l:3 IBLE INST IT U,T E
OF LOS ANGELES
highly favored 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 Hygiene. XIX. 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 students will also be required to speak in public, in open air meetings, shop meetings and churches, and their work will be reviewed and criticized. They wi ll be required to read the Bible and will be shown their defects and how they can be cor rected. It is especially aimed to teach the students to think on their feet and to be ready on all occasions to express the truth in the most forcible and telling way. XX. 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. XXI. 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 given in a two years' course is worse than useless. It is far better for one who would wisely interpret and preach the Gos-
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