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ENGLISH
ENGLISH
PROFESSOR: CLINTON K. JUDY
VISITING PROFESSOR: ALFRED NOYEs.
ASSOCIATES: WILLIAM HALLER, LoUIS B. WRIGHT
AsSOCIATE PROFESSORS: HARVEY EAGLESON, WILLIAM HUSE, GEORGE R. MACMINN
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: L. WINCHESTER JONES, ROGER STANTON
English composition is prescribed for all students in the Freshman
year, and a survey of English literature is prescribed for all students
in the Junior year. In the Senior year the students are offered a
number of options in English, American, and European literature.
The instruction in composition is intended to give a thorough training
in both written and spoken English. The instruction in literature
is intended to provide an appreciative acquaintance with the chief
works of those authors, past and present, who are most significant in
the development of modern civilization, and to foster the habit of
self-cultivation in books.
The regular subjects in English do not exhaust the attention given
at the Institute to the student's use of the language; all writing, in
whatever department of study, is subject to correction with regard
to English composition.
All students are required to pass a comprehensive examination in English and
History at the end of the Sophomore year. This examination is not confined to
specific courses, but covers the general attainments of the students in their humanistic
work throughout the first two years.
UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECTS
En. 1 a, b, c. English Composition and Reading. 6 units (3 -0-3); first,
second and third terms.
This subject is designed to give the student a thorough review of the principles of
composition, with much practice in writing and speaking, and a broad introduction
to good reading. The student is offered every inducement to self-cultivation, and is
allowed ample opportunity for the exercise of special talents or the pursnit of special
intellectual interests.
The work of the honor section is directed toward the stimulation of intellectual
initiative. The members of the section are held to high standards of excellence in
writing and speaking, and are expected to undertake a considerable amount of cultural
reading.
Texts: Harper's Magazine; Reading and Thinking, McCloskey and Dow; Index
to English, Perrin; American Plays, ed. by Watson and Pressey; College Readings
in the Modern Short Story, MacMinn and Eagleson; Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Instructors: Eagleson, Huse, Jones, MacMinn, Stanton.
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