May 29t cont. aboard Nile sir. 
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the national tongue in addition to any others used or taught; I think 
it *3 a backward step. Mien the world nseds a universal language and 
Sbglish is the best available because trade, and the American 
G. I, has taken it to the far cornears of this small earth of ours; this 
small, new independent country gets so nationalistic that it cuts its 
nose off to spite its face. The North is very English in speech, 
because of the long English occupation, the south was largely Arabic 
as far as official language went, and now all^s to be Arabic, iuftien, 
for purely selfish reasons, catimercial and educational (the world 
literature, scientific and otherwise, is largely English) English should 
be fostered and retained whether the Sudanese (or the Egyptians love 
the Ihglish [Britishers 0 or not). les, I do want to do an article 
on English as a universal language the first chance I get, 
June 2, 1955 
7 a.ra. Obail another anall stop, the two young missionary girls 
went ashore here. Last night was cooler 78 degrees. This morning 
over cast and with little rain, the rainy season is over due. At 9i30 
we put in at Kalakalj Here we have the residence of the territorial 
governor, it is a thriving community of some 15,000 people, blacks, 
Nuers, Shilluks, and Arabs and a few white missionaries, Arabs and 
Egyptians, an imposing mosque out of a tan colored stone 6hat 
dominates the entire town and country side. Along the water front is 
a^sea-^mll*' against which are tied quite a number of steamers, mostly 
freight and a number of launches, also an air strip and field with 
tower, experimental agricultural farm, and the headquarters of the 
Egyptian Irrigation Department, a .joint (international) affair between 
the government concerned with the waters of the Nile, The %yptian 
