The Rocky Mountain School of Languages

Abstract

meet special language needs of Teachers of Languages, and students specializing in the languages. The School is to be considered as serving the same purpose in its line as a School of Music, a School of Art, or a School of Medicine. The courses offered will appeal to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students working for the master's degree, and adults wishing to broaden their cultural background.The affiliation of the Rocky Mountain School of Languages with Colorado College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of Colorado, and a member of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, insures the student credit for his work, and the A.B. and A.M. degrees on completing those prescribed courses. The School of Languages uses the regular college buildings of Colorado College and has the use of the library.Courses are offered to meet the needs of the students, and will be offered in sequence so the student working for a degree may follow a definite course of study. In 1938, beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses were offered in Spanish, German, Italian, French, Latin; also courses in Composition and Diction, and Conversation.Additional courses for next year will include: a seminar in Language Teaching Methods, a practical course which will fulfill requirements in Education for teachers in the larger city systems; courses in Spanish-American Literature, including Mexican and Central American Literature; Spanish poetry and a Beginning Course in~Portuguese. The classical studies and courses in the English Language are included in the curricula and are offered as the demand arises.As soon as the attendance warrants, separate dormitories will be used for the School of Languages, with its separate dining-room. During the summer of 1938, the women students lived in Bemis Hall, and the men in Tichnor Hall, with all eating in Bemis Hall. Board and room is obtained for ten dollars a week.Although all students in the Rocky Mountain School of Languages eat in the same dining-room with the other students enrolled in the summer school, students are seated in language groups according to their knowledge of the language studied, with a native instructor to plan and direct the conversation.To encourage the student to use further the language, a social hour is held three times a week from 7: 30 to 8: 30 p.m. At this hour the groups are separated in the same manner as for the conversation at the language 262