Repository: UIHistories Project: Course Catalog - 1893-1894 [PAGE 78]

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The instruction in pure mathematics comprises three distinct lines of study, differing in extent, in subject matter, and in the method of presentation. The first is for students in the Colleges of Agriculture, Science and Literature, and occupies two terms, beginning in the fall. It has for its object to promote habits of mental concentration and continuity of thought, to develop the capacity to form and combine abstract conceptions, and to cultivate deductive reasoning. The second line is primarily offered to students in the College of Engineering and occupies two years, also beginning in the fall. In addition to the educational object just given, the purpose is to enable the student to meet the requirements of his engineering studies. The greater part of the time is necessarily taken up with the theory and its applications to geometrical magnitudes. The third line is presented for students of the Colleges of Science and Literature who wish to advance further in their mathematical work than the engineering student has the time for. It is hoped that this will meet the requirements of those who wish to fit themselves for instructors, and of those who study the science for the love of it. Parallel with the pure mathematics of the junior and senior years, two lines of associated work in applied mathematics—physical and astronomical—are offered, either of which may be, and one of which must be taken by the student wishing to make mathematics his leading course. One of these lines leads from the physics of the sophomore year through the mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism, heat, light, and sound; and the other through surveying and mechanics to celestial mechanics and to general and mathema.ical astronomy. [For fuller information see pp. 58-62.]

ORAL RHETORIC.

The main purpose of this course is to teach command of spoken English, and to cultivate rational and effective methods of expression by voice and action. Practical exercises are given for the development of strength, flexibility, and compass of voice, healthful and expressive carriage of the body, and ease and grace of movement. The fundamental aim of the work is to cultivate the ability to analyze, to comprehend, and to appreciate the best thought and to communicate it to others through the most cultured and the truest forms of expression, For students in the College of Literature, the course covers two years and is divided into (1) Oral Rhetoric, and (2) Oratory.