COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 1959-1960 CORNELL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Published by Cornell University at Edmund Ezra Day Hall. 18 East Avenue, Ithaca, New York, every two weeks throughout the calendar year. Volume 50. N um ber 21. Apr. (i, 1959. Second-class m ail privileges authorized at the post office at Ithaca, New York, December 14, 1916, under the act of August 24, 1912. CONTENTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR ...............................................Inside front cover FA CU LTY ........................................................................................................ 4 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ............................................... 10 Requirements for Admission ..................................................................... 11 Advanced Placement .................................................................................... 12 Registration in Courses ................................................................................ 13 Advisers ............................................................................................................ 13 Special Programs ........................................................................................... 13 Number of H ours ........................................................................................... 15 Courses Open to Freshmen ....................................................................... 15 Program of Common Studies ..................................................................... 16 Major Subjects................................................................................................. 18 Credit for Summer Session ......................................................................... 19 Double Registration ...................................................................................... 20 Marks and Scholastic Discipline .............................................................. 20 Leaves of Absence ........................................................................................... 21 Requirements for Graduation .................................................................. 21 Bachelor of Arts ......................................................................................... 21 Bachelor of Arts with Distinction ....................................................... 22 Bachelor of Arts with H onors ................................................................ 22 Requirements in Military Training and Physical Education. 23 The Libraries ................................................................................................. 23 Residential Halls ........................................................................................... 23 Scholarships and Prizes ................................................................................ 24 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION ............................................................ 27 American Studies ........................................................................................... 27 A stronom y ........................................................................................................ 28 Botany ............................................................................................................... 30 Chemistry .......................................................................................................... 30 The Classics...................................................................................................... 39 Greek ............................................................................................................. 40 L atin ............................................................................................................... 40 Classical Civilization ................................................................................ 41 H ebrew .......................................................................................................... 42 Economics ........................................................................................................ 42 CO N TEN TS 3 English ................................................................................................................. 50 Far Eastern Studies ........................................................................................... 56 The Fine Arts .................................................................................................... 60 Geology and Geography ................................................................................ 63 Government ........................................................................................................ 68 History ................................................................................................................. 73 Literature ............................................................................................................. 79 Mathematics ...................................................................................................... 82 Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures ........................................ 90 Burmese .......................................................................................................... 90 Chinese ............................................................................................................. 90 Czech ................................................................................................................. 91 D utch ............................................................................................................... 91 English for Foreigners ................................................................................ 90 French ............................................................................................................. 92 G erm an .......................................................................................................... 94 H indi ............................................................................................................... 97 Indonesian ................................................................................................... 97 Italian ............................................................................................................ 98 Linguistics ................................................................................................... 99 Portuguese ................................................................................................... 100 Russian ........................................................................................................ 100 Spanish ............................................................................................................ 102 Thai (Siamese) ............................................................................................ 104 Vietnamese ..................................................................................................... 104 Music ................................................................................................................... 104 Philosophy .......................................................................................................... 108 Physics ................................................................................................................ I ll Psychology .......................................................................................................... 117 Sociology and Anthropology ...................................................................... 123 Speech and Drama .......................................................................................... 133 Zoology ................................................................................................................ 138 Interdepartmental Courses ........................................................................... 142 Additional Courses in Biological Science .................................................. 142 Courses in Other Divisions........................................................................... 143 IN D EX ................................................................................................................ 144 LIST OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ...................................... Inside back cover FACULTY* DEANE W. MALOT I , President of the University FRANCIS E. MINEKA, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences MELVIN LOVELL HULSE, Associate Dean and Secretary of the College of Arts and Sciences ROLLIN LAWRENCE PERRY, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (AMES DABNEY BURFOOT, Jr, Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences GEORGE FERRIS CRONKHITE. Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences MEYER HOWARD ABRAMS, Ph.D., Professor of English GEORGE PLIMPTON ADAMS, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Economics ROBERT MARTIN ADAMS, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English HOWARD BERNHARDT ADELMANN, Ph.D.. Professor of Histology and Embryology ALFRED AEPPLI, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics FREDERICK BROWNING AGARD, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics RALPH PALMER AGNEW, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor of Mathematics ANDREAS C. ALBRECHT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry H. DARKES ALBRIGHT, Ph.D., Professor of Speech and Drama ARTHUR AUGUSTUS ALLEN, Ph.D., Professor of Ornithology. Emeritus ALFRED LEONARD ANDERSON, Ph.D., Professor of Geology JOHN MAXWELL ANDERSON, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology ALBERT LEROY ANDREWS, Ph.D., Professor of German Philology. Emeritus