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Show 1 m Dewitt: i f 'Educators, businessmen J should gel i together' By Michael J. Boedell Staff Writer "It would be more than worthwhile for businessmen and educators to get together," said DeWitt J. Paul, chairman of the board for Beneficial Finance Co. and University National Advisory Council chairman, Tuesday night. Speaking at the annual Milton Bennion Memorial lecture, Mr. Paul gave a businessman's point of view on the field of education. He pointed out business picks up half the cost of education in America through on the job training and gives $H2 billion annually, through grants and gifts Mr. Paul a native Utahn and University graduate, foresees a dim future for both business and education if the two cannot work together. He said, "within a few years 50 per cent of our college graduates will be needed for education alone. This is where automation in business would make more manpower available for education." Mr. Paul also explained how business could cooperate with education to, lessen the costs of education without lessening the quality of it. Mr. Paul said fewer college students are going into business. He said many students shun business careers because they don't think those careers are socially oriented or spirtually worthwhile. He cited lack of economic education in high school as the main factor for this feeling. Mr. Paul said that to keep the free enterprise system and for business to help education that it would be necessary for education leaders to fight against economic ignorance. He cited how only 3 per cent of higher education students ever take an economics class. To solve the problem, Mr. Paul proposed all social science teachers be required to take 13 hours of economics. Mr. Paul concluded, "Let us see that our education forces join hands with business leaders so we can all think greatly of what we are doing." s " 1 |