46 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

ART AND VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS

Owing to the present state of development of fine and applied arts and
the vocational subjects in the high-school curriculum, requirements in these
subjects are not defined.

AGRICULTURE. Plant production, agricultural chemistry, soils, 1 or 2;
animal husbandry, 1; rural economics, farm management, and farm me-
chanics, 1%.

COMMERCIAL WoRK. Bookkeeping, % to 2; shorthand, 2; typewriting,
1 if combined with shorthand, otherwise only %%2; commercial arithmetic,
%; commercial law, 4%; commercial geography, 14; business organization,
salesmanship, and office practice, each % unit if taken during the last two
years.

DRAWING, ART, AND DESIGN. 1-4 units. Art, to include freehand
drawing, light and shade, color rendering, and perspective, 1 or 2; prin-
ciples of design including application in line, form, and color, 1 or 2; crafts
with correlated design, 1 or 1%.

DoMESTIC ART. Textile and clothing, 1 or 2.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE. Food study, 1 or 2.

MANuAL Arts. Mechanical drawing, 1-4; shop work, 1-2; freehand
drawing and design, 1-2; mechanical drawing and shop, 1-4.

MUSIC

A maximum of four units of entrance credit in music may be allowed,
when taken under the conditions stipulated by the University School of
Music.

HISTORY AND APPRECIATION OF Music. 1 unit; five periods per week
for one year. A non-technical presentation of those fundamentals of form
and design essential for intelligent listening to music, together with a brief
historical account of the development of music which will aid in giving
perspective to musical understanding. The course should consist of as-
signed reading, prepared topics, analysis of typical examples, class pro-
jects, musical participation, and much discriminative listening. To con-
duct this course successfully, there must be available adequate reference
material. Also, for purposes of musical illustration, there must be an
excellent phonograph and, if possible, a player-piano, with an adequate
supply of acceptable records, rolls, and scores.

THEORY AND HARMONY. 2 units only; five periods per week for two

years. The course aims in the first year to provide the student with:

a) Theoretical knowledge of music symbols, terminology, intervals,
key signatures, rhythms, and elementary chord structure, and a
thorough knowledge of major and minor scales.

b) Ear-training, sight-singing, and dictation (laboratory work).

c) A knowledge of tone relationships with respect to rhythm, melody,
harmony, and design.