The subject of this paper is very much the same as that discussed in the programmatic article of Samuel H. Cross, “Teaching College Russian,” which appeared in the Slavonic and East European Review, American Series, in, 3 (1944), pp. 39-52. While I am not conscious of differing in my views fron those expressed by Professor Cross, I feel nevertheless the necessity of taking up the same topic once more, especially since in the meantime quite a lively controversy has been going on in professional magazines. I think also that we are now able to appraise the achievements of the Army Specialized Training Program and the so-called intensive method.