Word: emphasising
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Perhaps the most important forward step that the department has taken this year is the increase of emphasis on the cultural background of English literature rather than the scholarly side. Professor Munn and Professor Jones won praise for this, while certain lectures of Professor Lowes and Professor Magoun were criticized...
Two years ago the field was divided into three subdivisions for special emphasis: the History of Art, the Theory of the Visual Arts, and Design in Preparation for Work in the Graduate School of Design. In May of his Junior year each concentrator in Plan A (Senior year under Plan...
Of the advanced courses in the history of Art, the best seems to be C, D, and G. Neither C nor D, on the Renaissance in Italy and in northern Europe, will be given this year. G, a first half year course on Oriental Art, is very interesting. Mr. Sickman...
In general the French Literature courses contain good material but present it poorly, sometimes putting emphasis on the wrong points, often vague. But with a little concentration on the student's part he will get a good deal out of them.
Spanish 4 and 2 are the only courses which can qualify as Spanish literature courses. The former is a general view, corresponding to French 6, and could almost stand being a full course. Professor Ford gives both this and number 2 on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and Cervantes. The...