68 51. Rapid Reading. A course designed to aid the student whose studies in college are likely to be handicapped seriously because of his inability to read with necessary speed and comprehension. Students failing to pass the college entrance tests in reading are required to take the course. Two quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Rowley 52. Rapid Reading continued. 80, 81. English Essentials. A review of skills used in basic communications: reading, writing, listening, sentence elements, parts of speech, vocabulary, and spelling. Required of students whose placement tests indicate that they are not prepared for English 1. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff Literature 21. American Literature. An historical and appreciative survey of the prose and poetry of American literature from seventeenth century beginnings to 1860. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Mikkeisen 22. American Literature. A historical and appreciative survey of the prose and poetry of American literature from 1860 to 1914. Three quarter hours. Winter. Mikkeisen 23. American Literature. A historical and appreciative survey of the prose and poetry of American literature from 1914 to the present. Three quarter hours. Spring. Mikkeisen 25. Children's Literature. A course which aims to acquaint the student with a representative body of literature for children, and to develop standards of judgment for its selection. Five quarter hours. Autumn, Spring. Read 27. Bjography. An appreciative study of English and American biographical writers. Two quarter hours. Winter. (May not be given.) Monson 31. Literature of the Drama. A survey of the literature of the drama stressing the nature and significance of dramatic literature together with a study of representative plays, old and recent, of lasting significance. Three quarter hours. Spring. T. Allred 35. Literature of the Bible. Designed to give students a knowledge of and appreciation for the best literature of the Old and New Testament. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Monson 39. English Literature. A study of the best writers from Chaucer to the Restoration. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Monson 69 40. English Literature, A study of the masterpieces of English literature from 1660 to 1789. Three quarter hours. Winter. Monson 41. English Literature, A study of the masterpieces of English literature from 1789 to 1900. Three quarter hours. Spring. Monson 42. Shakespeare. A reading and interpretation of representative Shakespearean plays, with the aim of developing an appreciation for the art with which Shakespeare presents his characters. Five quarter hours. Summer, Autumn. Monson 44. Modern British Literature, A historical survey of British literature from 1900 to the present. Five quarter hours. Spring. (May not be given.) Monson 45. The English Novel. A historical and appreciative study of the development of the English novel from its beginnings to the present day. Five quarter hours. Winter. (May not be given.) Monson 47. Authors of Today. Designed to help the student find enjoyment and profit in reading the works, both fiction and non- fiction, of contemporary writers, and to teach him to discriminate between the rewarding and the inconsequential among the "best sellers" which flood the market. Two quarter hours. Spring. (May not be given.) Staff Speech It is recommended that Speech majors complete, as a minimum, courses 1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 10, 13. 1. Basic Speech. An introductory course in the field of speech with emphasis on the attitudes and skills necessary to a fuller functioning of the student as an intelligent listener and as a communicator of ideas. Recommended for all students, majors as well as others This course should precede the more specialized work called for in Speech 3, 7, 13, 24, 25, and 26. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Allred 3. Public Address. Designed to give more precise training and experience in the selection of subject matter in the composition and in the delivery of speeches for specific purposes, audiences and occasions. Experience gained in this course is intended to more fully qualify students for speeches outside the class room itself—in the college and community, and in the forensic endeavors of the department. Prerequisite: Speech 1. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Allred 6. Speech for the Classroom Teacher. Designed in collaboration with the Department of Education to give practical training in those aspects of speech deemed most immediate to persons seeking to qualify as public school teachers. The individual needs of class members are given special attention. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Spring. Allred