Excerpt from College Requirements in English, Vol. 1 of 1: For Careful Study; For the Years 1909-1915 With the reading of the Speech, and the construction of the analysis, there should go as much synthetic work composition - as possible. The study of Burke's theme; of his paragraph structure; of his outline, or plan, will naturally suggest that the pupil be given practice in finding definite themes under general subjects; in writing para graphs upon narrowly limited themes in making skeleton outlines of compositions on these themes. The importance of this work cannot be overrated: it is in the highest de gree formative: to require it of the pupil is to help him to value and attain the power of direct and definite thought. Help in this work is given occasionally at the foot of the page, where, under the general term Exercise, the editor has grouped a variety of suggestions, which may, according to the teacher's opportunity, prove valuable. It is well to have the exercises, as far as possible, written, so as to guard against the looseness that sometimes occurs in oral recita tions. Such constructive work may, of course, take the place of the ordinary class compositions. The exercises are intended to be suggestive only: the teacher who is in sympathy with the purpose of the present study may make his own exercises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.