44 THE WEBER COLLEGE COURSE IN PUBLIC SPEAKING 12. The Forms of Public Address. This course gives training in the principles of constructive thinking, writing, and speaking, and includes gathering of information, organizing it for a definite purpose, and presenting it to meet varying conditions. The problem of organizing one's thoughts is approached through the analysis of certain masterpieces of public address. Prerequisite: English 1 and 2. Daily. Spring quarter. Five credit hours. THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Professor Blaylock The purpose of the courses in History in the College are (a) to lay a broad foundation for subsequent history study; (b) to give students a knowledge and an appreciation of the past as the stepping stones to the living present, and (c) to make a correlation with other subjects of the curriculum. Special stress will be placed on the institutional growth of Europe and Americaecclesiastical, political, economic, intellectual, and social. A knowledge of this should be the basis for the interpretation of the present and the forecast of the future. HISTORY 1. European History. The Medieval Period, 376-1500. This course is a study of the later Roman Empire: Roman Imperialism; reform of Diocletian and Constantine; growth of Christianity; rise of the THE WEBER COLLEGE 45 Papacy; Barbarian invasion; break-up of the Roman Empire; Charlemagne and the Franks; Feudalism and its results; conflict between the Papacy and the Emperors; the rise and growth of Mohammedanism; the Crusades; rise of the Universities; Medieval institution. The course opens to all students. It should be elected in the Freshman year by all who intend to major in History or English, to be followed by History 2, in the Winter quarter and by History in the Spring quarter. Daily. Autumn quarter. Five credit hours. Text: Thorndike's "History of Medieval Europe;" Robinson's "Readings," Vol. 1. 2. European History. The Later Medieval and Early Modern Periods, 1500-1789. This course is a study of the Medieval church; rise of National Medieval towns; trade and craft guilds, etc. Renaissance movement; the Protestant reformation and religious wars; the counter-reformation; English constitutional development under the Stuarts; the period of Louis the Fourteenth. Open to all students. Daily. Winter quarter. Five credit hours. Text: Scheville's "Political History of Modern Europe;" Hayes' "Political History of Europe," Vol. 1. 3. European History. The Later Modern Period, 1789-1923. This course is a study of the old regime; the forces of revolution in Europe; the political and social movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the World War; reconstruction of Europe. Open to all students. Spring quarter. Five hours' credit. Text: Schupiro's "Modern and Contemporary Europe." (9th edition.)