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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...halo" has hug about the head of the department, glorifying its high aims and standards. Although it is no mistake to say that the field is one of the best, it is wrong to claim that it affords the broadest education and is thus the hardest. History alone or English alone can in some cases offer just as much. What a student gains is in the end up to himself and his tutor. Undoubtedly more time is spent with one's tutor, both as Sophomore and Junior, than in any other non-scientific field. The concentrator should be prepared...
Because of the comparative freedom of range within the field, each man seemed excited about his work, and with the help of the tutor this enthusiasm can be well developed and directed. The tutors in general are highly praised. In the English field Perkins is fine for the 18th century; Potter excellent in England, France, and Germany; Houghton good on poetry and the 17th century; Miller in America; Finley and Dow in the Classics. Durand knows his Aquinas and Bacon, but perhaps because he is over-worked, he seems indifferent to tutees. New tutors in the department will...
Opinions about the courses in the History and English departments are founded predominantly on the approach. If English 21 is unsatisfactory, as it seems to be, it is because the History and Literature man feels the weakness of too narrow and outmoded an interpretation and the absence of a social point of view. All courses which attempt to relate history and literature to the cultural and economic background of the time concerned are applauded. For this reason less philology and more sociology are demanded. See the History and English articles for courses not mentioned...
...English 7 is an excellent survey course for the specialist and for all those interested in American literature. Professor Jones will give a course on 20th century American Literature the second-half year, instead of one on American literature since 1870. Of the four conference group courses numbered 170, 170a is most recommended; although somewhat elementary, Murdock is good on the American novel to 1900. Miller on the American Drama in "d" should be excellent. Those in the field think a conference group on Southern literature is needed...
History 21b is a fine historical course for Europe, but not philosophical. In the field of English History and Literature, the History courses 19, 40, and 42 are all called essential, and are good courses. English 21 is also essential, but, as mentioned, the approach was criticized as being out of date. In English 30 the intellectual background is neatly summarized and the reading well selected. The first half year is on English literature from 1603 to the Restoration, the second half on the subsequent period to 1700. English 80, a criticism of poetry, relates to the intellectual background; Houghton...