Labor Economics

One of the most popular professors teaching an undergraduate courses, John Dunlop will be back to give the two semesters of Labor Economics. Different from the other basic courses in that it emphasizes more human aspects, Economics 181 combines human and legal aspects of the labor movement as well of the economic foundation.

Economics 101, the basic theory course for undergraduates, is restricted to honors candidates in their last year of study.

English

Number of Concentrators: 271.

1952 Commencement Honors: Cum, 6; magna, 11; summa, 1; 6 cums in General Studies.

The death of the old English 1 and the relative success of English 10 this year have made English much more inviting as a field of concentration. The old course, which assigned a few pages of everyone who wrote in the language, gave way to the streamlined version last September and has so far been considered a great improvement by tutors and students alike.

Required of all concentrators, English 10 restricts itself to the "giants" of the language. Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare, Donne, and Bacon form the bulk of the first half of the course, handled by Professor Baker. Professor Bate lectures the second half, handling Pope, Swift, Johnson, Keats, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Eliot and a few others. Specialists on various men often pinch hit for both Baker and Bate.

The main objection to the new course is that instead of having regular section meetings and additional tutorials, it combines sections with tutorials. This deprives concentrators of a year of tutorial since the weekly meetings must be given over almost entirely to material directly related to the course.

A major drawback to candidates for honors is the Latin (or Greek) requirement. To get an honors degree a student must have had three years of preparatory school Latin (or two of school and one of college Latin), or two years of school Greek. An A or B in Latin 1 or 2 or a satisfactory grade in Greek 1 will suffice.

Honors

Honors candidates must also take eight full elective courses of which three may be in related fields. In most cases he must choose his courses with an eye to General Examinations which he will take in the Spring of his Senior year. The department has published a syllabus which is essential to the concentrator and which is on sale at the Coop for $1.

Nearly all concentrators take one of the two Shakespeare courses offered by the department. Professor Levin's English 123--omitted this year--will be given next year and will cover 12 selected plays. Professor Harbage's English 124 covers all the plays. Levin's course allows more intensive study of the plays it covers, but some prefer to read all the plays. Both are full courses.

The Chaucer course, English 115, is a virtual requirement for all honors candidates. Professor Whiting does the lecturing in what is generally considered the toughest course in the department. All the works of Chaucer are read and exams require a very thorough acquaintance with the reading since spot passages are chosen at random.

The department can be roughly divided into three sections: composition, English literature, and American Literature. There are several courses in Public Speaking. Only one of these may be counted for the degree and none for concentration in English, however.