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(Princeton Tfeiv, publ.) and other equally classic books and a lot of 
semipopular texts as well. The Natural History Musem, under the 
auspices of the Onlytrsity CJollege as the Sudanese now call it 
(Gordon College is, I believe, now incorporated with it) has a very 
ccKnplete series of Sudanese animals, though not all the big 
game animals (these everyone krsom, and most of then can be seen in 
the local 200) . Tae collection / of birds is superlative, the small 
maiamal series very good} then theire are snakes (in alcohol) shells, 
insects, butterflies, and miscellaneous invertebrates. An Immense 
amount of per'sonal sacrifice went into this small museum. The 
curator, the professor of Zoology at the college was off on vaca- 
tion, but I did see the Sudanese assistant curator, who when I asked 
him for his name (to write in my note book) proudly informed me that 
he was assistant curator but that he soon expected bo be the curator. 
All the iiiglish, to tehom this country and people owe much in 
the way of imprevements and advances, sanitation, health, and educational 
opportunities, postal and other public services, are pulling out, and 
the Sudanese are taking over. If only they could curb their anxiety 
to be free and on their own a little longer, and not be too precinitate 
in easing cut tb.e iinglish, things /£ would surely go better for th«sn, 
What they need is an experienced business manager for the countiy be 
he an American or Siglish executive. But like all newly independent 
little countries, they are bound to learn the hard way. In the mission 
schools Arabic must now be taught as primary language} how long th^ 
may tolerate the teaching of English is an open question— how short 
sighted — they want us to be their big brother in the comity of "nations,” 
