No. 3 November 1960
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An American-Style University for Iran: Dr. Harnwell's Report During the past summer President Gaylord P. Harnwell and three other members of the University's administrative staff and faculty travelled to Iran under auspices of the U. S. State Department to advise educators and government officials there in planning the establishment of a new university modelled along American lines. Upon his return The Almanac requested comment from him on the activities of his committee in this matter. His report follows: Currently thousands of students from Iran are attending institutions of higher learning in Europe and the United States as part of their nation's effort to leap the centuries University Senate Meets Nov. 30 and achieve a distinguished position among the growing The University Senate's first meeting of the Fall Term nations of the Middle East and of the world. will be held in Ballantyne Auditorium (Room W-l), As these young men and women complete their training Dietrich Hall, beginning at 1 P.M. on Wednesday, Novem- abroad, they understandably show some reluctance to ber 30. return to their native land where current conditions are After an opening statement by Professor Arthur P. less attractive and opportunities somewhat restricted. The Whitaker, Chairman of the Senate, President Gaylord P. Iranian Government, aware that its most valuable national Harnwell will address the meeting. product is thus being exported, is seeking to provide edu- Brief talks, followed by an opportunity for questions cational opportunities within Iran itself to match those of from the floor, will then be given by Mr. Harold Taubin, the West. Director of the University Planning Office, and Mr. Harold Recognition of this problem by the Teheran government E. Manley, University Comptroller. Mr. Taubin will sketch led to discussions with our State Department in the belief expansion plans of the University, which involve such that we might help them identify the characteristics of the topics as the West Philadelphia Corporation and problems educational system which was drawing away so many of of faculty parking and housing. Mr. Manley's talk will deal their able people, and to transplant it under favorable with the University's current financial report, copies of circumstances to Iranian soil. which were recently sent by him, with a covering letter, to Transplanting practices and customs is not an easy all members of the University Senate. matter, but the possibility of success was deemed sufficient With the aid of various committees of the Senate, its to justify a preliminary effort, and the State Department Advisory Committee is developing other subjects of general then asked the University of Pennsylvania to study the University interest for discussion at this or subsequent feasibility of this program, and, if practicable, to assemble meetings. a 'do-it-yourself' kit for the establishment in Iran of a university of the American type. The opportunity thus presented had many aspects of Faculties Join in Exploring interest. One was that we shared the Iranian Government's conviction that the ultimate success of an emerging democ- Governmental Relationships racy depends upon the quality of its educational system. An interdisciplinary project to explore the nexus between Another was that an American university was probably values and governmental decisions, using nation-states the only type of institution which could effectively deal and local governments in metropolitan areas as the units with the assignment. Finally, the circumstances called for of analysis, is now being undertaken on the University the collective exercise of academic judgment, rather than campus, it was announced recently by Dr. John Perry simply serving as an academic employment agency for Horlacher, Chairman of the Political Science Department. persons to act under State Department direction, as has Support for the project comes from the Ford Founda- generally been the request to universities in the past. tion, which in 1959 gave the University a $50,000 grant As a result a small party from the University went to for a five-year program of research in Public Affairs, (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 2) 2 THE ALMANAC Tuition Increases Announced The University announced on November 16 that effec- tive with the opening of the 1961 Summer School and the academic year 1961-1962, student tuition will be increased NEW FACES of 1960 in virtually all schools and departments. For the majority of full-time students in the undergradu- ate, graduate and professional schools, the annual tuition Dr. Julius A. Jahn, appointed is being increased by $200. The general fee in all schools Professor of Social Research. He is a of the of remains unchanged. graduate University Minnesota and of the University With the increase, the tuition in all the undergraduate of Washington, where he received schools will be $1450. The general fee in these schools is his doctorate in 1949. He taught $150. In the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and sociology at Washington from 1946 other divisions, the new tuition will from to 1952, becoming Assistant Pro- graduate range fessor in 1949. From 1952 to 1954 $1400 to $1500. The general fee in them is $100. With he was Associate Professor of Soci- few exceptions, the new tuition in the professional schools ology at Washington State College, will be $1300, with a general fee of $100. In announcing and since 1954 has been a research the increases President Harnwell said that consideration of associate with the Community Serv- at and the trend of student ice Society of New York, and since 1957 a research educational costs Pennsylvania in at institutions had made it evident statistician the New York Department of Mental charges comparable Hygiene. that "the forward movement which has characterized the John S. Griffith, appointed Pro- University in recent years can be maintained only by fur- fessor of Chemistry. Mr. Griffith ther improvements in the economic status of the faculty comes to the University from Cam- and the addition of teachers and staff for new programs of bridge University, where he took his B.A. at in 1949, study and other direct services for students." Trinity College winning a First Class with Distinc- tion in Mathematics. He has since been in in FACULTIES (Continued from Page 1) engaged research theoreti- cal chemistry, physics and bio- Governmental and Political Processes, and Public Policies. physics, at Cambridge, at Oxford The Provost appointed a committee composed of Professor University and at the Admiralty Vincent H. Whitney, Professor Thomas C. Cochran, Pro- Research Laboratory. He is the fessor Charles C. Price, Dean Willis J. Winn, and Professor author of numerous publications on Horlacher to administer the transition metals and other aspects of his specialized field. grant. Dr. Bruce K. Goodwin, and appointed The committee, after soliciting receiving project Instructor in the Department of proposals from the entire University faculty, approved a Earth Sciences. He joined the faculty proposal which embodies and merges the ideas of three after receiving his Ph.D. at Lehigh in persons who have agreed to be responsible for its under- University 1959. His undergrad- L. uate work was done at the University taking-Professors Philip Jacob, William C. Wheaton, of and is that the and Pennsylvania that for his and James 0. Coke. It believed concepts Master's at Lehigh. He has been approaches traditionally employed in international studies engaged in field investigation of the may have much to contribute to the study of local govern- structural and stratigraphic relations ment units and that a similar cross-fertilization in the of the metamorphic rocks of north- of local of to eastern Vermont, and prepared his application government patterns analysis doctoral dissertation on the international relations be fruitful. geology may of that region. He is married and has two children. The immediate objective of the program would be to Allen S. Keller, appointed Instruc- test the applicability of different methods of behavioral tor in the Department of Earth analysis to the study of the general problem, for the Sciences. Mr. Keller, who was grad- ultimate development of better understanding of the value uated from the University of Utah which or contribute toward effective in 1951 and received his master's factors impede coop- there in 1952, to receive the eration autonomous units. expects among relatively governmental doctorate from Columbia University Teams of graduate students interested in the two areas in June, 1961. His field experience of focus will work with faculty members. It is expected includes four years as a field party that interested in chief for a petroleum corporation in professors Sociology, Anthropology, Venezuela. His and will in doctoral dissertation History, Psychology City Planning participate deals with, major structural features the program, which is in no sense intended to be a strictly of the Rocky Mountains in south- Political Science venture. eastern Idaho. He is married and has two children. NOVEMBER 1960 3 HARNWELL (Continued from Page]) report contained a general statement of the educational of an American of an familiarize itself in the limited purposes type university, analysis Iran in the early summer to of its structure, a draft of legislation to bring it into being; time available with the current educational scene there, statutes to its and ensure the be taken to guide operation dynamic and to endeavor to formulate the steps to bring balance of the relationships within an academic commu- about an institution somewhat similar to our own, in a and such matters as site, of consisted of nity, practical design campus suitable location in that country. The party and buildings, and financing plans. Dr. Jonathan E. Rhoads, recently Provost and presently Before we left, our had won formal E. report approval by Chairman of the Department of Surgery; Dr.