Principal lightening of the specific concentration load has come in the field of music history. Of the six courses required for concentrators, the four in theory must still be taken by all. But concentrators can choose two in music history from a group of several. The theory courses cover a year of orchestration, two years of harmony, and a year of counterpoint.

There are no generals, orals, or junior year exams. Only a thesis is necessary for honors candidates.

Perhaps the outstanding attraction of the department is the opportunity for informal contact between teacher and student without the formal machinery of tutorial. Because there is a faculty member for every fifth concentrator, the faculty does not offer tutorial until the senior year.

The department boasts men like Walter H. Piston and Thompson, two of the top four or five composers in the country, and Otto J. Gombosi and Stephen D. Tuttle, two of the nation's top musicologists.

Archibald T. Davison is an institution in Music I, one of the most popular courses in the College, and normally taken before the advanced music history courses. G. Wallace Woodworth, world-renowned conductor of the Glee Club, will teach a course in the symphony as one of the middle group history courses next year.

Philosophy

Number of Concentrators: 60.

1952 Commencement Honors: cum, 5; magna, 4; summa, none.

Philosophy is a valuable department for those preparing for professions stressing analysis or argument, such as law and education. In addition, the department can make an interesting concentration for those looking merely for a liberal education.

Concentrators are required to take at least six full courses in Philosophy. Of these, only two may be elementary. Another two may be in related fields. These may include political theory, theory of art, religion, psychology, and sociology.

Candidates for honors may concentrate in one of a number of combined courses: Philosophy and Classics, Philosophy and English, Philosophy and Mathematics, Philosophy and Government, and Philosophy and History.

Required Courses

There are no required courses. However the General Examination system rather determines a student's schedule. Each concentrator is required to take three three-hour generals, one of which is in modern philosophy.

For his systematic exam, a student may choose among Metaphysics, Ethics, and Logic. In the ancient and modern philosophy exams he has a choice of a long list of authors on whom he will be intensively examined--one in each period.

The same requirements apply to both honors and regular candidates for the degree, with the exception of a thesis required of honors candidates. Tutorial is provided for all honors candidates in or above Group III in the Junior and Senior Years. Group III sophomores may have one term of tutorial.