Fraternity-Testvériség, 1958 (36. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1958-04-01 / 4. szám
6 FRATERNITY III. MEMBERSHIP A) Adult membership on Dec. 31, 1956 ...................... 22,932 Adult membership on Dec. 31, 1957 ...................... 24,102 Increase in membership ............................... 1,170 B) Juvenile membership on Dec. 31, 1956 .................. 11,267 Juvenile membership on Dec. 31, 1957 .................. 11,632 Increase in membership ............................... 365 C) Total Adult and Juvenile members on Dec. 31, 1956 ............ 34,199 Total Adult and Juvenile members on Dec. 31, 1957 ............ 35,734 Total increase ...................................................................... 1,535 IV. INSURANCE IN FORCE Total amount on Dec. 31, 1956 ....................................... $34,351,306.00 Total amount on Dec. 31, 1957 ....................................... 37,241,095.00 Total net amount of increase ............................ $ 2,889,789.00 JOSEPH KECSKEMETHY, WOEFUL IGNORANCE OF LANGUAGES (From The Milwaukee Journal) An example of the woeful inattention that American pay to foreign languages in a world in which we are competing for survival with Soviet Russia: Paul W. Sayres, a New York businessman just back from a tour of India, reports that “no one American official in India speaks Hindustani, while many of the Russian representatives speak it fluently.” Hindi, or Hindustani, would not serve anyone all over India. There are too many district dialects and languages. But it is the key language. Fortunately this lack is no barrier to dealing with top Indian officials. Most of them are graduates of English universities and speak English better than most Americans do. But lack of Hindi and other Indian languages cuts Americans off effectively from Indians below the top level and severely limits our knowledge of India. Russians, on the other hand, have learned not only Hindi but many other Indian dialects and languages. They can talk with the people. How can we — as some American officials love to put it — keep the people “on our side” when we can’t even talk to them?
