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- 18 - Educational Challenge*of Overcrowding "Then there is the challenge of over-crowding in our elemeptary schools and high schools: 300,000 classrooms are needed immediately. And, because of the increase in population, another 300,000 will be needed in 1958. "There is the challenge of the shortage of elementary school teachers, now esti¬ mated at 53,000. "There is the challenge represented by the millions of eligible young men and women who are unable to go to college mainly because of economic reasons. For every American boy and girl now in college, there is another boy and girl quali¬ fied to attend but who is not attending because of lack of funds. . . . "Implicit in all these problems is this challenge: In a democracy we are extremely sensitive to the rights, the privileges, the potentialities and the aspirations of the child or the adult as an individual . As a general principle, we believe in equality of opportunity in education. In addition, educational leaders point out the.value of an educated citizen to his community and to his nation. "Every time we fail to capitalize fully on the minds of our youth by not giving them the fullest educational opportunities that they are capable of employing, we are guilty of a monstrous waste of human resources.... Important Role of Adult Education Overlooked "The Report of the President’s Commission on Higher Education had this to say of the role of the colleges in this field: "’The present status of university extension service makes it painfully clear that the colleges and universities do not recognize adult education as their poten¬ tially greatest service to democratic society . It is pushed aside as something quite extraneous to the real business of the university.’ "The President’s Commission pointed out that elevating adult education to a posi¬ tion of equal importance with any other function would require more teachers, more manpower in administration and a very considerable increase in budget. But the Commission did not concede that this is the biggest obstacle. Should Broaden Concept to Include TV "The principal obstacle, it asserted, is the limited concept that higher education still holds of its role in a free and democratic society. "’It must broaden that concept,’ the Commission declared. ’It must cease to be campus-bound. It must take the university to the people wherever they are to be found and by every available and effective means for the communication of ideas and the stimulation of intellectual curiosity. . . "As directors of these educational stations, you have your work cut out for you in helping Americans to adjust themselves to their new responsibilities as citizens of a nation commanding world leadership, citizens who must study and solve cor¬ rectly many knotty international problems. . . . "Ladies and gentlemen, the beginning of educational television in America is in your hands. The children of America, the grownups of America, hungry for the benefits you have to offer, await the fruit of your efforts. Nowhere in the world have educators been armed with the power you now have at hand to speed the education of an entire nation. I know that you approach the fulfillment of your mission with a sense of high resolve, of humility and of dedication. And knowing this, I know that success will crown your labors."