Word: program
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first time of an experiment far-reaching in its implications which, should it prove successful, may stir some witnesses to emulation. Honors candidates studying under the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature will complete, by handing in a thesis and submitting to a brief oral examination, the program adopted last year by the Committee which released them from written divisional tests in their field after Junior year...
While admitting the value of the plan in its opportunity for qualified students to tackle a job of original scholarship in their final college year, one cannot but wonder if the preliminaries are truly sound. There are dangers inherent in the program. The dismissal of the entire field after only two years of undergraduate study is too likely to be a real dismissal of a mass of fact considered unworthy of full understanding in the face of the more specialized work awaiting the student. Two years can hardly give an undergraduate a mastery of his field sufficient to quality...
Under the new ruling, the total requirements for the degree is to be 16 half courses, the equivalent of two years' study. In addition to the work in the courses, candidates for the degree must take a general examination at the conclusion of their program of study, and also meet an apprenticeship requirement...
Under this new two-year program for the Ed.M. degree, teachers and prospective teachers are offered an unusual opportunity to secure a thorough preparation for professional service. Experienced teachers may meet the apprenticeship requirements by credit for their regular work in school positions...
...University Instrumental Clubs will begin work tonight in preparation for the spring program, which opens with a Concert to be given at the Union February 15. Candidates for the Clubs will be given a last opportunity to display their talents tomorrow night in Paine Hall, when trials in all departments of musical accomplishment will be held from 7 to 9 o'clock...