classified according to their ability, both in writing and reading,
and that although there will be a common central core of readings,
adaptations will be made to suit the needs and abilities of students
on various levels.

In such a course the English Department would attempt to accom-
plish three things:

1. The development of writing skill.

This would be the primary aim as far as the department is
concerned, since we feel that students who are unable to write
effectively are seriously handicapped in all the rest of their
work, both in the University and outside of it. As we under-
stand the term "writing skill", it involves mech more than mere
correctness. It involves the development in the students of
the ability to analyze abstract as well as specific ideas, and
to present a logical statement of them. It is a process which
calls for steady intellectual development on the part of the
student, and our end can best be obtained by spreading the
training over two years, as proposed in the new course.

2. The development of reading skill.

This is an aspect of training in English which all too
often is neglected both on the lower levels and in college or
university. For those students who have not yet learned to
read except in the most superficial way and for those students
whose reading is limited because of physical deficiencies, we
should hope to make extensive use of the reading clinic in co-
operation with our work. Again, however, we would be concerned
not only with the mere processes of reading as such, but would
concern ourselves with the development of skill in the analysis
of written material, the ability to weigh and evaluate ideas
and to exercise logical judgment of the material which is read.

3. The introduction of the students to the significant great
. writers who stand as the chief figures in our cultural
development. .

This part of the work would, of course, be closely inte-
grated with the other two parts, and with the proposed course
in Western Civilization. It would be our intention to focus
the interest of the students upon the great writers who have
spoken most effectively about the ideas which are the center
of Western European culture.

Your Committee calls particular attention to the following desirable

results of such an English program: