WITH the publication of the seventeenth volume now in press the Modern Foreign Language Study will presumably bring its monumental task to a close. While many of the monographs will be frequently consulted by the rank and file of teachers because of their practical nature, others will only appeal to a small group of progressive teachers who understand and are attracted by modern forms of educational research. There is one volume, however, which all teachers of modern languages should read, bringing to its reading all the understanding that they possess. In Professor Coleman's Report, The Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages in the United States, there has been epitomized the findings of the Committee which began its inquiries over five years ago. Teachers will not always find the report easy reading, but that is due to no fault of the author for he has done his task with rare skill. The difficulties arise from the nature and wealth of the material to be synthesized. But the difficulties will not be found too great for even the average teacher, and a careful study of its pages will contribute much to clarify in his mind the modern language situation in this country and to foster his professional growth. A generation ago there appeared the Report of the Committee of Twelve, the first important attempt to survey the modern language situation in this country. It is only natural therefore that teachers, at least those of the older generation, should compare the old with the new. If one contrasts the two reports one realizes at once the fundamental difference in mode of approach. The Committee of Twelve, to be sure, sent out a questionnaire (The form is unknown to me), and they doubtless took the answers into consideration in formulating their report, but it represented largely, one feels sure, the collective wisdom of the best minds. Indeed, one might also hazard the guess that those ultimately responsible for the wording of the report were in a large measure likewise responsible for most of the ideas expressed therein. That was the manner in which things were done in those days. The best