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o THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. No.4, April 1968 Bill Introduced to Establish Wilson Center for Scholars by Mary M. Krug spread .of learning must be the first work Legislation has been introduced into of a nation that seeks t.o be free. the Senate which, if passed, would estab "We can support Secretary Ripley's lish a Woodrow Wilson Internati.onal dream of creating a center here at the Center for Scholars within the frame Smithsonian where great scholars from work of the Smithsonian Institution. every nati.on will come and collaborate." In his message to C.ongress on the The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Com District of Columbia March 13 , Presi mission, established in 1961 to recom dent Johnson called for a Center that mend a permanent memorial to the could serve "as 'an institution of learn twenty-eighth President, suggested in ing that the 22nd century will regard as 1966 an International Center for S~hol having influenced the 21st.'" ars, to be located north of the National "I recommend legislation authorizing Archives building. Its final report stated the establishment of a Center to be .oper that "The C.ommission is impressed with ated by an independent b.oard of trustees Dr. Ripley's proposal that the Center be within the framework of the Smithsonian formally associated with the Smithsonian Institution. " Institution as a bureau under the guid S-3174, "A Bill, 'To Establish A Na ance of its own Board of TruSitees, with tional Memorial To Woodrow Wilson In its own Director and administrative The Smithsonian Institution''', was sub staff. ." sequently introduced into the Senate by The President then asked the Secre Clinton Anderson and co-spons.ored by tary of Health, Education and Welfare J. William Fulbright and Hugh Scott. All and the Temporary C.ommissi.on on three are Smithsonian Regents. Pennsylvania A venue to conduct a study The bill was referred to the Commit to develop the detailed plan for the tee on Rules and Administration. Center. Brennan Rash mounts a poster announcing May 6 opening of NCFA's new quar The President first espoused the idea The proposed legislation calls for the ters. This poster, done by Allen D'archangelo, is one of six different kinds com .of such a center in his speech at the Center to be administered by a 15-mem missioned by the National Collection and funded by Mrs. Albert List of New York Smithson Bicentennial Convocation in ber Board of Trustees, to be composed City. The other five were done by Francis, Bontecue, Chryssa, Oldenburg, and 1965. At that time he stated that "the In of the Secretary of State, the Secretary Rivers. 500 copies of each were reproduced for mounting in windows of neighbor stitution financed by Smithson breathed of Health, Education, and Welfare, the hood stores and museums throughout the country. life in the idea that the growth and the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, three individuals appointed by the President from within the Fed NCFA Quarters Will Open May 6 eral Government, and eight appointed by the es-ident fwm pr-iva te life. er g.omg Wit out a n.ome It c.ou (1 National C.ollection's new quarters will m.ore than 500,000 vIsItors will be at Among the p.owers which the bill call its .own for 122 years, the Nati.onal be held for Smithsonian empl.oyees.on tracted to the building during 1968. grants to the Board is authority to: Collection of Fine Arts will open to the Saturday, March 4, beginning at 3 p.m. More than 500 paintings, pieces of public on May 6 in the renovated Old Dr. David W. Scott, NCFA's Director, SCUlptu re, waterc.olors, prints and draw- "( 1) appoint scholars, from the United Patent Office Building. describes the new galleries as "am.ong ings have been selected for the opening States and abroad, and, where appropri A special showing of the paintings the greatest architectural settings for art exhibition from a total of 11 ,000 works ate, provide stipends, grants, and fellow and sculpture and an open house .of the in the world." He also estimates that in the National Collection. ships to such scholars, and to hire .or accept the voluntary services of con "The show," explains Dr. Scott, "will sultants, advisory boards, and panels to present a survey of three centuries .of aid the Board in carrying out its re American art, sculpture, and graphics." Maior SAO Observatory sponsibilities; The predominantly American collec tion, begun in the earliest days of the "(2) solicit, accept, and dispose of Smithsonian, came primarily through be gifts, bequests, and devises .of money, To Open on Mt. Hopkins quests and gifts from the nation's art securities, and other property .of whatso by Jim Cornell More important, many astronomy benefactors through the years. ever character for the benefit of the related industries and research organiza Among the largest private gifts were Center; any such money, securities, or An imp.ortant new Smiths.onian astro other property shall, upon receipt, be nomical observatory will open this spring tions also have settled in the Tucson area. those from Harriet Lane Johnson, Wil deposited with the Smithsonian Institu on M t. Hopkins, some 40 miles south The new Smithsonian installation is liam T. Evans, and John Gellatly, given expected to attract astronomers from in the early 1900's. A sizeable donation tion, and unless otherwise restricted by of Tucson in the Coronado National the terms of the gift, expenditures shall Forest, with the installation of a 34-foot, around the world. Already the National came in 1967 from the S. C. Johnson be in the discretion of the Board for the concave reflector designed for studies in Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Son Company of Racine, Wisconsin, purposes .of the Center; gamma-ray astronomy. Harvard University, the National Center which presented its entire collection of Work at the mountain-top SAO fa for Atmospheric Research, Dartmouth contemporary paintings. "( 3) obtain gran ts from, and make cility is already underway. An access road College, the University of Rochester, and Called "Art: U.S.A.," this impressive contracts with, State, Federal, local, and is completed, several equipment build the Massachusetts Institute of Techn.ology group contains 102 paintings by as many private agencies, organizations, institu ings are c.onstructed, and a laser system have expressed interest in participating American artists, and will be exhibited tions, and individuals; and for satellite tracking, plus several smaller in research on Mt. Hopkins. in its own special area at the opening. "( 4) acquire such site as a location conventional telescopes, are now operat (Continued on page 4) for the Center as may subsequently be ing. authorized by the Congress." When fully completed in 1969, the "Such a center," the bill declares, $2 million installation will support re "symbolizing and strengthening the fruit search in gamma-ray astronomy, satellite ful relations between the world of learn geodesy, atmospheric physics, and stellar ing and the world of public affairs, would atmospheres. The new site will serve as be a suitable memorial to the spirit of a national center for gr.ound-based Woodrow Wilson ..." gamma-ray astronomy. Other institutions engaged in similar research will be in Nicholas Suszynski (second from right), vited to share its facilities. Director of Sl's Information Systems The Tucson location was chosen for Division, puts the finishing touch on a its clear skies, clean air, dark nights and computer tape, which Dr. Donald Squires agreeable climate. SAO investigations, (far left) Deputy Director of MNH, will based on the precise ob~ervations .of ex take to The British Museum in London. t·remely faint light s.ources, require such This marks the first exchange of speci an atmosphere. men data between museums in different Other observing complexes already in countries, using computer techniques. the Tucson area include the Kitt Peak Reginald Creighton, senior systems ana National Observatory, the Lunar and lyst for the MNH project, looks on from Planetary Laboratory, and the Stewart the far right. Mr. Eugene P. Kennedy Observatory. (second from left), Chief of the U. S. This concentration of astronomical re Office of Education's Library and In search has made Tucson the host city for formation Services Research Branch, is a continuing round .of scientific meet on hand to represent HEW, which is ings, conferences, and conventions. funding the project. Page 2 THE SMITHSONIAN TORCH April, 1968 April Lunchbox Programs Abroad Talks to Cover GeHing AHention Africa to Moon Of April Travelers Lunchbox talks for April range from The Institution's international pro Africa to the moon. Speakers for the grams have drawn three travelers abroad National Air and Space Museum series, this month. Kennedy B. Schmertz, Inter Wednesdays at noon on the second floor national Activities, is in India until April of A&I, include: 13, reviewing foreign currency programs in that country. Lee M. Talbot, Ecology, April 3-F. C. Durant, III, Assistant will return the same date from an Inter Director, NASM, "Some Notes on the national Biology Program conservation History of Rocket Development, 1800- conference in Tunisia, and Lois A. Bing 1939." ham, NCFA, is visiting Italy, Poland, April 10-Karl F. Mautner, Office of Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and International Affairs, "An African Coun the Netherlands to make arrangements try at the Crossroads - the Modern for the Venice Biennale and to discuss Sudan." opportunities for exhibitions under the April 17-Robert Meyer, curator, pro International Art Program. pulsion, NASM, "The Smithsonian's The director and deputy director of Aeronautical Propulsion Hall," followed the Museum of Natural History are both by tour.