Student Council to Examine A.B. Language Requirement

The Student Council has appointed a committee to investigate and report upon the undergraduate language requirement for the bachelor's degree, Albert B. Levin '56, Council president, announced last night.

The committee, headed by Sirgay Sanger '56, will examine three things: secondary school language training, college language courses, and the educational and practical value of language study. The investigation will be conducted almost wholly from a student approach and the committee will probably poll members of the freshman and senior classes in the near future.

"The language requirement has been a perennial issue among the faculty," Levin said, "and as far as we have record, the faculty has never been presented with an expression of the student view."

As an additional incentive for the report, both Levin and Sanger cited the rising amount of attention being given to secondary school language instruction because of the advanced standing program.

Students may currently pass off the language requirement by scoring 560 either on the College Board achievement tests or on the College's placement tests, or by passing one half-course in a language above the elementary level.