Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Us, are irtfl |20t losophy D exemplifies the attitude of the Philosophy Department. This course aims to give the student such self-knowledge, and such command of his mental instruments, as will be useful in any field of college work or professional activity. ROMANCE LANGUAGES Students today seem to be inte rested in language training more than literature, for courses in Spanish and some French classes are crowded, while usually popular literature courses and tutorial work have slipped. Still lectures go on. Humorous Professor Cons no longer tells about the days of the Marquise de Rambouillet, but Professor Morize spices dull subject matter about Voltaire and Ros- seau with stimulating bits of wit. Associate Professor Francon, Asso- ciate Professor Mercier, Dr. Rice and Mr. Penny are continuing to keep interest awake in the dreary rooms of Emerson and Sever Halls. The South American tendency and the rise of the Good- neighbor Policy has increased the number of potential rancheros who mill into the elementary Spanish courses. Graduate courses, too, have their share, as the influx of Latin Americans bring more men interested in Spanish drama, Old Spanish, and Spanish-American Literature. Italian Literature and Composition continue to be favored by artistically inclined students and Italian-speakers. SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE The Russian novelists, Russian Literature, and drama, as well as language are treated in various courses offered by this department. Slavic 1, Introduction to Russian Literature and Culture, and Slavic 7, the Russian Drama and Theater, both given by popular Professor Cross, have proved interesting to a large number of students this year, who wanted to gain a working knowledge of Russia without learning the language. Meanwhile, for military and economic reasons, the num- ber in Slavic 10, Elementary Russian, has greatly expanded. Philology courses in the forms of Old Slavic, and Introductions to Ukrainian, Serbo-croatian, and Polish are offered for linguists. The works of Pushkin, Merezhkovski, Leskov, Turgeniev, are discussed in courses with Professors Lednicki and Cross for the benefit of scholars inter- ested in literature and the novel. Spencer (reals English literature from Shakespeare to T. S. Hint {21} A. N. WHITEHEAD Professor of Philosophy, Fmeritus D. C. WILLIAMS Assoc. Prof, of Philosophy LOUIS CONS Late Professor of French Literature J. D. M. FORD Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages ANDRE MORIZE Professor of French Literature GUILLERMO RIVERA Associate Professor of Spanish L. F. SOLANO G. B. WESTON Assoc, Prof, of Itonuincr L: tii(ul|M Associate Professor ..f Woinanci Language , Knierilii R. H. PFEIFFER Lecturer on Semitic I junom © WILLIAM THOMSON lira ■ f i Prof mot of rt bta If. A WOLFSON Littmi ' -r EVofMMM M J «i»h Literature mnl Philo-nphy S. H. CROSS ProfflNBf of Hlslie l unu i»if- nikI LitefStltfM

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KARL VIETOR Professor of German Literature EDWARD BALLANTINE Associate Professor of Music A. T. DAVISON Ditson Professor of Music A. T. MERRITT Associate Professor of Music W. H. PISTON Associate Professor of Music G. W. WOODWORTH Associate Professor of Music RAPHAEL DEMOS Associate Professor of Philosophy W. E. HOCKING Alford Prof, of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity C. E. LEWIS Professor of Philosophy R. B. PERRY Pierce Professor of Philosophy number of students are enrolled in the lettered courses — German A, B, C, D, E — most of these are interested only in gaining proficiency in the language. The concentrators in German and allied fields, are found in the seminars, and advanced courses. Despite the anti-German feeling in the country, enrollment in introductory courses did not fall off as it did in the last war. Students recognized the need for a knowledge of German, while the department kept pace with sections in Military German as part of German E. MUSIC Music offers a complete selection of courses covering the history of music from early times through still living modern compos- ers, like Strawinsky and Hindemith. At the same time there are ample- provisions for the concentrators interested in composing, orchestrat- ing, or choral writing. The presence of several great musical organiza- tions in and near Harvard, as well as the Thursday recitals of the Stradivarius Quartet for Associate Professor Ballantine ' s course on the String Quartet, are of great aid to the student. Professors Ballan- tine and Piston are both noted American composers, and their in- fluence is reflected in the compositions of their students. Professor Davison ' s elementary course on the History of Music is easily one of the most popular and pleasant courses in the college. This is followed by courses on various musical periods and noted composers. Asso- ciate Professors Woodworth and Merritt share in teaching orchestra- tion, harmony, and counterpoint. PHILOSOPHY Philosophy at Harvard has come a long way since it was first taught as a required subject, along with Greek and Hebrew. The name; in Harvard Philosophy are outstanding, Demos, Hocking, Bixler, Perry, Wild, and the Dutch-born Divinity School Professor Auer. They all contribute to the fame maintained in the past by Williamjames and Santayana. Philosophy is a broad field; courses range from the General Theory of Value, to the Philosophy of Mathematics. But correlated with the general trend of the university, such courses as Problems in the Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of the State are gaining ground over the older, better-known philosophies. Perhaps the statement in the university catalogue under Phi- Nock brings Zeus and Olympus into History of Religions W. V. O. QUINE Assoc. Prof, of Philosophy H. M. SHEFFER Professcr of Philosophy {»}

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SOCIAL SCIENCES Instruction in the social sciences is given chiefly in specific disciplines — history, government, economics, so- ciology — organized as departments. Though the under- graduate often concentrates excessively in one of these disciplines, and though his teachers, as specialists, are often distrustful of other specialists, the interdependence of the social studies is a fact that is steadily forcing itself on the recognition of all. At Harvard there are two ways in which the undergraduate may break down the limitations of excessive specialization. Within the regular departmental concentrations he may with tutorial guidance work out a well-rounded group of courses; and, if he is an honors student he may, beginning with the class of 1944, concentrate in the new area of the social studies, covering a far wider range than has hitherto been possible. CRANE BRINTON Associate Professor of History v Ei a n h U K Tozzer, famed anthropologist a, id authority on Mayan Culture