THE SCIENTIFIC SWEEPSTAKES

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 150
• Publication Date: June 17, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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1956
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years ag reI?.i(cn \4
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elsewhere.", ,partcvuta iii' lAsSla
pace. 1'here, for' exarnpfr'.\lcior
high energy:!,'OSeafth.;:'.....??
English sinnt'isi.',SairCV;.-OCild'
world lead ia that field. .
the, child is scientifically inclined theite is
b.,refuestion of his tfuture., State itipends'.nd
general deferment from the'lditi4l.":rare
., 'tincicaire
hetteit, grades.
.are'...-11'?at,.e.'0-11.-n14-8n.. In
fields.other ? The grad te
urt :?tist ,but lacking in a hackgrotiiiritliCiheAli;'..trLe
nni:.'
pajterr) in ...ties. Emphais is, placiid;' hoWe'c.,er, On foreign
ess ne languages, particularly English.
lheoi Students report. Russian science is weak only
'leriPsts in biology .Nyhet?e, it has ?been::,titarnpered, until
ha\'' kept-recently by 'Marxism. Tjw,r great: em-
On srtientific..teachinl"lth Almost 50
1,1,14?101."titn",for,', Per cent of teChnictal:.studerdshlanneleN.: into
intAw,q0.i. J)) classrooms.' : Only .35 per,' cent:12,f,i our:scientists
*iv ciSsia are engaged in teaelth,-ig,;andti-lek6reh..at' edu-
cational .instilutions. ? .;

lotion ' for I
.. So scienite.':!hiVOn'eS:ii'ptriir
. --tx 7 HERE .does this 'leave the 1.'. S.7 At the 11
world struggle. key 'tO' . ' ''. '---r1 - .
. ,... ,., .. survival find .keV to
V!' moment our is..sition ?is ..!'ot, enc'ouraging I
peace. To.pfilitli atom to Pri;i:eic:a-i''..4e,- ' - ..... ,;- . ,
the energy of :.the sun,'"nto d'I'l ;!:'-'" tic
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pals ..,,,,a,,_.,:...,_,,s,i)..1,..?tsa.,,...1,,iffil._ VeViie i arei:;?:-.01._ .pro_ducing', enMikk- i.i.terit isr,s , and 1
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_asatr:::ghtliaNe.tirlitit.t,,1;:_;ti.:,:4 -,,,10:1::::::l,.r,-.. r7a:,..,'. !..11.pee.e..1!. , r..1'.1,-I.S. h' - - ' thlw-.of 1.11.114)11 '
,these.,are.4W,Ilich in .jlie'ilQX(Z.;";(ii?..3.'' ' -
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..:71fTv..es.a17.i,;:,,liii6-',..,;,,f . -,..-peers' .:and rt-itty,In :..- h'r.:1,,-g;-.1rOi.jhait'et,C1'::firri.rngj. Jeillig'1..
t.'41-1-!..:,(1-fill'AfT.-n(ition.;-?,."' l ' l'r '41' :ifeinand'. --'0,
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?, 0. t ),c, 1:07-tin. i ,/,--ei,e1,: .t.s,.11 . ?
Rusild'rekii;es/i1S-4 and :11-i-li IS.),?.-lifi-e?rilmn- . the ' .ntirn hetl?.1:0'at:: sPl".:4?.....*Iel'irii?;:sli-1.4hr::s''':"?:lifillealtsdi:'Qdseso.
'dolls strides in rtrnd,ilciion Of scientlsts,.,and.,en? creaser). Theri;, nocc, i?-.aa; ,upicti.n in response
gineers. By Contrast NVe.? hal'f, ,51.1.ppd ?a, k- to .the ,new demand,. -hut ? itot,'enough . to meet
ward. Dean'-.19'hin'Ril.biirininiijfaihe-,Coluinhia long-term' needs, - :.. ,.,,.:. _ . -:.. -
university. Sch;01 .of .engineering? ,s.:).s. .?.,4 A, ? ? ' , On another % level itye.,haN't-, ttited.,,.. to ,make
we .h\-e,-.,,iosf,;', the'Sba,itie, ofngitlee. rillg,...1..n...-n". ! teaching sufficiently t4trttetie:to,?iu;re'ihe.. set.
power--at -,l.ea?1. til
..,10 l:..4.t,11her,s.- ,,. , ,,. ... '.. ' Sntitiertily:ntindod .,ti-cim"..,tlie....rewitifi,? ot Indus.
, ----, ,
, - of 9 Cen
Allen W. -pulles i
;a,1 - ?,,ellue .try. The number ot
agency cites 'these - nUmhers.-. n its -0-Cllie
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requirements to teach 'high' school fsciene de-
. graduates Who 'aiikliiited
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Russia Will graduate' 1.200, ) in the sciens-es t creased from 9,100 in' 1960 to 9,800 list year.
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while the-.1.1.' 8.1'will_graduate '900-000. . 1 Thus others must.. step out ? of their /folds and
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To Dr; Alan T. Waterman. of, the. National ! instruct in mathematics yr Science.., 4 Prince- ,
. Science J. Poundattniti,_ this - Means. one ,,t lung ? , A , ton surVey shows that `fonr,Eifthi: QC tit . 'math '
. . .
Ctrs'ir ir'"i'Ve"i171-7*V-TrAtreft".?6' ':. Olhers have ? teachers are. not coni etent in the. silb ect. '
joined hin-C,in .'examining ?,!hf",' .stic,ess of the Math enters vie pteture in another ?vay. Woe-
Soviet Progritri,inrci ;111.e. reasons ours has fat- ft111- it appears to lle a vani.shing American.
tered. Their first condo's-ion Is' 10 dispem:e with Invariably it is %.oted the mos; unpopular of
the false' corrifort, of Considering- Russian sec.
school subjects -Too:hard" or -I no doll." Stu?
entists 'inferior to ours. ." That IS', mere wlsh- ilents ac flirt it. partly due to an impression of
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ful mythology.. , ' some parents That math Is situ iii for the
? Russia has 'organized, a huge c(Ineation ma- heads. Only half the nation's li11 schools offer
chine to turn' Out ieehriiciansi,',..Tlfis' year the " physics or chemistry, 23 per cent neither. Less
,flit. 'S. -,gr,uduate:d 23.00n-,vilgliiffc4riits`17:i.titit..1,t. S a quarter of our high school -?tticletits stud
"f-
egrees tISS a -.gave i.'oniparahleceiliffe.ates- v
, een element aj.. 0 4 ,:e bra,
: tii-83,000-!L:?(171,tii 0-opOlittinii,ii,'5,rig'-lw.f.r.th larger
:5, nil I) ,q;i.plar!,.211 4,114,t
HESE are the (ac-Is that worry our educa-
indtvid9s1s,tisluiej,,the,., SoyietL, tors anri government. alike, For thp short-
lriiie.;,e'liik.k141,1j?,.:e;:i1U,Cji'..ii-'041b5itf,i,?tr?.1$S7i'',-_,.l-:.C',1 'range problem - finding scientists and engineers
.The-Russia -;setcifi'pongists-ot.,,a-.10;:gitade"coml-7! for immediate needs.. the law of supply and de-
11allsory-generalLediieal#,,scliopi..rOziparable Marta is on our side. Active recruiting by ib-
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fonur'jges.de eand f
by fie (busily s netpmg. Some cornpanies has e en .
Iti;:.0.?Ars-.,1"),mtgho dueaunn eashmentsstieh:1 placed -Help Wanted: :Scientists" ads in Br if-:)
tte-littkparirt76ritr'of )sh newspapers. '
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CPYRGHT
1--rt ocZ-V4grams's'hould have a hig'effech Bur g
'SoUtheaSt high school tills :\ ear ex-
posed more !"'students to the SrlOtIlifir. un hi
ihrough?outside speakers. The kVyandotie High
School Scieneeyield 'club has been a pioneer.
,knd nation--..wide Science fairs at-e important.
On a nationattlevel, ;government can:but point 't
the direetion.1' 'It would he conceivable for it to
Jake oi er. the educational system and produce'
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technologists coMmilsory basis. But that
Wo uld destroY the of local control. Only
with caution can there be mitt-iglu aid.
The National Science t'oundation in 1./.?-)3 in-
augurated , a series of summer institutes Si
high school and college science teachers, (dIer-
ing an opportunity of contact with first-i ate
minds. Tractel,ing -high sch,a4 science libraries
bring technigal'Oflumes to scattered areas.
, Some helieil'ethe fedet al government should
go further. A hill in the Senate \\ oulci im-rens.?
lu $25,000,Qqi_the scholarship program of ft,-
National Science Foundation. Most edtu ators
hope, howeyer, that extensive scholarship ef-
forts will be Carried on by prik me interests.
Jo attacking' the problem, industrialists, edu.
rotors and govcrnment officials agree we ninst
never forgi?t other fields of learning. Samuel
I. Brownell, Tti:.S. commissioner of education,
has pointed mit that it is unwise to rob the,
potential of diplitmitey, law or economics, for
example, to produce more scientists. And at
Ili e same time lye must never lose sight of tha
ideal that Scientific training in a free land
neeessitates.a ficm grounding in the humanities'.
At mid-centttrY; then, this is a challeng0
America must:Meet in answering the onslaught
of communism.: Russia has embt aced tte
Baconian edict that ''Knowledge is power.- '4o
the Soviet that means scientific knowlerige.
Our answer is brainpower. With the prope't.
.1 education, it will be sufficient.
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