Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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PROFESSOR STRAYER Ja Paonassoa I-Iizwrrr-'1'HAYaR Department offers a variety of courses ranging from a freshmen term dealing with anthropology and soci- ology to those treating of modern history down to the present day. The Department of Modern Languages and Litera- tures is one of the largest departments in the University with courses in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Special courses for government service were devised to assist in the general plan of the department which-emphasizes the importance of the languages culturally and as tools to research in cor- related helds of studyi A mainstay of the Divisional Program of the DEAN Roor 15 Pkomzssoa ScooN

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DEAN GAUSS Greek and Latin for admission to upperclass concen- tration, but students majoring in Classics are encour- aged to take courses in such kindred subjects as art, philosophy, and modern languages. P Professor Gordon Hall Gerould became Chairman of the English Department after the resignation of Professor Hoyt H. Hudson last February. The Eng- lish Department acted as the keystone of the newly inaugurated American Culture Program supplying as its chairman Professor Willard Thorp, the purveyor of Bobby's English of senior singing fame. Believing that a knowledge of the past is necessary for an understanding of the present, the History pecdzf Wm eauafteft Acfcfecf . . . . PROFESSOR GODOLPHIN 14 PROFESSOR T HORP Paortsson GERQULD

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435 1, PROFESSOR THOMAS PRoFEssoR GREENE I-Iunianities is the Philosophy Department. Three broad fields of concentration are oH:ered to the philosophy major and he is also encouraged to take as many courses as possible in the five other departments which go to 'make up the Divisional program. In its third year, the Department of Religious History has added several courses to its curriculum and is attracting many students from other departments who wish a background of the Christian position in order to understand its place in the modern World. The Department operates on the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation and is conducted by Professor George F. Thomas and instructor Dr. A. L. Jamison. Both the Politics Department and the Department of Economic and Social Institutions have stressed AIHCIICS-1,5 part in the World struggle and the part it can logically play after the peace. The School of Public and International Affairs draws upon the resources of the above two departments plus the History Depart- ment to offer a Well-balanced plan of study of interest to the student contemplating a career in public service. While it may not be selected as a department of upperclass concentration, the Department of Oriental Languages and Litera- tures greatly increased in importance during the last year, enlarg4 ing the number of courses available in Chinese and instituting elementary japanese for qualined students. Arabic, Turkish and 16 PROFESSOR MUNRO