isua-isnscatalog-1890-1891-059

Description:	58 ANNUAL CATALOGUE.musical way each new point, thereby proving ability to present the same thought to a class of children when occasion demands.During the term three or four recitation periods are given up to the study of musical history, or the works of the great mas¬ ters, with a view to future study in those lines. A limited amount of drill in church music is given, and both words and music are studied carefully.In either secular or sacred music it is necessary to have a right conception of the thought and emotion expressed before the right quality of tone can be given. Poor singing is more frequently the result of poor thinking than of poor voices. Chil¬ dren will imitate the right quality of tone just as readily as they will imitate the wrong quality, and it is very desirable that teachers should be able properly to express the sentiment con¬ tained in song or hymn.Text-books, charts, piano and blackboard are used when nec¬ essary as aids. It has not been deemed advisable to limit the terms work, except as the ability of the class may limit it.Mrs. Carrie B. Adams,Head of Department.DRAWING AND PENMANSHIP.The teacher should be able to write and to draw. He should also have an intelligent appreciation of the value of these sub¬ jects as instruments of education. The aim of this department is to lead the student to acquire skill in writing and drawing, and to form a just conception of the value of these subjects in mental development. Since writing is a method of drawing the fifty-two arbitrary script forms, it is viewed as a part of drawing. The study of Form ami Drawing includes three distinct, yet related subjects:1. Construction, the science and art of making working drawings which give the facts of objects. 2. Representation, or pictorial drawing. 3. Decoration, or ornamentation. These subjects require the study of objects, and drawing is the means of expressing ideas gained by such study.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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