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Four new courses, organized since the Course Catalogue for 1936-37 went to press, have been announced by the Fine Arts Department. They are survey courses designed to fill the gap between Fine Arts 1d, which covers the history of European art from the Fall of Rome to modern times in a half year, and those dealing with fairly specialized subjects...
Fine Arts 1d, running the gamut of art from, medieval to modern in the record breaking time of four months, has little chance to wander from the job cataloguing masterpieces. No attempt is made to explain the technique of criticism. In grasping the meaning of a kaleidoscopic mas of material the student is left entirely to his own devices. A totally didactic survey, the course can hardly hope to supply an ideal basis for enjoying...
...relieve the congestion. Those with interest and ambition would then have a chance to work on such topics as historical background, theory of design, aesthetic appeal, and the like. "Pass" men, grouped by themselves, could at least be taught some critical technique. A broader perspective thus obtained, Fine Arts 1d would provide a basis for appreciating art in later life, and would strengthen the trend in the college toward wider opportunities for those willing to handle them...
Students examining the course book find Fine Arts 1d, which is a half-year course covering the art of western Europe from Early Christian to modern. Also, there is Fine Arts 1c, which is a similar history of ancient art; and Fine Arts 1a, which cuts out our future bank president because it requires an ability to draw. To the student who wants a survey of European art, there is no selection but 1d...
...making no mention of the needs of the undergraduates. If you will turn to the List of Courses of Instruction you will find the answer to that question. In that you will see that there are a large number of courses beginning with the well-known 1a, 1c, 1d and continuing through many other courses which are designed primarily to do the thing which you intimate is not done; namely, to give the average undergraduates an opportunity to "round out their cultural education"; and later in the article you admit that the "Fine Arts authorities realize this final purpose. There...