c Bulletin of Hamline University Romance Languages Faculty Appointments General Reading NOVEMBER 1921 Vol. XI. No. 4 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details/romancelanguages1921haml THE NEW YEAR Again a new college year opens with an enlarged body of students and a faculty correspondingly increased to meet the larger needs. There is still further improvement in the spirit and the general morale affecting every constructive element in college life. A student body of 531, a freshman class of 261, of whom 162 are men, insures plenty of raw stuff for the working of educative principles, and plenty of abounding life to turn all the machinery of a modern college. Analysis of Students Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Total Men 20 44 71 162 297 Women 32 44 59 99 234—531 The new women's dormitory is nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy immediately after the Christmas holidays. The new athletic field at Snelling and Taylor avenues has been completed and will be dedicated in the Spring when the State Track Meet will be held on a Hamline home field for the first time. A running track built on trustworthy, scientific principles, is going in and will furnish Hamline stu- dents a training ground worthy of the traditions established by her many strong track teams. The concrete grandstand with a capacity of 2,000, containing rooms for home and visit- ing teams, and two hand-ball courts, is a staunch and beautiful permanent addition to the college plant. Football The Red and Gray again has established an impressive superiority on the gridiron. The scores to date are: Hamline 17 St. John's Hamline 21 Macalester Hamline 13 Cornell (Iowa) 2 Hamline 17 St. Thomas Hamline 60 Gustavus Adolphus Hamline 21 Carleton 3 Hamline 14 N. Dak. U Hamline 163 Opponents 5 THREE FACULTY APPOINTMENTS Five instructors have been added to the teaching staff this year. Professor Rysgaard has resumed his work in the department of Physics after a year's leave of absence spent at Yale University as instructor and graduate student. Mr. Price, who conducted the courses offered in the department during his absence, remains as instructor in Physics and Mathematics. Mr. Franklin Coleman Banner, B. J., B. A., M. A., 1921, University of Missouri, a graduate of the well-known School of Journalism, increases the staff of the department of English. Mr. Banner was assistant instructor at the University of Mis- souri, and has had some experience in newspaper work. The department of Economics has been strengthened by the addition of a part-time associate professor, Mrs. Bertha Bell Tuckey, Ph. B., Hamline University, 1894, M. A.. Welles- ley College, 1902, and a full-time instructor, Mr. Carl H. Meyrick, B. S. C, University of Iowa, 1921. During the war, Mr. Meyrick served as a lieutenant in the field artillery. John Kobs, who made a brilliant record in athletics dur- ing his four years at Hamline, has been appointed assistant to Professor Beck in the department of Physical Education. Three new heads of departments have been appointed to fill vacancies. Charles Frederick Echterbecker, B. A., Dart- mouth College, 1918, and instructor at Dartmouth, 1918-19, is the new professor of Education. Professor Echterbecker was graduated magna cum laude and was Chamberlain Fellow at Columbia University, 1919-21; he has completed his resi- dence work for the doctorate. He was formerly a Congrega- tional minister and a director of the Vermont State Board of Congregational Churches. He served in the R. O. T. C. at Plattsburg. The new professor of Economics is Edson Newton Tuckev, B. A., Hamline University, 1893, Ph. D., Yale University, 1904. Dr. Tuckey was instructor at Yale for three years and profes- sor of Economics at Syracuse University for eight years. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, of the Philomathean Society, and of the American Economic Association. Mr. Ezra Christian Buehler, B. A., Central Wesleyan College, 1920, and a former student of Professor Cumnock of the Northwestern School of Speech, is the new assistant pro- fessor in charge of the department of Public Speaking. Pro- fessor' Buehler has had experience on the Chautauqua circuit as advance agent and platform manager. During the war, he served overseas for a year. Miss Olga Longi, B. A., University of Bazas, 1918, and Beloit College, 1920, C. P., University of Bordeaux, 1918, and M. A., University of Minnesota, 1921, takes the place of Miss Diebold as instructor in Romance Languages. Miss Longi was instructor at the University of Wisconsin during the Summer Session, 1919, and associate professor during the Summer Session at the University of Michigan, 1920. She was teaching fellow at the University of Minnesota, 1920. Mr. Claude Leist, B. A., University of Illinois, 1918, and Mr. Elwin E. Harris, B. S., Hamline University, 1921, have been appointed instructors in Biology and in Chemistry. Mr. Leist served in the A. E. F. in 1918-19. He was graduate assistant at the University of Illinois, 1919-21. Mr. Harris studied at the University of Chicago during the Summer Quarter, 1921. FIVE Department of Romance Languages Special Announcement THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND THE MODERN HUMANITIES The literatures of France, Italy and Spain have long been recognized as possessing great cultural value in the educational scheme of the American student. These modern literatures supplement and complete, as no others do, the ancient or classical element in a liberal education, and they replace, in a measure, the study of Greek and Latin. This accounts largely for the ever-growing numbers, in the high schools and colleges, of students in Romance Languages. As a result of this nation-wide movement it devolves upon the colleges and universities to provide in their curricula for adequate continua- tion of advanced Romance studies for the general student, and to equip and train Romance Language teachers for the second- ary schools. WHAT HAMLINE IS DOING Instruction Fully conscious of its responsibilities and opportunities, Hamline University is preparing, through its Department of Romance Languages, to meet the essential needs of the general and special student in this field. The courses offered aim to cover with a fair degree of completeness every branch of under- graduate work. The present staff is about to be increased by a number of assistants trained in the Department who will conduct under supervision special classes for backward students. Practice Teaching In this way excellent opportunities will be offered for prac- tice teaching, which, in conjunction with the professional courses, will assure to the special student the equipment that receives recognition from school heads and administrators. Equipment The Hamline University Library is to acquire during the current year large additions to its French, Spanish and Italian departments, besides journals and periodicals in the three lan- guages. The public libraries of the Twin Cities have given assurance of their co-operation in this direction. The Uni- versity of Minnesota Library has also extended valuable priv- ileges to the Department. Beginning with the next semester the Department will establish a laboratory of phonetics (the first of its kind in the Northwest), thus securing for its specializing students the most advanced facilities for the study of pronunciation in the three languages. Scholarships and Fellowships. A number of attractive scholarships with residence work in French universities are awarded annually to American college graduates by the French government and by independent French and American associations. Fellowships in Romance Languages are offered by the leading American Universities. (The Shevlin Fellowship in the University of Minnesota for the current year is being filled by a Romance student from Hamline.) The Department aims to co-operate effectively with its promising students in securing such honors and awards. Societies "Le Cercle Frangais" and "El Club Espaiiol" are respec- tively French and Spanish clubs whose object is to stimulate interest and provide informal practice in the spoken language. The meetings are social in character and the programs are for the most part musical and literary. Active participation by the students is consistently encouraged. It is planned that each club shall stage a play toward the end of the academic year. DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND HONORS The existing language requirement for graduation may be fulfilled almost entirely within the Romance group. There is in prospect a change in the general language requirement that will make possible a greater degree of specialization in any one preferred language. A viajor is a series of six courses in one or two Romance Languages, numbered above 30. The same requirement applies to a major in French or in Spanish alone. EIGHT A minor is a series of four courses in any one language of the Romance group. (For both major and minor see Catalog 1921-22, p. 22.) Prerequisites presented from high school for courses taken in college are accepted on the basis that a year course in high school is equivalent to a semester course in college. Thus one year of high school French would entitle a student to register for French 12, two years for French 21, etc. However, students with only one year of language are advised to register for course 11, without credit, for the sake of review. The Certificate of Aptitude (for French) is the depart- mental Teachers' Certificate granted upon completion with grade of B or A, of the following sequence of professional and literary courses amounting to 22 hours' credit, and upon passing with distinction an examination on the work of the sequence: French 25, 26; 27, 28; 31, 32; 33; 34; 47, 48. Note: A similar Certificate will be offered in Spanish when courses corresponding to French 34 and 47, 48 have been added. Special departmental honors may be taken separately in French and in Spanish (see Catalog 1921-22, p. 30). PLAN OF COURSES IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES Note: To register for courses in any modern Ian present al leasl one year ot high school foreign language, or • college Latin. In any course the order of French and Spanish may be reversed. For the General Student For a Major For the Certificate _ of Aptitude r reshman French 11, 12 j.> \\\ 2 Fr. 11. 12 Sophomore French 21, 22 or Fr 21 , 22 Fr. 21, 22; 25-28 Junior Span, or It. 11, 12 Fr 31? 32 Fr. 31, 32; 33; 34 Senior Span, or It. 21, 22 Fr. 41, 42; 43, 44 Fr 47. 48 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Professor Delson (French 31-48; Spanish 31-44; Italian 11-22) Assistant Professor Dixon (French 11-22; Spanish 11-28) Miss Longi (French 11-28) Assistant Mr. Azalde (Spanish 11-14) The courses offered in this depar L ment are classified as follows: (a) Introductory courses, accepted toward the general language requirement: French or Spanish, 11-14; Italian, 21-22. (b) Literary courses: French or Spanish, 31, 32; 41-44; Italian, 31, 32. (c) Practical or professional courses: French or Span- ish, 25-28; 33; French, 34; 47, 48. It is recommended that Italian be begun in the sophomore year. French 11, 12. Elementary. Elements of phonetics and grammar; intensive and rapid reading; dictation, conversation. The ob- ject of this course is to furnish a thorough reading knowledge as well as a fair "hearing knowledge" of spoken French. Elective for all. 14. Elementary. A six-hour course given in the second semester, identical with 11, 12. Elective for all. 21, 22. The Modern Novel. Graded reading of represen- tative authors and texts, including newspapers. Inductive study of the essentials of grammar; conversation. Prerequisite, 11, 12 or equivalent. TEN 31, 32. Survey. An outline history of French literature, beginning with the Renaissance, with especial stress on the classical period. Reading of representative masterpieces, lec- tures, reports. Prerequisite, 21, 22. 41,42. Nineteenth Century. A study of romanticism and realism and allied movements. • Assigned texts, lectures, reports. Prerequisite, 21, 22. 43, 44. Sixteenth Century. The Renaissance, the Refor- mation, and the origins of classicism; Rabelais, Calvin, the Pleiade, Montaigne. Assigned texts, lectures, reports. Elective for seniors and graduates. Prerequisite, 41, 42. 25, 26. Conversation. Two hours a week and one hour credit. Designed to furnish a ready understanding of the spoken language. Progressive oral composition; prepared and impromptu short speeches. Prerequisite, 11, 12. 27, 28. Composition. Systematic and detailed study of grammar by prose composition. One hour a week. Prerequisite, 11, 12. 33. Syntax and Style. Advanced study of syntax, com- bined with exercises in free composition. Prerequisite, 27, 28. 34. Phonetics. Practical study of the pronunciation of French; the sounds, the stress-group, the connected phrase. Oral and phonograph practice in enunciation based upon read- ing of texts representing various literary types. Prerequisite, 21, 22. 47, 48. Teachers' Course. The problems of teaching French; phonetics, reading, conversation, grammar. Lectures, discussion, collateral reading, reports. Prerequisite, 25-42. Spanish 11, 12. Elementary. Same as for French, 11, 12. 14. Elementary. Same as for French, 14. 21, 22. The Modern Novel. Same as for French, 21, 22. 31, 32. Modern Spanish Drama. Study of dramatic liter- ature since the Golden Age, with especial stress on contemporary drama. Assigned texts, lectures, reports. Prerequisite, 21, 22. ELEVEN 41, 42. Survey. An outline history of Spanish literature since 1500, with especial stress on the Golden Age. Reading of representative masterpieces, lectures, reports. Prerequisite, 31, 32. 43, 44. Cervantes. The work of Cervantes. Lectures, collateral reading, reports. Elective lor seniors and graduates. Prerequi ii<-. 31. 32. 25, 26. Conversation. Same as for French, 25, 26. 27, 28. Composition. Same as for French, 27, 28. 33. Syntax and Style. Same as for French, 33. Italian 21, 22. Introductory Course. Designed to give the student a satisfactory reading knowledge of the language in prepara- tion for the study of Italian literature. The customary drill on the elements will be combined with intensive and rapid reading of graded texts. Students of music may take 21 alone. Elective for all. 31, 32. La Divina Commedia. Reading of portions of the Italian text and supplementary reading in English. Lectures and reports. Prerequisite, 21, 22. SPECIAL DRILL CLASSES Students whose grade falls below C at any time during the course are required to attend a "cours de repetition" (spe- cial drill class) until the grade is raised to C. These classes meet from two to three times a week, and they are scheduled on the Romance Bulletin Board. INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED STUDY Students who desire to pursue individually some line of advanced study may arrange to do so under the supervision of the head of the Department. Credit may be given for such work with the consent of the Faculty upon recommendation of the Department. GENERAL READING COURSE A revised and extended list of books is given below. Starred titles are published in Everyman's Library. Students are urged to buy the books if possible, so that they may be- come permanent possessions. Candidates for graduation in 1922 will be examined on five titles; those desiring the degree magna cum laude, on seven; and those desiring the degree summa cum laude, on ten, It is requested that seniors file in the Registrar's office, on or before December 20, a list of titles which they expect to present for examination before March 1, 1922. Candidates for graduation in 1923, members of the pres- ent junior class, and all subsequent candidates for graduation, will be examined on ten titles; those desiring the degree cum laude, on fifteen; those desiring the degree magna cum laude, on twenty; and those desiring the degree summa cum laude, on twenty-five. It is requested that present juniors and sophomores file at the fall registration in 1922, a complete list of books for their proposed examinations. Beginning in 1922-1923 a preliminary examination will be given to all juniors some time during the first semester, and in 1923-1924 the final examination will be given to seniors during the first semester. In 1922 a credit of l 1 /^ semester hours will be allowed for this work; thereafter, a credit of 3 semester hours. 1. Homer, The Odyssey. 2. Plato, The Dialogues, Vol. 2,* or The Republic * 3. Plutarch, Illustrious Lives.* 4. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus; Euripides, Medea; Aristophanes, The Knights. 5. Augustine, Confessions.* 6. a Kempis, Imitation of Christ.* 7 Dante, Divine Comedy .* 8. Old Testament — Selections. Genesis, I-XI; Judges, I, V, XVII, and XVIII; I Kings, XVII-XIX; II Kings, 11:1-18; Amos, I-IV; Hosea, I-XII; Isaiah, XL-LV; Exodus, XX:23-XXIII; Deuteronomy, XII- XXVI; Ecclesiastes; Job, III-XXXI; Jonah; Ruth. 9. Chanson de Roland (A. S. Way, tr.). 10. Piers Plowman (Skeat, 7 passus). THIRTEEN 11. The Fall of the Nibelun 12. Malory, Morte d'Arthui (Ath. Press. Scl.j. 13. Chaucer, Canterbury Tales (Knights, Man of Laws. Chaucer's '1 ale of Sir Thopas, Nun's Priest's. Pardoner'.. Clerk of quire's, Prioress'. Canon's Yeoman's). 14. Shakespeare, Plays, Hamlet; King Pear: Macbeth; Henry IV; As You Pike It ; The Tempesl . Is. Montaigne, Essays Vol. 3.* 16. Bacon, Essays. 17. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress. 18. Cervantes, Don Quixote* 19. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.* 20. Epictetus, Discourses.* 21. Green, Short History of English People. 22. Confucius, Analects. 23. Gibbon, Roman Empire (Student's edition). 24. Aristotle, Politics* or Poetics. 25. Lucretius, De Reruin Xatura (Munro, tr.). 26. Swift, Gulliver's Travels* 27. Moliere, Plays, Le Misanthrope; L'Avare; Tartuffe; Pe Bourgeois Gentil- homme; Les Femmes Savantes. 28. Boswell, Life of Johnson* 29. Goethe, Faust* or Dichtung und Wahrheit. 30. Franklin, Autobiography.* 31. Darwin, Origin of Species. 32. Emerson, Essays, 1st Series* and The American Scholar. 33. Thoreau, Walden* or A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers. 34. Kropotkin, Mutual Aid. 35. Osborn, Men of the Old Stone Age. 36. James, Selected Essays* or The Will to Believe. 37. Browning, Men and Women. 38. Wordsworth, Poems (Omit Excursion, except Prelude). 39. Whitman, Leaves of Grass. 40. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi or Huckleberry Finn. 41. American Historical Documents (Five-foot book-shelf). 42. Hugo, Les Miserables* 43. Tolstoi, War and Peace.* 44. Dostoiefsky, The House of the Dead* 45. Dewey, Democracy and Education. 46. Wells, The Outline of History. 47. Palgrave, The Golden Treasury. 48. Hardy, The Return of the Native. 49. Thackeray, Henry Esmond. 50. Rolland, Jean Christophe. 51. Ibsen, Peer Gynt; Doll's House; Ghosts 52. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations. FOURTEEN 53. Bryce, American Commonwealth, 2 Vol. 54. Lincoln, Speeches and Letters. 55. Evolution in Modern Thought (Modern Library.) 56. Carlyle, Past and Present or Sartor Resartus* 57. Ruskin, Crown of Wild Olive and Sesame and Li I 58. Arthur Young, Travels in France. 59. De Tocqueville, Democracy in America. 60. Turner, The Frontier in American History. 61. Ta'un\ Ancient Regime. 62. Charnwood, Life of Abraham Lincoln. 63. Parkman, Pioneers of France in New World. 64. Prescott, Conquest of Mexico. 65. Rhodes, History of the United States. 66. Galton, Inquiries into Human Intelligence. The Bulletin of Hamline University is published by the University and issued four times a year, in January, March, May and November, with occasional supplements. Editor — Thomas P. Beyer Assistant Editors — A. T. Adams and R. A. 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