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Was ARLE ULAMOODULOM EP fs a ‘ Matt ey he Moen aa gmt ian teraae tty, — Rrofile of the University of CaliZornia For Student Pro sre The moet icrressive thing ebmt the Zoreig studemt nrogren at the University of Califore i ‘nia is the very conmodiiong International House which was constructed by the Reckofollor i interests along with tho International Houses of Chicarp and Yeu Yorr. As far og tho prqeo ; erar related te the Rouse is concerned, 18 scomod to be reasonably offective, well organised and vith a fairly high degree of participation on the part of the residents of the Houcs, - : Ono aiffies ity evemed to ts, howovor, as tends to be the case in such institutions, that the American residexts in the Heuse are frequently Azerican students who, for ame reason or another, aré not caueidered by other Americano or even by the foreign students to de - ‘typical, A coment tiat was heard from toth foreign students and Ameriosa students ics that the Americar. students at the Hous e are the "campus rejocta® — stutents wo find it - difficult to adjust themoélves to the Anerican student social life or students rho for - various reasons cock the "gliror® of living in these somevhet exotic surroundings, In dige + cussions with Hr, Bil? Millar, Assistent to Dean Mlaisdell, who io the Sirector of the Internation: Tcure, I discovercd that tho programing of the International Sense io dow signed alrost exclacively for the reoidants of the Housc, Although frequaiily there are oprortunities for other foreign and American ctudents to participate in I House activitiess by far and lergr the tule of tho activities are slanmsd for the residents of tha House, This poses sone ver; eerious ci fficultias insofar ac the milk of the feroim stulent vopu« > Jlatfon et the University vhieh numbers soze 1,000 of course can not live a$ the X Howse, which accormodates nome 500 studonto, hal? of thom are American, Conseouently, hovever good the program at tho International House may bo, it taches only a sinority of the foreign student polation cs the University, Ur. Hilier felt tut the oriantation ; regrane for | the foreign stacentz coming t= the Univarsity could be improved upon and that a great deal | more could be cone co integrate the forcign students into tho norma) studexrt activitics . progran at the Ucversity. He felt, hoverer, that tha limited staf? available for these services mae 4$ uisly unlikely that a great deal could be do me in the imwdiste future, My, Mil‘er's o inions wore definitely reflected Sy the foreiai stuients wit: whom I talked, and {f enyt!.inr, emlé have said to be a creat understatement of the acue! slimeion. ir: conversaticns with rorresentative foreim students at the University lei =e ts cmeinde that the I he-s -rogram wee fulfilling only e nirimal responsibility of the Cniversity tovard its Soreifa studcat porulatian. , . ; The questicns arises as to thnt barrens to the other fore! m students who etudy at the | University. Py ani large, their activities outside of the classroom — thalr soniel life and living -rreagesats o- are the result of individual efforts or the effarts of small national grouys. I wae informed, for cram: lo, by Peprosentatives of tho a°nini stration (partioularly Mz. ilior oni Doss Steng) that thoy had had e great desl of cifMexlty with tho latin American, Tron diccuscion vith mma of the latin American student leaiers at . the University, 2 foumd that mast of thas lived in onartesat houses or rooms together in . offecampus facilities cad bave virtually no relationship to the University oateide of their classes. As a grow, they scomeil to have male very Mttlo p rogreso in widerstaniing tho Univorsity <= that is; eutaide of ite clasorocm functions =< or of the comunity of uhich it ic spears. On the vholo, thay ocemad to have mado very little :rogress even in leaming - j «the language, The sam) oituntion osems to be trac with respect to the Arab ctuiento, Host ' Of them also live in off-cogpus facilities, usually in groups of six to eight in apartnaito ‘oF cuitne of rooms, Diveucuionm with ke aders of thic grou alse intiexte tho sane eme clusion. (me thease ubich coemcd to permeate the reftetiono ef both tho Jatin A=crican and asa coceatnteiehama anc inne 4 : . , i