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

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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

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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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Persian were also offered to students in connection with the Far and Near Eastern programs inaugurated by the SPIA. The Department of Military Science made great revisions in its program to accommodate both accelerated and normal stu- dents. In addition to academic requirements, Seniors in the advanced course were required to pass a rigorous physical test including swimming, life saving, and successful negotiation of the obstacle course constructed during the summer. VVith a greater percentage of the Freshman Class than ever before headed towards a B. S. in E. and A. B.'s in various reserve programs taking as many technical courses as their programs would allow, the School of Engineering and the natural sciences faced the busiest year in their history. The Astronomy Depart- ment is typical of the year's trend as it instructed many Navy V-7 men in the science of Marine and Air Navigation. The Biology Department has grown from a series of lectures on comparative anatomy in 1795 to a large and well-equipped depart- ment able to carry on research in many fields which are of service to the government. Courses in biological science include morph- ology, bio-chemistry, physiology, genetics and evolution. Pre- medical men who don't enter the Biology Department can usually be found in the Chemistry Department. ...G- . SX' l ' - . . 4' s, , ..i L4-PW-ii DEAN AI.u1oN Paornssok CAR1 EN run 17 -.EQ Pkorrzssok Hovvaan