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for positions in which the knowledge of a foreign language was essential.

Admittedly, this was a speaking acquaintance only. Yet the rapidity with which this knowledge was acquired is a certain measure of the effectiveness of the method employed, and nothing does more to arouse an interest in the foreign affairs of a country, the lack of which contributed greatly to our failure to create a lasting peace, than the knowledge that one can handle himself adequately in discourse with a representative of that country.

But, for myself, let me say that a resumption of my studies in the atmosphere of friendship and honest endeavour which is characteristically Stanford will be adequate compensation for the discomforts I have undergone in this conflict.

Respectfully yours,
Owen R. Walker