Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-13
Educators Told
Culture Is Vital
.InU. 5. Economy
Science Group Chief
Declares Students
Needed in All Fields

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The head Of a presidentially-
appointed committee seeking to
spur the training of technical
experts declared today that
America should not try to de-
velop only scientists and engi-
neers.
Howard L. Bevis, chairman of
the National Committee for the
Development of Scientists and
Engineers. told the American
Association Of Land-G Grant Col
leges and Universities:
I'VE need not try to interest
every student in becoming a
scientist or engineer. Our econ
omy. our culture and our world
leadership demand experts in
law. political science. philosophy
and other fields as we'll"
| Mr.. Bevis said there is an
urgent need for more scientific
manpower, and that this need
is not yet being met and will not
be for some time.
Quest for Opportunity
He added that the Nation
SHOULD emphasize the concept
of the American quest for OPP
portunity" rather than encour-
aging what he termed "the timid
but unfortunately popular con-
Germ with individual security"
MIR. Bevis is a former president
of Ohio State University as well
as a one-time judge and pro-
fessor of law and government.
The committee he heads was APP
pointed by President Eisenhower
last April.
The 10th annual convention of
the association meeting at the
Willard Hotel also heard a warn
ing from Devereux C. Josephs.
chairman of President Eisenhow-
Ier's Committee on Education Be-
.yond High School, that a flood
of new prospective college stu
dents will soon be upon us" and
that the Nations colleges are not
ready for it.
The demand for education be-
You'd high school is growing fast
er than the facilities" Mr.. Jo-
sephS told the convention.
Calls. for New Policy
Calling for the establishment
OF a new policy regarding Federal
financial help to higher educa-
ton, he asserted that unless lay
men as well as educators are
made aware of the growing prob
lem, the Nations higher educa-
ton needs will neither be met
nor paid for.
Mr.. Josephs said there is no
present clear-cut policy OF the
role the Federal Government
should play toward education be-
You'd the secondary level.
Without such policy, crash
programs for careers temporarily
lin high favor will be nourished
with Federal funds without rela-
tionship to the total educational
situation" he warned.
He labeled shortage of
qualified teachers as a main
bottleneck. He added that the
contry will not be able to OBJ
tain the needed teachers unless
teachers are better paid.
Not Aroused Public
THE need to improve teacher
salaries" he asserted, has not
really aroused public reaction"
John Mayor. director of a
science teaching improvement
program of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of |
Science. told the educators that |
the country's high school
mathematics and science courses
do not reflect the scientific |
advances of this century"
He said teacher training APP
peared to have concentrated too
much on educational methods at
the expense of scholarship.
S125,O0O Grant
Last night Alvin Zurich, vice
president Of the Ford financed /
Fund for the Advancement Of
Education. announced a $125, 900 |
grant for a study of State gov
eminent controls over colleges
and universities.
The study will be made at the /
request Of the Association Of
Governing Boards of State Uni
versities and other educational
organizations. The governing
boards said a study was needed 4
"of the ever-increasing vexations
of governmental controls" which (
they said were beginning to
sabotage the freedom Of educa-
tional institutions and place I
them under nolitical controle %