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...department of Romance Languages has acted this year to restrict the hordes of freshmen who have previously enrolled in French or Spanish Ra as an easy way of fulfilling the College's language requirement...
Before this fall, any freshman who had scored less than 430 on the College Board test in French or Spanish and had taken two or more years of the language in high school was advised to enter an Ra course. This year, only those whose College Board score was below 350 were allowed to take the Ra courses...
...enrollment in French Ra has, as a result, dropped from about 150 last year to only 35 this fall. According to Edward J. Geary, assistant professor of Romance Languages and Coordinator of the Language Program, this will permit instructors to give closer attention to poorer language students who have not been able to get this attention in the past...
...teaching methods in French and Spanish Ra have also undergone a radical change. Pictures, films, and recordings are now employed in an effort to establish a direct association between a foreign word and its sense rather than a mere translation into English...
...dusk, some 2,000 to 6,000 visitors perch quietly on steel folding chairs on the vast graveled terrace, listening to the piquant yet noble strains of an orchestral prelude, the work of Jacques Ibert, distinguished French composer (Ports of Call) and former manager of the Paris Opéra. "Here intrigues are woven and romance prevails," proclaims a voice which seems to come from the heart of the chateau itself (it is the recorded voice of Charles Boyer, via 28 loudspeakers, speaking a text by André Maurois). "Here all France is assembled; not only the court, but also...