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When he announced the institution of the orals in the Economics Department, Senior Tutor Ayers Brinser '31 claimed the move was designed to make tutorial count towards a degree. The orals will be administrated by the student's tutor and two other from the House...
...Earlier Brinser said, "Some men in other fields are interested, some are skeptical...
...tests will provide an opportunity for the non-honors candidate to switch to honors concentration if he does well in the examination. Brinser added, however, that if honors candidates should fail the test, it could affect their honors status in the department...
...tests will be individually given and will last about half an hour. Brinser expects them to begin about April and run through to the end of the year. Administered at the House level, the tests will take about ten hours total in each House...
...Economics Department, Brinser added, does not want to destroy the "informal give-and-take of tutorials," or, by giving the test, prescribe the course of study in tutorials. Since the plan was discussed in each of the eight Senior Common Rooms, all Departments in the College are considering it. "Some men in other fields are interested, some are skeptical," Brinser said. "We think the plan will be successful...