Scientific Manpower, Volume 11

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Includes the papers of the 5th (1956)- Conference on Scientific Manpower held at the 123rd- annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, other selected papers given during the year 1956- , an account of highlights of significant developments during the year, ...
 

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Page 21 - I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are, in my opinion, the strength of a state ; much more so than riches or arms, which, under the management of ignorance and wickedness, often draw on destruction, instead of providing for the safety of the people.
Page 21 - I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from the exhortation of adult persons; bad habits and vices of the mind, being, like diseases of the body, more easily prevented...
Page 2 - States with the cooperation of the Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation.
Page 1 - This has been a matter of some concern to me for some time because one of the most critical problems facing this Nation is the inadequacy of the supply of scientific and technical manpower to satisfy the expanding requirements of this country's research and development efforts in the near future.
Page 19 - ... network, with stations to be located in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Muskogee, Tishomingo, Clayton, Woodward, Enid, Lawton, Elk City, and Guymon. The law provides for a 13-member educational television authority, including the president of the University of Oklahoma, the president of Oklahoma A and M College, the state superintendent of public instruction, the chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and representatives of other public and private educational institutions of the...
Page 42 - Today's school counselor is involved in so many activities that often he isn't sure what he is or what he is supposed to be. He bears the title "counselor," but usually he hasn't the time to involve himself in an interpersonal counseling relationship with a troubled student.
Page 21 - I think with you that nothing is of more importance for the publik weal [welfare], than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are, in my opinion, the strength of a state: much more so than riches or arms, which under the management of Ignorance or Wickedness, often draw on destruction, instead of providing for the safety of a people.
Page 3 - Supply, prepared for the National Science Foundation by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the...
Page 12 - ... any assistance that he could provide, either as an individual or through his company connection. He was received with coolness, and a few days later the head of the school system called upon him. The caller said, in effect, "I have been doing a lot of thinking about our conversation, and I just can't figure it out. Please level with me. Just what is it you want?
Page 1 - Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) and the Federal Council for Science and Technology (FCST...

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