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| fee ee eet eee rae: same aearteenres: OP ee Se y tok nt -* Pte My visit to the University of Missouri vas marred considerably by the fast that in- adequate preparations had been aade fcr my visit. I spent more time than necessary try'!ag to Tecate, fer axle, the President of the etudent body who seemed unaware of my ocuing, despite an exchange cf correspondence for a sunth and a half. In discussione with Dr, Jack Matthows, Dean of Students at the University, I bsve concluded that there wae a cus- siderable amount of interest on the part of administrative and faculty mexbers whc, a¢coras te his, hes :iscussed the Froject nt somo Jength. fTacre were certain querticnas or reserve tions sich chey nad but which seamad tc be cleared ur on the hesia e* vur talk. These cone | earnest the usual srohlem of sdmissiona qualifications and extra-cirriculer activities prow grancing for the foreign student. Dr. Matthews seemed to indicate that he would take per= sonal interest in seeing to it thet we receive a de’inite ccomeitment fruz the Univorsity eencernins pregram com=ittees ond scholarship or tuiticn naristance. The Foreig: Student Adviser, Mr. Harry Brigee, vas far leas satisfactory in his descrip: | ticn of his interests and concerns with foreign stuient programing at the University. It’ |: appears ae thcush nis job ae Foreign Student Adviser is one of two = the other being the «©: adn‘aistrative head of the Interfraternity an4 Fen-Heltenic groups m cempus. This partie Calar responsibility eeema to teke up the vest majority of the tine which Mr. Briggs bas. fie seemed, however, very much interested in FSLP and eypressed his willingness to "talk 16 up*® with cther nembders of the adrinistraticn and the faculty. Re binself would not ve ine selveé with tre fereign student pregrem in the coming vear !nesmuch as it seens he bas beon abdle tu ccavincs the aduiniatraticn that thie fe a seperate job aceding a fulletice yersm. Eowever, tnere is no definite commitment yet cn the part of the “nivereity ae to whether trey wild eproint a fulletine Foreign Student adviser. It fe unfcrtcnate thet the Doan of Stutents, Fr. J. “ingtcn Yertin, v--s absent at tho time of cy artival. Mr. Martin head been in corres cr lisrse with re ani I uniereton fren ctses westerr cl the eintnistrats cn en’ free the etuicntes thet ho la very interested in FSLF end is in al? likelfhood ecing te te the Fersen ‘reeyoaeible for Zorein student rd- viesing in the cerinr verr. Zomion stucent -reereeming. The University aces have an Internaticaal Urare wi:ich kuuses a very few cl the foreign etudects. The vaet majerity live in univercity terzitories or in special kexusing outeide the campus. Generally, thie situaticn ie hiehly uns«tlafactor Ts speaking with a number of foreign students, I disccvered thet they feel thrt very littie attorticn {$e ric tc thes and their needs, either in hcuring or i= faidance en4 cowmselling. ent of She cemselling ant advising, in fact, is dore threarh the rorzal Aestemic Deans who have nc rarticulsr training or beckercun? te denl with the yartionlrs robles: cf fereign students. The foreign students here have also tended tc develop anticaality clats, pri- serily the Latin snerican and "Arab blec.” Ae cn cther carpuees, sac zroure fo not tend. to have a ealutert effeot cn carpun life and make a very ingsiecuate emtriteticn to the tholeseme cevelorment of integrative activities and substant{ally rininiee the pesedhil ity ofa fevorable frrast on the Acoricsn student ecnmurity. . Al though 2 vas not very favorably imcressed vith the qualitr of the etudont lerder ship >‘ the Univereity of Fissourt, the nrograp of the student government ie particalasly ; tng orest ing and seers to indicate. 8 gresp of ths seed for invelving the. stuient dsedy in , extra-curricules activities which have intellectual 4epth and sore role in the devel opment of leadership. Thy physical facilities for the student activities progran ere excellent, : Pert of the activisies program includen the Cosmopolitan Club, vhich is cormposed of studente > fron other comtrics as well ae 8 srall proportiicn of U.S. atudents, and this croup seems te 2 i i | i ..f L , PLU I GILT Ey td) — sats ¢00819160