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Only the very good and the very brave get up at nine. And only they would take Slavic Aab (Sever 20), two terms of Russian somehow jammed into one. Other-directed linguists can attend Comp Lit 157 (Sever 8), where Professor Hatfield examines German Drama from Gleist to the Expressionists in the European context. The course is restricted to those who read German, but who doesn...
...here for some time to come. There is good reason to expect that the students themselves would greatly resent eight hours a week learning to say, "Passez La Beurre," even if the chances were good for their getting through in one year. What about the existing intensive courses? Chinese Aab, Slavic Aab, Mongolian, Japanese...
Slavic A, the new non-intensive introduction to Russian, is now the largest in size of the Slavic language courses with an enrollment of 144 students, 119 more than expected. Sixty students are taking Slavic Aab, the intensive course, although the Department anticipated only...
...response to appeals from non-concentrators, the Slavic Department plans to offer a one year introductory course in Russian, covering the same material as Slavic Aab, but meeting only four hours a week. Such a course, added to the present intensive courses, would give far broader access to this ever more important language. Its consideration is an encouraging sign of departmental sensitivity to student needs and desires...
Heretofore, studying Russian at Harvard has been the privilege of a diligent few. The notorious difficulty of Aab and Bab, full courses compressed into a single term each, has discouraged many people who would prefer Russian to German or the Romance languages. Credit for two courses is small consolation for one who must fulfill the requirements of another field of concentration. The proposed course presents Russian, which is not generally available in secondary schools, as a vital second language...