RECITATION ROOM. 32 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT RHETORIC.This course consists of a thorough study of the elementary principles of rhetoric as given in Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric. Emerson and Lockwood's Rhetoric and Composition, and Kimball's The Sentence, supplementary. The application of the principles of rhetoric is seen in the study of Burke's Conciliation with the American Colonies, Goldsmith's Deserted Village, Dickens' Christmas Carol, etc. Five hours per week throughout the year. RHETORIC (ADVANCED).This course gives advanced instruction in principles of rhetoric, and gives the class an opportunity to apply those principles in the writing of essays and short compositions. Students study and analyze rhetorically choice literary selections, and in composition work illustrate the different processes of composition. Wendell's English Composition. Two hours per week throughout the year. LITERATURE.This course is an introduction to the further study of literature. It deals with important historical events that have affected thought as expressed in literature. It includes a study of the development of English literature from Chaucer to Tennyson. Choice selections are studied and taken as a basis for composition work. Three hours per week throughout the year. LANGUAGES. GERMAN I.The object of this course is to acquire a working vocabulary and gain some idea of the grammatical construction of the language. Keller's First Year in German, followed by reading Glueck Auf. Four hours per week throughout the year. GERMAN II-More attention will be given to grammar, and more difficult German prose will be read. Keller's second year in German, followed by easy classics. Four hours per week throughout the year. GERMAN III-A Systematic review of the grammar based on Joynes-Meissner, followed by a more extensive study of the drama and lyrics. Four hours per week throughout the year.