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and programs of higher learning has been explored. Such a program 

 represents a continuation of the traditional role of the Institution 

 in the educational field, although perhaps historically it received 

 greater emphasis in the early days of the Smithsonian than it has 

 in recent decades. The Smithsonian's first Secretary, Joseph Henry, 

 said many years ago : "The Smithsonian, with its widening responsi- 

 bilities among the arts as well as the sciences, must continue and 

 expand its leadership in education and scholarship in America." 

 It seems high time that we should develop this role, for there is urgent 

 need for the Smithsonian to render genuine service and leadersliip. 



In the broad areas of biology and anthropology, support for special- 

 ized training not otherwise available under existing university pro- 

 grams must and can be given by the Smithsonian. In addition to 

 general programs in specialized fields, specific programs are currently 

 being undertaken with eight universities. Duke University will coop- 

 erate with the Smithsonian Institution in training biological oceanog- 

 raphers. Johns Hopkins University will join in a common venture 

 to offer graduate education opportunities in paleontology. Other 

 programs of cooperative education have been developed with the 

 University of Minnesota in algology, the University of Maryland in 

 ornithology, George Washington University in malacology, and the 

 University of Kansas in paleontolog3^ In addition there is the well- 

 known program of the Freer Gallery of Art and the University of 

 Michigan in Oriental art and the Astrophysical Observatory's inte- 

 grated activities with Harvard. Through such arrangements grad- 

 uate students may come to the Smithsonian Institution to carry out 

 research projects under the supervision of staff members who may 

 be given recognition in the form of an honorary or part-time appoint- 

 ment to the university faculty. Improved use of museum and other 

 laboratory facilities in this way will help to overcome severe national 

 shortages of natural-science specialists in a number of fields. 



As part not only of its service to the cause of higher education in 

 this country but also in order to replicate specialists in careers of 

 research and study associated with museum programs, the Institution 

 must always stand ready to serve as a catalyst, to create opportunities 

 for research for students and staff, and to foster interchange between 

 scholars both here and abroad. 



Cooperation with Museums 



As a part of this wider usefulness of the Smithsonian to education, 

 we hope that it may be possible to broaden the Smithsonian's tradi- 

 tional cooperation with museums throughout the world. Museums 

 and their related laboratories are just entering a new era, and museum 

 resources are being drawn upon as never before for general education. 



