Concentrators: 619.

1952 Commencement Honors: cums, 46; magnas, 16; summas, 1.

As with anything of such gigantic proportions, Government is a very hard field to generalize about. If there aren't 619 reasons for majoring in Government there are certainly a couple of dozen.

Concentration in the field is no longer restricted to those interested specifically in political science. In recent years it has been accepted as good preparation for Law, Business, Journalism and Education in addition to Government Service and Politics. It also has recently acquired the reputation as the fields to major in if you don't know what you're interested in.

Concentration in Government can be gritty much what you make it. With such a large number of concentrators of widely differing interests the department offers a great variety of courses. Depending on which you choose your next three years can be one long weekend or a fairly tough grind. Government has its quota of "guts" and it also has its fair share of solid, hard course.

The repartment requires at least eight half courses in Government (probably a few more for honors candidates), either Economics 1 or Social Sciences 115 and full or two half courses in History (Social Sciences 111 can be substituted for this requirement.)

Specialization

The Government major must choose to specialize in one of the three divisions of the field-American Government, Political Thought and Comparative Government, and International Law and Relations.

A peculiar examination system which includes both a three-hour general departmental examination on the whole field of Government and a four-hour special examination in the students division requires a careful distribution of courses in all three areas. He must get a good feeling for the field in general plus a more intensive preparation in his specific area.

In addition to the general and departmental examinations given in May of the senior year, students are often required to take oral examinations.

The most popular of the three areas is American Government. Almost everybody in this division takes McCloskey's difficult but rewarding 124-American Constitutional Development, partially because one section of the divisional examination deals exclusively with Constitutional Law.

American Division

V. O. Key is an authority on political parties, but his lectures in 135-Party Government in the United States are pretty dry and dull. Arthur N. Holcombe, dean of the department, gives a basic but dry course on the National Government of the United States.

Hanford's and Lambie's courses in State and Local and Municipal Government and Gaus' in Public Administration are among the less popular in the area.

Flippant, witty Charley Cherington gives two enjoyable and popular courses, 153--Problems in American Federalism and 155--Government Regulation of Industry, the latter in collaboration with Palamountain. Next year, 153, now a half course, will be made into a full one with Dr. Wood taking the second half.