20. Therapeutic Gymnastics. Miss CARTER. Theory and practice. The elements of corrective gymnastics and massage included within the scope of the physical training teacher. Methods and exercises used for corrective and therapeutic purposes. Types of variations from the normal and the effect of corrective exercises. Prerequisites: A working knowledge of anatomy. A clinic will be maintained in connection with this course for the practical application of the principles studied. Students who need special corrective work may register in the clinic. 1 unit. Daily, 1. Hearst Hall. 21. Advanced Aesthetic Dancing. Miss LA GAI. Classic Greek, interpretative, French ballet; theory and practice; advanced technique, arms, body, head, feet; analysis and composition; practice, advanced preparatory and serial rhythmic movements (free and bar exercises); advanced step combinations, serial rhythmic variations, improvisations. This course unfolds the complete dance grammar and story with advanced classical exercises and dances. The practical work aims primarily at the development of suppleness and grace, lightness and vivacity, the combining of strength with delicacy. Individuality resulting from the development of imagination and expression and physical and mental poise resulting from perfect bodily control. Appropriate for school, social and professional purposes. Dress: Bloomers, short gathered above the knee, with very little fullness. Waist, sleeveless, low neck with very little fullness. Skirt, accordion pleated or fulled, length ending just above knee. Color, dark blue or black. No other costume permitted on the floor. Visitors and auditors not permitted to attend this class. Students are advised to take course 19 also, thus insuring a broader training in this phase of physical education. Prerequisites: Courses 10 and 19. This is strictly a technical course and only those who can progress with the class will be permitted to enroll. 1 unit. M W F, 10. Two additional hours required for practice. Harmon Gymnasium. 22. Story Telling. Mrs. CATHER An intensive study of the story; elements composing it; when, where and how to tell it. Stories will be classified according to age of child, to subject matter, stories for special occasions, for special types of children, stories to develop certain traits and instinets. All types are to be illustrated and applied, while definite lists of the various types will be given. The social instinct of the child is to be especially dwelt upon through the study of legends of different lands. Their folk lore will be illustrated by appropriate themes from the music of the nations, by pictures, simple costuming and folk dances, and suggestions will be given for self-expression through construction work. Emphasis will be placed upon the dramatic instinct-stories suggested appropriate for spontaneous dramatization and a few simple dramatic paraphrases given. A practical application of all principles developed will be made at the playground. This course is arranged for grade teachers, kindergarten teachers, library story-tellers, mothers, in fact, all who are interested in the approach to the spiritual mind of the child through the medium of the story. 1 unit. M W F, 11. 206 Bacon Hall. 23. Swimming. Miss CADWELL and Mr. LEE. The courses in swimming are intended not alone for those who wish to qualify for positions as swimming instructors, but also for those students who desire to enter beginning or advanced classes for their own proficiency. Only those who are regularly enrolled will be admitted to the class during the hour of instruction. (a) Intended principally for the uninitiated. In this course one is taught to overcome fear of water, learn control of the body and lungs while afloat, master the simplest forms of back, side and breast strokes, and to learn by lectures and dry land drills something of the value, hygiene and fundamental principles governing swimming. (b) Intended for students who can already keep themselves afloat and swim a distance of at least fifteen feet. The class will have a general review of the work done in course A and will work for endurance and good form in swimming; new back and side strokes will be taken up and double floating and simple diving taught. (c) Students who have mastered at least three different styles of swimming and are already able to float and do simple diving will be allowed to enter this course. After a review of the work covered in course B, the different forms of speed swimming will be studied. Competitive work, aquatic feats, more advanced diving and life saving will be taught. 1 unit. Two sections: women, M W F, 1-5; men, Tu Th S, 1-5. Pool. 24. Military Marching. Military instruction will be given to those who wish to become familiar with this branch of physical education, and as no marching is given in any other course it is intended that this course will meet the needs of teachers of physical education. 1 unit. The new Infantry Drill Regulation Handbook will be used. 25. Advanced Dancing. Miss LA GAI. General composition and practice; classical Greek, interpretative, aesthetic, ballet, characteristic, pantomimic, folk, national, demicharacter. Dances selected and arranged for solos, groups, tableaux, festivals, pantomimes, kirmesses, etc. This course is for the purpose of teaching the theory of composition, harmony, attitude group and tableaux; how to illustrate and reproduce dances, to arrange, develop and stage for children, amateurs, social, professional, school, conventions, institutes, etc., and appropriate dances for various occasions. Prerequisites: Courses 5, 10, 19, 21. These dances are instructive and beneficial to all and can be used for private, school or professional purposes. In the aesthetic, folk and national dancing, health values are derived through the prac tical use of all of the muscles, also they give mental and physical poise and grace; they develop and satisfy the aesthetic sense, supply the joy of individual self-expression, and give knowledge of the national characteristics and emotional life of the world's people. Through them the acme of pleasurable emotion is reached in an ideal form of exercise. 1 unit. Tu Th S, 11. Harmon Gymnasium. 26. Dancing for Men. Mr. MAUTHE. A series of gymnastic steps and dances selected and arranged for gymnastic work with boys and men. 1 unit. Tu Th S, 10. Harmon Gymnasium. *27. Costuming. Discussions and illustrations of appropriate dress for various occasions, festivals, national dances, etc., carrying out the historical detail and by this making impressive the habits and customs of the nations represented. The art of substituting and simplifying wigs, dancing slippers and other expensive necessities attached to every national costume in a practical and pleasing way, so as to bring the cost within the possibilities of playground and school entertainments. The advantage of studying the costumes of national folk dances and a discussion of their uses in harmonizing race tendencies and prejudices, thus assisting in modifying the attitude of foreigners to their adopted country. Practice in making costume and accessories with historical correctness and pleasing effect without great expenditure of time. 28. Recreation Course. Miss BEVERIDGE, Mr. CHAPMAN, and Miss KINGCADE. Open to students in other departments who wish to receive instruction and participate in recreative gymnastics, games, and dancing. It is not designed as a training course for teachers, but to provide an opportunity for indoor and outdoor recreation and physical improvement. Examinations will be made and exercises outlined for those wishing to devote time to their own physical development and to improve posture and carriage. This course will be given in two sections-the indoor section in the gymnasium, and the outdoor section on the various courts, where instruction will be given in tennis, basket ball, volley ball, indoor baseball, hockey, and cricket. 1⁄2 unit. Section A, indoors; M W F, 4. Men, Harmon Gymnasium; women, Hearst Hall. Section B, outdoors; Tu Th S, 4. 29. Course in Play for Mothers. Р Mr. DEGROOT. This course is a part of the scheme of the Play School (see Education 31), and is designed for mothers who wish to become more familiar with the nature and meaning of the natural interests and activities of their children. The dependency of the child upon the mother as a playmate in its physical, mental and social development during the early years of life. When to encourage and when to suppress the physical expressions of the child. The hygiene of the nursery and the care of the child in cases of accident. Participation in plays and games appropriate for the early periods of life. No credit. M W F, 3. Harmon Gymnasium. *Not to be given in 1914. 30. Social and Recreation Centers. Mr. DEGROOT. History of the movement, social and economic conditions demanding a reconstruction of the social group. The social center as a realization of the need of a community as opposed to artificial institutional organization. Types of centers; the city and country school as a community center. Social centers in the foreign communities of a city. The principles of community study. Form of organization. The social center as an educational, recreative, civic and health factor in the community. Activities and methods of conducting them. 1 unit. 3 hrs., 3 nights per week. Building. Tu Th S, 5. Hygiene and Pathology Only a limited number of applicants will be received for this course. The Play School. See Education 31. 101. Introduction to Physical Education and Play. Professor HETHERINGTON. A general survey of the subjects of Physical Education and of Play for school teachers and students beginning their professional training. The meaning and functions of play and its relationship to education will be interpreted briefly. The facts of science and experience bearing upon the functions of big muscle activities in the growth and development of the child and the physical efficiency of the adult will be presented, and then the historic systems, the present-day theories, aims and methods, and the various attitudes towards physical education will be examined. 2 units. Daily, 4. 113 South Hall. 102. The Nature, Function, and Administration of Play. Professor HETHERINGTON. The interpretation of the meaning and function of play, covering the relation of play to the development of the intellect; the function of play in child life and adult life; the influence of civilization on play and the social recreative customs of people; the factors controlling the effective development of play habits; the relation of play to formal education; the functions of the play director and the social engineer; the principles controlling the practical conduct of play and the administration of play centers and play as a social function. 2 units. Daily, 9. 300 Chemistry Building. |
