BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
care of his own health, are dealt with. The various phases of home missionary work are also considered , such as, the immi grant problem, the Indian problem, the Negro problem, and the work among the mountaineers of the south. The Institute is :1ighly favo red in having, either as enrolled students or visitors, returned missionaries representing in the course of the year practically every great world field and every great mi ssion board, and the students are always gi ven an opportunity to hear from them. One term is devoted to a full course of instructi on in First Aid to the Injured and Home Hygiene. XX. Public Speaking and the Reading of the Scriptures Instruction in thi s course will cove r everything that is fundamental and essential in the use of the voice in public ex pression in preaching and teaching, and the public reading of the Bible. Very specific instruction will be given in the care and development of the voice, in enunciation and pronuncia tion and al so in diction and style, both in writing and speak ing. The students will be required to make public addresses before the class, to be cr itici zet\ by the class and by the instruc tors. T he students will also be required to speak in public, in open a ir meetings, shop mee tings and churches, and their work will be reviewed and criticized . They will be required to read th e Bible and will be shown their defects and how they can be corrected. It is especially a imed to teach the students to think on their feet . and to be ready on all occasions to exp ress the truth in the most fo rcible and telling way. XXL Bible Lands and Manners and Customs The object of thi s course is to enable students to under stan d the Bible in the light of the lands and customs in which the Bible was written. XXII. Greek and Hebrew There is no attempt in the Bible Institute to teach Greek and Hebrew to those who have little or no knowledge of these languages, as such a smatte ring of Greek and Hebrew as could be given in a two years' course is worse than useless. It is far
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