Visiting Scholars for 1969-70

reporter volume xxxiv number three spring 1969 PHI BETA KAPPA APPOINTS VISITING SCHOLARS FOR 1969-70 who have Plans are being formulated for the 1969- These are the ten scholars 70 series of visits of the Phi Beta Kappa been selected. Visiting Scholars. Ten scholars have been appointed for the coming college year. Robert F. Byrnes visits will be Approximately eighty Now Distinguished Professor of History scheduled to institutions with chapters of and director of the International Affairs Phi Beta Kappa. At each school he visits, Center at Indiana University, Mr. Byrnes the Scholar spends two days on campus, was chairman of the history department seminar taking part in classroom and there from 1958 to 1965, and was di with stu discussions, meeting informally rector of the University's Russian and dents and faculty and giving at least one East European Institute from 1959 to more formal address under auspices, 1962. He has also been on the faculty such as a convocation or other public at Rutgers University and Swarthmore program is now in its occasion. The College. Mr. Byrnes is the author of fourteenth year and is highly regarded for Anti-Semitism in Modern France: The Walter J. S.J. its success in to the schools Ong, bringing Prologue to the Dreyfus Affair, Bibliog scholars of first rank who have com raphy of American Publications on East municated their knowledge and enthu Pobedo- Central Europe, 1945-57, and siasm to their audiences. nostsev: His Life and Thought. In addition to the regular Visiting Scholar Charles Frankel series, an innovation in the program will be introduced this year. Dr. and Mrs. Mr. Frankel has recently returned to Columbia where he has been George Beadle, the noted geneticist and University professor of since 1956. From Nobel prize-winner and his author-wife, philosophy 1965 to 1967 he served as Assistant Sec will speak as a team under Phi Beta retary of State for educational and cul Kappa auspices. Since their heavy sched tural affairs and as chairman of the U.S. ules limit them to three engagements, Delegation to the UNESCO General are the Scholar pro they joining Visiting Conference in 1966. He is the author of gram on an experimental basis. Their The Faith of Reason, The Case for first joint appearance will be at Beloit Modern Man, The Democratic Pros College in October. pect, and Education and the Barricades. Robert F. Byrnes Victor Lange Roy F. Nichols James A. Sykes www.pbk.org and at uni Walter R. Goldschmidt of London and Copenhagen and versities in Germany, Scandinavia, professor of anthropology and Currently Australia. Mr. Howard is the author of chairman of the department at U.C.L.A., The Connecticut Wits, Herman Melville: Mr. Goldschmidt has also been visiting A Biography, Victorian Knight-Errant: lecturer at the University of California A Study of the Early Literary Career of at and at Stanford and Harvard Mind" Berkeley James Russell Lowell, and "The Universities. In 1961-62 he was with the of Jonathan Edwards. Cultural Ecology Project in East Africa. He is the author of As You Sew, Ways Victor Lange of Justice, Comparative Functionalism, John N. Woodhull Professor of Modern and Kambuya's Cattle: The Legacy of an Languages and chairman of the depart African Herdsman. His special interests ment of German at Princeton University, are the ecology of primitive peoples, Mr. Lange taught earlier at Cornell Uni theory of cultural evolution and the an versity, where he was chairman of the thropology of American culture. department of German studies, 1945-57. Jack H. Hexter Julian N. Hartt This summer he will be Fulbright lec turer at the University of Melbourne, Mr. Hartt is Noah Porter professor of Australia. He was first vice-president of philosophy and theology, and chairman the Modern Language Association of of religious studies at Yale University, America and is now president of the where he has also served as director International Association of Germanists. of graduate studies in religion. He has He is the author of Modern German taught at Berea College, and is co-author Literature and a member of Studies in of Humanism vs. Theism, Being Known Eighteenth Century Fiction. He has re and Being Revealed, A Christian Critique cently edited Goethe: Twentieth Century of American Culture, and Theology, the View and Humanistic Scholarship in Church, and the University. America. Jack H. Hexter Roy F. Nichols Director of the Yale Parliamentary Diary Project and professor of history at Mr. Nichols is professor of history Yale University since 1964, Mr. Hexter emeritus at the University of Pennsyl taught previously at Washington Uni vania where he was dean of the graduate 1952- Leon Howard versity, where he was chairman of the school of arts and sciences from history department from 1957 to 1960. In 1966 and vice provost from 1953-1966. 1966-67 he was a fellow of the Center He served as president of the Associa for Advanced Study in the Behavioral tion of Graduate Schools in 1964, chair Sciences. Mr. Hexter is the author of man of the Council of Graduate Schools The Reign of King Pym, More's Utopia, in 1965, and as chairman of the Social The Biography of an Idea, and Reap Science Research Council 1949-1953. In praisals in History. He is co-editor of 1949 Mr. Nichols was awarded the The Complete Works of Thomas More Pulitzer Prize in history. He is the au and general editor of The Traditions of thor of The Disruption of American 1854- the Western World. Democracy, The Stakes of Power, 1877, America Yesterday and Today Leon Howard (with C. A. Beard and W. C. Bagley), Now serving as professor of English at The Growth of American Democracy U.C.L.A., Mr. Howard has also been (with Jeanette P. Nichols), Religion and Visiting Professor at Tokyo University, American Democracy and many other the Centre Universitaire Mediterranean, books and articles on American history. and Fulbright lecturer at the Universities (continued on back cover) Walter R. Goldschmidt bjm ^assse?^ George & Muriel Beadle Julian N. Hartt Charles Frankel THE KEY REPORTER www.pbk.org The National Humanities Faculty After One Year by Arleigh D. Richardson III, Director Since its inception a year ago the National Humanities Facul kis, an outstanding teacher from the Chapel Hill system, as ty has become an operating project with five pilot programs well as Professor David Tyack from the University of Illinois. this year and fifteen planned for the academic year 1969-70. From all reports, an eager group of Gainesville teachers has The National Endowment for the Humanities and the S and been given strong encouragement by the NHF representatives, H Foundation (which supplied matching funds for the grant) and there are more to follow. have indicated their continuing strong interest and have promised financial support as well as help in seeking addi During the week of March 10-14 the Minneapolis schools tional funds to enable the NHF to grow. were visited by a team consisting of Mr. David Bazelon, a writer; Mr. Martin Friedman, Director of the Walker Art Center; Professor Charles Keller of CCNY and Professor From its actual beginning in March 1968, the National Hu James Silver of Notre Dame. with the theme, "How manities has organized projects in Geor Dealing Faculty Gainesville, Revolt," Can the Humanities Speak to Youth in this group gia; Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; San met with various gatherings of students and teachers in four Francisco, California; and the area of greater Utica, New of the Minneapolis high schools throughout the week, and York. On the assumption that the greatest success would was warmly received. come in programs which originated with the schools rather than being superimposed, proposals were solicited, and in Grosse Pointe is just in the process of being visited by Saul June 1968, these projects were chosen by the NHF Board for Alinsky, the community organizer; Cornelius Golightly of the challenges implicit in their aims, their need, and their the University of Wisconsin; Bartlett Hayes, Director of the individual geographical and social situations. Addison Gallery of American Art; Dean John Silber of the University of Texas; and Bernard Weisberger of American no report as such an NHF team All five pilot projects have now been in operation for several Heritage. There is yet, but should generate a high degree of interest. months, and while it is still too early for any concrete evalua tion of results, certain conclusions are quite evident from Francisco school system turned out to the experience of this first year. First, the responses of nearly The needs of the San of problems all the two-hundred-odd people nominated for the Board were be rather different from the others because the with the size and of a large urban almost embarrassingly enthusiastic. These were mostly dis associated complexity tinguished college and school teachers and administrators system. It was necessary to open lines of communication be tween some able but discouraged teachers of the from all over the country. They recognized the urgent need of very their administrators. With NHF leverage and the schools in this area, approved of the approach, and were humanities and consultation has been and imaginative eager for the opportunity to give their services to this effort. continuing this done, plans are drawn the San Francisco teachers and ad Secondly, the responses of schools have been very numerous. being by To date there have been more than 500 inquiries and 76 ministrators for further involvement with the members of the Faculty. actual proposals. They have come from forty-two of the states and two from abroad.

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