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Show •• 54 ■ ■ This union of college and community interests assures the student superior opportunities for theatre experience in the following ways: (1) It assures him an expanded program and, in consequence, increased opportunity for roles, (2) it guarantees a greater and more advanced opportunity for stage and technical crews; (3) it provides superior training in acting as a result of opportunity for the student in casts composed of persons possessing greatest experience and finest abilities in the community ; (4) it establishes a greater enthusiasm for plays on the part not only of players, but of ^audiences as well, yet centers the whole enterprise of the community in the College itself. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION English Composition And Rhetoric 1. Basic Communications. An introduction to the four forms of discourse through reading, writing, and speaking. The word, the sentence, and the paragraph are considered. Special emphasis is placed upon an extended paper. A student is taught a method of collecting facts through reading, listening, and observation; and of organizing them into a unified whole. Techniques of effective reading are applied. Oral and written work are required in the presentation of facts gathered for this paper. Students are also required to give a formal extempore speech during the quarter. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 2. Basic Communications. A course in exposition and argument, with emphasis on the writing and oral delivery of the forms of exposition and argument. Techniques of effective reading are stressed. Prerequisite: Basic Communications 1, Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 3. Basic Communications. A course in the appreciation and the writing of description and narration, with emphasis on oral and written presentation of the types of narration. Techniques of effective reading of these forms are stressed. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 4. Argumentation. A study of the principles of argument. These principles are discussed in connection with the preparation of the national debating question. Two quarter hours. Autumn. Monson 5. Argumentation. A continuation of English 4. Prerequisite: English 4. Three quarter hours. Winter. Monson 6. Journalism. A study of and practice in the fundamentals of news- writing. The class gathers news for the College paper, Signpost* composes, and edits it. The instruction includes: (1) journalism as a vocation, its opportunities and remuneration; (2) newspaper organizations (3) nature and evaluation of news; and (4) simple and complex story types. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Evans 55 7. Journalism. Class members are apprentice editors for certain issues of the College paper. Newspaper plants and scholastic press conferences are attended. Students do newswriting in class. Three quarter hours. Winter. Evans 8. Journalism. A course concerned with policy in the news, feature story types, editorials, news editorials, news editing, copyreading, proofreading, headlining, and makeup. It is aimed at acquainting the student with all editorial room functions. Three quarter hours. Spring. Evans 11. Vocabulary Building. A course designed to give a student the correct pronunciation of words, and working knowledge of the best methods of enlarging his vocabulary. Two quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 12. Creative Writing. A study of vitality and style in the magazine article; also physical problems of format and content. Problems of editing and publishing Seribulus, the College magazine, are considered. Contributions are required. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Nilsson 13. Creative Writing. A study of imaginative writing involving description, generalized narrative, and language with a strong image-making appeal. Editing and publishing of Seribulus continued. Contributions required. Three quarter hours. Winter. Nilsson 14. Creative Writing. A study of editorial requirements of the short story. Editing and publishing Seribulus Continued. Short stories required. Three quarter hours. Spring. Nilsson 16. College Grammar. An advanced course in college grammar. Three quarter hours. Spring. Mally 21. One-Act Play Writing. A course designed to give instruction and experience in writing short plays with view to their possible use for local production and their possibility of publication and professional acceptance. Registration subject to approval of the instructor. Three quarter hours. Allred 29. Short Story. A course devoted to the writing of the short story. Five quarter hours. Spring. (May not be given.) Staff 52. Business English. A course including a thorough review of basic grammatical elements, with emphasis upon constructions commonly found in business writing: also practice in writing the correct forms for business letters and other communications. Three quarter hours Autumn Spring. Mally 81. English Essentials. A course giving a review in spellinc:, a study of the parts of speech, sentence elements, and the tools used in speech and writing. The material ris applied to the work of the trade student. As far as possible the conversation and writing used in the various occupations are stressed. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff , |