This is fifteen to twenty million more tourists than are drawn by any other country. The Italian language is, of course, important for the immediate requirements of the tourist in Italy - but it is much more important as a language of culture and civilization. As the home of the Opera, Italy has operettas, etc. As the seat of Christianity for the last 2000 years Italy has produced an extensive amount of religious literature, of all epochs. Three of the many outstanding figures in this realm are S t .
Chemistry has no less important names.
Italy needs no introduction - we all know about Italian films. By learning Italian one may read what the above people themselves have written, and what others have written aboutthem, about the arts, and about the sciences, in the original Italian. Even when taken as a minor, Italian will help the student in his major in a very positive way - because there is poignant Italian literature in every field of endeavor.