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with good music. At least one concert a year is given at the school, and frequently engagements are filled at other places. This is one of the most popular organizations of the school, and it is helpful in cultivating an appreciation for good music through- out the school. A Male Quartet, consisting of the best voices in the Club, is also maintained, and is in considerable demand for entertainments.
The Chaminade Club is an organization of young ladies of the Music Department, for the purpose of studying part songs and choruses. It is conducted on the same plan as the Glee Club, and has a similar value in the school. For a number of years this club has been a prominent feature of the Department.
The Symphony Orchestra, consisting of from fifty to sixty musicians from the school and the community, has been success- fully conducted for eight seasons by Professor Croll. Two or three concerts, including both classical and popular music, are given each year.
The School Orchestra, also under the direction of Professor Croll, is composed entirely of students in the school. Symphonies, standard overtures, operatic selections, etc., are studied, giving the pupils the orchestral routine so indispensable to those entering the profession. This orchestra furnishes music at most of the public events of the school year.
TERMS
The following charges for instruction and piano rent are in addition to the regular rates as given elsewhere in the catalogue :
PER SEMESTER $25.00
PER YEAR $50.00
Two half-hour private lessons per week.
Two half-hour class lessons or one half-hour private lessons per week .
15.00
30.00
One hour class lesson per week-three in a class.
10.00
20.00
Harmony and Theory
10.00
20.00
Use of Piano for practice, one forty-minute period per day
4.50
9.00
Use of Piano for practice, two forty-minute periods
per day
7.50
15.00
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Department of Expression and Oratory
JEAN M. MATHESON, Instructor. Emerson College of Oratory.
The greatest thing in Oratory is the Orator.
The greatest thing in Expression is the Expressor.
Behind the expression of thought must be the spirit of sym- pathy and helpfulness ; behind every sentence must be the man or woman speaking; and behind every word must be life abundant.
The speaker is the channel through which truth is expressed. If the channel is free, truth can be better expressed. The great purpose underlying this work is to free, then to fortify, by build- ing upwards through a series of steps, or a process of natural growth, until the best in the mind can be given to others, unham- pered by physical or mental deficiencies.
The Emerson Method of Evolution of Expression is used. The great principle underlying the Evolution of Expression is the gradual development or growth of the mental and the artistic as relating to impression or expression.
The students frequently give recitals, to which are invited friends and members of the school. These afford opportunity for additional platform practice. The plays, which are held semi- annually, are also a means of special training in dramatic work. Students of this Department who desire to take part in any public performance not connected with the school are expected to do so with the sanction and under the direction of the instructor.
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Course in Oratory
PREPARATORY YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SECOND SEMESTER
English I
English II
History I
History II
Algebra I
Algebra II
Latin I
Latin II
Physical Geography
Physiology
SUB-JUNIOR YEAR
Oratory I
Oratory II
English III
English IV
History III
History IV
Algebra III
Algebra IV
Latin III
Latin IV
JUNIOR YEAR
Oratory III
Oratory IV
English V
English VI
Latin V
Latin VI
English Literature
American Literature
German I
German II
SENIOR YEAR
Oratory V
Oratory VI
English VII
English VIII
German III or French I
German IV or French II
Geometry I
Geometry II
NOTE .- The courses in Oratory are described on the following page. A description of the other subjects in above course will be found on pages 18-26.
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ORATORY I AND II .- Drill upon selections from the great poets, essay- ists, orators, and dramatists. Drill upon selections for platform use. The meaning of pantomime and gesture in platform work. Freedom and right direction of tone. Exercises for correct standing position and poise. Evolution of Expression, Volume I.
ORATORY III AND IV .- Continuation of drill upon selections and plat- form work. The use of pantomime in presenting themes. Platform de- portment. Breath control, development of resonance, and the placing of tones. Exercises for freedom and development of the parts of the body. The theory underlying the Evolution of Expression as given in Volumes I and II. Evolution of Expression, Volume II.
ORATORY V AND VI .- Continuation of drill upon selections and platform work. Drill on progressive steps of advanced interpretation, which follow the steps of the Evolution of Expression. Special work for securing richer and fuller qualities of the voice. The Four Divisions of the Emer- son Physical Exercises and their relation to unity and expression. The theory underlying the Evolution of Expression as given in Volumes III and IV. Review of Volumes I and II. Evolution of Expression, Volumes III and IV.
Other Courses
PUBLIC SPEAKING
This includes drill on the essentials of public speaking; the preparation of orations and declamations ; drill on the progressive steps for developing oratoric powers ; and the theory of delivering orations.
ARTICULATION
A course in English pronunciation and enunciation by the use of Visible Speech. Defects and impediments in speech overcome by the use of diagrams, portraying the organs of articulation and the accurate moulding of such for all the elements of speech.
SPECIAL COURSE IN ORATORY AND EXPRESSION
A special short course is also offered for those who are unable to take the regular work in Oratory and Expression. This in- cludes drills on the essentials of Public Speaking; the correction
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of defects in speech; and drill on various selections. It is also a preparatory course, furnishing a good foundation for those who wish to enter the Prize Speaking Contest.
ANNUAL PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST
The Twenty-third Annual Prize Speaking Contest, at which five young men and five young women competed, was held on April 27th. These ten speakers were chosen from a large group of contestants by means of a preliminary contest.
The first prize for girls, a ten-dollar gold piece, presented by Miss Katherine Mensch, of Pennsburg, Pa., was awarded to Miss Margaret Strunk, of Philadelphia. The second prize for girls, a volume of Whittier's poems, presented by the school, was won by Miss Estella Kline, of Pennsburg, Pa. The two prizes for boys, consisting of a gold medal and a silver medal, both pre- sented by Rev. W. Barnes Lower, D.D., of Wyncote, Pa., were awarded, respectively, to Mr. Kenneth Sieg, of Newfoundland, Pa., and Mr. Earl Rahn, of Schwenksville, Pa.
TERMS
The charges for Senior work in Expression and Oratory are fifty dollars ($50.00) for two class lessons and one private les- son per week for the school year ; all work below the Senior grade is thirty dollars ($30.00) for one class lesson and one private lesson per week for the school year; half the amount being pay- able at the beginning of each semester. These charges are in addition to the regular charges for board, tuition, etc. For spe- cial or private work in Oratory, Expression, or Public Speaking, the charges are fifty cents (50c) for one-half hour lesson. For private work in any special branch of Articulation or Speech Defects, the charges are seventy-five cents (75c) for one-half hour lesson.
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Department of Home Economics
LOUISE B. WILSON, Instructor. Pratt Institute.
The courses in Home Economics are intended as a preparation for that to which every girl should look forward-the care and management of her own home. They embrace every phase of home-making, on a scientific basis.
The four-year course, as outlined opposite, includes a number of academic subjects, and upon its completion the student will be entitled to a diploma of the school. This course is sufficiently complete and thorough to equip the students for effective teach- ing of the subject in the public schools. For those who desire to go to college, it is a good foundation upon which to build. For those who expect to devote their time to the home exclusively, which is the real and ultimate business of a woman's life, it is invaluable. Those not wishing to graduate may enter any or all of the separate courses without taking any general studies.
The General Course, designated as Domestic Science I and II, includes in a limited way most of the special subjects listed in the four-year course, and upon its satisfactory completion the student will receive one unit of credit towards any of the courses leading to graduation. This course is designed for those who wish to take work in this department in connection with another course or who for any other reason find it inexpedient to take the longer course.
Equal stress is laid on theoretical and practical work, for a knowledge of the kinds of foods and their values is as necessary as the ability to prepare them.
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Course in Home Economics
PREPARATORY YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SECOND SEMESTER
English I
English II
History I
History II
Algebra I
Algebra II
Latin I
Latin II
Physical Geography
Physiology
SUB-JUNIOR YEAR
English III
English IV
History III
History IV
Algebra III
Algebra IV
Latin III
Latin IV
English Literature
American Literature
JUNIOR YEAR
English V
English VI
Chemistry I
Chemistry II
Cookery I
Cookery II
Hygiene and Home Nursing
Physiology and Bacteriology
Household Administration
Care of the House and Laundering
Theory of Education
Theory of Education
SENIOR YEAR
English VII
English VIII
Physics I
Physics II
Cookery III
Cookery IV
Chemistry of Foods
Dietetics
Sanitation
Household Art
History of Education
History of Education
NOTE .- The regular Home Economics studies are described on the fol- lowing pages. The other subjects in the above course are described on pages 18-26.
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COOKERY I-II .- This course embraces the general principles controlling the preparation of food in general and their modification in the prepara- tion of food for infants, invalids, and adults living under widely varying conditions. The study of principles is followed by practice in the prep- aration of common and desirable combinations of food, and this practice culminates in the serving of meals. The work is based upon Kinne & Cooley's Food and Household Management, with supplementary reading and lecture work. Two double periods a week are devoted to cooking and one period a week to recitation work.
COOKERY III-IV .- This is an advanced study of the subjects included in Cookery I-II. The same amount of time is devoted to laboratory and recitation work as in the first year.
HYGIENE AND HOME NURSING .- This course presents the conditions which should prevail during health, and teaches how to maintain them; also, the conditions of disease and illness and how to combat them. It deals with emergencies of the home, as burns, poisins, boils, abscesses, etc .; how to care for the sick during fever, embracing. definite knowledge of pulse and temperature; bandaging, bed-making, bed-bathing, etc. Pyle's Personal Hygiene and American Red Cross First Aid by Lynch. First Semester.
PHYSIOLOGY .- In this subject a general study is made of the body and of the relation of one system of organs to another, and it is applied especially to the physiology and anatomy of woman. Davison's Human Body and Health.
BACTERIOLOGY .- This is the study of yeasts and molds, as to their use in the manufacture of food and their destruction of food in the house ; and the study of bacteria in their relations to causing and transmitting diseases. Conn's Bacteria, Yeasts and Molds in the Home, with labora- tory experiments.
HOUSEHOLD ADMINISTRATION .- Under this heading are included the subjects of Marketing, Household Accounts, and Serving. In Marketing, the economical purchase and preservation of food are considered by means of lectures and reference reading. Under Household Accounts, the prac- tical, easy way of keeping simple personal and household accounts is con- sidered, using Haskin's Household Accounts as a basis. Serving is based upon the principles underlying wholesomeness and attractiveness in table service. Allen's Table Service is the textbook used.
CARE OF THE HOUSE AND LAUNDERING .- In addition to practical clean- ing, laundering, and care of house furnishings, instruction is given in the distribution of work, rotation of activities, and means of effective co- operation. Macleod's The Housekeeper's Handbook of Cleaning.
CHEMISTRY OF FOODS .- This course consists of experimental work in discovering the various elements in the ordinary foods; tests for adultera- tion; and study of food laws.
DIETETICS .- This course treats of the relation of the composition and needs of the body to the proportion and kind of food required, and the composition of various typical foods.
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SANITATION .- This includes : proper drainage; water supply ; plumbing ; ventilation ; lighting and heating. Price's Handbook of Sanitation.
HOUSEHOLD ART .- In this course are embraced the study of artistic furnishing, proper dressing, etc. Kinne and Cooley's Shelter and Cloth- ing and Quinn's Planning and Furnishing the Home.
THEORY OF EDUCATION .- This is a study of the methods and theory of teaching. Every effort will be made to give the students practice in teach- ing, and whenever possible arrangements will be made for a Saturday morning class of public school children.
HISTORY OF EDUCATION .- This course is for the purpose of giving stu- dents the proper perspective in the field of education which is essential for those who expect to teach. Monroe's A Brief Course in the History of Education. One period a week during the school year.
FIELD WORK .- Several trips will be planned each year to visit points of interest and value to students of Home Economics. These trips are required of the students who take the teachers' course and are made at the students' expense.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE I-II .- This course in a limited way covers cookery theory and practice, serving, hygiene and home nursing, care of the house and laundering, house sanitation, the care of food in the home, balanced menus, marketing, household and personal accounts, and artistic furnish- ings for the house. Greer's Textbook of Cooking.
BASKETRY .- If there is sufficient demand, a course will be offered in reed basketry.
SEWING
HAND AND MACHINE SEWING.
The elementary course includes the different stitches used in hand and machine sewing and their application in the making of garments.
This course is made especially interesting to beginners.
Students who have not had the necessary preliminary training or experience are expected to take this course in whole or in part, before beginning the dressmaking work.
All materials are supplied by the students.
Two hours a week.
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DRESSMAKING.
This course, occupying two semesters, is arranged to meet the demand of those who wish to have a more thorough knowledge of dressmaking. In the first semester, students are taught to draft a pattern for and make a simple shirt-waist suit. In the second semester, a dress with a boned lining is made, and special instruc- tions are given in designs, fitting and harmony in color.
All materials are supplied by the students.
Two hours a week.
TERMS
Tuition charges for the Home Economics subjects are included in the charges as given elsewhere in this catalogue, but a labora- tory fee of $15 per year, or $7.50 per semester, is charged to cover the expenses of the materials required for cooking.
In Elementary Sewing a charge is made of $8 per semester, and in Advanced Sewing of $10 per semester.
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Commercial Department
The aim of this department is to equip the student for efficient work in business positions and to offer preparation for those who contemplate teaching commercial subjects in the public high schools or private business schools.
Considerable liberty of choice is permitted the student in the selection of a course, to include either a four-year course, a two- year course, or a one-year course. The four-year course is co- ordinate with the regular college-preparatory courses, and upon its satisfactory completion the student is awarded a diploma of the school. The commercial subjects are centralized in the last two years, giving those students who have satisfactorily completed the other subjects in high school an opportunity to enter the Junior year directly. The Junior and Senior year of this course constitute a two-year course for those who have not completed the subjects listed in the first two years. Either a Bookkeeping Course or a Shorthand Course, with allied subjects, as outlined, may be completed in one year, but only students who are un- usually capable and are well grounded in fundamental subjects, can combine these two courses in one year. Upon the completion of any of the shorter courses a certificate of attainment is granted.
All students who have satisfactorily completed any of the courses are aided in securing positions commensurate with their qualifications and ability. The broader and fuller training an applicant has, the better are his prospects for a responsible and remunerative position.
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Commercial Course
PREPARATORY YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
SECOND SEMESTER
English I
English II
History I
History II
Algebra I
Algebra II
Physical Geography
Physiology
German I or Spanish I
German II or Spanish II
SUB-JUNIOR YEAR
English III
English IV
History III
History IV
Algebra III
Algebra IV
German III or Spanish III
German IV or Spanish IV
Writing
Writing
Spelling
Spelling
JUNIOR YEAR
English V
English VI
Shorthand I
Shorthand II
Bookkeeping I
Bookkeeping II
Typewriting
Typewriting
Commercial Geography
Commercial Law
Commercial Arithmetic I
Commercial Arithmetic II
SENIOR YFAR
English VII
English VIII
Shorthand III
Shorthand IV
Bookkeeping III
Bookkeeping IV
Commercial English I
Commercial English II
Typewriting
Typewriting
NOTE .- The Commercial subjects proper are described on the follow- ing page. The other subjects in the above course are described on pages 18-26.
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ONE-YEAR BOOKKEEPING COURSE
FIRST SEMESTER
SECOND SEMESTER
Bookkeeping I A
Bookkeeping II A
Commercial English I
Commercial English II
Commercial Arithmetic I Commercial Geography
Commercial Law
Writing
Writing
Spelling
Spelling
ONE-YEAR SHORTHAND COURSE
Shorthand I A
Shorthand II A
Typewriting Commercial English I Writing
Typewriting
Commercial English II
Writing
Spelling
Spelling
DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS
BOOKKEEPING I-II .- The plan of this course is the presentation of one principle at a time, an explanation of the principle, followed by a script illustration, and the employment of the principle in such a way that it may be mastered easily and quickly. The student is given ample practice in bookkeeping and accounting at every stage of the work. Emphasis is laid upon neatness and accuracy, and also upon rapidity as far as is con- sistent with these two qualities. At least the theoretical part of book- keeping is covered. Modern Illustrative Bookkeeping, Williams and Rogers Series.
BOOKKEEPING III-IV .- This is an advanced course designed to show the application of the principles of bookkeeping to the records of special lines of business; the development of the simple forms of books into special forms; and the classification and subdivision of accounts. In con- nection with each line of business, approved forms of records are used, and modern methods of business procedure are explained and illustrated. Modern Illustrative Bookkeeping, Williams and Rogers Series.
BOOKKEEPING I-IIA .- The aim of this course is to cover the same ground as Bookkeeping I-IV, on the assumption that the student will de- vote double time to the subject.
SHORTHAND I-II .- The Gregg system of shorthand is used. The stu- dent is grounded thoroughly in the principles, with ample practice in read- ing and writing shorthand. A speed of at least sixty words a minute should be developed by the end of year, although accuracy is the first consideration. Gregg Shorthand Manual.
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Commercial Arithmetic II
ATHLETIC FIELD
SHORTHAND III-IV .- A thorough review of the principles is given, together with graded dictation on studied matter and new matter. Mis- cellaneous articles and business letters are dictated at various rates of speed, which the students are required to transcribe accurately on the typewriter. At the completion of this subject a student ought to have attained a speed of not less than a hundred words per minute. In addi- tion, the student receives valuable experience in practical office work. Gregg Speed Practice.
SHORTHAND I-IIA .- This course is designed as an equivalent of Short- hand I-IV, assuming that the student will devote double time to the subject.
TYPEWRITING .- The touch system of typewriting is taught, with an aim at accuracy and progressive development, and finally speed. Thorough instruction is given in the care of the machine, tabulating, manifolding, filing, indexing, mimeographing, and the use of the adding machine. The Remington No. 10 typewriter is used. Fritz-Eldrige Expert Typewriting.
COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC I-II .- In this course a thorough drill is given in the fundamental operations and in rapid calculation. Accounting of all kinds, as applied to business practice, is studied. Moore and Miner's Practical Business Arithmetic; McIntosh Rapid Calculation Pads.
COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY .- This course embraces a study of all the principal industries and industrial products, transportation, commerce, and their relations to geography. Brigham's Commercial Geography.
COMMERCIAL LAW .- This subject includes a study of the leading and fundamental principles of business law, with concrete illustrations. Huff- cut's Elements of Business Law.
SPELLING .- The course consists of a thorough drill in the spelling of commonly used words, with emphasis on their meaning and actual use. Sweet's Commercial Speller.
COMMERCIAL ENGLISH I-II .- This includes a thorough study of the fundamentals of grammar, with special emphasis on correct diction. Fre- quent exercises are given in composition, and during the last third of the year all the time is devoted to business letter-writing. Baker's Correct English.
TERMS
Tuition charges for the Commercial Course are included in the regular charges as given elsewhere in this catalogue. An extra charge of ten dollars ($10.00) per year or five dollars ($5.00) per semester is made for the use of the typewriter.
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General Information
ADMISSION
Students are admitted at any time during the year, but it is to their advantage to enter at the beginning of the school year. All the regular courses of study presuppose a good grammar school education. But for those who have not yet attained such a knowl- edge of the common branches, regular classes are conducted in arithmetic, political geography, English grammar, reading, U. S. history, spelling and penmanship. Students coming from acad- emies and high schools will be admitted to that grade for which they are fitted by their previous work.
It is not always necessary for a student to have completed all the work for one year before he may take up some courses prop- erly belonging in the following year. This makes the courses very flexible, and often makes it possible for students coming from other schools to complete their preparation for college in less time than would be required in a school having a less flexible course.
GRADUATION
A student who has completed in a satisfactory manner the prescribed work in any of the courses outlined in this catalogue, and whose moral character is above reproach, will receive a di- ploma from the school. And inasmuch as most of our graduates continue their studies in our higher institutions of learning, and to conform with the requirements for admission to the various col- leges, professional schools and technical schools, it has seemed best to make the requirements for graduation somewhat flexible. Students who need somewhat less than the full amount of work prescribed in the Classical, Latin Scientific, Scientific, or Aca-
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demic Courses, may still graduate from the school and receive a diploma which indicates the relative amount of work completed. The full amount of work done in any course is indicated by the word maximum on the diploma. The word regular is inserted in the diploma of students who have completed an amount not over half a year's work, or two units, less than the prescribed course. But no student is allowed to graduate from any of the college- preparatory courses who has not had the full requirements in English, two years of algebra, two years of a language other than English, ancient history, and plane geometry. Considerable liberty is allowed in the matter of substituting. A student can select just what he needs and wants for his purpose and have his work counted toward graduation.
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