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Other aspects of the programs. The attitudes of the participating 

 faculty and the administration is discussed, both in relation to the 

 programs operated, and to the future of area studies. Throughout, an 

 objective appraisal is inserted. When a report is completed in first 

 draft, it is sent to the universities for review. This has caused some 

 outbursts but has also produced additional information. The final re- 

 ports, even though not emasculated, have been well received. 



The first four accounts average some 36 single-spaced mimeo- 

 graphed pages each and go into considerable detail. Probably all 27 

 universities will not be written up, since a sampling will be adequate 

 for generalizations and for a final over-all statement. However, all 

 the notes have been systematically filed at the Board and are avail- 

 able for future consideration of area training. One general report 

 was drawn up for the Army Specialized Training Division on the 

 basis of a series of questions which they presented. On the whole, 

 this survey of area programs stands out as a major achievement of 

 the Ethnogeographic Board, and one of the few directed essentially 

 at the problems of the academic institutions. 



Since the survey was completed. Dr. Fenton has continued his 

 analysis of the materials. One article, "Integration of Geography and 

 Anthropology in Army Area Study Curricula," appeared in the Bul- 

 letin of the American Association of University Professors (vol. 32, 

 No. 4, pp. 696-706, 1946). A full report, "Area Studies in American 

 Universities," will soon be published by the Commission on Implica- 

 tions of Armed Services Educational Programs under the auspices 

 of the American Council on Education, Washington. This will be ap- 

 proximately 80 pages, and will cover the above-described survey, and 

 present a final appraisal. 



War Document Survey 



In June 1945 the executive committee considered a survey of war 

 documents. During the war, Government agencies have accumulated 

 valuable reports, special studies of foreign areas, photographic files, 

 and useful research tools, such as dictionaries, maps, reprints, gram- 

 mars, and the like. Many of these have already been declassified and 

 others will be in the postwar period when the agencies are discon- 

 tinued. The problem of the final disposal of such materials is of real 

 concern to the scholars and academic institutions of the country. A 

 copy of everything ultimately finds its way to the National Archives 

 or the Library of Congress, but neither of these agencies is prepared 

 to distribute the duplicates to academic institutions throughout the 

 country. A preliminary survey of the quality and quantity of such 



