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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Geographical Exploration is somewhat detached from the rest of the field, and is the most practical part of it, although limited in range. Course 31a does not accomplish very much for anyone not planning to explore some place. It is built around Professor Rice, who has had wide experience but is usually in New York and does not have much time to spend on the course. 35a, on Cartoraphy, has the widest appeal, but it is only open to concentrators in Geography and certain other scientific fields. It is well taught by Raisz...
German is a very small field, its concentrators last year numbering 16. The drop from 25 two years previously may have been due in part to the loss during the last few years of some prominent staff members, though an increase in concentrators for next year shows that changes in personnel are already doing some good...
...field requires no more work than any other language field, but the students who get the most pleasure out of their work are those with a knack for languages and a real interest in German. The Faculty is interested and the smallness of the enrollment means that there is much friendly contact between them and the students. This is a most enjoyable feature of concentration...
There are two outstanding difficulties in the organization of the field. The advanced courses tend to deal with narrow parts of German culture, and, in the Sophomore year particularly, students have trouble in orienting themselves and in placing courses in the right relation to each other. The tutorial work does not meet this situation, and a "planlessness" is felt by some students when arranging their schedules. A second trouble previously encountered in making schedules is that too many of the advanced courses have been in the same examination group...
Concentrators in German must take examinations in the fall of their Junior year on the Bible, Shakespeare, and two ancient authors, and in May of their Senior year they must take a general exam on the whole field...