O~-.~· , . /?·­ ~L4'7­ BULLETIN OF THE I UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUR TIMES A MONTH Extension Series No. 33. .lune 151 1913 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GROUP-STUDY COURSES OFFERED BY THE CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTENS.i.@N PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ' A USTIN, TEXAS Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Austin BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUR TIMES A MONTH Extension Series No. 33. June 15, 1913 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GROUP-STUDY COURSES OFFERED BY THE CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS Entsrtd "' Burse, a partial payment of $10.00 may be made with the applica­tie>n, the remaining $20.00 of the fee being payable at least two weeks before the time set for the visit of the lecturer te> the group. When a group takes advantage of this partial payment offer, the University reserves the right to cancel the lecture engagement any time before the payment of the balance due. In case a group desires a public lecture without the program and library features, the fee will be $25.00, payable in advance. The fees are non-returnable, except in cases where the fee for a complete course has been paid in advance and the University finds that it is impracticable for the lecture to be given. In such cases $20.00 of the fee may be returned. The members of the club or group may partially or wholly reimburse themselves by the sale of tickets to the public lecture. In many cases it will be found desirable to distribute a definite number of tickets among the members of the club, thus allowing them the privi­lege of selling the tickets at a fixed price or of distributing them among their friends. Where the lecture is given in a public school, the tickets may be distributed among the children, to be sold to their parents and friends. A strict account of all sales o.f tickets should be kept, and a report of the lecture, including a financial statement, the attendance, etc., should be made to the department by the secre­tary or local leader. As far as po~sible all tickets, sold and unsold, should be returned to the Department after the lecture is over. Bulletin of the University of 'l'exas RULES AND RESTRICTIONS (1) Not less than five persons may constitute a group. (2) No maximum limit has been placed on the number who may compose a group, but a definite statement of the number of persons in the group should be made with each application, and any change in the size of the group should be reported to the Department of Extension. ( 3) Combinations of topics are not prohibited, but the regular fee will be charged for each topic chosen. In many cases clubs may desire to take one topic under University direction and arrange to alternate this with other phases of their year's work under local leaders or committees without University direction. Under ordinary circumstances, however, the best results will be obtained if the group concentrates its effort on one topic. ( 4) A University lecturer may not undertake more than three group-study courses away from the University in any one year, except in cases where two or more groups may be visited on one trip; and in general the visit of the lecturer to the group should be so timed as to interfere as little as possible with his residence work. ( 5) Applications will be considered in the order of their recep­tion, but the University reserves the right to reject any or all appli­cations for a given topic. In case the application is rejected, the entire fee will be returned to the group. The list of topics given below may be increased from time to time, and persons who are interested in special topics not here mentioned should correspond with the Correspondence Division of the Depart­ment of Extension. Whenever practicable, the University will pro­vide lectures or group-study courses on any topic that may be called for. Bulletin of the University of Texas ANNOUNCEMENT OF TOPLCS FOR GROUP-STUDY COURSES A N lNTROU!JCTION TO GREEK ART. More than any people that ever lived the Greeks possessed imagi­nation, sense of proportion, and power of execution. In almost every field their creations were so beautiful and satisfying that Rome and all Europe could henceforth only build on the foundations they had laid. In art especially, Greek forms and Greek ideas are all-pervasive, and any adequate knowledge of the art of to-day is impossible without some acquaintance with the art of the Greeks. Greek art in itself, moreover, has a freshness and charm that give to its study an unfail­ing interest. For sheer beauty, apart from all considerations of his­tory, religion, and literature, Greek art has no rival, whether in Italy, France, or Japan. As a beginning in the appreciation of mod­ern art and as a meal'ls of the purest esthetic pleasure, the department offers this Introduction to the Study of Greek Art. It should appeal to all lovers of beauty in art and literature. The method will be historical, the antecedents of Greek art in Egypt and Assyria being very briefly studied first, and the chief branches of the art of the Greeks themselves in order. Fortunately, excellent books and illus­trations are now to be had readily and cheaply. The lectures will be illustrated with stereopticon views. DR. WILLIAM J. BATTLE, Professor of Greek. MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE. This course will describe the development of the Romanesque architecture from the ninth to the twelfth century, the gradual evolu­tion of Gothic architecture from the Romanesque of the twelfth cen­tury to the highly decorated Gothic styles of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and the revival of Romanesque and Gothic styles in modern architecture. The lecture will be illustrated by means of drawings, photographs, and lantern slides. MR. FREDERICK E. GIESECKE, Professor of Architecture. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FINE ARTS. This course opens with a psychological study of the sensory wants a.nd the esthetic instinct. Then follows a consideration of the ele­mentary principle of art: namely, unity and variety. Tile course then takes up the origin and early development of literature, music, painting, architecture, and sculpture. Literary societies, art clubs, and musical organizations will find this course instructive and stimulating. DR. L. M. KEJASBEY, Professor of Institutional History. FOLK-LORE AND BALLADRY. During the last few years much interest has been manifested throughout the South in the literature of the folk. In Missonri, Texas, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, State Folk-Lore Socie­ties have been formed; South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi will likewise soon form State organizations. The course in Folk-Lore and Balladry is intended to meet the popular demand for instruction in this and kindred topics. As a background for the work, a course of reading will be recommended somewhat varied in length, so as to fit individual needs. In this reading, necessarily including informa· tion on the ground topic of folk-lore, special stress will be laid on the English ballad and its survivals in America; and some attention will be paid to the folk-songs native to this country. The main purpose of the course will be to encourage collections of local mate­rial, in an effort to make a comprehensive ballad and folk-lore survey of Texas. Unless otherwise requested, the lectures will deal mainly with the ballad. MR. JOHN A. LOMAX, Secretary of the Faculties, and Assistant Director of Extension. GREEK DRAMA I N TRANSLATION. The extant plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristo­phanes will be read in translation. There will be a study of the development of the Greek drama, both tragedy and comedy, including a thorough appreciation of the authors mentioned above. No knowl­edge of Greek is required, but the translations will be interpreted by one who has the first-hand knowledge and appreciation. Every one interested in the dramatic literature of his own language should be familiar with Greek masterpieces, which are its foundation. Should the demand justify it, courses can be offered in the same way in the Greek Epic and in the Greek Lyric. DR. DANIEL A. PENICK, Adjunct Professor of Greek and f,atin. Bulletin of the University of Texas ROMAN COMEDY. The first topic in this lecture-study course will be the general rise and development of the drama; the second will be the Old Comedy as preserved in Aristophanes, and the New Comedy as translated by Plautus and Terence. The reading in the main will be in literary primers, the Encyclopredia Britannica, and translations of Aristo­phanes and Terence. DR. EDWIN W. FAY, Professor of Latin. MODERN TRAGEDY. A study of modern tragedy will be made, consideration being given to the drama of the last fifty years. Modern social and poetic drama will receive about equal attention. The prose and poetic plays of Ibsen and the works of Sudermann, Hauptmann, Maeterlinck, Ste­phen Phillips, Rostand, the Irish writers, Pinero, etc., will be the chief materials for study. The library will consist chiefly of volumes of the principal plays included in the required reading. MR. STARK YOUNG, Adjunct Professor oif General Literature. MODERN GERMAN DRAMATISTS. This course is designed as an aid to a better understanding and appreciation of the development of German dramatic literature through the nineteenth century, beginning with the post-classicists Kleist and Grillparzer, and showing the development along more and more independent lines, and finally culminating in the naturalism of Hauptmann and Sudermann. Besides the work of the above men­tioned authors, representative dramas o.f Hebbel, Ludwig, and Anzen­gruber will be studied and elucidated. This course should appeal especially to teachers of German who have had little opportunity of studying modern German literature, to those of German birth or descent who wish to keep abreast of the great cultural movements of modern Germany as it is mirrored in the drama, and to all others, whatever their vocation or nationality or training, who want to broaden their intellectual horizon. The lectures in this course may be given in English or German as desired. The bibliography will contain both English and German reference texts. MR. w. E. METZENTHIN, Adjunct Professor of German. THE FRENCH NOVEL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. This course will cover the history of the French novel in the nine­teenth century. It will consist mainly in the reading of from twelve to fifteen important or representative novels and short stories in translation, and several volumes of literary history or criticism. The details of the course will be sent upon request. MR. E. J. VILLAVASO, Adjunct Professor of French. LANDMARKS OF SPANISH LITERATURE. The course will take the form of a general sketch of Spanish Litera­ ture, dwelling on the principal movements and tendencies, the repre­ sentative authors, and the most important works, of the period be­ tween 1150 and 1900. Butler Clarke's Spanish Literature will be used as a hand-book, and there will be readings, in English translations, from a number of the chief works. Points of relation between Eng­ lish and Spanish literatures will be stressed. In this connection Hume's Spanish Influence on English Literature will be used. The main topics will be: The beginning of Spanish Literature-the Cid, the early drama, prose chronicles, the ballads, romances of chiv­ alry, poetry of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, foreign influ­ ences, the rogue novel, the pastoral romance, Cervantes; the drama of the Golden Age-Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calder6n, the trnnsition period; the nineteenth century revival-criticism, the sketch, the novel, the play, Spanish romanticism, the modern real­ istic novel, the modern drama,. Miss LILIA M. CASIS, Associate Professor of Spanish. SHAKESPEARE. This course consists of a detailed study of one or more plays, with special reference to character analysis, plot structure, and dramatic technique. Some consideration is also given to questions of text, date, and sources of particular dramas. The reference books include a biography of Shakespeare and special critical and historical studies. The topic of the public lecture will be adapted to the specific subject of study. DR. ROBERT A. LAW, Adjunct Professor of English. Bulletin of the University of Texas THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS. In this course the English Romantic Movement will be traced from its beginning in the eighteenth century to its culmination in the early nineteenth century. The programs will be based largely on the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Gen­eral reference books and special critical works will be included in the traveling library. If desired, a more detailed study of any one or any combination of two or more of the above-named poets may be given. DR. R. H. GRIFFITH, Adjunct Professor of English. TENNYSON AND BROWNING. No writers of the nineteenth century offer a more fruitful field of study than do Tennyson and Browning. Admittedly the foremost poets of the Victorian period,-a period equalled only by the Eliza­bethan,-they are an inexhaustible source of delight to the lover of literature. They stand, moreover, in such close, vital connection with the century in which they lived that no student of the political, social, and religious thought of the century can afford to ignore their work. The two are complementa.l and should be studied together. The course, however, will be so arranged as to make possible the giving of the whole time to either poet, or half the time to Tennyson and half to Browning. DR. JAMES B. WHAREY, Adjunct Professor of English. THE NOVEL IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. This course is suited to high-school faculties and literary clubs. It involves a study of the leading novelists of England and America, including Defoe, Scott, Jane Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Meredith, Stevenson, Hawthorne, and Poe. It will be historical in outline, but main emphasis will be placed upon the interpretation and appreciation of representative works. In connection with Steven· son, Hawthorne, and Poe, the origin and development of the short­ story will be briefly considered. The library sent out in connection with this course will deal with the history and interpretation of. prose fiction, and will not ordinarily include the novels read. DR. KILLIS CAMPBELL, Associate Professor of English. SOUTHERN LITERATURE. This course is suitable for community literary clubs or literary societies composed of the faculties or more advanced students in the larger high-schools of the State. It will consist of the reading of Southern prose and poetry, parallelled by a study of the historical and social background of the antebellum, the war and reconstruction, and the recent periods in the development of Southern literature. Atten­tion will be restricted to the artistic rather than the forensic or political types of literature in each of these periods. The library will consist of brief anthologies, books of criticism and literary his­tory, and a few volumes of poems. The Library of Southern Litera­ture (13 volumes) and The South in the Making of the Nation (16 volumes) will be extremely helpful as reference books. They are too bulky and expensive to be sent out by the University, but in most communities sets of the volumes will be accessible. DR. L. w. PAYNE, JR., Adjunct Professor of English. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS. The course is planned for the purpose of g1vmg a comprehensive and organized understanding of fundamental economic principles. In these days of "high cost of living," "trust problem," "tariff problem," "currency problem," "labor problem," "socialism," etc., the average citizen is at sea without a compass, and his ideas need direction and systemization. The course aims to supply these needs. Among the topics which the group will take up are the following: The economic test of sound policy; consumption and economy; luxury; standards of living; economic principles of efficient production; division of labor; business organization; value; money and prices; protective tariffs; distribution of wealth; speculation; labor problems; social­ism. The most common economic fallacies will be exposed. DR. LEWIS H. HANEY, Professor of Economics. THE TRUST PROBLEM. Everyone speaks of the "Trust Problem." How many know just what a trust is? What companies are really trusts? Wl;Iy are some industries in the hands of trusts, others not? What is the relation of trusts to Wall Street? What is to be done about it? It is the pur­pose of this study to conduct a course of straight thinking through the mazes of business organization and combination. Pools, mergers, and holding companies; watered stock, and speculation; restraint of trade, and "natural monopoly"; anti·trnst Jaws ;-these are some of the topics considered. DR. LEWIS H. HANEY, Professor of Economics. MONEY AND BANKING. This course should have a primary appeal to those engaged in banking. It should have a direct interest also to the citizen who wishes to understand the institutions with which he comes in daily contact and to judge intelligently of the recurring legislation regard­ing money and banks. The course deals with the principles of money and banking, the monetary and banking systems of the United States, and the banking systems of the principal foreign countries. Some of the chief topics are: What money is, its functions, the principles determining its value; what credit is, its relation to money; the relation of money and credit to prices and the rate of interest; the methods of measuring price movements; the history of paper money; a description of the monetary stock of the United States, and the regulations and principles governing the issue of each item of the stock. In banking, the topics are: The functions of a bank; the elements of banking operations; analysis of a bank statement; clearing houses; the history of banking in the United States; national and state bank· ing systems; trust companies, and savings banks; the independent treasury systems; the Canadian, English, French, and German sys· terns; proposed changes in the banking system of the United States. DR. E. T. MILLER, Instructor in Economics. THE LABOR PROBLEM. The general purpose of this course is to give a fair, clear, and con­cise view of the problem of labor, reviewed especially from the social and economic standpoint. It should prove interesting to lawyers, ministers, teachers; to women's clubs, reading circles, teachers' asso­ciations, civic associations, etc. Among the important topics wl1lch will be considered are: Origin and nature of the labor problem; the organization of labor; trade unionism, syndicatism, socialism; agen­ cies for industrial peace ; joint agreement, conciliation, arbitration; t he Consumer's League, American Civic Federation, Bureau for Labor Legislation; labor groups; foreign labor, labor of women and chil­ dren; the standard of living: wages and the cost of living; progress of the working classes ; gains through legislation, hours of labor, wages, factory inspection, industrial education, apprenticeship. This work is covered well by two books: Adams and Sumner, Labor Problems, and Carlton, History and Problems of Organi.zed Labor. These general works will be supplemented by a number of other books which deal with special phases of the problem. Ma. WILLIAM E. LEONARD, Instructor in Economics. INVESTMENTS. This group-study course will consist of a consideration of selected kinds of investments. The factors bearing on the character of invest­ments in real estate, bonds, and securities will be studied. As a first step in this study the group will be furnished with an analysis of the income account and balance sheet, since the interpretation of these is involved in every investment. Some study will also be given to the chief influences bearing on the business situation because of its relation to investments in every field. A library of standard books on this topic will be sent out to each group. MR. SPURGEXJN BELL, Professor of Business Training. THE BUSINESS OF FARMING. Does the farm pay ? With my capital and personal qualifications, where shall I locate? What type of farming shall I take up? What records and accounts shall I keep ? What income may I expect ? Many farmers and many "would-be farmers" are seriously concerned with these questions. The risk on the production side is great, but system alone will affect a change in the earning capacity of a farm sufficient to insure its success. The day of haphazard methods of production is past. Business methods are quite as important as production methodL Selected books and pamphlet. by experts on theee problems i1l farm management and farm account. are read in thit course. The read­ings and discussions will appeal particularly to young men engaged in farming as a profession or as a side-line, and to men who already feel that strong innate desire to go back some day to the soil. The course will be suitable for farmers' institutes and will be especially adapted to communities where there is a rural school which may be used as a center. MR. CHARLES H. WINKLER, Instructor of Botany. TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE. Modern studies in Tests of Intelligence are of importance to super­intendents, teachers, and those interested in the education of normal children; to those who are concerned with the study and treatment of dtlfective children; to jurists, probation officers, child-welfare organizations and others who come in contact with youthful crimin­als; and to many who are interested in the social and economic problem of increasing the industrial efficiency of manufacturing con­cerns. The course includes (l) the history of mental tests; ( 2) the Binet scale of intelligence and its modifications; ( 3) the Squire tests; ( 4) the Fernald and Healy tests; (5) the Simpson tests; and (6) various tests of perception, attention, memory, judgment, inform· ation, etc. DR. J. CARLTON BELL, Professor of the Art of Teachin11. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION. This course appeals to all who are interested in the broader con­ception of education as a means to the attainment of social efficiency. The fundamental principles of social psychology are reviewed, and different methods of bringing education into closer harmony with these principles are considered. Emphasis is laid on current efforts to make the school a community center. DB. J . CARLTON BELL, Professor of the Art ot Teaching. RELIGIOUS PEDAGOGY. This course is offered to groups of religious workers who, as Sunday school teachers, pastors, theological students, or parents, are inter­ested in the problem of the religious training of youth. An outline of lessons will be prepared to suit the demands of the class. A text­ Announcement of the Group-Study Oourses book will be seJected, but an effort will be made to get into touch with the newer literature in this field. One of these three aspects may be selected for study: ( 1) Sunday School Organization and Equipment. (2) Principles of Teaching ag Applied to the Religious Life. (3) The Development of the Religious Nature of the Child. DR. FREDERICK EBY, Associate Professor of the History Oif Education. THE KINDERGARTEN AND MONTESSORI 8YSTEMR. This course is intended largely for mothers and primary teachers. The principles of Froebe! and the modern kindergarten will be studied first, and then the method of Madam Montessori will be care­fully compared with that of the kindergarten. The course will con­sider the practicability of using these methods in the home. In the lectureB accompanying th~ lessons of this course of study there will be a demonstration of the kindergarten and Montessori didactic apparatus. DR. FREDERICK Euy, .-l ssociate Professor of the History Oif Education. CHILD STUDY. This course may be varied somewhat to meet the needs of ;;pecial groups. In general it is suitable for use in the private study of parents' clubs or groups of teachers, or as an outline for teachers' institute work during a school year. It will cover in a simple, prac­tical way the following: How to judge by external signs the internal condition of children with regard to nutrition, fatigue, nervousness, and adenoids ; what are the principles governing the growth and develop­ment of the body and mind; what are normal and abnormal character­istics of each stage of development, and what treatment is demanded in school and home; what is adolesence, what are its characteristics and what treatment is needed ; what suggestions for education do we get from a study of the laws of human growth and development. A reference library, together with several pamphlets and multi­graphed outlines prepared by the instructor, is furnished the groups undertaking this course. DR. A. CASWELL ELLIS, Professor of the Philosophy of Education. .AGENCIES FOR CHILD WELFARE, The object of this course is to acquaint the student with the organ­ized efforts for promoting the moral, physical, and intellectual devel­opment of the growing boy and girl. Nearly one hundred such national and international organizations now exist. The whole field will be reviewed as far as material for such a review is available. The character and working principles of these organizations will be considered in relation to the social conditions in which they operate and the characteristics of child nature which they confront. Certain organizations will be studied in detail, as types of the various move­ments. The "Boy Scouts" and "Camp-fire Girls" will receive spe­cial notice. Plans for organization, qualifications of masters and guardians, the facts of scout-craft, etc., will be worked out in detail, parallelled in all cases by a study of the psychology and physiology of the pubescent boy and girl. This course is especially designed for co--0perative work between parents and teachers or for local commit­tees, and is intended to give direction for the introduction of some of these institutions into communities where they are not found and to contribute to their effectiveness where they are now established. DR. L. W. SACKETT, Instructor in the Philosophy of Education. COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENTAL SYST~~MS. This course is intended for civic clubs, improvement leagues, teach­ers' clubs, and other groups of people or organizations interested in public questions and civic betterment. It includes a general view of the National and State governments in this country, with some review of the historical development of the American system, and then passes to a consideration of a few of the leading foreign governmental arrangements, such as those of England, France, Germany, and Swit­zerland. Some attention is also given to the development and work -0f political parties and to many of the current questions of the day, such as suffrage, direct legislation, the short ballot, and the control of political parties through election and corrupt practice Jaws. Spe­cial attention is given to such parts of the course or such phases of the problems discussed as prove of unusual interest to those taking the course. Correspondence is invited in case the course here announced is not quite what is desired. MR. CHARLES S. POTTS, Associate Professor of Government. COMPARATIVE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. The scope of this course is a comparative study of city government in the United States, England, France, and Germany. The different systems of municipal government are examined with regard to the position of the city in the state, the organization of municipal author­ities and distribution of powers among them, and the methods of practical administration of city affairs. Especial emphasis will be laid, in discussing municipal government in the United States, on the history and significance of the commission government movement. While the comparative method will be emphasized, the system in each country will be examined completely before going on to the consid­eration of another system, and each succeeding system studied will be compared with the preceding ones. DR. HERMAN G. JAMES, Adjunct Professor of Government. AMERICAN HISTORY (CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION), 1860-1876. This course may be arranged to give the chief emphasis to any one of the following aspects of the history of this period: ( 1) Political History. The election of 1860; secession of the Southern states; organization of the Confederacy; Lincoln's policies; politics in the North and in the Confederacy; the reconstruction poli­cies of Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress; conditions in the South dur­ing reconstruction. (2) Military History (1861-1865). The outbreak of war; mili­tary resources of North and South; preparations for the confliet; campaigns in the East and West, year by year; the blockade and its effects; the "break-up" of the Confederate armies. ( 3) General History. This will comprise a briefer treatment of the poHtical and military features of the period, and will include also some study of certain constitutional problems of war-time and reconstruction. .Any group or club applying for this course should indicate which one of the above plans is preferred. DR. CHAS. W. RAMSDELL, Adjunct Professor of .American History. MEXICO, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. The historical portion of this course will consist, first, of a study of the establishment of Spanish rule in Mexico, and the Aztec civiliza­tion which it displaced; secondly, Mexico as a part of the great Span­ish colonial empire and its relation to other parts of that empire, especially those dependent on Mexico as the Viceroyalty of New Spain, viz., California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, the West Indies, and Central America ; thirdly, the war for independence from Spain, the establishment of the new government and its recognition by other powers; and fourthly, the history of Independent Mexico down to the present time. The descriptive portion will consist of a study of Mexico at the present time,-the appearance of the country, its natural resources, the character of its people, and their government. MR. WILLIAM R. MANNING, Adjunct Professor of Spanish-American History. DFJVELOPMENT OF DE?.fOCRACY. This course considers first the conditions of democracy: namely, equality, authority, the social contract. This logical consideration is followed by an historical study of the chronological forms of democ­racy: namely, clan democracy, rural democracy, gild democracy, industrial democracy, social democracy. This course will be of special interest to civic clubs and to citizens intereste