BASIC RESEARCH AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY 



lectual challenge that this nation laces, our success in meeting 

 it will be determined by our success in producing great intel- 

 lectual leaders. 



In summary, then, I believe the state universities can con- 

 tribute much toward the successful furtherance of our national 

 scientific effort, particularly in the areas we designate as basic 

 research; but that as we expand in these fields, we must be 

 assured of the kind of financing which will permit us to build 

 our program on a long-term basis and which will help us solve 

 more problems than we create. It will also help us in our efforts 

 to broaden the educational experiences which we attempt to 

 provide. Some of our sharpest growing pains will come from the 

 fact that great numbers of our people do not understand the 

 place of science in our lives, and I am now speaking both of 

 the physical world of medicines and machines and of the in- 

 tellectual world of values and philosophies. It is the role of 

 education to help all men learn to live in our world, to have an 

 appreciation for its values, its varied cultures, economics, and 

 political traditions. We must work out our educational and 

 research programs, and our national life, so as to serve all our 

 needs and ideals and not permit some to be furthered at the 

 cost of others, but it should be apparent to all by now that scien- 

 tific endeavor has attained a dominant position in our society 

 and that it is essential that we begin to formulate broad policies 

 for its continued expansion. 



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