Word: exam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fine Arts with a creative bent their only opportunity to express themselves, as the principal emphasis falls on understanding the meaning of design rather than on actual construction techniques. This comparatively young field has also the most radical set-up offered to undergraduates, several of the courses being exam-less...
...regard geology and geography as "pipes" to be taken as fifth courses or to pass a science requirement does not hold for the field itself. But industrious work will pay very practical dividends, as concentration in the field will prepare an undergraduate to pass the Civil Service junior geologist exam, to obtain a job in mining or oil, and a full understanding of map work is valuable for a military commission...
...requirement for concentration plus two related courses, as the Departmental pamphlet outlines in detail. Once in the field the concentrator will select a special subject for specific work. At the end of his Senior year he will take a general examination in either Geology or Geography and a special exam in his specific section...
...Shakespeare examination in the Spring of the Sophomore year; in the beginning of the Junior year two thirty-minute orals on either Anicent or Modern authors and historians depending upon the special field studied. For honors candidates, the end of the Junior year presents a four hour qualifying exam. Once a student has waded his way through these trials, the first two of which are nothing more than chores, he writes a thesis on a special branch in the field and takes an examination on the material covered by the thesis at the end of the Senior year...
Tyrone Power applied for enlistment in the Naval Reserve, passed his physical exam. The Navy said he would probably be made a chief petty officer assigned to morale and recreation. He gets a few months' grace to finish his picturemaking...