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History and Literature majors are all considered honors candidates, and it is no field for those whose scholastic ambitions stop at "gentleman's grades." Students who are willing to make the extra effort, however, find themselves rewarded by the advantages of a small, competent, and (agreeably contrasting to some other fields) interested tutorial staff, and a latitude in choice of courses and fields of study far greater than that in most other, more specialized departments...
...field is sub-divided into countries and centuries, and a student can concentrate his minimum of eight courses in anything from the History and Literature of the Renaissance or of Greece and Rome to a study of American or English civilization. The degree he finally receives depends more on his senior thesis and oral exams than on his grades, however, since the department thinks a general knowledge of a field, pulled together in individual tutorial sessions, more important than the topics studied in isolated courses. A student meets his tutor once every two weeks as a sophomore, and every week...
Last month, the History and Literature department suffered the greatest less possible in the death of its outstanding faculty member, Professor Matthiesses. Next year, several of its best tutors, such as Messrs. Holland and Levinson in the American field, will not be here. But personnel changes will not affect the general tenor of the field, which, under the chairmanship of Elliot Perkins, will continue its tradition of high standards and broad interests for undergraduates interested in both the social sciences and the humanities...
...wide range and freedom of choice both within the immediate field and within related fields marks concentration in History. Changes which have been made in the Department's program within the last year have sought to make it possible for each individual to choose a flexible program peculiarly suited to his own needs...
Lastly, the possibility of intensive work on more special fields within the general field of History is now possible...