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(3) Establishment of a commission or task force of services in 

 maintenance of natural beauty. 



A task force representing organizations such as the Job Corps, 

 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Boys' Clubs, should develop coordinated 

 programs to serve local agencies in maintaining natural and park 

 areas in beauty. 



Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

 1965 has application to this proposal. 



D. With regard to the general functions subsumed under Require- 

 ments of the Newer Specialization, we recommend : 



(1) The establishment of summer institutes in conservation, 

 redevelopment, and natural beauty undertaken through the col- 

 laborative effort of scholars and educators, designed to facilitate 

 the training of teachers in elementary and secondary schools in 

 environmental science, economics and related areas, particularly 

 as they relate to management of natural areas. 



We have particular concern that the work include a study of 

 alternatives in modes of action of business, planning, and citizen's 

 groups as they reflect sometimes conflicting social and economic 

 principles and practices. 



(2) The establishment of centers for conservation redevelop- 

 ment and natural beauty in every major urban area, with the 

 purpose of assisting in developing programs in conservation and 

 natural beauty in the schools and community centers. The pro- 

 gram of the Job Corps may furnish one nucleus for the establish- 

 ment of these centers. 



(3) The establishment of an organization of traveling teach- 

 ers and lectureships to disseminate methods and devices towards 

 increasing the competence of teachers in the requirements of the 

 newer specialization concerned with teaching of conservation, re- 

 development and natural beauty. 



Such programs (already developed in science through the agency 

 of the National Science Foundation) might be developed through 

 the agency of a National Foundation for the Arts and the 

 Humanities. 



(4) The encouragement of the establishment of conference and 

 training and/or nature centers, in affiliation with universities, 

 where teachers and lay groups may discuss and plan programs for 



