There is no set order in which courses must be taken. Most students take either the extremely popular Philosophy 1 or 2 and 3 as an introductory course, depending on whether they want an historical or systematic approach. Other important and popular courses are 152, 130, and 164.

Willard V. O. Quino, chairman of the department, has recommended Philosophy 1a and 1b as beginning courses for concentrators. He also recommended that every concentrator take Philosophy 140, Deductive Logic.

Many Vacancies

Several new men and visiting lecturers will fill in next year for three of the faculty on leaves of absence. Morton G. White will spend next year at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Quine has been named Eastman Visiting Professor at Oxford next year. Clarence I. Lewis '06, who has been called one of the greatest philosophers in America, is retiring this year.

Henry D. Aiken will return in the spring term from a year as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.

Physics

Number of Concentrators: 105.

1952 Commencement Honors: summa, 6; magna, 5; cum, 9.

If you don't love mathematics, don't major in physics.

These remarks preface this article every year, but their truth is reaffirmed with each freshman class. For unless the prospective physicist has full comprehension of all of his required mathematics courses, he will almost certainly find theoretical physics completely beyond his grasp.

The physic concentrator here is allowed the most freedom of any science concentrator. For besides the necessary courses in mathematics and the beginning course in physics he is free to select four advanced half courses in physics and two more in physics or a related field to round out his concentration requirements. For honors he must take one more course in Physics or in Applied Science and an additional half course in Physics or a "related field."

Under new department regulations, Physics 11, the introductory course assuming a knowledge of calculus that raced through physics in two semesters has been extended to three terms, and will be both more intensive and more extensive. The new course, to be called Physics 12, will, with the fourth semester occupied by Physics 111, atomic physics, constitute a firm, high-level introduction to the field.

Basic Courses

The average concentrator will now take Mathematics 1 and probably Chemistry 1 or 2 in his freshman year. As a sophomore, he will take Mathematics 2 and Physics 12a and 12b. Then, in the fall term of his junior year, he must take Physics 12c.

His junior year advanced courses might include Mathematics 1050a and Physics 131 in the fall term and Physics 111 and 132 in the spring. Physics 131, a more rigorous mathematical treatment of direct current electrical phenomena and magnetism, is one of the most difficult courses in the department.