their college
who may be especially interested in methods of teaching English;
teachers in elementary schools who are interested in language study
for small children. It is desirable that all students of English take
advantage of the work in composition, upon which special emphasis
will be laid. Private conferences for criticism and personal supervision
of theme writing will be arranged for by the instructor.
1. Advanced English Grammar for High School and College
Teachers.—This course is designed especially for high school teachers.
No subjects in the high school curriculum are more unsettled
than those of grammar and composition, both being 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 will be made to
suggest standards of instruction in grammar and composition.
Text-Books.—Meiklejohn's English Grammar (D. C. Heath & Co.);
Joynes's Notes on the Parts of Speech (R. L. Bryan Co.).
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Professor Wauchope. Law Building,
Room 2.
2. Rhetoric and Composition.—The purpose of this course is
three-fold: first, to master as far as possible the subject matter of
the text-book, and in doing this to emphasize particularly accuracy
and correctness in writing; second, to indicate the best methods of
teaching this subject in the schools so as to interest the pupils and
induce them to take advantage of local material and opportunities;
third, to encourage among teachers and pupils alike good reading
both for its own sake and specifically for the sake of mental discipline.
Short themes will frequently be called for and several longer
papers required. Weekly personal conferences will be held at hours
to be appointed.
Text-Books.—Espenshade's Composition and Rhetoric (D. C. Heath);
Nutter, Hersey and Greenough's Specimens of Prose Composition
(Ginn & Co.).
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Professor Myers. Law Building,
Room 2.
3. English and American Literature.—This course will be a study
of literary masterpieces by the "Keynote Method." Special emphasis
will be laid on the writings that are adapted to high school
work and more specifically on college entrance requirements. An attempt
will be made to interpret one masterpiece each day.
Text-Books.—These will be announced later.
Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Professor Smith. Law Building,
Room 1.
4. American Literature.—A. This course is a study of the lives
and writing of the principal authors from Washington Irving to Mark
Twain. It will consider the various aspects of American life as they
have found expression in literature. Special attention will be given
to the literature of New England.
Text-Books.—Metcalf's American Literature (B. F. Johnson & Co.);
Page's Chief American Poets (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.).
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Professor Metcalf and Professor Myers.
Law Building, Room 1.
5. American Literature.—B. This course will be a survey of the
whole field of American literature not by authors but by types.
There are eleven of these and the question that we shall try to answer
epic, (2) the drama, (3) the ballad, (4) the lyric, (5) history, (6)
biography, (7) the essay, (8) the oration, (9) the letter, (10) the short
story, and (11) the novel? The distinctive contributions of the different
sections of the United States will be appraised and the effort
made to find out what Americanism in literature means. The opinion
of noted foreign critics will be consulted wherever accessible.
Text-Books.—A. W. Long's American Poems (American Book Company);
G. R. Carpenter's American Prose (The Macmillan Company).
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor Smith. Law Building, Room 2.
6. Shakespeare.—The work of this course embraces a critical
study of the development of Shakespeare's mind and art. 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-Book.—Any complete standard edition of Shakespeare such
as Neilson's, The Globe, or Leopold editions.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor Wauchope. Law Building,
Room 3.
7. Tennyson and Browning.—A careful study of representative
poems of Tennyson and Browning. Lectures and interpretative readings
will make clear the elements of their art and its relation to the
important movements of the nineteenth century. Parallel reading,
references, and written reports.
Text-Books.—The Cambridge or Globe edition of Tennyson's
Poems and Browning's Poems (Houghton, Mifflin & Co. and Macmillan
Co.).
Daily, from 4:30 to 5:30. Professor Metcalf and Professor Kent.
Law Building, Room 2.
8. Advanced Composition: Narration and Exposition.—This
course in writing is designed for students whose work in general
rhetoric and composition has advanced sufficiently to justify specialization
in the types of discourse. Those who at a previous session
have had the course in Rhetoric and Composition, No. 2, or its
equivalent, will be prepared for this advanced class. The work will
proceed by a study and discussion of the principles of narration and
exposition, especially the short story and the short essay, by critical
reading of some of the best specimens from recent American authors,
and by exercise in both types.
Text-Books.—Esenwein's Writing the Short-Story (Hinds, Noble, &
Eldridge); Canby's English Composition in Theory and Practice (Macmillan);
specimens of stories and essays from the best current magazines.
Daily, from 4:30 to 5:30. Professor Myers. Law Building. Room 3.
9. Biblical Literature—The Methods and Teaching of the Prophets,
the Wise Men and of Jesus.—A study of the principles of teaching
and general methods of these world famed teachers of Israel will
lead up to a consideration of the teaching itself as recorded in selected
books of the Bible. Credit for one term Biblical Literature
B2.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Professor Forrest. Assembly Room,
Cabell Hall.
Note.—The Daily lectures will be open to all who desire to attend.
Only those wishing credit need take the examinations.
10. Vocal Expression—Course I—The Care and Use of the
Voice.—The hygiene of breathing and development of lungs and
stammering, nasality, loss of voice from faulty habit of breathing.
Text-Book.—Samuel A. King's Graduated Exercises in Articulation.
Leaflets bearing upon topic of each lecture. Miss Blaylock.
Course II—Principles of Vocal Expression and Interpretative
Reading.—The principles governing melody, inflection, phrasing,
time, pause, touch in the spoken word, and their application in conversation,
public address and reading. Illustrative readings and platform
recitations for criticism required.
Text-Books.—S. S. Curry's Foundations of Expression; Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice. Selections from Milton, Tennyson and
Browning. Miss Blaylock.
Course III—Vocal Interpretation of the Bible.—Aim to get away
from the cold, formal or dogmatic reading of the Scriptures and to
make the written word a living word, an appeal to the heart and
human emotions as well as to the desires and needs of the soul; the
voice must be in sympathy with human experiences as well as Divine
Omnipotence. In order to do this the laws governing vocal interpretation
must be understood. The various forms, narrative, oratoric,
lyric, epic, will be studied.
Text-Books.—Richard G. Moulton's The Bible (Review) Job; L. L.
Curry's Vocal and Literary Interpretation of the Bible. Miss Blaylock.
Course IV—Dramatic Criticism and Acting Drama.—Purpose is
first, to give in dramatic criticism simply and concisely the conventions
of drama form. Second, by impersonation—acting drama—to
awaken interest in human experiences, and to teach the vocal interpretation
of these experiences by control of the emotions and intelligent
use of the voice.
Text-Books.—Woodbridge's The Drama—Its Laws and Technique;
Shakespeare's As You Like It; Tennyson's The Falcon; Leats' The
Land of Heart's Desire. These courses are not free to Virginia
teachers.
For a single course the fee will be five dollars; each additional
course, two dollars.
Daily, hours and place to be arranged. Miss Blaylock.
11. Elementary Language.—This course is planned to give teachers
of the elementary schools a brief, concentrated study of the essentials
of matter and method for the language work of all grades
below the sixth. The topics discussed will include the following:
the purpose and plan of language study; vital points in language
teaching; language environment; relation of language to other subjects;
the child's own activities and experience as a basis for language
work; language and character; language and the community;
the teacher of language; literature and language; importance of oral
language training; types of oral lessons; language work based upon
nature study, geography, literature, history, pictures, games, and
hand work, giving the various topics of the course of study re-impression
through language expression, while providing a reasonable
basis for language itself.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Miss Hickman and Miss London. Law
Building, Room 1.
12. Elementary Grammar.—This course aims primarily at giving
teachers a deeper, surer knowledge of the subject matter of grammar.
The instruction will cover the work from the fifth to the eighth
presented so as to provide training in the actual process of thinking.
There will be a condensed study of the essential features of descriptive
grammar, with especial emphasis upon the more difficult points
—the abstract noun, the comparison of adjectives, the function of
case, the personal pronoun, all phases of analysis, and, above all, the
verb and the verbals. Frequent touches of comparative and historical
grammar will be employed for the sake of the new light and interest
to be gained therefrom. There will be, in addition, some consideration
of the historical development of grammar teaching, the elementary
schools, the relation of grammar to language work, and grammar
as a record of usage rather than a law of usage.
Text-Books.—Emerson and Bender's Modern English, Book II.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15; Law Building, Room 3. Professor Williams.
University Credit.—Any student who fulfills the conditions set
forth on page 18 and who completes successfully the first four courses
in English outlined above, will be credited with Course A in English
literature in the regular session. Those who have completed the first
eight courses may arrange for relative credit with the professor of
English at the University of Virginia. Credit may be arranged by
regularly registered students in the M. A. Course for all work successfully
completed in class work and examination in Courses 5,
6 and 7.
Certificate Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate Advanced
Grade—English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; Summer
School Professional Certificate—High School Grade. English 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Professional Grammar Grades Certificate—
English 10 and 12; Professional Primary Grades Certificates—English
11.
13. Review of English Grammar.—See page 69.
14. Newspaper Writing.
15. Principles of Publicity and Advertising.
Courses 14 and 15 have been only tentatively arranged for on a fee
basis, with Professor L. R. Whipple of the University of Virginia
who gives the courses in Journalism in the regular session of the
University. The fee will be $7.50 for a single course or $10.00 for
both. Any person desiring to take the course should notify the director
at once. College Credit will be given.
16. Bible Interpretations.—This is a course of six lectures given
by Rabbi Abram Simon of the Hebrew Congregation, Washington,
D. C., under the auspices of the Jewish Chautauqua Society of Philadelphia.
1. The Bible and the Twentieth Century Appeal. 2. The Significance
of the first two chapters of Genesis. 3. Modernisms in Isaiah
and Mica. 4. Hosea and Amos. 5. The Book of Proverbs. 6. Ecclesiastes.
Dates—June 22, 23, 26, 27; July 6 and 7, Auditorium Peabody Hall.
3:30 to 4:30.
Special Lectures.—Dr. Chas. W. Kent, Head of the Linden Kent
Memorial School of English Literature in the University of Virginia,
will deliver a series of ten lectures on the University, beginning July
18th, as follows: 1. Her Founder's Vision. 2. The Vision Come
True. 3. A Choice of a Faculty. 4. Anti-Bellom History. 5. A Fight
for Life. 6. The Scourge of Fire. 7. Her Rebuilding. 8. The New
Era. 9. Her Present Power. 10. A Vision of Her Future.
| University of Virginia record March 15, 1916 | |