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Show 36 WEBER COLLEGE courses, (c) actual finding and recording of special information not readily obtainable in text books and (d) organization of subject matter by grades. T., Th. Autumn and Winter quarters. Four credit hours. 5. Special Methods. A survey of the field of elementary school teaching, involving (a) a study of the outstanding characteristics of children, (b) the specific educational problems of the grades, and (c) the treatment of subject matter in 1 grades. Observation of class work will be a feature of the course. All the work in this course will deal with special methods as in individual subjects. M., W., F. Autumn and Winter quarters. 3 credit hours. 6. Observation and Elementary Training. This is essentially a laboratory course affording opportunity for practice teachers to apply the principles of teaching developed in the theoretical courses. Preliminary to actual teaching three weeks will be devoted to the problem plan-making. During the course fifty hours will be spent in systematic observation of superior classroom teaching and discussion of the activities observed Students will actually teach not less than hundred hours, receiving the benefit of frequent constructive criticism of expert supervisors. Spring quarter. Twelve credit hours. 7. Health EducationHygiene and Sanitation. Designed to meet state requirements in health WEBER COLLEGE 37 education. The early part of the course is de-voted to fundamental physiological processes, personal hygiene, hygiene of the school child, sanitation of school building and surroundings, public and home sanitation) and recognition of DEFECTS in children. As far as practical all phases of the work are intensified and made practicable laboratory experiment and demonstration. M., W., F. Autumn quarter. Three credit hours. 9. Mental Measurements. A course dealing with the application of various mental tests to normal and subnormal children. During the course definite surveys will be made, and first-hand information will be obtained. Autumn quarter. Two credit hours. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Professor Tracy COURSES IN RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1. English Composition. A detailed study of principles of rhetoric is made, and a high standard of theme work is demanded. Required of each student in his first quarter of residence. Daily. Autumn or Winter quarters. Five credit Text: Linn's "Essentials of Composition and illustrative Selections." English Composition. Forms of prose literature, composition work and study of models. The written work consists of a number of short themes of 100 to 200 words each and six long |