CHAPTER 17 



EDUCATION 



10:15 a.m., Tuesday, May 25 



The Chairman, Mr. BRANDWEIN. We are persuaded that since 

 beauty can be appreciated, it can be taught. However, beauty must 

 be experienced, and to relegate it to the classroom is not advanta- 

 geous, for the child must be surrounded by it, as must adults. If 

 education is experience in a search for meaning, it would seem that 

 experiences in the school, as well as those in the community would 

 sensitize children to the meaning of beauty. 



We felt that what was not in the mind could not be in attitudes 

 and in values, and for this reason we emphasized experience as 

 essential in the appreciation of beauty. 



Our recommendations, therefore, in this part of the report for 

 which I am responsible concern themselves with two major items. 



We considered, almost at the very beginning, the establishment 

 of the President's Council on Natural Beauty as a focus for activi- 

 ties in conservation, redevelopment and maintenance of natural 

 beauty in the Federal Government. We thought this Council 

 should have representation from professional and lay groups (in- 

 cluding education), should review practices in conservation and 

 conservation education, and should make recommendations to the 

 President. 



The President's Council might, if it considers such action appro- 

 priate, stimulate the organization of Governors 3 Councils on Natural 

 Beauty in the various States. (There is no desire to displace Coun- 

 cils now in existence having a similar purview or responsibility.) 



Members of the Panel on Education were Paul F. Brandwein 

 (chairman), Carl W. Buchheister, Loren Eiseley, John Gardner, 

 Francis Keppel, Olga Madar, Mrs. Alexander Saunders, and Bar- 

 bara Ward (Lady Jackson) . Staff Associate was Dr. Chester Neu- 

 dling. Due to illness, Mr. John Gardner was unable to participate. 



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