Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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English A-1--Good composition course for Freshmen to start on. Gordon and Bailey recommended highly...
English 1--Will be under Jones, inspiring and amusing lecturer but addicted to formulas and fond of debunking. Not recommended to Freshmen who have had a prep school survey course...
...other non-scientific field. The concentrator should be prepared to read much and read it thoroughly, as well as to study ideas in addition to facts. Survey courses like History 1, English 1, and French 6 (for the French field), are recommended for prospective concentrators to take as Freshmen...
...proportionate increase in the amount of time devoted to contemporary work. The course builds up a chronological list of superficial facts, requires little intelligence or thought, but is worth while both as an introduction to advanced courses in the history of Art, and as correlation for History 1, which Freshmen should take with Fine Arts 1d if they are thinking of concentrating in Fine Arts...
...Freshmen who have learned to speak one of these languages abroad, and who think that they will have an easy time in the field because of this, are mistaken. While there are other students who slave away trying to learn to speak a language, yet the mere ability to speak it is of little value in satisfying the grammatical and literary requirements of the field. In fact several advanced courses are given in English. But the student who is reasonably conscientious about his work will find the department easier than most...