Calendar: 1866-1867 Page 281

EVENING CLASSES 281 XXVI LOGIC Bay and Hour of Attendance-Friday from to The Definition of Logic-Elementary Parts of Mental Science-Forms of Thought-Language in its relations to Thought--Theory of Predication-Division Definition Causa- tion-Kinds and Properties of Propositions-The Pure Syllo- gism-The Syllogism of Rhetoric-Induction-Circumstantial and Chain Evidence Hypothetical Reasoning- Fallacies- the Analysis of Compound Arguments XXVII PUBLIC READING AND SPEAKING Bays and Hours of Attendance Tuesday and Friday from to Introductory Remarks-On Public Reading and Speaking -What is Elocution -Definition of the term-Estimation in which the art was held by the Ancients-Its subsequent com- parative decline and neglect-The great value of Elocution to those preparing for the Church the Bar and Public Life generally-The art of Reading Aloud י' considered as an accomplishment-Good results that follow from its habitual practice-Readers and hearers alike benefited-The Elemen- ntary Principles of Elocution-Necessity of patience and practice in acquiring them thoroughly-General description of the various speech organs and their several functions- The Lungs-The Larynx-The Chordee Vocales-The Glottis -How Vocal Sound is produced and converted into Articu- late Speech-Functions of the Tongue Teeth and Lips-The right manner of using the several Speech Organs-Their Use and Abuse-Elocution considered in sanitary point of view-The "Mechanics of Elocution"-Formation of the Voice-Mistakes of early life in reference to the Management of the Voice-Serious maladies not unfrequently caused or aggravated by wrongly using the several speech organs What is "clerical sore throat dysphonia clericorum" Its nature cause and cure-Quotations from the works of Sir Henry Holland Dr James Bright &c-Pronun-