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cre pan cy bet we en the sup ply of and the dem and for qu al ifi edper son s to giv e over­ sea s se rv ice, to work with for eigners, to par tici pat ein int ern ati onalcon ference sand to car ry out oth er ass ignme nts in wh ich the lack of for eig n-l an gu ag e pro fic ien cyis a ser iou s ha nd ica p. Th e Inte rna tion alCo­ ope rat ion Admi nis tra tio nalo ne requir es abo ut 12 50 per son s for ove rsea s dut y annuall y. Sp ecial ist sfo r the se program s nee d, bu t seldom poss ess , a soundkno wle dge of the lan gu ag eof the countr y to wh ich the y go . In a rec ent gro up of tec hnicia ns lea vin g for work ove rse as, 47 out of 50 cou ld spe ak on ly En gli sh. Th e co llege student can hee d the formula that all per son nel head s be liev e to be hi s best ho pe fo r a su cc ess ful future in busi­ ne ss : a bal anc e be tw ee n cla ssr oom per­ form anc e an d ex tra cu rri cu larac tiv iti es; an d a balan cebe tw ee n sp ec ifi cab ili tie san d a we ll-rou nd edpers onal ity . For tun ate ly, co llege edu cat ors today, eve n in co lleges dev ote d exc lus ive ly to sci en ce and engin eerin g,like Cal. Te ch . and M. I.T .,have now rea lize dthe ne ces sity of the humanit ies ,an d par ticu larl yfor eig n lan guages, no t on ly fo r sci en tif icresearc h, but als o fo r soc ial an d cult ural valu es, fo r the dev elopmentof a well -rounde dman of cul ture and ed uc ation .He can still spe­ cia liz e, but the y ma int ainthat he mus t not isol ate him self from so cie ty . He should be a part of the ma in. t lified s s t i r- ice, i ers, t ti ipate ational s l t ents i i n-language ficiency i i s icap. tional - tio ini tration ires s s t al y. lists s , l om pos e s, a l dge age y i . i i ns g as, lish. r l nel s li e is ssful i- : . e t e n oo - a ce t cur icul.ar tivities; ce e n ific ilities nded onality. t ately, ors , s d l ivcly t ce e ring, . . I. ., li d c ity ies, ti larly f in-n ages, tific h, l l es, ent l ed f ucation. ill - li e, i tain t I ty. l

Pre sid ent Eise nhower 's sug ges tion tha t Am eri can scho ols dev ote mor e tim e to for eig n lan gua ges is esp eci ally apt today. Commun icat ionshave never bee n as vit al as the y are now . And spe aki ng is stil l the mo st impo rtan t method of commu nic atio n. Th ere for e, today mor e so than bef ore , for eig nlangua ges in col leg e emb race mo re than the realm of sci en tif icrese arch . Th ey enric hand broaden the mi nd with the ric h cul tur e, hist ory and phil osophy of the peo ple sof diff ere nt lands. Th ey equ ip the student the bette r to underst and the psy cho log y and be lief s of thes e wor ld ne igh bo rs of ours , who se des cendan ts all Am eri canstud ents are . Be cau se of the lan gua ge barr ier we are oft en prev ente d from iro nin g out dif ­ fer en ces and mis und ers tan din gsbet we en peop les of diff ere nt ton gue s. Lea rni ng the oth er's langua ge not on ly wil l ena ble us to und erst and hi s poi nt of view, but als o wi ll per sua de him to lear n our ton gue to ex chan ge and respect our dif fer enc e of op ini on s. It will mak e frie nd s acr oss the bor der s and will go a lon g way to ins ure las tin g world pea ce. Grea t will be the da y when fo re ign lan guag es will have take n thei r rig htf ul pla ce of impo rtance in all our col leg es, to rai se the qua lity of ou r highe r edu cat ion and to strength en the col leg iat eladder up wh ich the stud ent of tod ay clim bs to take hi s pla ce in the wor ld. tion t t ic l t e t i n ges ial y t t . ications it l _ . ing l t t nication. f re, !iO , i n ges e tific r . t i e, y t l t i t r l t logy rl rs , l ll ican . se ge i i g t i - ces er landings en les t s. ing t ge l l l t a , ill de t ge ence o . e t t i g . cl ia e n- ul t l es t lit r tion l l e i te r s t e e t 's

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