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Caption: Course Catalog - 1894-1895
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36 COLLEGE OF LITERATURE AND ARTS. 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. Oral Rhetoric, or more properly speaking, the Rhetoric of Oral Expression, relates to style in speaking and aims to teach the intelligent use of voice and gesture in the conveyance of thought to others. The work in Oratory is an advance upon Oral Rhetoric, leading the student to a knowledge and appreciation of the power of public speech, to acquaintance with the most famous orations, and offering him an opportunity to develop his own ability in this direction. The art of conversation, extemporaneous speech, and oral composition are studied, and lectures on the essentials of public address and the philosophy of expression are given. The student is required to present original work for criticism as to composition and delivery. Practical drill is given in melody of speech, emphasis, rhythm, inflection, tone projection, and tone color. To give additional opportunity for the training of individual talent in the higher culture of the art of speech, an elective course in Expression is offered. The course includes rendering, impersonation, dialect reading, character sketches, monologues, modern plays, analysis of Shakespeare, and dramatic action. An optional course in reading is offered to students from all the colleges. This is practical work in interpreting prose or verse by reading aloud from standard literature, manuscript, periodicals, and magazines. THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE. The Romance Language department offers four years of instruction in French, and one year each in Italian and Spanish. In French 1, in Italian, and in Spanish, careful attention is given to pronunciation and to the reading of modern novels and comedies. In French 2, the outlines of the literature of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries are studied, while French 3 makes a special study of the origin and development of the drama in France. In each class the literature is studied at first hand, the student being required to read the principal masterpieces and to report on them before the class. The in-
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