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Who Discovers the Discoverers?
"A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoverers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.'' Carl Linnaeus
Somewhere in this mighty land of ours, a gifted youth is learning to see the light of tomorrow. Somewhere, in a college classroom or laboratory, a dedicated teacher is gently leading genius toward goals of lofty attainment. Somewhere the mind of a future discoverer— in science, engineering, government, or the arts— is being trained to transcend the commonplace.
Our nation has been richly rewarded by the quality of thought nurtured in our colleges and universities. The caliber of learning generated there has been responsible in no small part for our American way of life. To our college teachers, the selfless men and women
who inspire our priceless human resources, we owe more than we will ever be able to repay.
Yet how are we actually treating these dedicated people? Today low salaries are not only driving gifted teachers into other fields, but are steadily reducing the number of qualified people who choose college teaching as a career. At the same time, classrooms are beginning to get overcrowded. In the face of this, college applications are expected to double by 1967.
This is a severe threat to our system of education, to our way of life, even to our very existence as a nation. Our colleges need help— and they need it now!
If you want to know more about what the college crisis means to you, and what you can do ' to help, write for a free booklet to: HIGHER EDUCATION, Box 36, Times Square Station, New York 36, New York.
Sponsored as a public service, in cooperation with the Council for Financial Aid to Education
KEEP IT BRIGHT
S. RADIO • October 1959