Dave Davis '67...........

Plebes don't take foreign language.  Only language requirements are in English, Economics, Political Science and History majors. Engineers and Science majors may take languages as part of the required Humanities electives.

Chuck Norton '67..........

Used to be that Plebe roommates were assigned according to which language they were to be taking. Is this still true? Muchas gracias,

Patois '63.......

Yes, it was the fine study of the Russian language that put together the collection of Schufeldt, Trani, Browne, and Waugh.  Three Napsters and a young Irishman from the Bronx.  According to our sponsor, a Nav prof named
Bruce Toffelmeier, there was also an attempt to balance the rooms psychologically.  Shu (he liked to be called Vance) was one of the oldest in the Class, and Pete Browne was either the youngest or damned near.  We were
all supposed to somehow merge in the middle.  Don't really recall studying Russian that much together.

I suppose that the great minds thought long and hard before eliminating the foreign language requirement.  I have always held that as part of a general education curriculum.  Just as algebra and calculus created new ruts for
logical thinking, a struggle with a foreign language linked neurons and created vocabularies that promoted communication abilities superior to those who had not.

Oh well.  I guess each ship should have at least one Bull major on board to help with the niceties.

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