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Show PAGE 38 WEBER ACADEMY Dramatic Art c, d.This course is a continuation of the first year work and takes a more comprehensive scope of the world's literature. The phychology of expression is studied and applied to various forms of monologue, declamation and other branches of the spoken word. Only the best students of Dramatic Art a, b are permitted to register for this course. Daily throughout the year. One unit credit. Public Speaking. High School or College. Public Speaking.This course is presented to give the student an elementary knowledge of platform gestures and basic principles of a pleasant speaking voice. Individuality is encouraged to its highest efficiency, and the student learns the use of his own talents. Two days a week for the first semester will be devoted to speaking voice culture and platform etiquette. The three remaining periods will be given over to study the methods and forms of speech, examples and portions from the great masters. Assignments for study and memorizing will be made from various available text books and collections of orations. The second semester is given over to individual problems. Each student is given personal attention in the formation and presentation of extemporaneous and set speeches. The success of this department is purely individual. Each student must present a prescribed amount of work and attain a goodly portion of self-improvement. Daily throughout the year. One unit high school, or six hours college credit. WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 39 Mathematics. High School. The courses in mathematics are outlined in strict accord with the subject matter, and at the same time, taking into account the varied capacities of the student. In Algebra there are three sections. Students who show marked ability in mathematics will be grouped in Section I. This section will complete Mathematics a, b, and e. Section II will complete Mathematics a, b. Section III will take the student for whom mathematics is hard, and will complete as much of the work as possible. Credit will be given for the amount of work completed, a unit or a fraction of a unit. Students who are registered for courses which require only one year of mathematics, are advised to register for the course in General Mathematics, course a 1, b 1, instead of algebra, course a, b,. In Geometry Section I will complete Mathematics c, d, and f. Students whose final grades in algebra are above 85 per cent may register for this section. Other students should register for Section II, which will complete Mathematics c and d. Mathematics a (Algebra).The subject is introduced by arithmetical problems to extend the operations of arithmetic to include literal numbers, introduction to the equation, positive and negative numbers, solution of problems, simultaneous equations. Slaught and Lennes First Principles of Algebra, Part I. Daily, first or second semester. Mathematics b (Algebra).Special products and factors, quotients and square roots, solution of quadratics, fractions, proportion and variation. Slaught and Lennes First Principles of Algebra, Part II. Daily, first or second semester. One unit credit for a and b. |