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Durham, Ν . C ; Earlham College. Richmond, Ind.; Haverford College. Haverford, Pa.; Kenyon College, Gam-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, Not re Dame, Ind., U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Aids to Science Teachers Study on liie way to aid teachers in carrying light

emotional luggage; grants to keep them up-to-date

A NATIONAL study, by the Fund for -** the Republic, i s now underway t o determine whether or not American teachers are fearful and unable t o d o their best worlc because of their appre­hensions. T h e research will be con­ducted a m o n g teachers in both colleges and h igh schools.

The study will assess degree of fear among teachers i n the handling or con­troversial subjects in t he classroom, their relationship with students, fellow-teachers, and administrative superiors, their feeling about exnressing unpopu­lar opinions in professional publica­tions, their willingness to take part in extracurricular and community affairs, and the influence of t enure on academic freedom.

Study will b e conducted by Paul Lazarsfeld, chairman of the Columbia University sociology department, as ­sisted b y Louis H a n i s , par tner of Elmo Roper and associates. Details of t h e study among high school teachers still are be ing worked out, and this project will begin in 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 NSF will provide 30 stipends of $250 each and a limited number of fee ex­emption certificates amounting to $36 each to high scbool teachers of chem­istry, physics, and general science. The stipends and certificates a re for enrollment in t h e Institute for High School Science Teachers to be held at the Pennsylvania State University, July 5 to Aug. 13.

Westdnghcuse Educational Fund is making possible a total of 50 fellow­ships of $250 each for high school teachers of chemistry, physics, and biology, throughout t h e U . S. and Canada to a t tend a special program at Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology during the summer of 1955. The pro­gram, J u n e 27 t o Aug. 5 , will provide a review of fundamental subject matter in physics, chemistry, and biology, and a survey of recent scientific develop­ments not only in these fields b u t also in meteorology, geology, and aero­

nautical engineering. Applications for Westinghouse Fellowships for t he 1955 Science Teachers* Program may be obtained from the Summer Session Office, Room 7-103, Massachusetts In­stitute of Technology, Cambr idge 39. All such applications must b e filed bv April 1, 1955.

ORSOfcT Plans fo r 1955 to 1956 Session

Oak Ridge School of Reactor Tech­nology (ORSORT) is accepting appli­cations for enrollment in the 1955 to 1956 session, Knroîlrnents for the 50-week course which begins in Septem­ber will close on March 14, 1955 . T h e school is «part of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by Union Carbide and Carbon.

Industrial organizations may enroll a limited number of their technical per­sonnel in ORSORT. A E C , aware of the growing need for competent nu­clear reactor engineers, has made this participation possible to encourage nu­

clear progress in industry. Tuition is $25ΌΟ for studen*~ from industrial firms other than A E C aerating contractors.

Students who a_ * accepted have the opportunity of participating i n a cur­riculum of an advanced type, including a course covering classified details of re­actor technology. Fifty-two members of the present class a re industry-spon­sored students who will r e tu rn to their own organizations at the enu of the training period in August 1955 .

Additional information on O R S O R T may be obtained from t h e Director, Oak Ridge School of Reactor Tech­nology, Post Office Box P , Oak Ridge, Tenn .

FOA Creafes Educational Group FOA has created a special advisory

group, an Education Commit tee , which held its initial meeting recently. The committee will consult on FOA's b road education program and policy with the director of the Foreign Operations Ad­ministration, Harold E. Stassen, and with the FOA educational division which is under the direction of Ken­neth C. Ray, former superintendent of publ ic instruction for Ohio. The com­mit tee will review the world-wide edu­cat ion programs and advise on the most effective participation in t h e m by edu­cational institutions.

One form of FOA assistance t o foreign countries is the financing of technical cooperation contracts unde r which American colleges and universi­ties are helping free nations to build stronger educational institutions and centers of technical knowledge as aids

Chemical Club o f New England Awards 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 the presentation are: Thornton C. Jesdale, chairman of the Scholar­ship Committee, and District Sales Manager for Monsanto Chemical, and Howard C . Cooldngham, president of the club and division manager for D. H. Litter, Allston

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to their economic and 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.; Hugh Masters, pro­fessor of education, University of Georgia; Benjamin G. Willis» general superintendent of schools* Chicago; Lewis A. Wilson, New 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 and engineers, the Engineer­ing Manpower Commission and the Columbia University school of engi­neering have joined in an appeal to the mass communications media to help arouse the American public to he threat this program presents.

At a press conference sponsored b1

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 the films. Indeed, he said, we seem t o have "completely underesti-mated"' 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, he declared. Otherwise, we may find that, even without defeat-v\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 he secondary schools to the teaching of mathematics and the physical sciences, efforts to make teaching a more attractive career for outstanding young men and women, better vocational guidance, and more financial help and encouragement for good students who lack funds for col­lege.

• New York University will offer two courses in surface technology'. One course on Fundamentals of Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Technology will be given b y Myron A. Coler of NYU and Elias Singer of Troy Chemical. Sessions will b e held from 8:10 to 9:55 P.M. on Wednesdays Feb . 9 to May 25. The other course. New 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 31 . ί Dard Hunter P a p e r Museum, which was recently housed at the Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wis., is ready for display to interested persons. • University of Michigan, College of Engineering, is holding two intensive courses in automatic control. The first is scheduled for June 13 to 18 inclu­sive, and the second for June 20 to 22, 1955, inclusive. Course I will consist of the fundamentals. Course II will take u p applications of the funda­mentals to more advanced problems. April 15 is the closing date for regis­tration. Further information may b e obtained by wri t ing to L. L. Rauch, Room 1521, East Engineering Build­ing, University of Michigan, Ann Ar­bor, Mich. • New York University is trying to make room in the current four-year en­gineering program for courses in nu­clear physics and solid·state physics. Recently, 25 educators in college phys­ics, mathematics, and mechanics met at the university for a conference on the matter. I t was conducted by NYU and the American Society for Engi­neering Education, under a grant from the National Science Foundation. Re­sults will be referred t o the ASEE for action at its annual meeting in June.

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