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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1964
National Humanities Foundation Gains Support
In an effort to bring better balance to educational opportunities, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has gone on record in support of a congressional bill to establish a National Humanities Foundation (NHF).
The NHF, as it is now envisaged, would be similar in function to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in granting fellowships and funds for study in the field of the humanities.
This information was revealed yesterday by KU's William P. Albrecht, dean of the graduate school, Dean Albrecht returned Sunday from Cleveland where he attended a three-day convention of the NCTE.
a resolution favoring the passage of the bill and the creation of the NHF.
HE WAS chairman of the committee on resolutions which drafted
Dean Albrecht said, "Such a Foundation has long been needed to help attract able students into the humanities and to encourage research and creative work in this area.
"The rewards and prestige in the sciences have been attracting not only young men and women who are highly qualified for scientific work but also many students who would be happier and better qualified to make an important contribution in one of the humanistic disciplines." Dean Albrecht said.
THE BILL, which is now in the house of representatives' committee on education and labor, states that the purpose of the NHF "shall be
to develop and promote a broadly conceived policy of support for the humanities and the arts . . ."
It defines the humanities and the arts to include, but not limited to, "the study of languages, literature, history and philosophy; the history, criticism, and theory of art and music; the history of religion, science, and law; the creative and performing arts, including theater and dance; and those aspects of the social sciences that have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods."
Dean Albrecht said the bill, if passed, would make grants available for graduate study and attendance at summer institutes, the support of individuals preparing experiments and demonstrations in all
levels of school, travel grants for study, and fellowships to school administrators to increase their appreciation of the values of teaching the humanities.
Congressman William S. Moorhead (D.-Pa.) , the author of the bill, pointed out his view of the NHF in a congressional news release.
In fact, for the first year I am seeking an appropriation of $150.000.
HE SAID. "I do not believe the National Humanities Foundation will require a large federal subsidy.
seeking an appropriation of $150,000.
"Rather the Foundation should be run something like the Smithsonian Institution which is empowered to accept gifts, endowments and grants from foundations."
Congressman Moorhead, according to the report of the NCTE committee on resolutions, became interested in helping the study of the humanities after reading the "Report of the Commission on Humanities."
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