Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
INSTITUTE AIDING
MANKIND HAILED
Notable Gathering Attends
. CeremonieS-Secretary
Wilbur Is Speaker.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 9.-The
Institute of Human Relations, Yale
Universitys clearing house Of knowledge
bearing on problems OF human well
being. was formally dedicated today be-
fore a distinguished gathering OF edu-
Gators, scientists and governmental OF
ficials.
Conducted under ideal weather con-
Siitions in the garden court between the
Institute Building, erected at cost OF
$4,000 900, and the Sterling Hall OF
Medicine, the dedicatory. ceremonies
ware broadcast over Nationwide radio
network by the National Broadcastlng
Co., Gov. Wilbur l.. Cross. retired dean
of the Yale Graduate School, presided.
Speakers included Ray Lyman Wilbur,
Secretary of the Interior; DR.. James
Rowland Angel, president of Yale, ana
DR.. George Edgar Vincent. former
president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
The institute, the gift Of the Rookie
Teller Foundation, the General Educa-
ton Board and the Laura Spelman
Rockefeller Memorial, has already made
considerable progress in stimulating re-
search and in promoting the 1ntegra-
ton of knowledge bearing on human
nature and human contemporary prob
lens since it was launched two years
ago.
Wilbur Halls Institute.
In its first bulletin, issued recently, 1t
listed among the problems with which
it is actively concerned, business fah-
ures unemployment, human effects OF
the introduction of labor-savtng ma
chinery and methods in industry, 1u-
venile delinquency in its relation to
family life, mental disorders, motor &C
cidents and immigrant adaptation.
Secretary Wilbur, speaking on The
Institute and American Education"
said he visualized the institute as "a
pool where medicine, general physics,
chemistry, psychology education, law,
social science, all come together in the
hope that out of the interplay of minds
and through continuous, unbiased study
some new understandings of man and
his possibilities will be brought about"
With the growing completely OF mod
ern lie, Secretary Wilbur said univer-
sites now face the problem Of prepar-
ing youth "for an era that must OF
ne cessity be based on the widest pos
sible division of labor"
Individualizing Required.
"Such a great human ganglion as
New York City stands out like sore
thumb as a mass human problem, as
well as q social and governmental one"
he asserted. Never before was it so
imperative for us to understand the
powers and possibilities and weaknesses
of human beings. The vast structures
which we have built up can come
tumbling down around US unless there
is q constant production Of trained
brains and the constant recruiting OF
more and more of them. AS our num-
bers increase, the need Of individualiZ-
ing our educational work becomes more
evident.
was there ever a more propitious
time for the development by one of
our great American universities of an
institute Of human relations, such an
institution bringing together representa-
tives of all the allied fields concerned
primarily with man and with society
itself? The institute itself breaks down
10 work at the human unit and the
community as unit from diverse
standpoints. It permits the develop
ment Of the most extreme specialize
ton under some unity of command.
1t gives the hope that there will be
presented through this cooperation a
somewhat different picture than often
reaches us in human knowledge"
Secretary Wilbur predicted ''educa-
Jl0n Will inevitably De PROFOUNDLY IN
fuenced' by the facts gathered by the
institute.
Angel and Vincent Heard.
Touching briefly on the work already
done by the institute, President James
Rowland Angel said:
1T has become increasingly clear that
we have entered upon new educational
procedure which will exercise powerful
influence throughout the entire univer-
Sity and upon educational methods the
world around"
Or. Vincent discussed the institute in
its relation to public health, particularly
mental hygiene.
IF the prevention, amelioration and
cure Of mental disorders are to be put
upon sure and sound foundation, it
Is agreed that large amount Of care
ful, unhurried, comprehensive and con-
tinuous research must be carried on by
highly competent Investigators working
under the most favorable conditions"
he said.
There Is no need to labor the point
that this research will require partici-
patton Of many specialized workers,
each Of whom will sooner or later have
70 know something about what the
others are doing"