Evening star., 1950-01-29
Education Group
for
18Th ST. BuiIdinq
Mellon Apartment
Structure Sought on
Massachusetts Ave.

lie american COUNCIL on EQu-
cation is negotiating to buy the
Mellon Apartment" Building at
1785 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
DR.. George F. zook, president
of the council. disclosed the ne
gotiations yesterday at the clos
ing session of the councils con-
ference at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
The corner building now is oc-
cupied by the British Joint Ser
vices Mission and a number of
other British Commonwealth or
CARNATIONS. The purchase price of
the home was not disclosed. 1t
would be used by the council as
a permanent headquarters.
DR.. Zook told delgates that the
hope of the council for its own
building was "in the process of
realization"
The council now leases quarters
at 744 Jackson place NV.
Mellon Had Apartment There.
DR.. zook pointed out that the
present Offices are crowded and
that with a large building of its
own, the council will be able to
offer office space to other organi-
cations that form its membership.
In the building at 1785 Massa-
chusetts avenue the late Andrew
w. Mellon maintained an ls-
room apartment while he was
Secretary of the Treasury in the
Hoover administration.
Before the Councils conference
yesterday ended, the delegates
failed to reach agreement on
whether legislation should be en-
acted to provide a labor extension
service. The service would be
similar to the educational program
of the. extension service now op-
Grated by the Agriculture De-
partment..
A bill pending in the Senate
would authorize such a labor ex-
tension service, administered by
the Labor Department, in many
fields Of industry, but would re-
strict the. Federal money so used
to land-grant colleges.
Asks Aid for Mature Women.
Motions were made to recon-
mend elimination of restriction
and allow all educational institu-
tions, both private and public, to
participate. A wide split devel-
oped, however, and the subject
was tabled.
Earlier. the group heard James
M W Wood foruter president of
stephens scollege. declare that
women Of IS years and older
should be more useful to the Ma
ton. He was one OF thesspeakers
discussing adult education.
Mr.. Wood said there now are no
facilities to train mature women
He suggested that colleges and
universities establish training pro-
grams fofwomen who have raised
their families. Such programs
should be on cultural lines and in
clude leadership training and in
struction on practical methods of
solving family and community
problems. ..-..
Energies "Frittered Away"
He said older women now in
dulge in a rash of activity, but
mostly run from one project to
another. The.:. energies ale being
"frittered away" because they
were not taught the proper way
to use their abilities, he added.
Another speaker, Anthony Lu-
chek. associate professor of eco-
nomics at Pennsylvania State
College, discussed Labor educa-
tion, He said education of work.
ers is one Of the most challenging
fields in education today.
Other speakers who discussed
adult education problems yester-
day were Cyril O. Houle. dean of
University College, the University
of Chicago; Alvin zander. pro-
gram director, Research Center
for Group Dynamics, University
of Michigan, and Herbert C. Hun
saker, dean of Cleveland College,
Western Reserve University, and
secretary of the American Asso-
citation for Adult Education.