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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 highly favore d 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 mission board , and the students are always given an opportunity to hear from them. One term is devoted to a full course of instruction in First Aid to the Injured and Home H ygiene. XX. Public Speaking and the Reading of the Scriptures Instruction in this course will cover 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 also in diction and style, both in writing and speak ing. The students will be required to make public addresses before the class, to be criticised by the class and by the instruc tors. The student s will also be required to speak in public, in open air meetings, shop meetings and churches, and their work will be reviewed and criti cized. They will be required to read the Bible and will be shown their defects and how they can be corrected. It is especiall y aimed to teach the students to think on their feet and to be ready on a ll occasions to exp ress the tru th in the mos t fo rcible and telling way. XXL Bible Lands and Manners and Customs The object of this course is to enable students to under stand 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 smattering of Greek and Hebrew as could be give~ in a two years' course is worse than useless. It is far
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