Word: parts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...concentrators must for more intensive work select a special field from a group of 16 (sixteen). Honors candidates, who normally survive seven or eight courses in the field, take at the end of the junior year a two-part exam consisting of three questions to be chosen from four major chronological and geographical areas. True to its tradition, the department sees to it that one of the three questions must be on a pre-1700 topic. Men not attaining a satisfactory grade on this exam are dropped from the honors program...
...second part of the exam consists of one essay chosen from several options and is designed to test more particularly the student's comprehensive knowledge of history and his ability to think critically on historical generalizations. At the end of the senior year, honors men also have a special field exam and, at the option of the Examiners, an oral exam...
...Music Department does not attempt to build dilettantes and shakes no lonk hair, but holds closely to a technical approach. Many concentrators feel that this leaning backwards on the part of the department to escape a "Conservatory" approach has become a major weakness, for little opportunity for practical application of musical skill is given...
However, several extra-curricular activities, such as the Glee and Music Clubs, are tied up intimately with the department and receive the wholehearted support of faculty members. Activity in these organizations can compensate in part for the total lack of "practical music" courses, but except in the case of the Glee Club, only the real virtuoso can gain much benefit from these activities...
Much of this is the work of Pierre Fresnay, who plays the title role with blazing honesty and humility. The part of a saint is patently not an easy one; in the hands of a lesser actor, "Monsieur Vincent" would have been hopelessly marred. The entire weight of the film rests on the central character, and Fresnay carries it with ease...