→ COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 10145

A BILL TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1, 2, 5, AND 7, 1962

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1962

CONTENTS

Engbr son, William, dean, Indiana State College, Terre Haute,

Ind...

Flanders, Dr. Ned, professor of educational research, University of
Michigan...
Fuller, Edgar, executive secretary, Council of Chief State School
Officers.

Keller, Dr. Charles R., director, John Hay Fellowship Program..
Keppel, Dean Francis, School of Education, Harvard University
Maucker, Dr. James W., president, American Association of Colleges
for Teachers Education, president, State College of Iowa -

McCloskey, Dr. Gordon, professor of education, Washington State

University.

McGuire, Carson, University of Texas, Austin, Tex......-

McMurrin, Sterling M., U.S. Commissioner of Education; accompa-

nied by Charles Radcliffe, Chief, Legislative Section; Ralph C.

Flynt, Assistant Commissioner (Research); and Peter P. Muirhead,

Assistant Commissioner (Legislative and Program Development),

Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Noyes, Dr. Edward, acting president of the College Entrance Exami-
nation Board..

Reuter, Dr. George S., Jr., research director, American Federation of

Teachers, AFL-CIO, accompanied by Clinton Fair, former secre-

tary-

Ribicoff, Abraham, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Schreiber, Daniel, director, Project on School Dropouts, National
Education Association..

Spencer, Dr. Lyle, president, Science Research Associates, Chicago,

Ill.

Stiles, Lindley J., School of Education, University of Wisconsin -
Straubel, James, executive director, Space-Education Foundation, Air
Force Association___

64

58

White, Don, executive vice president, National Audio-Visual Associ-

ation...

109

Whitenack, Miss Caroline, associate professor of library science and

audiovisual education, Purdue University.

127

Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

Allen, James E., Jr., commissioner of education, State of New York,

letter to Chairman Thompson. -

201

American Association of University Women, statement on behalf of

Dr. R. Jean Brownlee, Dr. Maycie Southall, and Mrs. Walter M.

Bain...

222

American Civil Liberties Union, statement of

205

American Council on Education, Washington, D.C., statement sub-

mitted by

209

Bailey, Thomas D., Florida State superintendent of public instruction,

telegram to Chairman Thompson.

213

Beggs, W. K., dean, Teachers College, University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Nebr., statement of..

200

Letters, statements, supplemental material, etc.-Continued

Blitzer, Charles, executive associate, the American Council of Learned

Societies, statement of..

Page

197

Boehm, Charles H., superintendent of public instruction, Pennsyl-

vania, telegram to Chairman Thompson..

213

Carr, Dr. William G., executive secretary, National Education Asso-

ciation, statement by

220

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, statement of

Cook, Walter W., dean, College of Education, University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, Minn., letter to Chairman Thompson

214

187

Cottrell, Donald P., dean, College of Education, the Ohio State Uni-

versity, Columbus, Ohio, letter to Chairman Thompson.

Davis, John B., Jr., superintendent, public schools, town of Lincoln,

Mass., letter to Chairman Thompson..

209

214

Fischer, John H., dean, Teachers College, Columbia University, New

York, N.Y., letter to Chairman Thompson..

186

Fisk, Robert S., dean, School of Education, the University of Buffalo,

letter to Chairman Thompson_.

224

Flanagan, John C., professor of psychology, University of Pittsburgh,

Pittsburgh, Pa., letter to Chairman Thompson-

Flanders, Dr. Ned A., professor of educational research, University of

Michigan, statement of..

Goodell, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York, article by T. M. Stinnett, in the Saturday Review,

entitled "A Vast Overhaul of Teacher Certification".

Griswold, A. Whitney, president, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,

comment on H.R. 10145_.

Hochwalt, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Frederick G., director, National Catholic

Welfare Conference, letter to Chairman Thompson_

Huntsman, A. Blaine, superintendent, Mountain View-Los Altos Union

High School District, Mountain View, Calif., letter to Chairman

Thompson

218

219

Ireland, Robert S., superintendent, Concord Public Schools, Concord,
Mass., letter to Chairman Thompson

204

Keppel, Francis, dean, Graduate School of Education, Harvard

University:

Letter to Chairman Powell, dated March 13, 1962..

218

Statement of ....

56

Kiernan, Owen B., commissioner of education, the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts:

A proposal to the U.S. Commissioner of Education, August 8,

1961, by Francis Keppel and Owen B. Kiernan..........

Letter to Chairman Thompson_.

54

53

LeCroy, W. A., State superintendent of education, Montgomery, Ala.,
telegram to Chairman Thompson__.

213

Legislative committee of the National Association of Secondary-
School Principals, statement by

188

Lombardi, John, president, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles,
Calif., telegram to Congressman Lipscomb.......

223

Maucker, Dr. J. W., president, State College of Iowa, and president,

the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education:

Letter to Chairman Thompson_-

207

Statement by.....

165

McBride, Otis, head, department of audiovisual education, the Florida
State University, letter to Chairman Thompson.

224

McCloskey, Gordon, professor of education, Washington State Uni-

versity, statement of..

98

McCook, T. Joseph, superintendent, the public schools of Springfield,
Mass., letter to Chairman Thompson..

213

McGuire, Carson, University of Texas, Austin, Tex., paper entitled,

"Long-Term Support for Basic Research in Education"

McMurrin, Hon. Sterling M., U.S. Commissioner of Education:

101

Distribution of 2,500 scholarship grants for outstanding teachers

under the provisions of H.R. 10145 (February 7, 1962), title I,

improvement of quality of teaching in elementary and second-

ary schools (table).

Distribution of $50,000 under the provisions of H.R. 10145, title II,

broader application of improved instructional practices (table)-