22 WEBER STAKE ACADEMY Psychology Chief among the topics discussed are the relation of mind to body, the psychological principles underlying the training of children. Psychology as a study of human nature and a guide to personal conduct. Halleck's Psychology and Outlines of Psychology by Tichner. Theory This course embraces a study of the laws governing the physical, intellectual, and moral development of the child. These principles are applied to home life as well as life in school. Spencer's Education, Dewey's School and Society, and Parker's Talks on Pedagogies, and other library reference works will be used. Methods This course deals with the methods of teaching the various subjects in the Grammar grades, and will serve as a valuable review of the common branches for those desiring to take teachers' examinations. Library works will be used for reference. Pedagogy This course comprises a discussion of the purpose and means of education, the principles of educational systems that have been in vogue, the evolution of educational thought, showing how the present systems have grown out of those of the past.Painter's History of Education. Kindergarten Theory MOTTOES AND COMMENTARIES OF FROEBEL'S MOTHER PLAY. Special emphasis is placed upon the study of the Mother Play as it is the foundation of the kindergarten system and kindergarten work. It is the point around which all other kindergarten work is grouped: Froebel says: "I have here laid down the most important of my educational work." Two hours per week throughout the year. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FROEBEL.One hour per week first semester. STORY AND STORY-TELLING.Stories selected to correspond with the time of the year and to develop certain truths or aims will NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 23 be told by students to other members of the training class. One hour per week second semester. English and Literature GRAMMAR AND CLASSICS.In this course special attention will be given to the technical study of the principles of English Grammar and to work in composition. The aim is to teach students sentence structure, and the use of correct forms of speech. The critical study of one or two selections from a standard English or an American author will be included in this course. Buchler's Modern English Grammar. Five hours per week throughout the year. 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. ELOCUTION.The object of this course is to acquaint students with the fundamental principles of interpreting the author's thought through the printed symbol. Correct habits in this must be formed