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Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses Theses and Dissertations 1961 Some Aspects of Culture Contact between Foreign Students and Chicago Christian Family Movement Hosts Marcel Fredericks Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses Part of the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Fredericks, Marcel, "Some Aspects of Culture Contact between Foreign Students and Chicago Christian Family Movement Hosts" (1961). Master's Theses. 1572. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/1572 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1961 Marcel Fredericks SOME ASPmTS or" QU{.'rt'Rr. C,JUTAC'r 13E'l"1EIN FOREtaN 81trnl';tfl'S AND OHICAOO CHR!~1rMf FAMIL'f U~ HOOTS A Thesis Rubudt.ted to the Faculty ot the Graduate Rcbool of lD.rola UIl1 .....1 tq 10 ParUal Faltl11llent or t.he a.qu1re!!u.mta tor trw. l)fgree of luter of Arts 11 ps The wri. tel" 1I18hM to exph88 hi•• pec1~ pat!tude to rr. Paul ~ hi8 academlc ~ *0 ode &\ JftIIItbe .. of ~ auaeatLone wb1cb helped shape the or1fmt.a\lon .at t.he nature of tbla thea1.. 1belat .. alao dl.UI to ..... and Mrtl. 'Paul. BIboOoJc, prestdet or t,he lht.matlorW. Students COBd.tUe ot the Chioago Cbr1sUm 'allF ~Dt. '1'tte file. of tM Chicago cne, \be ~ .xi addrea... of the J'Mporldenw'WJed in ~~ts 1It.ud7, Uterat.ure ~ to \De Cpu, ... made avat.lable thIouIh the ad or lfr. _d MEw. Baboock. To Ule CFI hoat ooupl.8a ttbo baR so gno1o'Ual;y ret.Ul"I1iId the mail.a queat.tonnai.fts, the writei' otters hi. th81lka. lU p Chapter Page I mmODUCTICIl •••••• 10 • • • • • • II • • • • • • • • II • 1 Reaume of Fore1p Student. Populat.1on trom 1784 to 1960 S\mBlU:7 of Leading Nationality Groups in 1960 II II Qrgm11&tiona Concerned wtt,h the Influx of Fore1gD Studenta-Cathollo organisat1ons Worklng with Yorelgn Students on a Jfat.lonal 14ve1-Purposea in tJnder'taJd.ng 'J.h1a R_aroh-Tentat1ve Queatl01l8, 8tate_nt8 and BJpotbe... Are Poaed....n..U1118 of H1stDr1cal Background, Function. Publioat1ons of the C~«)tepa 'I'akan to Set Up the Intematlonal Students Coaa1ttee ot the CPU S\mBlU:7 of the ~ Pert1nent to the H08pltality ot J'ond.gn Students, 'tJndertakc bJ the Foreign V1altol"S Office ot the N. c~ w. c. II. HETHOm »m 'l'ECHNIQl1ES • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 20 Gathering t.he Data-The Pretesting ot the Quest1on na1.re-Betums of the Queat1onna1re-Charaoter1st1ca of the Re.ponde ta-National1 ty teao8nt-Prev1oua Bducation-Occupatton-Division ot the SUple Accord1ng to C.... t.egori•• A, B, and C. III. RFBP<IlSE OF Oft( HOOTS ro THE EXPERIENCE OF HAvtNO FOREIGN S'l't.l'IEH'l GUESTS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 37 Preparation in Relat10n to Host's Vis1t.ing Experience Queations ot Hosts to ~tudent Visitor ..... aume. IV. CFM HOSTS' AT! I'l'tiDE T JfARD F(REIGN S'l"Imgm GUESTS • • • • • • 55 Stereot)'P1.ng on the Part. of cnt Hosta..... ~ome Factors Intluem1ng the Hoats t Attltude Toward Foreign student Ouuts-oRa:t:n:uDe. iT ,II "" Chapter Page v. HOSTS' EVAWATION OF THE CFM ffiOORAM OF HOSPITALrry AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDA.TIONS FOR DlPROVEMENT • • • • 74 HosUl Evaluation of the CFM Program of Hoap1 tall tv- Hosts' Recommendations for Improving CN Program and Hosp1 tality • • • • • • • VI. SUMMARY, COO'CIlTSIONS, ANn SUGGESTED RECOMUENDATION~ • 87 SUlmnary and Conclusions--so.me Suggested Recommendations. BIBIJ: CXlRAPHI • • .. • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • 94 APPENDICES I. A mOOHURE C~ERNING THE CHRISTIAN FAMIU' MOVEMENr ................... .. 98 APPENDICES II. A. STATEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COWmul'EE OF THE CF1I ••••• .. 100 APPF..NDICES III. A lETTFB FROl( THE PRF1HDENT OF THE INTER- NATICfiAL STUDENTS COMMI'l"LEE OF THE DETROIT CPU • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • lOS APPF,NDICES IV.. COVERING LETTER AND QTJESTIOHNA.IRE • • . .. .. 106 APPENDICES V. COP!' OF MAILED POST CARD, FOR FOL1.DN-tTP OF QUESTIONNAIRE • • .. • • • .. • • • • .. • • • 120 v L jiiP Tabla Page I. INCREASE OF F<BEION STUDENTS IN THE t1Nr .. ED STA'l'E.9. BY ~EU:C 'I'En YEAHS • • • • • • • • • • .. • .. • • • • • • • • • 2 II. J!tTtEION S'l'lJtENTS IN THE UflITED STA'l'ES, Br rEADING NA7IONALITr GROUPS, 1960 • • .. .. • • • • .. • • • .. • .. • • 6 III. NATICliALrfY-DESCEm OF ont REA POOTIENT HTTSBMmS ANn WIVES • • 28 EDlllA'1'I CW OF OF)( RS.<JP\Jf".T mrsB.A.l'OS AND WIVFJ; . .. .. 29 V. lWCR SUBJEOTS II COLma! OF 64 CFI RESPCJH1ENT HtTSlWiDS • • • 30 • • • • 31 VII. TIPI OF COLtroE (It UlIVEBSI'1't TlWRERS HELD BY ent RESPCJf!')ENT HUSBANDS AND WIVES • • • .. • • • • • • • • • .. • .. • • • • 32 VIII. tmlmER CF nmREES HELD :ar en RES?CIl'fENT HUSlWfOO JJm WIVES 32 IX. OHILma Dr ET'1':C.A1'ICJlAL STATUS OF ON R1~.9PCJNT)!'Jr.r""A.YILIES • • 32 X. EXTERT OF CA'rHOLlt EDtlCATICJf OF cnr RF.A~Pafr!ENT lfUSBANDR »rn wm"s ............................. • • 34 XI. nrs'lRIBtT'l'Iai OF CF\{ RF"sPCIlDENT HUBBANre AND 1'!IVF.. e; Bt ?WCIl OCCUPATIONAL CLASSFB ................... • • XII. DIVISIIll 0F 'l'HF. STUD!' AOO(JI.DING TO CA'l'EG:JllIES A,B, AND C •• • ,6 XIII. NUYBER r.F MAl.8 FatRION STUDENT OUES'l'S m RF:LATION '1';) CFJI HOSTS PER CArBOaRI • • .... .................... 38 XIV. NtJI11ER 0F FFJU.Li~ FaiEION f4'roDF~T GH&~T~, BY ant HOST PER CAT:!!XlORt • • .. • • • • ... • ............... .. • Y,V. T<r AL NtJlmFlt OF Onl HOOT FIIMILr;'S, Br mnmKR OF FOREmtt STU'DElJTfI INVttED AT A TIME .............. ... • 40 XVI. lMIDER OF IWH'fATlOOS EX'I'BNTIE7' '1:' F)W':ION gl~1TS DY CFM HOOT FAlf.II.IES Dl THE l..AST ~LV'F; \JONTHS .......... .. • p XVII. NUJABER OF INmAl'I~Jr ACCEPTED I1I FW}<J:GN STPDEifrS F'rlOM elY HOt-X F Alums IN tHE LA.~ 'l'WEtVE llON'ruS • • • • .. • • • XVIII. 'tYPlT.S OF PliE?ARATIOI A'lSX LATED ':VITH THE VISITING EXPER- IENCES OF ON HOOTS • • • • • .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. • .. • • • • • 44 m. .. 48 xx. AN ANAtrSIS i)F QtJF.Sl'IClfS A,.qgOOIA'l'ED WITH "eRrrICA!. REMARKS" MiD RELAtED TO 'rRl'! nOS'IS t V!SI'rrm F.XPBRI!~CE • • .. .. • •• $2 m. N'fJMBER OF' QT1J';SnamAIRES IN'OICATnm FOOEIGN RTtIDm vrSITra~ FReJd UAJffi GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS .. • • • .. • .. • • .. .. .. .. •• S8 FORE ION LANoo .. " • .. • • .. .. • • • • .. • • • • .. ... 67 XXIII. RANlCINO OF CFIi HOST'S AT1'ITfJrI£ OF FJHrUGN S1"f~1'f GUF.Sl'S IN m~LATION TO CATEO(JtIE.<J A, S, AND C ........ XXIV. ATTITUDE OF CPV HOOTS mH RmARD TO CHAIUC'mRIST!CS SHARED Br BOfH IKm AND OtTE.crr ............ .. .. .. 72 XXV.. EXTENT OF C()AltflICJtEION BEtwEEN CFY HOOT .ANn FOREIGN S'l'iIDENf Qlms'!' AFTER THE VISIT .. • .. .. .. • • • .. • • .. .. .. • • .. 76 FAMILIES • • .. • • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... 82 l v.U. lZST OF FIOtiRF.B I. lDGTH OF fm 1$ RF.SPCIlf!!:Nl' rAMILIE.'l HAVE BEEN IN eFM, Bf YFJffi JaIlED • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26 v1U p CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ¥~"lime ~morial contacts between peoples and races have been an integral part ot the lU'e of an. The.. have been of various 80rta-warlike, political, ecOl'101l1o, aM cultural. Extensive student travel is not tound until cme turns to the civil1aation of the Gl'Mk states.l Socrates asserted that EDT ot the students who tlocked to the side at the earl¥ Sophists in A. thena _re toreip.J liThe 1IIOst of Prot&goras t 1'ollonn," he said, "aee_d to be 1'01"8i_n... 2 With the rise ot suoh umftrsities as those at Salerno, Bologna, Montpell1er, Paris, and Oxtord, students as well as teachers traftlled 1'rom JII8.JJ1' lands to satisfY intellectual cUJ"1osity. Haslc:1n8 states. "This student class is s1ngular:Qr mobUB am s1ngular:Qr internati~l. •••Bologna baa ita English arohdeacoDS and Gel'll8J1 civil:iaDS, Paris its clerks 1'rom Sweden and HungaJ'7, &8 well a.s from England, Gennal.\Y, and lta.l;r.·3 Students from abroad came to stud;y in American colleges at aver:! ear:Qr l£dward Cbarwood Cieslak, The Foreie Student in American CollegeS (Detroit, 19,,), p. 1. - · - 2John W. H. Walden, The UDiwrsitus ot Ancient Gnece (New York, 19(9) pp. 16-17. - - 3Charles Ho.r Hasld.ns, The Renaissance or the Twelfth Century (Ca.tnbl'ldge, 1928), p 17. - -- 1 • 2 period 1:R A_r1Oan h1s\o17. In 1784, Franc1aco de K1raDda c_ from lou.'" Amen- w .tu~ at, Yale. Ytmg W1Dc" t.bt f1rlt Chinen to graduate trom an u.r1ean college (tale, olue of lISW.4 The l1DiW 8tatAM hrea'a of Eduea.t.1on reported 3,673 ton1p 81Md.eDte 111. UOlu> FipNe by seleoted ,....... 1Ihcnd.Dc the incre&IIe. of toreip ~ ill the UDite4 State. are given i:e1ow.6 TAB~ I INCREASE OF FOREIGN S'l'ODEN'l'S II !BE U'N:rrED STABS, Bt SELEC'lID YEARS 1923.24.................................................. 6,"3' 1930.31.... • •.•• • .. • • • ...... •• • .... • •• ••••• ... ••• .... ....... •• ... •• • 9,6t.;; 1934-3S................................................... >,701 1939-1aO ••.••••..••.••••••.••••••••. ".... ................ ....... 6.154 19b4-lt5 .............................. " • • .. .. • • .. .. • • .. • • .. .. • ... .. .. .. • .. • • • • .... 6, 9S4 19h6-41 .................................................... 14,9b2 1947-h8 ......................................... ". III.. ................ 17,218 1948-49 ................................................... 26,1>9 19SO-S1 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29,813 19S'1.,2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••• 31,100 8..,.... Iclvvd. Chuwod. CiHlak, The r~ Student !! .u.rioan Co¥ep (Detro"1.t, ~ p. ,. lw. Reg1Dald Wheeler, HeDl7' H. King, aai Ale:raDder B. Davidaon, '!'be Fore1p Student in A.8J"ioa (Hew York, 192,), p. 6. 5xb1d.,- 8 6c1ealak, p. 9. h p :3 According to the annual oell8U8 of foreign students in the United State., .tudent emhange increased tre.ndaualT dllring the period 1930-19$5. There were 9,6}(~ f'nr.eign students studying here in 1930-31, and 33,647 in 19$$ 1"8- presenting an increase of aver three hu.n4red per cent:, while the number of American students increased about one hundred per cent.