Increased Aid to Education in 1956 Is Seen by Keppel

Francis M. Keppel '38, dean of the faculty of Education, said last night that he expected a marked increase next year in financial aid from business for the nation's educational institutions.

"In the last five years there has been a dramatic increase in business aid to education," Keppel said, and "there is every indication that this support will continue to grow.'

Keppel cited a recent speech of H. Rowan Gaither, president of the Ford Foundation, as a sign that business intends to continue to aid education. In his speech, at a Boston Chamber of Commerce dinner, Gaither called on "communities and industries alike" to join in strengthening the financial structure of the nation's education.

Contrast to Pusey

Keppel's prediction comes shortly after President Pusey's complaint last Tuesday that business "is not contributing enough financial aid to higher education."

At the convention of the American Association of School Administrators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Howard E. Wilson, a former professor here and chairman of the Educational Policies Commission, called on the Government to appropriate $500,000,000 a year for the support of education. Keppel, a College representative at the conference, called Wilson's idea "admirable."

"This is a difficult problem to work out," Keppel said, "but I do not think that the present administration has any such plan in mind."