Educational Aspects of the Teaching of German in the Universities of the District of Columbia from 1910-1952

The educators who are interested in liberal education have been concerned for some time about the lack of interest and the resultant decline in the study of foreign languages in American secondary schools and colleges. The increasing demand for special training for the vocations combined with the general emphasis and pressure of courses in general education has apparently limited the offering of language courses. In addition the small amount of time allotted to languages--two or three years in the secondary schools, and two years in college, usually three times a week--has compelled the desired objectives to be reduced to one, the ability to read the language.