EDUCATION Durham, Ν . C ; Earlham College. Richmond, Ind.; Haverford College. Haverford, P a . ; Kenyon College, G a m bier, Ohio; Princeton University. Princeton, N . J.; Randolph-Macon Col
lege, Ashland, Va.; Southwestern at Memphis, Memphis, Term.; Stanford U , Stanford, Calif.; Î J of Notre Dame, N o t r e D a m e , Ind., U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Aids to Science Teachers Study on liie w a y to a i d teachers in carrying light emotional l u g g a g e ; grants to keep them up-to-date A
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-** t h e Republic, i s now u n d e r w a y t o determine whether or not American teachers are fearful a n d unable t o d o their best worlc because of their a p p r e hensions. T h e research will be conducted a m o n g teachers in both colleges and h i g h schools. The study will assess d e g r e e of fear among teachers i n t h e handling or controversial subjects i n t h e classroom, their relationship with students, fellowteachers, a n d administrative superiors, their feeling about exnressing unpopular opinions in professional publications, their willingness t o take part i n extracurricular a n d community affairs, and the influence of t e n u r e on academic freedom. Study will b e conducted by Paul Lazarsfeld, chairman of t h e Columbia University sociology department, a s sisted b y Louis H a n i s , partner of E l m o Roper a n d associates. Details of t h e study a m o n g high school teachers still are b e i n g w o r k e d o u t , a n d this project will begin i n the late spring, according to Robert M . Hutchins, president of the F u n d for the Republic. Other aids to teachers in t h e form of stipends are being provided b y National Science Foundation. This summer N S F will p r o v i d e 3 0 stipends of $250 each a n d a limited number of fee exemption certificates amounting t o $36 each to high scbool teachers of chemistry, physics, and general science. The stipends a n d certificates a r e for enrollment in t h e Institute for High School Science Teachers to b e held at the Pennsylvania State University, July 5 to Aug. 1 3 . Westdnghcuse Educational F u n d is making possible a total of 50 fellowships of $250 each for high school teachers of chemistry, physics, a n d biology, t h r o u g h o u t t h e U . S. a n d Canada to a t t e n d a special program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology during t h e summer of 1955. T h e program, J u n e 27 t o Aug. 5 , will provide a review of fundamental subject matter in physics, chemistry, a n d biology, and a survey of recent scientific developments n o t only in these fields b u t also in meteorology, geology, and aero520
nautical engineering. Applications for Westinghouse Fellowships for t h e 1955 Science Teachers* Program m a y b e obtained from the Summer Session Office, Room 7-103, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, C a m b r i d g e 39. All such applications must b e filed bv April 1, 1955. ORSOfcT Plans f o r 1955 t o 1956 Session Oak R i d g e School of Reactor Technology ( O R S O R T ) i s accepting applications for enrollment i n t h e 1955 to 1956 session, Knroîlrnents for t h e 50w e e k course which begins in September will close on March 14, 1 9 5 5 . T h e school is «part of O a k R i d g e National Laboratory, which i s operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by Union Carbide a n d Carbon. Industrial organizations m a y enroll a limited n u m b e r of their technical personnel i n O R S O R T . A E C , aware of the growing need for c o m p e t e n t nuclear reactor engineers, h a s made this participation possible to encourage nu-
clear progress in industry. Tuition i s $25ΌΟ for studen*~ from industrial firms other than A E C aerating contractors. Students w h o a_ * accepted h a v e t h e opportunity of participating i n a cur riculum of an advanced type, including a course covering classified details of re actor technology. Fifty-two members of t h e present class a r e industry-spon sored students w h o will r e t u r n to their own organizations at t h e enu of t h e training period in August 1 9 5 5 . Additional information on O R S O R T may be obtained from t h e Director, Oak Ridge School of Reactor T e c h nology, Post Office Box P , O a k Ridge, Tenn. F O A Creafes Educational G r o u p FOA h a s created a special advisory g r o u p , an Education C o m m i t t e e , w h i c h held its initial meeting recently. T h e committee will consult on FOA's b r o a d education program a n d policy with t h e director of t h e Foreign Operations Ad ministration, Harold E. Stassen, a n d with the F O A educational division w h i c h is under t h e direction of Ken neth C. Ray, former superintendent of p u b l i c instruction for Ohio. T h e com m i t t e e will review the world-wide edu cation programs a n d a d v i s e on the most effective participation in t h e m by edu cational institutions. O n e form of FOA assistance t o foreign countries is the financing of technical cooperation contracts u n d e r w h i c h American colleges a n d universi ties are helping free nations to build stronger educational institutions a n d centers of technical k n o w l e d g e as aids
Chemical C l u b o f N e w England A w a r d s Scholarships Two $300 scholarships are presented to a pair of outstanding Nortbeastern University junior chemical engineering students by the Chemical Club of New England. Receiving the cheeks are Robert A. Wall, ( left ) Greenwood, and Bernard Μ, Goodwin, Brookline. Making t h e presentation are: Thornton C. Jesdale, chairman of t h e Scholar ship Committee, and District Sales Manager for Monsanto Chemical, a n d Howard C . Cooldngham, president of the club and division manager for D. H. Litter, Allston
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EDUCATION to their economic a n d social development. Sixty-one of these contracts have been sponsored by FOÀ, involving 43 U. S. schools in 29 foreign countries. The educators appointed by Stassen to serve on the Education Committee are: William G. Carr, executive secretary of the National Education Association; John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State College; Harry Dexter Kitson, vocational guidance consultant of Misawaka, Ind.; H u g h Masters, professor of education, University of Georgia; Benjamin G. Willis» general superintendent of schools* Chicago; Lewis A. Wilson, N e w York State Commissioner of Education; Herman B. Wells, president of Indiana University. Russian Engineers Could Outnumber Those in U. S . Alarmed by the Soviet Union's greatly expanded program for training scientists a n d engineers, t h e Engineering Manpower Commission and the Columbia University school of engineering have joined in an appeal to the mass communications media t o help arouse the American public to he threat this program presents. At a press conference sponsored b1
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the school and the commission in the Columbia University Club, New York, four authorities on technical manpower offered the latest available facts and figures to show how vigorously the Russians are, as John R. Dunning put it, "trying to beat us at our own game—science and technology."* Russia now has 80 to 85 T© as many engineers as we have, it was said, and is graduating - 1 :» tirnes as many each year. If the present trend continues, the speakers indicated, Russia should catch up with us by 1960 and then pass us. Nor can the United States afford to assume that its engineers will surpass the Russians in ability, Dunning, dean of the Columbia school of engineering, warned the assembled representatives of press, radio, television, and t h e films. Indeed, he said, we seem t o have "completely underestimated"' Russian technical accomplishments. It is time to stop poking fun at the Russians and to concentrate on keeping ahead of them in the technological race, h e declared. Otherwise, we may find that, even without defeatv\g us in a shooting war, they may attain their goal of world domination through technological superiority. Other aspects of the problem were discussed by M. H. Trytten, director
of the Office of Scientific Personnel, National Research Council; Howard A. Meyerhoff, president and executive director of the Scientific Manpower Commission, and Maynard M. Boring, manager of technical personnel activities of General Electric Company and chairman of the General Survey Committee, Engineers Joint Council. The speakers emphasized the need for greater public awareness. Among spécifie measures suggested were greater attention in t h e secondary schools to the teaching of mathematics and the physical sciences, efforts to make teaching a m o r e attractive career for outstanding young men and women, better vocational guidance, and more financial help and encouragement for good students w h o lack funds for college.
• New York University will offer two courses in surface technology'. One course on Fundamentals of Paint, Varnish, and L a c q u e r Technology will be given b y Myron A. Coler of NYU and Elias Singer of T r o y Chemical. Sessions will b e held from 8:10 to 9:55 P.M. on Wednesdays F e b . 9 to May 25. The other course. N e w Developments in Organic Finishes will be given by Coler, Singer, and Sidney Lauren of Johns-Manville. T h e course will meet from 8:10 to 9:55 P . M . on Tuesdays, Feb. 8 to May 3 1 . ί Dard H u n t e r P a p e r Museum, which was recently housed at t h e Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wis., is ready for display to interested persons. • University o f M i c h i g a n , College of Engineering, is holding two intensive courses in automatic control. The first is scheduled for J u n e 13 to 18 inclu sive, and the s e c o n d for June 20 to 22, 1955, inclusive. C o u r s e I will consist of the fundamentals. Course II will take u p applications of the funda mentals to more advanced problems. April 15 is t h e closing date for regis tration. Further information may b e obtained by writing to L. L. Rauch, Room 1521, East Engineering Build ing, University of Michigan, Ann Ar bor, Mich. • New York University is trying t o make room in the current four-year en gineering program for courses in nu clear physics and solid·state physics. Recently, 25 educators in college phys ics, mathematics, a n d mechanics met at the university for a conference on the matter. I t was conducted by NYU and t h e American Society for Engi neering Education, under a grant from the National Science Foundation. Re sults will be referred t o the ASEE for action at its a n n u a l meeting in June.
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