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Show MAY STUDY PRESENT DAY , LITERATURE Such a Course to Be Given at U. A. C. Summer School. Class In Modern Drama Llternturo of the Present, Is tho' title of a new course that will bo offered of-fered at tho U. A. C. Summer School. Perhaps no class ot cduc.v tors Is moro likely to neglect present day llternturo, than Is tho English teacher. Sho Is bo constantly occupied occu-pied with tho classics nnd sees so much mora in tho field that sho can reach, that sho passes oor contemporary contem-porary writings. Sho feels nlso that sho Is safe In nccoptlng those books which havo been fixed ns classics but sho needs care In selecting from a myriad of books which no ono seems ablo to rank with certainty. But the present Is full of igor nnd promise A decado ago, ocry one agreed that literaturo, especially poetry was dead, and in Amorlcn fossilized. Today, It is ns oIdont that now llfo hns Inspired tho makers mak-ers of literaturo. Now romantic feeling feel-ing penades poetry and prose, giving giv-ing It warmth nnd glow. To get in touch with this writing ot tho present pres-ent Is not always easy, but oxcocd-ingly oxcocd-ingly worth whllo. Becauso ot Us Immediate Im-mediate interest, perhap no course in literature offors such 'an attractive Invitation. It will bo In chargo of Prof. Vincent H. Ogburn, a graduate of the University of Chicago, nho has given considerable attention to this phase ot literaturo. Prof. Frank R. Arnold, head ot the Department of Modern Languages will conduct a class In. tho modern .drama which promises to bo vory attractive. Tho object ot this drama course Is Intensely practical. Stud onts aro taught to nppreclato tlio good points ot a play by a study of tho prominent plays from Scribe to Ibsen. They then study modern plnys as vehicles for Ideas and havo constant con-stant practice In tho preparation of scenarios In tho theory of stage setting, set-ting, in dramatic criticism and each prepares a one act play. Tho courso alms to teach students to play tho gnrao and to discover creative ability in dramatic linos. |