Comparative Philology

The Sciences and the Humanities are often thought of as incompatible, but few fields of concentration disprove this more effectively than Comparative Philology.

Linguistics is an exact science, as anyone who has ever studied under Professor Joshua Whatmough knows. Concentrators in Comp. Phil., however, find their studies branching out into anthropology, psychology, and even philosophy before they are through.

The field is far from overcrowded, and concentrators usually name this as one of its virtues. Professor Whatmough, the department head, is a world-renowned authority. He relieves the driest lectures with his humorous digressions. Whatmough will be on leave of absence during the Spring term next year.

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Students find him a hard taskmaster, but always sympathetic and ready to straighten out the staggering detail that often brakes their progress.

Concentrators normally combine two full courses in Comp. Phil. with at least two courses in another department. In all, six approved courses are required for concentration. All men in the department must be candidates for honors, but the thesis need be only 10,000 words long.

The most popular combined study is Romance Languages. The advantage of most combinations in Comp. Phil. is that the student has a chance to learn more than one foreign language without having to learn the literatures.

As preparation for jobs in the State Department as well as for business abroad, Comparative Philology is a good bargain.