help determine the future of the whole world. Certainly one of the greatest challenges we as a people face today is to develop adequate knowledge of the non-Western two-thirds of the world in time to help contribute wisely to its future. This indeed is a problem about which we should have a strong sense of urgency.
The glittering world of space ships, rockets, and nuclear explosions presents a great challenge to men’s minds, and no one would discount its immediate importance for national survival. The familiar world of Western civilization still offers rich and challenging grounds for intellectual endeavor. But it is probably our Asian frontiers of knowledge which today offer the greatest challenge both as a field of basic research about human society and as a field of general education that requires urgent development.
