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...architecture. Most important, perhaps, the plan closes the gap between teaching and the new developments in design. Since the twenties, architecture has become increasingly concerned with its artistic and social implications. The new undergraduate courses recognize this shift and rightly stress these creative and aesthetic aspects--what Dean Sert has called, "its higher significance." In addition to keeping pace with the field, the new courses offer prospective architects real help by testing their creative ability early. The student deserves this chance to find what natural ability he has before getting deeply involved in graduate work...
...School of Design is directed by Dean Jose L. Sert, who cooperated with Bundy in planning all of the School's revisions. Since Sert replaced Joseph F. Hudnut as Dean of the School of Design last September, the department has taken many strides forward...
...first time in a long time, the School of Design is financially solvent. By increasing the tuition from $600 to $800, Sert has eliminated a $10,000 deficit, and by securing financial support from Bundy, he has paved the way to a much more complete curriculum...
...School of Design is divided into two parts, the Department of Architecture, headed by Sert, and the Department of City Planning and Architecture, headed by Reginald R. Isaacs. An important affiliate of the School within the College itself is the Department of Architectural Sciences, which is directed by Norman T. Newton, associate professor of Landscape Architecture...
...Dean Sert declared that the emphasis in the Department of Architecture has been shifted to stress an even greater movement toward novel expression and freedom of individual creation in the designing of buildings. To achieve this end, courses have been planned in ecstatic and architectural composition...