Word: specializes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Preparation for this last milestone depends as much on the individual as on the tutor; it is a general exam covering the entire special field. Failure means that another and different exam must be taken as a Senior; success means that the concentrator will write a thesis and undergo an oral the next year on the century in which his thesis falls. Some members expressed the desire of seeing questions in the Junior divisional based more on a synthesis of history and literatures, with the marking adjusted to this basis...
...Houghton good on poetry and the 17th century; Miller in America; Finley and Dow in the Classics. Durand knows his Aquinas and Bacon, but perhaps because he is over-worked, he seems indifferent to tutees. New tutors in the department will be D. J. Boorstin, England and America, whose special subject is the history of law; P. Dur., France; and H. Rice, French literature...
History 50 is necessary for the German field, being its history in modern times. Members of this special field regret that four distinguished men have left the department in the last four years. Vietor is especially praised in the field, although his German is swift for one not proficient in the tongue. His course 15 on Goethe is one of the best. German 12 is a pure history and literature course, given in English on the Social Background of German Culture...
...years ago the field was divided into three subdivisions for special emphasis: the History of Art, the Theory of the Visual Arts, and Design in Preparation for Work in the Graduate School of Design. In May of his Junior year each concentrator in Plan A (Senior year under Plan B) must pass a general written examination based on slides, and in Senior year one on his special field. Preparation for these exams is covered well in the courses, and the amount done for tutorial varies with the interest of the studies...
...year is too much to spend on either of these subjects, and results in over-emphasis on Greek vases in the former and on manuscripts in the latter. The lecturers in these two courses, Chase, Koehler, Deknatel, and Grace, are all authorities in these fields. Those who choose the special subdivision of History of Art will not have to cover Design in their general examination...