The story of languages at Maine since 1946 when the Departments of Romance Languages, German, and Classics were combined as the Department of Foreign Languages and Classics is very likely short on the dramatic side. There are no great experiments to report, no application of special funds or subsidies to bolster our efforts. It is, rather, a story of hard work, steady progress, gradual and continuing evolution in an institution of modest resources and primarily local influence. If the account be worth the telling it is because it has not drama and distinction to its credit but a certain significance in that it represents the type of accomplishment possible in an institution of modest and limited proportions, yet one which, for these same reasons, is typical of a large segment of American education. The numbers of students studying languages at Maine and in institutions of similar compass undoubtedly make their impact upon national life and certainly account for an appreciable portion of those students who eventually find their way into the profession of language teaching at all levels.