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Caption: Course Catalog - 1889-1890
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86 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. the whole class, on the kind of writing involved in the next twelve weeks; as, narration, description, argument, etc. In oratory, the classes are also divided into sections. A critical analysis is made of some of the master-pieces of the great orators of England and America. The life and character of the orator, the circumstances that called forth the oration, his object in pronouncing it, are considered, and a study is made of his diction, sentences, paragraphs, figures of speech, etc. In addition, selections from the oration are assigned to the members of the class, which, after being well committed to memory, are carefully prepared, under the supervision of the instructor, for delivery in the presence of the whole class. Each member of the junior class is required to write an oration and hand it to the committee of the Faculty having supervision of the annual junior exhibition. From the whole number the committee selects ten, upon the basis of merit, to be presented at the exhibition. Each member of the senior class is required to prepare a suitable oration or essay and to deliver it before the Faculty and students in the chapel.
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