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peril Of fostering an intellectual
elite"
For the great ajority of our
boys and girls" the report said
'the kind and amount of education
they may hope to attain depends
not on their abilities, but on the
family or community into which
they happen to be born or. worse
still. on the color of their skin or
the religion of their parents"
Blamed for Growing Tension.
This practice quotas and segrega-
tom is violation of a major Amer
lean principle and is contributing tc
the growing tension in one of the
most crucial areas of our democ-
racy," said the commission.
The report is the first of six which
will be issued on the educational
problems and needs of the United
States. This first volume sets the
general pattern for the entire series
1t dealt In general terms with the
educational set-up of this country
and calls for sweeping changes in
higher education particularly. Cur
riculum, administration and organ
ization, 1t held, need to be re-exam-
ined critically at this time and al
tered to meet "today's crisis"
Four Southern members OF the
commission dfssented from the find
ings on segregation, particularly
with reference to education in the
South. A statement indicating the
basis for their stand will appear in
the second volume Of the commits
sion's report. Dissenting were Arthur
H. Compton, chancellor of Wash
ington University, st. Louis, Mo-;
Goodrich White, president of Emory
University, Atlanta; Douglas S.
Freeman, editor of the Richmond
(Va.) News Leader, and Lewis w.
Jones, president of the University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Higher education has expanded
greatly during the, Goth century,
with enrollments increasing from
$50 900 in 1900 to 2,350,0 in 1947.
the report stated. Nevertheless, the
educational achievements of the
American people are still below what
is necessary either for effective in
dividual living or for the welfare
of society, it added.
Six Goals Set Forth.
The commission offered q six
point general program and said the
principal goals" to be sought are:
Education for a fuller realization
Of democracy in every phase OF
living.
Education directly and explicitly
for international understanding and
cooperation.
Education for the application of
creative imagination and trained
intelligence to the solution of social
problems and to the administration
of public affairs"
I'm a real sense the future of our
civilization depends on the direc-
ton education takes, not just in the
distant future, but in the days i'm
mediately ahead"
In stressing the necessity for
education in international affairs
the report bore heavily on the
Importance of learning "the ways
of thinking and living of the Rus
sian people asserting "the aver
age American college graduate
knows almost nothing about Rus
sia."
AS a complementary proposal, the
commission urgeds appointment of a
committee to promote education in
American ideals in the lands now
occupied as the aftermath Of the
war.
Segregation Vigorously Opposed.
On the segregation issue the re-
port sums up:
Segregation lessons the quality
of education for the whites as well.
To maintain two school systems
side by side - duplicating even
inadequately the buildings, equip
ment and teaching personnel
means that neither can be of the
quality that would be possible If all
the available resources were de-
voted to one system, especially not
when the States least able. f1nan-