Slavic field

[Denis Crnkovic]

>Lest administrators forget:
>
>Our major reason for teaching Russian is the Russians.  These are the
>people living in a vast country of enormous economic potential who have
>(already!) produced much of the world's great literature, great dance,
>great music _and_ great science. Language is associated with all of
>those things, and the country, and the people.  That's why
>Russian/Slavic departments are a necessity, not a luxury.

 I have just written much the same  to the Editor of the New York Times
after the appearance of thier inaccurate and occasionally sophomoric
article in yesterday's paper.

Denis Crnkovic

Justus tu es quidam Dominus.